Mark MacLeod has sat with some of the most consequential founders in tech. As Ex-CFO of Shopify and FreshBooks, GP at Real Ventures, Canada's largest seed fund, and founder of a leading SaaS investment bank, he has personally overseen over $1 billion in exits. He has seen exactly what ends a founder's run, and it is rarely the market.

After studying 11 founders who built a combined $6.4 trillion in enterprise value, Mark rebuilt his entire philosophy around one idea: your personal health is the ceiling of your company. Today he runs Limitless, a program where CEOs train like elite athletes to scale their companies without sacrificing their health, their families, or their longevity.

In this episode, we cover:

Why the number one reason founders came to Mark looking to exit was not valuation
How fit CEOs have outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.5x over four years and what that actually means for how you lead
The biomarker dashboard Mark uses to predict his own performance quarters in advance
What Zuckerberg, Chesky, and Tobi Lutke share that most founders overlook entirely
The earliest warning signs that a high performer is headed toward a breakdown
Why your nervous system is your company's operating system
How to design your role around your zone of genius the way Tobi did at Shopify

If you are building for decades and not just surviving the next funding round, this conversation will change how you think about the relationship between your body and your business.

He Studied $6.4 Trillion Worth of Founders. Here's What They Shared | Mark Macleod | Traction

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He Studied $6.4 Trillion Worth of Founders. Here's What They Shared | Mark Macleod | Traction