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Grief & Pizza
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Episode 13
Season 1
Navigating the Product Journey with Andrew Askins
In this episode, we're talking to founder Andrew Askins about his experience growing an agency, getting acqui-hired, and then getting fired. We talk about company culture, the unique challenges of being a founder, and what it's like to bootstrap a software business.
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Takeaways
- Selling a business creates unexpected emotional challenges, particularly around maintaining team culture and transparency during transition
- The shift from founder to employee requires significant identity adjustment and emotional processing
- Mindfulness practices and somatic therapy provide practical tools for managing entrepreneurial stress and anxiety
- Successful entrepreneurship requires balancing optimistic vision with realistic anxiety management
- Strong partnerships can provide essential emotional and strategic balance in business leadership
- Teaching and public speaking effectiveness comes from authentic storytelling rather than technical perfection
- Fear of judgment often blocks creative potential more than actual skill limitations
- Building genuine community and psychological safety unlocks both team and individual growth
Creators & Guests
- Marie Poulin - Host
- Benjamin Borowski - Host
- Andrew Askins - Guest
Chapters
- Introduction
- Who is Andrew Askins?
- What are some of the challenges of selling your own business?
- How did you foster a good team culture during the sale?
- How did getting fired from your own company affect you?
- How did you transition back into being a founder?
- Processing stories and catastrophizing
- What is Metamonster?
- Being allergic to San Francisco
- What is Marie anxious about these days?
- Why food is important to us