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episode 59: Why You Should Run Your Business Like A Cockroach Startup According To Successful Entrepreneur and Investor Michael de la Maza (#59)
"Forget go big or go home. Instead, go big or be successful." - Michael de la Maza
Michael de la Maza is an agile coach by day and an angel investor by night. He has invested in 30 startups directly and another 50 through syndicates and funds. Michael invested in unicorns, Boom, Rappi, and Relativity Space at the seed stage. He is in the process of launching an angel group in Boston.
In the angel community, Michael is famous for beating former YC President Sam Altman for $100K in a five-year bet on startup valuations, making him an authority on startup valuations from zero stage to exit.
Michael holds a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence from MIT.
The Deep Wealth Experience has you learn the 9-steps of preparation in 90-days. At the end of the 90-day,s you create a blueprint to help you optimize your business value. You also have the certainty of capturing the maximum value for your liquidity event.
SHOW NOTES
- The valuable lesson Michael learned in the dot com crash that still applies today
- Why Michael prefers to invest in cockroach startups
- The power of running your company like a cockroach startup
- Why the characteristics of founders is everything in the success of a business
- The characteristics of founders who operate cockroach startups
- How nonconformity plays a large role in creating a market disruption
- Why emotional resilience is often the difference between success and failure
- The choice between a business being easy and growth
- How the industrial age is ending and the digital age is starting and what this means for you
- Why you should operate your business using the three horizons strategy
- How autonomy and decision-making with your staff keeps your business quick and agile
- Why improvement activities must be evidenced-based
- The power of changing your outlook from "go big or go home" to "go big or be successful."
- How the work landscape has forever changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
- How autonomy and independence requires employees with responsibility
- Why as a business owner you must exemplify the behavior you want in your culture
- How Michael is a coach for business owners to ensure success in their personal and business life
- The one question every business owner must ask to welcome personal growth
- Why the people you associate with can help
Resources To Have You Thrive And Prosper
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