Sam sits down with Nicholas Clancy, CTO of EngineRoom. What’s special about Nic is that Piero actually placed Nic into his first role as a software engineer into Pooled Energy about a decade ago. Fast forward a to now years and Nic has scaled his career into CTO. All of this would not of been possible if he was in a corporate environment.

Tune in a discover Nic’s personal journey, what it’s like to work in a high growth start up and the mindset of what's required to succeed.

If you are thinking of joining a start-up or leaving your cushy corporate role for an opportunity with one, you need to listen to this. Learn from someone who has navigated their way to Head of Engineering and CTO of two start-ups and is continuously challenging the status quo.

We talk about:

💡 High tolerance to risk and failure

💡 Velocity of decision making and execution

💡 Time and indecision kills start-ups

💡 Ownership and accountability

💡 High tolerance to risk + fast decisions = things going wrong.

💡 How do you react and own those mistakes when it impacts real customers?

💡 Start-ups own it, normal companies cover it up and play the PR game

💡 Changing the status quo

💡 How what you do is fundamentally different

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