Maddie Hall: Launching A Startup To Fight Climate Change

Maddie Hall is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and the co-founder & CEO of Living Carbon, a biotech startup building genetically engineered trees to fight climate change.  Andrew and Maddie discuss what motivated Maddie to start the company, her process for researching new ideas, and lessons learned from building a fast-growing startup.  Show highlights:1:04 - What Living Carbon does2:34 - Maddie's idea to start Living Carbon3:34 - Research process, exploring new topics, and networking5:16 - Responding to doubt and people who don't believe in you7:31 - Y Combinator experience7:44 - Experience as a startup founder8:29 - Entrepreneurship runs in Maddie's family8:45 - Believing in yourself and ambitions9:33 - Parents modeling behaviors that drove Maddie's ambitions10:42 - Life as a startup founder and navigating company growth11:53 - Maintaining company core values and making smart hiring decisions13:44 - Finding what motivates you14:32 - Power of self-awareness as a proxy for growth14:46 - Tips for interviewing and identifying strong talent17:45 - Overcoming doubt and unknowns19:18 - Goalsetting process and OKRsBe sure to subscribe & leave a review for the show in your favorite podcast app.Please tell your friends about Everybody Pulls The Tarp on social media and be sure to tag Andrew in your posts @andrewmoses123 (Instagram) and @andrewHmoses (Twitter).Follow Andrew on IG: @AndrewMoses123 and Twitter:@andrewhmosesSign up for e-mails to keep up with the podcast at everybodypullsthetarp.com/newsletter!