Aug 1, 2019
How do you deal with having a powerful new idea that inspires
you to change the direction of
your business? Many times on the journey you will find
yourself shifting priorities and jumping on new opportunities.
That one meeting, conversation or feedback from a client makes you
realize that there is a niche to be filled and you can take things
to a whole new next level.
Being flexible and creative is awesome, but it is not easy to get
everyone else along for the ride…
Having a cast of amazing people in your company is step one… but
activating their maximum potential is a whole other ball game.
So how do we do that?
Trust and communication! Well, that has
been an old drum to beat on, BUT technology and innovation provide
us with fresh new ways to rise above the cliche and achieve
exponential results.
Give your team the chance to fully see your thought process and to
share ideas among themselves!
In this episode of Escape Velocity, I sit
down with Darren Chait, co-founder and COO of Hugo – a meeting
note platform that enables fast-moving teams to make meeting
insights shareable and actionable in their existing tools.
We jump right into this exciting topic and Darren shares his
valuable experience.
Some of the other topics covered in our conversation:
- Hugo – a real-time feed of insights
- What the tools you use to say about the attitude in your
company
- An accessible way for sales and marketing teams to use Jira
- Taking part in conferences/events and making the best of it
- Moving to San Francisco and why it matters
- Growing into the role of a founder and becoming a good leader
- Dealing with the highs and lows
- How to learn and adapt as a non-technical founder
- What is the future of SaaS tools in the B2B environment
So, now I want to talk to you about an exciting takeaway I got from
my time with Darren.
Around the 28 minute mark we touch on his evolution as leader and
founder of a SaaS company. He shares that now is an awesome time
for non-technical or “no code” founders.
Darren isn’t afraid to learn anything on the go and take advantage
of the vast knowledge base online. When I asked him about learning
new skills, his answer was simply “I just try”…
Trivial or easy as it may sound, this is what often makes or breaks
a successful entrepreneur!
“Just trying” is what opens the door to your own potential and no
amount of thinking or reading can prepare you better than
problem-solving on the job.
Does that mean that every “try” will be a success? Absolutely
NOT!
But that is not the point… you are playing the long game. And the
way to be truly unstoppable is to learn how to jump into the arena
every single time with no hesitation, KNOWING that there are no
guarantees.
In our conversation, Darren shared many of his strategies which
allow him to keep this super mindset, like the “high-low
meeting”, his walk-and-talk sessions with his co-founder and how to
run a marketing driven company.
Catch the full episode for all the
details and let me know what you think in the comments.
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Dan Martell has advised more startups
than his hometown has people and teaches startup founders like you
how to scale. He previously created, raised venture
funding for and successfully exited two tech startups: Flowtown and
Clarity.fm. You should follow him on twitter @danmartell for tweets
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