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The differences and similarities of building B2B and D2C companies with Dan Reich, CEO and Co founder of Troops

Dan's story around selling Troops to Slack and TULA to P&G...in the same year!!

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Dan Reich, Co founder and CEO of Troops.ai joins the show to talk about:

  • The story behind founding Troops and the sale of Troops to Slack.
  • The story behind founding TULA, an industry leader in the skincare business, and the sale of TULA to P&G.
  • The biggest differences and surprising similarities of running an enterprise SaaS business and D2C skincare company (and how to apply best practices across both business types to one another)
  • His perspective on managing stress and pressure as an entrepreneur, and the importance of "thinking bigger" when building your business.

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Dan Reich

CEO and Co founder of Troops

Dan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Troops, a venture-backed business that is building workflow and automation software (acquired by Salesforce in July 2022). He is also the Co-Founder and President of TULA, a private equity backed health and beauty business that has developed the world's first line of probiotic skincare products (acquired by Proctor & Gamble in February 2022). Before that, Dan was a Co-Founder of Spinback (acquired by Buddy Media in May 2011, then acquired by Salesforce in June 2012).

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