What I learned as a 2x startup founder | BUILD with Blake Bartlett | Venture Capital Podcast
Alex MacCaw is the 2x startup founder behind Clearbit and Reflect. Clearbit being a B2B data enrichment API for sales & marketing teams and Reflect being a B2C note-taking or notes app.
Alex shares all his learnings from Clearbit, and why he’s taking a different approach with Reflect. Plus, he lives full-time on a boat and talks about doing digital nomad remote work over Starlink.
Blake and Alex talk through:
(6:28) Pros/Cons of being asynchronous by design
(9:37) Remote work pitfalls
(14:05) When to replace yourself as CEO
(15:42) How to find your zone of genius
(18:22) When do startups hire a CFO or COO?
(21:13) #1 piece of advice for founders
(24:22) Things to know before you found a startup (B2B vs. B2C)
(28:19) When startups should (or shouldn’t) raise venture capital
(30:11) How Reflect started crowdfunding
(40:30) What AI and ChatGPT is good for
(45:39) Best time to start a company
(48:06) Not all startups need VC funding
(49:04) Advice for VCs from a founder
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