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Leadership & Mindset
Quotes and lessons on leadership & mindset from 17 founders Charles Cormier interviewed on the Founder Wisdom, CEO Wisdom, and YC Wisdom podcasts.
Quotes across interviews
we plug into your systems and then we figure out who the target accounts are we figure out their their behaviors on our website and then we personalize help to personalize the Outreach
startups they don't die they commit suicide and so if if you don't want to continue then that's how the syrup dies
I got my start working on the human genome project. This was at Washington University in St. Louis, which is one of the two institutions leading the the public effort to do that.
— Dave Messina, Pioneer Fund · episode
Today we can sequence a genome for a 100 bucks in an afternoon.
— Dave Messina, Pioneer Fund · episode
Cluso is a company that I currently co-founded and work for full- time. We create product videos and documentation using AI.
— Prajwal Prakash, Clueso · episode
If you're going to spend your whole day, night, and whole soul on a business, it has to be something that can scale.
— Prajwal Prakash, Clueso · episode
Most of these people are really just ultra high agency you kind of throw them in any situation they just figure out what needs to be done.
— Supreet Deshpande, Cintio Labs · episode
If you want to focus on like hey I want to go work in banking or kind of disrupt how the insurance industry works you need to first understand what sort of the ground reality is.
— Supreet Deshpande, Cintio Labs · episode
I was like, well, I do. No regret. Um and ever since it's just been startups.
— Sharmin Ali · episode
the most important lesson that I learned about myself was that I do not crack under pressure
— Sharmin Ali · episode
i saw a segment of the market that wasn't being helped and so what customers wanted and built a business around that pretty cool
— Dean Sanderson, Dean Sanderson Wedding Photography · episode
the more you specialize the more the customer knows what you do the more you can charge for that product or service
— Dean Sanderson, Dean Sanderson Wedding Photography · episode
at the core of what we do is definitely a very strong network of elite athletes
— Antonio Cacorino, APEX Capital · episode
the strategical value is much more than just uh you know being the face or the brand
— Antonio Cacorino, APEX Capital · episode
for me like the highest the the stress is very different I would say but is also um so for me the highest period of stress was actually when the times where uh where fetcher was going was going through tough times for me it was the highest level of stress
— Idriss Al Rifai, Flow48 · episode
like if you feel stress, adrenaline hits you, then it it's in your body. You start running, you start uh ducking for cover, shouting orders, right? So, I think that's that's the why.
— Idriss Al Rifai, Flow48 · episode
So in in poker what we say is over the long run your skill edge will lead to lead to riches. Or if you don't have a skill edge, if you're a losing player, it will lead to ruin.
— Rafe Furst · episode
And so, what I would say is um that's how I would live my life. Um but it's also the best preparation because if I have nothing you know, that I am regretful or remorseful of
— Rafe Furst · episode
my company BookThinkers, we're just on the book promotion side of things. So, we don't do the actual publishing. In fact, we work with Scribe and a whole bunch of other publishing companies.
— Nick Hutchison, BookThinkers · episode
I fell in love with reading as a way to solve problems and build skills and satisfy curiosities
— Nick Hutchison, BookThinkers · episode
so that's why i started pathmaker yeah pretty cool and uh serve is the keyword here your background i mean you've been an executive pastor you've been chief of staff also which is pretty cool tell us a bit more about that experience
— Anthony Domine, Pathmaker Brands · episode
when you're leading volunteers you are forced to learn the skills that are driven by empathy empowered leadership meaning what does this experience look like for a volunteer or do they love their work do they not
— Anthony Domine, Pathmaker Brands · episode
so what am I I'm I've got quite the career Journey But ultimately I'm a communication strategist I'm a digital marketer and six months ago I set up my own content strategy consulting firm called content joinery
— John Normoyle, Content Joinery · episode
the reality is humans are constantly evolving the same way that gen AI is and we're very dubious and we're all kind of like becoming increasingly critical of or better able to analyze what we're seeing
— John Normoyle, Content Joinery · episode
FAQ
What was Dave Messina's role in the Human Genome Project?
Dave Messina started his career working on the Human Genome Project at Washington University in St. Louis, which was one of the two leading institutions in the public effort. Later, he pursued a PhD in computational biology and co-founded co-actor genomics with some of his peers from the project.
What led Sharmin to become an entrepreneur?
Her experience working at an early startup in Chicago helped solidify her interest in sales, storytelling, and entrepreneurship, leading her to eventually build and sell three companies.
What is Anthony Domine's background before starting Pathmaker Brands?
Anthony Domine served as an executive pastor leading paid staff and unpaid volunteers at a large church, and he also worked as a chief of staff.
How does Javier Cuesta view the role of active listening in leadership?
He considers active listening a critical skill set for being a good leader and notes that it can be developed through work with a coach once a professional is aware of the need to improve.
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