Ep141- How to Reinvent Yourself, Build Startups - Tobias of Square Roots
Apr 27, 2017•41 min
Episode description
Tobias Peggs understands how to pivot; how to evolve. He has primarily operated in venture-backed tech startup environments (twice as CEO w/exits to Walmart and Adobe).
He has led companies across various domains including mobile, search, social, e-commerce, ad-tech and speech rec.
Now, with Kimbal Musk, he is spearheading Square Roots Urban Growers - a farming accelerator based out of Brooklyn. Think of a 2 acre farm inside a 40' shipping container.
Tobias imparts wisdom on how to have a fulfilling career, urban growing and more:
- Understanding real food
- Working alongside Kimbal Musk
- What he has learned about leadership
- Why the accelerator model is so powerful
- Keys to being an effective CEO
- Tobias's process for changing career/industry
- The creative-active phase
- How to get involved with Urban Roots accelerator
- Advice to those who are starting out in food
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