This week, Jim is joined by Bryan Smith. Bryan has a background in sports analytics, helping teams assess the potential as well as risk of players before during recruitment. With his company Leon VC, Bryan has applied this approach entrepreneurship using data analysis to find and assess the potential founders. Bryan shares his insights and what characteristics define a truly great entrepreneur.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Using data to identify potential in athletes and founders
• The KPI’s for successful founders
• What is resilience
• Different types of founder profiles
• Founder Community
• Blind spot recognition
• Disruption opportunities
• Hacks to win the day

Resources:

• Leon VC
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

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• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)