If you can’t explain what you do in 10 seconds, you don’t really know what you do. Every founder needs two versions of their story: 1️⃣ The 10-second version earns attention. 2️⃣ The 2-minute version earns belief. Goldie Chan 💚 and I talked about how founders often lose investors

I’ve seen hundreds of founders pitch with flawless metrics.… and still lose the room. Goldie Chan 💚 explained why on the latest DBAJ episode: Human brains don’t remember stats. They remember stories with emotional highs and lows. If you want people to lean in (investors,

People can smell fake from a mile away. That’s why authenticity is a performance advantage. Research shows that leaders perceived as authentic drive higher trust, better team performance, and stronger loyalty (amongst employees, customers, and investors). It’s the same reason

Here’s the secret to storytelling: The best storytellers make it feel like they’re talking directly to you. Goldie Chan 💚 said it perfectly: “The great aspiration is to make one-to-many feel deeply one-to-one.” Whether you’re leading a company town hall or posting online, your

The #1 thing I learned from Goldie Chan 💚 in our episode: Telling your story, no matter how vulnerable it may be, can become a lifeline not only to yourself but to the community you build along the way. Goldie Chan survived cancer and very publicly wrote about her experience

I learned a cheat code from Goldie Chan 💚 that I can’t stop using: If you want better conversations: STOP. ENDING. THEM. (Most of us do this without realizing.) ”Hey Healey! How’s your day?” … “Amazing! You?” … “Pretty good!” And…. we’re done. Conversation over. But in

Learning this changed my life: There are 5 primary motivators: Fear, Extrinsic, Intrinsic, Love and Play The game is to notice and bring them in intentionally. I covered this and 4 other lessons from my entrepreneurship journey with Healey Cypher on his most recent podcast.

“The mind is a wonderful servant and a terrible master.” Full episode of DBAJ with Jesse Pujji is live now, wherever you get your podcasts!