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Why You'll Get the Biggest Rewards When You Don't Focus on the Reward (Featuring Host Elias Torres)
Elias Torres: foreign language. I'm Elias Torres is co- founder and CTO of Drift. You are listening to the American Dream podcast. Did you know that Drift is part of just 2% of PC back startups led by Latin American founders? Well, I'm on a mission to change that. On this show, you will hear from leaders who have achieved their own version of the American dream. We'll talk about what the process looked like to get there, the obstacles they faced along the way and the work we still have to do to build the new face of a diverse corporate America.
Speaker 2: The first thing we want to learn a little bit about is your career path and your guiding principles throughout your career. So first question there is, how did you think about deciding what companies to work for earlier in your career? And in particular, how did launching your career at IBM influence your journey entrepreneur?
Elias Torres: Look, when anybody's being interview and stuff like that, they're all just speaking in hindsight, right? It's like who knows what...? When you're at your age, what guiding principles do we know? That's just nonsense. I like to try to be real. It's not claim that I knew what I was doing. But I'll tell you some things that I was not naturally drawn to. One of them is that I took risk. My naivete being an immigrant and not knowing what was available to ask and to offer didn't equip me to be so confused trying to make a decision. I wasn't conflicted. I did not know McKinsey existed, I did not know Harvard existed, I did not know MIT existed when I arrived in this country in 1993. You know what I mean? I didn't have this pressure. I remember my peers at high school in Tampa, they were like," Oh, we're going up north to Dartmouth or Princeton." And was like," I'm going to USF. I need to live with my mother, because we need to help pay for the house together." The condo that we bought, and I need a degree. I just knew I needed a degree. I never had this extra information, so maybe the guiding principle is that don't over complicate decisions. Right? Because nothing is final, and it's about learning. I've learned. I'm a learner. I learned fast on all the opportunities that I have had. Second, I was a risk taker, right? I left IBM after 10 years in search of this startup world. I'll give you an example. One of my friends, he was an engineer with me and I was his manager, and he graduated from Stanford, engineer at CS. And then in 2002 or 2003, he tells me," I'm going to go work for this company called Google." And I didn't know anything. I worked for IBM so I thought I was like," I'm working in the best company in the world." And this guy's going to work for Google. And I didn't know anything about the Valley, I didn't know about startups. I had not read a book. I didn't know any information. And he goes, takes a job there and go works for that company. When people were jumping into startups, they're so obsessed for finding the rocket ship, the trillion dollar company or the promotion or the stock or becoming a millionaire. And when I went too into the startup world, again, I was just naive. I went and I started working part- time. I was in Boston, and I said," I want to be in a startup, and..." I just wanted to be in a startup, and the only thing that I needed was I have three kids. I was like," Can you please have money for a year?" Like,"Can you not shut down in three months?" That was my perspective. I was not optimizing for amount of shares. Salary is what I needed to live. And so don't over complicate things for this perfect... Trying to be better at guessing than BCs or than other entrepreneurs that have more experience, which is the right company, which is the best company. And so what I did is I worked for David. And the main thing that you want to do is that it's not about titles necessarily, but you want to learn and you want to grow. You want to show that you've been giving more opportunities, that you've learned and that you've entrusted with more responsibilities in every place that you go. And another thing is that do try to have as long stints as you can in companies. Because if you're a like one year everywhere, it's not good. I'm looking at people... And it's going to hurt you. People don't think that's going to hurt you, but I'm interviewing for CRO position and I'm interviewing top candidates in the world. And I have some candidates that are like, they went to this company for one year. They went to this company and they sold. They were a CEO of this... You can see this crazy pattern in their resume that you're like," Hmm." And now what I have is I've been getting coached on what is the perfect executive to hire for different stages. And when I look at my resume, I can see a progression that makes sense. And it's like I work for 10 years at a company. So that shows people that I have stability, that I'm not ego driven, that I'm okay. Then I went and took a risk, then I ran a small company, then I ran a bigger company that had an outcome, then I... So you want to show a path that has consistent two, three years everywhere, and that you're getting better. You're making good decisions, you're not going to worse companies. But you don't have to have the perfect one from the get go, from the first day.
Speaker 2: When did you know it was the right time to transition between companies? Why was 10 years the right mark in IBM? And when was the right time to transition amongst all the other companies you were at?
Elias Torres: I'm going to tell you what happened. I have different eras in IBM. I was working for a really amazing team. I worked for the team that put IBM on the internet; put ibm.com, did the largest traffic websites in the world. We brought instant messaging. In my first job at IBM, I was building bots in 1999, on instant messaging. It's like IRC bots and instant messaging. This was the same company that built AIM. It's just interesting you know. So it was a great time, and I had eras at IBM, where I was doing early, learning how to be an engineer. Then I went to Harvard for a master's in computer science. So I got the chance the company paid for my education. Then I had the chance where I started representing IBM in a worldwide web standards, W3C, and I was working with inaudible semantic web at the MIT CISA lab. And so I was growing, and it's when after those things happened and I stopped growing and learning, then I realized I needed to go somewhere else. Like I outgrew IBM. And there was not enough ability for me to... The more I learned how to execute and to be a learn... I learned to be a visionary by working with visionaries. I learned how to ship product; I learned to work open source; and I learned to work at a larger scale by learning how people designed HDML, HTTP, and saying," That's how you think when you build something." I was learning about a lot of things; product development, open source, legal patents, usage, adoption, that are all serving me well now, that people didn't realize were useful. So when I stopped learning, I said," It's time." And my personality is I want to make an impact, I want to make decisions, I want to take risk. It really wasn't about the rewards. It's like I just wanted to be happy and I took a chance.
Speaker 2: And that's a good segue to talking a little bit about your transition to entrepreneurship. Can you tell us a little bit about the transition beyond the first stage and also go a little bit deeper on what you just talked about, what other aspects of your culture and background that you think help or strengths that you were able to leverage?
Elias Torres: Something that is fresh with COVID right now is that if you look at... I grew up in Nicaragua, and I grew up on the communist Nicaragua. I had a car that said there was five residents in my household; my mother, my stepdad, and my two brothers. And so I would grab that car and I would go down the street and they would say," You get a pound of rice, you get a pound of beans, you get a bot, you get this plasticky litter of milk and maybe half a pound of sugar. And I would grab that in a basket, that is a wicker basket that was dreaded. I remember that. I remember the handles that I broke. I have a photographic memory. So I brought that and I would bring that food to house. And the people would be like," Why are you doing this? Your parents are not doing..." My mother is working, right? And so they send me. And didn't have a maid or someone, right? Because we lower middle class. She's a professional though. She's a doctor. I get that. And now COVID, working from home and everybody's panicking and everybody's struggling. And I want to separate. There are people that have no jobs, can't pay their bills, they might lose their homes. That is stressful, but there are people that have a job or they can pay for their staff, and they're complaining because they can't go hang up. They can go pot. And so try not to be too judgmental or people at work. I didn't have stuff to eat. We can go to whole foods and buy food. And so it's like this kinds of times, companies are breaking, falling apart because they do not know how to react, and they do not know. That immigrant, that coming from the bottom, that scrappiness, that anti- entitlement view of the world is very important. And we are now having a tough time, and this is... This is where great companies are built. This is where great people entrepreneurs are built. And so all that upbringing that I've had allows me to see things from a different perspective than another founder that had never experienced that, or had had only good times before. And so in the same way, I basically came here and I used to clean offices. I used to clean a dentist office, pick up the trash, rack in the rugs, and then... So to me, everything is icing. To just not having a home in my country, and then here have a home, and then... First have an apartment that we could pay for. We lived in a borrowed home for 15 years in Nicaragua. To have an apartment that we paid for, to have a condo, to have a house, everything is icing. So I don't complain about anything that I have. Everything is incredible. And so that gives me this mentality that there's plan B for me, there is no alternative that I'm considering," Is my house bigger than this other house?"" Is this person that has a house..." And then talking and I don't... I don't care, I'm here to build great company, and is that my goal? Not exactly what I have or what credential I still haven't put on my resume.
Speaker 2: Cool. Driving specifically now, we segue to crisis and managing in times of crisis. What do you think have been some of the most successful things you've done in these last couple of weeks at Drift? And what do you think is setting Drift up for success?
Elias Torres: I think that one of the things that David did early on... So we're a big fan of horror with... And you know the book... What is it? What is it called?
Speaker 2: Hard Things About Hard Things, or something like that?
Elias Torres: Hard Things About Hard Things? Yeah. And so when it talks about peacetime, wartime CEO. And so that's another thing, right? Are you a peacetime CEO in general? What's your personality? Are you a wartime CEO? And so David and I, we joke because it felt at Drift that we were in peacetime CEO at times last year, because we had grown... We were wartime before that. I would talk to the team and the company at scale, and I would say," If you read the book, Bill from scratch, which is about Home Depot, for example, and Lowe's. There's parts where they're talking about the competition between Home Depot and Lowe's, and it's like, they would have company meetings in the parking lot of Lowe's. You got to read the book. It's amazing. Arthur Blank and... I think I forget the name of the other guy. It's Bernie or something. They say," The competition is here to take away your children's education." You got to think about it. This is war. This is not friendly. This is not competition. They want nothing but your business to die. And it's the future. All of our employees is at stake. And so when I'd spoken in front of the company in the early days of Drift, I'll be like competition. They want to take our children. And so there's posters around the office where people make fun of me, and it is that they're coming after your children. But it's that serious. And then last year, we were a little bit too peacetime, right? And David and I talked about it, and we were like," That's not us." I'm not a peacetime person. I'm a wartime. The first thing was really, really change the mentality and tell everybody," This is wartime. And we have to think in that way. We have to focus. We have to understand the sacrifices coming and there we'll be casualties. This is not a time of let's all... That you mask it. And then you're being hypocrite of saying like,"No, no, no, we love everybody, but nothing's going to happen and then things have to happen. So from day one, we set the tone and said," Hold fast." These are our principles, but anything can happen. We do not know. Nobody knows. This is something unprecedented, never seen before in the history of the world. And so nobody can promise anything of what's going to happen. So the first one is mentally switching gears, and then start making decisions fast, which is another principle at Drift, which is seek feedback, not consensus. And also be biased for action. Immediately we review our hiring and didn't freeze it but prioritize who we needed. And so we are hiring people, but we're not going to make cash extension decisions. Like, what is our runway? We extended our runway under certain models to seven or eight quarters, which is what people were advised," Try to go for 24 months of ability to survive." And the other one is that we immediately assess what we need to be doing. We have the theme. We kicked off- is simplify, focus and repeat. Let's find out what's working and getting double down on that. And really understanding our product and then really what is its position in the market. You want to build products that people need. There are painkillers, they're not vitamins. And so what we are learning is that, and this is something that we've been waiting. I've waiting for this day because the market cannot just go up, is that, will people buy your product when the economic situation is not just climbing up? When money's just not laying around. And so we are finding that it's not zoom levels, but if you notice the market, the days that the market is completely down and zoom, everything is down by 20 points and zoom is up by 0. 03%. And so that says a lot. It's not like it's going 20% up, but it's like it goes up, it goes the opposite relationship. And so we have many businesses that are in the inaudible today that are not selling at all. Yet Drift is selling. We are continued selling and we're hitting really good goals despite the situation. And so that's a great sign and we just need to figure out who should we be talking to? There are people that are pushing deals to the following quarters, but you can see the pent up demand and the desire people who want to buy more Drift in this times, because it's critical to revenue and to buyer experience. And so that's something that we are focusing right now on validating, because that could mean a huge difference in spike and growth for Drift in six, nine months.
Speaker 2: Following up on that question, and a lot of my classmates are thinking of setting up businesses in current times, what advice do you give them in terms of doing what you just talked about? Identifying what is a pain killer, and that they can provide that people will buy throughout times of crisis?
Elias Torres: There's a lot to think. It really comes down to product development. And it's really understanding... For example, a lot of people are thinking," How will the world change after this?" The world will change. And so the more you can anticipate it now and go in that direction, that would be good. Second, the way you validate it is that from day one of Drift, we always asked that question. When we started Drift, there was two of us at our rock climbing gym, David and I, and we were buying software. We were like," What do we need?" And it was like Gmail. We claim and we bought Slack. So we had Gmail, we had Slack. And then you start buying Gusto HR, and then you go hire an accountant. And so you start looking at that. It's like a Maslow hierarchy, right? And you're like when who you start a business, what do you do? And so if you watch that, you see companies and you decide whether you watch a company from its infancy, or you're going into a company that is an enterprise customer that has a scale problem that no one is solving. And so you go straight into the enterprise. But overall, paying for us worked really well because it's like the ability to talk to customer and to sell happens when you're small and happened when you launch. And so we've being transitioning and moving up the market to go towards the enterprise. Because we've seen that they get more value out of Drift and they're more engaged and they churn less, and they adopt it. When they adopt it, they adopt it really well. One of the top priorities in any business and what place do you hold in that is the way that I think about from day one of Drift.
Speaker 2: Continue with this and the idea of potentially starting startups, the last topic that I think a lot of people wanted to cover is around how your being a diverse founder impacted or did impact your fundraising process and the process of starting a startup, and how much David helped you through this.
Elias Torres: Yeah, I wish I could complain more about lying in the fundraising aspect of it, but I can't, to be honest. I think I've been under David's shadow in a good way. And so when I went to join him to do Lokry, he already had fund raised from a... When we started Performable, he literally just said to me," I'll be right back," and he went to a meeting with CRV, and came back with a three million check. And so that was the serious aid for Performable. That's it. Just went one meeting and... Because he already did compete and he already had done bull. com, so he knew the firm and so it was great. Then we sold HubSpot, and then Brian and Darmesh did all the fundraising there. So I didn't do any of that. My experience fundraising has been mostly at Drift, where I've been involved in all three rounds in every discussion on the BC side of it. And so it's been a little bit different because what? We raised from General Catalyst, we raised from CRV and we raised from Sequoia. These are companies that know us already because all of those were at HubSpot. And so we're a known quantity and they respected and they knew better than anybody else, what we had done at HubSpot. And so we found their support. Ease are from our first investor at Drift, we just did a lunch yesterday and Wednesday at the office, and he told them the stories like, we went to lunch. He invited us to lunch and he just said," Here's a check for 10 million to David and Elias's company." And he just believes in teams. So the only thing I can say there is build relationships, but focus about the results, not about the relationship. I will say though, the more I fundraise and I speak, it's like there is a network, right? There is who went to school together? Who knows each other? Who played polo together? That kind of stuff that I don't have, and I don't exercise, and can't. I have only been able to have my conversations. People only come and talk to me because they want a piece of my business that we created and it's valuable and it's going to make them money. And so at the end of the day, that's the only way that we're going to be able to overcome the challenge and then... There are people that get money in VCs because of the relationship, because of the color of their skin. I can guarantee you that, but we're not going to be able to overcome that so we got to be building. And what I've done, and I think it's something you guys should follow is that align yourself with successful Latinos. There's a called top Latin VCs or something. You know what I'm talking about?
Speaker 2: I don't, but I don't know if anyone else does.
Elias Torres: There's a page. Hold on, let me see. I just got invited to this thing, to this WhatsApp channel, Top Latinx Tech leaders. And so we're trying to raise awareness of the people that are... Sometimes we feel like there's none, right? But we are there cranking and trying to find our way in and bring success to this. And so like I would say, go looking for companies like that, like I did with David and then align and then go get that success. Get the stuff in. The success of companies, you guys can... It gets shared. It's not like I have like,"This is Drift's success. I keep it by myself." Everybody in the company can use it in any way they want to their advantage. And we want you to... That's why you come here to share in that value. And so by aligning yourself with other people in there, you can start building their relationships and you need success. And success will bring more success. And the more of us do it, the more we'll be able to tap and bring other people, so we can eventually create a strong network that we can fund each other, that we can prove to people, break the stereotype and say," You know what? They can be as successful as anybody else." Because no one has the secret to entrepreneurship and to build a great company. It's from learning that day by day.
Speaker 2: Yeah. That seems like the advice is find a good mentor, work hard, deliver results, and then the rest will follow.
Elias Torres: It sounds simple, right? Work hard.
Speaker 2: Sounds simple.
Elias Torres: Yeah. Sounds simple. Yeah. Not easy.
Speaker 2: Can you speak a little bit more about your relationship with David? What do you think has made him a really strong mentor and what are the most important things you've learned from him?
Elias Torres: Well, you want to align people that have good morals. In a sense that there's a white spectrum, right? But I find David to be honest in his business dealings, he's consistent, loyal, right? He rewards the right behaviors, meaning he doesn't like everybody but it is like if you deliver results and stuff, he appreciates that. He just has a high bar of excellence in the people that he wants to work. And so I've learned from him to be that way too. There's been a contract; one is our diversity has helped us stick together because we're far and few. We come from similar beginnings, and so therefore we think along the same lines, where we're not complaining. He doesn't complain about having some luxury or not having a luxury and neither do I. So that allows us to build the company with the same principles. We are opposite in personality. He is an introvert and I'm an extrovert. I want decisions made quickly, he wants to think about them, so there creates a tension between us. He's more demanding, I can be more complacent. And so there's a tension in what we should be doing, how fast we... If I'm a wartime CEO, he's even more wartime CEO. He's like a world war foreign language level CEO. So like he's way more paranoid, and so that... Only the paranoid will survive. And he reads and teaches a lot. Has humility to be like," I don't know this. And I learned this." So he's been good. Like I can trust him, he trusts me. We are humble in the way that we support each other. We are honest and upfront in our business dealings on how we make agreements. We disagree and commit. We keep going. And we don't go revisit the past. We'll joke. I said to him yesterday," I'm doing all this work and I can't believe there's next time. There's no next time." So we'll joke about equity and things like that as a joke, but it's never really emotional. It's never going to be creating a cancer in my mind. So we're very careful. It's like a marriage that you want to the marriage to endure, where you're like, you don't want to be harboring things. We're here to build something together and we're better together than separate. We have to keep the pride and the ego in check. And it's like he's the CEO, I'm the number two. When we first moved in into 222 Berkeley in Boston, the security guard, she goes... When I walked in the first day that we moved into the office, she sees me and she opens the elevator that turns out, and she goes," Hi, you're Drift?" And I'm like," Yeah.""Are you number two?" She says that to me. And I was just dying, right? I go," That's the worst thing you can tell the number two, that he is number two." She goes," I saw a picture." It just gave me the sense maybe because I'm shorter. I don't know. And ego brings you down. Sometimes when there's tension in our relationship, sometimes I can pinpoint it's my ego affected. And so the way that I solve it is by we're a team, we're working together, we're partnership, we're going to accomplish more together than separately. And so you want something that lasts and something that you have respect, you have trust, you're able to apologize, you're able to communicate. And so it's a lot of fun, and I'm thankful because he's taught me a lot, and I can keep learning. And more and more, I seek to gain his respect. And that he's seen me grow the most. He's kind of been like the same type of individual all along, because he had 10 years before me of startups that I didn't have, but now he's grow and he's like once in a while I get a pat at the back, and like... Yeah, that you did better." You're different and you're crazier when I first met you and way more unpredictable and impatient and... As in experience less than you now." So it's been good. I like it.
Speaker 3: You mentioned your family that when you decided to transition into becoming an entrepreneur, that you had three kids. A question for you is how has your family influenced your professional career path?
Elias Torres: I think it's been really good because, I mean, they're really young from when we had them, and having a family, it's... Learning how to deal in the business world, it is a human endeavor. It's about building relationships and having conversations with people. And so it's about growing up. And so there's a big difference me talking to... When I'm recruiting, and I'm talking to people, when I'm selling, when I'm fundraising, when I'm supporting a customer... And so the more you grow as an individual, well rounded and you become, the more you're able to use and influence the learnings in both directions. For example, I remember my kids in first grade and a teacher comes and says," This is a rubric of how you write the letter C." And so the teacher said to me, he's like," I'm teaching the kids the rubric of what makes a good letter C and how they can supervise each other to use the rubric to review somebody else's work and give feedback." And I remember how much it hit me that day. And I said," That's what we need. I need a rubric for engineering at HubSpot, and I need to go define that, and so people can rate each other instead of me rating them." And it's just basic stuff that I didn't know. When I was in school they were using that method, I didn't pay attention to it. And so there's a lot about having teenage children, there's a lot about having toddlers. It teaches you about you are going to be at work and you have things at home and then you have to come back and you have bring kids and put them to bed, and then you continue working, right? That you might not understand before you have a family. It gives more empathy when I'm hiring individuals that have family, when I'm hiring women that are pregnant. Women come to and say... During an interview, like," Hey, it's like pregnant and is that a problem for you?" And I'm like," No, I have three children. That's not a problem. Just let's plan ahead. And if I want you, I want you here for 10 years in this company. Why would I not want that?" And so it gives me a whole different depth to understand people that are in college, people that are in relationships, people that are going to go build a partnership and then hopefully start a family. And then how do you the evolution of people at work? I mean, at Drift, we're growing into a company five years old, and you see how many babies we have and families and stuff. I saw that same thing happen at HubSpot in the growth. So all those things, what I do here affects how I treat people at the office, how I'm at the office, it's teaching me that we are bring here, find balance. I have been a very different individual through every different company. There were days in Lokry, and before I would be here all day on Saturday, coding and the family was like," Let's do something," and I was like," I'm going to finish this soon." And it will 4:00PM on a Saturday and I didn't do anything. And so I can other people, advice and... Sometimes you have to do that, and sometimes you should say no. And now I do some calls here and there, but I try not to. I'm focusing right now on the quality of time that we have with our teenager kids before they go to college. So all that stuff to me, you got to be a learner. You got to be thinking about how that helps. You got to learn how to learn and how to realize what you're learning and then how to see the applications of it. That's key. And then the whole thing was just snowball.
Speaker 4: What was your experience as a business leader during the recession in 2008, 2009? Maybe like what were some of the lessons that you learned there? And then I'm curious about, in this new context, what are some of the similarities or differences that you are forming ideas around how the world might be different moving forward?
Elias Torres: Things that I learned from that one. I left IBM two weeks later, 2008 recession hits. I make$110, 000 salary after 10 years at IBM. I have three kids at home, all under the age of four. My wife works... She doesn't have a job. She's at the home all the time with the kids. I have a home in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1500 square feet,$ 290, 000. I have three months of cash in the bank. And I have about a$100K in my 401( k) that the year before I had put in real estate index funds. I had nothing. And I worked for a 10 person startup that lays off half of the team. So at that time, what did I learn? All things pass. Nothing is the end of the world. If my 401( k) drop and I had no savings, don't worry about it. You don't worry. When something like that happens, you don't stress and say that the world ended. You worry about the world ending the day the world ended. Don't worry about it before that. I will tell you, in two years, the market will start moving back in the direction. And if you don't do anything crazy, go sell all your stuff and already... Just stay put. It is what it is. Patience. This thing usually will fix itself. The other is that as long as we have health, as long as we have a roof, if not we go find another roof, we can... There are ways to solve the problems. Again, not panicking. We have the potential for great lives, great careers, and so no need to... There are people that are in a worse situation that can't themselves out. We're in a position that we can take ourselves out it. I think I'm generalizing, right? Second, I learned that I enjoyed this times better because you don't have as much distraction from the competition. I'm just sorry to be saying it this way. Be pressed, right? When we were building at Performable, we had three million dollars in funding. Nobody could get fundraising. I didn't have a million companies biting my ankles and saying like," Oh yeah, we can do it. We can get money." So it definitely simplifies the market, and it only lets the best ones rise out in that environment. It's a true test of leadership and capabilities and endurance and persistence. And so I like that because sometimes you're working so hard and people can't tell the difference between a five person chat company and Drift, right? People are like," Oh, it looks like they're better than Drift. People go present themselves to be inaudible," We're the Drift killer." Five person company. Five customers. Well, stop wasting my time. Because I got to focus on Salesforce. I got to focus on the big fish. And so I learned that the closer you are to that time... The better prepared you are for a downturn, the more advantages you're going to have to come out and spring back with a force. And so you have to be thinking right now, what can you do to prepare during this time to be ready and not be caught off guard? I saw some Instagram meme or something that says," If you're not everything you could be, why are you chilling so much?" It's like don't be chilling. Unless you're made, then there's no time to be wasting it. You got to be preparing, learning, networking, building, and learning skills, doing work. And so that's the way I see it. So those are the things I'm carrying over to this one. It's like, this is the time where we can create a new chapter for Drift. We have a vision of building an enduring company, and we've been doing really well. But now coming back out of this is the opportunity to say to people," We endured that and we doubled and we became stronger." And so we are preparing ourselves, we're preparing our product and pushing the bar in every way to the team and say," We're not going to sit still here and just worry about this. We're going to get better." Thanks for listening to the American Dream podcast. Make sure to hit subscribe, so you never miss when a new episode drops. If you like this episode, please leave a six star review wherever you listen to your podcast. And if you're interested in learning more about my American dream mission, subscribe to my newsletter. Link in the show notes.
"Don't overcomplicate decisions because nothing is final."
This week's American Dream episode highlights the lessons Elias has learned from being a student at the University of South Florida to CEO and co-founder of a billion-dollar valued company today.
We're throwing it back to a discussion Elias had with the Harvard Business School Class of 2020. In the virtual discussion, Elias shares the lessons he's learned from navigating multiple economic crises, how to pick the right co-founder, and the importance of always being curious.
Key Moments:
- (0:49) Elias' career trajectory
- (6:38) How Elias knew when it was the right time to transition between jobs
- (8:54) How Elias' childhood experience helps him as an entrepreneur
- (12:24) How Drift managed the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic
- (17:44) How to think about product development in times of crisis
- (20:10) How being a diverse founder impacted the funding process
- (25:08) Elias' relationship with David Cancel
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Fifty-five years ago Canyon Lake was much larger than it is now. The generation that had fought and won WWII were in their buck prime, and they would line the long, narrow docks that stretched far out across the water, and your nostrils would selectively key on the earthy aroma of steaming coffee mugs, and blot out the arm pit sweat, bad aftershave, and nasty fish guts.
There was no park curfew then, the cold reality of an increasingly impersonal social order had not yet come to Rapid City. These men would fire up their lamps and spend all night fishing off these docks, and you would fall asleep listening to their stories about the Depression and the War and Rocky Marciano knocking out Joe Louis.
Shorty Davies was seventeen when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He joined up immediately. Once he was far out at sea, in hostile waters, he felt alone, and sometimes even desperate, more alone and desperate than most of us have ever really felt in our mollycoddled lives—and the only constant, user friendly, faithful friend he had—was his cigarette.
In the end, his friend would kill him, stopping his heart at the age of 58. But through the tough decades following the war, each unfiltered friend, Lucky Strike, Camels, Pall Malls, stayed true no matter how turbulent life became, and other men of that generation would sit beside him on the Canyon Lake docks, and in the dark of the night you could see the connective thread, formed in a crucible of grinding poverty and bloody war, a string of bright red dots, the tips of lit cigarettes, lining both sides of the dock, converging on an infinity point, like the parallel rails of a railroad track.
We all feel forsaken at times, by people we loved and trusted, by things we fight for and believe in, but our addictions, when tempered to respond to the adamant expediency of our circumstance, get us through where all else fails. Eventually, these addictions often destroy us, but even as the Lakota man not yet fifty lives out his final days in hospice care at some nursing home, he dreams of himself as a young man, powered by whiskey, and above and beyond all the fears and regrets of his binge-ravaged life, he remembers the fiery life inside that young man, and every fiber of his being screams for one thing—just one more jar, just one more drink.
There have been times in my life, when I have found the thing that best comforts me, maybe not a cigarette, or a drink, or a toke, or a slot machine, but something… and I have fixated on it, obsessed over it, to avoid facing all the other relentless demands life places on us.
Because of a hard life lived, my dad was far older than I when he was my age, and it was at my very age he died, even to the very end, unable to give up his chain-smoking habit.
He needed his friend more than ever at the end.
When my brother Jerry conquered his addictions, to cigarettes, and drugs, he came back home to Rapid City and we talked about hiking up the Mickelson Trail, because he'd never been on it. He had only one friend in his life at that time, his children all grown, his wife starting a life of her own—he had his Harley. When I die I would like to die with my best friend beside me. In my case, that best friend is a woman, but in his case, it was his Harley. So he rolled it into a shed, closed the door, fired it up, sat down on it, and just thought about whatever people think about when they know it will be the last thing they ever think about. It doesn't take long for the exhaust from a Harley locked in a small shed to kill you.
At least he had his friend with him. My little brother drowned when he was fifteen, clutching his best friend, his fishing pole. Whether cigarette, or whiskey jar, or Harley, or fishing pole, a friend proves they are our friend by staying right beside us to the bitter end.
(James Giago Davies is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota tribe. He can be reached at email@example.com)

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|Low Tide: 7:25:00 PM
|Water Temp: 80 °F
|Sunrise: 12:00:00 AM
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Donation will support the Nigeria men's national basketball team in their Olympic run
15 July 2021: Paxful, the leading global peer-to-peer fintech platform, announced that it will be donating to the Friends of Nigerian Basketball Foundation (FONB), a non-profit corporation with a mission to amplify and support the global sport of basketball at all levels of engagement and competition. Additionally, Paxful's Co-Founders Ray Youssef and Artur Schaback will give a personal donation to the FONB.
The donation will directly support the D'Tigers, the Nigeria men's national basketball team during their Olympic run in Tokyo, Japan later this month. Paxful will be donating on behalf of the Built With Bitcoin Foundation, a humanitarian organization devoted to creating equitable opportunity by providing clean water, access to quality education, sustainable farming, and humanitarian support—all powered by cryptocurrencies.
The Nigeria men's national basketball team is led by Head Coach Mike Brown, associate head coach for the Golden State Warriors. The D'Tigers are currently ranked 1st in Africa and 22nd in the world by the FIBA World Ranking and they are showing great promise during the Las Vegas, Nevada exhibition games this week–beating both the men's national teams for the United States and Argentina.
Nigeria will tip-off its Olympic schedule against Australia on July 25 (1:20 a.m. PDT) to open play in Group B of the preliminary round, followed by games against Germany (July 27, 6 p.m. PDT) and Italy (July 30, 9:40 p.m. PDT).
Ray Youssef, CEO and co-founder of Paxful, said:
"Paxful is incredibly proud to donate to the Friends of Nigerian Basketball Foundation. On the Olympic stage, the D'Tigers will bring pride and confidence to not only the people of Nigeria – but to all of Africa. It's time for Nigeria to show the world their grit and determination."
Artur Schaback, COO and co-founder of Paxful, said:
"All eyes will be on Tokyo this month, as athletes bring pride to countries around the world. The Nigeria men's national basketball team already have exhibition wins under their belt – and they have the right coaches and players to bring home a medal. I am thrilled to support the team as they chase this dream."
Mike Brown, Head Coach of the Nigeria men's national basketball team, said: "We're going to Tokyo to try and win. This is the mentality of the entire organization and we're excited to have support from companies like Paxful who truly believe in the people of Nigeria."
Founded in 2015 and completely bootstrapped since then, Paxful is headquartered in New York with offices in Estonia, the Philippines and Russia. The team has doubled in size over the last 12 months, growing to over 400 people.
Paxful is a peer-to-peer finance platform for people to make payments, transactions, and send money by buying and selling cryptocurrencies as a means of exchange. Founded in 2015 by Ray Youssef and Artur Schaback, Paxful's mission is to help everyone have equal access to finance no matter who or where they are. Six million people use Paxful to buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Tether (USDT) with almost 400 different payment methods.
Ray Youssef, co-founder and CEO of Paxful, set up the Built with Bitcoin Foundation to provide people with access to education and water. To date, the foundation has built six schools (two in Rwanda, two in Kenya, and two in Nigeria), multiple water projects, and cultivated dozens of farms. The Built with Bitcoin Foundation is funded by Paxful and the cryptocurrency community.
The Friends of Nigerian Basketball Foundation (FONB) is a non-profit corporation. Donations provide training, travel, and organizational support to the FONB program. Our mission is to amplify and support the global sport of basketball at all levels of engagement and competition; while encouraging inclusion through positive international, national, community, and individual relationships with the nation of Nigeria and those who are connected to the Nigerian diaspora around the world.


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Congregational Church Hymnal
1887 · London
by Barrett, George S. (editor)
London: Congregational Union of England and Wales, 1887. n/a. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xxxiv. 655pp. xvi. 160pp. (4)238(2)pp. Black leather with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Age wear to spine and edges. Some small white stains and some scuffing to cover. Beveled edges. All gilt page edges. Silk endpapers. Gilt stamped inscription on endpaper to Mr. Edwin Bell. Inside dentelles in gilt. Hinges starting. This book is in three parts. Part 1 covers "Hymns with Tunes," part 2 "Litanies And Chants," and part 3 entails "Anthems." Harmonies in part 1 were revised by E.J. Hopkins. Josiah Booth arranged the pointing and selected the music in part 2 and also edited part 3 with George S. Barrett. This book was edited for "The Congregational Union of England and Wales." The book contains 775 hymns, 8 metrical litanies, 20 Canticles pointed for chanting, a metrical version of the Dies Irae, 125 portions of psalms or other passages of scripture also pointed for chanting, and 120 Anthems. Overall in good condition. (Inventory #: 11956)


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Ginger Boy Brand Vintage Blythe California Melon Crate Label
This produce crate label was used by Sunrise Packing Co. Nice image of race horse in full stride.
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- Printed in the 1960s.
- Condition: Light wave in upper right corner area, nice.
An original crate label, not a copy, not a computer-printed art print. A vintage label intended to be pasted on a crate, but never used. Old stock from a warehouse find.


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For years I have been making it a goal to attend an event/seminar/webinar that would benefit me and my personal goals and dreams. I would register for events and find an excuse not to attend every single time. This year however, I made the decision to show up for myself and I have in more ways than I could have ever imagined. When researching upcoming DMV events for my monthly newsletter I came across a "Free Content Day" event held in Washington, DC that was put together by The Social Tea. I noticed that a style influencer I follow on instagram | irregular_wear | was hosting the event and that the tickets were free, all I had to do was register. I immediately registered for the event and went to find The Social Tea on instagram.
The Social Tea is a networking community for women across America. They host various events around the US that empower women to become better versions of themselves in all aspects of life through networking and building community. I love it for them and me, immediately follow!
The morning of the event the excuses began to spew like vomit but I was determined to go. At this point there was more on the line than simply not attending an event. Going to this event meant that I would be showing up for myself, it would mean that in my eyes I was worthy of the investment. Attending this event meant everything. Shout out to my girlfriend and sister for the extra push I needed to follow through.
Attending this event taught me five things that I want to share with you!
1. It's okay to be nervous, do it anyway.
If you allow your nervousness to be the decision maker of your life you will miss out on everything. Just think about how many times you were nervous before some of your greatest memories.
2. Networking is easier than you think.
Just be yourself, engage with others, ask questions and offer your knowledge/assistance.
3. Life is better with other people.
I said what I said, period. Find your tribe.
4. Nobody cares as much as you think.
We were literally on the sidewalk in DC (as people were walking around) taking pictures, walking back and forth, changing shoes/clothes/accessories, and more. There were a few people who asked to take pictures with us and a few who clapped as we tried to do some synchronized group videos. There were even a number of black men who complimented us as they went by. My point is, no one cares that you are taking pictures of yourself in public. Create your content sis!
5. Invest in yourself no matter how scary or small it may be.
There are many ways that you can invest in yourself. Investing in yourself is not strictly limited to monetary investments. No matter how scary or small the investment may be, invest in yourself.
Overall I learned so much about myself at this short event, achieved some goals, and met some talented black women that I will be working with in the future. All thanks to me deciding to finally make the decision to do push pass my nervousness.
I challenge you to do something you have been wanting to do but were too nervous to go through with it.
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LAS VEGAS – (Feb. 4, 2021) – Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada (CCSN) announced the recent appointment of Dan Ventrelle, Executive Vice President of the Las Vegas Raiders, to its Board of Trustees.
Ventrelle brings a background in the field of law as well, as the General Counsel of the Raiders, having advised the team on legal matters for nearly 20 years. As a board member, Ventrelle will utilize his professional knowledge and connections to help develop and implement strategies that will further benefit CCSN's mission to serve the community's most vulnerable men, women and children in the valley.
"I'm honored to have the opportunity to serve an organization with such a compelling mission," said Ventrelle. "As a leader of a new business to Las Vegas that is committed to making a positive impact on the community, I look forward to bringing a fresh perspective to the board and I am excited for new opportunities in the years ahead."
Ventrelle currently also serves as a board member for The Raiders Foundation.
"The decision of appointing Dan to the board was unanimous by Executive Chairman Bishop George Thomas, and all members of the current board of trustees," said Deacon Tom Roberts, President and CEO of Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada. "We are excited about Dan's passion and commitment to our mission."
As an elected member, Ventrelle will serve a term of three years on CCSN's Board of Trustees. A full list of board members can be found on CatholicCharities.org.


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Donna Burkel, 73, of Woonsocket, died of natural causes at her home on Friday, July 18, 2020.
Her funeral service was held Wednesday, July 22, at the Basham Funeral Chapel in Woonsocket at 1 p.m. Visitation was held Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial was at the Restlawn Memory Garden Cemetery in Huron. Rev. Zach Kingery officiated.
Donna Jean Burkel, the daughter of Roland and Blanche (Hibbard) Wieting, was born on March 8, 1947, in Huron. She lived on a farm near Hitchcock until 1957 when she moved to Huron with her family. In October of 1958, they moved to Woonsocket. On Feb. 17,1973, Donna was united in marriage to Donald Burkel in Wessington Springs.
Donna worked at various places in and around Woonsocket, Alpena, and Huron as a well-known cook and most recently as store help at the Salvation Army in Huron. Donna's beloved hobbies were cooking and tending her vegetable and flower gardens. She loved her family and friends.
Donna was survived by her husband of 47 years, Donald of Woonsocket; children, Danaee Marquette of Aurora, Jona Hokanson (Mike Wanous) of Huron, Mathew (Sarah) Burkel of Woonsocket, and Curtis Burkel of Woonsocket; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Rolanda Larive of Huron; and numerous family and friends.
Donna was preceded in death by her parents, Roland and Blanche; brother, Elroy Wieting; sister, Mary Johnson; son, Daniel Thompson; and granddaughter, Isabel Burkel.


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October 30th, 2014
The Heart of the Gourmet
Pompano Beach
It is another week end and what is there to do? It always seems as if we get in a routine and do the same things over and over. Well, we've got something really special for you to do this time. Rather it be with your significant other or a group of friends, it is sure to be a memorable, fun time. Right here in Pompano Beach, we have a very extraordinary shoppe called The Heart of the Gourmet, previously known as The Heart of the Olive. It is located at 816 North Federal Highway, in the Beachway Plaza. Starting out as a Flavored Olive Oils, Balsamic Vinegars, and gift shop, bringing an unique taste to Pompano Beach, Kevin Roth founded a real gem.
You can find a wide assortment of infused extra virgin olive oils and tasteful balsamics. But the real treat is you are able to taste them. Yes, that's right, they will guide you in combining the two of them for some delicious, healthy flavors! You know how extremely healthy extra virgin olive oils are for you. But those balsamics give you that natural sweetness with a little bit of tartness, because they are made from dark and white grapes, for only 25-35 delicious calories per tablespoon. There is such a wide selection including a Fig, Honey Date, Chocolate Raspberry and Strawberry-Peach flavored.
And to even offer more to their customers, theHeart of the G bring us opportunities to have some fun in their space. Their newest fun gathering is the personalizing of your own wine glass, as Kevin has added boutique wines to his selection of products. Now that's something to toast to! Have a taste and a nibble and a sip of wine while being your own creative artist! They also host several types of cooking classes, taking simple meal and creating gourmet dinners, using their exquisite extra virgin olive oils and balsamics. It is sure a great time, both educational and empowering and of course delicious! Classes are held throughout the week, call for more details at 754 222-8071.
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Former Liverpool target Quincy Promes, who was extensively linked to us back in 2017 after Jurgen Klopp told the Echo he liked the Dutchman, has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing a family member.
De Telegraaf reported a stabbing happened in Abcoude, just south of Amsterdam, and Ajax have confirmed that Promes has missed training as a result.
Promes's lawyer has claimed his client is innocent, but Dutch police have stated the 28-year-old was indeed arrested in relation to the crime.
It's crazy that a player can go from being the potential wing-option for Liverpool, to having his career potentially in jeopardy – and possibly far worse – just a few years later.
That summer, Klopp and Michael Edwards decided on Mo Salah from AS Roma, instead of Promes – while Julian Brandt was also an option…
Salah has gone on to become one of the world's best players under Klopp's guidance.
What a good decision that was – for player and club!


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Here are a few updates.
First, thanks to all who have purchased Hidden Treasures of the Queen City, the photo book of Cincinnati architectural details. It's available at Blurb. Check it out, if you haven't already, on the Home page or the Book page.
Also, we decided to take down the bird pictures for the time being, but we hope to be back with some exciting new photos very soon.
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Danita's book of architectural photography: The Queen City's Hidden Treasures, is now available for purchase through Blurb. For a free sample, click the "Book" link above or to the right.
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Danita is preparing a new book of architectural photography for publication. The Queen City's Hidden Treasures: Architectural Details of Downtown Cincinnati, now in final review, includes over 100 full-color photographs of architectural details from one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the United States. This lovely volume is sure to make a great addition to your coffee table!
Look for updates here in the next few weeks to find out how to order The Queen City's Hidden Treasures!
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This is the official site of photographer Danita Smith. The site is evolving day by day; feel free to come back and watch it grow before your eyes! We'll be featuring Danita's photography work, which spans several areas: architecture, birds, nature, landscapes, and more. We've included a video sampler of Danita's favorite photos for your enjoyment.
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Europe's consumer industry saw a drop of 19.61% in deal activity during September 2021, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by DraftKings' $21.55bn acquisition of Entain, according to GlobalData's deals database.
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A total of 82 consumer industry deals worth $22.8bn were announced for the region in September 2021, against the 12-month average of 102 deals.
Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in September 2021 with 39 transactions, representing a 47.6% share for the region.
In second place was venture financing with 25 deals, followed by private equity deals with 18 transactions, respectively capturing a 30.5% and 22% share of the overall deal activity for the month.
In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe's consumer industry with $22.02bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $490.51m and $269.49m, respectively.
Europe consumer industry deals in September 2021: Top deals
The top five consumer deals accounted for 98.2% of the overall value during September 2021.
The combined value of the top five consumer deals stood at $22.37bn, against the overall value of $22.8bn recorded for the month.
The top five consumer industry deals of September 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) DraftKings $21.55bn acquisition deal with Entain
2) The $421.9m private equity of 63% stake in La Doria by Investindustrial
3) Crucial Innovations $164.42m acquisition deal with Eco Equity
4) The $129.94m acquisition of Blau Porto Petro by Ikos Porto Petro
5) Balderton Capital (UK),General Catalyst Partners,Index Ventures,Insight Partners and Latitude (UK) $100m venture financing deal with Beauty Pie


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Hey! We re-branded as "The Stamp" which you can access from here: https://the-stamp.com
This code is a fork of DINO BUSD, but the the 50% of the unstaked amount will stay in the contract. The users will get unused referrals which is 10% of each deposit.
Investors will need to claim daily rewards every 24 hours, else it will not overflow/stop accumulating
Investors can withdraw every 7th day.
The contract has a reentrancy guard in place to avoid exploit attacks.
See diffchecker link for dino crops contract comparison : https://www.diffchecker.com/k7517Ol5
Chain : BSC
Token : BUSD
DAPP Type : Static APR Yield Farm.
ROI Percent : 12% daily till payout has reached 5x including deposit
Minimum Investment : 10 BUSD (not modifiable by owner)
Maximum Investment : 5,000 BUSD (not modifiable by owner)
Referral Percentage : 1 Level, 10% (not modifiable by owner)
No backdoor was found in the contract. once the contract is initialized/started the owner has no more control.
signal_market() - this will start the contract.
These fees are average
Deposit : 10% (not modifiable by owner)
Withdraw : 1% (not modifiable by owner)
The project is a fork of DINO BUSD with some codes removed. specifically the 50% of the unstaked amount will stay in the contract.
Team is not known and has an active community
This is a ROI dapp, once the contract balance reaches $0 there will be no further payouts. The dev wallet is coded in the contract to receive unused referrals which can be big over time.