Matt Hallmann's amazing rap sheet includes Springest, SnappCar, SafeSize and heartbeat. In this wide-ranging one hour interview we examine what makes a venture coach, how Matt got started and what we see as major challenges for new ventures today, including the role of funding, how fast to grow and the involvement of external consultants and coaches like ourselves. We also discuss the Holacracy framework for organisations and where it can be a good fit.

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Timestamps to find the parts you like best (let us know in the comments):

00:00 Introduction

02:55 Rolling into the Startup World

05:35 Pandemic + passion = tea?!

06:30 Diversification and/or focus

06:55 Parental expectations

08:35 Queen Elsa's leadership

10:30 Hard things about Startup life

12:05 Finding purpose in startup coaching

15:13 First thing in the morning

18:06 Social media

20:04 Impact of the pandemic

23:00 Who is the customer?

24:14 Would you go back?

25:58 Mission to accomplish

28:26 Can we all get along?

30:18 Would you upload?

31:18 Corporate digital twins

34:35 The #1 thing founders need

38:26 Running on consultants

41:19 Be careful with funding

45:08 Slow growth strategy

46:15 Holacracy

56:34 Bonus question

58:33 Outro: don't feed steak to a baby!

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