Net Workers
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Net Workers is for anyone with an Entrepreneurial streak.. How to start and make the jump, mental models, tips and tricks - from those that have been there and done that, as well as plenty we're brainstorming on-the-fly. If you enjoy talking/thinking/starting new businesses this is the podcast for you.
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Daily Dose Ep 23 - Tesla Credits, Quibi Shutting Down, One Hour SaaS
October 30, 2020 13:32 - 36 minutes - 15.7 MBJames & Marcelo discuss Tesla's business model of selling Carbon Offset Credits to their competitors, mega-startup streaming service Quibi shutting down, and a great follow-along YouTube and Twitter account called 'One Hour SaaS'. Tesla Cheating? https://twitter.com/iamtomnash/status/1321456281438375937 Quibi Shutting Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvEFtRra1A8 https://www.wsj.com/articles/quibi-weighs-shutting-down-as-problems-mount-11603301946 One Hour SaaS: https://twitter...
Daily Dose Ep22 - iPhone 12, 5G, and Business Ideas for 2021
October 15, 2020 14:08 - 25 minutes - 11.9 MBJames and Marcelo discuss: Apple’s new iPhone 12 What does 5G bring to the table, and is it worth buying? Which businesses could you start in 2021? Paid communities Micro marketplaces Disaggregation/unbundling - reddit, linkedin, etsy, ebay, etc.. Micro SaaS Digital products Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
Daily Dose Ep 21 - Failing Forward, Bootstrapping vs Raising Money, & Tips for Angel & Seed Funding
October 12, 2020 07:26 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBJames and Marcelo discuss why 'failing' and making mistakes is the fastest route to growth in your business, how your personal situation and your business model affects whether you should grow your business through revenue or if you should seek outside funding, and go through a number of tips and suggestions for the startup fundraising process. "Don't minimize mistakes. Minimize repeat mistakes. Fail in new ways and learn." - Lex Fridman - https://twitter.com/lexfridman/status/1313168212...
Daily Dose Ep 20 - Peloton & Fund-Raising, How to Have a Good Meeting, Pricing Strategies
October 02, 2020 08:57 - 32 minutes - 15.4 MBJames and Marcelo discuss Peloton and the amount of effort that went into raising their initial angel financing, the factors to pay attention to in order to have a good productive meeting, and tactics and strategies for pricing your product to match the value it provides to your customers. Peloton and the grit and determination needed to raise initial seed/angel funding: - https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak/status/1311504505985544193 How to improve the quality of your meetings: - https:...
Daily Dose Ep19 - Solve Problems, OKRs and How to Motivate Employees
September 28, 2020 08:49 - 29 minutes - 13.8 MBJames and Marcelo discuss solving problems by flipping them on their head, aligning employee metrics and goals to company goals through the use of frameworks like Google's OKR (Objectives and Key Results), and how to incentivise employees to want what the company wants too. Business is so much easier when you invert: “Problems frequently get easier if you turn them around in reverse. In other words, if you want to help India, the question you should ask is not ‘how can I help India,’ it...
Daily Dose Ep18 - Win the Day, Build Systems and a Saleable Business
September 17, 2020 18:43 - 28 minutes - 13.4 MBJames & Marcelo discuss overwhelm and strategies for overcoming the paralysis of too many tasks, the benefits of having a systems mindset when you are an entrepreneur, and build your business as if you were going to sell it tomorrow. Stop trying to win the year - focus on the day: https://twitter.com/patrickbetdavid/status/1305909818058829825 Stop trying to win the year. Focus on the day. Having a 'systems mindset' https://twitter.com/nateliason/status/1306338772456529920 One comm...
Daily Dose Ep17 - Short Term vs Long Term Sales Tactics, Sometimes You Don't Need to Invent Something Totally New, Tiktok & ARM Sales
September 15, 2020 14:56 - 30 minutes - 14.3 MBJames & Marcelo discuss tactics for getting your first few customers and how long you can continue doing things which don't scale. Next, the benefit of not reinventing the wheel when it comes to business models. Finally the links between the sales of TikTok and ARM Holdings. Short Term vs Long Term Sales Tactics: Getting customers, short term vs long term tactics Short: handling every support call, visiting in person, personal follow-up, mining personal connections Long: cold calling,...
Daily Dose Ep16 - Shopify vs Wordpress WooCommerce, A Good Enough Product, Long Term Stock Exchange
September 10, 2020 13:46 - 34 minutes - 16.6 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo taking on e-commerce, product design and the LTSE. Setting up an eCommerce site with Shopify or WooCommerce The 80/20 of Launching a Product or Feature: https://twitter.com/Suhail/status/1303845022337363968 A big part of being a great engineer is the difference between "Ok, it works & I am done!" and "it works, I fixed the most common edge cases, I'm aware of more UX issues but lets put 'em in the backlog for now, lets ship—i know there's more w...
Daily Dose Ep15 - Elon Musk Micromanaging, 4 Types of Entrepreneurs, Raising a Family and a Business
September 08, 2020 11:21 - 32 minutes - 15.5 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo discussing micromanagement, 4 types of entrepreneurs, and the "paradox" of raising a family and a business at the same time. Elon Musk the Micromanager: https://twitter.com/theSamParr/status/1301994223101775873 4 kinds of Entrepreneurs: https://twitter.com/awilkinson/status/1302334434021052416 Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBh...
Daily Dose Ep14 - Apple is Bigger Than FTSE100, Messi's Economics & Working Hard vs Working Smart
September 03, 2020 18:52 - 51 minutes - 23.4 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo discussing business as usual, with some extended thoughts for entrepreneurs on Why Apple is worth more than the entire FTSE100 which leads to ask why Europe/UK doesn't have big tech, then Jumping into the sports franchise business model and the economics behind Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona, Wrapping up with some practical advice on working hard vs working smart. Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.f...
Daily Dose Ep13 - Avoid Lessons from Unicorns when you are Small, NDA's and Elon Musk's Neuralink
September 01, 2020 13:08 - 33 minutes - 16 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo taking on business as usual, with some practical advice for early stage entrepreneurs especially at the idea stage, and they also comment on Neuralink's recent livestream with successful brain implants in pigs. Jack Butcher on Twitter: "Observation: Most people insist on applying lessons from literal trillion dollar companies to trying to make a few hundred thousand bucks on the internet. What's true for them is not true for you." https://twitter.co...
Daily Dose Ep12 - Lean Startup Models & Customer Development
August 25, 2020 12:07 - 30 minutes - 14.4 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo discussing different approaches to business, product and customer development, with several recommendations about the lean start-up approach. Tool Thinking vs Problem Thinking https://twitter.com/Harris_Bryan/status/1296782480746438656 "Two ways to think of your business: 1. Tool Thinking 2. Problem Thinking Tool Thinking is dangerous and backwards. Short term. Doesn't endure. Ex: “I want to start a paid newsletter” James Clear 5-step process...
Daily Dose Ep11 - Apple $2 Trillion, Amazon Kuiper, Replicate Business Models In Other Markets
August 20, 2020 14:09 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo talking about Apple's impressive $2 trillion valuation, the new Amazon's Kuiper satellite constellation ambitions and some business models that are more down-to-earth. Apple $2 Trillion market cap Quantitative Easing - printing money Luxury at commodity scale Market capitalisation $190B in 2010 Amazon Kuiper https://www.inverse.com/innovation/amazon-kuiper Amazon committed to spend $10 Billion Federal Communications Commission license 3,23...
Daily Dose Ep10 - Moving out of Cities, Fortnite v Apple, Is the Customer Always Right?
August 18, 2020 12:07 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo covering a wide range of topics beyond business, but tapping into the trend of people leaving cities, the battle between Epic Games (Fortnite) and Apple, and how to choose to build new features for your product. Will cities survive the crisis? SF and NY ‘seem’ to be hollowing out People escaping crowds Remote work - co’s going permanent remote Young people + meeting people? Fortnite: Apple ban sparks court action from Epic Games https://www...
Daily Dose Ep9 - Specific Use-Cases, Validating, Ripple Crypto Reset
August 13, 2020 15:28 - 33 minutes - 15.7 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo diving deeper into classic entrepreneurial issues such as build a specific solution and then go general, validating before building, and our view on the current state of crypto: things built general from start tend to fail, those that land and expand are more likely to succeed https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1289379421015511040 building is learning, but so is validating before building. Do both for maximum effect. Learn twice. https://twitter.com/...
Daily Dose Ep8 - Selectively Ignorant, Start a Services Business, How to Choose Your Brand Name
August 11, 2020 12:19 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo diving deeper into classic entrepreneurial issues such as prioritisation, starting a business and creating a brand. James Clear on Twitter: "Be “selectively ignorant.” https://twitter.com/JamesClear/status/1265836919902154752 Jay Vasantharajah on Twitter: "A hill I'm willing to die on: If you're starting your first business and have ~$0, you should start a service business. https://twitter.com/jayvasdigital/status/1291721228051451906 Few customer...
Daily Dose Ep7 - TikTok, Netflix Series for Entrepreneurs, Painful Software
August 06, 2020 16:38 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo discussing about the copy cat product that Instagram is launching for TikTok, how to spend your quarantine time watching Netflix series for entrepreneurs, and how to deal with inefficient software. Instagram Reels is a copy of TikTok Not the first time IG has done this eg Stories vs Snapchat Snapchat itself was accused of being a clone of the Shots app https://twitter.com/amlewis4/status/1291049231080464384 https://twitter.com/shreya_sud/stat...
Daily Dose Ep6 - Solo-founders, Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made? How to generate Startup Ideas
August 04, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 11.1 MBWelcome to the Daily Dose podcast - the podcast where we pick out things from the news and social media that’s interesting to us as Entrepreneurs, and business nerds. This episode features James and Marcelo discussing: Loneliness as a solo-founder: https://twitter.com/schlaf/status/1287501089454149634 Are Entrepreneurs born or made? How to generate start-up ideas: https://twitter.com/gregisenberg/status/1290064372505563138 Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ F...
Daily Dose Ep5 - Build Your Own Media & Big Tech Monopolies
August 01, 2020 16:00 - 23 minutes - 10.2 MBWelcome to the Daily Dose podcast - the podcast where we pick out things from the news and social media that’s interesting to us as Entrepreneurs, and business nerds. This episode features James and Marcelo discussing: taking advantage of the current low media rates to build your own audience and media - email lists, podcast subscribers and the like: https://twitter.com/Jaffer22915438/status/1288082144246595584 antitrust hearings with Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft - should they/w...
Daily Dose Ep4 - Successful Entrepreneurs' Traits & Keeping Momentum
July 30, 2020 16:00 - 19 minutes - 8.26 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo covering: the traits of successful entrepreneurs and how to maintain your momentum: https://twitter.com/Julian/status/1285960405160869888 https://twitter.com/Suhail/status/1285820258247303170 they also discuss how to deal with uncertainty and a bunch of other interesting nuances of personal development as an entrepreneur. Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN
Daily Dose Ep3 - Business Models, Priorities, E-commerce Suppliers
July 28, 2020 16:00 - 26 minutes - 11.3 MBIn this episode we cover: the pros and cons of different business models: https://twitter.com/SamShepler/status/1287000513242947585 the inverted order of priorities that usually shakes up businesses: https://twitter.com/Jaffer22915438/status/1286998220523151361 and the importance of building strong relationships with your e-commerce suppliers: https://twitter.com/jayvasdigital/status/1286675858426671115 Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.f...
Daily Dose Ep2 - A CEO's job, Product vs Distribution Dilemma, Restaurant Transformation
July 21, 2020 16:00 - 34 minutes - 14.7 MBToday we discuss from Twitter: - A CEO's first job is to get the company capitalized. A CEO's second job is to recruit a team. A CEO's third job is to provide them with clarity so they can solve their customers' problems. A CEO's fourth job is to get out of the way until one of the above is no longer true: https://twitter.com/shl/status/1283778788317229056 - Northern Hemisphere restaurants have 90 days to develop a delivery business - outdoor anything will crater come October: https://tw...
Daily Dose Ep1 - Harvard Online Tuition Fees & GPT-3 AI
July 15, 2020 16:00 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBThis episode features James and Marcelo taking on: $50k fees announced for Harvard online tuition during the COVID 19 pandemic - is it worth the money? plus GPT-3 - an AI language model that can do magical things, including writing articles, working programming code, and much more - how will this impact the future? Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN Mentioned in this episode: Tweet showing GPT-3 creating code: htt...