The Founder's Journey Ep.8 | Dave Kline, Founder of MGMT Accelerator & SkillScouter

Dave Kline teaches leaders how to build great teams & level up their career. His own founder’s journey started in the purchasing and creation of two businesses: MGMT Accelerator (cohort based management training) & SkillScouter. 

Prior Dave held senior executive positions at Bridgewater, Moody's Analytics, PwC. Dave is also a highly followed writer on Twitter, discussing management and leadership. 

We dig deep in this episode, discussing: 

• How Dave got his first job when an alumni of his alma mater passed out on his coach 
• Biggest lessons from buying your first business 
• Why you need to miss a few business opportunities to be ready when the real one shows up 
• How personal audience building is a driver of business growth 
• Building a “Serendipity Acceleration Engine” 
• Transitioning from a solopreneur into a scalable business 
• The power of a daily writing habit 
• Community building vs. Networking 
• Approaching management skills as a new craft and not a destination 
• Building management skills in early stage founders 
• How remote work escalates every bad management habit and how to solve them 
• Being intentional in your management approach 
• How the corporate on-site will be the new offsite 

Follow Dave on Twitter @dklineii