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Building and Nurturing An A-Team for Global Business
GreysonLorangaka“G-Lo”
✦B.S. Computer Science, MBA
✦Dimension Technology Solutions ✦President ✦Bootstrapped to $7M in Revenue ✦Sold in 2009
✦FullContact ✦Founder & CEO ✦Raised $23M in Venture Capital ✦100+ Employees in 4 Countries
✦Investing & Mentorship ✦Invested in 100+ Startups since Jan ‘10 ✦Invested in 7 Venture Funds ✦Founder of v1.vc
My 23 Page Psych Profile
The Personal Check-In
“How’s my body? How’s my mind? How am I doing, really?”
In the next 90 seconds:
1. Find a complete stranger 2. Check-in with each other 3. Get their contact info
Why do we check-in?
1. Vision 2. Team 3. Resources
Job of a Leader
How do I build and manage a great
team?
1. Authenticity 2. Originality 3. Empathy
#1
Be Authentic In Your Beliefs
It’s about values
“Core values are the organization’s essential and enduring tenets, not to be compromised for financial gain or short-term expediency.” - Jim Collins
We Believe That It’s All About People
We Believe That Being Awesome With
People Matters
We Believe That Fully Connecting
With People Leads to Personal and Professional
Success
What type of company do you want to build?
What type of leader do you want to be?
Build a Team Of People that Believe What You Believe
#2
Be Original In Your Thinking
Me
Me My Fiancée
MeMy Phone
My Fiancée
MeMy Phone
The Fucking Pyramids
My Fiancée
We Need to Go Off Grid
It’s really important to disconnect to fully connect
We’ll do better if
employees disconnect
Everyone here should be able to take a nice
vacation
What’s a nice vacation?
Time to Experiment
Paid, PAID Vacation
$7500 to go on vacation
(before taxes)
The Rules
Rule #1
You have to go on vacation, or you don’t
get the money.
Rule #2
Disconnect.
Rule #3
You can’t work on vacation.
The Results?
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$7.7M Earned Media
Side effects
HEY MR LORANG ..I RESPECT YOU SO MUCH ..AND RESPECT WHAT YOU DO FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES…AND HOW MUCH YOU LOOK OUT FOR THEM…THAT IS A BLESSING FROM GOD…IM A HIPHOP ARTIST FROM DETROIT…AND I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE MY NEW SINGLE..COUNTING MONEY..TO YOU AND YOUR COMPANY…ITS ATTACHED AS A MP3..PLEASE ENJOY AND SHARE WIT UR FRIENDS…. HOLLA AT ME
10,000 applicants
10 positions
9,990 rejections
250+ Paid Paid Vacations
50 Different Countries
$2M In Paid Paid Vacations
100% Employee Retention
#3
Be Empathetic
“We’re all just big bags of chemicals that come to work every day.”
- Brad Feld
Joy Energized
Passionate
Aligned
Challenged
Hopeful
PeacefulRelieved
Connected
On a good day I can feel…
Mellow
Anger Frustration
Fearful
Anxious
Exhausted
Burned Out
Defeated Hopeless
Lonely
On a bad day I can feel…
AngerFrustration
Fearful
Anxious
Exhausted
Burned Out
Defeated
HopelessLonely
A normal day for an entrepreneur:
Joy
Energized
PassionateAligned
Challenged
Hopeful
Peaceful
RelievedConnected
Mellow
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Know Thyself first
then Know Others
1. Vision 2. Team 3. Resources
Job of a Leader
What type of company do you want to build?
What type of leader do you want to be?
