(Founder Stories) How Thrillist’s Ben Lerer Got Thicker Skin And Grew Up

In this episode of Founder Stories with host Chris Dixon , Thrillist co-founder Ben Lerer discusses the challenges of running a growing business (watch his first interview here ). Lerer says of primary importance is keeping the team focused on turning readers into shoppers and shoppers into readers: "We are not just Thrillist ... we have this other thing called JackThreads and this other thing called Rewards and ... we are one company, we are moving in one direction." Lerer also recognzies that the carefree days of being an early stage start-up are history and points out "we have real numbers to hit." Trying to maintain sanity though the roller coaster isn't easy he says. "We [co-founder Adam Rich] were very fragile for a long time and I think that has been one of the biggest challenges for us is to just sort of like get thicker skin and grow up."