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Aydin Mirzaee is a tech CEO passionate about helping people save time. A productivity guru, serial founder, and SaaS industry veteran with an exit to SurveyMonkey under his belt, Aydin has been through the gamut of building and exiting businesses.

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Join Jim and Aydin as they explore how Aydin and his coworkers at Fellow.app are revolutionizing the way teams interact with fewer and better meetings.

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3 Key Takeaways

Normalize Confrontation: Most people dislike confrontation. But disagreements are normal and should be expected as a part of the workplace (group think hurts organizations y’all!).. But, after a final decision has been made, even if you disagreed with it initially, commit and go full in.

Research is a Balancing Act: Do too much research, and you’ll figure out all the reasons why something won’t work. Don’t sabotage yourself from taking a chance and starting something. This is particularly relevant for second-time founders after you’ve had a win and feel like you know all the things to do better this time around 🤷
‍Embrace Product Impermanence: Whatever product you decide to build, build it quickly. After you launch, you’ll be pivoting anyway. What products do you know that are unchanged since they came out? Oh yeah, practically none of them.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

Aydin Mirzaee is the co-founder and CEO of Fellow.app, a meeting productivity platform that helps organizations have fewer, better meetings.

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Prior to Fellow, he co-founded Fluidware in 2008 and grew it to 90 staff members before selling it to SurveyMonkey, where he served as General Manager of SurveyMonkey Canada.

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Aydin is also the co-founder of Fresh Founders, a non-profit organization with the vision to foster a community of top entrepreneurs in Canada.

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Show Notes

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Join Jim and Aydin as they explore how Aydin and his coworkers at Fellow.app are revolutionizing the way teams interact with fewer and better meetings.

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3 Key Takeaways

Normalize Confrontation: Most people dislike confrontation. But disagreements are normal and should be expected as a part of the workplace (group think hurts organizations y’all!).. But, after a final decision has been made, even if you disagreed with it initially, commit and go full in.

Research is a Balancing Act: Do too much research, and you’ll figure out all the reasons why something won’t work. Don’t sabotage yourself from taking a chance and starting something. This is particularly relevant for second-time founders after you’ve had a win and feel like you know all the things to do better this time around 🤷
‍Embrace Product Impermanence: Whatever product you decide to build, build it quickly. After you launch, you’ll be pivoting anyway. What products do you know that are unchanged since they came out? Oh yeah, practically none of them.

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Resources

Aydin Mirzaee on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aydinmirzaee/

Learn about Fellow: http://www.fellow.app

Listen to Supermanagers, a podcast by Fellow: https://fellow.app/supermanagers/

Aydin Mirzaee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aydin

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