How many times do you have to show up at-bat before you get lucky? NYC-born serial entrepreneur and founder of Fellow.app Aydin Mirzaee believes the secret to success is irrational optimism, and that great managers are made, not born. In this conversation, Mirzaee speaks about his profound business relationships and what makes them unique, why skills trump passion, questioning your default behaviours, managers being the highest point of leverage of your organization, the importance of building a team for a lifetime, cultivating respect for other people’s domains, and why every organization should implement a ‘No agenda, no meeting’ policy.

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