Startup Therapy

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss when a founder’s focus starts to shift from managing externally to managing internally. When a company grows, there’s a huge possibility that as a founder your focus might change from managing customers and shipping products to hiring staff and doing reports – which could lead to a stall in your skills and growth as a founder. So as you motivate your people, keep motivating yourself as well!

Show Notes

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss when a founder’s focus starts to shift from managing externally to managing internally. When a company grows, there’s a huge possibility that as a founder your focus might change from managing customers and shipping products to hiring staff and doing reports – which could lead to a stall in your skills and growth as a founder. So as you motivate your people, keep motivating yourself as well!

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Resources:

What to Listen For
  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:24 From leading externally to managing internally
  • 02:39 Offense vs. defense
  • 04:35 When focus shift internally
  • 07:00 Staying safe in a growing company
  • 08:35 Measurement of performance is important
  • 11:24 Being okay with not focusing externally
  • 14:00 Leaders providing incentives
  • 16:39 How to avoid having unmotivated staff
  • 18:50 Leadership vs. management

What is Startup Therapy?

The "No BS" version of how startups are really built, taught by actual startup Founders who have lived through all of it. Hosts Wil Schroter and Ryan Rutan talk candidly about the intense struggles Founders face both personally and professionally as they try to turn their idea into something that will change the world.