Welcome to "Fueling Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs: A LaunchX Podcast" where we explore what it means to balance ambition with purpose – because true success isn’t just about the money or the views—it’s about the impact we make and the lives we touch along the way.
I’m your host Rachel, a fellow gen-z serial entrepreneur and today I am chatting with the dad of LaunchX, aka our CEO (and my boss) Forest Richter. Forest considers himself a startup operator, having started and sold his own startup and led operations for lots of venture backed startups. He loves early-stage hustle and ideation and joined LaunchX six months ago, further fueling his absolute love for entrepreneurship. In fact, he loves entrepreneurship so much that when he was interviewing with the team for this position everyone thought that his energy was fake. Six months later, I can confirm, the energy is still there and it is very real.
So bring on the energy for a chat with my boss on how to be an effective leader. We talk about his core, data-driven philosophy and why it works, being a “cool-boss” or a hard ass, the hubris of leadership, how to give tough feedback, and self-leadership in small teams.
Connect with Forest:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/forestrichter/
Find me! (Rachel):