Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership

Building on global bare metal

Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership

Show Notes

This week Adam is joined by Zac Smith, Co-Founder of Packet and now running Equinix Metal. They talk about the early days of the internet infrastructure space, the beginnings of Packet, the "why" of bare metal, transitioning Packet from startup to global company overnight when they were acquired by Equinix, and how all this for Zac is 20 years in the making.

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