Even the best motorcyclists crash. Same goes for Founders. This next guest explains, beautifully, his crashes and how he bounces back!

Armand Uno (@thenameisuno) sits down with Founder and Motocross Menace, Charles (Carlos) Fry to talk about efficiency hacks, the most important metric to track, and some extra-spicy parts of being a Founder.

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Show Notes:

(09:50) - Successful vs Unsuccessful Founders distilled into a few expressions

(22:30) - Metrics for gauging success

(42:20) - What doesn’t get talked about as a Founder (a painful lesson from failure)

(56:40) - One thing you can do to manage stress

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Links:

* https://www.codexitos.com/

* carlos@codexitos.com

* Build by Tony Fadell

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Episode Quotes I Enjoyed

“Entrepreneurs should go selling a product before they have it.”

“Write drunk, edit sober.” - Ernest Hemingway

“Most of the news is nothing I can do anything about.”

“If I obsess about work 100% of the time, I’m much less effective.”

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Other Episodes Like This

Ep. 1 With Derek Pocoroba, mentioned in the show.

https://anchor.fm/playhardpodcast/episodes/1--Cybersecurity-Pro-and-Race-Car-Driver----This-Guy-is-the-Real-Life-TRON-Derek-Pocoroba--Founder-and-CTO-of-Triden-Group-e1kd81o

Ep. 11 with Wouter Delbaere, a seasoned entrepreneur with awesome advice similar to this episode.

https://anchor.fm/playhardpodcast/episodes/11--Talent-Doesnt-Matter-When-You-Put-In-the-Work-with-Wouter-Delbaere--Founder-of-Mangtas-e1jfsd0

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