Welcome to Origin Stories with Robert Tighe.
For the last 18 years, I’ve spent most of my working life writing origin stories, in my case, about elite athletes and successful business people rather than men in tights. Whenever I interview someone I focus on their origin story. I want to know about their journey, not the destination.
It may not be as iconic as Spidermans, Batmans or Captain America but everyone has an origin story to tell.
Superheroes are usually orphans or outsiders who don’t fit in.
They have strong values, they’re idealistic and they want to change the world.
Sounds a lot like founders and business leaders, right?
They want to do things their way.
They want to do things differently.
The best entrepreneurs discover what their superpowers are and make the most of them.
But like superheroes, entrepreneurs face challenges and obstacles along the way.
Every company starts out small.
What makes good companies great is the choices the owners and founders make along the way.
But they were all started by ordinary people just like you and me.
It’s only in hindsight that we can trace the transformation from ordinary to extraordinary.
In Origin Stories, I chat with founders and entrepreneurs about how they discovered their superpowers to go from zero to hero and more importantly what you can learn from their mistakes.