S10 Bonus: Rob Grazioli, Bread

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Rob Grazioli started his life in Brooklyn NY, but moved to Italy for his Dad's job, and lived there from age 5 to 13. He ended up moving back to the states for High School and College, and finds that it's difficult to separate tech and work from his life. Outside of tech, he enjoys exercising, and has always been an athlete, most recently picking up basketball. He really loves to make things, learn how things work, and to munch on Oreos. Eight years ago, Rob and his partners started a company called Density, allowing businesses to count the number of people in a room. After growing that business, Rob realized that he wanted to get back to building things. And, after working with early businesses, he found his passion in being founders for hire. This is the creation story of Bread. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by AMI. Hardware asset management is hard, and most companies are wasting time and effort on a bad solution.
0:08.2	Asset Management International, or AMI, has been making software to simplify the ham process for over 20 years.
0:15.7	Their automated tools help companies keep tabs on their equipment, from storage to what's on your desk.
0:21.2	Head over to amitracks.com to request a demo today.
0:26.0	We basically almost bankrupt our business.
0:29.2	We built a book of business that was a bit flimsy.
0:33.7	We had an account that basically was paying the bills for us,
0:37.3	but we didn't like working on it and we didn't fight to keep it.
0:41.7	As a result, we didn't have enough money to pay our people, which was probably the most foundational learning experience for me as a business owner.
0:50.6	And our poor decision making put that at risk for the people that we hired.
0:57.1	That was easily the biggest mistake I've made to date, where you essentially put people's
1:03.3	livelihoods at risk.
1:05.3	It was terrifying.
1:06.5	I'm Rob Gratzioli.
1:07.5	I'm a founder and managing partner at Brett.
1:12.6	This is Code Story.
1:14.6	A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
1:17.6	It's six months moonlighting.
1:19.6	There's nice enough of the backcans.
1:21.6	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
1:24.6	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:25.6	It took many goes to get right.
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