The Curated Entrepreneurs Playlist #106
Welcome to the first in our series of special, curated playlist episodes of Extrology, bringing together the biggest lessons from like-minded, extraordinary people.
This first playlist episode of Extrology features excellence in entrepreneurship, sharing real-world lessons from some of the most innovative business minds; you’ll hear from the names behind Trustpilot, G2A.com, AccountsIQ, Optimy, and the pioneer of Headless CMS tech with Contentstack.
In this episode Lee & his guests discuss:
Building trust as a core value
The power of long-term vision
Prioritising people over profit
Innovating with customer-centric solutions
Sustainable growth with a purpose
Links & references
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Lee Cooper:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/
Richard Nilsson:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-nilsson-rpn/
Get in touch: lee@extrology.com
Episode highlights:
“If you want to build a short term business, the culture is not so important. But if you go the Jeff Bezos way, with a 20+ years old business, then the culture thing and your cultural footprint are like a cornerstone for the business you build.” - Bartosz Skwarczek
“We took on our first Head of Sales in Jan 2008, so it was unfortunate timing, but during that period we were able to perfect the product in the absence of having to service lots of customers.” - Tony Connolly
“As you're servicing or helping customers build software products, you're very close to the problem. You’re talking to the customers every single day about the problems that they're having, and then you can think about solutions using the new tech at that time.” - Nishant Patel
“Only the third most important thing is your original idea for solving a problem, because that idea will change 1000 times if you have the right team to solve it. But you have to be in love with the problem you're trying to solve, and the problem you're trying to solve has to be meaningful.” - Peter Holten Muhlmann
“I think corporations or key public governments and so on, don't have that much money to give back anymore, someone has to give back. And I think companies do it. And we should thank them for it.” - Kenneth Bérard
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