HeyJaredThe High-EQ Founder by Renita Kalhorn
Helping deep tech founders scale without breaking themselves — one leadership micro-experiment at a time.
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How founders get lucky (it’s not random) (opens the original)
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Do you think luck is something that just happens, once in a while, and it’s out of your control?Do you ever look at other founders and think, why are they so lucky?Actually, it’s not that they’re luckier than you.It’s that there’s a system to optimize for luck — opportunities for serendipity all around you — and, whether they know it or not, they’re running it.Prefer to watch? Video here:Let’s start with some math.John Littlewood,
3 Founder Strengths That Can Work Against You (opens the original)
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When’s the last time someone told you you were too much?(Long-form this week. If you’d rather watch, here’s the video:)Too intense. Too demanding. Too direct.You see these qualities as strengths. But they meant it as a criticism. So you think: they just don’t understand what it takes to build this company.And you might be right. From where you’re standing, none of it feels like too much. It feels like what’s required.But sometimes your strengths can work against you. And today I
The Communications Misperception Costing Founders Funding and Talent, Why Strategic Empathy Is a Founder's Secret Weapon, and Helping Deep Tech Startups Stand Out in a Noisy World, With Hailey Eustace (opens the original)
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Deep tech founders are building some of the most transformative companies on the planet — but cutting edge science alone isn’t enough to succeed. The difference between a company that scales and one that stalls often comes down to clear communication around what they’re doing and why it matters, to the right audience.In this episode, I’m speaking with Hailey Eustace, founder and CEO of Commplicated, the leading strategic communications firm for deep tech startups in the UK and Europe. Hailey beg
The most effective founders start with the end in mind. (So why doesn't your brain want to do it?) (opens the original)
The founder habit that changes everything (and why you don't do it). (opens the original)
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Every founder I coach has a big five-to-ten-year vision: Ambitious plans to disrupt the status quo with their technology and have revolutionary impact.But when I ask that same founder what they want out of today’s 2 PM meeting — big pause. They’re winging it through today’s emails, meetings and hiring decisions without a clear picture of what success looks like.The vision for the future is clear. Today isn’t. And yet, what you do today has the most influence on executing on that vision.“Starting
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