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Episode 414: Data is the New Electricity with Bill Richter
When you start a company like Qumulo, fortune favors the brave and you need only one person to believe in you to get you going. Bill Richter has raised over $300M in funding and helped to skyrocket Qumulo.
• Lessons from working as a C.P.A, then Amazon, and then a new start-up.
• Investors help you find the experts you need.
• Be a curious person.
• Have to be willing to wade through ambiguity.
• How can you possibly compete with and beat some of the biggest companies in the world?
• Jeff Bezos 7-year head start.
• In a big company to get something approved you have to get 25 people to say yes.
TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [6:38] Ridiculous idea. [9:30] Beat a big company. [12:03] Easy to get overwhelmed.
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When you start a company like Qumulo, fortune favors the brave and you need only one person to believe in you to get you going. Bill Richter has raised over $300M in funding and helped to skyrocket Qumulo.
• Lessons from working as a C.P.A, then Amazon, and then a new start-up.
• Investors help you find the experts you need.
• Be a curious person.
• Have to be willing to wade through ambiguity.
• How can you possibly compete with and beat some of the biggest companies in the world?
• Jeff Bezos 7-year head start.
• In a big company to get something approved you have to get 25 people to say yes.
TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [6:38] Ridiculous idea. [9:30] Beat a big company. [12:03] Easy to get overwhelmed.