Bill Nussey is a career tech CEO with several exits, including a billion-dollar IPO. He is now launching several clean energy ventures, starting with Freeing Energy. This project started with a TED talk that grew into a top podcast, and is now a book, which hit Amazon’s #1 new release.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Bill Gross Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Heliogen, Idealab
When business started difficulties overcame:
“in the current business which is this media project in clean energy people thought I was crazy… They said you got a really big successful career in software and marketing tech and venture capital, why would you go into an industry you know nothing about and frankly nobody cares about you… You have no network. And it was a very hard decision to throwaway a really good multi-decade career to do something that I was called to, I felt passionate about but I knew I might fall on my face. But I really wanted to make the world a better place and I thought that was the right path. ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail Book by Clayton M ChristensenFavourite Quote:
” Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and in the total of all these acts will be written the history of this generation.” Robert F. Kennedy
Recommended Online Resources:
- LinkedIn – LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
- Notion – A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one It s the all in one workspace for you and your team
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“show up early. You could think about that for minutes and hours and realise what it really means… But show up early. And the second thing is… And it’s kind of building on it which is be prepared. There is opportunities in your life where you don’t see it coming in something amazing is going to knock on your door. Have your ducks in a row and be ready to seize it. Plans are great but plans rarely come together. The successful people that I’ve met and worked with Cs the opportunities that they didn’t see coming and they are ready for them”…[Listen for More]
More About Bill Nussey:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” Jen Sincero
Other Quotes From the Chat with Bill Nussey:
- “I am always asking myself what would I do differently? Why did I do what I do? Who are the people that are very successful? ”
- “Hire slow on fire fast, hold people accountable”
- “I not my company. My company is wildly successful I not that much better of a person. And if the company fails I not a failure. If the company is struggling, I don’t need to struggle as a person”
- “For me it’s the people that you bring around you… Particularly in business the team that you are able to attract ”
- “Business situations can change, competitors, landscapes, market reality… The only thing you can always count on is great teams… Be open to hiring people better than yourself, be open to letting people make mistakes… So let an expense of your business be people learning… In other words, maybe you are not going to do quite as well on this metric you would like but if you think someone is actually learning lessons because they have made a mistake and they are better for it, it is not an expense it is an investment. It’s all about people”
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