A Day In The Life Of A Founder At Parichute
Kyle, Founder at Parichute, prioritizes a productive start to the day, beginning with "responding to emails and following up," before dedicating the majority of the workday to outreach, describing it as "98% of what I do," to build and maintain relationships with partners and investors. This outreach, combined with internal collaboration and investor updates, is key to the startup's success.
Communication, Networking, Executive/Leadership, Outreach, Partnership Development
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Kyle Crognale
Founder
Parichute
Kent State University, 2017
N/A
Creative Writing, Journalism
Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking, Advertising, Communications & Marketing
Entrepreneurship and Business Owner
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Greek Life Member, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Kyle starts his day by responding to emails and planning his day which sets a productive tone for the rest of the day.
2. A large part of his day is spent in outreach, which is 98% of what he does daily.
3. He collaborates with different departments, investors and board members which is common for a startup.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of a founder look like?
Personally, I like to start my day by responding to emails and following up on anything needed to effectively start the new workday. This isn't the same for everyone, but I block out time for this in the morning. It really allows me to check a number of things off my to-do list in that first 30-minute window of my day, which sets the tone for me to feel very productive for the rest of the day.
Once I'm done with emails, I typically dive right into different meetings with our partners. Again, these are celebrities and nonprofits, building on some of our current relationships and projects, but also reaching out to new potential partners and collaborators. I would say outreach is really about 98% of what I do on a day-to-day basis because it's such an important part of our company and our success.
But there's also a lot of communication and collaboration with some of our other departments. This is just to make sure we're all working together, on the same page, and running like a well-oiled machine. As founder, I also work with a lot of our investors and board members. I have weekly meetings, sometimes multiple meetings each week, to provide progress updates and general check-ins, which can be a big part of any startup.