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Disrupting Pet Care, Saving You Thousands - Joe Spector

Apr 10, 2026 · 54m

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As a co-founder of Hims and Hers, Joe helped take a direct-to-consumer healthcare brand public at a $1.6 billion valuation. Now as CEO of Dutch, he is reshaping how pet owners access veterinary care through telemedicine. Joe has spent 15 years learning what it actually takes to build something that lasts, and in this episode, he holds nothing back. Charles and Joe dig into the real mechanics of building a venture-backed business, from knowing when to burn everything down and start over, to hiring the right kind of crazy, to leading a team through failure without losing them. Joe breaks down the pivot that took Hims from a product nobody wanted to a $200 million valuation in a single month,…