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Evolving as a Successful Founder

Eden Abrahams and Joanna Starek, Partners at RHR International, join forces to discuss the unique challenges hyper-growth companies face.

Podcast: Evolving as a Successful Founder

Eden Abrahams and Joanna Starek, Partners at RHR International, join forces to discuss the unique challenges hyper-growth companies face. This episode explores performance psychology, healthy cultures, and the similarities between high-performance athletes and hyper-growth companies. They draw on their experiences in this field to examine the privilege and challenge of working with entrepreneurs and investors seeking to disrupt their respective industries.

Key Highlights

[00:01 – 06:55] Navigating the Tech Crash and Exploring Leadership Strategies

  • Introducing Eden and Joanna to the show
  • Brief background and career

[06:56 – 21:28] Navigating the High-Stakes World of Entrepreneurship

  • The challenges founders face as they scale include communication, talent, culture, etc.
  • Investors need to create a rubric to analyze opportunities and capitalize on them
  • Early-stage founders should have bias to action, grit, iterative thinking, vision, and resilience

[21:29 – 30:02] Examining the Characteristics of Successful Founders

  • Multi-generational time horizon now may be one of the best vintages ever to invest into a venture
  • Valuations are very investor friendly, and strong companies become market makers
  • The due diligence process is tailored to account for questions about founders

[30:03 – 40:49] How to Create a Cohesive Company Culture

  • Symbiotic relationships between stakeholders and founders are key to evolution
  • Operate a culture survey to identify habits that need to evolve
  • Companies staying private longer has enabled growth but shifted their dynamics

[40:50 – 41:23] Closing Segment

Connect with Eden and Joanna:

www.expeditiongroup.co 

https://rhrinternational.com 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/edenabrahams/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannaestarek/ 

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