What happens when you show your work? Learn how and hear the stories of amazing creators -- authors, podcasters, event organizers and product builders -- who share how they created something awesome and where it led them next.
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
It's easy to put your ideas out there -- we're one click away from posting a tweet, sharing a video or publishing a blog post. But in a world where it's so easy to create content, how do you create the depth to make your voice count. On this episode we go inside Ross Baird's journey to make 'Arguments with Integrity.' As he shared, good ideas don't always win; but shared ideas will. Hear how he intentionally used his venture firm and his book to build a community behind some powerful shared ideas he's convinced will change the world.
Ross developed the Village Capital concept in 2009, and has led the development of programs worldwide. He's the author of The Innovation Blind Spot: Why We Back the Wrong Ideas—and What to Do About It (includes forward by Steve Case).
Before launching Village Capital, he worked with First Light Ventures, a seed fund focused on impact investments. Prior to First Light, Ross worked on the development of four education-related start-up ventures: the Indian School Finance Company in Hyderabad, India, the National College Advising Corps in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and two ventures using technology to promote civic participation. He has a MPhil from the University of Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a BA from the University of Virginia, where he was a Truman Scholar and a Jefferson Scholar.
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
"There are three steps to mastering your internal triggers and becoming an indistractable author. We have to reimagine the task, reimagine the trigger, and reimagine our temperament."
Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.”
Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.
In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir’s writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today.
Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include Eventbrite (NYSE:EB), Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn), Worklife (acquired by Cisco), Product Hunt, Marco Polo, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, Kahoot!, Byte Foods, FocusMate, and Anchor.fm (acquired by Spotify).
Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University.
Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
"It's painful to watch yourself on camera or listen to yourself interview someone on a podcast... but it's the single best way to get better."
Jason Nellis had dreams of stardom on the big screen as a theatre major in college... but it took a little while (and many twists along the way) to land him on the screen as the host of Unboxed TV and head of marketing at Packagd. His career in tech began as a bit of an accident when he got his first job at Hulu long before people really knew that it would be THE Hulu and then to his own agency as an entrepreneur.
Along the way, Jason became the ultimate "learner" - but he learned by doing:
- Launching a podcast
- Helping create and run a conference
- Developing a new daily video show
- Even helping me develop my first 'book' class
On our fun conversation we talk about the power of "learning out loud" -- trying things, getting it out there for feedback and improving. And I loved hearing how he got past the 'I hate watching myself' and 'I hate listening to myself' to learn how to improve his performances.
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Thursday May 09, 2019
Thursday May 09, 2019
"I realized I learn differently."
Dale Stephens has already had an incredible journey in his 20s, dropping out of elementary school (it's a great story), dropping out of college, becoming a Thiel Fellowship winner, launching a company, raising millions in venture capital and writing a book along the way.
You may look at that and think: "He's unique" or "That's not something I could do."
But the interesting thing about Dale is his belief that all of us learn differently, and we just need to find the *best* way for each of us whether that's how we learn in traditional colleges or universities, how to learn on our own through new methods or how we dive into experiences that'll open our eyes in new and surprising ways.
Creation events are just another way to learn -- and in our conversation we talk about the power of 'meaty' and 'meaningful' experiences like books, podcasts, events, and others to really force us to learn and level up. Link to full episode in the comments.
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Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
In my today's podcast you have the chance to hear story of Alana Muller - a networking coach, consultant, workshop facilitator, keynoter and lecturer.
Like she would say - she loves to connect with people around the world and to share stories on topics such as networking, entrepreneurship and women in business. She has been a contributor to Forbes, The Huffington Post, CNBC and other publications and was a featured speaker at TEDxOverlandPark.
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Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
"Do things with no right answer."
Tina Seelig is an award winning Stanford University professor, serial author and speaker focused of creativity. And for her this "problem" was one that she didn't truly discover until she was a doctoral student working in the field of Neuroscience. Like most of us, she'd been learning how to find the right answer - and excelled at each step of the way.
But she quickly realized that the most powerful way to learn is when things *don't* have a right answer. Discovering is where we are the most vulnerable and experience the most growth.
In this intriguing discussion, Tina shares her insights and experiences teaching creativity (yes it can be taught and learned) and offers a unique look into the emerging science of creativity, discovery and learning. She offers a powerful framework to unlock our creativity - something that had me pondering for days after our chat.
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Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 2019
What are you waiting on?
Jeff Morris Jr. is one of the top voices on building products as the director of product revenue at Tinder and investing in them through his own VC fund. But less than five years ago he couldn't get high potential startup companies to give him a second look.
So he decided he'd learn to code through a General Assembly program.Only issue was the program didn't start for a few months... so he needed something to do. He thought he'd put this extra time to work and try to build a few things *without* knowing how to code. Over the next two months, those little mini-experiments resulted in him launching three #1 rated products on Product Hunt. Oh and he never wound up taking that coding bootcamp.
On our fascinating conversation (as you'll hear, I am a huge huge fan of him), Jeff and I talk about our time together at Zaarly, Inc, his transition through the startup ecosystem and how through it all he's found a way to create his own path rather than waiting for someone to give him permission.
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Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
I royally screwed up the start of my interview with Scott Gerber. Thankfully he's a friend and a nice enough guy that he used it as a teaching lesson.
My gaffe? I called him "the ultimate networker."
He politely corrected me... "Does anyone *want* to be known as networker?"
And he's right. On our fascinating conversation we dive into the very question -- how you can build real connection and collaboration today, something Scott has done with The Community Company. Today more than ever before it's about rising above the noise, being authentic and trying to judge your 'network' on the number of people who'd really go to bat for you based on what you've done together, not how many tweets they retweeted.
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Thursday May 02, 2019
Thursday May 02, 2019
Startup Weekend legitimately changed my life.
Yes, a single weekend did that. (I *did* just happened to do many many of these weekend events because I loved the experience so much). The experience was powerful because of the people and community I met. Startup Weekend let me truly collaborate with people who changed my entire trajectory - Scott Case, Shane Mac, T. A. McCann, Brad Feld, Bo Fishback, Ian Hunter, Greg Gottesman, Steve Case, Mary Grove, Nick Seguin, Adam Hofmann, Franck Nouyrigat and many more.
At the center of the experience was a way to create and build something with others - in a safe, collaborative & educational way. And for me it's what actually inspired my goal to teach through creation (like books, podcasts and more).
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In this conversation, I chat with Marc Nager who lead the charge to transform entrepreneurship around the globe by building Startup Weekend into the force it is today. We talk about why creating something *together* is at the core of this DNA. (Full conversation linked in the comments.)
Wednesday May 01, 2019
Wednesday May 01, 2019
Tiffany Norwood is a global serial entrepreneur with a career spanning 30 years, seven start-ups, two IPOs and a patent. In her 20s, she raised $670 million to fund a global satellite radio start-up called WorldSpace, within a couple of years XM Radio was born and still exists today as part of Sirius XM.
Tiffany is considered one of the pioneers of digital broadcasting. She personally did some of the first ever digital content licensing deals in the 1990s with Michael Bloomberg (Bloomberg News) and Phil Kent (CNN). Also, she was an early collaborator with the Fraunhofer Institute and their MP3 and MP4 technologies, spending many nights at their labs in Germany more than 20 years ago. Check out her story!
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