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What Traits Do the BEST Founders Share? Tommy & Cameron's Reflections

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After more than 50 episodes interviewing founders, investors and leaders, Giant co-founders Tommy Stadlen and Cameron McLain turn the mic on themselves to ask what the best entrepreneurs have in common.

From resilience, storytelling, obsession and self-awareness, to the power of control. They speak about:

  • Cameron's four founder traits, and why three out of four is the bar
  • Why Tommy added control to his list (and what Alex Ferguson has to do with it)
  • Producing under fire vs simply enduring
  • The case for benign dictatorship in early-stage companies
  • "Trauma showcasing" in pitch meetings, and what drives founders
  • The four burners: what founders give up, and why the greats might not call it sacrifice
  • Why intelligence might not make the top three
  • Agentic founders, 16-year-olds pitching from Sweden and 10-person teams building huge revenue...

Building a purpose driven company? Read more about Giant Ventures at www.Giant.vc.

Music credits: Bubble King written and produced by Cameron McLain and Stevan Cablayan aka Vector_XING.

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