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Founders Lounge Podcast with Matic Jasenovec

I recently went on the Founders Lounger podcast with Matic. Have a listen:

I spoke about many things I haven’t spoken about publicly before including:

- One of my first jobs: buying distressed companies for $0
- How we got the idea for Velocity Black
- What it takes to build a company worth $100s of millions
- Growth strategy of one of the fastest-growing startups in Europe
- How to achieve a successful exit
- Is it easier to start a hard company?
- Dinner with the Pope, meeting Taylor Swift, missions to the space station
- Building an investment platform for the world’s best athletes at sequel
- Acquiring ultra-successful individuals as customers
- An abbreviated version of my methodology for hiring A-players
- How to foster high performance in your company
- Working hard vs work-life balance
- The #1 book that changed my life
- A powerful (selfish) principle that I live by

Have a great week ✌️