We see websites and social media posts from startup founders and it all looks so cool and glamorous 😎
Alina Vandenberghe shares what it took to bootstrap Chili Piper, in her podcast with Adam Robinson
Spoiler alert - it involves selling her house 🏠 😅
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Co-founder & co-CEO @Chili Piper 🔥 Here I talk about lessons I learned to jumpstart my career from intern to SVP. And to grow a company from 0 to almost $1Bn
Tech Executive and Entrepreneur / “Be Your Authentic Self, Authenticity Matters.” / I bring to life elegant digital solutions in Healthcare, Biotech, Pharma, Fintech / Father 6K+ connections
I'm a regular podcast listener across many topics, and this one by the Logan Bartlett Show with Marcus Ryu is easily in my top 5 for valuable insights. Ryu's clarity and wisdom are off the charts. So many takeaways—I'm a new Marcus Ryu fan.
Here are some of the important lessons I find insightful along with the time stamps if you don't want to watch/listen to the whole video:
Importance of a coherent strategy: Marcus Ryu, believes that a coherent strategy is the most important signal for a successful business. A coherent strategy should start with a diagnosis of the current situation, an explanation for why it is the way it is, and a plan to address it. [10:12, 11:01]
Founders with spiky insights: Marcus Ryu says that he prefers founders with spiky insights over founders with a specific corpus of experience. Spiky insights are unique perspectives that can lead to disruptive innovation. [08:22]
Importance of authenticity: Marcus Ryu believes that founders should be authentic and not try to represent themselves as someone else. People see through inauthenticity and it can lead to failure. [21:22]
Building a company culture: The bedrock principles for building a strong company culture are rationality, collegiality, and transparency. Decisions should be based on facts and logic, people should treat each other with respect, and there should be open communication. [18:22]
Importance of vertical focus: Marcus Ryu argues that the most important software companies will be built around vertical specific industries. Horizontal software companies that try to serve a wide range of industries are not going to be able to compete with vertically focused companies that can tailor their products to the specific needs of an industry. [15:32]
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Recently one of my podcast went live, how this has changed my perspective and positioning is really surprising to me.
I was nervous and more an anxious than the host to make it worth the time and effort.
1. I got the feedback that, through this podcast, many of my near and dear once got to know about real me.
2. I think this is a good way to showcase your thought process. And, it gives opportunity to many in our Circle to understand why we behave the way we behave.
3. the love and appreciation from the audience is definitely mesmerizing.
4. if this can add value to even one person's life I think it's worth it.
5. some said you speak too fast, some said you were more excited then the host, some said work on your physic / looks/ presentation, some said tu bada admi ban gaya... and many more feedbacks.
6. I can feel they now acknowledge ki Hum kuch to kar rahe hain :)
it felt very good when my school teachers listened to it and they appreciated.
keep sharing your honest feedback, I am new to this and I am learning.
thank you for all the support, god bless everyone.
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Co-founder & co-CEO @Chili Piper 🔥 Here I talk about lessons I learned to jumpstart my career from intern to SVP. And to grow a company from 0 to almost $1Bn
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