From Startup To Acquisition by Symantec: The Entrepreneur's Journey With Domingo Guerra

From Startup To Acquisition by Symantec: The Entrepreneur's Journey With Domingo Guerra

Author: Sam Dogen: Financial Samurai founder, personal finance blogger June 23, 2026 Duration: 44:40

In this episode, I sit down with my friend and fellow school dad Domingo Guerra to trace his entrepreneurial journey: from growing up in Mexico, to studying engineering at UT Austin, to co-founding the mobile cybersecurity company Appthority with my poker and softball buddy Kevin, to selling it to Symantec in 2018. Today, Domingo runs his own seed-stage venture fund focused on cybersecurity, called Chispa VC.

It always fascinates me how people become entrepreneurs, given that most of us just go to college and get a job. I wanted to start a company myself for the longest time, but I chickened out after Goldman Sachs offered me a job out of William & Mary. It took me until 2009 to finally stop waiting for permission and build something of my own. Domingo's story is the version where you take the leap much sooner, and it's a great one.

If you'd like to connect with Domingo, the easiest way is to reach out to him on LinkedIn.

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