Creating Synergy Podcast
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FEBRUARY, 17 2022
#68 - Jindou Lee, CEO and founder of HappyCo on Scaling a Global Business and Creating a World-Class Culture
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In this episode, Jindou shows us that success comes from being vulnerable, not being afraid to just have a go, and putting yourself into uncomfortable situations.
Jindou and Daniel went down many rabbit holes, but some of the topics we explored were:
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- Recently seed funding where HappyCo raised $72 million in seed funding
- How to attract investors and funding
- The ups and downs of growing and scaling a business, dealing with knockbacks uncertainty and all the ambiguity of being an entrepreneur
- The importance of creating a culture where people want to work
- Recruiting people who share the same core values and behaviours
- Time vs energy allocation - how the things you love doing don't suck up the energy
- How and why he decided to scale outside of Australia and into the US
- What the future holds for HappyCo and much more.
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Guest Info

Jindou Lee is the CEO and Co-Founder of HappyCo, a software company that builds mobile and cloud solutions to enable real-time property operations. Prior to his current role, Jindou also founded and exited two previous tech companies. Jindou spent most of his adult life growing up in Australia and graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Visual Communications (Design). After that, he worked at Midway Games where he led the User Interface team to work on classic titles such as Mortal Kombat, Gauntlet and Dukes of Hazzard. Besides his love for technology, Jindou is also an avid real estate investor, ex-semi pro soccer player and speaks five languages.
Host Info


Daniel Franco
Daniel is a 'People Collector' kind, a steadfast optimist who believes that the power of trusting relationships is foundational to our bright future. He believes that the world is a better place when we work together. Besides being the Director of Synergy IQ, Daniel is the Host of the Creating Synergy Podcast and rises up every morning with the vision that he can help leaders create a business where their people feel safe, inspired and fulfilled.
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