Marathon Series: Can Australian founders have success without guilt?

Dylan Baskind, Qwilr

Today I have an Australian founder which is usually a challenge because they are in a whole other time zone from my office in SF. But as part of my marathon series, I’m making these interviews happen.

Dylan Baskind is the founder of Qwilr, which allows people to create beautiful proposals, sales and marketing documentation as web pages.

We’re going to find out how well this business is doing and find out a little bit about Australian culture in this interview.

Dylan Baskind

Qwilr

Dylan Baskind is the founder of Qwilr, which allows people to create beautiful proposals, sales and marketing documentation as web pages.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. I usually do it from an office in San Francisco where I’m really comfortable. I got my two monitors setup. The whole thing is great. The problem is, freaking Australians, they are out a whole other time zone, and so whenever I want to interview an Australia, it’s a pain in the butt for me or for them, and I don’t want that.

I said, “I’m going to run a marathon in every continent in one year and I’m going to go and make sure that I do interviews as I travel and I want to get to know people in Australia,” because the thing that I noticed about them, and Dylan, maybe you can tell me if this is just the way they react to me or in general, Australians are very comfortable talking about money without this sense of guilt. Right? Like, success without guilt.

Dylan:...

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