{"id":26103,"date":"2017-04-26T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=26103"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:28:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:28:52","slug":"young-innovators-russell-tuchman-bashpros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/young-innovators-russell-tuchman-bashpros","title":{"rendered":"Young innovators: Russell Tuchman of BashPros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Russell Tuchman says he learned everything he knows about business from his father. It’s the kind of bold statement you might expect from a 27-year-old entrepreneur who\u2019s already hard at work on his second startup. The first came not long after he graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara and went to work for the talent agency CAA. The idea for<\/span> Buddytruk<\/span><\/a> was simple: \u201cThink of it as a buddy with a truck.\u201d Or as Uber for moving furniture and other large items. Launching the company in late 2013, the young innovator provided most of the initial funding and worked on everything from operations to legal to sales. But a little over a year later he had hit a wall. \u201cMy best friend and I had different ways of running things, and I decide I wanted to start my own thing,\u201d says the<\/span> WeWork Santa Monica<\/span><\/a> member. \u201cBut I wasn\u2019t sure what.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\u00a0Russell<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Plan your work, and work your plan. Having an idea of what you want to do or where you want to be and then working backwards, dramatically improves your chances of succeeding in any endeavor you wish to pursue.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was around that time when he noticed that friends working in bars, owned restaurants, or did catering\u2014all had the same complaint: locating the right staff for events. \u201cFriends were looking for bartenders and DJs on Facebook,\u201d he says. \u201cI realized there wasn\u2019t a good way to find these professionals.\u201d Tuchman\u2019s solution was<\/span> BashPros<\/a>\u2014one-stop shopping for planning and booking an event. It means that you no longer need to get individual quotes to book, say, a caterer, bartender, and band. BashPros launched in Los Angeles, but by next year Tuchman plans to expand to Washington, New York City, and San Francisco. \u201cPay attention to the bad, and the good will take care of itself,\u201d he advises. \u201cFocus on the areas that could derail your success and adapt accordingly. Success will follow!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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