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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 the culture is...

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

Super positive.

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

The vibes are super high.

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

We have very low attrition rates amongst the company.

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

I've worked at five companies now that have scaled to over 100 million ARR.

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

And I will say I'm having the time of my life at Legoro.

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

So I've always been very entrepreneurial.

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

I tried to start a number of companies when I was in college at Washington University in St.

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

Louis.

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

I ended up graduating in three years, getting my master's in finance, going down a path towards investment banking.

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

And I ended up graduating, going to Barclays in New York.

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

I did that for a number of years.

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

But I felt, despite being a great technical butt-kicking, somewhat monotonous.

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

And it wasn't as fulfilling as I wanted it to be.

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

And I had a desire to combine my love of entrepreneurism with investment banking.

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

And the perfect blend of the two, to me at the time, was venture capital.

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

And so I thought, great, I want to be a venture capitalist.

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

And so I first...

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

tried to find a way into venture capital.

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

But back then it was super hard.