037 - Coaching Startup Leaders with Robyn Ward

The Kurty D Show

What we covered:

• Challenging yourself can open you up to being a better version of yourself.
• How startups need to prioritize their people better first to prosper.
• Creating the right ecosystem can make things better for you and your business.
• How her growth as a person can help other people find out what they want in life.
• Why coaching is her real goal, and why it’s never bad to hire a life coach when you need one for yourself.
• Coaching is more than just telling people what they need to do.
• Her journey as a woman has empowered her in all her life experiences.
• The importance of equality, both in life and in business.
• Loving your work can make you much more functional and empowered in what you do.
• How coaching works, and how it’s supposed to build businesses up.

Tweetable Quotes:

“I realized nine times out of ten, startup companies struggling have nothing to do with their product or technology - its people stuff. You do not understand your blockers as a leader.” - Robyn Ward

“It was actually through a work with a coach that I thought, “I just really love working with the founders.” - Robyn Ward

“My superpower is helping in grow and develop great leaders.” - Robyn Ward

“We had the right mix of people. It was very formative to what it takes to build an ecosystem. You need the universities, and you need the city to be excited to do this.” - Robyn Ward

“Coming off of it (9/11 attacks), I feel like there;’s a unified America that we’ve lost since.” - Robyn Ward

“I got enough equity in various things to use as toilet paper.” - Robyn Ward

Links Mentioned:

Kurt’s Twitter

Kurt’s Instagram

Kurt’s LinkedIn

[Robyn Ward](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynmward/,)

Kathleen Allen

Amazon

Docstoc

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

FounderForward

Greg Sales

Hudson Institute

James Davis

Jason Nazar

Milken Institute

OANDA

United Talent Agency

University of Southern California (USC)

Verified Person