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Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal Sep 29 · 1h 45m The Highs And Lows Of Being A Viral Sensation - Max FoshImagine leaving your corporate job behind because you went viral overnight. After faking his way to the top of London Fashion week Max Fosh shot to online fame, becoming known for his comedy videos on YouTube and social stunts, like running for London Mayor in last years election. Max is also now selling out venues with his brand new stand up show, Zocial Butterfly. In the conversation we talk about Max’s journey through university to the point of 1 Million YouTube subscribers, his creative process for putting together crazy video ideas and the highs and lows of the online world. Enjoy! 🔔 Click here to check out my FREE Part-Time YouTuber Crash Course (00:00) Intro (02:50) How would you describe yourself? (04:09) Your hatred for the corporate world (10:41) What is student radio? (17:35) How did you build confidence to make Street Smart? (19:20) Starting to create content (27:10) What was it like going viral for the first time? (32:40) Evolving as a creator (37:35) Running for London Mayor (41:38) What was your creative process for making videos? (51:10) Building a team (53:30) How do you make money these days? (54:22) Do you worry about the future of your career? (01:00:50) Therapy and hedonic adaptation (01:12:31) Doing stand up (01:22:20) How does stand up compare to video? (01:24:57) What’s it like working with a director to produce a show? (01:25:20) What are the economics of being a standup comedian? (01:37:16) What’s your relationship with burnout? (01:40:05) Advice for aspiring creators 🔗 CONNECT WITH MAX 🎥 YouTube Channel 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 🦋 Zocial Butterfly Live Show 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel 💻 Website 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter 👥 Linkedin Find the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/ Sponsored by Heights This episode is brought to you by Heights. I tackle brain fog, energy, and sleep issues with Heights’ Smart Supplement! Just two clean capsules a day, with or without food. No tray full of pills, no gross glass of green sludge. To help you get started with braincare, go to https://www.yourheights.com and use the code Ali15 at checkout to get an extra 15% off your first quarterly subscription - start taking care of your brain and body today. Sponsored by Shortform This episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription. Leave a review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏 Check out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel . See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy
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How I Built This with Guy Raz Jul 18 · 1h 23m Twitch: Emmett ShearIn 2011, when Emmett Shear pivoted the live streaming service Justin.tv into the video game platform Twitch, people warned him that gaming was just a niche. But unlike his first two ventures, video games were something Emmett instinctively understood: he and his co-founder Justin Kan had been playing them together since they were kids. Emmett built a user base on Twitch by asking streamers exactly what they wanted and giving it to them: revenue opportunities, streamer fan clubs, customizable emoji. As it grew, Twitch attracted users from the darker corners of the web, but Emmett believes the site is first and foremost a way for people to come together and build supportive communities. In 2014, Emmett sold Twitch to Amazon for just under a billion dollars but stayed on as the CEO. Today, the platform has 31 million daily visitors who stream trillions of minutes of live video every year. Not bad for a niche business.
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The Catalysts Podcast Jun 10 · 32m The Startup Lexicon: A-B (Accelerators, Bootstrapping and Bridge Round).This latest series accompanies the new book that I have co-written with Eamonn Carey, called 'The Startup Lexicon’, which is a guide to the words, phrases, jargon and terminology used in the startup and tech world. In each episode Eamonn and I will discuss 2-3 key words that are crucial to the understanding of the world of start-ups. In today’s episode, we discuss the terms; Accelerators, Bootstrapping and Bridge Round. If you have any comments regarding these terms, please contact us on the email addresses below: ken@thisisprogressive.com eamonncarey@gmail.com Finally, if you would like to purchase The Startup Lexicon, the relevant links can be found below: Amazon (Uk) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Startup-Lexicon-Demystifying-everyday-language/dp/1912300761 Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Lexicon-Demystifying-everyday-language-ebook/dp/B09XG34QXS Waterstones https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-startup-lexicon/ken-valledy/eamonn-carey/9781912300761 WHSmith https://www.whsmith.co.uk/search/?q=9781912300761&cgid=&category=All Foyles https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/business/the-startup-lexicon-demystifying-the-ev,ken-valledy-eamonn-carey-9781912300761 Wordery https://wordery.com/the-startup-lexicon-ken-valledy-9781912300761 Bookshop.org https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-startup-lexicon-demystifying-the-everyday-language-of-startups/9781912300761 And finally a big thank you to the Right Book Company https://www.therightbookcompany.com/ for their ongoing support in making this dream of actually writing a book become a reality.
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The Tim Ferriss Show Jul 4 · 3h 24m #606: Balaji S. Srinivasan — 5-10-Year Predictions, How to Start a New Country, Society-as-a-Service (SaaS), Bitcoin Maximalism, Memetic Warfare, How Prices Are Born, Moral Flippenings, The One Commandment, and The Power of Missionary over MercenaryBalaji S. Srinivasan — 5-10-Year Predictions, How to Start a New Country, Society-as-a-Service (SaaS), Bitcoin Maximalism, Memetic Warfare, How Prices Are Born, Moral Flippenings, The One Commandment, and The Power of Missionary over Mercenary | Brought to you by Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating, Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, and Shopify global commerce platform providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business. More on all three below. Balaji S. Srinivasan ( @balajis) is an angel investor and entrepreneur. Formerly the CTO of Coinbase and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he was also the co-founder of Earn.com ( acquired by Coinbase), Counsyl ( acquired by Myriad), Teleport ( acquired by Topia), and Coin Center. He was named to the MIT Technology Review’s “Innovators Under 35,” won a Wall Street Journal Innovation Award, and holds a BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering, all from Stanford University. Balaji also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013, which reached 250,000+ students worldwide. His new book is The Network State: How To Start a New Country . You can also read it for free at 1729.com. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by Shopify ! Shopify is one of my favorite platforms and one of my favorite companies. Shopify is designed for anyone to sell anywhere, giving entrepreneurs the resources once reserved for big business. In no time flat, you can have a great looking online store that brings your ideas to life, and you can have the tools to manage your day-to-day and drive sales. No coding or design experience required. More than a store, Shopify grows with you, and they never stop innovating, providing more and more tools to make your business better and your life easier. Go to Shopify.com/Tim for a FREE 14-day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features . * This episode is also brought to you by Eight Sleep ! Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro Cover is the easiest and fastest way to sleep at the perfect temperature. It pairs dynamic cooling and heating with biometric tracking to offer the most advanced (and user-friendly) solution on the market. Simply add the Pod Pro Cover to your current mattress and start sleeping as cool as 55°F or as hot as 110°F. It also splits your bed in half, so your partner can choose a totally different temperature. And now, my dear listeners—that’s you—can get $250 off the Pod Pro Cover . Simply go to EightSleep.com/Tim or use code TIM at checkout. * This episode is also brought to you by Athletic Greens . I get asked all the time, “If you could use only one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually AG1 by Athletic Greens, my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system. Right now, Athletic Greens is offering you their Vitamin D Liquid Formula free with your first subscription purchase —a vital nutrient for a strong immune system and strong bones. Visit AthleticGreens.com/Tim to claim this special offer today and receive the free Vitamin D Liquid Formula (and five free travel packs) with your first subscription purchase! That’s up to a one-year supply of Vitamin D as added value when you try their delicious and comprehensive all-in-one daily greens product. * [06:39] The current state of crypto and overall markets [14:41] Market depth and the Overton window [20:54] The challenges of identifying possible trends [24:25] Does transhumanism need rebranding? [27:13] Augmented reality glasses: the next big thing? [38:10] Rethinking Icarus from a transhumanist, pro-innovation perspective [59:20] DALL-E 2 as a compact programming language [1:02:03] Peter Turchin and cliodynamics [1:03:30] What is a network state? [1:17:49] Humans like to fight over borders—even when they're invisible [1:26:04] American anarchy [1:46:55] Bitcoin vs. gold as an inflation hedge [1:52:59] What needs to happen for Bitcoin to behave in the way Bitcoin holders would like it to behave? [2:24:29] Society as a service: how the establishment of a network state could succeed—without devolving into a cult [2:49:25] Chinese control; missionary over mercenary; innovation over top-down control [3:00:57] India's upward trends [3:05:57] Establishment disdain for tech interlopers (the feeling is mutual) [3:11:40] Parting thoughts * For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show , please visit tim.blog/podcast . For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show , please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter ( 5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday . For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts . Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books . Follow Tim: Twitter : twitter.com/tferriss Instagram : instagram.com/timferriss YouTube : youtube.com/timferriss Facebook : facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferriss Past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, and many more.
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The Adventure Podcast Aug 24 · 59m Episode 045: A Life in the Mountains, Sir Chris BoningtonStill climbing in his ninth decade – and with nearly 30 first ascents under his belt – Sir Chris Bonington’s appetite for adventure has made him both a trailblazer and a mainstay of the mountaineering community. This conversation spans the peaks and valleys of a life well lived, and offers insight, humour and pathos. From an unsuccessful boyhood attempt on Snowdon to breaking new ground on distant Himalayan summits, Chris shares his hard-won wisdom on triumph, tragedy and the ingredient he calls ‘the most important thing in life’. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-adventure-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Growth Mindset Podcast Jun 28 · 14m Building the perfect teamIf you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far go together. Eccie Newton is the founder of Karma Cans and Karma Kitchen. She has raised over £350 million pounds for her business and learnt a lot of lessons the hard way. One of the biggest keys to her success is having the right team around her to execute on her ideas. She has a lot of strengths but is also aware of her many weaknesses. One of the best things anyone can do for themselves is work with the right people that complement their own strengths. This episode is master class on knowing yourself and finding the right people to complement you. Connect with Eccie: Karma Kitchen Karma Can LinkedIn Connect with Sam: Join the conversation on the social podcast app - Podvine Sam's newsletter on creativity and entrepreneurship - Explosive Thinking Sam's podcast on books - Wiser Than Yesterday Support the Show - Patreon If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Show sponsors Athletic greens Get a free years supply of Vitamin D a 5 travel sachets when you make you first order. Athleticgreens.com/GrowthMindset Timestamps 01:24 - Mindset you learn with dyslexia 03:17 - Importance of great teams 05:40 - Parrallels between investing and hiring 06:23 - The issues with using your gut 08:07 - What investors look for 09:10 - Athletic greens 10:22 - Hiring strategy Koru Kids uses 12:03 - Walmart puzzle building strategy 12:50 - Round up
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch Jun 13 · 1h 4m 20VC: Hubspot Co-Founder Dharmesh Shah on The 3 Risks All Startups Face, Angel Investing Rules; No Founder Meetings and No Due Diligence, SMB vs Enterprise; Lessons on Pricing, Distribution and Why You Should Resist Going EnterpriseDharmesh Shah is the Founder and CTO @ Hubspot, a full CRM platform with marketing, sales, service, and CMS software. Dharmesh started Hubspot in 2006 and today it is a publicly-traded company (NYSE: HUBS) with over 3,500+ people and a market capitalization of $16.9 billion. Prior to founding HubSpot, Dharmesh founded Pyramid Digital Solutions, which he bootstrapped with less than $10,000 and after 11 years of CEOship, Dharmesh helped the company get acquired in 2005 by SunGard Business Systems. In addition to co-authoring “Inbound Marketing" Dharmesh founded and writes for OnStartups.com -- a top-ranking startup blog and community with more than 1,000,000 members. Finally, if all of this was not enough, he is an angel investor in over 90 startups, including Coinbase, AngelList, Gusto, Okta and many more. and a frequent speaker on startups, growth, and the business of technology. In Today's Episode with Dharmesh Shah We Discuss: 1.) The Founding of Hubspot: How did Dharmesh's wife help Dharmesh find his co-founder in Brian? What about SMB did both Dharmesh and Brian find a shared passion for? What is the single biggest mistake Dharmesh made in the early days of Hubspot? 2.) The Culture Code: What is Dharmesh's single biggest advice to founders when it comes to culture? What does Dharmesh mean when he says "you have to treat culture like a product"? What does Dharmesh mean when he says he looks for a "low ego to accomplishment ratio"? How does he test for this when hiring new hires? How do the best people approach both responsibility and accountability? How does this show in their work and behaviour? 3.) The 3 Kinds of Risk in Startups: What does Dharmesh believe are the 3 core risks all startups face in the early days? How does Dharmesh advise founders when it comes to "testing for a market"? What is the right way to do customer discovery? What are the biggest mistakes founders make in the discovery process? How does Dharmesh advise founders on when to release their second product? What is the right framework for this decision? Where do so many founders make mistakes here? How does Dharmesh approach market timing risk? What have been his biggest lessons here? 4.) SMB vs Enterprise: Why does Dharmesh believe that SMB is the single best market for founders to choose? What are the single biggest challenges with enterprise? How do the long sales cycles and contracts in enterprise hide both customer satisfaction and prevent product development? What are some of Dharmesh's biggest lessons on pricing? Does Dharmesh agree you should always "raise your prices"? How does Dharmesh advise founders on when is the right time to go into enterprise from SMB? What are the single biggest changes founders need to know when making the move from SMB to enterprise? 5.) Angel Investing 101: What are Dharmesh's rules when it comes to angel investing? What have been some of Dharmesh's biggest lessons from analysing thousands of emails to founders pre-investing? What are the biggest signs in emails of future founder success? Why does Dharmesh not have calls with founders before investing? What are some of the biggest mistakes Dharmesh has made when angel investing? Items Mentioned in Today's Episode with Dharmesh Shah: The Hubspot Culture Code Dharmesh's Favourite Book: Les Miserables
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