Mohsen Malairi was the guest of the first episode of the podcast that we talked to again after four years. Mohsen talks about his ups and downs journey and learning along the migration path to the challenges of building a team and managing a startup in Betermod. We talk about team management, organizational culture and the harsh realities of the startup world. Mohsen talks about the difficult decisions he made, the lessons he learned and the mistakes he made. We also talked in detail about how to hire and build a strong team to the challenges of growing a business in difficult circumstances. Mohsen Malayeri was our first-ever podcast guest, whom we talked to again after four years. Mohsen talks about his rollercoaster journey and learning experiences throughout his immigration path, to the challenges of team building and startup management at Bettermode. We discuss team management, organizational culture, and the harsh realities of the startup world. Mohsen speaks about the tough decisions he's made, lessons he's learned, and mistakes he's made along the way. We also had an in-depth discussion about everything from recruitment and building a strong team to the challenges of scaling a business under difficult circumstances. The reason for starting the podcast 4:55 - What happened in these four years 6:08 - The first difficulties of immigration 7:35 - Reasons for immigrating from Iran 10:25 - The Joseph Campbell Framework - The Hero's Journey 12:09 - What Happened at Bettermode 13:38 - What We Learned Better 18:14 - Finding Kofunder 20:24 - Team Building and Recruiting in Canada 22:25 - The Hero's Journey Framework » 28:13 - Books that helped 31:13 - The role of money in work 39:19 - Discussion on the vision in OpenAI 40:27 - What is culture 43:01 - How important is exercise 50:06 - Peter Ettia's five-point framework 59:00 - Half marathon 1:03:26 - Avatech experience 1:05:12 - How innate is this way of thinking and how much Acquiring 1:12:25 - Situation in Battermud 1:19:48 - Company like family 1:22:25 - Balance Between work and life 1:25:25 - The story of employment in Bettermode 1:30:21 - Trump and how to manage America 1:31:10 - The percentage of conversation between the host and the guest 1:32:28 - 16th floor programs and the use of community ==================== / malayeri ==================== This section is sponsored by a web hosting company - Limoo Host https://limoo.host ===================== Floor 16 Castbox https://castbox.fm/channel/id3083907 Spotify https://spoti.fi/2CiyRoH/soh3il/tabaghe16 Everywhere else https://linktr.ee/tabaghe16