Executive performance coach, Teri Citterman interviewed Fuel Talent’s CEO for the first episode of the What Fuels You podcast. Now, Shauna turns the tables and interviews Teri. Teri is the author of From the CEO’s Perspective. During this episode, Teri shares valuable information on the type of leaders who work with her. She talks about the one trait she believes every leader must have in order to be great, her methodology for coaching, and how she teaches executive presence. She also discusses how she’d wanted to be a writer from a young age, how she’s always been deliberate with her career choices, and how her courageousness comes from her parents, who both survived the Holocaust. Teri has unbelievable experience working with a countless CEOs and has some incredible nuggets of wisdom to share on how to start thinking like one.

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Sharelle Klaus founded DRY Soda Co. in 2005 from her kitchen, noting she’s had an entrepreneurial curiosity from the time she was little. While nursing her fourth child, she was frustrated that there wasn’t a sophisticated non-alcoholic beverage that wasn’t overly sweet or made with artificial flavors, so she decided to create her own. DRY is now in over 9,000 stores and is one of the fastest-growing natural sparking beverage brands in the nation. In addition to her speaking about her experience as a female entrepreneur, Sharelle shares her belief that women should be able to go on and off the working train throughout their lives. She credits learning many skills like time management, multi-tasking and negotiation to her time as a stay at home mom. You’ll also hear about how she’s traveling the world in her Airstream, her involvement with the Aliados Foundation and how her kids are her greatest accomplishment and helping her be more present.

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Andy Liu, Partner at Unlock Venture Partners, knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur from a young age. Andy started two companies with his Co-Founder David Niu, who he met while getting his MBA at Wharton. Always intrigued by angel investing, Andy decided to dip his toes in after both NetConversions and BuddyTV.com had successful exits. Today, Andy is an investor in nearly 100 companies. He started his current venture capital firm, Unlock Venture Partners, in late 2017, which focuses on early-stage technology investments in Seattle and Los Angeles. Andy shares helpful tips for entrepreneurs including what to consider when choosing a Co-founder, focusing on customer acquisition and distribution versus building a product, and the traits he looks for as an investor. He also discusses how he learned to cold call after starting his first company, getting the idea for BuddyTV.com while visiting Machu Picchu, and how he’s helping provides education and career opportunities to poverty-stricken communities through technical training with his organization, Future Hope.

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Rahul Sood started his first company when he was just 17 years old. VoodooPC went on to sell to HP in 2006, where he spent four years as their CTO. Rahul then spent a few years at Microsoft, where he says he “learned everything and got a crash course in how the best leaders are created.” In 2014, he started his current company, Unikrn, an esports betting and news company that’s backed by big names like Ashton Kutcher, Mark Cuban, Elisabeth Murdoch, Shari Redstone and many others. Unikrn has received over 10 million in funding and is on the front lines of regulation in its industry. Rahul shares many valuable lessons he’s learned through his first company’s acquisition and going to work at a large company after never working for anyone but himself. He also talks about the one pager exercise that changed his life, his involvement in the medical industry after his dad’s passing, and his admiration for Elon Musk and Tesla. His “you can reach out to anyone” mentality is a lesson you will want to take with you.

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Liz Dunn started Dunn & Hobbes, her real estate development company, in 1998 after pivoting from her career as a Software Engineer at Microsoft. Over the last 20 years, she’s created several developments that push the envelope of design while maintaining the character and uniqueness of the buildings and neighborhoods where she works. Much of Liz’s inspiration comes from the time she’s spent in older urban cities like Toronto, London and Paris. During this episode, Liz talks about growing up in Canada, her time at Microsoft (including when she asked for a then unheard-of sabbatical), and how she lived in her first project for two years while she was paying off the bank. Liz also shares tips on how to break into the industry, the impact she thinks technology will have on real estate, and how seeing projects well done is what fuels her. Her knowledge of and passion for Seattle’s urban fabric is incredibly interesting to learn from.

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