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

Links:

Austen on Twitter (twitter.com/Austen)
Al on Twitter (twitter.com/drbillnye)
Bloomtech (bloomtech.com) (Formerly Lambda School)
Becoming Trader Joe by Joe Coulombe (amazon.com/Becoming-Trader-Joe-Business-Still/…)

Rolling.fun
Rolling Fun Podcast episodes:
Rolling Fun Ep. 1 (ejorgenson.com/podcast/al-doan-bo-fishback-rol…)
Rolling Fun Ep. 2 (ejorgenson.com/podcast/rolling-fun-2)
Rolling Fun Ep. 3 (ejorgenson.com/podcast/rolling-fun-3)
Rolling Fun Ep. 4 (ejorgenson.com/podcast/rolling-fun-4)

Creative EA Delegation with Athena on the Podcast (ejorgenson.com/podcast/athena)

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MadeByBread.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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