David Segura – Sometimes Slowing Down Can Keep You Alive

BIO: David Segura is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor. He currently serves as the CEO of Glassbox Media. This podcast platform enables Podcast Hosts to grow their brand revenue and new listener base with direct investment and technology support. STORY: David invested in and joined a startup in New York. The company was growing fast, and after their Series A funding, they got convinced by the lead investor to expand to London and other international cities prematurely. The company could not sustain the growth. LEARNING: Be deliberate with your growth plans. Focus on quality growth that you can build on.   “Be deliberate with your growth plans.”David Segura  Guest profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/david-segura-91822a1/ (David Segura) is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor. He currently serves as the CEO of https://glassboxmedia.com/ (Glassbox Media). This podcast platform enables Podcast Hosts to grow their brand revenue and new listener base with direct investment and technology support. David previously founded Giant Media, serving as the CEO from launch through acquisition. The company was an early Video Advertising Exchange that included AMEX, L’Oreal, and Dollar Shave Club clients. David launched the company in 2009, and an AdTech roll-up acquired it in 2014. David is also an active startup investor with upwards of 60 investments. Worst investment everDavid got interested in a startup company based in New York and invested in 2017. He believed that the genesis of that business was terrific, and the founder was brilliant. The founder even convinced him to get on board as an investor and as the chief strategy officer. The company was doing well in New York, and they decided to expand to other cities. To do so, the company had to raise funds. They raised $12 million in their Series A, and the lead investor was British, and they wanted the company to devote a lot of that capital to expand into London as soon as possible. The data indicated that they should double, even triple dow