David Lee: Don’t Be Afraid to Think for Yourself

David Lee joins Michael on the podcast today. David is Executive Vice President at Samsung Electronics, Head of Samsung Next, an accomplished startup investor, and formerly a corporate attorney at Google.

“Growing up, my dad was an entrepreneur and he is an inspiration in many of my career and life choices. He invented the first fully automated fortune cookie machine. I decided to take a different path, and that’s when I realized what betting on yourself means.” - David Lee

David is a hyper-intelligent, experienced, talented, and accessible man. His pragmatic and hard-won wisdom is on full display in this episode. It’s extraordinary to hear him tell his story, as well as the story of the world we’re all living in.

If you’re in the middle of making a big life decision and wondering what you’re going to do, or if you need some very practical advice about starting a new venture in your life, this episode will resonate with you deeply.

In this episode Michael and David talked about:

• What betting on yourself means to him
• How he feels about Tom Brady leaving New England
• Using sports metaphors in business and branding
• The incredible technology his father invented
• Similarities between athletics and startups
• The “gym rat” mentality for founders
• Facing business with your back against the wall
• The type of individuals who succeed in startups
• His transition from university to the real world
• The speech that deeply resonated with him
• Going to law school without the intention of practicing law
• Learning what it takes to be great at what you do
• His basic investing thesis
• His story of surviving stage 4 cancer
• The advice he’d give his sixteen-year-old self

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• David Lee on LinkedIn
• Michael Redd on Instagram