I just came across this video of me interviewing Ron Conway in 2014, and it's very interesting to hear him talk about which traits of startup founders have to be inborn, and which can be acquired.
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There’s an industry of coaches who have convinced many people that those intrinsic attributes can be acquired.
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people can change values andd beliefs but it's rarely because of coaching - usually a traumatic life event
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My experience totally tracks Conway’s perspective. My beliefs about people, “founders”, etc have really evolved over the last 10 years of building my business.
(Transcript link, for the word rotators: genius.com/Ron-conway-ron)
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I’ll need to rewatch it but just from watching the first 3 minutes, I remembered exactly what I loved about this interview…
Your questions and follow up questions.
That’s a big lesson in here.
Great moderation, Paul.
It clearly stayed your curiosity, your learning curiosity.
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Sounds interesting and will go through it. Here are my picks if I were to guess -
Inborn: curiosity, independent minded, audacious dreams and goals
Acquired: focus, discipline, patience
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