Founders Uncut: Real Startup Stories
11. Damian Kimmelman of Batelle & Rho - Perfect vs Clear & Consistent Decisions, Default to “I am Probably Wrong”, Lean into Subjectivity, The Best Founders Know Their Scent, Surround Yourself with Kind People
Published: 11 July 2022 at 06:06 Europe/London
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With me today is Damian Kimmelman, Co-founder of https://batelle.com/ (Batelle.com), https://www.rho.co/ (Rho.co) and Founders Pledge. Batelle trains parents how to put their children to bed in under 5 minutes and sleep through the night within 2 weeks, guaranteed...
Hear more from him on:
1) Decision Making in Startups
- Driving to Consensus Versus Driving a Strategy
- Perfect Decisions at the expense of Clear, Consistent Decisions
- Frameworks for Decision Making
2) Information Theory - Lean into Subjectivity
- The Shared Language of Decision Making
- Default to “I am Probably Wrong”
- What Actually Matters in a Startup
- Navigating Culture across different types of hires
3) Diversity and the Value of Heterodox Opinions
- What ACTUALLY matters in the startup journey
- Long term Value Creation
- Consistency in Leadership
- Messaging to Company
4)The Founder Journey
- What’s Misunderstood in the Founder Journey?
- Navigating the Complexity of Dealing with people at scale
- The Best Founders Know Their Scent
- True Impact - Upstream Interventions
- Why You Should Surround Yourself with Kind People
Book recommendations:
Decoding Reality - by Vlatko Vedral
The Science of Can and Can't - by Chiara Marletto
Find out more at KindredCapital.VC/FoundersUncut
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