Andrew Lacy

I became an accidental entrepreneur. I couldn't get a job at a technology company.

I became an accidental entrepreneur. I couldn't get a job at a technology company.

Prunuvo was one of the more interesting fundraising stories because we struggle to raise money. The more crazy the idea is that you're pursuing, the more people just reject it outright. Be very aware and conscious of all the ways in which you might handicap yourself and your potential for success. And one of those might be, I never experienced more low points than I did building a company.

Prunuvo was one of the more interesting fundraising stories because we struggle to raise money. The more crazy the idea is that you're pursuing, the more people just reject it outright. Be very aware and conscious of all the ways in which you might handicap yourself and your potential for success. And one of those might be, I never experienced more low points than I did building a company.

I also never experienced as many high points. Being an entrepreneur is very, very difficult. I've had falling outs with co-founders. We got kicked off the app store. I was completely drained.

I also never experienced as many high points. Being an entrepreneur is very, very difficult. I've had falling outs with co-founders. We got kicked off the app store. I was completely drained.

I've always been a big believer in it.

I've always been a big believer in it.

I don't know if you can tell from the accent, but I grew up in Melbourne, Australia. So about as far from Silicon Valley as you can get. You know, I grew up during that first dot-com boom. And I remember going online and looking at websites and I thought to myself, this is kind of cool, but I never really imagined that there were companies and people behind these things.

I don't know if you can tell from the accent, but I grew up in Melbourne, Australia. So about as far from Silicon Valley as you can get. You know, I grew up during that first dot-com boom. And I remember going online and looking at websites and I thought to myself, this is kind of cool, but I never really imagined that there were companies and people behind these things.

That's how far I was from the startup ecosystem. And in Australia, for better or worse, the process of going to college is kind of simple. You do a standardized test, you get a score from zero to 100, and then every single course you could possibly do had a score. And if your score was higher than that score, you could do that course.

That's how far I was from the startup ecosystem. And in Australia, for better or worse, the process of going to college is kind of simple. You do a standardized test, you get a score from zero to 100, and then every single course you could possibly do had a score. And if your score was higher than that score, you could do that course.

You didn't have to write an application describing why you're passionate about becoming a doctor or a lawyer or studying accounting or becoming a speech pathologist or whatever it is. You got the score, you could go in. And the downside of this was, of course, when you looked at the score that you got, you're like, what's a cool thing I could do here?

You didn't have to write an application describing why you're passionate about becoming a doctor or a lawyer or studying accounting or becoming a speech pathologist or whatever it is. You got the score, you could go in. And the downside of this was, of course, when you looked at the score that you got, you're like, what's a cool thing I could do here?

What's going to make me money or what's going to make my family proud? And pretty far down the list was what actually do I think will I find fulfilling? So I ended up getting a pretty high score and that enabled me to go to probably one of the better universities in Australia to study economics and law. I never grew up thinking I wanted to be a lawyer.

What's going to make me money or what's going to make my family proud? And pretty far down the list was what actually do I think will I find fulfilling? So I ended up getting a pretty high score and that enabled me to go to probably one of the better universities in Australia to study economics and law. I never grew up thinking I wanted to be a lawyer.

I never grew up feeling like I wanted to learn economics, but my score allowed it. So that's the school that I went to. I think the US is a bit different. Obviously, people have to make the case for why they want to do what they want to do. But still, I think a lot of people, they don't put a lot of thought into where they decide to spend their early career.

I never grew up feeling like I wanted to learn economics, but my score allowed it. So that's the school that I went to. I think the US is a bit different. Obviously, people have to make the case for why they want to do what they want to do. But still, I think a lot of people, they don't put a lot of thought into where they decide to spend their early career.

So I started working with lawyers during and post-degree. I ended up representing a whole bunch of not wonderful actors, defended mining companies that poisoned the environment. And I was told to work for the gun lobby at one point and some developers that swindled a whole bunch of money for people. I mean, it was not a great experience.

So I started working with lawyers during and post-degree. I ended up representing a whole bunch of not wonderful actors, defended mining companies that poisoned the environment. And I was told to work for the gun lobby at one point and some developers that swindled a whole bunch of money for people. I mean, it was not a great experience.