#418: Building a Billion $ Business from Your Parents Basement - with CasanaCare's Austin McChord

<div class="clickup-table-view clickup-table-view_wide"> <table class="clickup-table"> <tbody> <tr data-row="row-gsdkpy"> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh"> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-66eed8f5-fcc7-4c6f-8f64-b77cb907492e">Welcome to Episode #418: with Austin McChord, an American businessman and <span data-void-detect="true">computer engineer and Founder and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Datto, a data backup company he founded in 2007.</span> Currently, Austin is the CEO of CasanaCare, a medical device company doing in-home health monitoring through the toilet seat.</div> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-693adb1d-01d2-4e3c-b0d3-b97559cbeb9a"> </div> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-1a3511f9-1e0d-4b73-9b5d-887e70d406af">During this episode, we talk about starting up and growing your business from your parent's basement. Here are some highlights:</div> <ul> <li>In order to be successful, it takes both recognising opportunity and some luck.</li> <li>Hire somebody to do the things where you're most spending your time. Those tasks that doesn't make you happy and you don't like to do.</li> <li>It really does take a Screw It Just Do It mentally to be able to be successful. If you're having doubts or second thoughts, just go for it!</li> </ul> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-4bac65e8-7bd1-439e-94b6-a60610d37d8b"> </div> <div class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="row-gsdkpy" data-cell= "cell-388zdh" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1" data-block-id= "block-575539f9-2de0-4600-82be-5ba4c747277a">Sponsored by <a class= "ql-link" href="https://freshbooks.com/JUSTDOIT" target="_blank" r