Hello and welcome to Franklin Covey on leadership. I'm your host, Will Hodling, Franklin Covey's head of product.

In these conversations, we'll talk with many of the world's most successful leaders about the mistakes,

mindsets, and methods that made them the people they are today. We hope that their hard-earned insights

help you accelerate on your journey. Today's guest is Sian Bannister, one of the world's most

successful venture investors. She invested in great companies like SpaceX, Uber, Affirm, Niantic, Flexport,

and more. She was the first female investor, female partner at Founders Fund,

and now she is the co-founder of her own venture capital fund, Long Journey Ventures,

where they invest in the magically weird. Amazingly, Sian did all this with a very non-traditional

background. She grew up on a Navajo reservation, dropped out of high school, and experienced homelessness in her teens.

From that experience, she grew and developed into becoming the successful leader, investor, and human that she is today.

Today's far-range in conversation touches on her background, the mindsets, both personal and professional that made her successful, and the experiences

and lessons learned along the way. We really hope you enjoy the conversation and enjoy

Sianne's incredible wisdom. Syan Bannister, welcome to Franklin Covey on leadership.

Thank you. Thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here. Absolutely. I'm incredibly excited

for today's conversation as well.

I've been a long time admirer of your opinions and insights, of your background and experience,

obviously of your investor track record, but almost more than all of that of your personal journey

and the kind of mindsets you bring to the world. I've read that when you meet with founders,

the first question you ask is tell me about yourself,

tell me your personal story, tell me your personal story,

tell me where you come from.

And that helps you understand their motivations,

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