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How This Founder Went From Living In AOL's Offices To Running A Profitable AI Startup
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28:22Now PlayingIn this Forbes Talks episode, StackBlitz CEO Eric Simons, an alum of the Next Billion Dollar Startup list, joins Forbes' Katharine Schwab. He discusses the pivotal board-level ultimatum that spurred the creation of Bolt.new and catalyzed a new wave of software development. Simons also delves into his bold strategy of effectively halting human hiring to prioritize AI agents, his ambitious target of achieving $10 million in gross margin per employee, and the implications of a future where an individual can utilize a digital team to accomplish the output of fifty.
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