Tag: Shaan Puri

Favorite, Happiness

To be a great leader, to have a magnetic field around you, do this:

Chris Labs

What’s the most intoxicating, desirable thing when you meet somebody? A sense of peace Someone who’s truly happy. They are truly happy at rest, when nothing is going on. You just want to be around that person and be like that person. Ex: Shaan’s trainer trained them for 7 hours in a row. He was exhausted after training everyone but even after that HUGE effort. He was packing his stuff and whistling with a big smile on his face. “It’s party time”, he said. You know how I am at the end of a work day? When I feel like … Continue reading To be a great leader, to have a magnetic field around you, do this:

Hiring

When you bring someone new on the team

Chris Labs

Do a dream exercise with them. Go to a conference room and ask the following: “Who are you” “Who are you trying to be by the time you’re done here” This job is like getting into a car. It’s going on a roadtrip. You’re gonna a bunch of other people in the car with you, we’re cool, it’s gonna be a fun hang, the music is good, the vibe is nice. Ok we’re trying to get to some destination, and your job is not to be focused on the car, making the car as great as it can be. Recognize … Continue reading When you bring someone new on the team

Happiness, Learnings

Choose carefully what is worth stressing for.

Chris Labs

One of the worst thing in life is stress. It kills you much more than junk food or lack of exercising. Let’s say you buy an expensive car (90k) while you make 200k per year. Because you salary is high but not crazy high in relation to your car’s value, you will stress when you hit a puddle. Your heart will stop if you drive fast over a bump. You will get mad and stressed if someone hit your car. Don’t make the double mistake of buying an expensive car and stress for it. Get a beater, whether that’s an … Continue reading Choose carefully what is worth stressing for.

Learnings

How to close a sale/email outreach

Chris Labs

This is a copy of Shaan Puri’s post in AAP So Blushie, today i’m gonna show you how we channeled our inner Pablo by stealing and remixing a tactic that a different startup used to close sales to take the fund from $1.7m → $2.4m. ​Once you learn this little trick, you can use it whether you’re raising money, trying to close sales, or really doing anything with email outreach. ​Now it’s time to pull that Picasso: Ben slacked me about a tactic he saw Brex (a big, hot startup worth $2.5B+) using to close sales ​ ​ The way … Continue reading How to close a sale/email outreach

Hiring

Recruit a good operator

Chris Labs

This post is copy and paste from Shaan Puri’s post This post is all about the in’s and out’s of how I approached finding my operator for the fund and why it’s so important. Blush, use these frameworks and strategies to find your own operator or reverse engineer it to land your dream gig…. Why do i care about this? Because when you have a good operator, it feels like magic. You wake up and every day the business is getting better. All the stuff you hated to do or sucked at doing – this person is actually good at. … Continue reading Recruit a good operator