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PODCAST | The Importance of Creating Core Values with Dan Springer, CEO of DocuSign

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Dan Springer, CEO of DocuSign, discusses the three factors he looks for when making any hiring decision, as well as how he’s helped to both codify and amplify DocuSign’s core values since taking over as CEO. 

Springer and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, share their thoughts on a variety of topics including the unexpected benefits and opportunities that you can get from attending a “smaller college” and how their views on philanthropy have changed as they progressed in their careers. The pair also chat about the difference between serendipity and luck, and why having the right people “bet” on you can make all the difference.

PODCAST | Building a Business That’s Never Been Done Before with Jim McKelvey, Co-Founder of Square, Founder of Invisibly, & Author of “The Innovation Stack”

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On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Jim McKelvey, Co-Founder of Square, Founder of Invisibly, and author of “The Innovation Stack”, shares his thoughts on:

  1. [1:45] – How entrepreneurs can leverage people’s tendency to overemphasize the past and underweight the future
  2. [4:32] – Why explaining the problems with your solution to potential customers can lead to even higher sales
  3. [6:58] – Why you should choose to innovate and never spend your life copying other people’s solutions
  4. [9:25] – The reason that ignorance can be just as useful for innovators as their own self-belief
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