To the third episode of the Inevitable Podcast I invited Paulo Orione, Co-Founder of Decora. You can watch it on YouTube or listen on Spotify, PocketCasts, and other apps.
Paulo is an authentic and unapologetic founder and definitely fits the “inevitable founder” ethos I always talk about. He bootstrapped a company that had global clients from Brazil. He travelled the world to sell to customers such as Home Depot and Lowe's. Most of their customers were in the U.S., and the contracts worthed more than $500k. Paulo’s story is fascinating and I learned tremendously from him.
In the episode, I asked him questions such as:
I hope you enjoy the episode as well.
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