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#95 Blackbird's Creative Director Joel Connolly: Early influences of Darwin + Copacabana, inside the transition from music and creative to venture capital
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Welcome to episode #95 w Joel Connolly! Please enjoy.
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TIMESTAMPS
01:50 - Where were you born and live now?
02:00 - What was your first job and now?
02:31 - High Flyer in Joel’s life
03:58 - Darwin and Copacabana
06:57 - Influences of family and public figures
08:53 - Being raised by a single mum
11:18 - First time he came across music and creative world
13:13 - Career plan at age 18
17:08 - Didn’t feeling like a creative till his mid 30’s
18:10 - We’re all born creative
19:36 - Creativity in podcasting
21:39 - The move from music to Venture Capital at Blackbird
28:05 - Unlearning and trying new things at Blackbird
31:50 - How Joel created the Blackbird brand strategy:
36:15 - Community and firm building
38:25 - Most painful learning
42:01 - Balancing creative role in an investment firm
45:13 - Blackbird 2.0
49:03 - What is brand building as an expression of who you are
52:20 - What does crypto have right and wrong about culture?
55:41 - How does Australia encourage Vitaliks (founder of ETH)?
58:31 - Joel’s thinking in themes and not pictures
01:01:12 - Rapid fire
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By Vidit AgarwalThank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show!
Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter
Email Vidit directly at [email protected] or contact us via www.curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share how we can improve.
***
Welcome to episode #95 w Joel Connolly! Please enjoy.
***
TIMESTAMPS
01:50 - Where were you born and live now?
02:00 - What was your first job and now?
02:31 - High Flyer in Joel’s life
03:58 - Darwin and Copacabana
06:57 - Influences of family and public figures
08:53 - Being raised by a single mum
11:18 - First time he came across music and creative world
13:13 - Career plan at age 18
17:08 - Didn’t feeling like a creative till his mid 30’s
18:10 - We’re all born creative
19:36 - Creativity in podcasting
21:39 - The move from music to Venture Capital at Blackbird
28:05 - Unlearning and trying new things at Blackbird
31:50 - How Joel created the Blackbird brand strategy:
36:15 - Community and firm building
38:25 - Most painful learning
42:01 - Balancing creative role in an investment firm
45:13 - Blackbird 2.0
49:03 - What is brand building as an expression of who you are
52:20 - What does crypto have right and wrong about culture?
55:41 - How does Australia encourage Vitaliks (founder of ETH)?
58:31 - Joel’s thinking in themes and not pictures
01:01:12 - Rapid fire
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