Sean Mullaney

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1,197 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 23 Apr

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The Entrepreneur Experiment · Why 10x Goals Are Easier Than 10% Ones: 5 Scaling Secrets from Google X & Zalando with Sean Mullaney · 23 Apr 2026 podcast

That's my bar.

And many of them were actually working on their own startup ideas and wanted to become a founder.

You're taking that magic you had at Google in the early stages and recreating that.

Yes, 100%.

And so my goal as a founder and the CEO of the company is

I want to be able to go on.

I mean, this is a good bar for anyone.

I want to be able to go on holiday for two weeks every summer with my family and not need to be involved in any decision because the team are all able to take care of everything.

And actually, when I go and check in and have a look at my email or my Slack or whatever, what I'm seeing is that the team are making decisions as good as mine or better.

And that's wonderful.

Like that is the sign of successful leader is that the company can run without you.

Well, and you don't get the brutal and direct feedback that you need.

And you don't become better at your job unless you get that.

And people want to live in a comfortable place where they feel like they're great at everything.

But this idea of seeking out information that disproves your case...

I think I'm a great manager, but maybe I should seek out some information to figure out whether that's actually true.

Let's disprove that point.

Let's try to disprove this.

And if I go and try to disprove this and I'm unable to disprove that point, maybe I'm a good manager.

So what attracted you then to Stripe?

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