Christopher S Lee

CEO @ NUI Ventures
@Duck_Bricks on socials

[Christopher S Lee @csl_builds]

Food waste will cost global supply chains $540B this year. Fresh produce alone is $88B.

And 61% of companies say they can't see where in their own chain it's happening.

You cannot forecast what you refuse to measure.

The waste problem is a visibility problem wearing a costume.

[Christopher S Lee @csl_builds]

@edalpx 1000%. There is no company without customers.

[Christopher S Lee @csl_builds]

I won $100K on LEGO Masters, a reality TV show. Used it to bootstrap an enterprise machine learning company.

People ask if the LEGO thing hurts my credibility with enterprise buyers.

The buyers ask for a photo with the trophy.

[Christopher S Lee @csl_builds]

My startup, NUI, is 18 months in: $5.98M revenue, profitable, zero VC.

Our secret is embarrassing: we sell to industries AI founders think are boring, and we answer the phone when things break.

[Christopher S Lee @csl_builds]

Most enterprises don't have an AI problem. They have a “nobody can find the data” problem.

You can't forecast demand with a model that's never seen your order history because it lives in 40 spreadsheets and a retired guy's inbox.

Fix the data layer first. AI comes easy after.