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George Zhou

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Co-Founder at BUFFS
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States

George Zhou is the Co-Founder of BUFFS and a graduate of the USC Iovine & Young Academy. He is focused on building startups, demonstrating success in rapid customer acquisition through content marketing and securing pre-seed funding for his CPG venture, Bold Snax.

Beyond his startup work, George has a background in collegiate athletics, having served as a manager for the USC Baseball team. He is passionate about building a strong community and network for founders, especially among fellow USC alumni.

His first venture into the food and beverage industry was as a smoothie maker, a role in which he described himself as "really good. "

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Experience
1 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Startup Growth Hacks
Shared his experience of acquiring his first 20 customers and reaching 650k people in 10 days through extensive content testing, not luck.
CPG Food Brands
He is developing a new line of puffed meat snacks under the brand Bold Snax, having recently closed a $200k friends and family funding round for it.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
Co-Founder
BUFFS
10-2024 - 1-2025
Contract
Genius Ventures
9-2022 - 10-2023
Baseball Team Manager
USC Athletics
5-2023 - 8-2023
Sales and Product Intern
Moment
5-2023 - 7-2023
Smoothie Maker
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
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Education
8-2022 - 5-2026
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Arts
USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy
8-2020 - 5-2022
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International Baccalaureate
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