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How Did Submittable Change After Getting Into Y Combinator · Crazy Wisdom

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How do you tell your investors you have cancer? - Michael FitzGerald, CEO of Submittable

Here are the questions we discuss in this episode: How do you tell your investors that you have "terminal" cancer? How do continue to run a company? How do you find your north star either as an individual or for your company? What is the difference between creativity in the business sense and in the artistic sense? Find more on Michael here…

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  1. How Did Submittable Founders Pay for Their Business in the Early Days at 2:52

    Submittable started around 2009 and for two years, before getting into Y Combinator, most of the founders had kept their day jobs while working on Submittable… Full answer

  2. How Did Submittable Change After Getting Into Y Combinator at 3:53

    Y Combinator boosted Submittable's ambitious to be bold and to grow big. Full answer

  3. What Did Michael FitzGerald Learn About Growing a Company in Montana at 6:48

    Early on, hiring was definitely not effortless and it took a particular kind of person to live in Missoula, MT. Full answer

  4. What Key Breakthrough Helped Submittable Hire Senior People to Work in Missoula, Montana at 8:17

    At first, Submittable was struggling to get talent to work in Missoula. Full answer

  5. What Are Some Activities Available in Missoula, MT at 11:09

    Montana is an outdoorsy state. You can surf and fly-fish in the middle of downtown Missoula, and you can go skiing just a short 15-mile drive away. Full answer

  6. Is Submittable Trying to Be a Remote-first Company at 12:14

    Michael and his business partners wanted to build Submittable as a kind of company they would want to work for, in Montana. Full answer

  7. What Is the Hard Part About Building a Business in Cancer Support What Do People Go Through When They Get Cancer at 1:05:42

    People are very sick. As a society we let people with chronic disease go broke. Medication is crazy-expensive. Most of the money goes to administration. Full answer

  8. Where Can Patients Find Hospitals That Offer HAI Pump Surgery? at 1:07:42

    Michael FitzGerald, CEO of Submittable, told Crazy Wisdom he started haipump.com while he was being treated for cancer. Full answer

  9. Why Do We Need Privacy Laws Around Medical Data at 1:09:45

    If we could all collectively upload and analyze our genetic data, we'd find the solution to our health problems much faster than we would otherwise, so why… Full answer

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