Mindset Persistence | Seed The Future - Evergreen Movement | Dave Whorton with Tom Bilyeu (IQ50) @MindsetPersistence | Uploaded September 2019 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Tom's guest is Dave Whorton, a legendary investor, the founder and Managing Director of Tugboat Ventures.
This is episode #50 of Inside Quest, first released on March 23, 2016.
Shownotes and quotes:
✔ Evergreen Movement - Purpose, Perseverance, People First, Private, Profit, Paced Growth,
and Pragmatic Innovation – these are the Evergreen 7Ps core values.
✔ 2:35 - "You're everything that's right in the world of business"
✔ 3:40 - John Doerr's ventures have created 200,000+ new jobs and Forbes recently ranked him as the 135th richest man in the world.
✔ 4:00 - Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was an American mythologist, writer, and lecturer, best known for his seminal work "The Hero Without a Thousand Faces".
✔ Stella & Dot is a boutique-style jewelry and accessories company offering flexible entrepreneuring sales opportunities for woman at home and online.
✔ 8:30 - (...) because of this ancient myth that behind every great fortune is a great crime. What do you tell people that think that way?
✔ 12:48 - What's the recipe to entrepreneurial disaster? How do people trap themselves? What sort of beliefs holds them back? What skill sets do they need to cultivate to be successful?
✔ Quest's co-founders also founded EPIGENIX, a non-profit organization built on the belief that we are not necessarily imprisoned by our genetic code.
✔ An "Evergreen Business" combines principle, vision, and purpose, but without an expectation of an "Exit".
✔ These companies are built privately for a lifetime or longer.
✔ 19:25 - "We learn the most powerful lessons from failures!"
✔ SC Johnson and Bechtel are two of the oldest and largest privately held family business in America. Both companies are operating in their 5th generation.
✔ 23:00 - If you could only give one piece of advice to your kids. What would it be?
✔ 24:40 - "The Power of Mith" discuss themes and symbols of ancient narratives and religions throughout history, identifying the universality of human experience across time and culture (amzn.to/2SDL2AI).
✔ 27:20 - What are the two or three key ingredients that make an entrepreneur?
✔ 33:25 - "A Great Place to Work" is also a book which identifies essential characteristics that motivate employees, stimulate productivity and provide personal fulfillment (amzn.to/2yg3i9O).
✔ 38:54 - Dave served 17+ years on the board of directors of "NewSchools Venture Fund", a nonprofit organization working to transform public education.
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About Tom Bilyeu 👌
Tom's new project is Impact Theory:
Web site: impacttheory.com
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCnYMOamNKLGVlJgRUbamveA
Tom's guest is Dave Whorton, a legendary investor, the founder and Managing Director of Tugboat Ventures.
This is episode #50 of Inside Quest, first released on March 23, 2016.
Shownotes and quotes:
✔ Evergreen Movement - Purpose, Perseverance, People First, Private, Profit, Paced Growth,
and Pragmatic Innovation – these are the Evergreen 7Ps core values.
✔ 2:35 - "You're everything that's right in the world of business"
✔ 3:40 - John Doerr's ventures have created 200,000+ new jobs and Forbes recently ranked him as the 135th richest man in the world.
✔ 4:00 - Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was an American mythologist, writer, and lecturer, best known for his seminal work "The Hero Without a Thousand Faces".
✔ Stella & Dot is a boutique-style jewelry and accessories company offering flexible entrepreneuring sales opportunities for woman at home and online.
✔ 8:30 - (...) because of this ancient myth that behind every great fortune is a great crime. What do you tell people that think that way?
✔ 12:48 - What's the recipe to entrepreneurial disaster? How do people trap themselves? What sort of beliefs holds them back? What skill sets do they need to cultivate to be successful?
✔ Quest's co-founders also founded EPIGENIX, a non-profit organization built on the belief that we are not necessarily imprisoned by our genetic code.
✔ An "Evergreen Business" combines principle, vision, and purpose, but without an expectation of an "Exit".
✔ These companies are built privately for a lifetime or longer.
✔ 19:25 - "We learn the most powerful lessons from failures!"
✔ SC Johnson and Bechtel are two of the oldest and largest privately held family business in America. Both companies are operating in their 5th generation.
✔ 23:00 - If you could only give one piece of advice to your kids. What would it be?
✔ 24:40 - "The Power of Mith" discuss themes and symbols of ancient narratives and religions throughout history, identifying the universality of human experience across time and culture (amzn.to/2SDL2AI).
✔ 27:20 - What are the two or three key ingredients that make an entrepreneur?
✔ 33:25 - "A Great Place to Work" is also a book which identifies essential characteristics that motivate employees, stimulate productivity and provide personal fulfillment (amzn.to/2yg3i9O).
✔ 38:54 - Dave served 17+ years on the board of directors of "NewSchools Venture Fund", a nonprofit organization working to transform public education.
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About Tom Bilyeu 👌
Tom's new project is Impact Theory:
Web site: impacttheory.com
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCnYMOamNKLGVlJgRUbamveA
