5: Creating your inner circle (with 2x unicorn founder Jason Cohen)

10/09/2023 41 min

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Episode Synopsis

THE GUEST
Jason Cohen is just insanely good at building businesses. Jason has built 4 technology startups to more than $1M revenue, he has sold 2 and currently working at his 4th business, WP Engine which has 200,000 customers and 1200 employees. 2 of the businesses Jason started are worth over $1B. On top of all of this Jason is very active in the startup community, as an angel investor and writer. He is one of the only people who writes about startups that is actually worth reading.

THE QUESTIONS
[04:43] How to grow from technical co-founder to CTO: A founder struggles with the leadership and management side of their role.
[23:27] How do you create your inner circle: An entrepreneur has tried everything to build a peer group but feels alone as they struggle with the isolation of starting a business.

THE SHOW
DO AS I SAY is an advice show about the real problems in startups.

THE LINKS
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Jason Cohen
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jasoncohen/
Twitter/X: twitter.com/asmartbear
Blog: smartbear.com/
WP Engine: wpengine.com/

My links
Spotify: ⁠⁠open.spotify.com/show/5CVikUi4KcITAB4F15n5tZ
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Calendar: ⁠⁠cal.com/joelditrapani/⁠⁠⁠
Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠⁠
Other stuff: ⁠⁠joelditrapani.com⁠⁠
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