Founder's Journey
Founder's Journey exists to help prepare anyone interested in becoming an entrepreneur or joining a startup. Founding a startup involves challenges, high-stakes risks, and uncertainties. This channel shares insights into the "people side" of launching a venture, developed over decades of practical experience.
How do you assemble, motivate, and lead a team through a series of unknown circumstances? How do you balance big ambitions with limited resources? Can entrepreneurial methods help fix broad social problems, like climate chance or systemic racism? We interviewed a broad spectrum of entrepreneurs at various stages of the founder's journey: starting, building, scaling, and exiting. Our short clips of those interviews provide expert advice and insights to help founders avoid common mistakes.
How Spinbrush Convinced Investors
Advice on Convincing Investors To Make the Leap
The 6-P Framework & Developing Your Pitch for the Problem ‘P’
What’s Next?
Pitching for the People ‘P’
Pitching for the Product ‘P'
What Makes a Great Pitch? Part of Workshop, "How to Build a Great Pitch the Hooks Investors."
Incorporating the Process ‘P’ into a Pitch
Pulling Together Proof & Process to Demonstrate Potential for the Profit ‘P’
Pitching with the 6 ‘P’ Framework: Proof, Process & Profit
Understanding the Sales Learning Curve
The Death of Disruption Maximalism
Antifragility in Entrepreneurship
Want To Build the Next Unicorn? Presence Matters More Than Capability
Communicate Proactively with Your Board
Raising Money? Use Early Conversations To Refine Your Pitch
Preparing to Raise Venture Capital as an Early-Stage Startup CEO
Go Beyond Your Pitch Deck
The Rule of 3: Common Breaking Points as Startups Scale
A Unified Company Culture Helps You Scale
Focusing on Mission Helps Startups Scale More Efficiently
Key Questions To Discuss with Potential Co Founders
Why Mindset Matters More Than Skill Sets When You're Building a Strong Team
Differentiating Between Stress & Depression—Noticing Behavioral Changes
Balancing Superstars & "B" Players on Your Team
Finding an Idea: Searching for a Product Led Hind Hobeika to Start a Business
Hind Hobeika on the Intangible Motivational Aspects of Entrepreneurship
Avoid These Hiring Mistakes as You Scale
Adam Enbar Shares Tips for Managing Your Team During Rapid Scaling
Translating Mission To Strategy on Multiple Levels