The Knowledge with David Elikwu 34: Leveraging tiny teams with Christine Carillo
David Elikwu speaks with Christine Carrillo, an Executive Coach for Early Stage CEOs, Founder of The 20-Hour CEO
Over the last decade, she built and led three companies that have generated $200M in revenue. She experienced everything from bootstrapping a business to $25M to building a hyper-growth VC-backed company to $28M ARR in under two years.
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👤 Connect with Christine Carrillo:
Twitter: @ChristineCarril
Website: christinecarrillo.com
📜Full transcript:
https://theknowledge.io/carrillo
📄 Show notes:
Early background and upbringing [4:10]
How did she start at the very bottom [6:14]
How did she start her own company [9:09]
What kind of success does she look up to? [22:12]
The idea of success started to turn into freedom [25:22]
Unethical moments she experienced [27:34]
She’s very fortunate to have a CEO coach [43:12]
A lot of pressure being extraordinary [48:30]
How are you as a CEO [51:24]
When she started Butler heath [1:00:19]
I hate managing people [1:03:15]
Prioritizing family over work [1:20:27]
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👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people learn more and live better.
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