HTE 218: Learning to Lean Into the Competition | David Cancel

May 03, 2016, 07:30 AM

My guest today is a brilliant entrepreneur who has built, grown,and sold four impressive companies. Over the past 20 years, he’s been successfullyleading teams and building products that have been used by tens ofmillions of people, and generated millions of dollars inrevenue. My guest has built and sold four companies: Compete.com,Lookery, Ghostery, and Performable. He is currently focused on his latest business Drift, where heand his team help businesses know, grow, and amaze theircustomers. Now, let’s hack… David Cancel. In this 46-minute episode David Cancel and Idiscuss: Turning off your ego in order to be more open to learning andprogressingDavid’s definition of entrepreneurship and how its meaning haschangedHow David continued to grow during Performable’sacquisitionKeeping your daily focus on accomplishing the tasks that willhave the biggest effect on your companyRecognizing competition as a good thing and being an innovatorversus an inventor in your marketThe Show NotesDrift.comDavidCancel.comThe One Thing by Gary KellerEdgar's Laura Roeder on HTEDavid on LinkedinDrift onTwitterDavid onTwitterJon onTwitterShow Sponsor: ActiveCampaign —Sign up for a free 14-day trial now,no credit card needed!