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My Favourite Failure: We were too young, idealistic and couldn’t turn it off - Young Han
My Favourite Failure: We were too young, idealistic and couldn’t turn it off - Young Han
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Jul 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
"Every single major tech company that you know of has this story where they battled it to the bitter end."
Young Han grew up in Silicon Valley and worked in tech before moving to Texas a few years ago for a slower way of life. In this most recent chapter he’s really got into small businesses, like a pool cleaning company which he scaled to $1m in revenue in 10 months.
He’s a coach, tech consultant, and Founder himself. He’s a fan of taking as many shots as you can and failing fast....well now he is.
Because one of his companies, GoVolunteer, didn’t fail fast. In fact, it took him and his Co-Founders 9 years to go from deciding it wasn’t working to actually switching it off.
What did that teach him about when to walk away?
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Young Han grew up in Silicon Valley and worked in tech before moving to Texas a few years ago for a slower way of life. In this most recent chapter he’s really got into small businesses, like a pool cleaning company which he scaled to $1m in revenue in 10 months.
He’s a coach, tech consultant, and Founder himself. He’s a fan of taking as many shots as you can and failing fast....well now he is.
Because one of his companies, GoVolunteer, didn’t fail fast. In fact, it took him and his Co-Founders 9 years to go from deciding it wasn’t working to actually switching it off.
What did that teach him about when to walk away?
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If you have any feedback, we’d love to hear it. What would make the show better?
hello@secretleaders.com
Sponsor links:
personio.com/secretleaders
Released:
Jul 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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