Kass Lazerow
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I'm going to say, who are your first five hires and why? I want to see how are they going to build a team? Do they need a team? Do they think they need a team? Do they know what they don't know? And I want to hear their reasoning for those hires. That tells me a lot about how they think, which is why I usually do all the due diligence on our investments with the people side of it.
I'm going to say, who are your first five hires and why? I want to see how are they going to build a team? Do they need a team? Do they think they need a team? Do they know what they don't know? And I want to hear their reasoning for those hires. That tells me a lot about how they think, which is why I usually do all the due diligence on our investments with the people side of it.
They should just go right to Amazon. It's there. They can get it at shoveling shit. It's right there.
They should just go right to Amazon. It's there. They can get it at shoveling shit. It's right there.
They should just go right to Amazon. It's there. They can get it at shoveling shit. It's right there.
Thanks for having us. Appreciate you.
Thanks for having us. Appreciate you.
Thanks for having us. Appreciate you.
You need someone who's not going to drop the ball when you hand off things to them.
You need someone who's not going to drop the ball when you hand off things to them.
You need someone who's not going to drop the ball when you hand off things to them.
Hi, thanks for having us.
Hi, thanks for having us.
Hi, thanks for having us.
All right. So, you know, we're Cass and Mike Lazaro, and he and I have been working together, if you can believe this, 28 years together. We started working together when we were just dating, and I had this crazy idea to start Goff.com. where avid golfers could come and track their handicaps online and book tee times. And then we started a big company called Buddy Media.
All right. So, you know, we're Cass and Mike Lazaro, and he and I have been working together, if you can believe this, 28 years together. We started working together when we were just dating, and I had this crazy idea to start Goff.com. where avid golfers could come and track their handicaps online and book tee times. And then we started a big company called Buddy Media.
All right. So, you know, we're Cass and Mike Lazaro, and he and I have been working together, if you can believe this, 28 years together. We started working together when we were just dating, and I had this crazy idea to start Goff.com. where avid golfers could come and track their handicaps online and book tee times. And then we started a big company called Buddy Media.
And we ran that and grew that. It was the top social media marketing platform for all the top Fortune 500 brands. We sold that to Salesforce in 2012. And we've been investors and VCs since then. And we wrote this book, Ryan, because we want to help entrepreneurs. We want to help them with the cheat codes. We have like 50 plus in this book.
And we ran that and grew that. It was the top social media marketing platform for all the top Fortune 500 brands. We sold that to Salesforce in 2012. And we've been investors and VCs since then. And we wrote this book, Ryan, because we want to help entrepreneurs. We want to help them with the cheat codes. We have like 50 plus in this book.
And we ran that and grew that. It was the top social media marketing platform for all the top Fortune 500 brands. We sold that to Salesforce in 2012. And we've been investors and VCs since then. And we wrote this book, Ryan, because we want to help entrepreneurs. We want to help them with the cheat codes. We have like 50 plus in this book.