"We Want to Build a TRILLION Dollar Company....." w/ Chris Hladczuk and Nick Puljic

04/10/2024 1h 10min

Listen ""We Want to Build a TRILLION Dollar Company....." w/ Chris Hladczuk and Nick Puljic"

Episode Synopsis

Hanover: https://hanover.co/
Follow Chris: https://x.com/chrishlad
Follow Nick: https://x.com/NickPuljic

ODF: https://beondeck.com/

About Chris:
After graduating from Yale university and working at Goldman Sachs for more than a year, Chris quit his job at Goldman Sachs in order to join a startup. He joined Meow as the 9th employee in the company and is currently serving as the Chief Revenue Officer at Meow.
Now, he is the co-founder/CEO of Hanover.

About Nick:
Nick started as a software engineer at Amazon before moving to the healthcare space with Oscar Health. During the pandemic his interests turned towards financial freedom, leading me to found my first company, Stock Unlock, with a mission to empower everyone to make better financial decisions.
Now, he is the co-founder/CTO of Hanover


(00:00) Intro + beondeck.com
(2:07) Who are Chris and Nick?
(4:19) Being a Force of Nature
(12:24) No one is perfect
(19:51) Hiring the best (Firing the worst)
(25:10) Transferring your values
(27:45) Don't "Play Founder"
(40:07) Creating Urgency
(43:15) Defining Excellence
(47:57) Changing Legacy Industries
(56:38) Chris' Biggest Lesson from Brandon and Bryce from Meow
(1:01:02) How to Take Advice?
(1:07:45) The Greatest Question

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