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He exited for $200M— then bootstrapped his next startup to $100M in revenue. | Alex Hawkinson, Fo... · PMF Show
- ▶ 1:23 Pablo Srugo You started, I think, seven different startups, and the last one, the one before Bright.ai, which you're working on today, SmartThings, was acquired for, for a rumored, I won't put you on the spot to confirm or deny, but for a rumored, you… 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:03 Pablo Srugo With smart things, my question is, as an outsider, like what was, I get the idea of building a product, of building a platform and allowing others to kind of build apps on top. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:20 Alex Hawkinson I think, uh, I mean, as you get older, you, for me anyway, I, one is I love, I love building, uh, you know, creating, creating, you know, products and companies and teams, but, um, you're also like out for impact too, and there was this… 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:28 Alex Hawkinson I mean, there was times when smart things, days where
- ▶ 28:05 Alex Hawkinson That's a, it's like, that is, that is an entrepreneurial, like, just hard to learn lesson, you know, like you, because I'm sure there's many founders that you talk to or that you'll, that listen to your show, you know, show that are, you…
- ▶ 37:40 Alex Hawkinson And so we had, you know, similar things and smart things where you have to have a team that's like got that hardcore aspect to it.
- ▶ 40:20 Alex Hawkinson Um, I mean, I think, to give you an example, for me, calibrating, I've, I feel, not to be mean to previous companies, and I'm certain I'm not including spy things in this, because I'd had this realization by then, but don't solve a dumb…