The Knowledge Shop

Episode 12 - "...are you there god"? and the Apple blip - pretty sure they are linked

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Another whirlwind in the life of a startup founder.

In no particular order this episode covers....

Quick thoughts:

  • Think Apple had a blip last week - my episode didn't appear for a 3 or 4 days, and that was strange. Funnily enough listening figures were down too - pretty sure they were connected. Keeping fingers crossed for this week.
  • The Knowledge Shop learnings from customer interviews - we all need “safe spaces”, with like-minded individuals / similar stage companies to compare notes / learn from. I want to make sure to solve for this as i build The Knowledge Shop
  • I'm wondering if “drop-in” group brainstorms / "problemsolvestorms" could work?
  • If you want links or any references - they are all in the show notes (that you are reading now)
  • anybody got experience with virtual assistants or web crawlers / scrapers. I need to figure out a way to move more quickly, and thinking that could help. Will research and circle back.
  • Video pitch I’ve been working on is live, and open for votes. Not a movie editor pro at all, but a good forcing mechanism and product thoughts solidifying.
  • The building in public benefits continue. People wanting to learn more about TKS, potential collaborators or to help with prototypes / interviews etc.
  • So on that note, please vote and then share to people in your network who could benefit from there being a TKS in the world.

    • Deepdive:

    The realization that I am the only person driving TKS forward hit hard this week.

    Feeling very overwhelmed, with serious imposter syndrome - my idea isn’t good enough. I know it’s really important, I don’t want others to feel like they can’t start, give up their dreams or struggle unnecessarily, because they can’t get the help you need or feel like they have to do it alone!

    So def feeling like my credibility and reputation are on the line, now that the video pitch is live, and it is me talking. It's now become even more personal. Embarrassed it’s not good enough

    Struggling too, as my vote numbers although i think good, are clearly much lower than other peoples (they've been giving us updates of who the current leaders are)

    So….

    I need to remind myself, that i'm at the beginning of my founder journey, and some of them are pretty established (in comparison) businesses, with customers, social media followings etc. Doesn't make it easy to hear though. 

    Combined with the low podcast numbers, i was feeling a little “… are you there god, it’s me Margaret” - from an old children's book i used to read by Judy Blume. Is anybody listening?

    However, then things started to turn - and this is how....

    1. I listened to the Masters of Scale podcast with Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn). He interviewed  the founder of Compass, talking about how he kept getting back up and using setbacks to create momentum. 

    2. Don't underestimate the importance of talking. Just sharing what I was feeling with somebody in a non-judgemental way, and getting "stuff - mostly the ramblings above", out of my head really helped.

    3. The positive feedback from the votes people submitted. For you, that could be having a folder where you keep nice emails, slack's etc that  people have written to you. There is always something.

    So - in closing - it was a tough, very vulnerable week, but I got through it.

    To vote - here you go...(closing Sept 30th) - https://city-spark.co.uk/home/vote-now/

    To rate / share the podcast with people you think would benefit, that would be amazing. - 

    Here's Judy Blume - https://www.amazon.com/Are-You-There-God-Margaret/dp/148140993X

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