Hayes Barnard
Guest on My First Million
Hayes Barnard is a tech entrepreneur and billionaire best known as the founder of GoodLeap, a leading fintech platform that has financed tens of billions of dollars in sustainable home improvements. He previously helped build SolarCity into the largest residential solar company in the United States and is widely recognized for his impact on the solar and clean energy industries. He currently leads GoodLeap and is also active in philanthropic efforts focused on global access to clean water.
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Blue Ocean Strategy👍 Recommends
…explaining the strategic thinking behind creating GoodLeap as a B2B marketplace
“I read a book called the blue ocean strategy. And so we were in a little bit of a red ocean strategy, which was like, Hey, be your competition, be your competition, just be your competition. And I was in a, in a mindset where I was like, what if I can make my competition, our biggest partner instead of our biggest competitor.”
on My First Million
Good to Great👍 Recommends
…exploring how learning disabilities and life challenges shape successful leaders
“Well, oftentimes with a level five leader, they have a great deal of compassion and empathy for people. They often give up to go up. They have the ability to empower people instead of micromanage people, recruit top talent, and put them in a place that allows those organizations to scale. And so the reason is for this, if you dig a couple layers lower, is oftentimes they have a learning disability. Many times they're on the spectrum. Now when you sit down with people that have achieved extraordinary outcomes, and Jim Collins wrote a book about this called Good to Great. He talked about level five leaders. And I had an opportunity to have lunch with Jim Collins at Stanford.”
on My First Million