#9 Why listening to early signals and finding your guiding principles is the key to success | David Arnoux
David Arnoux is a growth expert and serial entrepreneur. He founded his first company, Maya Trading, at the age of twenty in China, where he focused on the import and export of small commodities. In the search for more creativity, he started a fashion brand, Blue Lemon Paris in 2006 and Twodoo, a tool to organize communication. Since 2015 he is focused on Growth Tribe, a digital training company that empowers people to rapidly gain digital skills of the future. At this point, they trained over 10.000 people across 900 companies and designed 995+ experiments across seven international campuses. What we talk about ????: [1:38] How David's upbringing shaped his life [4:03] How to optimize for a strong career [6:39 How David started a trading company in China [13:07] How he managed to be number one on skinny black tie [16:12] Mistakes and learnings from his previous tech company [21:18] Why Growth tribe didn't have failures so far [23:48] The function of a failboard [26:18] David's take on failure [27:38] Goals for the future and the drivers behind them [29:47] Greatest struggle as an entrepreneur [31:30] How to structure your day to get the most out of it [39:24] Book recommendations [42:34] Key takeaway Contact ????: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidarnoux/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darnocks/ Website: https://growthtribe.io Resources mentioned: Nassim Taleb – Antifragile Daniel Pink – When Andy Grove – Only the Paranoid Survive Youtube Channel Growth tribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj6owuAZrJNsjQzc2ZtILIw How to Read More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmJz4kJ9kr0 Supplements mentioned????: Ashwagandha L-Theanin Book recommendations????: Prediction Machines - Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans a Avi Goldfarb Lean Analytics - Benjamin Yoskovitz, Alistair Croll Realms of the Human Unconscious - Stanislav Grof Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital - Carlota Perez The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz The Messy Middle - Scott Belsky The Case Against Education – Bryan Caplan This episode is sponsored by SignRequest – the easy and secure electronic signature solution ???? check out http://www.signrequest.com
