S8 Bonus: David Hurwitt, Troove

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

David Hurwitt lives in Burlington, Vermont, and is a married father of 3. And, those kids hav already grown and flown, per Dave's words. Their journey out of the nest into college was a driver behind starting his current venture. Outside of current venture, he is an avid photographer and really enjoys taking pictures, but ensuring there is people in them - cause, he states it's just better that way. Dave spent some time in college admissions in the past. And, as his kids grew up, he started to look into the process again. He found that when visiting a school in person, there wasn't solution that utilized preferences of the graduates, helping them identify patterns to help match them to their perfect school. This is the creation story of Troove. 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	When we drove out to visit that first school in the middle of nowhere, we drove on a campus
0:05.6	in what should have been her very first choice school.
0:08.1	And she said, dope, dad, don't even get out of the car.
0:10.8	And I said, you're going to get out of the car.
0:12.3	We've driven a long way.
0:13.5	But let's take the tour.
0:14.8	And then we got back in the car.
0:16.7	And I said, okay, tell you what, you grab Spotify.
0:19.1	You're in charge of the radio, and you can find
0:21.1	us a mood lightning song.
0:23.1	I'm going to jump on Yelp, and I'm going to find us a great restaurant in this town we've
0:27.0	never been to.
0:28.1	And it occurred to me that the matching quality of those two services, which were largely
0:34.1	inconsequential, was profoundly more effective than this quarter million dollar decision
0:38.9	where she was going to go to college. I'm Dave Hurwit, founder and CEO of Trude.
0:46.6	This is Code Story. A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.3	Six months moonlighting. There's nothing like the backcats.
0:55.8	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:58.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:00.2	It took many goes to get right.
1:02.2	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.5	The company is its people.
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