November 22, 2024

Building a Pet Care empire with 10x Ironman and 3x founder, Alex Douzet, CEO of Pumpkin

When you're an incumbent and you're in the industry, you have personal biases one way or the other. You might be conscious of it or not, and that can hold you back.

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Alex Douzet, CEO and co founder of Pumpkin, joins the show to talk about

- Building his first company Ollie, in the pet food and delivery space, and how doubling down on his experience in pet care and the "humanization of pets"  led to founding Pumpkin

- Picking the brand name "Pumpkin" and the importance of building flexibility into what you ultimately call your business.

- The decision to focus on quality of care and alignment with the veterinary community to grow and scale Pumpkin.

- Unpacking the psyche behind a 7 time ironman and a three time founder, embracing the pain cave, and near death experiences in company building

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