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I failed 22 times... then I built a $2.5B Company | Christina Cacioppo from Vanta

2024/11/6
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Christina Cacioppo
领导着一家价值16亿美元的安全和合规自动化公司，具有丰富的风险投资和产品管理背景。
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Shaan Puri
成功主持《My First Million》播客，分享创业策略和资源。
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Christina Cacioppo 讲述了她是如何从一个舒适的工作岗位上离开，并创办了一家价值数十亿美元的公司的。她强调了创业过程中需要不断尝试，即使经历多次失败也不要放弃。她认为，管理好自己的心理健康非常重要，要找到让自己快乐和专注的事情，并坚持下去。 Shaan Puri 赞扬了 Christina Cacioppo 的勇气和毅力，认为她的成功在于不放弃自己，勇于尝试新事物。他也强调了创业过程中需要不断学习和反思，并有效地与潜在客户沟通，验证商业想法。

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Christina Cacioppo discusses her decision to quit her job at USV and bet on herself, despite the risks and uncertainties involved.
  • Christina Cacioppo quit her job at USV to pursue her own projects.
  • She faced skepticism from others about her decision.
  • Christina used her bonus to support herself while learning to code and building products.

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Episode 646: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Vanta founder Christina Cacioppo ( https://x.com/christinacaci) ) about quitting her job and betting on herself. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Stumblehustling into USV 

(4:36) Betting on the left side of your email address

(8:30) The art of fear

(11:47) Making bad art

(13:30) The marshmallow test

(17:26) Startup advice to beware of

(18:16) The idea for Vanta

(21:00) The only question that matters

(22:30) Managing your mind

(27:47) How to pick an idea to chase

(29:03) The real origin of Vanta

(31:00) Building a flywheel

(36:06) Controversial opinions

(40:49) Pushing past the no

(46:17) Not flinching during negotiations

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Links:

• Vanta - https://www.vanta.com/

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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/)

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/)

• Copy That - https://copythat.com)

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth)

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/)

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