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AI and digital expert Suchi Srinivasan and fintech practice leader Kamila Rakhimova from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) talk to the women at the vanguard of business, digital, and technology. They’re digging into how these powerhouse leaders got where they are—everything from the joy of projects gone right to the realities of family responsibilities. And crucially, asking: what was that moment you knew you weren't merely getting there...you had arrived? That's when you know you're in your element.
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Welcome to the Kurty D Show, where stories inspire and wisdom flows. I’m your host, Kurt Daradics. I’m sharing real stories, with real people, and real wisdom from the business world and beyond. Get moved with honesty, laughter, and wisdom as we unpack how to live a rewarding life. So tune in and let’s learn out loud, together! Join us on this journey, spread the word, and subscribe today!
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Welcome to the Kurty D Show, where stories inspire and wisdom flows. I’m your host, Kurt Daradics. I’m sharing real stories, with real people, and real wisdom from the business world and beyond. Get moved with honesty, laughter, and wisdom as we unpack how to live a rewarding life. So tune in and let’s learn out loud, together! Join us on this journey, spread the word, and subscribe today!
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×1 064 - Mr. Orange County with Carey Ransom 1:08:29
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1:08:29Episode Highlights: LinkedIn Networking Insights from Carey Ransom The Value of Loose Ties The Challenges in Community Banking Blockchain's Potential in Ownership and Payments Evolving Business Models and Founder Support Carey Ransom’s Insights on Leadership and Roles The Venture Studio Approach Orange County's Unique Business Landscape Tweetable Quotes: “I think Orange County has a tremendous number of really talented, ambitious people that are spending most of their time doing and building.” - Carey “Distribution of success is not going to happen equally. And that's ok. That's just the way the world is.” - Carey “I have strongly believed for a long time that it's difficult to be the leader of a lot of different things at the same time.”- Carey “A lot of the success that you have in business is timing and in some cases…luck.” - Carey “And if you want to attract the next generation of talent to your bank, you need to adopt systems that make them feel like they're doing the work that they want to do with the support systems to help them do that great.” - Carey “Whoever owns the lane owns the communication.” - Kurt “Complexity is finding the order that's hidden beneath.” - Kurt Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Carey Ransom Brett Brewer Eric Sprink Kevin Kelly Kyle Kamrooz Scott Fox BankTech Ventures Bonus Homes Coastal Community Bank Fifth Wall Hunt Club Octane OC Fellows UCLA…
1 063 - Brewed to Perfection with Brett Brewer 1:22:40
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1:22:40Episode Highlights: How Did Brett Brewer's Early Real Estate Ventures Shape His Entrepreneurial Journey The difficulty of raising pre-seed financing, the role of accelerators and incubators, and the process of raising $300,000 for the business. The impact of the dotcom crash on e-commerce businesses and the shift to casual game development. The launch of Myspace, and the initial user engagement strategy. Brett's role in scaling Ad Knowledge, its rapid growth, and eventual sale to TPG and other private equity firms. The founding of CrossCut Ventures, and the evolution of its investment focus. The challenges of recruiting talent to LA, the evolution of the LA tech ecosystem, and CrossCut's role in connecting and supporting the community. The difficulties and challenges faced by venture capitalists. The significance of technology in education and the need to bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots in accessing educational resources. Brett Brewer's investment philosophy and insights into private versus public markets, influenced by Annie Duke's book "Thinking in Bets.” Tweetable Quotes: “Be the straw that serves to drink.” — Kurt “So that starts to become a self-fulfilling prophecy when you have that many smart people controlling that much capital living in the actual market.” —Brett “Understanding the best use of your time and how to be productive is a real challenge and ends up being the downfall of some VCs.” —Brett “Politics and infighting is the death of a startup.”—Brett “If you're gonna have an environment where people don't trust each other- where they can't give each other candid feedback, they will fail.”—Brett “And I think there's something really magical about being honest.—”Kurt “Culture isn't just values, it's the actual way ideas get put into practice. It's the behavior.”—Kurt “So it's more important than ever that as a society, we realize that we do have a moral imperative to invest in and believe in and educate all kids and give them a chance.” —Brett “Every individual and every company has a certain set of advantages. You have to take full advantage of them to greatly increase your chances of being successful.” —Brett “It's comforting when you realize there are just lots of things out of your control and the less time you spend worrying about them, the better off you'll be.”—Brett “You have to do something extraordinary and the only way you're gonna do something extraordinary is by actually doing some action.”—Brett Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Brett Brewer Crosscut Ventures Aber Whitcomb Adam Goldenberg Brian Garrett Josh Berman Peter Tomasulo Ross Levinsohn Scott Nolan Thomas Anderson Alliance Amazon EdVoice Fabletics Fedex Foundersfund IGN LAtech Microsoft MySpace News Corp NVIDIA Real World Asset Group SoftBank SpaceX Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America The Wall Street Journal TPG…
1 062 - Keep Calm with Amber Case 1:15:20
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1:15:20Episode Highlights: The evolution of technology The Importance of Understanding History in Law and Tech The Role of History in Technology and Design The concept of calm technology, its principles, and the need for historical context in product design. The importance of long-term tech design and changing the narrative on what's considered cool. Amber's journey in founding Geoloqi, the challenges faced, and the early development of location-based technology. The importance of understanding the history of technology and innovation, and its impact on product development. Geoloqi's mascot and privacy-first approach The significance of long-term thinking, learning from history, and the impact of small problems in business. Amber's personal journey, early experiences in entrepreneurship, and the impact of economic constraints on decision-making. Discussion on trusting oneself and persevering in the tech industry amidst challenges. Tweetable Quotes: “It's really hard to build something when everyday life doesn't look like the thing you're building yet.” - Amber “It's OK if it takes a while and it's OK if these things are informed by something in the past.” - Amber “Everybody should be able to make their own thing instead of just assuming that just one culture makes something.” - Amber “I think things are going so much faster and we seem to have linear time instead of slow time is that we keep thinking that we're moving forward and that we're modernizing in some way. But I think we're more like Victorian 2.0 times.” - Amber “But the more stuff we look at online, do we remember at the end of the day, what we actually looked at?” - Amber “Abstraction is actually causing us a lot of pain.” - Amber “Humans are social creatures and we’re always comparing status.” - Kurt “Hospitality does not necessarily feel like what a shiny ad for technology looks like.” - Amber “Every company and every start-up, everything is hard or it can be really fun.” - Amber “People overestimate what can be done in a year or two, but they radically underestimate what can get done in five or 10.”- Kurt “A lot of people don't live their lives with enough slack to handle the turbulence when it comes up, they're, they're on the margin because they don't leave any moment unpacked and it's not really a huge risk..” - Amber Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Amber Case Case Organic Calm Tech Institute Jeff Bezos Paul Ollinger Robin Jones Roger McNamee Scott Morehouse Vanessa Camones Ableton Esri Geoloqi Seventh Generation Teenage Engineering University of Oregon Zappos…
Episode Highlights: Paul Ollinger's transition from an executive at Facebook to pursuing stand-up comedy. Discuss the focus of Paul Ollinger's podcast, "Crazy Money," and its exploration of living a fulfilling life beyond financial pursuits. How comedy has shaped Paul Ollinger's communication skills, emphasizing the importance of authenticity and handling unexpected situations on stage. Insights into the dynamics of the comedy industry, including the significance of connecting with fellow comedians and the audience. The gift of comedy is pursuing personal truths and presenting a unique perspective on the world. Paul Ollinger's reflections on enoughness, living without regret, and managing passion like a business. Tweetable Quotes: “I think the gift of comedy is the pursuit of truth.” - Paul Ollinger “I don't think being an authentic person means saying every single thing that's on your mind.”- Paul Ollinger “Rich isn't about how much money you have. It's the ratio between your resources and your needs.” - Paul Ollinger “We're never going to stop wanting unless we control our desires. That takes a lot of awareness and a lot of self-control and a lot of reminding yourself of enoughness.”- Paul “Self-actualization is something to be pursued not to be achieved.”- Paul Ollinger “The richest people we know of in our society are people who aren't thinking about the money because they would have sold out decades ago.”- Paul Ollinger “The desire to have money makes us do crazy things, and money doesn't solve our problems the way we think it will before we have it.” - Paul Ollinger “There are tricks, there are shortcuts, there are things that you know what to do when something happens in the room. There are ways to react to that: you learn after repetition and by watching other people.” - Paul Ollinger “Not every battle’s worth fighting.”- Paul Ollinger “Living your dream doesn’t always mean perfect.” - Paul Ollinger “It’s not a value unless it costs you something.” - Kurty D. “I think time has a wonderful way of redeeming things.”- Kurty D. “If you want something, you have to sort of. Be willing to give it away or say no or do the opposite. If you want love, you have to give love. If you want money, you gotta give money.”- Kurty D. Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Paul Ollinger Aaron Ross Dave Atell Emo Philips Facebook Jack Dangermond Judy Carter Kim Scott Matt Rife Nicole Aimée Schreiber Vince Thompson BBDO Esri Improv Lime Tuck School of Business Yahoo…
Episode Highlights: Small is Better: How small, autonomous teams can spearhead targeted missions. The Paradox of Failure and Success Breaking the Fear of Failure: A New Mindset for Organizations How to be adaptable and nimble in taking risks The need to change mindsets within organizations Taking risks in many different places in the organization Tweetable Quotes: “Time is linear. Knowledge is exponential. And a book is a great way to memorialize that knowledge and make it accessible.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “Vulnerability is such a powerful medicine.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “Failure is a necessary ingredient for success.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “I think the nest real value in cross-functional is that you have unbounded thinking, and it encourages first principle reasoning too. ” — Brady Brim-DeForest “The closer you are to the higher density information, the more efficient your decision will be.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “Large organizations tend to concentrate on resources, human resources, and capital, but they are also the breeding ground for innovation.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “Autonomy doesn’t just mean at the edge; it is a way of efficiency and decision making.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “None of us can accurately predict the outcomes of any hypotheses we’re testing. So, the only way to proceed is to take the risk.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “Risk comes along with failure.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “Increasing the speed at which you fail is the critical path and requirement to succeed.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “We see failure as a negative thing and must change our mindset and the organization we work to embrace failure. ” — Brady Brim-DeForest “You will never reach the upside if you don’t stumble along the way.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “Waste is the byproduct of experimentation.” — Brady Brim-DeForest “People have the freedom to fail because that’s where sort of improvisation in the ensemble happens.” — Kurt Daradics “We all could be looking at the exact same information and come to totally different conclusions, but that only happens if we are looking at the same set of data.” — Brady Brim-DeForest Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Brady Brim-DeForest Website Smaller is Better Book Website Aaron Ross Duke Stump Jack Dangermond Katie Decker Ken Burns Myles Sutherland Talia Jacqueline Esri Formulamonk Lime…
Episode Highlights: The smile box analogy and the Fluxus art movement Self-actualization and enlightenment The dysfunctional nature of living in the past and the need to focus on the present. Exploration of the common presence of trauma in high performers and how it can drive their actions. The impact of taking things personally and the importance of humility in relationships and communication. The correlation between personal work, culture, and business growth. The influence of neuro-linguistic programming and the learning process through mentorship and practical application. Tweetable Quotes: “Having a golden handcuff is really challenging, and I think it's it's not a value unless it costs you something.” — Kurt “Values are meaningless in words; it's lived out.” — Kurt “Everything that we do in business is all relationships, and we all know that.” — Talia “There's so much psychology behind how relationships are built, how the report is built and broken and what you contribute to that based on what your own experiences are in life.” — Talia “For as long as you're growing, you need a coach.”— Talia “Every word has its own connotation and energy.”— Talia “When we go through things in life, we really have two choices: we can numb, or we can kneel, and a lot of us as a society were so accustomed to numbing.”— Talia “A lot of those high performers are using the fuel of their past and the pain itself to drive, and sometimes they get so afraid of letting that go cause it's their fuel for so long.”— Talia Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Talia Jacqueline Talia Jacqueline Visceral Brain Koppelman Christopher Daradics Derrick B. Grüner Gabor Mate Justin Mitchell Michael Nitti Stacey McKinnon Staci Gray Tony Robbins Morton Wealth Organize to Scale Real World Asset…
1 058 - Build Your Bulletproof Life with Ben Sullins 1:08:46
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1:08:46Episode Highlights: Background and experience in data science, content creation, and storytelling Applying storytelling principles to content creation Challenges of pivoting content focus on YouTube Importance of storytelling in content creation Application of data science in careers Experiences in corporate America and improving presentation skills Transitioning to own YouTube channel to focus on data science Maintaining creativity on YouTube Creating online courses Insights and experiences in the field of data science and content creation Tweetable Quotes: Life is all about depth, and that's where the joy comes from. So, whenever I do anything, I try to go to the depths of it. - Ben Sullins I really like startups; they're so fun because you can really get stuff done and make a difference. - Ben Sullins “The bigger the company is, the less fun it is.” — Ben “Knowing the difference between an absolute difference and a relative difference can really make a big difference in how you understand what message that's coming across.”— Ben YouTube is a very interesting place. It's such an amazing thing for people to share what they know, to entertain and educate. For me, it's just an ever-evolving journey. - Ben Sullins See, feel, change. When we see something, it creates an emotion that gives us some conviction to go and make a choice. That's really the insight and the power of data visualization. - Kurt Daradics Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Ben Sullins Ben Sullins YT Free the Data Academy Elon Musk Jack Dangermond Nancy Duarte Naval Ravikant Quentin Tarantino Satya Nadella Adobe Premiere AngelList Atrix Bard ChatGPT Descript ElevenLabs Energy Sage Esri Figma Hollywood Bowl Microsoft Microsoft Copilot Mozilla NFL Pluralsight Power bi Python SquadCast Tableau Tesla…
Episode Highlights: Insights into the Broken Marketing Ecosystem and the genesis of Hawke Media Publishing of Erik's book, "The Hawke Method." Brand building and energy management Shared roots in Ventura County and experiences growing up Significance of the “Red Hawk” with the brand and emotional aspect of marketing Importance of managing energy and balancing business responsibilities with personal pursuits Impact of AI on the future of work and the economy Challenges of entrepreneurship and the importance of maintaining mental and physical health Tweetable Quotes: “I'm a firm believer that the brand is what you make of it.” — Erik Huberman “People use logic to justify emotions, but we're emotional creatures.” — Erik Huberman “I think the logo needs to be a symbol that people can rally around. But the symbol needs to be meant more internally than externally.” — Erik Huberman “Businesses fail for two reasons only; one: they get underwater on debt or capital and they can't get above water and two: the leaders give up.” — Erik Huberman “The consistency of what you do is what becomes your brand.” — Erik Huberman “When you’re part of an early company that turns into a powerhouse, that’s really rewarding.” — Erik Huberman “If you want to keep something long-term and sustainable, fight for that!” — Erik Huberman “If you're gonna jump into something, you should have some proprietary knowledge or some connections to build a business.” — Erik Huberman “It is really easy to find the energy when you feel like your time is gaining momentum and you're on the upswing and everything is going well — that energy comes easily.” — Erik Huberman Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Erik Huberman Hawke Media Alex Jacobson Andrew Stewart Leahy Christian Garrett Clark Landry David Connors Duke Stump Janine O'Neill Julian Steinberg Paige Craig Robert Leshner Simon Sinek Tony Delmercado 137 Ventures a16Z Barstool Sports Fly kitt Getty Museums Hunt Club Lime Lululemon Martech Nike Oak Grove School Sequoia Capital…
1 056 - Fresh AI with Doug Campbell 1:17:25
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1:17:25Episode Highlights: Kurt and Doug reminisce about the Mindshare LA event and its impact on their lives and careers. Doug shares his experience and background, from his education in the UK to his diverse experiences and travels across the US Doug’s exploration of generative AI for nonfiction writing, detailing the creative process and the successful launch of his book The impact of AI on creativity and the empowerment of individuals to be more creative. The process and challenges in creating the Rube Goldberg machine, including the team effort and the number of takes. Doug’s transition from personal adventures to consulting on incorporating AI into business workflows. The importance of leveraging technology to improve efficiency and creativity, and Doug's approach to helping others achieve this. The benefits of leveraging technology to streamline tasks and reduce stress in day-to-day operations. The societal impact of the money game and the challenges associated with consumerism and debt. Tweetable Quotes: “AI revolution is not just about automation or replacing humans. It's a wonderful chance for people to become even more creative.” — Douglas Campbell “While there is a lot of upset and talk about how AI is ruining industries, a lot of people are actually spending time focusing on how to use this as a new tool.” — Douglas Campbell “If you wanna see what addiction looks like, you can see it in the eyes of the 10-year-old who hasn't gotten their full-screen time today.” — Douglas Campbell “If really your joy is painting, figure out a way to work with the AI so that you can live a life as a painter.” — Douglas Campbell AIs are giving us more spaciousness to play and to be creative.” — Douglas Campbell "To first step to get started with AI is mindfulness; the first step is looking at your flows." — Douglas Campbell “The reality is every day, terrible things are happening with human drivers.” — Douglas Campbell “No matter how many people said” that was amazing”, you're not gonna fill that hole until you actually figure out how to make yourself feel whole from within.” — Douglas Campbell “I feel like people are saying to me, “you're so valuable”, and I'm feeling it more than I ever had in the past.” — Douglas Campbell “AI is a quantum leap. It’s a sea change.” — Kurty D. “Money is one easy way to measure value.” — Kurty D. “I think the thing that's wild about the human experience is that we're not truth-seeking creatures, we're social creatures.” — Kurty D. “People are getting in debt buying things they don’t need to impress people they don’t know.” — Kurty D. Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Douglas Campbell The Intelligents AI Podcast ProjectFresh Andrew Huberman Brent Bushnell Christopher Daradics Efren Toscano Eric Gradman Jim Young Nolan Bushnell Tim Ferris Aehr AMD Bard Chuck E. Cheese ElevenLabs Esri Harrow IO Fund Marvell Technology Micron Technology Mindshare NVIDIA OK Go Real World Asset Group RISD Skirball Cultural Center Super Micro Computer Task Us TechZulu Two Bit Circus UCLA…
1 055 - Cultural Enrichment with Christopher Daradics 1:13:09
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1:13:09Key Takeaways: Christopher’s journey and experiences around the world Fulbright grants and Christopher’s participation in the organization The concept of cultural production and definition of art Cultural Production and Language Learning Soft Power vs. Hard Power Descartes and Computational Theory of Mind Extended Mind and Ecological Validity The dawn of AI Art and Philosophy Fluxus and its influence on art, its disruption of traditional art forms and relationships. Embracing Complexity Tweetable Quotes: “I think that God is something like the middle voice, and it's something like sunsets.”— Christopher “Cognition is not something that's constrained. This is, from the ecological perspective, from the extended theory of mind perspective, cognition is a distributed process.” - Christopher “The environment is too complex to control.” — Christopher “So, are we fundamentally irrational? I think that there are parts of us that are profoundly irrational and that the rational parts of us have an incredibly difficult time wrapping our rational minds around. But I think that we're also rational.” — Christopher “My personal belief is that Descartes was not as dualistic and sort of Cartesian as history has painted him to be.” — Christopher “The hardest part about taking a very long trip around the world is leaving; the hardest part is just clearing your calendar enough to get away.” — Christopher “Complexity is simple rules playing out at scale. The simplicity and the fullness, and that it's really beautiful to embrace complexity.” - Christopher "To engineer something is hard power. Soft power is like cultural influence."— Christopher “Mind is not present in the object; it is only present in the subject.” — Christopher “Games are an amazing site for practicing, for using language. And then there's fan fiction and all of this stuff. So here's where we're starting to get into this sort of territory of cultural production.” – Christopher “So the world is getting more complex, it's getting more dynamic, and the questions emerging are like… It's incredibly non-linear, life is non-linear, and the rightness and wrongness of things has a lot to do with cultural preference like we described before.” - Christopher “We have this incredible capacity to process information, and we do it in ways that we absolutely cannot understand.” — Christopher Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Christopher Daradics Andrew Huberman Dan Siegel Descartes Duke Stump Jack Dangermond Jane Bennett John Cage John Lennon Julie Sykes Yoko Ono Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) Esri Institute of International Education Pocket Guide to Revolution St. John's College University of Oregon…
Key Takeaways: Dave's experience in the legal industry and working with startups Aligning Interests and Creating Incentives: A Key to Success in Business Turning Challenges into Opportunities: A Zen Master's Perspective The Power of Giving: How Givers Outperform Takers and Matchers The Importance of Health and Personal Growth Tweetable Quotes: At some level, you just have to realize that everything is a business decision, and that includes taking risks. — David Young The better lawyers are the ones who are using their judgment to help their clients. — David Young Life is 10% what happens and 90% how you handle it. — David Young Often times people push to close for no specific reason, because they know that time kills all deals. — David Young If you’re going to give the point and you think it’s reasonable, just give it. Some lawyers enjoy the arguing—that's just how some lawyers are wired. — David Young When negative things happen, try to turn it into a positive.— David Young Life is hard. So we have to choose our hard wisely. — Kurt Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn David Young Adam Grant Andreessen Horowitz Jason Nazar Jim Jonassen Rachel Horning A16Z Cooley LLP Lime Real World Asset Group Siemens…
1 053 - Widen The Lens with Kris Krug 1:03:28
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1:03:28Key Takeaways: The benefits of putting your work online as a photographer or someone in the creative industry. How everyone is uniquely beautiful in their own way from a photographer’s perspective. How beauty inspires Kris Krug to step things up for himself. How adding the context of time to a photograph deepens its meaning. How AI is changing our response to beauty. Internet culture and how it has allowed people to be more expressive with their fashion. How Kris uses English and language to change the world around him. Why copying the same camera systems that your friends use and simply switching equipment is a good practice. The importance of getting your work online to accelerate growth as a photographer. Why it’s important to visit places like Discord and Flickr to see some interesting activity with not just photography, but all sorts of mediums. How AI has helped Kris speed up his editing process. Tweetable Quotes: “I make beautiful portraits of all sorts of people.” - Kris Krug “The more you put yourself out there, the more you give yourself away, the more value there is in your work and in your name, more people want you involved in their stuff.” – Kris Krug There's something about everybody that really speaks to me.” – Kris Krug “I often walk away from an encounter with beauty feeling inspired or called to a greater part of myself to step it up.” – Kris Krug “This idea of giving space in the context of time gives a better kind of a more of a wider perspective.” – Kris Krug “As we enter into this AI age, I wonder what our response to beauty is going to change because these computers can make perfection all day long.” – Kris Krug “The ways that people express themselves through fashion is more interesting than ever. And I think that a lot of it comes directly from internet culture in some ways.” – Kris Krug “I've always tried to use my relationship with language and English to kind of like change the world around me.” – Kris Krug “If you want to accelerate your growth as a photographer, get out there and make stuff. Get it online, read the comments, and incorporate it into your work.” – Kris Krug “The most interesting things on the internet are happening under the surface.” – Kris Krug Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Kris Krüg Kris Krüg Andrew Warner Asa Mathat Barack Obama Bill Clinton Brian Eno Duke Stump Frank Gruber Ian Rogers Jack Dangermond Malibu Babie Matt Wolfe Mikhail Gorbachev Paige Craig Rick Rubin Robert Scoble Shaquille O'neal Stewart Butterfield Zane Lowe Zsofin Sheehy Apple Music Canon ChatGPT CitySourced Creative Commons Discord Esri Flickr Internation Space Station Javascript Kelly Slater Wave Co. Lincoln Group Microsoft Midjourney National Geographic Nickelodeon Nikon Nvidia Phyton Postmates Rolling Stone Supermicro Techcrunch TED Topspin Trinity Western University…
1 052 - Hello Realworld! with Justin Mitchell 1:02:05
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1:02:05Key Takeaways: Unpacking the Journey: Real Estate, Tech, and Finance The Perfect Office and Unexpected Connections Unforgettable Meeting and the Birth of a Business Uncovering the Truth: A Risk Manager's Journey Through the Financial Crisis Building a Community and Embracing the Power of Giving The Power of Giving: How the Universe Rewards Selflessness The Impact of Macro Trends on Risk Management in Real Estate The Ultimate Music Fan: Dream Band and Venue Tweetable Quotes: “Trust, but verify.” – Justin Mitchell “People pay back, but properties don’t. When you focus on creditworthiness and the borrower, you, most of the time, stay out of the trouble.” – Justin Mitchell Sometimes, the best deal you’ll ever do is the one you didn’t do.– Justin Mitchell “One of the things that made me relevant in this business is that when you deal with the best in the business, they start to appreciate your opinion and your insight.” – Justin Mitchell “Saying no is probably the best trait I have where not everything will work out, and it's not meant for me. It doesn't mean that someone else won't do it for them.” – Justin Mitchell “When you start doing business with the best borrowers, their competitors want to know why they're doing business with you and what makes you special. That leads to referrals and inquiries from the best borrowers.” – Justin Mitchell “We know what it's like to be a borrower and the sensitivities and speed of execution. Most of all, creativity is everything, and there's a balance to that.” – Justin Mitchell “It's being creative, but also managing risk, whether that's with the asset that I'm lending on, or maybe I take additional collateral outside of that asset.” – Justin Mitchell “In the context of private credit, if you don't do any background or underwriting on the borrower, that can lead to problems quickly.” – Justin Mitchell Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Justin Mitchell Aaron Ross Andrew Smith Brian Standing Brook Fain Charles Schwab Elias Badin Gregor Watson Howard Marks Jeff Sarti Rob Bloemker Stacey McKinnon 1Sharpe Capital AFLAC Bank of America Blackstone CohnReznick Fidelity Genesis Capital Goldman Sachs Morton Wealth Oakland Capital Management Quanta Finance Realworld Asset Group…
1 051 - Somewhat Frank with Frank Gruber 1:41:08
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1:41:08Key Takeaways: Highlighting Frank Gruber’s career highlights From Blogging to Tech Ecosystem Development: A Journey of Innovation and Entrepreneurship The Evolution of Technology and the Importance of Business Model Innovation The Business Mechanism as a Path to Self-Actualization Investing in Next Gen: A Journey of Early Stage Funding and Partnerships Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Resilience Tweetable Quotes: “The people that can tell their story the best usually do the best.” - Frank Guber “A lot of times what I tell founders is just, pick one that you're best at rather than try to do everything because it's just exhausting trying to do all the different things.” - Frank Guber “If you can start early when you're not comfortable, it's better because once you get comfortable with all the things you're used to, it's harder to do it.” - Frank Guber “Some of the stuff that we had to do was to make those sacrifices so I can get done with school.” - Frank Guber “These people that are out there have that ability to be able to tell that story and convince people that this is the direction that we're going.” - Frank Guber “Everyone's got a social channel, there's so much noise, it's how do you get ahead of that now?” - Frank Guber “As an actual investor, you gotta make those relationships before you need them.” - Frank Guber “You just never give up - you learn and get stronger along the way.” - Frank Guber Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Frank Gruber Dan Mendez Dave Matthews Gary Vee Jack Johnson Jen Consalvo Jesse Torres Mike Arrington Steve Ressler AOL Atlantic Sea Farms AWS Capital One Chicago Tribune Greater Colorado Venture Capital Huffington Post Kauffman Foundation NASA Nextgen Venture Partners Purdue University TechCrunch Techstars Tech Cocktail TikTok Verizon WGN Wim Hof…
1 050 - Imagine a Day with Duke Stump 1:11:28
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1:11:28Key Takeaways: How mentorship is a two-way street where you teach someone and learn from them too. The impact that you can get by operating from principles vs. a playbook. The importance of letting yourself be uncomfortable. Why it’s essential to learn that what works in one culture will not automatically translate into success in a different culture? The requirements for greatness. Why you need to be self-aware and understanding of yourself. The power of language in life. Tweetable Quotes: “The goal is not to create magic. It's to create the conditions for magic to happen.” – Duke Stump “We all want greatness but we're not willing to have the courage to accept what it quite often takes to get there.” – Duke Stump “Self-awareness or self-understanding is the key ingredient in any journey.” – Duke Stump “Language has the ability to pierce through the barbed wire of life when it's done well.” – Duke Stump “Make yourself uncomfortable because it's one of the few times you know you're growing.” – Duke Stump “Life is about impermanence. It's this mercurial, ever-changing, ever-flowing thing like we don't have control on much other than maybe our chosen response to things.” – Duke Stump “Financials are not a predictor of success. They're a function of doing other things.” – Duke Stump “Rather than just focus on a number of financials every day, focus on other things that will deliver the numbers.” – Duke Stump “Freedom and aliveness for me is being in an environment where there's a real beautiful level of trust.” – Duke Stump “I think if we learn differently, we would invite so much more possibility.” – Duke Stump “My parents were high school teachers and they always said teaching is about mentoring and being mentored.” – Duke Stump “I didn't operate from a playbook, but I operated from a set of principles.” – Duke Stump “I'm proud of the fact that, once again it wasn't a playbook but it was a philosophy and a different approach around how to build something.” – Duke Stump “Because something works in one culture doesn't mean that playbook is transferable.” – Duke Stump “I'm just obsessed with the human condition that can create possibility versus stifle it.” – Duke Stump Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Duke Stump Chris Zimmerman Chris Daradics Ellen DeGeneres Gregg Hoffman Janine Benyus Jeffrey Hollender Laura Lee Brown Martha Stewart Ophra Winfrey Rick Rubin Steve Wilson Tim Ferriss 21c Museum Hotels Apple Bauer Biomimicry Bonfire With Soul Esri EQT Lululemon Nike Overhear Episode with Gregor Barnum and Duke Stump Patagonia Seventh Generation Target TechCrunch The University of Vermont The Wall Street Journal…
Key Takeaways: Paige Craig’s remarkable story of growing up. Paige’s experience at Westpoint What spurred Paige to enter and serve in the Marine Corps What it was like trying to start a business without access to money. The origin story of the Lincoln Group, and when Paige sold it. The lessons Paige learned from working alongside people from poorer countries. Why and how analyzing people forms a core pillar and differentiator in Paige’s business. The importance of establishing trust and understanding with your investors. Why a startup’s success lies in its founders. When the true value of a business shows itself. Tweetable Quotes: “My job is to find incredibly special people who can create incredible value and create profitable companies eventually that change the world.” – Paige Craig “It's about finding out who is your ideal customer. Are you serving them?” – Paige Craig “I love learning, but even more than learning, I've always really enjoyed doing.” – Paige Craig “When I look at founders now, I understand how hard it is when you don't have access to money.” – Paige Craig “The most incredible value typically takes a decade or longer to find and build.” – Paige Craig "If you build incredible value for customers and you run your business right, you will get revenue." – Paige Craig “If you're going to go after certain types of people, you have to understand them; you have to understand why they perform or outperform in certain environments.” – Paige Craig “The very basic pillar of our business is to analyze people and realize that our mandate is picking exceptional, rare type of Founders.” – Paige Craig “I think too much money corrupts founders early. And there's great value created when there are restrictions on the money given to them.” – Paige Craig If you want to be a great investor, particularly at the early stage, the number one most deterministic thing in a startup's success is its founders.” – Paige Craig “But that's one of the great benefits of being in the military. I fully utilized all my education benefits in the Marine Corps.” – Paige Craig “As a company gets later on in life, you can analyze the product and the customers, and there's lots of different ways to become a great investor.” – Paige Craig Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Paige Craig Ana Gabriela Bon Bailie Salk Blaine Davis Blake Hall David Tisch Jack Dangermond Joshua Reeves Leila Chreiteh Leura Craig Lucas Hoffmann Pete Wilson Peter Szulczewski Clubhouse Dam Neck Virginia DARPA Esri Gusto Hunt Club Lincoln Group Marine Corps NASDAQ Navy Federal Credit Union Outlander VC RIA Sacramento State University West Point Wish…
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1 048- Laugh Out Loud with Nicole Aimee Schreiber 1:08:16
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1:08:16Key Takeaways: Words from Margaret Cho and other comedians that inspired Nicole. How the pandemic opened up a lot of new perspectives on Nicole. The scary thing about growing old. How Nicole figured out how to navigate the loss of her dad in the mindset of a global pandemic. What it’s like for Nicole to look at things with a microscope perspective to pick apart things and discover what’s funny. The role of competitiveness in our lives. Why it's important to be a good sport whether you win or lose in life. How living your life transparently can get people invested in you. The impact of political correctness on comedy. Tweetable Quotes: “I didn't worry about dating anybody, I dated comedy.” – Nicole Aimee Schreiber “The pandemic put a lot of things into perspective about what matters and chasing a dream matters.” – Nicole Aimee Schreiber “When things are bad and you’re at the bottom, the only place to go is up.” – Nicole Aimee Schreiber “The whole reason we are competitive in nature is to win.” – Nicole Aimee Schreiber “Don't lose, go for winning. And if you lose, be a good loser, don't be a sore loser.” – Nicole Aimee Schreiber “Getting older is a scary thing because you lose your relevance. Like you're not as much of a hot topic anymore.” – Nicole Aimee Schreiber Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Nicole Amy Schreiber Brian Ingram Dana White Darwyn Metzger Dave Chappelle Dave Attel Eddie Murphy Fahim Anwar Jacob Tell Jack Johnson Jamie Drake Jaimee Lee Curtis Janis Joplin Jason Calacanis Joe Rogan Judy Carter Madi Diaz Matt Rife Margaret Cho Michell Yeoh Nicole Noren Neal Brennan Peter Pham Sarah Silverman Taylor Tomlinson Tomm Hannigan Tyler Crowley CitySourced Comedy Cellar Comedy Corner District 216 Dole ESPN HBO Max Liquid Death Monster of Folk Netflix N FL Sherwood Country Club Phantom Tim Tebow TechCrunch Disrupt The Comedy Store…
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1 047 - Through The Looking Glass with Jacob Tell 1:00:53
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1:00:53What We Covered: The importance of having a purpose behind what you’re doing. How something that doesn’t cost anything can't be called a value or a principle. How Jacob and his team became a much fuller service by not just building the assets but also designing the strategy. How Jacob and his team used “technology mashups” to leverage his business. What it means to build a foundation around the things that you are passionate about. The importance of building a foundation before launching a bigger corporation/company. The impact of creating a safe place where people are allowed to have conversations about mental health, death and dying, and more. The concept of “edutainment” and how it does a better job at teaching compared to more traditional methods. Tweetable Quotes: You can tell if a brand or an organization is being purposeful and truthful about making that emotional connection with the audience when they have a purpose behind what you're doing.” – Jacob Tell “We do our best work at the intersection of storytelling and technology now. It’s not just the technology piece, it’s also the storytelling and creating the brands.” – Jacob Tell “We create a culture of positive disruption and that's been a throughline for all the ventures that I'm involved in.” - Jacob Tell “Entertainment meets education is the idea behind edutainment” – Jacob Tell “You have to be fully lit up and aligned in whatever you do and be able to draw that inspiration from within.” - Jacob Tell When you have the right mindset, the right environment, and you know what you are after, You then create the conditions for the magic. – Jacob Tell “It's creating conditions for not just magic but for healing.” – Jacob Tell Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Jacob Tell Ben Harper Bruno Mars Duke Stump G.Love Gary Gersh Ian Rogers Jack Dangermond Jack Johnson Jason Kiesel Jengo Jimmy Iovine John Legend Joseph Campbell Kelly Slater Ken Burns Kim Johnson Kurt Cobain Lenny Kravitz Paul McCartney Rob Machado Steve Jobs The Beatles The Wailers Dolby Atmos Dreams Tour EMI Records Esri Facebook Lodo Studios LVMH MySpace Music Nike Oniracom Pepsi Revolver Sony Music [Spotify]( https://open.spotify.com/?) TechCrunch Topspin Universal Music University of California Santa Barbara Warner Bros. Yahoo Music…
What We Covered: The back story behind the “Betsy and Irv” documentary movie. The story behind NBA player Enes Kanter. The importance of mental health and focusing on this issue. Mental health is not exclusive to gender but is connected to physical health. Tweetable Quotes: “I like humanizing issues.” — Nicole Noren “I want people to think, and I would hope that after they're done watching something that I've made, they're going to be thinking more broadly and differently.” - Nicole Noren “So I think the only way you can do that (promote advocacy) is by showing people fair pieces of work that make them think rather than telling them how they should think.” — Nicole Noren “It’s been a fascinating evolution to get to this point now where it’s becoming so normalized to talk about brain health, and it’s wonderful.” — Nicole Noren “Honestly, women have made me aware of mental health, and now men are catching on” — Nicole Noren Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Nicole Noren Enes Kanter Sasha Menu Courey Betsy & Irv ChatGPT ESPN Murrow Award NBA NCAA Spotify…
What We Covered: Success and people behind TEDx Dos and Don’ts of storytelling The Power of Narrative, Communication, and Sharing The importance of authenticity in a story The explosive viral effect of TEDx How widely you can spread ideas How you can bring together curious people “See, Feel, Change” framework by Duke Stump Tweetable Quotes: “It’s special to hear people tell stories of the TED talks that were meaningful to them. Talks that help people understand themselves and understand the world better or spur them into action in some way. Anytime you hear like that, I feel so grateful to have been part of the TED journey” — Kelly Stoetzel “The hard things that you struggle with, even if someone has not experienced the same thing, there are so many people who can relate, and there’s something that is also really useful knowing we’re not alone.”— Kelly Stoetzel “I would always tell speakers to be as much yourself as possible when you’re standing on stage. It’s like almost being yourself with the volume turned up just 10%.” — Kelly Stoetzel “As people write their talks—instead of thinking about what’s the thing I have to say, it’s like what is the thing I have to give to people that they would like to receive from me — that would be useful for them to receive.” — Kelly Stoetzel “But there is no formula, and the best talks are just like what someone wants to design for themselves. And that’s authentic to how they think, talk, or live. So, I think that’s important.” — Kelly Stoetzel “As part of my career journey, I got to this point where I just realized I wanted always to do work that makes an impact and purpose for me, and the situation with our planetary health that we face right now is as important as anything can be.” — Kelly Stoetzel For anybody who may be listening to that is preparing for a talk, no matter what, it is always always always so useful to run it by someone. If you can do it with a speaker, coach, or something. — Kelly Stoetzel “I used to pray “God, if you give me ears to hear, I’ll do my little part to change the world.” — Kurt Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Kelly Stoetzel Adam Grant Amber Case Chris Anderson Duke Stump Heather Mason Jack Dangermond Jason Calacanis Jim Young John Calkins Richard Saul Wurman Susan Cain Stephanie Simon Talia Jacqueline Tyler Crowley Z. Hayley Atomic Maps City Sourced Clubhouse Cochlear Esri Edelman Fossil Park LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) Lululemon Nike TEDx…
What we covered: Why storytelling matters, and how a simple sentence can unlock profound impacts. The importance of blockchain in the economy. How to move and think as a CEO Why “thinking above the line is so important” and why context matters more than content. Why imagination is essential, both as a CEO and as a person. The importance of self-awareness Tweetable Quotes “User-owned networks will grow faster and become more valuable than corporate-owned networks or investor-owned networks.” “My framework to storytelling is to iterate, iterate, iterate until it feels like you can feel the reaction is like yeses and nods and smiles.” “If you can't explain in a sentence why what you're doing matters to who's listening, the odds are that every sentence you say after that, they're tuned out.” “If you can't convey why, what you do matters to who it should matter to, you may as well not do it.” “The whole world is driven by storytelling.” “Brands, sales pitches, whatever, they have to have an emotional reaction. And if they don't, the reaction will be boredom and apathy.” Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Adam Jackson Chris Bordeaux Rob Leshner Compound Lab Duke Stump Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski Jack Dangermond Julia Crass Airbnb Blockchain Braintrust Doctor on Demand DoorDash HuntClub FedEx LuluLemon Uber…
What we covered: Why passion is a key ingredient to living a life you love. How Rick’s passion for music and surfing made him into the person he is now. How Rick has helped progress the punk rock genre to how we know it today. Tweetable Quotes: “It’s just amazing when you’re passionate about something. It didn’t feel like work.” “If I’m gonna put a lot of time into something, I get very passionate about it.” “You gotta be passionate, you have to have a ton of discipline, and you have to be consistent, and THEN you get results. And then you get that result, and you have a little win, and then you keep going and redo it every day and keep going.” “Everyone that helped me, I’m gonna pay it forward and help out.” “I love music, I love surfing, I love surfers, I love podcasts, and I love your guitar collection behind you!” Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Rick’s LinkedIn Rick’s Instagram Bill Silva Bob Hurley Chris Bystrom Taylor Steele Timmy Curran Ryan Gleason Vince Vaccaro Bad Religion Blink 182 Billabong Hoodoo Gurus Hurley Loft 100 Studios Sitting on Stacy The Aquadolls The Red West The Specials The Sully Band The Warped Tour Unwritten Law Quiksilver…
What we covered: Learn more about addictions and sobriety as a whole. Get to ask yourself the questions that you need to know yourself better. The importance of interventions and sobriety in the long run Why trauma can lead to substance abuse Why it’s essential to give out second chances to people who are recovering from addiction The importance of creating a safe space for people who aim for sobriety. Tweetable Quotes: “If your definition of success is going into rehab, it works. But it takes a lot more to get somebody into recovery. You can’t trick someone into a program of rigorous honesty.” “People are greater than the sum of their faults.” “If there’s someone I’m a victim of, it’s myself.” “When you think you’re smart and larger than life and have a successful career, the idea of being an alcoholic is preposterous. How would you not be able to control this? You can control everything else.” “It took me ten years to stop drinking and recognize my problem.” “I can’t undo what I’ve done. I can’t undo what he has done, either. But what we can do together is face forward and fix the future. Create healing. But we’re not going to do that while we’re wallowing in our despair. We have to find out how to recover from that. Find ourselves and make that a place of power.” Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Stop, Pause, Play website Clay Johnson’s LinkedIn Clay Johnson’s Twitter Jack Dangermond Duke Stump Kirk DeWitt Ronald Reagan Blue State CNN The Sunlight Foundation…
What we covered: Colin’s experiences with his evolution of transforming being a “salesperson”. The lessons that Colin learned that led to him writing “The Unsold Mindset” with Garret Brown How showing your flaws and imperfections lets people see that you are authentic as a person. How Colin shifted things around by asking questions he wanted to know the answers to instead of asking questions he was supposed to. The reason why successful salespeople do so well, and the same thing they are all doing Distinguishing ‘transformational’ vs. ‘transactional.’ The value of vulnerability and authenticity when connecting with other people Why finding a niche is essential for sales. The importance of a healthy and competitive culture for sales Tweetable Quotes: “If you can’t move people, how do you change the world? How do you change anyone’s world if you can't move people?” - Colin Coggins “One thing that we found was that all these great salespeople permitted themselves to share. Not because they knew the law of reciprocity but because they showed up on the call and chose to share something about themselves. That is probably the inflection point across almost everyone we've spoken to.” - Colin Coggins “People want to know what's inside of your head.” - Colin Coggins “What you love doing and what you're good at doing are not always the same.” - Colin Coggins “There's a bunch of definitions for valuable but one of them is that you make people around you better and that you can turn that into a culture like even in sales, I mean especially in sales.” - Colin Coggins Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Colin and Garrett’s Instagram Colin and Garrett's Twitter Colin and Garrett's Website The Unsold Mindset The Unsold Mindset - Amazon The Unsold mindset - Barnes & Noble The Unsold Mindset - Target Anna Barber Aaron Ross Bryce Maddock Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band Duke Stump Garrett Brown Jon Wexler Kelly Perdew Paige Craig Ryan Burke Roy Choi William Barnes Lululemon M13 Shell Vacations Uber Wyndham Fractional Ownership…
What we covered: The importance of hiring pure talent. Why CEOs should hire talent rather than anything else. The importance of a good interview session with prospective employees to gauge their capabilities. The importance of momentum, especially from a business standpoint. Why aiming high for your business helps you have fewer bottlenecks and the like. Why having fun is just as important as succeeding. Why having a substitute plan is always a good idea. Tweetable Quotes: “I feel like in this bizarre macro, talent is the only leverage.” - Jim Jonassen “We feel like we can add more value if there are higher stakes” - Jim Jonassen “The changes that Covid brought on us will not sort themselves out next quarter, next year. It's gonna be a decade. Among them is the rapid digitization of everything.” - Jim Jonassen “You can't piggyback on anybody else's due diligence. You gotta do the work; you got to get to the unit economics, and the business plan and the product market fit and everything else on your own.” - Jim Jonassen “Don’t hire for a job ‘til you’ve done the job.” - Jim Jonassen “If the work is done, if the rigor is maintained, if you keep that forward momentum, that's what you've gotta have, you gotta have a real partnership and engagement. If you do, it’s going to work real flawlessly.” - Jim Jonassen “You can’t comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable.” - Jim Jonassen “Why get a “B Meal?” when you could say,” Hey, let's go raise a little bit more money and hit the bit at Nobu or Maestro's?” -Jim Jonassen Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Jim Jonassen Adam Miller Christian Chabot Jason Nazar Ray Dalio Ryan Scott Esri Boys and Girls Club of Sta. Monica Hunt Club JJA.Co Pixar Sequoia Stone Eagle Golf Club…
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1 039 - The Echo Guild with Joshua Grange 1:07:58
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1:07:58What we covered: The fear of failure can be your biggest struggle and your best ally The importance of failure and why giving up isn’t an option. Why belief in yourself is your biggest weapon against difficulties and adversities. Why happiness shouldn’t be the end goal. How important motivation can be when you want to know what it’s like to succeed. The importance of having a strong mindset, especially when you’re just starting out. Tweetable Quotes: “I love being happy as much as the next person does. But if you set happiness as your goal, you’re setting yourself up for failure. The key is fulfillment, not happiness.” “People aren’t afraid of failing so much that they’re being afraid of being a failure.” “All people need is permission. They just need somebody to go “yeah, go ahead. You can do this.” “Once you realize that failure doesn’t mean that you’re a failure, it gives people the license to act more broadly” “It can be a little overwhelming. But if you take things really slow again, just starting out real simple (and) childlike.. You’ll find it immediately.. “Learning is a lot of failures.” Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Joshua Grange Aaron Embry Conor Oberst K.D Lang Lex Price Natasha Bedingfield Nick Cave Robert Randolph Temple Grandin Todd Hannigan The Echo Guild Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) The Joshua Tree Inn Tiny Buddha The New York Times The Red Hand File…
What we covered: Why it’s essential to stay curious, even if you’ve already figured everything out. How hard work and having your eyes on the prize can land you toward your end goal. The importance of hard work and perseverance to reach your dreams. How Jake has juggled both his career as a hockey player and a musician Jake’s creative process and his love for creating content The fear of failure can be your biggest struggle and your best ally. The importance of creating a headspace where your actions don’t matter to those around you. Tweetable Quotes: “The biggest thing I’ve learned is that it’s okay to be bad at something. You’ll crawl your way out.” - Jake Hutt “Everyone is so much less aware of what everyone thinks. No one is looking or caring as long as you get your attitude and keep everything up.” - Jake Hutt “If you put in the work and you don’t know what’s gonna happen or when, but if you keep doing it and doing it and doing it, at some point, something’s gonna change as the product gets better.” - Jake Hutt “If you can combine the niche, you can be the best boss.” - Jake Hutt “For me, the biggest hurdle has been the fear of failure, and that’s essentially why I didn’t get where I want to with hockey.” - Jake Hutt Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn [Robyn Ward]( https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynmward/,) Jake Hutt Adeel Yang Jack Dangermond James Clear Kelly Slater Steven Pressfield Shannon Ellis Dryvebox Esri Forbes National Hockey League (NHL) Picmonic PGA…
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1 037 - Coaching Startup Leaders with Robyn Ward 1:05:49
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1:05:49What we covered: Challenging yourself can open you up to being a better version of yourself. How startups need to prioritize their people better first to prosper. Creating the right ecosystem can make things better for you and your business. How her growth as a person can help other people find out what they want in life. Why coaching is her real goal, and why it’s never bad to hire a life coach when you need one for yourself. Coaching is more than just telling people what they need to do. Her journey as a woman has empowered her in all her life experiences. The importance of equality, both in life and in business. Loving your work can make you much more functional and empowered in what you do. How coaching works, and how it’s supposed to build businesses up. Tweetable Quotes: “I realized nine times out of ten, startup companies struggling have nothing to do with their product or technology - its people stuff. You do not understand your blockers as a leader.” - Robyn Ward “It was actually through a work with a coach that I thought, “I just really love working with the founders.” - Robyn Ward “My superpower is helping in grow and develop great leaders.” - Robyn Ward “We had the right mix of people. It was very formative to what it takes to build an ecosystem. You need the universities, and you need the city to be excited to do this.” - Robyn Ward “Coming off of it (9/11 attacks), I feel like there;’s a unified America that we’ve lost since.” - Robyn Ward “I got enough equity in various things to use as toilet paper.” - Robyn Ward Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn [Robyn Ward]( https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynmward/,) Kathleen Allen Amazon Docstoc Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette FounderForward Greg Sales Hudson Institute James Davis Jason Nazar Milken Institute OANDA United Talent Agency University of Southern California (USC) Verified Person…
What we covered: How COVID has changed everyone’s perspective, especially regarding employment. A disciplined mindset from childhood can help make you much more efficient as an adult. It’s not always about how long you’ve worked or how many jobs you’ve had, but how much you’ve learned from them in the first place. A career path isn’t always linear unless you’re in a specialized practice. Your career isn’t always set in stone; sometimes, you just need to find out what you’re good at and what you need to do the hard way. A loving community can help you with your growth, both personally and professionally. How small business owners can make the best of their situation using government-provided services (like sba.gov ) Tweetable Quotes: “The main takeaway from the pandemic is that we shine a light on just how important community, communication, and interpersonal relationships are. And when we shattered those opportunities for people to connect, how quickly we kind of devolved into real negativity,” - Jesse Torres “There are tremendous amounts of resources available for small business owners nowadays.” - Jesse Torres “Nothing comes easy all the time. Sometimes, the most important lessons come from failures.” - Jesse Torres “To be successful, you need to drive yourself right and learn how to become your own boss.” - Jesse Torres “I’m a big believer in great things that come from creating teams and connecting others.” - Jesse Torres “I think everyone’s trying to figure out what the world’s going to look like,” - Jesse Torres Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Jesse Torres Gil Cates Jr. Gil Cates Mike Sams Ray Dalio Vince Thompson America Online ArroyoWest Bridgewater California Small Business Development Center Network Dojo Man Geffen Playhouse Pepperdine University Real Vision University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Sta. Barbara U.S. Small Business Administration…
What we covered: How to create a brand new software category The secret to scaling a business. A deeper connection with yourself and what your true purpose in life is. Why taking your time can be just as impactful as going all-in. How his obsession with computers during the 80s eventually proved to be his “gold mine.” The importance of clear and efficient communication when it comes to growing a business How being an entrepreneur means thinking two, even three steps ahead. Tweetable Quotes: “I think my purpose on this planet is to grow my soul. And I think I do that best by helping other people grow theirs. And if I could help other people achieve their dreams by building relationships to key relationships they need at scale, then I'm doing my job.” “I'm a testimony to the brave souls who got on boats and came to America and allowed me to realize the dream.” “If your intention is to help the person you're engaging with to grow and achieve their goals or dreams, I think you're doing your job as a salesperson.” “Leveraging the trusted advisor of your prospect is key to scaling a business, especially if you're going to do it in a bootstrap way.” “It's a long game in technology, and you just gotta keep putting one foot in front of each other daily. And it's a lot of believing.” “Our purpose on this planet is to grow in the time that we're here, and the best way to grow is by helping other people grow, and that's my biggest reward.” “I love to hire liberal arts majors ideally from Midwest schools or even hairdressers because they know how to listen and communicate, and in life and business is about listening and communicating effectively.” “An entrepreneur is a certain beast; I think they need to evolve and grow.” “The best way to grow your soul is by being present with people who love you, especially your kids.” “If you go to school, you should do internships or work throughout that time to get experience and knowledge.” “I actually recommend that you lean into community colleges because you can save two years of costs, and you have much smaller classrooms and much more intimate, and you could transfer into university.” Links Mentioned: Kurt’s Twitter Kurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Dan Bricklin Jon Ferrara Natalie Burdick Ziff Davis Banyan California State University, Northridge Dan Bricklin's Demo Program Goldmine Google Workspace Microsoft 365 Nimble Nuvel UCLA University of Southern California Sta. Monica City College…
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