#47: Timo Boldt, Gousto Founder & CEO—Intentionally Stretch Yourself
How Leaders Lead with David Novak
David Novak Leadership
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to How Leaders Lead, where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the very best leaders in the world. |
| 0:10.5 | I break down the key learning so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something simple you can apply as you develop into a better leader. |
| 0:17.9 | That's what this podcast is all about. |
| 0:20.5 | Today's guest is Timo Bolt, founder and |
| 0:23.3 | CEO of Gusto, the largest meal kit company in the United Kingdom, which Timo founded at the |
| 0:29.3 | ripe old age of 27. In the last seven years, its valuation is grown to over $1 billion. |
| 0:40.6 | Now, that's some seriously impressive growth. |
| 0:46.3 | And you're going to love hearing how Timo and his team have done it. He's constantly, and I mean constantly, pushing himself and his company to grow and get better. They've been through all the |
| 0:52.7 | standard founder-led challenges and have come |
| 0:55.5 | through them with a culture that's obsessed with delivering great value, working collectively, |
| 1:00.8 | and dreaming big dreams. You know, it takes intention to push yourself and stretch your belief, |
| 1:06.7 | but it's worth it because to paraphrase To, setting mediocre targets is a really good way to get |
| 1:14.0 | mediocre results. This conversation is basically a blueprint you can follow if you want to find |
| 1:20.3 | creative ways to stretch yourself and your team to go for big goals. So here's my conversation with my |
| 1:27.0 | good friend and soon to be yours, |
| 1:29.5 | Timo Bolt. |
| 1:35.9 | Timo, thanks very much for being on the show. |
| 1:38.7 | Thank you so much for having me, David. Absolute pleasure. |
| 1:42.2 | Good. You know, Timo, I always like to start at the beginning. Tell us |
| 1:45.5 | about your upbringing. I grew up in Berlin, Germany, as you might be able to tell for my accent. |
| 1:52.7 | And back then, Berlin was divided in four zones following World War II. So a lot of my neighbors |
| 1:59.5 | were Americans. My mom, which was quite unique, |
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