How do I improve my decision-making as a founder? With Daniel Weinand, Co-Founder of Shopify

Show notes

Entrepreneurs and startups make decisions all the time - but what if you realize your decision was wrong?

Daniel Weinand (formerly Co-Founder of Shopify) joined me at START Summit to answer questions about making important decisions:

- What makes good decisions?

- How do I assess risk when making important decisions?

- How do I react to changing circumstances after I've already made a decision?

- How do I evaluate the quality of my decisions?

This much up front: you won't make a good decision without information and advance work.

Chapters:

00:54 Introduction of the Fireside Chat

02:06 Short introduction Daniel

04:07 Daniel's framework on decision making - how do you make great decisions?

06:56 Example Fabian: When is it necessary to reconsider the decision?

08:07 How do you make sure you don't change the decision too early?

10:40 Example Daniel: How do you proceed when you need/want to change a decision?

14:03 Tips for good decisions - and how to avoid bad decisions.

17:32 Bold decisions require scaling

18:36 How do you scale the culture to make a collaboration work?

21:48 Do you think remote work is a risk or an advantage?

23:14 What happened next for you after Shopify?

24:50 What is your mission?