When Zach Yungst C06 W06 and Alex Lorton W06 first met in their Management 100 class, they assumed they’d go on to study stock market trends, not food blogs. But after spending a few years in finance and consulting, these budding entrepreneurs decided to ditch their day jobs and found Cater2.me—a catering startup that enlists artisanal street vendors to provide unique dining experiences for companies like LinkedIn and Eventbrite.
Now they’re constantly searching for new, exciting food options to feed their corporate clients. And by bootstrapping the enterprise themselves instead of relying on VC funding, Yungst and Lorton have been able to focus on satisfying their customers in 11 cities, rather than investors.
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