Co-Founders to CEOs

In Episode #55, we explore building the fastest email client in the world. We’re joined by Vivek Sodera, co-founder of Superhuman. We cover early failures and learnings as a CEO, empathy and the CEO role, and building an amazing team. “I'm a big believer that a startup, at the end of the day, is a series of experiments to unlock some type of learning or user psychology.” – Vivek Sodera EPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED) https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/vivek-sodera1-outlier-academy-show-notes  FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/vivek-sodera-outlier-academy-transcript  CHAPTERS This episode is our definitive guide to building the fastest email client in the world. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:40) – Vivek’s background and road to entrepreneurship (00:06:55) – On early failure and learnings as a CEO (00:12:41) – Vivek’s connection with Rahul Vohra and Superhuman (00:18:01) – The many roles of the non-CEO co-founder (00:25:41) – Advice for entrepreneurs (00:28:44) – Empathy and the CEO role (00:33:08) – Building an amazing team (00:39:05) – Failure is life’s greatest teacher ABOUT SUPERHUMAN Superhuman is the fastest email client in the world. Their Series C valued the company at $825 million. Their mission is to help the world's busiest people, including doctors, lawyers, and executives, get time back by spending less time checking and answering email. 💌  FREE NEWSLETTER https://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter 🎙 LISTEN ON iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775 Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182 ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMY Learn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. Website: https://www.outlieracademy.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademy ABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNER Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts. Website: https://www.danielscrivner.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices