Why being a generalist is a founder superpower with Milly Tamati, Founder & Chief Generalist of Generalist World

Not My First Guess

Today I’m joined by Milly Tamati, founder and CEO of Generalist World.

After growing up on a farm in rural New Zealand, Milly set herself the North Star of travelling the world in her twenties. Driven by a deep desire to keep moving, she found herself venturing down the path of entrepreneurship as a way of funding her wanderlust.

Along her journey, she’s founded multiple businesses across the globe as a solo and a co-founder; including one of the largest hop on hop off wine tours in Victoria, Australia.

Though it was when she was asked to write her own job description for a Mental Health startup that she realised she didn’t want to be defined by a list of bullet points and became the Director of Miscellaneous instead. Thus the seed for her latest venture, Generalist World, was planted.

Milly’s now on a mission to change how the world sees generalists, and how generalists see themselves - all from a rural island in Scotland. And with Generalist World celebrating its first birthday, the day we recorded this episode, Generalist Universe is firmly in Milly's sight (literally, she’s got it sketched it on a napkin).

In this episode we discuss:

• How to utilise a non-linear career path
• The hidden asset that is rural entrepreneurship
• The highs and lows of having a co-founder
• Getting your first customer within 12hrs of testing an idea
• Rethinking the “growth at all costs” mentality

Links:

• Join the Generalist World Community - https://www.generalist.world/
• Connect with Milly on LinkedIn & Twitter
• Listen to our episode with Lauren Currie - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fesy7fsEVgLLrcOs0BIDK?si=4qvsnI0pRVacFFfy6N-yQw
• Listen to our episode with Zoe Peden - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7FiiIpZ6w2LeLvSbtMtgdj?si=sLSsIhFLTZaIZzELIV9pvA
• Listen to our episode with Sach Kukadia - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7EZwcaqJ6r8ZkXXnJVI7Ti?si=XlePYE5UQAS1xrGrPH-0fQ