Digital Social Hour
Why A-Players Never Need to Look for Jobs (CEO Reveals) | Nathan Chan DSH #1001
21 Dec 2024
Why A-Players Never Need to Look for Jobs: Nathan Chan, CEO of Foundr, reveals the truth about elite talent acquisition and why the best professionals never actively search for work. 🚀 In this eye-opening conversation, discover how successful companies build unstoppable teams and why the most talented professionals get approached with opportunities instead of hunting for them. Nathan shares his journey from bootstrapping Foundr magazine to building a global brand, including getting sued by Success Magazine (which turned into a blessing in disguise!). Learn powerful insights about: - Why A-players are always in demand - The secret to finding exceptional talent - How to build and retain high-performing teams - The truth about network-based hiring - Building sustainable businesses that last Plus, get Nathan's exclusive tips on content creation, magazine publishing, and transforming a single piece of content into 30 different assets. Whether you're building a team or advancing your career, this conversation is packed with actionable wisdom you won't want to miss. Watch now and join the thousands of entrepreneurs who've learned the insider secrets to building world-class teams! Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell for more game-changing conversations. 💪 #masteryourjobsearch #jobsearchingduringcovid #careergrowthwithlucy #motivationalspeech #careerdevelopment CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Nathan’s Kangaroo Encounters 01:46 - Entrepreneurial Environment in Australia 05:01 - Foundr Plus 06:49 - Being Ahead of Trends 09:11 - Customer Churn Strategies 09:54 - Is E-commerce Dead? 12:26 - Nathan's Interview Preparation Tips 17:05 - Businesses Built by People 24:36 - Starting Content Early 26:55 - Trademark Infringement Lawsuit 29:10 - Meaning Behind Names 29:30 - Facebook and Twitter Name Changes 30:35 - Elon Musk Insights 33:40 - Views vs. Integrity in Content 36:00 - Second US Office Expansion 36:20 - Nathan's Upcoming Film Project 38:00 - Where to Find Nathan and Foundr APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Nathan Chan https://www.instagram.com/nathanchan https://www.youtube.com/foundr LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Here's a good story. I was sued for trademark infringement. It wasn't called Founder. The magazine was originally called Key to Success. We had the Success logo and then Key to in the middle, but we had Neil Patel on the front cover and he covered the Key to. You can guess who sued us. And I get this letter in the mail from Success Magazine that they're suing me for trademark infringement.
All right, guys. Digital Social Hour. We got Nathan Chan here from Australia. I think you might be the first guest I've had from Australia, man. Really? There you go. Thanks for coming on. Thanks for representing us. Represent. I've been there, by the way. Really? Yeah. What were you doing there?
I went with my mom just on vacation, but I went to Sydney and Melbourne and got to pet a kangaroo. Oh, there you go. And eat one. Oh, yeah, man. High source of protein. It actually tasted pretty good. It tastes like chicken. Yeah, and there's a lot of them. So you kind of have to eat them out there because there's so many of them. Yeah, yeah, that's a thing.
Do they just like pull up to your house there? How common are they? Are they like deer?
No, not as common as deer, but look like where I grew up in the suburbs, uh, not like I'm from Melbourne, grew up in the suburbs and like, we, we, there's like a, like a lot of nature, a lot of land where we are and like, I can drive out, you know, close to my parents' place and you can see them like a lot, but no, not that common. They're pretty peaceful though, for the most part, right?
Yeah, yeah. It's funny. You see all these memes online where people are like fighting and boxing with kangaroos and stuff. But yeah, no, look, if you walk towards them, they'll jump. That's funny, man. Were you always pretty entrepreneurial in Australia? Because it's not as advanced as the US, right?
No. So when I started Founder, I had absolutely no network. My mom was a nurse. My dad was a teacher. I didn't know anybody really that started a business or started an online business. I heard about stories from friends of friends. But yeah, no, man, like Australia is not like... Look, we have companies like Canva, like Atlassian, massive startups, but it's just not the same as America, right?
Like the mindset, the mentality. We have something called tall poppy syndrome. Have you heard of that? No, what is that? Well, basically, it's where, for whatever reason, culturally, you're often put down or looked down upon if you want to achieve, you want to do great things, you want to build something massive, build something big in yourself. Whoa, tall poppy syndrome. Yeah, yeah.
That's fascinating. So growing up, you were kind of ashamed to be an entrepreneur then? Well, here's the thing, man. I used to, you know, just sell things at school. Like you remember you could burn DVDs, right? Sell PlayStation games. I used to do all sorts of things like that. But yeah, look, I didn't think I'd become an entrepreneur. I just kind of fell into it.
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