Co-founder and CEO of The Warming Surfaces Company
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
12/5/20231 min read
We discuss:
His current role:
0:27: Overview of his current role as CEO
1:26: His schedule balancing being CEO and a Director of another company
2:14: What a typical day or week in his role as CEO entails
3:49: His process of acquiring funding for a startup
5:18: What he does around proof of concept for his product
6:28: How social his role is
7:05: What he likes and finds challenging about his role
8:01: The signs of success for a startup
9:00: His role in recruiting talent
His career path:
10:26: The major steps of his career path
14:08: How he became CEO
15:53: What he learned he did and didn't want in a job
18:15: Opportunities to grow as a CEO
Career advice:
19:52: Advice on how to be resilient
21:10: Advice on when to attempt entrepreneurship
23:19: Advice on how to balance practicality with passion in one's career
24:46: Advice on how to develop interpersonal skills
26:06: How to find job opportunities
27:17: Why everyone should think of themselves as an entrepreneur regardless of their career
In this episode, Jani-Mikael Kuusisto describes his career path in the corporate world and how he switched over to founding and running his own startup.