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The Failures Nobody Talks About — Surex.com Co-Founder Matt Alston
Four Fs Podcast: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, & Reinvention | Stories From Founders|Veterans|Execs · 2025-11-18 · 1h 59m
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Matt Alston co-founded Surex.com and disrupted the insurance industry. But before the wins came crushing failures he's never talked about publicly — until now. The startup world celebrates winners. Nobody talks about the failures that happened first. Matt Alston, co-founder of Surex.com, is ready to change that. In this brutally honest conversation with Jeff Cluff, Matt Alston shares the failures, near-collapses, and gut-wrenching moments that preceded building a company that disrupted the entire insurance industry. This isn't a highlight reel — it's the real, messy story of entrepreneurship that founders need to hear.