From Self-Doubt & Imposter Syndrome to Building a Billion-Dollar Business with Suneera Madhani, Co-Founder of Stax

Suneera Madhani is the co-founder and CEO of Stax, an innovative
tech company that radically simplifies the payment ecosystem.


After graduating from college, Suneera decided to work at a
consumer goods company and after three years she realized that
the corporate world wasn’t for her. She was later recruited by a
payment-processing company, and it was then she realized she
wanted to do someone on her own.


At age 26, without money, an MBA or any corporate leadership
experience…and after being laughed out of her then boss’s office,
Suneera began building her now billion-dollar company inside her
parents’ Orlando home. 


In 8 years, Suneera raised $245M in venture capital and now leads
a team of 300+ employees and is committed to helping fellow women
and minorities achieve similar accomplishments in business. She
also is also the founder of CEO School, which is a podcast and an
8-week program that helps women become entrepreneurs & CEOs –
and is on the mission to change the fact that less than 2% of
female founders hit $1 million in revenue… and less than 18% ever
hit 6 figures. This needs to change! 


Suneera gives us the scoop on what it was like to take the leap
from a stable corporate job into the uncertainties of
entrepreneurship and shares how she manages the ever-looming
imposter syndrome to show up as her best self every day. 


We explore time management and Suneera’s approach to finding
work-life integration, rather than balance, and how she manages
running her billion-dollar business while still spending quality
time with her two young kids. We also talk about what is missing
in the business world: practical advocacy for women’s success,
and what she believes is required to change that. Join us to hear
a wealth of practical advice and wisdom from Suneera’s story of
unlikely success and breaking free of the expectations of others
to find fulfillment in living a life that's true to you.


In this episode, we'll talk to Suneera about:


* Breaking free of the expectations of others and living
according to who we are instead. [4:03]


* How Suneera’s experience as the child of immigrants shaped her
approach to business. [6:58]


* What led her to use her analytical and creative skills to start
Stax at the age of 24. [11:00]


* How Stax grew from 5 million in payments the first year to 23
billion in payments per year. [17:36]


* Dealing with imposter syndrome in the early days of launching a
business. [22:20]


* Working to keep your psyche in check and show up as your best
self as a CEO. [25:33]


* Building habits by repeating activities, and improving with
experience. [27:29]


* Combatting perfectionism with the philosophy that ‘done is
better than perfect’. [30:33]


* Suneera’s belief in work life integration when managing family
life and her company. [37:08]


* How she manages her time, starting with what she calls Sunday
Zoom Out. [42:18]


* The statistic that changed the game for Suneera: only 2% of
female founders are breaking a million-dollar revenue. [47:45]


* What is missing in the business world: action in advocating for
women. [49:40]


* Calling listeners to support the female business owners in
their lives. [53:38]


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Follow Suneera:


* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suneeramadhani


* Stax Website: https://staxpayments.com/


* CEO School Website: https://theceoschool.co/


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