David Senra, creator of the Founders podcast, discusses how an episode about serial entrepreneur Brad Jacobs directly led to a $150 million investment.
“He's like, he heard about Brad Jacobs by listening to that episode and goes to meet him. They get, they hit it off. He hears about Brad's idea for his new company, XPO, I think it's called. He winds up investing a hundred and fifty million dollars to joining the board.”
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