00:16:38 Mathieu Guerville: lunchclub.ai is founded on that premise of never eat lunch alone, i get one or two weekly random networking meeting out of it :) 00:26:59 Alison Cardy: Little gems come out of each conversation. Really having a network of people that I can rely on for whatever. Your emotions can get the best of you. Having a peer group that you can lean on... other entrepreneurial CEOs. You should meet as many ppl as you can to broaden the surface area of serendipity to happen. That person was the exact person I needed to talk to within the organization. It was because you put yourself out there. EO opened up my eyes to what's possible in a network. You kind of get what you give. Where I was going to have to volunteer my time and be held accountable. Most ppl have a tendency to want to meet other ppl. In corporate - they didn't really know what was out there. Entrepreneurs tend to be more curious. Their eyes need to be opened... and it may not be what's right for them. 00:36:49 Alison Cardy: I couldn't fully relate and couldn't fully help. I think it's important to put resources into self improvement. I'd thrown a lot of money at it and didn't get what I'd hoped for out of it. He just never had the time. A lot of what the culture is also centers around energy. It kind of comes from the top. A lot of it has to do with the spirit of camaraderie and trust... it all starts with hiring... those core values... that we want to see in the ppl coming on. Trust is sort of assumed, and on top of that you build upon that. What is that energy at the top? If the executive team or founding leader is demonstrating that... it defintitely propagates. What makes them unique? It is so vague and so broad that means absolutely nothing. Being strategic and being unique. Sometimes it's ok to have a culture that is a little bit unique. They treat everyone the same whether you just came in, been there 10 yrs, or retiring. Companies that keep a baseline of treating everyone the same. Very simple statement to say...