Managing ego in the founder's journey (or as a leader) is a very delicate balance. It both is what makes us take great leaps, and is also what makes us ultimately give up.

This balance has been one that I've talked about with thousands of founders in my time in venture capital, to founding a healthcare company, to then shutting down companies, to even now having recently excited a company we started 6 years ago for $1B+.

I've distilled the best analogy I can for what I've come to learn about the role of ego in the founder's journey, or frankly any leader's journey as they pursue an ambitious goal. We will chat through:

1) what ego means?

2) why ego is important and where it can be debilitating

3) how we can tell when toxic ego is surfacing

4) questions that help us manage and fuel ego in a more productive way

I share reflections from my founder and VC journey interacting with 4,000+ CEOs and founders - some of whom have brought their companies public, and some of who have to sunset their company.

The solo episodes isn’t advice. It’s a weekly reflection that I want to remember and share in the pursuit of building a world where we all take that bet on ourselves, whatever it may be.

New episodes every two weeks — sometimes with guests I deeply admire, sometimes just honest thinking in progress.