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Ben Chestnut: People who lack discipline simply do not want success enough
“So, so to me, if somebody is just not disciplined to take control of their lives and be successful, they must not want it, and I'm not going to bother with it.”
Ben Chestnut Dec 12, 2022 ▶ 15:58 Ben Chestnut: Why I Sold MailChimp; How My Kids Found Out I Was a Billionaire | E959 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Ben Chestnut: High performance comes from deleting bad habits, not chasing goals
“To me, that's high performance. It's sort of like looking at the roots of what's causing you to not be high performance and changing these core habits that are blocking you.”
Ben Chestnut Dec 12, 2022 ▶ 14:38 Ben Chestnut: Why I Sold MailChimp; How My Kids Found Out I Was a Billionaire | E959 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Ben Chestnut: Scaling to 500+ employees is like governing an uncontrolled city
“Once you get it to, like, 500 to a thousand employees, it's less of a startup or a company where everyone's kind of following the same mission. It's not, you know telepathic, where everyone knows what it is the leader wants. It's like you're the mayor of a rea…”
Ben Chestnut Dec 12, 2022 ▶ 18:05 Ben Chestnut: Why I Sold MailChimp; How My Kids Found Out I Was a Billionaire | E959 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Ben Chestnut: Sudden wealth alters founder psychology more than slow growth
“Going from poor to rich can really do a number on your brain. And I think, you know, my co-founder Dan and I were so lucky that we just sort of really gradually grew and we could stay grounded.”
Ben Chestnut Dec 12, 2022 ▶ 34:45 Ben Chestnut: Why I Sold MailChimp; How My Kids Found Out I Was a Billionaire | E959 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Ben Chestnut: Scaling CEOs must transition to a hands-off, eyes-on style
“The guidance was hands off, eyes on. And that was the biggest change for me, being, trying to be hands off, but eyes on.”
Ben Chestnut Dec 12, 2022 ▶ 18:29 Ben Chestnut: Why I Sold MailChimp; How My Kids Found Out I Was a Billionaire | E959 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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