Meetings included one with an incubator type company from Tel Aviv Israel called H&H, a leadership meeting with Eoin Costello, a meeting with a former Start-up Chile participant and finally a quick debrief with Jan.
The meeting with Eoin was definitely the most interesting (besides Jan of course!) as he really shared some of his unique experiences with us that helped to put him in the spot he's in today. What I found particularly interesting was that Eoin's overall message on leadership based on his trials and tribulations echoed that of almost every other leader we have heard from on this trip. They say there is no single secret to success but it sure is fascinating how similar these particular views on leadership are:
Know yourself, specifically your short comings and weaknesses, surround yourself with talented people, ask lots of tough questions, be flexible and adapt to the environment. The tough part about leadership is not the technology or product development, it's managing and leading the people in your organization.
I'm looking forward to sharing more details about Eoin and his past obstacles at the speaking engagement on June 16.
During Lunch we had an impromptu discussion with the co-founders of FenestraPro which is an AutoDesk CAD plug-in using heat transfer principles to reduce the gap between architecture and engineering when it comes to designing energy efficient green buildings. I saw a lot of parallels with myself when talking to these guys as they both came from a technical background.
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Co-founders of FenestraPro, Dave Palmer and Simon Whelan. “The industry quite frustrated by the problem of redesign, and our software is quite intuitive, easy to use and helps solve that problem,”
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-The Curious Bob
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