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Published · transcript-backedJulia Schottenstein: preference
13 Jul 2023 Lenny's Podcast M&A, competition, pricing, and investing | Julia Schottenstein (dbt Labs)
“No, I think if I was able to invest I wouldn't be here. So I got no, the board ended up vetoing my personal investment, but it's okay because I ended up dedicating all of my personal time to building the company.”
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- Speaker
- Julia Schottenstein
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- preference
- Recorded
- 13 Jul 2023
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
Transcript context
…So you invested in dbt and then an opportunity opened up where you ended up working there? No, I think if I was able to invest I wouldn't be here. So I got no, the board ended up vetoing my personal investment, but it's okay because I ended up dedicating all of my personal time to building the company. Awesome. Okay. So something you touched on there that was really interesting of what you saw about dbt that was so interesting and I think this is maybe a broader question of just in your time investing and finding a company like dbt early, what have you learned about just picking well, finding companies early especially? What are signs in your experience of just that this is going to be something really interesting that you might want to join? And this is more for people listening that are thinking about joining a company early on. What do you think they should look for?…
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