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Podcast: The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified
Episode: 248. Scaling Rackspace, The Evolving Responsibilities of a Venture-Backed CEO, and Confronting Big Tech Monopolies (Lanham Napier)
Description: Lanham Napier of BuildGroup joins Nick to discuss Scaling Rackspace, The Evolving Responsibilities of a Venture-Backed CEO, and Confronting Big Tech Monopolies. In this episode, we cover: You took on capital from Seqouia, Norwest and others while at Rackspace. What was the biggest challenge to taking on venture capital? How were you able to move from the early product-market-fit days to true scale... what were the defining decisions/actions that helped you expand exponentially? As a company leaves the product-market-fit stage and reaches scale, what is the job of the CEO or how does the job of the C...