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Published Jan 28, 2025

Blake Hall - Combat, Service, and Innovation - [Invest Like the Best, EP.408]

Blake Hall, co-founder and CEO of ID.me, shares his transformation from military leader to tech entrepreneur, discussing systemic business strategies, impactful leadership from combat experiences, and pioneering innovations in digital identity verification to combat fraud and enhance user experience.

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- Can you explain how to build mental toughness?
  Asked by 18 people
- How do startup founders think as discussed in the episode The Art and Science of Biology's Future and the clip Contrarian Thinking?
  Asked by 7 people
- How do you find product-market fit?
  Asked by 6 people
- How does the founding team help in building a successful startup as discussed in the episode 20VC: Scaling to a $1.3Bn Valuation While in Stealth, The Power of Different Network Effects Within Payment Platforms & How To Leverage Your Board and Investor Base for the Most Value with Matan Bar, Founder & CEO @ Melio and the clip Leadership Insights?
  Asked by 6 people
- For someone who is new to customer discovery and product validation and wants to validate their idea, what are some ways to simplify and explain the core concepts and practices?
  Asked by 5 people
- How do soldiers face injuries in combat as discussed in the episode Jocko Podcast 223 w Pat McNamara: Be Skilled & Prepared to Take Care of Yourself & those Around You and the clip Surviving Injury?
  Asked by 5 people
- How did the experience change their startup?
  Asked by 5 people
- How important is toughness?
  Asked by 4 people
- What are the top principles of Jocko Willink when it comes to leadership in the episode Jocko Willink: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Huberman Lab Podcast 104 and the clip Team Dynamics?
  Asked by 4 people
- Tell me about systems thinking and how I could apply it to my life, based on the episode 223: Bryan Johnson | A Plan for the Future of the Human Race and the clip Assumption Stacks
  Asked by 4 people
- What is Jocko Willink's leadership philosophy as discussed in the episode Jocko Willink: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Huberman Lab Podcast 104 and the clip Leadership and Morale?
  Asked by 4 people
- How do soldiers build mental resilience as discussed in the episode Jocko Podcast 111 w/ Jody Mitic - Being at War.. In Life. Become The Ambush. and the clip Rediscovering Warrior Traditions?
  Asked by 4 people
- How do startup founders think in the context of the episode Benchmarking, Brand Strategy, and Starting Fresh and the clip Startup Funding Insights, specifically regarding the art of pre-seed investing, mitigating investment risk at this stage, and building processes to create a true venture platform with a lean team?
  Asked by 4 people
- How secure are digital wallets as discussed in the episode Failing Young Men — with Richard Reeves and the clip Future of Access?
  Asked by 3 people
- What is it like to be wounded in combat?
  Asked by 3 people

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