#006 - Evgeny Shadchnev: Coaching startup founders on CEO transition and ending suffering

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Founder Meditations

Weiting

12 episodes

2 weeks ago

Welcome to Founder Meditations! Interviews with startup founders who practice meditation, focusing on the intersection of startups, mindfulness, and spirituality. Weiting is a serial entrepreneur on a mission to introduce meditation in a secular way to help founders scale, and also to inspire spiritual seekers to be top performers in the world without living a monastic life in the mountains.

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#006 - Evgeny Shadchnev: Coaching startup founders on CEO transition and ending suffering

Founder Meditations

59 minutes 57 seconds

1 year ago

#006 - Evgeny Shadchnev: Coaching startup founders on CEO transition and ending suffering

Evgeny Shadchnev is a founder coach and the founder & ex-CEO of Makers Academy. Evgeny is also the author of Startup CEO Succession: A Founder's Guide to Leadership Transition.

In this Founder Meditations episode, Evgeny shares his work coaching founders to end suffering in the context of a busy startup life. The discussion touches on Evgeny's failed Vipassana retreats, his wild story on psychedelics, and the role of mindfulness in personal well-being and professional development. Evgeny emphasizes the power of taking full responsibility for one's internal state for achieving happiness and well-being.

00:00 Intro
01:43 Evgeny's journey as a founder
05:03 1st failed Vipassana retreat
10:01 Evgeny's spiritual journey 16:19 Transitioning from CEO to founder coach
21:57 Wild psychedelics story 25:40 Recommended spiritual teachers & resources for founders
31:08 Applying meditation in founder coaching
37:06 Insights into startup CEO succession
46:43 Evgeny's biggest insight 48:00 Coaching Elon Musk 51:36 Lightning round
57:23 Final thoughts on meditation and advice for founders