The Founder To Founder Podcast

Asking the right question at the right time is an art. As my good friend Melissa Rosenthal says, it takes practice and when you get it right, it pays off in spades.Over the years I have learned that the ‘right’ questions often have three dimensions;They are open (cannot be answered by a simple Yes or No);They require thought and are delivered with context; andThey contain an element of reflection (they require the person answering to explain their logic).I have also become reliant on asking these questions for two reasons, both of which have to do with self-awareness.The first relates to pursuing a problem.Like most people I have biases and like most entrepreneurs, I come with high levels of built-in conviction for the problems I want to solve.The problem is that bias multiplied by conviction creates a potent combination that narrows the aperture to how one considers the history and future possibilities for the business model they are building.First-time founders often suffer from this. The few that don’t hav