41: Julien Smith, Founder of Breather

Julien Smith is one of the most direct, thoughtful and intense Founders I've had the pleasure of having on the show. Julien founded Breather in 2012 and has since raised $150M+ to build out the business. He's the New York Times bestselling author of three books. Two of these, Trust Agents and The Impact Equation, were written with Chris Brogan. The third, The Flinch, has consistently remained one of the top read Kindle books since it was published in 2011.

Having Julien on the show was a pleasure - he's extremely original in thought and has some of the best content on the internet. We talked about his article "The Complete Guide to Not Giving an F", the importance of showing up, failing your way to the top, self awareness, and how we as a tech community can generally improve. This episode was a blast.