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How To Grow A Unicorn Quickly Without Burning Out According To LaunchDarkly CEO Harbaugh | Forbes
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8:32Now PlayingWhen Edith Harbaugh and John Kodumal first met in an advanced math class at Harvey Mudd, one of the country’s top engineering colleges, neither planned on one day launching a multimillion-dollar tech company together. Especially one that would change the way developers deploy code.
“I just wanted to solve my math problems back then,” says Harbaugh, who is now the CEO of LaunchDarkly, a company that helps software developers reduce risks and prevent technical slip-ups from being exposed to the public eye.
In 2021, seven years after LaunchDarkly was founded, the Oakland, California-based startup secured a $3 billion valuation after closing on $200 million in series D financing led by Lead Edge Capital, a growth-equity investment fund that focuses on software and tech services. Other investors pitching in the round include TTCP, Insight Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures US, Redpoint, Threshold, Uncork Capital and Bloomberg Beta.
In this video, Forbes' Diane Brady sits with Edith to discuss the following:
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