I m an immigrant founder of a $1 billion tech company. Here are my 5 best tips to overcoming imposter syndrome. insider@insider.com (Manny Medina)
Manny Medina is the CEO of Outreach, an AI-based sales engagement platform.
He s learned that sacrifices will have to be made, even to parts of your identity, to get ahead of this problem.
Medina says using imposter syndrome as a positive motivator and building a strong support network has helped him to be more ambitious and assertive as CEO.
Last summer, I was interviewed by Elias Torres, the cofounder of Drift, about our experiences as Hispanic entrepreneurs in the United States. Afterward, as I chatted with attendees who were thinking of starting companies, I was struck and saddened by the amount of negative self-talk I heard.