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Created By Humans: Trip Adler & His Dad
Scribd took off fast - then hit a wall that nearly broke the company. In this episode, Trip Adler tells the story of building the “Netflix for books,” only to face the moment every founder dreads: when everything comes tumbling down, as growth stalled and much of the team walked away. But while othe...
Bobbie: Laura Modi & Her Mentor
It’s common for a tech startup employee to start their own tech startup. It’s rarer for a startup employee to go on to build a baby formula company. When Laura Modi showed up at Walgreens at 11pm to buy baby formula for the first time, she felt ashamed and afraid. So she started a company that didn'...
Plug: Jimmy Douglas & His First Investor
Jimmy Douglas didn’t learn how to fundraise in business school. He learned it at 14, selling vacuum cleaners on commission to help pay the bills after his father - an entrepreneur who once ran a semiconductor company - passed away. In this episode, Jimmy tells the story of growing up on a Christmas ...
About the Show
David Rusenko interviews the founders of companies like Airbnb, Y Combinator, and Twitch, alongside the people who first believed in them. A mom. An early boss. A college roommate. Together, they reveal the intimate, unpolished stories of how successful companies actually get built, and why it rarely looks the way you might expect.
About the Host
David Rusenko is a founder turned investor. When he was 20, he started Weebly, which he grew to over 350 employees, hundreds of millions in revenue, and a $365 million acquisition by Square. Today, over fifty million small businesses and entrepreneurs have used Weebly to start and grow their businesses online.
In 2023 David started Leap Forward Ventures to invest in early stage startups making real-world systems cleaner, more adaptable, and more intelligent.
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