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Riley Tomasek is the Founder and CEO of Dexa AI.
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Takeaways
Early experiences with Indochino.
Building a bootstrapped product.
Relationship between design and engineering.
How startups can work with big customers early.
Remote focused team but still valuing IRL meetups.
Raising money.
Building a team in a hot space like AI with lots of competition.
Chapters
00:00 Early Experiences with Indochino
03:02 Origin Story of Standard Resume
08:26 Geography and Remote Work
12:06 Building Dexa and Creating a Moat
14:14 The Power of Podcasts and Content Discovery
25:04 Building a Lean Team
28:25 Balancing Vision and Customer Feedback
31:36 The Future of AI in Podcasts
34:28 Raising Money and Working with Investors
37:04 Recruitment in the AI Space
41:53 Navigating Challenges as a Founder
Keywords
Indochino, Standard Resume, Dexa, AI, LLMs, design, engineering, remote work, podcast, content discovery, recruitment, raising money
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