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The Dark Side Of The Startup World | John Roa | Modern Wisdom Podcast 242

John Roa is an entrepreneur and an author. We often hear about the galactic successes of high growth startups, but what is the price that the founders pay to enable it? Expect to learn what the real culture of silicon valley is, how your business can cause a psychotic breakdown, what John realised is truly valuable in life, how market sentiment and true value have become detached and much more... Sponsor: Get 50% discount on your FitBook Membership at https://fitbook.co.uk/join-fitbook/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Buy How To Get Rich & Die Trying - https://amzn.to/38aNh8s Follow John on Twitter - https://twitter.com/johnroa Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #startup #investing #siliconvalley - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

John RoaguestChris Williamsonhost
Nov 7, 202057mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released
November 7, 2020
Duration
57m
Channel
Modern Wisdom
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John Roa is an entrepreneur and an author. We often hear about the galactic successes of high growth startups, but what is the price that the founders pay to enable it? Expect to learn what the real culture of silicon valley is, how your business can cause a psychotic breakdown, what John realised is truly valuable in life, how market sentiment and true value have become detached and much more... Sponsor: Get 50% discount on your FitBook Membership at https://fitbook.co.uk/join-fitbook/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Buy How To Get Rich & Die Trying - https://amzn.to/38aNh8s Follow John on Twitter - https://twitter.com/johnroa Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #startup #investing #siliconvalley - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

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  • John Roa

    guest
  • Chris Williamson

    host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring John Roa and Chris Williamson, The Dark Side Of The Startup World | John Roa | Modern Wisdom Podcast 242 explores startup Glory, Hidden Breakdown: John Roa Exposes Entrepreneurship’s Dark Cost John Roa recounts building Okta, a bootstrapped digital innovation agency that became one of America’s fastest-growing firms and was later sold to Salesforce, while his personal life collapsed under extreme stress, addiction and an eventual psychotic break with dissociative amnesia.

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