Business Daily meets: Tech entrepreneur Frederic Kerrest
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Tech entrepreneur Frederic Kerrest tells Sam Clack how he helped to build the multi-billion dollar tech company, Okta, from scratch.
He goes through the life and business lessons he’s learned along the way – and explains the importance of listening to great advice at every stage of your career.
In his new book ‘Zero to IPO’, Frederic shares valuable insights from top CEOs that he hopes will help to motivate the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Presenter / Producer: Sam Clack Image: Frederic Kerrest; Credit: Okta
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| 0:00.0 | On the podium, season two is available now. |
| 0:02.9 | Like many people in this world, I had never seen an Olympic medal before. |
| 0:07.3 | Bringing you more remarkable stories of Olympic and Paralympic athletes and their incredible |
| 0:13.1 | journeys to the podium. |
| 0:14.5 | This is my dream and it came true that day. |
| 0:17.1 | Find out more at the end of this podcast. |
| 0:20.9 | Hello, I'm Sam Clack and on this edition of Business Daily Meets, I'll be getting some business and life lessons from the co-founder and chief operating officer of the cyber security firm, Octa. |
| 0:32.0 | When Frederick Kerriss started the company in California back in 2009, it was just him and his friend Todd. Fast forward to |
| 0:39.1 | 2022, they now have thousands of employees and the company's worth billions of dollars. |
| 0:44.9 | In Frederick's new book, Zero to IPO, he's gathered advice from top CEOs with the aim of |
| 0:50.5 | helping the next generation of entrepreneurs. Keep the main thing, the main thing. |
| 0:54.3 | There's so much coming at you, you can get distracted by process or systems or other things. |
| 0:59.8 | Frederick says part of his mission is to open up the doors to those executive offices that |
| 1:04.4 | all too often are close to too many of us. |
| 1:07.4 | And while he wants to let people know how to reach the top, he's also keen to emphasize the |
| 1:11.8 | importance of looking after our mental and physical well-being along the way. |
| 1:15.8 | You need to take care of yourself. |
| 1:17.6 | Otherwise, you're not going to be able to take care of the team. |
| 1:20.0 | You're not going to be able to build on the vision. |
| 1:21.7 | You're not going to be able to grow. |
| 1:22.7 | This is Business Daily Meets, Frederick Kerrist. |
| 1:32.9 | Now, just before we get into the conversation, it's probably worth explaining what an IPO is. |
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