S12 E19: Thomas Schlegel, Built

About this episode

Thomas Schlegel shares his journey from a rural upbringing to becoming an entrepreneur and lead engineer at Built.

Thomas Schlegel lives in Nashville, TN, but grew up in rural Virginia. He didn't have the internet for a large portion of his childhood - but, his friends did! So that meant he was spending more time at his friends place, and eventually when MySpace came around, he was the guy to build everyone's custom site. He's always been the wild idea guy amongst his friends, always the tinkerer. Today, he's married with twins on the way. He loves to run, either on the road or the trails. And when he gets the chance, he enjoys a good conversation with good people, contemplating or pondering the bigger things in life. In the past, Thomas was a lead engineer at a professional services organization in Tennessee. While at a conference, he met the CEO of his current venture, and they hit it off. He was intrigued by their company, and several years later, he started working for the company as an individual contributor - and quickly activated his entrepreneur DNA to solve ALL the problems. This is the creation story of Built. Our Sponsors: * Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/mt82fpxl #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not…

People in this episode

Host: Noah Labhart

Guest: Thomas Schlegel

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• startup culture
• technology
• personal growth
• career development

Keywords

• entrepreneur
• startup
• technology
• Nashville
• Built
• MySpace
• engineering
• career

Sponsors

Cash App

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Built, Sutton Bank

Places: Nashville, TN, Virginia

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