251: Leadership Practices of Successful Start-ups

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251: Leadership Practices of Successful Start-ups

What do the best founders do when leading others to fulfill the company’s mission? You’ll find out in this valuable conversation with Raja Skogland, who’s based in Norway.

Raja is not only an entrepreneur herself, she has also invested in more than 70 start-ups and small businesses. She’s observed firsthand—and also practices herself—the leadership skills necessary for building a successful company.

Raja is the Founder and Chair of The Visionary Company & VC. She’s created an ecosystem of experts, board members, investors, and serial entrepreneurs. Their purpose is to help startups, scale-ups, and small- to medium-size businesses raise money and build profitable, scalable businesses. Raja is also a Board Member of NorBAN, the Norwegian Business Angel Network.

You’ll discover:

How Raja’s experiences in the business world led her to the work she does today
Why Raja works on her mindset on a continuous basis and encourages entrepreneurs to do the same
The power of surrounding yourself with “friend clients”
Key leadership skills needed to run a successful business or team
How Raja applies these skills with her children and with her team

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Raja’s Resources

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Raja Skogland Blog

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235: A Leader’s #1 Priority Every Week

Admin — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 13:26:34 +0000

235: A Leader’s #1 Priority Every Week

Do you faithfully hold weekly 1-1 meetings with each member of your team? Jeremy Barr explains why this is the most important thing you can do as a leader. In this fast-paced conversation, Jeremy shares lots of nuggets about leadership that he’s learned from his various executive roles and now teaches to company founders, business owners, and leaders. He’s on a mission to have a positive impact on 3 billion people, and you’ll be fascinated to learn the approach he’s taking to reach that audacious goal.

Jeremy has been CTO, COO, CEO and VC investor. As a leader, he has managed teams of teams of people. He is currently building the world’s largest investor and founder network. He created his company Rocket Mindset to rapidly uplevel the skills of founders and leaders.

Jeremy is unique among the guests on this show because of the size of the positive impact he intends to have. Everything Jeremy does is to impact 3 billion people…and have a lot of fun while doing it. To achieve this audacious goal, Jeremy is working with his global team of investors and founders to run, invest in, and advise a ton of companies with the intention of growing them and the humans inside them rapidly.

His favorite things are to find and create high quality, highly evolved humans.

You’ll discover:

What you should learn during the interview process to ensure you hire the right person
How to make an effective pitch, no matter what idea you’re trying to sell
A winning approach when you want to help two people resolve a conflict
Why daily stand-ups with your team create greater clarity, focus, and productivity
The kinds of questions to ask that help your team become autonomous