Flipping the switch on a Growth Mindset with Sean Sheppard [Interview]

Summary

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 We matched as PolyCast host, and guest on matchmaker.fm ! If you have a show, or want to be on this one, then go check out the awesome site!