Matthew Stafford is an angel investor with several successful exits. He is a co-founder of 9others, a monthly problem-solving dinner event for entrepreneurs, which has been attended by thousands of founders. He’s also a co-author of the book Find Your 9 Others - The Questions To Ask Yourself As You Start Up And Scale Up.

In this episode of The Founders Lounge, we talk about:

- Matthew’s recent 3 startup exits

- The 10 questions you need to ask yourself as a founder

- The importance of your “why” behind starting a startup

- How to gain visibility as a founder

- The importance of trusting your gut

- How to improve your intuition

- What does it take to succeed

- How to train yourself to be more disciplined

- The ‘65% rule’

- What you learn in school is not a good parallel for life

- The importance of surrounding yourself with ambitious people

Links:

- Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mstafford

- Matthew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/staffordvc

- “Find Your 9others” book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1788604466

- Matthew’s investment portfolio: https://www.stafford.vc

- 9others events: https://9others.com

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