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Jimmy Wales

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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4086 total appearances

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The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And maybe we have to put ads on and, you know, I don't really want to, but like,

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And so suddenly it was like, oh, actually, this could work like this volunteer model and donation based.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

Maybe this is going to work.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

You know, that was exciting.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And I would say like the the Wikimedia Foundation, which is the charity that I set up that owns and operates the site.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

It obviously also has had a lot of growth over the years.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And I would say there was a period of time when.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

The growth of the website and the growth of the community was very successful, but the Wikimedia Foundation had a lot of growing pains.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

So as we started to grow, there were a lot of challenges there and becoming more professional and so forth.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And fortunately, we made it through all that and everything's good today.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

I mean, yeah, it's a good question.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

I mean, I probably I'll just point to myself like I had to learn that I'm not a good manager.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

That's actually really important.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

And it's something that founders often struggle with.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

I found it out pretty quickly.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

I mean, my management style is basically this is awesome.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

Let's do this.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

Everybody go do some good stuff.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

Right.

The Action Catalyst
The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales (Leadership, Internet, Entrepreneurship, Media)

Not really that great.