{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Principled Entrepreneur","title":"From \"Bubba Linux\" to FEMA Director: A Serial Entrepreneur's Journey","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5470,"description":"What if the traits that made school difficult could become your greatest business advantage? John Weathersby, a self-described \"serial entrepreneur\" with dyslexia and ADHD, has built tech companies, advised the military on open source software, led the National Graphene Association, and now serves as a Federal Disaster Recovery Officer at FEMA. His secret? He's a \"conduit of people\" who s dots others can't see.\n\n- Why entrepreneurship might be a \"mental disorder\" (in the best way) and how to embrace your unconventional thinking\n- How to build teams by finding the \"shiny spot\" in everyone and leveraging their unique talents\n- The art of bringing powerful people together - from Intel and IBM executives to Navy CTOs\n- Why nonprofits can be incredibly profitable and how to think about them differently\n- How entrepreneurial thinking transformed FEMA's disaster response operations\n- The power of learning more from failures than successes - and how to rebound every time\n\n- 00:00 — Introduction to John Weathersby and his unique path\n- 03:14 — How dyslexia and ADHD shaped his entrepreneurial mindset\n- 04:14 — \"You can find a shiny spot on just about anybody\"\n- 12:00 — Getting Intel, Red Hat, IBM, and Oracle in the same room\n- 12:48 — The \"Bubba Linux\" story: Mississippi meets Silicon Valley\n- 21:23 — How entrepreneurial efficiency thinking works in government\n- 22:30 — The backstory: From retirement to FEMA\n- 26:20 — Becoming FEMA's philanthropy advisor\n- 27:01 — Yellowstone floods deployment experience\n- 44:14 — True leadership: \"A football team is not made of quarterbacks\"\n- 1:04:45 — Learning more from failures than successes\n- 1:29:11 — The failed pitch that taught him about listening\n- 1:30:33 — \"I'm going to get up one more time than you knock me down\"\n\nJohn Weathersby is a Federal Disaster Recovery Officer at FEMA with over 5 years of service, responding to major disasters including the Yellowstone floods. Before FEMA, he was a serial entrepreneur with experience...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-bqDNbTKx1JyRFb-kskNW46t5cPBJjZMRKKGvrZoBYY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ZDYw/MGIxNjVhNjkzODc3/YTEyZmEyMWE5Yjg1/MTdlYy5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}