Building Purpose Built Ventures with Miles Lasater Forward Obsessed

Miles Lasater is the CEO and Founding Partner of Purpose Built Ventures. In this episode, hear from Miles on why learning to sell at a young age is so important to learn entrepreneurship, and how you can manage your time more effectively to create new habits. Miles dives into the pitfalls behind taking a company public, the real role of a start-up investor, and what it means to be a “purpose built venture.”
 
OUTLINE:
(00:00) - Intro
(2:00) - Early college years
(3:50) - Working in food service gives transferable skills 
(8:45) - Starting his first business, “Help With Home Computers” 
(10:25) - Founding Higher One in college
(14:25) - How did Higher One help university students?
(18:48) - How do new entrepreneurs pick a partner? 
(32:05) - Books and podcasts for developing leadership skills
(36:15) - Time management and making habits
(42:19) - Running a public company is painful
(47:13) - What is it like to take a company public?
(52:01) - Developing pattern recognition skills
(55:00) - The role of a start-up investor
(57:55) - What is Purpose Built Ventures?  
 
EPISODE LINKS:
Purpose Build Ventures: https://www.purposebuilt.vc/
Higher One: https://www.linkedin.com/company/higher-one
Miles Lasater LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mileslasater/
Miles' Podcast, "Startups For Good": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startups-for-good/id1538756698
Miles' Newsletter, Venture Patterns: https://venturepatterns.com/blog/general/start-here-welcome-to-venture-patterns/
 
BOOKS OUR GUEST LOVES:
The 15 Commandments Of Conscious Leadership - Jim Dethmer
Getting Things Done - David Allen
The Great CEO within - Matt Mochary
Shoe Dog - Phil Knight
Miracle Morning - Hal Elrod
 
PODCASTS OUR GUEST LOVES
How I Built This: https://www.npr.org/series/490248027/how-i-built-this
Acquired: https://www.acquired.fm/
 
PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://forwardobsessed.com/
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forward-obsessed/id1615760781
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2TrkOZ7xL7WSlzc2mrwXuC?si=aa5e7790aca64e05
YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ldUUGxQZ5b9WPqVXz_qlfXgK3hHPs4z
YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ldUUGxQZ5Yt0LiPml0y6pNUSrqHzWql
 
SUPPORT & CONNECT:
Digital Surgeons Website: https://digitalsurgeons.com
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@digitalsurgeons
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalsurgeons
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/210497/