TEDM – Travis Steffen - Growth Accelerator in Service of Humanity (Episode 169)

“If I’m not doing something that doesn’t have what I feel is a clear path to changing the course of human history in some significant way, I feel like I’m wasting my time.” – Travis Steffen Travis Steffen is a serial entrepreneur with 8 exits. His last company, GrowFlow, landed on the Inc 5000 list as #312 in 2021 before selling to a strategic buyer the following February. Travis is a growth mentor for Silicon Valley's top accelerator programs, is the bestselling author of Viral Hero, and has been featured in most of the business publications you've heard of. He's also a doctoral candidate in marketing with a specialization in AI, and currently serves as the CEO of GrowthTeam, which installs top 1% Silicon Valley-caliber growth systems into subscription-based businesses to help them double their growth rate within 90 days. As with most TEDM guests, Travis’ bio doesn’t serve to illustrate the breadth of his life experiences, observations, and conversation in this episode. Travis shares what drove him to the entrepreneurial life, and the life-changing fork in the road that got him fully engaged and committed to being of significant contribution in the world. You won’t want to miss this conversation as Travis and Patrick dive into values, extreme ownership, resilience, the woke culture, the two sides of artificial intelligence and how AI does and will impact humanity.