World’s Greatest Startups: Adeo Ressi Interview
A conversation with Adeo Ressi, CEO of The Founder Institute.
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A conversation with Adeo Ressi, CEO of The Founder Institute.
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I see it as my moral obligation in this world to help these people unlock their potential so they can start working on humanity's grand challenges.
— Adeo RessiBy 2025, we're going to see 40-50% of all tech entrepreneurs being women, and that's good news.
— Adeo RessiFrom the data I've collected, about 2% of humanity is qualified to be an entrepreneur. If we got to a point where the full 2% pursued entrepreneurship as a viable way to live their lives? The amount of problems we would solve in human-society would be astounding.
— Adeo RessiYou can't be successful unless you're genuine as a human being and honest. The startups in our world that are really successful are both genuine and honest; they bring that pure level of passion to the table and they're very honest about the world around them.
— Adeo RessiYou can look at building a startup much like a resource management game. In the world of startups, the things that really matter are talent and capital! If you have a large supply of talent, and a lot of capital, you'll win every time.
— Adeo Ressi