Torres: Raised Hundreds of Millions of Dollars While Raising Three Children
Elias Torres · Elias Torres, Co-Founder and CEO @ Agency: What No One Tells You About Selling Your Company · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Mar 21, 2025 · at 55:10
Elias Torres, co-founder and CEO of Agency and former Drift co-founder, pushes back against the idea that having a family prevents high-level entrepreneurial achievement.
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“Because I was able to do all that. I raised hundreds of millions of dollars going through all that stuff, right?”
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