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An Interview With Phil La Duke

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-  By Phil La Duke

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None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that?

When we were raising our first round of investment, I was eight months pregnant. Our first investors invested in us despite this, and a (female) investment partner even noted that between starting a company and having a baby, I wouldn’t be sleeping much anyway, so I might as well do both at once. That encouragement helped motivate me through some of those challenging early days. My husband Steve has also always been a steady supporter through every stage of company (and family) building.

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