Engineering and Leadership Podcast

EL028 – How to launch a successful tech start-up

05.16.2021 - By Pat Sweet, P.Eng, MBA, CSEP, PMPPlay

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any of us dream of going it alone one day - of shedding the 9 to 5 and trading in your cubicle for a desk in a garage. Society lionizes the likes of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, and it's incredibly tempting to imagine what life might be like as a successful entrepreneur.

But what's it really like to be an entrepreneur? How do you even get started? And how do you know you have a good idea in the first place?

In today's episode, I speak with Brett Fox, a seasoned high-tech executive and entrepreneur who has made a career of launching successful businesses and turning around foundering ones. He answers all the most important questions about launching a successful startup, and shares particular insight into the importance of having a fantastic founding team, why clarity of thought is critical, and why the COVID-19 pandemic might just be the perfect time to launch a new venture.

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