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#10: James Beshara - Using Your Time to Enhance Potential
#10: James Beshara - Using Your Time to Enhance Potential
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Length:
110 minutes
Released:
Jan 11, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Chris and James Beshara sit down for part 2 of their conversation. James is the former Founder of Tilt.com (acquired by Airbnb) and former Airbnb exec. They discuss motivating as a leader, dealing with layoffs, negativity in the media and the importance of how you spend your time. Enjoy! Follow Chris on Twitter: @Fortworthchris Make Contact with The FORT at thefortpodcast@gmail.com For more information on Chris Powers and Fort Capital, visit www.fortcapitallp.com 02:06 — What are some of the things that might get in the way of living a life of laughter? 08:33 — How Failure Breeds Friendship 13:23 — Story of Laughter on One of the Hardest Days 17:32 — “How to Lay Off 30% of Your Staff and Get Hugs” 35:20 — A Positive Thought About Laying-off in Tech 38:20 — How the Fundraising Process is Similar to Lay-Offs 41:11 — What are the kinds of things that the people who came back asked you? 51:14 — Journalism and Reviews on Business Leaders 57:51 — What needs to happen to get journalism back to the center and more factual? 1:09:08 — Do you agree with what Peter Thiel did to Gawker? 1:13:52 — The Length of the News 1:19:09 — Network Theory 1:24:19 — Choosing What Leads Your Conversations 1:28:14 — “Breaking” News 1:29:40 — What is a topic or area of your life that you think or talk a lot about? 1:38:39 — Spirituality and Time 1:44:00 — James’ New Year Ritual
Released:
Jan 11, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
#8: James Beshara - Selling a Business to Airbnb: Chris sits down with friend James Beshara, former Founder of Tilt.com (acquired by Airbnb) and former Airbnb Exec. They discuss the founding of Tilt, entrepreneurship, philosophy and friendship. Enjoy! Follow Chris on Twitter: @Fortworthchris... by The Fort - An Entrepreneurship Podcast