The Savvy Founder Episode 22 with Jon Shower

Ep 22: Startup Advice – Failing forward? What does that mean? How to Move on to the Next Big Thing, When the First Thing Wasn’t so Good? with Jon Shower

“Fail fast. Fail Forward.” 

We have all heard that Silicon Valley saying. But what does that mean? In this show, Jon Showers, share his brutally honest journey about what it means to Fail Forward. You’ll hear that his founder journey is only just starting. Jon has a great background from a military career, to athletic injury recovery training business owner, to high-tech high-growth founder and now a serial entrepreneur in the next generation of secure messaging.

Jon shares his non-technical founder perspective and lessons learned.  They cover what it takes to jump into a high-tech business when all you know is non-technical things.  Jon provides advice to founders on finding and hiring a CTO; and outsourcing development to a software company; product development; raising money; building a network; dealing with investors/angels; selecting advisors and much more.

Take a listen to this short audiogram. With a never-give-up attitude, Jon Showers shares his hard-won lessons.

Listen to the podcast here.

About the Host:

Philip Topham is The Savvy Founder. Philip has an inquisitive mind and passion for ideas. He’s impatient to see tomorrow’s future today. He focuses on helping technical founders unlock their pragmatic dreamer and develop their business skills and social capital.  With more than 25 years across start-ups and corporate roles, Philip has been everything from janitor to the Founder and Chief Everything Officer. 

Thanks to Philip Topham for this podcast.