Big Ideas: “A self-cleaning water bottle to reduce single use plastic” with LARQ co-founder, Justin Wang

As a part of my series about “Big Ideas That Might Change The World In The Next Few Years” I had the pleasure of interviewing Justin Wang, Co-Founder of LARQ. Justin grew up in California and has always had an appreciation for the outdoors and formed a deep connection with nature at an early age. Prior to starting LARQ, Justin was the President of FOREO, an award-winning beauty technology company. In that position, he oversaw product marketing, strategy, product management, and sales and marketing. Justin helped to grow the brand to the leading beauty technology company in the world in just over 3 years. Prior to FOREO, Justin was an investor with L Capital (the investment arm of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy), where he helped numerous entrepreneurs grow their consumer retail business through strategic investment and partnerships. Justin is originally from California and graduated from UC Berkeley.

Thank you so much for joining us! Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?

In many ways I’ve had a very eclectic career path as an investor, partner to entrepreneurs, product designer, and passionate marketer. I’ve been fortunate enough to have had great mentors and opportunities in my career where I was exposed to…