Twitter, Facebook, and Google; were these teams just lucky, brilliant, or just hard working? Speaking with Tony Conrad, co-founder of About.me and a Partner at True Ventures, he explains how our execution and hard work can create great 'luck'.
The execution of the team to get About.me's killer domain name was an example of tremendous effort and patience as they worked with the government of Montenegro to finally secure it. He also talks about Branch Ricky, the baseball executive who broke the color line and signed Jackie Robinson, who created opportunities for himself. Create your own luck through your hard work.
For the past 15 years Derek has been building communities. He is the co-founder/CEO of Bevy, a SaaS product that helps companies like Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, Snowflake, and Adobe build virtual and in-person communities. Bevy has raised $60M from Accel, Upfront Ventures, and others. He co-founded Startup Grind, a community of 600 Chapters in 125 countries educating, inspiring, and connecting startup people. Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 20,000 events. In 2010 he co-founded Commonred which was acquired by Income.com. Derek also previously worked as a product manager at Electronic Arts. He currently lives in Palo Alto CA with his wife and four children.
