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Fred Shilmover

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
167 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

And just remember, unlike any other business book, how much it really pulled on my emotional strength.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

So anyone who's in this business, I think has to read that book.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

Yeah, I think, can I cheat and give you two?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

Sure.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

So the obvious one, I mean, in our space is Mark Benioff.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

I mean, just in terms of what thought leadership and trailblazing Salesforce has done.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

So that's an obvious person to follow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

The other one who's sort of investor newsletters I love to read is Jeff Bezos.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

in terms of the way they do decision making.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

And it's been fantastic.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

He's a guy who's quoted a lot in our executive team and leadership team meetings.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

You know, I've got four tabs open, you know, Gmail, Salesforce, Insight Squared, and maybe occasionally Facebook.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

So those are my tools.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

Uh, I, if, if you don't get eight hours of sleep, I don't know how you function.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

Uh, married with kids.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

I go to sleep really early.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

I wake up really early.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

Uh, two kids, two and four.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

Oh, wow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
935 How to Reset After Raising $27m and Hiring Too Fast

I try to get, I try to get out of the house before anyone's awake, uh, and be home for dinner.