David Hsu is the founder of Retool, the low-code platform for building internal tools used by companies like Amazon, Airbnb, and the US Army. David recounts building Retool's first version in weeks with just three components, early outreach failures, shifting to "tomorrow's developers," and LLM use cases.
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Links:
• Retool: https://retool.com/
• David's Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/dvdhsu
00:00 Intro
00:37 All-time favourite H1
02:42 Retool use cases
05:05 Adapting with AI
07:31 WorkOS Sponsor
08:43 LLM use cases
13:55 Understanding your ICP
16:32 Future of developers
21:24 Reaching a new market
26:48 Finding early customers
35:21 PMF
43:40 Advice for founders
