The Playhard Podcast #20. Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Entrepreneurship, Investing, and Motorcycle Riding with Carlos Fry (Founder of CODE ÉXITOS)
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/
* 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.
Ep. 11 with Wouter Delbaere, a seasoned entrepreneur with awesome advice similar to this episode.
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