Always Be Supportive - Alexis Sikorsky - Special Advisor to Founders #308

Send Us A Message or Ask Us A Question? Alexis on ADHD, Leadership vs Management, and Advising Founders to Grow and Exit Season seven of the Us People Podcast features host Savia Rocks interviewing Alexis, a special advisor who helps founders grow and sell companies. Alexis shares being raised in Geneva with undiagnosed ADHD, starting a first business at 15, studying communication and film in Paris, working on movies, and moving to Africa before building and later selling a software company in 2019, then retiring for three years. He explains he is a leader rather than a manager, and says his advisory work began after seeing entrepreneurs repeat his costly lesson / mistakes, which he estimates cost him five years and $50 million; he wrote a book to share methodology for growth and exit and built a fractional team of experienced leaders. Key themes include action-based relationships and reputation over networking, founder-stage focus on client satisfaction, the need for process after ~$10M revenue, risk and failing fast, hiring people smarter than you, kindness, being yourself, and finding Alexis via LinkedIn. 00:00 Meet Savia Rocks 00:22 Legacy and Trauma 01:10 Season Seven Intro 02:08 Alexis Background 04:52 Identity in the Mirror 07:29 Why Become an Advisor 12:08 Relationships and Reputation 15:16 Leadership and Culture 17:42 Business Stages Explained 21:36 Risk Versus Clients 23:08 Fail Fast Mindset 25:25 Hire Smarter People 27:45 Advice And Identity 30:06 Defining Success Goals 32:22 Helping As Success 34:26 Never Fully At Peace 36:44 Kindness And Truth 38:57 Find Alexis Online 41:22 Closing And Outro Linkedin : uk.linkedin.com/in/alexis-sikorsky-consulting Tiktok : Instagram : Website : Thank you so much Alexis for showing us that life is not giving up but about giving in to to the service of what we love - Savia Rocks Giving in allows you to be free with your heart and honest with you emotions of who and what you love - Savia Rocks Support the show

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Always Be Supportive - Alexis Sikorsky - Special Advisor to Founders #308 is an episode from Us People Podcast by With Savia Rocks.

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This episode was published on Mar 17, 2026.

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