What makes you “Backable”

Suneel Gupta, Backable, Mobile Apps, Sell Your Business

I recently read the book written by today’s guest. It’s called Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You.

I thought it was incredibly helpful because he gave clear steps for how to be “backable,” the type of person that people like, that they want to put their money or careers behind.

I’ve seen so many of these people here in San Francisco that have that “it quality.” We’ll talk about what that is and examples of how people use techniques to become it.

Suneel Gupta is the author; he’s also the co-founder of Rise which was acquired by One Medical.

Suneel Gupta

Backable

Suneel Gupta is the author of Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You. He’s also the co-founder of Rise which was acquired by One Medical.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. Joining me is somebody who well, there’s so many things that I could talk about with you. I could talk about your famous brother. I could talk about your sister.

Who’s your excuse me, your wife. Who’s fricking writing on tech crunch. I’d love for years. Lino. Raul, am I pronouncing your name right?

Suneel: right. Yeah. Yeah.

Andrew: I dude, for like a decade, she’s had some of the best articles when I researched guests. I see her. I could talk about your, your company rise, which basically paired people up with nutritionists over their phone to help them lose weight.

Am I right?

Suneel: That’s right. That’s right. By the way, Andrew, you got the, you got the ordering just about, right. Usually people want to talk about my brother and then...

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