Kurtz wishes he took loans to buy more early CrowdStrike equity
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George Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike, reflects on what he would have done differently regarding personal financing and equity ownership when founding CrowdStrike.
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“I probably would have took out as many loans as I could have and put as much money of my own money in the deal as early as possible.”
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