Trae Robrock talks with Dave Rael about opportunity, efficiency, delivering, giving, values, and dealing with friction
Trae Robrock is the CTO and Co-founder of Green Bits, where they build a retail platform for the cannabis industry. He has been coding forever and professionally for over a decade. He's passionate about automation and how software enables this. He's also a youtuber who vlogs about automation, time management, and general life stuff.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Trae Robrock
- - Trae's focus on automation and daily routine
- - Green Bits - origins and intent
- - Trae, the CTO of a technically focused startup
- - How Trae got started in software
- - The technology behind Green Bits
- - Trae's experience with being a video content creator
- - The things that "light Trae up"
- - The problems GreenBits solves for small businesses
- - Trae's story of failure - difficulty growing a team and system, missing visibility to diagnose problems
- - Organizational culture and hiring and firing based on values
- - Trae's success story - identifying an opportunity, focusing, and executing on a solution that provides real value
- - The difficulties and friction associated with working in the cannabis field
- - How Trae stays current with what he needs to know
- - Trae's book recommendation
- - The things that have Trae most excited
- - Trae's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Trae
Resources:
Trae's book recommendation:
Trae's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Always give and help people without expecting anything in return
- Understand the intersection of your passion and ability