Karl Alomar - Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, and Managing Partner at M13 | Building Structured Success

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Success Story Media

Business, Education, How To, Self-improvement

4.6 • 326 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory ➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com ➡️ About The Guest Karl Alomar is a serial entrepreneur turned investor with extensive experience in starting, developing, and selling high-growth businesses in various market segments. Karl co-founded two successful ventures of his own, followed by 6 years as COO at DigitalOcean helping build the company from the ground up to $250MM ARR.Karl currently holds the position of Managing Partner at venture firm M13, whose notable investments include Ring, Mud/Watr, Lyft, Shake Shack & Tonal. ➡️ Show Linkshttps://www.instagram.com/kalomarnyc/https://x.com/kalomarnyc/https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-alomar-0516a219/ ➡️ Podcast SponsorsHubspot - https://hubspot.com/ The Ops Authority Podcast - https://theopsauthority.com/podcast/The Growth Gear Podcast - https://www.growthgearpodcast.comNetSuite — https://netsuite.com/scottclary/BELAY - https://belaysolutions.comLinkedIn Jobs - https://linkedin.com/excellenceMiro - https://miro.com/successpodPorkbun - https://porkbun.com/successstory24 ➡️ Talking Points00:00 - Intro02:23 - Karl’s Journey Begins07:17 - Choosing Entrepreneurship Over VC09:35 - Betting on DigitalOcean14:24 - Scaling Without Experience18:28 - Lessons from DigitalOcean's Growth24:45 - Hiring the Right Talent27:18 - M13's Unique Edge34:53 - Sponsor: The Ops Authority Podcast35:38 - Value of Operator-Investors38:07 - Successes and Missed Opportunities48:38 - Future Vision for M1354:12 - Connect with Karl Online54:48 - Overcoming Life’s Biggest Challenge56:23 - Most Influential Person57:50 - Karl’s Book and Podcast Picks58:48 - Advice to Younger Self59:49 - Defining Success

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