Aldo De Jong
Founder in Residence, Antler Canada. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Aldo de Jong is an entrepreneur who co-founded the innovation consultancy Claro Partners and Startupbootcamp IoT & Data in Barcelona. He has held leadership roles at General Electric and Meta and serves as a Founder in Residence at Antler Canada.
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Everything Aldo De Jong said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
De Jong: Co-founder attempted hostile buyout at the eleventh hour
“And on the 11th hour, literally after they had their board meeting to decide on this, my co-founder said, Although, I don't know if I still want to do this. I don't think I want to go through with this deal, and as a matter of fact, surprise, surprise, I have …”
De Jong: Some Business Cultures Treat Exploiting Counterparties as a Skill
“In some cultures, business people, they take advantage of each other. And instead of one business person who has been taking advantage of, who has been screwed over, feeling bad about it, he will say, wow, this guy, you're really good at screwing me over. I'll…”
De Jong: Zillow Promotes Agents with the Biggest Ad Spend, Not Best Quality
“On one hand, they live of advertising revenues, so this means that not the best real estate agents rise to the top, But those that have more money to spend on advertising.”
Aldo De Jong: Many entrepreneurs fail to separate personal identity from company
“I had made myself one in the same of my company. And that's what many entrepreneurs do. They don't realize that they are still a person separate from the company.”
De Jong: Firing underperforming staff is easier by assessing personal goal alignment
“And also with this, a conversation where you need to let go of somebody, where you need to fire somebody because they're not doing well and their role becomes so much easier because you start to talk about, Hey, what journey are you on? What are actually your …”
De Jong: Claro Partners ousted a co-founder who prioritized take-home pay
“So at some point with Cloud Partners, we actually had three co-founders, and one of those co-founders after a few months, we realized how different he was thinking about the business, because he would say, for every euro that we spend, We need to think that th…”
De Jong: Canada and Australia have the worst individual carbon footprints
“Basically, Canada is the worst offender in terms of carbon footprint per person that is influenced by the people themselves together with Australia, even ahead of the United States, and we always think about the United States as, oh, this big offender of clima…”
De Jong: Retained Startupbootcamp Stake After Claro Partners Exit
“The reality was, of course, I wasn't left with nothing because I kept still the participation in startup bootcamp, which was very important to me. Both financially and emotionally.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Aldo's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
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 WE LIVE TO BUILDLEDGER | Founder in Residence, Antler Canada | 1 | 9 | 100% 1/1 | full record on We Live to Build → |