Are You Excited About Starting a Public Company?

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Anda: "I just feel very, very lucky. But i'm still a user" He says he's not excited about the idea of running a public company or doing quarterly calls with investors and reporters. In every stage there were so many grey things to be inspired by, to look forward to, to be happy about," Anda said.

When Adi Tartako and her husband started the home design and renovation website Houzz in 2009, they had no expectation that it would grow into a global business. In fact, Adi was a hesitant entrepreneur, preferring to foster Houzz as a lifestyle business and pushing back when experts told her it could grow into something much bigger. But as Houzz morphed into a go-to site for users to get ideas for home improvement and connect with industry professionals, Adi decided to go all-in. She walked away from a promising career in finance to become the CEO of Houzz, helping lead it to a platform that now has 65 million users worldwide.

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