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Flipping the switch on a Growth Mindset with Sean Sheppard [The Polymath PolyCast]
- S2E11
- 57:11
- June 3rd 2020
Today we are talking with Sean Sheppard the Founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy! We are here to talk about the future and philosophy of growth hacking, why it is important, and what new workers in the tech field can do to be more innovative!
## Links:
https://twitter.com/seanasheppard
https://gxacademy.com/people/sean-sheppard/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansheppard/
https://www.instagram.com/seanasheppard/
### GrowthX Academy
http://www.growthx.com/
http://www.gxacademy.com/
http://gxacademy.com/blog/
https://twitter.com/growthxvc
https://www.linkedin.com/company/growthx/
https://www.facebook.com/GrowthX/
## Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Freedom is like a product to market
3:00 Find a product that will go at timely fashion you'd win
5:00 "I think that long form podcasting is the new great content marketing channel" #FTW
7:15 The Ability to engage in deep thought... has been lost
9:00 Sides sides sides... How do you interact with other people?
10:00 "It's really possible to disagree with somebody, and still like them!"
11:15 What is Growth Hacking to Sean?
13:45 The skill of learning rapidly
14:30 Entrepreneurship
17:00 "Learn how to build. design, and deploy things" #ZerotoOne
19:00 Foray into entrepreneurship
21:40 MINDSET
24:00 Knowledge Levels #expert
25:00 Knowledge, skills, and behaviors
26:00 Expanding people's perceptions
26:30 What is a polymath to Sean?
28:00 Learn to fail
29:45 How do you define the person you are trying to solve a problem for?
32:00 Growth Mindset
33:25 Hypothesis vs Assumption
34:20 - 36:38 I don't know, what I don't know.
38:00 Mutually beneficial outcomes
38:40 GrowthX
40:45 A lack of stage relevant talent
43:00 Wide ranging reach of growth
44:00 A hub of innovation
46:00 - 47:40 [MC] The Five Skills to Win in the Innovation Economy
48:00 Last Mover advantage
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lasting-mover-advantage-sean-sheppard/
50:00 - 51:00 [MC] Digital transformation
54:00 Innovation Economy
56:00 Where can you find Sean?
57:00 Outro
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