The Startup Podcast Crafting Your Founder Career - Lessons From Two Time Unicorn Founder Jason Cohen (Edu)
May 20, 2024
Two-time unicorn founder Jason Cohen shares insights on aligning startup with personal interests, tailoring business models to fit life stages, and considering long-term goals for better decisions. Emphasizes self-knowledge for a meaningful founder career.
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Founder Career Arc Reality
- Founder career arcs are unpredictable and reveal themselves only looking backwards.
- Planning exact long-term startup paths is likely futile, but setting broad goals helps guide decisions.
Founder Life Is Climatic Change
- Life is more like ‘climate change’ than repeated seasons: every phase is unique and unpredictable.
- Your desires and goals evolve, so you can't fix them decades in the future.
Use Life Chapters for Focus
- Divide your life into eras or chapters that prioritize specific goals or activities like work, family, or rest.
- Use chapters to frame decisions about your career, growth, and finances with intentional focus.