Description
In this episode, Romain interviews Nicolas Cazeneuve, a leader and CEO of EasyMovie. He has an extensive background in the tech industry. Nicolas shares his experiences, insights, and lessons he has learned throughout his career.
Nicolas reveals that a degree in philosophy helped him develop a methodology that is useful when approaching problems. He also discusses his mentors and how they helped him accelerate his growth. Nicolas emphasizes the importance of spending time with a mentor to explore a problem together, which drives progress.
Nicolas also shares his strategies for learning and improving, which include reading books, listening to podcasts, and trying many things. He believes in the power of informal conversations to learn new things and meet new people. Nicolas also shares his insights on how to approach mentorship and how to challenge the way you look at things.
Throughout the episode, Nicolas emphasizes the value of exploring new ideas, taking risks, and learning from your mistakes. Nicolas's experiences and insights provide valuable lessons for anyone interested in leadership and personal growth.
You can contact Nicolas via LinkedIn; by the way, you will discover towards the end of the episode how he is leveraging the platform to learn, and grow…
00:00-Intro
01:40-Presentation
02:50-Bootstrapping
09:50-Hiring the first employee
14:00-Putting a structure in place
16:00-First line managers & career paths
20:40-Managing a distributed team in 2012
29:10-Having a vision
32:00-defining the values in an authentic way.
36:40-Having leadership principles as actionable mental models to build your company’s culture
42:40-Becoming manager of managers
46:15-Growing Individual Contributors into managers
52:10-Hiring new talents aligned to your Principles
1:01:20-Key principles of thriving teams
1:06:25-Scaling through others
1:18:20-Being a philosopher and entrepreneur
1:21:16-Mentorship
1:29:00-How do you grow?
1:40:02-Give a review and 5 stars :-)
Books we mentioned during the episode
Marc Benioff’s Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Jeff Lawson’s Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century
Simon Sinek’s The Infinite Game
Build: An Unorthodox Guide To Making Things Worth Making
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