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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

337: What A Future Billion Dollar Business Looks Like: With Google’s Lead Investor, David Lawee

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8662 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Ever wondered what traits and characteristics Google looks for in a founder? Wonder no more, because in this interview, Nathan Chan sits down with CapitalG Founder, David Lawee, to discuss the journey of finding the next $1B Unicorn Business. David is Google's Lead Investor, and has over 13 years of experience under his belt working for one of the largest companies on the planet.  Prior to joining Google, Lawee has been a serial entrepreneur. His biggest takeaway from the experience was how to successfully scale companies, and during the interview he finally reveals exactly how to do it.  Lawee shares what he believes it takes to create a billion-dollar company. Lawee reveals all the traits and characteristics he looks for in founders when it comes to investing billions of dollars, and exactly what the company needs to look like. Key Takeaways How David Lawee found himself working for Google, CapitalG, and what he learned during his time as a serial entrepreneur The characteristics and traits that he looks for when it comes to investing The difference between an ordinary company, and the billion dollar unicorn Lawee’s advice for those looking to open more doors  The change in the market, and an insider's view into Google investment world Lawee discusses how to align your company with investors’ needs

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0:00.0

This is episode number 337 with David Lorry of the Founder Podcast.

0:07.6

What you need is thirst.

0:09.4

You need to be a thirsty human.

0:11.3

Who is intent on learning.

0:13.5

It's a really fascinating exploration of human potential.

0:19.3

The Founder Podcast.

0:22.3

Even the greatest entrepreneurs had help.

0:25.2

If you want to learn from the most successful founders on the planet, you are in

0:29.4

the right place.

0:30.9

Branson, Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, Arianna Humphington, Steve Case, Gary V,

0:35.4

Sophia Amorosa, Barbara Corcoran, Damon John.

0:38.0

Learn from the greatest minds in business today with interviews hosted by Nathan Chan.

0:42.5

This is not your average entrepreneur podcast.

0:46.4

The Founder Podcast.

0:53.2

Hey guys, thank you so much for tuning in. Before we start today's episode, I just want to let

0:59.3

you know that our goal at founder is to help entrepreneurs succeed however we can by giving

1:05.0

away high quality content in the form of interviews, blog posts, podcasts, YouTube videos,

1:11.8

you name it.

1:13.9

We put out so much content to help you.

1:19.1

And another interesting project that we're working on right now is partnering with world-class founders like Damon John, Alexa von Tobel, Greta Van Riel, and so many more to teach crucial

1:25.1

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1:31.3

So if you'd like to get access to these free trainings with founders like this, which is 100% free,

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