#057 Startup To Scale, What CEOs Learn - Austen Allred (Bloomtech) and Al Doan (Missouri Star Quilt Co)
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English - February 14, 2023 14:05 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 96 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business entrepreneurship angelinvesting business coursecorrectly ericjorgenson evergreen happiness health investing leverage Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Links:
Austen on Twitter
Al on Twitter
Bloomtech (Formerly Lambda School)
Becoming Trader Joe by Joe Coulombe
Rolling.fun
Rolling Fun Podcast episodes:
Rolling Fun Ep. 1
Rolling Fun Ep. 2
Rolling Fun Ep. 3
Rolling Fun Ep. 4
Creative EA Delegation with Athena on the Podcast
Sponsors:
Athenago.com
MadeByBread.com
Topics:
(6:29) - Warming up & Austen escaping San Francisco
(13:35) - Catching up on Bloomtech’s growth
(24:34) - Hiring horror stories and strategies
(37:02) - A lot of advice is bullshit
(50:10) - How to deal with hypergrowth
(1:00:05) - Will VR be a real thing?
(1:05:43) - AI’s early investment in Bloomtech
(1:13:32) - Bottlenecks for future growth
(1:18:09) - Work/Life… balance?
To support the costs of producing this podcast:
>> Buy a copy of the Navalmanack: www.navalmanack.com/
>> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage
>> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun
>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter
>> Text the podcast to a friend
>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners
Links:
Bloomtech (Formerly Lambda School)
Becoming Trader Joe by Joe Coulombe
Rolling.fun
Rolling Fun Podcast episodes:
Creative EA Delegation with Athena on the Podcast
Sponsors:
Topics:
(6:29) - Warming up & Austen escaping San Francisco
(13:35) - Catching up on Bloomtech’s growth
(24:34) - Hiring horror stories and strategies
(37:02) - A lot of advice is bullshit
(50:10) - How to deal with hypergrowth
(1:00:05) - Will VR be a real thing?
(1:05:43) - AI’s early investment in Bloomtech
(1:13:32) - Bottlenecks for future growth
(1:18:09) - Work/Life… balance?
To support the costs of producing this podcast:
>> Buy a copy of the Navalmanack: www.navalmanack.com/
>> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage
>> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun
>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter
>> Text the podcast to a friend
>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners