Welcome to Episode #418: with Austin McChord, an American businessman and computer engineer and Founder and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Datto, a data backup company he founded in 2007. Currently, Austin is the CEO of CasanaCare, a medical device company doing in-home health monitoring through the toilet seat.   During this episode, we talk about starting up and growing your business from your parent's basement. Here are some highlights:

• In order to be successful, it takes both recognising opportunity and some luck.
• Hire somebody to do the things where you're most spending your time. Those tasks that doesn't make you happy and you don't like to do.
• It really does take a Screw It Just Do It mentally to be able to be successful. If you're having doubts or second thoughts, just go for it!

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• Connect with Austin via LinkedIn and learn more about Casana Care here.