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Dmitry Gurski

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
576 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

I started to focus just on floor because my old portfolio declined because of political situation in region. And when everything was good, I was just delaying necessary change and I was just waiting this crisis for life to burn my bridges. And then when the necessary change happened, then I started to move.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

Honestly, not so much because I have a rather humble lifestyle. Honestly, I despise luxurious brands. I despise luxury. I even don't have a car and I don't have any expensive item. I don't have anything that would be branded or luxurious. I don't need business classes or private jets. I would want to have an interesting and meaningful life and feel that I'm useful.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

Honestly, not so much because I have a rather humble lifestyle. Honestly, I despise luxurious brands. I despise luxury. I even don't have a car and I don't have any expensive item. I don't have anything that would be branded or luxurious. I don't need business classes or private jets. I would want to have an interesting and meaningful life and feel that I'm useful.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

Honestly, not so much because I have a rather humble lifestyle. Honestly, I despise luxurious brands. I despise luxury. I even don't have a car and I don't have any expensive item. I don't have anything that would be branded or luxurious. I don't need business classes or private jets. I would want to have an interesting and meaningful life and feel that I'm useful.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

And honestly, I never think about my personal money. I'm absolutely honest here. Like, never. Never. Because I have so little need for myself that it's not even a kind of motivation for me. I'm very motivated by the story of founder of General Atlantic, Chuck Flinney. Do you know this story?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

And honestly, I never think about my personal money. I'm absolutely honest here. Like, never. Never. Because I have so little need for myself that it's not even a kind of motivation for me. I'm very motivated by the story of founder of General Atlantic, Chuck Flinney. Do you know this story?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

And honestly, I never think about my personal money. I'm absolutely honest here. Like, never. Never. Because I have so little need for myself that it's not even a kind of motivation for me. I'm very motivated by the story of founder of General Atlantic, Chuck Flinney. Do you know this story?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

General Atlantic was started by a man who earned a huge fortune by starting duty-free shops. And because of this venture and because of Giant Atlantic, he earned billions, nine billion or something like that. And then secretly he distributed all his money for charity, absolutely secretly, nobody knew.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

General Atlantic was started by a man who earned a huge fortune by starting duty-free shops. And because of this venture and because of Giant Atlantic, he earned billions, nine billion or something like that. And then secretly he distributed all his money for charity, absolutely secretly, nobody knew.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

General Atlantic was started by a man who earned a huge fortune by starting duty-free shops. And because of this venture and because of Giant Atlantic, he earned billions, nine billion or something like that. And then secretly he distributed all his money for charity, absolutely secretly, nobody knew.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

And he died like two years ago and then the story became public that he just gifted away in his lifetime all his money and without any profit, without sharing to anybody, absolutely secretly. It's the best example for me how you should live your life. You should create something valuable commercially, but then it's your duty to return this money for society and to do that very efficiently.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

And he died like two years ago and then the story became public that he just gifted away in his lifetime all his money and without any profit, without sharing to anybody, absolutely secretly. It's the best example for me how you should live your life. You should create something valuable commercially, but then it's your duty to return this money for society and to do that very efficiently.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

And he died like two years ago and then the story became public that he just gifted away in his lifetime all his money and without any profit, without sharing to anybody, absolutely secretly. It's the best example for me how you should live your life. You should create something valuable commercially, but then it's your duty to return this money for society and to do that very efficiently.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

I believe that if you are really successful, the second part of your life should be not to earn money, but to spend your money for the sake of society. I believe that it's a huge sin to pass billions to your children.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

I believe that if you are really successful, the second part of your life should be not to earn money, but to spend your money for the sake of society. I believe that it's a huge sin to pass billions to your children.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

I believe that if you are really successful, the second part of your life should be not to earn money, but to spend your money for the sake of society. I believe that it's a huge sin to pass billions to your children.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

I just got better because of many, many, many problems and pains I had. in my life. I have a little regrets about my professional life, and my biggest regret that when I was young, when I was less sensitive, I fired several people without decency, in root form. And it was maybe 10-15 years ago, and I still feel guilty because of that 10 years after.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

I just got better because of many, many, many problems and pains I had. in my life. I have a little regrets about my professional life, and my biggest regret that when I was young, when I was less sensitive, I fired several people without decency, in root form. And it was maybe 10-15 years ago, and I still feel guilty because of that 10 years after.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

I just got better because of many, many, many problems and pains I had. in my life. I have a little regrets about my professional life, and my biggest regret that when I was young, when I was less sensitive, I fired several people without decency, in root form. And it was maybe 10-15 years ago, and I still feel guilty because of that 10 years after.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

Just because to feel empathy, you should get pain by yourself. And then you start to feel pain of other people. And it's just like a trait of age and a trait of a difficult journey. I was not like that when I was young.