S8 Bonus: P. Scott Bening, Monosol & Author

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Scott Bening is a 63 year old kid at heart who grew up in Buffalo, NY. He got a degree in chemistry and went into the plastics industry. Outside of his profession, he is super active - playing drums in a rock band, racing GT race cars competitively, kayaking, hiking and golfing. He has been married for 35 years, with 2 older children. Many years ago, Scott joined a small division of a company in 1989. Scott took the company to new heights, developing and selling a material that you probably use every day - the film that wraps Tide Pods. Since retired from the company, he is advising other companies, and helping entrepreneurs through his book, titled Formulating Solutions. This is Scott's creation story of Monosol. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The early days were easy. I basically inherited what was there.
0:05.0	And we were so small, everybody hunkered down and, okay, you take care of the accounting.
0:10.0	And okay, by the way, you also should do HR because we don't have anybody for that.
0:14.0	And you work in the laboratory and you're supposed to run the plant.
0:17.0	And I mean, everybody just kind of knew what they were supposed to do.
0:27.6	I think young entrepreneurs need to find mentors. They need to find people that can help them learn. Not AI. People that have had experience before them that they could look up to. People that
0:35.4	have failed and succeeded.
0:43.7	My name is Scott Benning, and I'm the former CEO and president of Monassau.
0:52.3	This is Code Story, a podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries. It's six months moonlighting.
0:53.7	There's nothing on the backcats.
0:55.8	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:58.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:00.2	Just took many goes to get right.
1:01.9	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.5	The company is its people.
1:06.1	The teams help each other achieve.
1:07.5	Most proud of our team.
1:09.1	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:11.6	All that infrastructure was a pain.
1:12.8	Yes, we've been fighting it as a group.
1:14.6	Total waste of time.
1:15.9	The stories you don't read in the headlines.
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