What leadership values and beliefs we use in Tradeshift to drive growth and alignment

1. Global Leader Camp

2. We want to build a company that matters, that
have a meaningful impact on the world

3. We want to democratize business

4. Create transparency, growth and new
jobs

5. We want to be able to IPO that company
in 3 years

6. Here is what we need to
§ The world's largest b2b network measured
in active users
§ Realize USD XXXm in revenue in 2016
§ Build the world’s largest platform for
networked business apps

7. It’s not really possible

8. Here is where we were three years ago

10. Today we are a 150 people, with offices in San
Francisco, Copenhagen, London, Suzhou and
Paris with more than $100m in funding and
double digit revenues and plenty of Fortune
500 Customers

11. That’s not really possible either

12. Leadership in a startup is the job of
making the impossible reality

13. What do that mean in Tradeshift?

16. Leadership is shaped by your personal
values, courage to act on your beliefs and
your ability to execute

17. A leaders ability to execute depends on the
personal beliefs, the courage to act and the
ability to execute of anyone who follows him

18. What leadership feels like in a startup
You

19. My personal beliefs

20. Start-ups are factories of make-believe
We only fly because everyone closes their
eyes and believe we can

22. Flying requires bold and visionary ambition
Nobody want to take a leap on faith on something that is
not meaningful

23. Vision without execution is just hallucination
(it feels good, but don’t do shit)
The difference between being a liar or a visionary is
razor thin, execution is the difference

25. Lead from the front
Be the first to shovel shit, and carry your weight

27. Fight for your vision, always
Quitting is for pussies

29. Challenge conventional wisdom
If most people agree, they are probably wrong –
selection bias is deadly

30. Be the the first to change direction when needed
The past is only context, not direction
(history don’t repeat itself)

31. Radical Trust
Trust everyone, absolutely and if they fuck-up, help
them and keep trusting them

33. Vulnerability is a strength not a weakness
I’m an insecure overachiever

34. Empathy
Don’t be an asshole

35. This is what I believe, but what I believe won’t
matter unless those who lead and follow with
me don’t share the vision, the beliefs and
have the courage to act

36. At the end of the day it will not be about what I
believe or do, it will be about what we believe
and do

37. As a Tradeshift Global Leader I expect you to
be out there every day, leading from the front,
using your own personal beliefs and courage
to create the results we all need.

38. Making the impossible reality