Get Over Yourself

Brandon Davis

Get Over Yourself is about learning to run a company from people who have already done it, and getting your own wants out of the way while you do. Most interviews jump straight from the idea to the success. Brandon Davis asks about the step in between: how the business actually runs, the decisions that shaped it, and what it cost to get there. The name is the point. Your entrepreneurial talent is worth more when it stops being about what you want and starts building something that leaves people better off. Listen at getoveryourselfpodcast.com

  1. 4d ago

    Leaving Corporate America To Found A Startup | Ep. #177 Ft. Cameron Corbridge

    In this episode of the Get Over Yourself Podcast, Brandon Davis sits down with Cameron, founder and CEO of Revhawk, to unpack the mindset shift from corporate America to entrepreneurship. Cameron shares how his time at Walmart, his paternity leave, and a book club full of entrepreneurial thinkers pushed him to leave a stable career and start building something of his own. They dive into the lessons he learned from working in data and retention analytics, why he chose pest control as an early industry focus, and how he used earned insight, customer conversations, and early traction to raise support for Revhawk. Cameron also opens up about the importance of consistency, finding the right co-founder, building financial runway, and surrounding yourself with people who challenge you to take the leap. RevHawk Website - https://rev-hawk.com/ Cameron LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-corbridge/ Interval Debt Collection - https://www.interval-ai.com/ Timestamps 00:00 - Cameron’s background and the episode’s focus on entrepreneurship02:19 - Paternity leave and the first real space to think about starting a company03:19 - Entrepreneurial book club and the ideas that stuck04:32 - The influence of Sam Walton, Rudolf Diesel, and Winston Churchill06:53 - Seeing a founder build a public company and realizing it was possible07:41 - Why time and consistency can matter more than brilliance09:30 - The consistency lesson behind long-term company building10:55 - Desire, honesty, and whether you actually want the thing you say you want12:03 - Don’t over-prepare forever, and how he got started with analytics work13:18 - Finding early customers on Reddit and proving value with simple reporting14:18 - Cameron’s early pest control experience through Fox and recurring revenue logic15:31 - Why pest control fit the data, retention, and systems criteria17:33 - The conversation with his wife about leaving Walmart18:18 - Building a financial foundation before taking startup risk19:37 - How Philo Ventures backed him and why that mattered21:03 - Why he thinks entrepreneurs are often good at risk management24:25 - Big learnings from the first year of Revhawk25:28 - The challenge of finding the right co-founder and team26:24 - What changes when you become the one responsible for everything27:54 - Learning the hard way that team fit matters29:11 - Why the best co-founder relationships are built on honesty and complementary strengths31:21 - How relationships and startup environments shape future founders32:18 - Why big corporate companies can make it harder to find entrepreneurial people33:33 - Working at Walmart, corporate culture, and the vibe inside Walmart Plus35:25 - How he pitched investors without a traditional deck36:44 - Why customer interest was the real signal that mattered37:41 - Doing early work for free versus getting paid upfront39:36 - Why relationships matter more in today’s software and service business landscape42:18 - Earned insight, deep industry knowledge, and why older founders can have an edge45:52 - Advice: get your personal finances in order first46:38 - Advice: find the right technical or domain co-founder as fast as possible47:36 - Advice: use school, clubs, LinkedIn, and startup environments to meet the right people48:31 - Advice: experiment quickly and start selling before the product is fully built49:14 - Use the relationships and industries already around you50:09 - Why Cameron builds: solving real pain points for customers and society51:06 - What “get over yourself” means to him: stop waiting, start building, and stretch beyond fear

    Leaving Corporate America To Found A Startup | Ep. #177 Ft. Cameron Corbridge
  2. Jul 31

    Current Venture Capital Trends | Ep. #175 Ft. Andrew Chan

    In this episode of Get Over Yourself, Brandon Davis sits down with Andrew Chan, a scientist turned venture capitalist, to talk about what he looks for in founders, where venture capital is heading, and why he believes real businesses still matter in an age dominated by hype. Andrew shares how his background in geophysics, mining, and research at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab shaped his investment lens, leading him toward pre-seed and seed-stage companies in agriculture, energy, manufacturing, robotics, and complex AI. He also explains why he believes venture capital has become too concentrated, why too much money is chasing weak ideas, and why more scientists should be making investment decisions. The conversation goes deep on the realities of building a VC firm, the pressure to raise and deploy capital, and the difference between founders who can only talk a good game and those who can actually build. Andrew breaks down the green flags and red flags he sees in early-stage founders, including honesty, fundraising ability, technical depth, and the willingness to stay flexible about leadership roles when the business demands it. They also discuss the current state of the venture market, how valuations really work, why macro-resistant industries matter, and why Andrew is especially bullish on sectors like nuclear, distributed energy, and industrial technology. If you are interested in venture capital, startup fundraising, founder mindset, early-stage investing, AI, robotics, energy, or the future of American industry, this episode offers a direct look at how one investor thinks about backing companies that solve real problems for real people.

    Current Venture Capital Trends | Ep. #175 Ft. Andrew Chan
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Get Over Yourself is about learning to run a company from people who have already done it, and getting your own wants out of the way while you do. Most interviews jump straight from the idea to the success. Brandon Davis asks about the step in between: how the business actually runs, the decisions that shaped it, and what it cost to get there. The name is the point. Your entrepreneurial talent is worth more when it stops being about what you want and starts building something that leaves people better off. Listen at getoveryourselfpodcast.com

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