Rob Grazioli started his life in Brooklyn NY, but moved to Italy for his Dad's job, and lived there from age 5 to 13. He ended up moving back to the states for High School and College, and finds that it's difficult to separate tech and work from his life. Outside of tech, he enjoys exercising, and has always been an athlete, most recently picking up basketball. He really loves to make things, learn how things work, and to munch on Oreos.Eight years ago, Rob and his partners started a company called Density, allowing businesses to count the number of people in a room. After growing that business, Rob realized that he wanted to get back to building things. And, after working with early businesses, he found his passion in being founders for hire.This is the creation story of Bread.SponsorsP0 SecuritySpeakeasyQA WolfSnapTradeLinkshttps://www.madebybread.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-j-grazioli/Our Sponsors:* Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com* Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com* Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORYSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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We basically almost bankrupt our business. We built a book of business that was a bit flimsy. We had an account that basically was paying the bills for us, but we didn't like working on it and we didn't fight to keep it. As a result, we didn't have enough money to pay our people, which was probably the most foundational learning experience for me as a business owner.
And our poor decision-making put that at risk for the people that we hired. That was easily the biggest mistake I've made to date, where you essentially put people's livelihoods at risk. It was terrifying. I'm Rob Grazioli. I'm a founder and managing partner at Breadman.
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Join the Wolfpack at QAwolf.com. Rob Grazioli started his life in Brooklyn, New York, but moved to Italy for his dad's job and lived there from age 5 to 13. He ended up moving back to the States for high school and college and finds that it's difficult to separate tech and work from his life. Outside of tech, he enjoys exercising and has always been an athlete, most recently picking up basketball.
He really loves to make things, learn how things work, and to munch on Oreos. Eight years ago, Rob and his partner started a company called Density, allowing businesses to count the number of people in a room. After growing that business, Rob realized that he wanted to get back to building things. And after working with early businesses, he found his passion in being founders for hire.
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