Shazam Cofounder: Secrets for Luck, Persistence & Success | Dhiraj Mukherjee (Ep.1)

Dhiraj Mukherjee co-founded Shazam in 2000, which then went on to sell to Apple for $400m. They raised $150m in the company's lifetime. In this energising interview we cover:

00:00 Intro

04:45 Hiring For Values

11:00 No Absolute Strengths

14:00 Beliefs from stories

19:00 Lessons from failures vs successes

25:25 Recipe For Persistence

33:40 How To Delegate

39:18 Luck

45:30 Loving Fundraising

49:40 Impactful Questions

51:30 What's next? (Climate & Young People)

1:00:30 Old & Young Working Together

1:02:30 Conditions For Being Fluid

01:08:10 Adopt A Culture Of Change

01:12:30 Selling To Apple

01:16:20 What stories to tell?

01:19:00 Sibling relationship 01:23:50 Badges

01:25:50 Living out our values

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