Feb 14 - 2023

#057 Startup To Scale, What CEOs Learn – Austen Allred (Bloomtech) and Al Doan (Missouri Star Quilt Co)

About the Episode

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?

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