Episode 3: Stefania Mallett | When You Cross Fearlessness & Insanely Helpfulness

Stefania Mallet (@StefaniaMallett) is the CEO and co-founder of ezCater. She has spent over 25 years building and growing technology-enabled companies that solve real business problems. Stefania co-founded and successfully sold InSite Marketing Technology (now NASDAQ: KANA). Her tenure at National Logistics Management (a broker for $225M in transportation services) brought NLM to profitability for the first time in 4 years. At IntraNet (now NASDAQ:TSAI), Stefania revamped the firm and vaulted it to #1 in its market, a position it has maintained for 15+ years. Stefania also operates as a Director and advisor to many for-profit and non-profit firms. She has a BS and an MS from MIT.

The Cheat Sheet:

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  Why you should be asking yourself is my company’s solution or product a “painkiller” or a “vitamin”?-

  
  


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  When do you bootstrap versus take outside capital?

  
  


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  What are the three main reasons people become entrepreneurs and why does that matter?

  
  


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  What does your last company’s success or failure mean to for your next venture?

  
  


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  What matters more the people or ideas or both?

  
  


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  What are the three core values in ezCater’s culture that propels the business?

  
  


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  How do you become “fearless” and learn to take a leap of faith when you are scared?

  
  


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  How do your emotions play into your leadership ability?

  
  


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  And so much more…