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Vishal Agarwal

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231 total appearances

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

What I have learned and understood as an entrepreneur is every single day you're going to have wins and losses. You're going to either have a big client sign a contract or you're going to have a big client lead. You're going to either hire a great person or you're going to have a really good team member lead.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

You're going to get rejected by 49 different investors and that one investor who says, yes, we believe in you, we'll fund you. So there are going to be highs and lows every single day. If you as an entrepreneur don't keep your mind sane, if you keep yo-yoing like a rubber band, your mind will snap. Right.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

You're going to get rejected by 49 different investors and that one investor who says, yes, we believe in you, we'll fund you. So there are going to be highs and lows every single day. If you as an entrepreneur don't keep your mind sane, if you keep yo-yoing like a rubber band, your mind will snap. Right.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

You're going to get rejected by 49 different investors and that one investor who says, yes, we believe in you, we'll fund you. So there are going to be highs and lows every single day. If you as an entrepreneur don't keep your mind sane, if you keep yo-yoing like a rubber band, your mind will snap. Right.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

So I take a lot of learning from these amazing sports people who operate at the highest level of pressure. To see how they keep their cool and how they believe in the process and how they believe in the journey and taking it one day at a time and showing up to work. In tennis, I'm a Federer fan, but then I also read about the journey for Rafael Nadal and what he said once was very telling.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

So I take a lot of learning from these amazing sports people who operate at the highest level of pressure. To see how they keep their cool and how they believe in the process and how they believe in the journey and taking it one day at a time and showing up to work. In tennis, I'm a Federer fan, but then I also read about the journey for Rafael Nadal and what he said once was very telling.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

So I take a lot of learning from these amazing sports people who operate at the highest level of pressure. To see how they keep their cool and how they believe in the process and how they believe in the journey and taking it one day at a time and showing up to work. In tennis, I'm a Federer fan, but then I also read about the journey for Rafael Nadal and what he said once was very telling.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

What makes you great is not showing up to practice every single day, but showing up to practice on the days that you really don't feel like it. The important thing is you have to show up every day. At the end of the day, he's his own boss, right? So he could choose not to show up for practice when he doesn't feel like it.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

What makes you great is not showing up to practice every single day, but showing up to practice on the days that you really don't feel like it. The important thing is you have to show up every day. At the end of the day, he's his own boss, right? So he could choose not to show up for practice when he doesn't feel like it.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

What makes you great is not showing up to practice every single day, but showing up to practice on the days that you really don't feel like it. The important thing is you have to show up every day. At the end of the day, he's his own boss, right? So he could choose not to show up for practice when he doesn't feel like it.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

But it's those days that you show up and you really don't feel like it that matters and that helps you get through those tough matches. I'm also a big fan of Jeff Bezos and Phil Light from the founder of Nike. How Jeff Bezos with his family packed boxes on Christmas Eve in his factory and Phil Light would fly to China because the factory that he was working with shut down his operations.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

But it's those days that you show up and you really don't feel like it that matters and that helps you get through those tough matches. I'm also a big fan of Jeff Bezos and Phil Light from the founder of Nike. How Jeff Bezos with his family packed boxes on Christmas Eve in his factory and Phil Light would fly to China because the factory that he was working with shut down his operations.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

But it's those days that you show up and you really don't feel like it that matters and that helps you get through those tough matches. I'm also a big fan of Jeff Bezos and Phil Light from the founder of Nike. How Jeff Bezos with his family packed boxes on Christmas Eve in his factory and Phil Light would fly to China because the factory that he was working with shut down his operations.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

So yeah, quite a lot of inspirations because I know my journey is not unique and there are people who have gone through it before. How can I learn from them and continue to evolve?

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

So yeah, quite a lot of inspirations because I know my journey is not unique and there are people who have gone through it before. How can I learn from them and continue to evolve?

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

So yeah, quite a lot of inspirations because I know my journey is not unique and there are people who have gone through it before. How can I learn from them and continue to evolve?

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

One advice I would give to myself at that point in time is please don't get overenthusiastic and give too much advice because that's a path we as entrepreneurs can easily lead down to, right? I've been doing this for about six, seven years and suddenly feel, oh, I've been doing this forever and I can tell you how to run your life, right?

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

One advice I would give to myself at that point in time is please don't get overenthusiastic and give too much advice because that's a path we as entrepreneurs can easily lead down to, right? I've been doing this for about six, seven years and suddenly feel, oh, I've been doing this forever and I can tell you how to run your life, right?

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

One advice I would give to myself at that point in time is please don't get overenthusiastic and give too much advice because that's a path we as entrepreneurs can easily lead down to, right? I've been doing this for about six, seven years and suddenly feel, oh, I've been doing this forever and I can tell you how to run your life, right?

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E7: Vishal Agarwal, Checkmate

Getting, I think, less enthusiastic about that would be great. One thing I would tell them is don't underestimate the power of hard work and showing up every day. Right. Just build and talk to customers, take advice, be humble and just show up for work every single day. If you're an entrepreneur, you think you're the boss of your own life. No, you're not.