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Podcast: The Scale Up Show - Interview with Pete Hunt

Podcast: The Scale Up Show - Interview with Pete Hunt

Ryan Staley interviewed Pete Hunt on how his experience at Facebook and Twitter is guiding his leadership of Dagster.

Podcast: The Scale Up Show - Interview with Pete Hunt

Host Ryan Staley talks to Pete Hunt, CEO of Dagster Labs, about his work at two of the biggest tech giants in the world, both Facebook and Twitter. Pete talks about everything from meetings with Mark Zuckerburg, to how he created a high valuation to sell his previous company, to how he has built a company to revolutionise the way we harness the power of data.

Pete also talks through his thoughts on Threads as a product, the differences between working at Facebook and Twitter, the reliability of AI and his number one piece of advice for getting the perfect product-market fit.

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