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David Fleck

David Fleck

Founder and Managing Partner at Freeflow Ventures, a Berkeley-based early-stage deep tech VC firm backing science companies in human and planetary health.

Jan 13, 2026

Founder's Mentality: The CEO Sessions

Founder's Mentality: The CEO Sessions

Simplify: Stuart Gent, Partner, Bain Capital

Jan 13 · 35m

Jimmy Allen
Jimmy AllenHOST
16:17
What are the scale-up challenges that founder-led companies tend to face?
David Fleck
David FleckGUEST
16:23
I feel like I'm saying the same things in almost every meeting, but that's okay because it's the same observations.
David Fleck
David FleckGUEST
16:31
And one of them that I find myself saying all the time right now is just the need to focus.
David Fleck
David FleckGUEST
16:40
If you are a startup, you earn the right to exist because you do one thing right.
David Fleck
David FleckGUEST
16:45
and one thing only better than anyone in the world.
David Fleck
David FleckGUEST
16:48
And you have to lock that in.
David Fleck
David FleckGUEST
16:50
I see companies all the time go, you know, we're a platform.
Jimmy Allen
Jimmy AllenHOST
17:30
What is the next scaling challenge that you've seen these companies go through?

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