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"Founder Institute is What You Make Out of It" - Pooja Viwwanathan, PhD, Founder of Braze Mobility

Name: "Founder Institute is What You Make Out of It" - Pooja Viwwanathan, PhD, Founder of Braze Mobility
Uploaded: 2020-08-13T21:46:59+00:00
Duration: 45 s
Channel: Royston G King
Description: In this monologue, the speaker emphasizes that the value a founder derives from the Founder Institute (FI) is contingent on the founder’s own objectives…

13 Aug 2020 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker emphasizes that the value a founder derives from the Founder Institute (FI) is contingent on the founder’s own objectives and stage of development. The key steps include: (1) clearly defining what you want to achieve with FI, (2) seeking mentors whose expertise aligns with those goals, and (3) leveraging the FI network to obtain the specific resources and connections needed for success. The speaker stresses that FI offers a broad array of services, but founders must actively select and extract the components that are relevant to their current needs.

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I think the biggest thing I would really say is FI is what you make out of it. Like, you really have to figure out what it is you want from it and then get it out, get that out from it, because it is set up to do a lot of different things and not everything there is going to be relevant for you. So it is really about seeking out, depending on the stage you're at, what it is that you need, talking to the mentors about it, and then getting them to help you set up, get set up with that network that you need to succeed. So it's very much, I think, like, I think also just being aware and understanding what you want to get out of it, I'd say, is the first step. And then it's there, and there's a lot that it can offer, and you just take what you need out of it.