Prodigy & Lifelong Entrepreneur: How Failure Became My Greatest Teacher

Graeme Barlow sold his first tech company at the age of 16 for a million dollars. At 21, he co-founded RocketOwl, a game development company behind some of the most popular titles on Facebook. Unlike his first company, however, RocketOwl did not end in a successful exit. When its investors pulled out, a 25-year-old Graeme was suddenly faced with the grim reality of having to lay off all 20+ of his staff.

Graeme speaks candidly to Julianne about the failure of his second company and the period of "rock bottom" that followed suit. Also discussed: how failure became one of Graeme's greatest teachers and the lessons he carries with him in his newest chapter as the CEO of Iversoft, one of the leading tech consultancies in the country.

TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:41 - Graeme Barlow’s Story
6:45 - How Graeme sold his first company at just 16 years old
14:52 - How one event and one incident led to something unexpected - Graeme’s second company, RocketOwl
23:32 - The reality of startups and is failure more beneficial than success in the long run?
28:33 - A debate on the rationality (or lack thereof) of entrepreneurship
29:35 - Insights on solving the problem of “boredom” for consumers
31:46 - Bouncing back from rock bottom and into a role at Keshet Technologies
43:46 - Iversoft’s origin story and Graeme’s role in it
1:02:13 - Graeme’s message to his 25-year old self

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