71: Mona Patel on How to find your Dream Mentor

All-time favorite guest Mona Patel—Founder & CEO of Motivate Design—is back to chat with Jonathan in another AMAZING episode! This is a really fun episode that’s also PACKED with great advice. Some of the topics discussed in this episode:

What matters to Mona in building a company?
How does Mona deals with people problem at Motivate Design?
The difference between a President and a CEO
The importance of self awareness in a founder 
New Island vs Old Island metaphor & managing big change in a company
The importance of R&D & Thinking Time
Jonathan’s _Temperature Checks _at AJ&Smart
Loneliness in entrepreneurship & how to avoid it
Relationship banks & Canvas Strategy
Why you should do your research before asking someone for help
And last but not least, HOW TO INTIMIDATE MEN!

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Links
Product Breakfast Club #49: MONA PATEL on Starting and Growing a Multi–Million Dollar Design Agency
monapatel.nyc
Mona Patel on Instagram
Mona Patel on Twitter
Mona Patel on LinkedIn 
Motivate Design
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Book: Reframe: Shift the Way You Work, Innovate, and Think—Mona Patel 
Book: The Thing About Swings—Mona Patel
Book: Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth — Gabriel Weinberg
Tim Brown
Jared Spool on Twitter
Book: Scaling Up — Mastering the Rockefeller Habits 2.0—Verne Harnish
EO Network—The World’s Only Peer-to-peer Network Exclusively for Entrepreneurs
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