How to Be Also Mant Your Job - It's Peacock

Suneel Gupta walks through his 7 steps for becoming “backable”--worthy of others backing your ideas. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why you don’t need charisma to be backable 

2) How to make your idea stand out with an “earned secret” 

3) Why you don’t want to have everything figured out 

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— ABOUT SUNEEL — 

Suneel Gupta teaches Innovation at Harvard University. His bestselling book Backable is rooted in Suneel’s journey from a twice-failed entrepreneur to a leader behind two IPOs, and to being named “The New Face of Innovation” by the New York Stock Exchange. Suneel has personally backed startups including Impossible Foods, AirBnB, 23&Me, Calm, and SpaceX. 

• Suneel’s book: Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You 

• Suneel’s website: SuneelGupta.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Study: The IKEA effect 

• Study: The Scar Experiment 

• Video: “Steve Jobs introduces iPhone in 2007” 

• TED Talk: “Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson” 

• Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 

• Past episode: 642: How to Identify Your Career Season and Land Your Dream Job with Ramit Sethi 

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — 

• Justworks. Make your hiring and managing easier with the Justworks HR platform at justworks.com. 

• StoryBlocks. Enhance your video storytelling quickly, beautifully, and affordably at Storyblocks.com/awesome. 

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