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SPOS #628 – The Startup Playbook With Rajat Bhargava

Welcome to episode #628 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #628 – Host: Mitch Joel. He’s had many exits as a startup founder (over five!). This includes two IPOs, two trade sales and more. He’s been in the technology and services space for a long while (and he’s seen it all). Maybe you have heard of some of his companies… but maybe you haven’t. Rajat Bhargava doesn’t care that much, because he likes to build companies (not, necessarily, sexy big brand name companies). It’s hard to have a beautiful house without plumbing… the saying goes. This graduate of MIT (with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) isn’t just a successful entrepreneur, but he’s also an investor. With over twenty years of experience (he’s currently the CEO of JumpCloud), Rajat and his business partner, Will Herman, decided to distill their knowledge, wisdom and mentoring startegies into a book. The Startup Playbook is a great read from these two business veterans. If you’re in a startup, thinking of launching one, or if you’re trying to get your bigger company to think like a startup, this book is for you. Enjoy the conversation…

Running time: 50:37.
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This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’.

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Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.