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The Pomp Podcast

#426: Ryan Denehy on How To Be A Startup CEO

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Denehy is a 3x entrepreneur and the founder/CEO of Electric, which is revolutionizing IT support with the world’s first automated IT platform. His previous two startups were both acquired by public companies.  In this conversation, we discuss the 3 jobs of a CEO, hiring and firing, the most underrated startup hire, how to communicate with a board of directors, and why you can’t outwork bad people.  ======================= Get fresh, pre-measured ingredients and mouthwatering seasonal recipes delivered right to your door with HelloFresh, America’s #1 meal kit. HelloFresh lets you skip those trips to the grocery store, and makes home cooking easy, fun, AND affordable! Go to http://www.HelloFresh.com/pomp90 and use code pomp90 to get $90 off including free shipping! ======================= Athletic Brewing is re-imagining beer for the modern adult. We love beer. But we also love being healthy, active and at our best. No matter your motivation, if you want to keep a clear head and drink healthier, we are here for you. Athletic makes non-alcoholic beer that you don't have to compromise to enjoy. The beers are fully flavored, clean ingredient, and a fraction of the calories of full strength beer - they fit in any occasion. Check out http://www.athleticbrewing.com for more details and free shipping nationwide. ======================= Smart investors know being early is critical to success in crypto. CoinList is where early adopters invest in, earn, and trade the best new crypto assets before they list on other exchanges. Try CoinList Pro and be first to trade on network launch. Sign up via coinlist.co/pomp and earn $10 in BTC after you trade $100.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp

0:05.2

podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off. Ryan Denehy is a three-time

0:11.3

entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Electric, which is revolutionizing IT support with the

0:17.1

world's first automated IT platform. His previous two startups were both acquired by

0:22.2

public companies. In this conversation, we discussed the three jobs of a CEO, hiring and firing,

0:28.8

the most underrated startup hire, how to communicate with a board of directors, and why you can't

0:34.5

outwork bad people. I really enjoyed this conversation with Ryan, and I hope you guys do too.

0:41.0

But before we get into the episode, I want to quickly talk about our sponsors.

0:44.6

First up is a brand new sponsor that I've uncovered, and you guys are going to love it.

0:50.0

It's called Hello Fresh.

0:51.6

Everyone knows I love Dominoes on Saturday.

0:54.4

But during the week, the secret is I eat super, super healthy.

0:58.9

In order to do that, it's got to be easy.

1:01.2

It's got to be some sort of variety so I don't get bored with it.

1:05.6

And it's got to be flexible so Plinina and I don't get stuck to a schedule.

1:10.5

Well, that's what Hello Fresh has done for us.

1:13.1

They offer convenient, no contact delivery straight to your doorstep of easy home cooking.

1:19.0

The recipes are dumb, simple.

1:22.0

Literally, if I can do it, you can do it.

1:24.5

Pliny can do it, you can do it.

1:26.2

The recipes are easy to follow with simple

1:27.9

steps and the best part. They even have pictures to guide you along the way. So an idiot like me

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