Olivia Ormos is the founder of Mavn and co-founder of Model Volleyball, an event that has become a staple of Miami culture.

After years of producing events and managing influencer campaigns manually, Olivia decided to build the technology she couldn’t find anywhere else. Despite having no previous experience in tech, she bootstrapped Mavn, proved the concept and raised $1.5 million to continue scaling the company.

In this episode, Kenny and Olivia discuss:
- How Model Volleyball became so successful
- The story of paying Travis Scott $15,000 in cash to perform on the beach
- Why friends and family may not understand the sacrifices required to succeed
- What every successful founder is ACTUALLY doing

Chapters:
00:00 Meet Olivia Ormos
01:00 Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?
02:42 Building Model Volleyball
05:18 How Model Volleyball Makes Money
08:01 Paying Travis Scott $15,000 Cash
13:39 From Influencer Marketing to Mavn
19:14 Building a Tech Company With No Tech Experience
21:30 No Plan B and the Loneliness of Being a Founder
27:28 The Connection That Closed Her Funding Round
29:14 Raising $1.5 Million and Setting a $600 Million Goal
32:56 Using AI to Design and Build Faster
35:17 Women in Male-Dominated Business Rooms
37:03 Why Olivia Ignores Her Competition
39:28 Sending 20,000 Cold Emails Every Week
43:32 Three Qualities Most People Are Missing

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