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David Rusenko

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David Rusenko

@drusenko

partner at leap forward ventures. formerly founder/ceo weebly.

San Francisco, CA

Joined March 2008

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David Rusenko
@drusenko
Mar 25
Six months ago, I teamed up with the creator of The Daily on a crazy new idea. We talk to well known founders + someone close to them like their college roommate or their mom that tell a whole different side to the story. Season 1 is launching today: pod.link/1878437990
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David Rusenko
@drusenko
Jun 24
Such a fun convo w/ @mwseibel and @justinkan on the origin story behind live streaming: a 24/7 lifecasting show that they all agreed was a bad idea, but did it anyway. Those early days in a North Beach apartment turned into a $100B market. Listen at pod.link/1878437990/epi…
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David Rusenko
@drusenko
Jun 10
It's not often that an internship turns into a billion-dollar IPO, but it did for @seanduffy when his resume fell on to the floor at @ideo. Design thinking, lots of grit, and a crawling world record led to @omadahealth. Listen to the latest episode at pod.link/1878437990/epi…
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David Rusenko
@drusenko
May 27
.@tripadler's story is my favorite persistence story that most have never heard. He went from rocket ship growth, to hitting a wall and half the team quitting in 6 months. But he kept at it for years and eventually grew @Scribd to over $300M of revenue. pod.link/1878437990/epi…
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David Rusenko
@drusenko
May 13
As a first-time mom, Laura Modi went to Walgreens at 11pm for baby formula and felt ashamed and afraid. So she built @bobbiebabyco, the fastest-growing formula brand since the 1980s. Laura is super thoughtful and inspiring, listen to the episode here: pod.link/1878437990/epi…
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