Episode description

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Josh Lowman (CCO and Founder at Gold Front) joined me on the show for the second time for this BONUS episode. Check out Ep. 84 “What I've Learned From Category Designing 50+ Startups” where Josh shares how he's helped startups like Robinhood, Newsela, Uber, Bizzabo, and Clari create and own their category.

In this episode:

Why we leave happiness out of the business equation;

Why happiness matters;

Josh shares two mind tools that can help;

Tying it back to category design (HINT: the world is telling us to be reasonable);

Josh and I category design my own business.

You can find Josh on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/joshlowman

Learn more about Gold Front: www.goldfront.com

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