Tech Scenes

"Doing what we're doing for several million users versus a few thousand users is a whole other challenge." Ted Mann, Co-Founder and CEO of @CollX, talks about engineering for scale on Tech Scenes Calabasas. #venturebacked #vcbacked #venturecapital #leadership #ceo #founder #operatingsystem #peakOS #foundermode

I'm as guilty of it as anyone—constantly being in "go" mode, without stopping to celebrate the wins. But the wins are what motivate us, so without taking a moment to be thankful for what you've already accomplished, you're never going to be satisfied. #venturebacked #vcbacked #venturecapital #leadership #ceo #founder #operatingsystem #peakOS #foundermode

"No one had ever done the research in this space to see how many people were actually in the market." Ted Mann, Co-Founder and CEO of CollX, talks about sizing up the market on Tech Scenes Calabasas. #venturebacked #vcbacked #venturecapital #leadership #ceo #founder #operatingsystem #peakOS #foundermode

Life's a lot easier when you're upfront about what you don't know. I see it all the time coaching sports and coaching high-growth teams: people trying the same moves over and over, getting frustrated, wondering why they keep failing. When you can just say "I don't know how to do this", you're speeding past all the failed attempts and getting to success a lot faster. #venturebacked #vcbacked #venturecapital #leadership #ceo #founder #operatingsystem #peakOS #foundermode

"I talk to a lot of CEOs worried about the speed of AI—can someone come along and disrupt us, just because of how fast it can move?" Brett Waikart, Co-founder & CEO of Skillfully, and I talk about the integration of AI into business on Tech Scenes Unplugged. #venturebacked #vcbacked #venturecapital #leadership #ceo #founder #operatingsystem #peakOS #foundermode

"When things are hard, when there is a challenge, we speak about it." Gregory Stein, CEO and Founder of Shadowbox, Inc., talks about building vulnerability in the leadership team on Tech Scenes Unplugged. #venturebacked #vcbacked #venturecapital #leadership #ceo #founder #operatingsystem #peakOS #foundermode

As the CEO of a high-growth company, what's your primary day-to-day role? Experimentation. Your job is to experiment fast, learn fast, and iterate as efficiently as possible to find what works. #venturebacked #vcbacked #venturecapital #leadership #ceo #founder #operatingsystem #peakOS #foundermode

I chose to end my book Peak Teams with the line: "Keep climbing, my friends. Never, never, never stop climbing." Why? It's because it's the single best piece of advice I was ever given when I was starting my own company: to never give up. #venturebacked #vcbacked #venturecapital #leadership #ceo #founder #operatingsystem #peakOS #foundermode