Braydan Young is the Head of Growth and co-founder at Sendoso. Braydan is an experienced sales leader with years of expertise in building and creating strong brands. He possesses impressive sales skills to adapt quickly when hunting for new leads and converting inbound opportunities. He has a natural ability to understand client pain points and needs, often before the client is even able to articulate them. Braydan has always championed the entrepreneurial spirit, and before Sendoso, he also co-founded CoffeeSender.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Marc Benioff
- Sir Richard Branson
- Braydan’s Parents
When business started difficulties overcame:
“…having time to do everything that’s in your head or to put your vision together it burns you out. And so I think it’s good to spend time on hey here is where I’m trying to get, here is my plan of how I get there but then you have to have a separation sometimes between working and your personal life and been able to take time for yourself”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Book by Ben Horowitz
- Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Handbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell Book by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle
Also mentioned:
- Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change Book by Marc Benioff and Monica Langley
Favourite Quote:
” Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Tech Crunch is an American online publisher of technology industry news founded in 2005 by Archimedes Ventures whose partners were Michael Arrington and Keith Teare. It reports on the business of tech, tech news, analysis of emerging trends in tech, and profiling of new tech businesses and products.
- Venture Beat is the leading source for latest technology news, VentureBeat gives context to help execs, entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts make smart decisions
- Crunchbase is the leading destination for company insights from early stage startups to the Fortune 1000. Get insights into your competition. Uncover startup trends, get company funding data. Find new prospects, beat competitors and quotas
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“if you haven’t already started working on your idea, like going for it then go for it. I think no time is better than now and then to constantly ask for feedback. There is so many people that are willing to help… I think there is tons and tons of people that are willing to help. So ask for help, you are not alone in doing anything you are trying to accomplish”…[Listen for More]
More About Braydan Young:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favour.” Brian Tracy
Other Quotes From the Chat with Braydan Young:
- “I think it’s important for any leader, any entrepreneur to not forget as they have success to not forget every single person who is helping them move in that direction stops. So treat your people well and make sure that as you do that to thank them and to thank every mentor on the way”
- “culture is massive for any business. You are only as good as your employees and as your customers. And if your employees are not happy, if they don’t enjoy coming to work every day then you are going to fail as a business. Your folks have to want to be there is a start-up.”
- “Probably the biggest thing I wish I would have spent more time on was asking early customers for more feedback”
- “I think that when someone decides to pay you money for a product because you are solving a problem and if they are early on that they are a huge advocate so you can bounce ideas off of them to what you are building”
- “jump in and follow your dream but at the same time I think it is good to have doubt… So having doubts as you start to see traction is important so you constantly keep innovating”
- “just because you are the boss sometimes doesn’t mean your employees respect you, you need to earn that. And so I think that’s a big thing that every entrepreneur needs to remember”
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