Bonus 4. Brian Wang (Dashing Leadership) - Why A Founder Might Need A Coach and a Conversation About Curiosity, Judgement and Culture

Brian is an executive coach and owner of Dashing Leadership ( http://www.dashingleadership.com ). He helps early-stage founders grow into more effective leaders. Previously he started and ran Fitocracy ( https://www.fitocracy.com/ ) , one of the largest fitness social networks of its time, and sold it in 2015. Afterwards, he joined 500 Startups as a venture partner and later led major product initiatives at Credit Karma and Eaze. If you’re interested in learning more about how coaching can help you perform better as a leader, please schedule an introduction call at www.dashingleadership.com ( http://www.dashingleadership.com ) If you want to keep up to date on Brian you can follow him on Twitter @brianmwang ( https://twitter.com/brianmwang ). If you are a founder and working on something innovative,, have a question you’d like to hear VCs or founders answer on the show you can DM me and follow Mike on Twitter @mikegelb ( https://twitter.com/MikeGelb ). You can also follow for episode announcements @consumervc ( https://twitter.com/ConsumerVc ). One of Brian’s favorite author’s is Haruki Murakami. A book that inspired Brian personally is Stories of Your Life and Others ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1101972122?camp=1789&creativeASIN=1101972122&ie=UTF8&linkCode=xm2&tag=theconsumervc-20 ) by Ted Chiang. A book that inspired Brian professionally is Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071771328?camp=1789&creativeASIN=0071771328&ie=UTF8&linkCode=xm2&tag=theconsumervc-20 ) by Kerry Patterson. On this episode you will learn - * What attracted him to entrepreneurship and founding Fitocracy? What were some of the learnings from his experience as a founder? What is coaching and what attracted you to it? How is coaching different to advising and mentoring? * What are some of the ways that you help founders? How is the impact different to advising and mentoring? What’s typically the cadence? * What are some typical or common areas that founders might need help in that you think about? * How do you think about effective leadership? * What is one piece of advice that you would have for all founders? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands