The Small Business Radio Show #837 Why Founders Fail: Insights from Silicon Valley's CEO Whisperer
Jun 30, 2025
37:25
Segment 1 with Richard Hagberg starts at 0:00.
Most start ups fail within 5 years. Many more are the walking dead- why do most founders build their company’s to fail and what can they change about it.
Rich Hagberg, Ph.D., often referred to as “Silicon Valley’s CEO Whisperer,” is a trained psychologist who has spent the last 40 years of his career as an executive management coach for over 6,000 executives. Since 2009 he has worked with companies like Tinder, Twitter, Dropbox, MixPanel, Zendesk, Quora, Asana, Pinterest, Salesforce, Munchery, Reddit, Gusto, Cruise, Tinder, Optimizely, Instacart, Patreon, Nerdwallet, and Super Evil Megacorp (it’s a gaming company).
His new book is called "Founders, Keepers: Why Founders Are Built to Fail, and What it Takes to Succeed".
Segment 2 with Lee Glickstein starts at 22:50.
There is the old adage that we fear speaking in front of people more than death- the joke goes that we would rather be dead that speak in front of an audience.
Lee Glickstein is a trailblazer in the field of public speaking and the creator of the globally recognized Speaking Circles method and founder of Speaking Circles International. He is an authority on leadership presence and magnetism in public speaking. Having overcome his own crippling fear of public speaking, Glickstein has spent decades helping others transform their relationship with audiences. His first book is called "Be Heard Now! End Your Fear of Public Speaking Forever".
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Most start ups fail within 5 years. Many more are the walking dead- why do most founders build their company’s to fail and what can they change about it.
Rich Hagberg, Ph.D., often referred to as “Silicon Valley’s CEO Whisperer,” is a trained psychologist who has spent the last 40 years of his career as an executive management coach for over 6,000 executives. Since 2009 he has worked with companies like Tinder, Twitter, Dropbox, MixPanel, Zendesk, Quora, Asana, Pinterest, Salesforce, Munchery, Reddit, Gusto, Cruise, Tinder, Optimizely, Instacart, Patreon, Nerdwallet, and Super Evil Megacorp (it’s a gaming company).
His new book is called "Founders, Keepers: Why Founders Are Built to Fail, and What it Takes to Succeed".
Segment 2 with Lee Glickstein starts at 22:50.
There is the old adage that we fear speaking in front of people more than death- the joke goes that we would rather be dead that speak in front of an audience.
Lee Glickstein is a trailblazer in the field of public speaking and the creator of the globally recognized Speaking Circles method and founder of Speaking Circles International. He is an authority on leadership presence and magnetism in public speaking. Having overcome his own crippling fear of public speaking, Glickstein has spent decades helping others transform their relationship with audiences. His first book is called "Be Heard Now! End Your Fear of Public Speaking Forever".
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-small-business-radio-show--3306444/support.