(Founder Stories) How Thrillist?s Ben Lerer Got Thicker Skin And Grew Up

In this episode of Founder Stories with host Chris Dixon, Thrillist co-founder Ben Lerer discusses the challenges of running a growing business (watch his first interview here). Lerer says of primary importance is keeping the team focused on turning readers into shoppers and shoppers into readers: "We are not just Thrillist ... we have this other thing called JackThreads and this other thing called Rewards and ... we are one company, we are moving in one direction."�Lerer also recognzies that the carefree days of being an early stage start-up are history and points out "we have real numbers to hit." Trying to maintain sanity though the roller coaster isn't easy he says. "We [co-founder Adam Rich] were very fragile for a long time and I think that has been one of the biggest challenges for us is to just sort of like get thicker skin and grow up."

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