Building and Persuading
Mike Maples discusses the importance of having a builder and a persuader in a startup team, using the example of Jobs and Wozniak. He emphasizes the need for a good storyteller to persuade people to join a new cause, while the builder is the person who understands the technical trade-offs and can co-create the future with others.In this clip
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Mike Maples — The Knowledge Project #77
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