Dexter is my co-founder and partner at Swarm. He's one of the best founders I can think of — he's smart, funny, strategic, humble, and design + community-oriented. On this episode, we focused on what it means to be a second-time founder and his journey during the first one.

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✨ Topics with Dexter:

• Being a second time founder
• Creating a culture of ownership
• Probing for ego when hiring
• Finding the right co-founders
• Founder break-ups
• Saying no and being committed to your goals
• Not creating the necessity to take investor money
• Taking care of your investor line-up
• Thinking through what your product needs to achieve
• Humor and how Dexter was traumatized by Paul Graham
• Games and being a founder
• and lots more, TBH

💎 Notes

• Swarm
• On Deck Community
• Kalibrr
• Y-Combinator
• Dane Howard
• Joan Magno
• Aivin Solatorio
• Manny Ayala
• Endeavor
• Aaron Lee
• Paul Graham