Mike Lazerow

Anyone who's had a baby knows that baby does whatever it can to get what it needs. Now, whatever it can in that case is crying, but talk about advocating for him or herself. They come out advocating, right? and weaponizing their voices to get what they want. And then they go through this industrial normalization complex, right?

Anyone who's had a baby knows that baby does whatever it can to get what it needs. Now, whatever it can in that case is crying, but talk about advocating for him or herself. They come out advocating, right? and weaponizing their voices to get what they want. And then they go through this industrial normalization complex, right?

They go to school and they're told to sit down and shut up and memorize these things and be like every kid. And then you add social media where I'm not as good enough in my mind as everyone else. And no matter what age you are, and you have this toxic brew that creates kids that are both ill prepared for the world and lack confidence and don't think that they're enough in and of themselves.

They go to school and they're told to sit down and shut up and memorize these things and be like every kid. And then you add social media where I'm not as good enough in my mind as everyone else. And no matter what age you are, and you have this toxic brew that creates kids that are both ill prepared for the world and lack confidence and don't think that they're enough in and of themselves.

They go to school and they're told to sit down and shut up and memorize these things and be like every kid. And then you add social media where I'm not as good enough in my mind as everyone else. And no matter what age you are, and you have this toxic brew that creates kids that are both ill prepared for the world and lack confidence and don't think that they're enough in and of themselves.

We spoke about ego earlier, and there's no doubt that entrepreneurs have ego and they need ego, right? That's the rocket fuel. for them to be able to have the unshakable confidence, the vision, the charisma to do what they do. But pregnant in that ego is the wrecking ball for the company and for your life, right?

We spoke about ego earlier, and there's no doubt that entrepreneurs have ego and they need ego, right? That's the rocket fuel. for them to be able to have the unshakable confidence, the vision, the charisma to do what they do. But pregnant in that ego is the wrecking ball for the company and for your life, right?

We spoke about ego earlier, and there's no doubt that entrepreneurs have ego and they need ego, right? That's the rocket fuel. for them to be able to have the unshakable confidence, the vision, the charisma to do what they do. But pregnant in that ego is the wrecking ball for the company and for your life, right?

Inside that ego is also why we ignore feedback, refuse to pivot, hire the wrong people, build a toxic culture, micromanage people. Like, don't get me started, right? And so...

Inside that ego is also why we ignore feedback, refuse to pivot, hire the wrong people, build a toxic culture, micromanage people. Like, don't get me started, right? And so...

Inside that ego is also why we ignore feedback, refuse to pivot, hire the wrong people, build a toxic culture, micromanage people. Like, don't get me started, right? And so...

kids are now coming into the world with very little confidence they don't have that ego which is necessary to say i don't need external validation to do what i want to do i am enough i have everything i need inside me and that is creating issues across the board as we spend a lot of our time with young people we love it it keeps us young

kids are now coming into the world with very little confidence they don't have that ego which is necessary to say i don't need external validation to do what i want to do i am enough i have everything i need inside me and that is creating issues across the board as we spend a lot of our time with young people we love it it keeps us young

kids are now coming into the world with very little confidence they don't have that ego which is necessary to say i don't need external validation to do what i want to do i am enough i have everything i need inside me and that is creating issues across the board as we spend a lot of our time with young people we love it it keeps us young

She was a transformative hire, but looking back, I think the biggest lesson for us is something Cass says over and over again, know what you don't know. So we got it to 50 billion in sales. We'd never done this before. We called it Buddy Media because we thought it was going to be a media company. We then pivoted three times into software.

She was a transformative hire, but looking back, I think the biggest lesson for us is something Cass says over and over again, know what you don't know. So we got it to 50 billion in sales. We'd never done this before. We called it Buddy Media because we thought it was going to be a media company. We then pivoted three times into software.

She was a transformative hire, but looking back, I think the biggest lesson for us is something Cass says over and over again, know what you don't know. So we got it to 50 billion in sales. We'd never done this before. We called it Buddy Media because we thought it was going to be a media company. We then pivoted three times into software.

You don't call a company Buddy Media if you're a software company, right? And so then we find ourselves like, how do we scale sales? We had 40 salespeople. Mark would later tell me at his house that we made a mistake. We should have had 400 because we were selling it so effectively. And The bringing Susan on board and a public company CFO just help bring to the company skill sets we didn't have.

You don't call a company Buddy Media if you're a software company, right? And so then we find ourselves like, how do we scale sales? We had 40 salespeople. Mark would later tell me at his house that we made a mistake. We should have had 400 because we were selling it so effectively. And The bringing Susan on board and a public company CFO just help bring to the company skill sets we didn't have.

You don't call a company Buddy Media if you're a software company, right? And so then we find ourselves like, how do we scale sales? We had 40 salespeople. Mark would later tell me at his house that we made a mistake. We should have had 400 because we were selling it so effectively. And The bringing Susan on board and a public company CFO just help bring to the company skill sets we didn't have.