Turning a Family Business into a Tech Powerhouse, with David Cantu

Jun 24, 2020

As a co-founder of Redapt, David Cantu has been instrumental in the company’s 20+ years of growth at every step. Being entirely self-funded didn't make the journey comfortable. However, Redapt’s interest in identifying promising enterprise technologies early and developing expertise ahead of the market has helped their success. David is proud of Redapt’s history of innovation and contribution to solving difficult technology challenges with their customers.

Redapt is the company behind many technology industry unicorns’ global data center infrastructure deployments. Redapt works with hundreds of SaaS, Public Cloud Providers, and Web Scale companies to solve their technology deployment challenges.

Redapt also provides cloud adoption services to those who want to accelerate the use of cloud services and the development of modern applications. Their cloud team has performed hundreds of complex application migrations, DevOps engineering engagements, and app development projects.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• How David first got into technology during a gap year in college, and why he, his brother and another family member decided to become entrepreneurs
• Why David believes that co-founding a business with someone else requires not always agreeing with each other and bringing unique perspectives
• Why a strong company culture has been the key to retaining employees in an industry with notoriously rapid turnover
• How Redapt's culture has evolved over time as the business has grown, and why David has become more intentional in developing the culture
• What key struggles and roadblocks Redapt has had to overcome over its growth, and why nimbleness and a willingness to pivot have been key
• How Redapt has developed strong partnerships that have generated new opportunities for the organization
• How David addresses difficult-to-discuss situations like Black Lives Matter, and why authenticity and vulnerability have never been more important
• How cloud computing has become a core component of Redapt's business model, and what lessons the team learned by acquiring another company specializing in the space
• What key lesson David wishes he had learned earlier in his career about leadership, control, and a growth mindset

Additional resources:  

• Website: www.redapt.com 
• Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/Davecantu/ 
• Email: [e-mail]