lift, they needed to raise a fuck ton of money because they were in this split scaling

battle against Uber, but like nobody was ever saying, oh boy, I wonder if the market for

ride sharing is going to be big. Everybody's like it's going to be fucking huge. We need like a rocket ship that gets off the launch pad

escapes the gravitational pull of the Earth. So I'm like and if that's what you're in it for I'm your

guy, right? But like don't buy my rocket fuel if you want to just go slightly

faster in the car that you're driving because your car will blow up. Right? It'll just be like, it's not the right

financing vehicle.

What is up you sexy bastards?

It's your boy, Mr. USA,

aka Rabbi Can't Lose, aka Noah Kagan.

In today's episode I talk with one of my favorite venture capitalists Mike Maples he also has an awesome

podcast called Starting Greatness. I highly recommend it. Go listen to the Chegg episode.

He's also invested in companies like Lift, Twitch, and Twitter.

If you've ever wanted to learn how to scale your business to seven figures and beyond,

you'll love this episode. In this conversation, enjoy three major things.

Number one, when to go from scrappy mode to scale.

Number two, why do you should hire for execution, not vision?

Number three, why most companies shouldn't look for venture capital.

Plus he talked about rocket fuel, which is hell of funny.

Enjoy those three things, plus a bunch more air nuggets along the way.

Before we dive into the show, make sure you're subscribe to AppSumo.com, the number one marketplace

for entrepreneurs AppSumo.com. Also if you like me, because I like you dog, go to YouTube.com slash okay dork and

...