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David Eckstein

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
287 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

And I wouldn't have it any other way.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

Oh, absolutely.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

We look at the DAO, the WOW.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

We look at the gross margin on a customer basis.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

The level of fidelity we have on our users is unparalleled to anything I've ever seen before.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

In all of my prior SaaS roles, we would just bulk look at our business and

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

we have to look at everything on a micro level.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

We look at our token utilization on an hourly basis, because if we switch models from one model to another, it could drive up our costs $100,000.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

And so each decision is critical.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

When we decide to switch LLMs from one to another for document editing, that could be a $100,000 decision.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

And so the relationship between CFO and CTO has to be incredibly close.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

Before, one of the most important relationships was CFO and CRO.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

That's still super important.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

But I would say the CFO relationship now spans to all the different C-level executives.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

And I'm doing daily check-ins with all the C-levels.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

Throughout my career, I've had people who have believed in me and put me forward for opportunities.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

And in 2015, my CEO at the time, David Ulovich, recommended me for a program called Sequoia Scouts.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

David Ulovich was the CEO of OpenDNS.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

Today, he's a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz running the American Dynamism Fund.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E339: From Zero to $100 Million in 18 Months: Inside Legora

And he is one of my best friends.