Tracy Lawrence

Executive Coach and Founder Guide, Downshift · 1 appearance on the record.

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Tracy Lawrence co-founded and served as CEO of Chewse, an office catering and food delivery platform that was acquired by Foodee in 2020. Following the exit, she transitioned into executive coaching, focusing on founder mental health, resilience, and personal development.

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host pushback: the hardest questions Harry asked, tap to play ▶ 6:45“How did you deal with adopting that responsibility so much earlier than you thought you would?” ▶ 14:25“How do you guys think about that fear of transparency with these stakeholders who fund a lot of what we do in many respects?” ▶ 16:57“How do you think about the attachment of happiness to milestones?”

What they said4 Episodes1

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Insight

Tracy Lawrence: Believing non-founders cannot understand founder struggles is shame-driven

“I sort of felt like I retreated into a shell, and that was a self-created and self-declared shell of, oh, other people can't understand me outside of me building a company because this is uniquely difficult or challenging. Which also isn't true, as I know now,…”

Tracy Lawrence Jul 27, 2020 ▶ 5:18 20VC: Brad Feld, Jerry Colonna and Tracy Lawrence on Depression and Mental Health, The Dangers of Tying Happiness To Milestones & Why Fear, Anxiety and Guilt Are Useless Emotions

Insight

Tracy Lawrence: Transparently owning personal struggles gives teams permission to seek help

“So I think owning the shadow, whatever it may be, and talking about it with people, starting at least with the people that we feel the most safe with, and then realizing it's totally ok. In fact, it's wonderful, and it gives other people around you permission …”

Tracy Lawrence Jul 27, 2020 ▶ 39:05 20VC: Brad Feld, Jerry Colonna and Tracy Lawrence on Depression and Mental Health, The Dangers of Tying Happiness To Milestones & Why Fear, Anxiety and Guilt Are Useless Emotions

Opinion

Tracy Lawrence: Daily hustle culture is unhealthy and must be actively disrupted

“I would say that we should disrupt the hustle, and the way I've been thinking about it now, that I'm on contracts and a little distanced from what I was doing at Choose, is I try to take five minute meditations three times a day. And five pushups and five sit-…”

Tracy Lawrence Jul 27, 2020 ▶ 40:59 20VC: Brad Feld, Jerry Colonna and Tracy Lawrence on Depression and Mental Health, The Dangers of Tying Happiness To Milestones & Why Fear, Anxiety and Guilt Are Useless Emotions

Disclosure

Tracy Lawrence: Hyper-achiever mindset persists even after selling her startup

“To be very real and transparent, I just sold my company earlier this year, and my inner hyper-achiever is is still searching for the next thing.”

Tracy Lawrence Jul 27, 2020 ▶ 21:49 20VC: Brad Feld, Jerry Colonna and Tracy Lawrence on Depression and Mental Health, The Dangers of Tying Happiness To Milestones & Why Fear, Anxiety and Guilt Are Useless Emotions

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
20VC: Brad Feld, Jerry Colonna and Tracy Lawrence on Depression and Mental Health, The Dan	Jul 27, 2020	9m

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