Success Story with Scott D. Clary
Published on Jun 11, 2024, 11:56:48 PM
Total time: 01:01:04
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➡️ 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.
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https://www.instagram.com/kalomarnyc/
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➡️ Talking Points
00:00 - Intro
02:23 - Karl’s Journey Begins
07:17 - Choosing Entrepreneurship Over VC
09:35 - Betting on DigitalOcean
14:24 - Scaling Without Experience
18:28 - Lessons from DigitalOcean's Growth
24:45 - Hiring the Right Talent
27:18 - M13's Unique Edge
34:53 - Sponsor: The Ops Authority Podcast
35:38 - Value of Operator-Investors
38:07 - Successes and Missed Opportunities
48:38 - Future Vision for M13
54:12 - Connect with Karl Online
54:48 - Overcoming Life’s Biggest Challenge
56:23 - Most Influential Person
57:50 - Karl’s Book and Podcast Picks
58:48 - Advice to Younger Self
59:49 - Defining Success
Welcome to the Success Story Podcast, hosted by entrepreneur, business executive, author, educator & speaker, Scott D. Clary (@scottdclary). On this podcast, you'll find interviews, Q&A, keynote presentations & conversations on sales, marketing, business, startups and entrepreneurship. Scott will discuss some of the lessons he's learned over his own career, as well as have candid interviews with execs, celebrities, notable figures and politicians. All who have achieved success through both wins and losses, to learn more about their life, their ideas and insights. He sits down with leaders and mentors and unpacks their story to help pass those lessons onto others through both experiences and tactical strategy for business professionals, entrepreneurs and everyone in between. To get more of the Success Story podcast, go to www.successstorypodcast.com.