leadership in a growth startup
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What leadership values and beliefs we use in Tradeshift to drive growth and alignmentTRANSCRIPT
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Global Leader Camp
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We want to build a company that matters, that have a meaningful impact on the world
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We want to democratize business
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Create transparency, growth and new jobs
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We want to be able to IPO that company in 3 years
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Here is what we need to
§ The world's largest b2b network measured in active users
§ Realize USD XXXm in revenue in 2016
§ Build the world’s largest platform for networked business apps
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It’s not really possible
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Here is where we were three years ago
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Today we are a 150 people, with offices in San Francisco, Copenhagen, London, Suzhou and
Paris with more than $100m in funding and double digit revenues and plenty of Fortune
500 Customers
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That’s not really possible either
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Leadership in a startup is the job of making the impossible reality
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What do that mean in Tradeshift?
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Leadership is shaped by your personal values, courage to act on your beliefs and
your ability to execute
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A leaders ability to execute depends on the personal beliefs, the courage to act and the ability to execute of anyone who follows him
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What leadership feels like in a startup
You
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My personal beliefs
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Start-ups are factories of make-believe
We only fly because everyone closes their eyes and believe we can
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Flying requires bold and visionary ambition
Nobody want to take a leap on faith on something that is not meaningful
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Vision without execution is just hallucination (it feels good, but don’t do shit)
The difference between being a liar or a visionary is
razor thin, execution is the difference
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Lead from the front
Be the first to shovel shit, and carry your weight
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Fight for your vision, always
Quitting is for pussies
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Challenge conventional wisdom
If most people agree, they are probably wrong – selection bias is deadly
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Be the the first to change direction when needed
The past is only context, not direction (history don’t repeat itself)
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Radical Trust
Trust everyone, absolutely and if they fuck-up, help them and keep trusting them
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Vulnerability is a strength not a weakness
I’m an insecure overachiever
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Empathy
Don’t be an asshole
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This is what I believe, but what I believe won’t matter unless those who lead and follow with
me don’t share the vision, the beliefs and have the courage to act
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At the end of the day it will not be about what I believe or do, it will be about what we believe
and do
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As a Tradeshift Global Leader I expect you to be out there every day, leading from the front, using your own personal beliefs and courage
to create the results we all need.
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Making the impossible reality