Episode 11: Dan Goldman (The North Face - Global Head of Strategy)

Join Our Facebook Group Community here: http://bit.ly/sfe-community   Listen to our SFE podcast - Impact Talks on Anchor or Spotify: https://startupfundingevent.com/podcast/ ... 0:19 Introduction and what Dan does 1:25 Combining data analytics and creativity for customer strategy 2:40 The North Face culture: startup or corporate? 3:45 Dan’s relation and interactions with the startup world 7:13 Evaluation of tech vs consumer retail startups 10:34 Differences of men vs women as founders of startups 12:14 Dan’s career and the role of mentorship 14:40 Sidetrack: Where Dan gets energy from; business and private life 19:07 Dan’s first mentorship 20:40 Starters: begin at a startup or big corporate? 27:15 Dan’s first (failed?) strategic consultant assignment: Mr. Clean 39:02 The importance of an effective exit strategy 44:50 Strategic thinking in times like Covid-19 48:27 Product promotion (and Black Friday) from a strategic point of view 58:37 Strategically turning a company from the bottom to the top 1:05:15 Three ingredients for a successful brand and company 1:09:58 What will knock off Amazon’s global domination? 1:12:53 Why startups outpace large (older generation) companies 1:15:11 Innovation at a large company 1:25:44 How to make scale possible 1:29:44 Crash & Burn segment: biggest failures and biggest lessons learned 1:34:52 Private Equity career detour 1:43:41 Differences in challenges among small, medium, and big companies 1:49:19 Founders in (growing) businesses 1:52:36 Impact Talk: Dan career’s biggest impact 1:56:16 Innovation at The North Face 2:01:08 Random Story Segment: Dan’s life outside his career 2:06:10 Audience Question: What books would you recommend?