S6 Bonus: Dan Langevin, Vericred

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Dan Langevin grew up in Madison, CT - east of New Haven. He had a good size family, with his Dad being an engineer and Mother being a teacher. He grew up around computers, and learned how to build websites in High School. When he went to college, he didn't think he wanted to be in tech and struck out in consulting. It was during this time that he taught himself how to code, built a portfolio, and switched careers into tech. He's married, with a 2 year old and another baby on the way. So free time doesn't really exist for him. But when he can, he likes to spend time outdoors, reading and exercising. Dan and his co-founder started out building credentialing software, a sort of deep background check on Doctors. In creating a way to scrape & pull in accepted insurance, they recognized a broader need for data to be more fluid in the space. It became obvious that a company needed to solve this problem for the space. This is the creation story of Vericred. 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	The best advice is to stay really close to your potential customers so you can really understand
0:06.8	what their pain points are and what the problem that you're solving is.
0:11.8	Because they won't always be able to tell you exactly what it is and you learn a lot by observing
0:16.8	them and trying to get to the underlying issue without necessarily doing exactly what they've asked for.
0:24.6	Trying to do that as far into the growth of the company as you can.
0:29.6	At some point, it becomes harder and harder as their company gets bigger.
0:33.6	You get more customers. It's hard to spend a lot of time with each individual one.
0:39.4	Dan Langevin, I'm co-founder and CTO at Verde.
0:47.8	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead.
0:59.5	A team that has your back.
1:02.3	I'm your host, Noah Labhart.
1:04.6	Today, how Dan Langevin set out to disrupt an industry and seamlessly connect the flow of insurance data.
1:13.5	All this and more.
1:15.1	OnCote Story.
1:19.6	Dan Langevin grew up in Madison, Connecticut, east of New Haven.
1:23.9	He had a good-sized family with his dad being an engineer and his mother being a teacher.
1:28.3	He grew up around computers and learned how to build websites in high school.
1:32.3	Post-college, he didn't think he wanted to be in tech, so he struck out into the field of consulting.
1:37.3	It was during this time that he taught himself how to code, built a portfolio, and switched careers into tech.
1:43.3	He's married with a two-year-old and another baby on the
1:46.1	way. So free time doesn't really exist for him, but when he can, he likes to spend time outdoors,
1:51.8	reading, and exercising. Dan and his co-founder started out building credentialing software,
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