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Crossing the second chasm and doing big BD deals with Kurt Davis, author of "Navigate the Lighthouse"

The game has changed because some of the deals now are so massive and so you can't walk in with a salesperson and a technology engineer to go close a deal in that first chasm

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Hiring and building with AI, life before and after raising $40M, and the startup scene in Chicago with Scott Kacyn, Co founder and CTO of Hunt Club

Creating the category of Network Relationship Management

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Launching Harry's and Hims brands, Direct WITH Consumers, and building an emotional connection with a spatula with Suze Dowling, Co founder of Pattern Brands

In an agency you're being paid to be perfect. Whereas in an operating environment, that's going to be the first thing that will probably kill you.

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Founding WeWork, the WeWork Culture OS, and building a better community for our elders with Miguel McKelvey, Co founder of WeWork

"We had sort of a sketch and I mean that literally, like we had a floor plan with tape on it, in this building in Brooklyn. And we showed it on Craigslist and we pretty much sold out that first floor when it was just tape on the floor."

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What VCs ACTUALLY mean with Ann Miura-Ko, Founding Partner at Floodgate

"So it used to be "sell 50% of your company for 5 million dollars", and all of a sudden people didn't need that much money

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Founding NerdWallet, when to hire your replacement, and the future of FinTech with Jake Gibson, Co founder of NerdWallet and Founding Partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures

The most rewarding thing about the IPO and success of NerdWallet was the people we were able to bring along on the journey

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