Omer Khan interviews Richard Hollingsworth, the co-founder and CEO of Fyxer, an AI email assistant company. Hollingsworth shares his journey from running an executive assistant agency with his brother to leveraging data collected from that agency to build Fyxer after the advent of GPT-3. He discusses early bootstrapping strategies, the importance of focusing on product development and customer interaction, and the challenges of hypergrowth, including support issues and hiring. Hollingsworth also details how Fyxer targeted professional services instead of tech companies for growth and used a combination of product-led growth and sales to expand within organizations, including closing a significant enterprise deal. He emphasizes the importance of maintaining focus and intensity as the company scales.
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