How to Break Things AND Play by the Rules

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Posted by - The Vanguard Network \

May 17, 2021 \

Tom de Kay

Entrepreneurial founders in life sciences often get derailed as they lead organizations into their third or fourth years. Vivek Ramaswamy, founder and CEO of Roivant Sciences, thinks that’s because starting a new kind of company means breaking norms, while scaling a business requires adhering to them:

You don’t want to “innovate” in the way you do financial reporting, or the way you assess your risks for public investors…Scaling involves a certain degree of conforming, and I think that that is just a reality.

In this video, Vivek and Alisa Cohn — recently named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards — reflect on the great things that other people can do for founders, if they're allowed to.