No Risk, No Reward: Calculating StartUp Risks

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 13, 2015

Alex Blumberg, CEO of Gimlet Media and host of the StartUp podcast, talks about the calculated risks he took to leave a steady job (with benefits) to start his own company, and the risks his investors took when they decided to fund his new venture.

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