Chuck Dietrich is the CEO of SlideRocket, one of a pair of unusual companies bought by VMware in the spring of 2011.
The short version is this: Do a startup after college, sell it for a lot (a massaging hairbrush, sold to Conair). Go to grad school (University of Utah—close to skiing). Be an intern for a guy who will go on to become a famous billionaire (Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, back when he was at Oracle). Be among the first employees at the billionaire's startup (Employee No. 50 at Salesforce). Spend 9 years building that startup to be huge. Leave to launch another startup (SlideRocket). Sell that for lots of money (to VMware for an undisclosed sum, but enough to live in San Francisco and own a second home in uberexpensive Steamboat, Colo.—also close to skiing). Stay on to help the acquiring company build up in a new area.
Meet Chuck Dietrich: Marc Benioff's Intern Is Now A Wealthy Entrepreneur - Business Insider
The short version is this: Do a startup after college, sell it for a lot (a massaging hairbrush, sold to Conair). Go to grad school (University of Utah—close to skiing). Be an intern for a guy who will go on to become a famous billionaire (Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, back when he was at Oracle). Be among the first employees at the billionaire's startup (Employee No. 50 at Salesforce). Spend 9 years building that startup to be huge. Leave to launch another startup (SlideRocket). Sell that for lots of money (to VMware for an undisclosed sum, but enough to live in San Francisco and own a second home in uberexpensive Steamboat, Colo.—also close to skiing). Stay on to help the acquiring company build up in a new area.
Meet Chuck Dietrich: Marc Benioff's Intern Is Now A Wealthy Entrepreneur - Business Insider
Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member:
Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)
Access Restricted: Unlock 1,000,000+ Posts
Stop Peeking Through the Keyhole.
Open the Door.
You hit a wall because the best advice isn't free—it's earned. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been active here daily (99.9% active rate), building a war room for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for mediocrity.
- Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
- MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
- Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
- Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."— User Richard Peck
"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?
