Getting Tech Punched

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Masters of Scale co-hosts share their favorite advice from trusted sources. Jack Conti says he was "tech punched" by a board member who told him to be the boss. Alexa O'Brien's idea for gamification got her standing ovation on stage at TechCrunch 50. But she quickly realized it wasn't going well and that people didn't like what she'd done.

Smart entrepreneurs know one of the secrets to scale is leveraging wisdom from others. (In fact, that’s the mission of this show!) But not all advice is right for you right now — and some can even be disastrous. As the founder of the proto-fintech platform LearnVest, Alexa von Tobel scaled her business by seeking advice from mentors and friends … and then, taking only the advice that served her mission. Following Alexa’s story, you’ll learn how to become a good advice detective, with the power to sort the transformative advice from the traps.

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