What can Startup Founders learn from Bank Robbers?
04/07/25 • 37 min
In this episode, we explore what aspects of the criminal mindset -- and prison life -- can be applied to the journey of startup founders -- both in funding and growing their businesses. Graceann Bennett interviews author Gregory Roberts as he relates colorful stories of both his successful string of startups, as well as how he actually funded one of his companies with a bank robbery. It then moves into prison, where Roberts deals with some of the more powerful gangsters in America, and compares their leadership styles to those of capitalist CEOs.
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In this episode, we explore what aspects of the criminal mindset -- and prison life -- can be applied to the journey of startup founders -- both in funding and growing their businesses. Graceann Bennett interviews author Gregory Roberts as he relates colorful stories of both his successful string of startups, as well as how he actually funded one of his companies with a bank robbery. It then moves into prison, where Roberts deals with some of the more powerful gangsters in America, and compares their leadership styles to those of capitalist CEOs.
order your copy of the book today at piratesoldierking.com
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Pirate Soldier King : The Interviews - What can Startup Founders learn from Bank Robbers?
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All right. Welcome to Pirate Soldier King. I'm your host, Graceann Bennett, interviewing Gregory Roberts. All right. Okay. This one, Excited for today. So this one, this one's a good one because this one gets personal. So in addition to hosting this show with you, I'm also a startup CEO. and embarking on, yeah, exactly. You got the holy water right there for the company. So someone might be asking themselves, how does a startup CEO, successful startup CEO like yoursel
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