Interview with Geng Wang - CEO of Civic Champs

Geng Wang is the CEO and co-founder of Civic Champs, a software startup focused on creating seamless and rewarding volunteering experience for both volunteers and service organizations

This is Geng’s third commercial venture. He’s previously co-founded two companies; RentJungle.com, an apartment search engine that sold in 2014 to The Rainmaker Group, and Community Elf (rebranded as Cosmitto), a social media management firm which we sold in 2017 to a PE firm, Topanga Partners.

Given his past successes, Geng is looking to both create financial and social impact with his latest company. He has leveraged a number of startup incubators, including TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield, Elevate Ventures, Innovation Works, TechStars Iowa, and Mass Challenge, to get it off the ground.

In this episode, Geng and Aaron discuss how motivation changes through an entrepreneur’s career, the nature of product development, and how to design a startup’s culture.

Topics:
0:00 - Interview with Geng Wang
0:49 - What is Civic Champs?
1:56 - Where did the inspiration for Civic Champs come from?
8:37 - App retention rate
18:09 - Why not make the world a Better Place?
24:38 - How do you Recruit Talent?
34:29 - Using Incubators