Did You Get Nervous by an Ofem?

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I'm wondering, ad, i mean, yes, you have seqoia behind you. Which is a giant, right? And that that sends a signal to pretty much everyone that this is force to be reckoned with when they back a company. Lucky us, it was a not all the way, and too little, too late. Did any of em ever make you nervous that you ter hurry up and get ahead of these guys? They're coming after us. I think that the mine set was always we are very unique because we have that robust, enormous, global community.

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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