Do you want to stand out from your competitors? Find the right people that complement your abilities and can help grow your business - Rick Nucci

Today, on The Jake Dunlap Show we are joined by Rick Nucci, co-founder and CEO of Guru, a company that is reshaping the way teams create, find and share institutional knowledge.Rick started his venture in the business world as the Co-founder of Boomi, and after realizing he wasn’t getting along with his team, decided to part ways with his partners and reinvent and re-strategize his business.He shares the leadership conflicts and mistakes that caused the failure of his first company and the lessons he’s learned and is now implementing in Guru. Listen to this episode and find out how to surround yourself with the right people that complement your abilities and are compatible with your company and your values! Time stamps: 00:49- Meet Rick Nucci- Co-founder and CEO of Guru;01:56- Life in Lebanon, Pennsylvania as the son of two creative entrepreneurs- passions and experiences that have shaped him and his beliefs;07:37- His passion for music- playing in a high school band named “Manic Oppressive” and DJ-ing at his friends' parties and school graduation dances;11:31- Using his major in Logistics and Supply Chain Management as a ramp into the world of technology and engineering and getting a closer look at how to better use technology in the business world;14:42- Starting Boomi;16:19- Learning from mistakes and rebuilding Boomi with the goal to create something unique and novel, that would differentiate from everything else on the market;24:10- Getting acquired by Dell and starting Guru, a company that is reshaping the way teams create, find, and share institutional knowledge; 28:22- Nothing is easy even the second time around! The journey to finding the right product-market fit;31:56- Combine the best parts of working in an office with the best parts of working remote and create the ideal experience;41:05- Ask your employees what they want and you’ll find the key to a successful business. Quotes “There was a thing that both of my parents would instil in me, that I’ve taken till today, and it so resonated with me, and the phrase they would use is “hey, remember that person puts their pants on the same way you do, one leg at a time” (...) remembering that we’re all humans and that our accomplishments and great but at the end of the day we are all humans.” “I ended up joining a logistics software company (...) and this was a way to merge my major with what I’m really passionate about and that got me in the door and like into the world of technology.” “ I would never start a company and not have clarity on (...) whose the ultimate decision maker because (...) we make all these decisions and as soon as there is a conflict we’re like “now what? who decides?” (....) it’s a lot of wasted time having internal conversations that weren’t actually solving problems for customers.”“I’m really fortunate in really having that eye on the role innovation could play and newly rethinking old problems in completely new ways.” “ I think there’s this like phenomenal opportunity where we can take the best parts of what it was like working in an office, combine that with the best parts of what we’re learning about working remote and create the ideal experience.” “ I think that we can truly figure out what is work best done in person, what is work best done at home and how do we optimise towards that.”  ______________________________ Get in contact with Rick: LinkedinTwitterFacebook Rick’s company- Guru: WebsiteFacebookTwitterLinkedinInstagramYoutube ______________________________  Mentions: Larry Bird- former American professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association. Converse shoes- an American brand of lifestyle wear that markets, distributes, and licenses sneakers, skating shoes, lifestyle brand footwear, apparel, and accessories; Air Jordan- line of basketball shoes and athletic clothing produced by Nike; The Beatles- English rock band, pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation; MTV- an American tv channel dedicated to broadcasting music; Mary J Blige- singer, songwriter, and actress, often referred to as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul;"Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube Bobby Brown- American singer, songwriter, and dancer;Instagram | Twitter | Youtube Mc Hammer- an American rapper and dancer, best known for his hits “U can’t touch this” and “2 Legit 2 Quit”;Instagram | Twitter | Spotify | Youtube BoyzIIMen- American vocal harmony group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies;Website | Instagram | Youtube | Spotify Keith Sweat- American singer, songwriter and producer;         Instagram | Youtube | Twitter | Facebook __________________________ Follow Jake: WebsiteInstagramLinkedInTwitter