🎙️EP 56 - Professionalism Isn’t Optional

Most startups don’t die from bad code. They die from bad leadership.In this episode of The Forge of Unicorns, I sit down with Bryony Cooper (VC, founder, and human-first investor) to unravel the silent killers of startup growth: vanity metrics, boardroom dysfunction, and uncoached leadership.🚨 You’ll learn:• Why professionalism becomes non-negotiable at Series A/B• How bad behavior at the top spreads like wildfire• Why burnout isn’t a founder failure—it’s a system failure• How elite organizations scale people and systems together• The power of a neuroscience-based leadership dojo to rewire culture“Every type of business is about people first.” – Bryony Cooper“You don’t find unicorns. You breed them via behavioral engineering” – Michele Brissoni📈 If you’re still betting on tools instead of people, you’re scaling chaos.🔊 Listen now and unlock what it really takes to evolve beyond the hype.📲 Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.💡 Download the open-source Dojo and start building from within.https://swcraftsmanshipdojo.com/📬 Or contact us to get support in your journey to organizational excellence!https://brix.consulting/contact/#Leadership #VentureCapital #BehavioralEngineering #StartupGrowth #Upskilling #Burnout #Elite #Organizations #podcast #tech #techtalk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.