What A Vice President Of Corporate Development At AudioEye Wishes They Had Known Before Entering The Technology Industry
Early in Tyler's corporate development career, a key lesson learned was prioritizing tasks: "solve it one by one," focusing on high-impact activities rather than chasing every opportunity. Another crucial insight was leveraging one's personality, encouraging authenticity in professional settings rather than conforming to a rigid "executive presence."
Prioritization, Stress Management, Authenticity, Problem-Solving, Career Development
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Job Title
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Tyler Damore
VP of Corp Dev
AudioEye
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General Studies / Not Applicable
Technology
Business Strategy
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Video Highlights
1. Prioritize tasks to avoid feeling overwhelmed. When starting a new role, it's easy to feel pressured to do everything at once. Instead, focus on high-impact tasks one at a time to avoid feeling overwhelmed and to maximize your productivity.
2. Use your personality to your advantage. Don't try to be someone you're not; let your personality shine through in your work. This will help you feel more secure and build stronger relationships with colleagues.
3. Understand the importance of focus. Avoid multitasking and concentrate on solving problems one by one. Prioritization is key to success and reduces unnecessary stress
Transcript
What have you learned about this role that you wish someone would have told you before you entered the industry?
That's a great question. I think one of the things I did in the beginning of this role was I chased everything. When you're young and there are so many opportunities, you tend to chase everything. It's like being a golden retriever with 20 tennis balls thrown out.
You sit back and wonder where you're supposed to go because there's so much going on. But what I've learned over time is that by being focused on certain things and solving them one at a time, you'll get a lot farther. So, when you have 10 different projects going on, solve them one by one.
Identify your priority list. If you feel overwhelmed in your job or feel a lot of pressure, especially new grads or entrepreneurs coming out of school, they feel pressure from all over. My advice would be to identify what has the most impact.
Identify what will really move the needle for what you need to do for your job. If you are a social media manager with a marketing degree working at an agency, what is the number one thing you should do to impact? If you're a founder, what's the number one thing you can do?
A lot of times, you know, you can have a really good product, but it becomes hard when you also need a good marketing team and have to raise capital. You have all these things to do at once. But if you simplify it down and take each task individually, it removes a lot of pressure. You start to be able to do things and see the impact. I think that's definitely something I learned along the way.
The second thing I would say is learn to use your personality and who you are as a person to your benefit. I think this is something we often don't talk about. I talk a lot about this with our teams here at Audio. I never want people to try to mold into a professional career or try to be professional or have executive presence.
I want their personalities to be brought out in everything they do. So, as you step into the workforce, utilize your personality and who you are as a person to your benefit. I think that will get you a lot farther. It will also make you feel more secure around your colleagues.
You're not trying to be someone who you're not. So always utilize your personality, use it to your benefit, and show people who you really are.