What brings you fulfillment as a founder, and why?

Cyriac Roeding

Co-founder, CEO · Earli

Building Awesome Teams

Cyriac Roeding says building awesome teams fulfills him most, calling awesome teams the secret ingredient of every success, since a great team can execute a mediocre idea but a bad team ruins a great one.

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Mike Cannon-Brookes

CEO and Co-Founder · Atlassian

Solving Hard Problems

Mike Cannon-Brookes says he gets to work with an incredible number of very smart people daily solving hard problems, adding that if a job were designed for him, that is what he'd want to do for the rest of his life.

Mark Pincus

Founder & Chairman · Zynga

Being Useful to Community

Mark Pincus says he gets fulfillment from feeling useful to communities he cares about, pointing to Alfred Adler's claim that true happiness comes from being useful to a community.

Sridhar Ramaswamy

Chief Executive Officer · Snowflake

Cherishing Successes

Sridhar Ramaswamy says cherishing successes is what he values, because he understands they are something amazing and unusual.

Landon Cooley

CEO, Co-Founder at Pest Share · Pest Share

Expanding Into New Verticals

Landon Cooley says expanding into a new vertical is a really fulfilling challenge, calling it one of the hardest things he's done but also fun and something he'll be grateful for.

Ajay Natarajan

Co-Founder · Roadrunner

Mastery in What You Love

Ajay Natarajan says getting insanely good at something you care about is what matters, because startups put you in situations you must rise to; tackling harder challenges with people he enjoys is satisfying.

Aizada Marat

CEO & Founder · Alma

Problem Solving and Learning

Aizada Marat says this is her most intense and favorite job because every day is problem solving, a new challenge, and learning, with her learning slope steep since starting the company.

Andy Frisella

Chief Executive Officer · 1st Phorm International

Helping People Transform

Andy Frisella says he gets exponentially more personal value and satisfaction from seeing someone come into their business ecosystem transform, like losing 100 pounds, than he would from buying another car.