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Elias Torres, Co-Founder and CEO @ Agency: What No One Tells You About Selling Your Company

Elias Torres is the Co-Founder and CEO of Agency, the AI agent for customer success teams. Prior to Agency, Elias was the Co-Founder of Drift, a company he sold to Vista for $1.2BN Before that he started Performable, which he sold to HubSpot. ---------------------------------------------- In Today’s Episode We Discuss: 00:00 Intro 02:54 Do Rich Founders Make Better Founders: How Backgrounds Shape You 11:34 Why are Incumbents Slower than Ever 30:43 Why Was Selling Drift For $1.2BN a Massive Failure 34:01 How to Hire F******* Rockstars 39:58 The Biggest Mistakes Founders Make in Hiring 52:33 Everything You Think You Know About Working Parents is Wrong 01:07:27 Quickfire ---------------------------------------------- Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3j2KMcZ... Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Follow Harry Stebbings on X: / harrystebbings Follow Elias Torres on X: / eliast Follow 20VC on Instagram: / 20vchq Follow 20VC on TikTok: / 20vc_tok Visit our Website: https://www.20vc.com Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/con... ----------------------------------------------- #20vc #harrystebbings #eliastorres #Agency #sellingtips #startup #Performable #Drift #HubSpot #moneyloss #coinbase

Elias TorresguestHarry Stebbingshost
Mar 21, 20251h 11mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 2:54 – 11:34

    Do Rich Founders Make Better Founders: How Backgrounds Shape You

  2. 11:34 – 30:43

    Why are Incumbents Slower than Ever

  3. 30:43 – 34:01

    Why Was Selling Drift For $1.2BN a Massive Failure

  4. 34:01 – 39:58

    How to Hire F******* Rockstars

  5. 39:58 – 52:33

    The Biggest Mistakes Founders Make in Hiring

  6. 52:33 – 1:07:27

    Everything You Think You Know About Working Parents is Wrong

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