Gabriel Guedes | On Tales of Spontaneity and the Perils of Optionality

 Gabriel Guedes (aka GG) co-founded Lyka Pet Food and currently leads its Operations.

Previously, GG was an Associate Partner at Bain & Company where he worked for over 10 years.

He is also an angel investor and advisor.

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Content
00:00 Gabriel Guedes
00:46 GG at University
04:10 Working in High-Performance Environments
05:39 Highlights and Lowlights of Consulting
09:00 Biggest Learnings From Consulting
12:55 Is consulting a good path to operations?
26:15 The Vision for Lyka
30:19 How would he restart Lyka
31:40 Advice for people starting companies
33:48 Biggest Learning From Startups
37:02 GG Extracurriculars
41:20 Failure that ended up being a success
44:13 Who inspires GG?
45:39 If GG could go back in time