The Startup Chat With Steli And Hiten

In today’s episode of The Startup Chat, Steli and Hiten address the whole idea of benefiting from what you’ve done in the past. Sometimes an entrepreneur will do something significant or valuable and then go on to benefit from that thing a couple years down the line. This could be from being invited to speak at conferences or be advisors to startups and so on. In this week’s episode, Steli and Hiten share their thoughts on this idea and what they think should be the right way to go about it. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:28 About today’s topic 01:16 Steli’s thought on benefiting from cool things you did in the past. 01:38 Why Steli sometimes looks down on some of these people. 02:08 An example of Steli’s previous work benefitting him in Greece 03:13 If it’s cool to live off a solid brand. 03:51 Professions where it’s common to live of past glory. 04:11 Why it may not be a good idea to be judgemental. 04:59 The only time to judge people with a glorious past. 06:00 A pattern Hiten has seen. 06:41 Why it can be di