Find Calm In The Startup Chaos - Karolina Pelc, BeyondPlay

Karolina Pelc is the author of HerPlay, and the Founder and ex-CEO of the startup BeyondPlay, which was acquired by FanDuel.

She has been through the startup storm and has come out the other side with methods for finding calm.

📖 Chapters

00:00 - Karolina Pelc

01:02 - Intensity As A CEO

04:22 - "You Think You're So Tough?"

06:48 - Addiction To Doing & Parenting

15:20 - Deep Internal Wisdom vs Limiting Beliefs

21:01 - What if You Fly vs What if You Fail

24:58 - Don't Try To Be Liked As The Leader

27:57 - Unexpected Challenges With Gender Diversity

31:24 - What Does Being Ruthless Mean?

33:07 - How Transparent Can You Be As A Founder

38:49 - Boundaries to Transparency

46:30 - "Entrepreneurs Are Not Managers" - Sir Richard Branson

49:16 - Your Relationship With Control vs Delegation

53:41 - Setting Standards of Trust and Attention to Detail

56:44 - "The Chaos Muppet Building Calmness"

01:11:27 - What Health Habits To Prioritise When You Have No Time

01:14:04 - Psychedelics: What they uncovered?

01:19:00 - The Habit Of Reframing

01:22:48 - A Book is Like A Startup

01:29:34 - Don't Believe In Luck!

01:33:02 - Her Play: The Book

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