Reboot Podcast Episode #130 – When Your Company Grows You – with David Hieatt

Top Quotes:

“Who am I then if I’m not a founder?” – David Hieatt

“I’m not gonna let anybody have any power over me as though they can make a phone call to me to tell me where to go.” – David Hieatt

“There’s nothing worse than walking out of your company knowing that you’ve half-finished the job.” – David Hieatt

“There’s a frustration with founders, but there’s a beauty with the founders because they’ve got the heart.” – David Hieatt

“One of the rare gifts of an entrepreneur is to build a team and to be part of a team. It’s a special gift. It’s a special time.” – David Hieatt

“That’s the bit of business I’m interested in, the community.” – David Hieatt

“As CEOs, our job is not to actually tell people what to do, but to create the conditions for that team to arise.” – Jerry Colonna

“Being an entrepreneur is the best personal development program on the planet because unless you grow your business won’t grow.” – David Hieatt

“For God’s sake maybe now we will understand what it means to put people ahead of profits.” – Jerry Colonna

“One of the things that will oddly come out of this [Coronavirus] is it’ll be okay for founders to say, “Yeah, I’m a slow-growth company.”- David Hieatt

“The thing that seemed to have been missing for you was the purpose derived from taking care of others.” – Jerry Colonna

“Having kindness for another human being is a beautiful thing.” – David Hieatt