S10E04: From bankruptcy to hyper growth, with Chris Lee (CEO, Solgen Power)
November 1, 2022
"I was very scared of scaling."
We're continuing our new season looking at the insights from some of the world's fastest-growing businesses. In this episode, Xquadrant's founder Richard Medcalf speaks with Chris Lee, the founder and CEO of Solgen Power. Founded in 2017, Solgen was recently recognised by Financial Times as the 6th fastest growing privately held company in the USA, now employing over 1000 team members in 18 locations.
In this conversation, you’ll learn:
- How Chris failed miserably at his first business - and why he became afraid of scale.
- The strategy Chris employed to learn the skills to be a top growth-firm CEO
- The importance of 'pattern disruption' in culture-building
- The one thing you truly need to be an 'evangelist' for your business (and it's not what you think)
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