David Bywater is the Chief Executive Officer at Vivint Solar, a leading full-service residential solar integrator. Prior to joining Vivint Solar, David served as COO at Vivint Smart Home and was executive vice president at Xerox. Earlier in his career, David was a consultant with Bain & Company and the Monitor Group.

In our discussion David shares his thoughts on:

• How to make failure a positive;
• The importance of a plan and momentum;
• Helping ordinary people do extraordinary things;
• Incentivizing your team members effectively;
• The upside and downside of data;
• Bending light and running towards the fire;
• Staying curious and questioning the status quo; and
• What happened when he was 14 years old that changed the course of his life.

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