"Bend"ing Rules - Taylor Welsh joins as employee #1, several years later assumes the CEO position and leads company to a successful exit in 2022. She's now onto her next exciting start-up.

Intro:  Taylor Welsh joined Walker Tracker as employee #1, several years later she was elevated into the CEO role by the founder. From there, Taylor successfully grew the business and navigated the company to a successful exit in 2022.  Taylor has quality that I like to see in entrepreneurs and as a former guest, Bayard Fox, referred to as a “quite confidence” about her. Taylor shares in her journey the ups and downs of entrepreneurism, including how to confront burn-out when one thinks they are immune to that possibility.   Finally, she shares with us the most recent start-up she is joining as COO, Somos, somosxr.com, a company that unlocks the power of play to heal the brain and body, defining a new class of interactive rehabilitation and targeted therapeutics.  Taylor has never waivered from her calling to work in company that not only build great technology, but that also promotes health and well-being.  I was inspired.

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1:05 -- Taylor's journey to entrepreneurship (let's just skip the Corporate America thing)

9:44 -- Embracing risk early in life

18:21 -- Lessons from failed VC funding

26:19 -- Burnout, recognizing and overcoming

33:45 -- Importance of core values in success

49:02 -- Transitions after an "exit" from the company

55:02 -- Innovative healing through technology

Thanks again Taylor. More great guest to follow. Onward~