The Psychology of Building Successful Companies

Help us with the brand survey here: https://rebrand.ly/CalumSurvey 6 years ago, Ruben started Career Karma with a mission to connect people to their dream tech roles and has now scaled it to over $50M. In this episode he shares the whole process of building a startup that makes $1B. He also talks about the evolution of AI and it’s impact on our future. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 2:30 You must be unreasonable 6:11 What Ruben learnt from being rejected by Y-Combinator 12:00 How running your startup changes you. 18:06 You must be UNSTOPPABLE to build a billion dollar business. 26:53 How the people around you influence your progress 31:52 Taking risks based on your intuition as a founder/CEO. 36:02 How to come up with a billion dollar Idea. 44:37 How to create a billion dollar startup based on your personal problems (Just like Airbnb) 48:18 How to get over $50M funding for your idea 1:01:36 The next revolutionary company will be in AI (What you need to know) 1:10:14 How AI would change our lives in 2024. 1:24:32 How to use ChatGPT at the highest level. 1:34:00 What keeps Ruben going when he thinks about quitting (EMOTIONAL) Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calumjohnson1/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/calum_johnson9 Guest: https://www.instagram.com/rubenharris/?hl=en