Co-founder
 at 
Tower
   

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What's a mistake that you're happy you've made?

When I was 16 (way before the internet) I founded a travel-partner agency to connect people from different backgrounds seeking travel companions. After a year, I had to close the agency due to a lack of customers and the confusion some callers had regarding the nature of the “service.” Despite this setback, I gained invaluable insights into sales, communication and people’s needs, solidifying my desire to run a business that helps people.

  
from
 
Tobias
 
Forster
Founder / CEO
 at 
GOstralia!-GOmerica!

What motivated you to become an entrepreneur?

After graduating, I worked for an extremely well-paying automotive company. But I always had the feeling that there was more out there. So I quit and went into research with the aim of becoming a founder.

  
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Alexander
 
Neb
Founder, CEO
 at 
Assemblio GmbH

What should leaders understand about their own role and responsibility?

There are no overnight miracles, it's very hard work: both physically and emotionally. Requires resilience, grit, strategic approach and grind.

  
from
 
Katia
 
Yakovleva
Co-Founder and CEO
 at 
ContentRadar

What’s an important guiding principle that informs the way you build and run your business?

One of our core values is experimentation. Rather than get stuck in arguing about what solution may best solve a problem or play to our ego, we focus on the smallest step we could possibly take to learn whether that’s true. It moves our minds away from thinking too big without sweating the small stuff and from getting stuck in discussions rather than actually doing something to understand the possible solutions better.

  
from
 
Mathias
 
Meyer
Founding Partner & Executive Coach
 at 
The Intentional Organization