What Makes a Visionary Founder Stand Out

Founders can learn from established leaders to apply effective management principles across ventures.

\"All of the underlying principles that went into building that company is the way that he ran his city government, the way that he runs his foundation, all the other things he does.\"

• Consistent management philosophies can drive success in multiple arenas.
• Develop guiding principles that inform all aspects of the company.

Disrupting established industries often requires overcoming significant regulatory hurdles.

\"I worked very closely with Travis... we figured out how to rally our customers, how to build this infrastructure politically so that we can legalize Uber and ride sharing and stop the efforts by taxi to shut us down.\"

• Engage customers as advocates to influence regulations.
• Develop a political strategy to face industry opposition.

Storytelling helps founders inspire stakeholders and build new market categories.

\"Bar Moses, co-founder and CEO of Monte Carlo. She's very skilled at storytelling, and she does it in a very effective way... She built a category that was not existent as a budget item for data observability.\"

• Use storytelling to define new market needs.
• Communicate effectively to position your product as essential.