Omar Waseem ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠ and Vishal Kolar ⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠ sit down with Lauren Self ⁠(⁠⁠⁠@laurenlself)⁠, founder of Roots Homes, to talk about building in the real estate industry, dropping out of college twice, joining a startup and moving to LA alone at 17, proposing to her cofounder, and more....

The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at:

⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠

Links:

· ⁠⁠Lauren's Twitter⁠⁠

· Roots Homes

· ⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro 

3:00 - How Roots is Changing Home Ownership

15:15 - How She Pitched Investors

21:25 - Dropping Out of School

28:15 - Moving to LA at 17

33:16 - How College has Changed

39:52 - Her Cofounder Slid into Her DMs