General Principles
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Startup advice sounding the same? We explore the alternative perspectives on entrepreneurship and making impact from the viewpoints of successful creators and builders. Join us on a weekly series as we uncover the principles: the strategies, tactics and mental models behind how some of the greatest impact builders operate and approach their work.
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#10 Kevin Kelly: Hundred True Fans, Creator Economy And How To Become A Great Writer
December 27, 2021 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBWant to be featured in a future episode? Tweet @ikigaibydesign Are you currently exploring Crypto and Web3? Discover Web3 Communities and join us in exploring the Web3 at GuildsDAO *** Timestamp: (3:21) Dropping out of college (7:24) Kevin Kelly's changing philosophies (10:21) How Kevin Kelly generates ideas (13:39) Tool for thoughts (20:43) Rapid prototyping (23:49) Why innovations come from startups not corporates (27:16) A Thousand True Fans (31:13) Infinite Games (39:46) You...
How To Start A Neo Bank and Smash The Glass Vault Feat. Emma Sánchez Andrade Smith, Founder of Jefa
December 01, 2021 00:05 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBWonder how to start a new bank? How to tackle the world's biggest problems? Serial entrepreneur, former Bridgewater employee and the founder of Jefa, Emma Sánchez Andrade Smith (@emmyagsmith) joins us to share her story into entrepreneurship. How she solves problems from principles thinking and how she went about building Jefa. What is the go to market strategy, how to talk to users and how to build a business in an emerging market. We also explore the financial inequalities between men and...
#9 Viorica Vanica and Ionut Mistreanu (MyFocusSpace) - How To Build A Remote Co-working Product in Three Months
July 17, 2021 23:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MB* Want to be featured in a future episode? Email: [email protected] * Are you currently a maker or creator looking to find, live and work with likeminded individuals interested in levelling up their projects? Join Maker's House https://makershouse.xyz/ --------- Timestamp: * (1:18) How it started * (3:07) Product validation * (6:52) Getting initial users * (8:57) Scoping out an MVP * (12:00) Prioritising features * (15:37) Keeping the team all aligned remotely without ove...
#8 with Janessa White (Simply Eloped) - How To Build A Marketplace Business From Scratch
June 27, 2021 20:35 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB* Want to be featured in a future episode? Email: [email protected] * Are you currently a maker or creator looking to find, live and work with likeminded individuals interested in levelling up their projects? Join Maker's House https://makershouse.xyz/ --------- Timestamp: * (4:41) Dating your co-founder * (7:19) What Janessa knows about marketplaces that she overlooked in her first year * (10:06) The Costco Business Model * (11:22) When to bring Tech into the business * (...
#7 with Nazra Noushad - On How To Accelerate Personal Learning & Build A Vibrant Community
June 17, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB* Want to be featured in a future episode? Email: [email protected] * Are you currently looking to find, live and work with likeminded individuals interested in building a startup with tremendous impact? Join Maker's House https://makershouse.xyz/ --------- Timestamp: * (5:36) In a high paced environment, how would you go about thinking about how to grow and learn as quickly as possible? * (8:04) How to find people to help you * (14:06) Strategy for reaching out to people * (...
Building A D2C Product From Scratch with Caleb Ulffers from Haven Athlethic
May 28, 2021 23:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBWonder how to start your own D2C Product and Brand? Caleb Ulffers (@calebulf) shares with Daniel Jiang (@ikigaibydesign) about how he started Haven Athlethic. Coming from a marketing background and solving a problem he had himself after a gym mishap, Caleb went and built a product that he would enjoy. Listen in as Caleb shares his experiences on how he learned how to build and sell a product from scratch. His lessons would be very valuable to anyone hoping to start their own D2C company. --...
Innovating in fintech without millions in VC - Hamilton Keats
April 26, 2021 16:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBWe discuss: Why he made a kids book on amazon as a fintech founder His takeaways from being ousted from his first business Innovating in the fintech space The problems with consumer behaviour His biggest piece of advice to young people on wealth creation
Turning your art into a side hustle - Ennis Chung
April 11, 2021 17:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBWe cover: What is a process artist / brand architect - 0:43 Value of museums - 8:45 What’s in her own museum - 12:35 How the foot fetish documentary started - 14:20 Need for structure - 15:45 Translating your personal brand into a business - 20:54 Challenges of making a foot fetish comedy musical documentary - 27:37 Top tip for people exploring their personal brand - 45:17 Fast Five - 46:20 Connect with Ennis Chung: @ennischung To get a deeper look into the general principles i...
Catching trends early and the future of media - Marie Dollé, In Bed With Social
March 21, 2021 20:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBIn this episode, we cover - Why newsletters are more powerful than other types of media - 1:15 - How to get insights from global newsletters - 9:51 - Trends in Media in the next few years - 13:22 - Broader trends in the consumer space - 28:07 - How to build a powerful curation pipeline to get the information you need - 40:43 - Creators to follow - 48:35 Connect with Marie Dollé Substack: https://maried.substack.com/ Twitter: @MarieDOLLE Relevant resources: @EytanMessika @sariazout @r...
Building in Public and Learning from Failures - Marie Martens & Filip Minev, Tally.so
March 14, 2021 00:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBWhat do you do when a business that you are working on and building is growing but then effectively grounding to a halt due to the COVID-19 Pandemic? Belgium-based duo, Marie Martens and Filip Minev made a pivot into a problem that they faced themselves, a more customisable yet simple alternative to existing form builder solutions. Marie, a marketer, Filip, a software engineer, began prototyping and building in an IndieHacker fashion. This episode covers their stories and how they have t...
Bart Decrem from Mozilla - Entrepreneur Lessons: Surround Yourself With Positive People
February 21, 2021 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBThis episode we chat with Bart Decrem, one of the leaders of Mozilla's Fix The Internet Initiative. Having previously founded Tapulous (one of the first viral iOS game hits with TapTapRevolution) and another 25 #1 iPhone app hits - Bart's a serial entrepreneur. With his involvement in Disney's mobile games division as SVP and in launching FireFox 1.0, we explore what it's like for Bart from leaving Belgium for Stanford, being in the middle of the Silicon Valley hype excitement, how to be an e...