Failing Up

Coco is the Founder of Amulet, an early stage recruitment firm. In this episode, she reveals the biggest mistakes people make when job hunting, how founders should approach hiring, and why job hopping isn’t always a bad thing. In this episode, she breaks down the key to making career moves with confidence, why recruitment is different for men and women, and how to treat job hunting like dating.

We also get into:

- The importance of maintaining and building relationships

- Job search / Hiring pitfalls

- How Coco found her passion for recruitment

- How to figure out what you actually want to do

- Why your 20s are the “defining decade”

- What makes a great manager

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Welcome Coco To The Show! 

1:00 Approaching Women versus men differently when it comes to recruitment

4:00 the importance of maintaining and building relationships

8:45 Hindsight is 20/20

12:30 - Coco finding her passion for recruitment

15:00 - Is job hopping frowned upon or accepted?

17:00 “The wrong jump is always better than staying somewhere too long”

21:30 - Treating job hunting as you do dating

26:00 - How to figure out what do you want to do

28:17 - Your twenties are the “defining decade”

32:30 - Pitfalls for hiring as a founder

36:20 - How can managers be better managers!

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Ethan Ding, founder of TextQL, believes the biggest problem in startups isn’t talent—it’s talent dispersion. In this episode, he shares how he met his co-founder, how he discovered his co-founder was "the one," why partnerships are the key to billion-dollar companies, and why waiting to find the right people is the biggest mistake you can make.

We also get into:

- Why education suppresses natural talent

- The line between confidence and arrogance for intelligence

- Why he doesn’t believe in “Fake it Until You Make it”

- How to double down on the right relationships

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TIMESTAMPS: 

0:00 - Welcome Ethan! 

1:00 You’re never surprised when things go bad

3:47 - Life after getting fired and transitioning into TextQL

7:00 - How Ethan knew Mark, his co-founder, was “the one”

13:00 - The next trillion dollar company will be a partnership

21:45 - How Ethan is fighting the talent dispersion problem

27:36 - A love letter to special people who don’t know they’re special

29:30 - Does our education system suppress people’s “it”?

34:20 - Drawing the line between embracing superiority and being arrogant

38:00 - Ethan’s attitude on agency

41:00 - Why Ethan doesn’t believe in “Fake it Until you Make it”

43:00 - “Every day that you’re not finding your person is a day wasted”

47:30 - Does the sense of “urgency to find someone” apply to romantic relationships only or time spent with family and friends?

53:00 - Double down on existing relationships

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In the latest episode of Failing Up, I sit down with Jack Kuveke who has lived a life that most could only imagine—moving to Serbia to run an ICO, building one of the largest crypto communities in the world, becoming a millionaire the day before he turned 20, and then losing it all. In this episode, we dive deep into his unconventional journey, from attempting a hostile takeover to launching Jabroni Capital and his vision for building the Barstool of Tech.

We also discuss why Jack doesn’t want to be a VC, the red and green flags of investors, and why distribution is king in today’s digital world. Plus, Jack shares how to develop your own voice on LinkedIn and why betting on people before they make it is the ultimate edge.

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TIMESTAMPS: 

1:30 - Early life

5:00 - Moving to Serbia to run an ICO, building one of the largest crypto communities in the world

7:20 - Becoming a millionaire before 20 and then losing it all

11:56 - Attempting to take a hostile takeover

19:23 - Why Jack doesn’t want to be a VC

22:00 - How Huddle winded down

25:10 - Jabroni Capital - where it came from and what it means

27:00 Building the barstool of Tech

32:06: How to develop your own voice for LinkedIn

36:00: Distribution is king

44:00 - Red and Green flags of VCs

46:30 - Invest in people before they become successful

49:00 - Go do things 

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In this episode of Failing Up, I sit down with Naomi, the Founder of Live in Your Beauty. We discussed her growing up in a home where her father was a serious drug user, as well as what it was like for her to survive domestic abuse while raising two sons as a single mother.

She shares the most important lessons she's learned from the failed relationships and the most important learned in her life: Forgiveness. Despite previous experiences, she maintains a positive outlook on life.

Naomi's story is a story of pain and resilience

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In this episode of Failing Up, I sit down with Patrick Finan, Founder and CEO of Block Club, a branding agency that started in Buffalo and scaled to success in NYC. We dive into the lessons Patrick learned from building a business in a smaller market, the importance of failing gracefully as a founder, and how to create a sustainable business.

Patrick shares his insights on the evolving role of AI in marketing—how it’s democratizing content creation and redefining design expectations. We also discuss the advantages of working with large agencies, the resilience needed to adapt during challenging times like COVID, and why thoughtful feedback is crucial to growth.

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Timestamps:

2:00 - the beginning of Block Club

6:00 - Learnings from starting a business in a smaller town and scaling it globally

9:30 - The importance of failing gracefully as a founder.

16:00 - The start of the agency in Buffalo versus New York during COVID

19:42 - Advantages of working with a large agency

23:00 - Is AI going to replace Marketers?

39:00 - Focusing on building a sustainable business

46:00 - What differentiates good versus great agencies

50:20 - Pitfalls to avoid as a B2B founder when it comes to marketing

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In this episode of Failing Up, I sit down with Kian, the CEO and founder of Nucleus, for a deep dive into the failures of the American healthcare system and what he sees for its future. We explore whether humanoids are poised to take over key aspects of healthcare and how advancements in AI might bridge systemic gaps.

We also discuss the shocking shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO and what it reveals about the growing tensions against the healthcare industry. Lastly, Kian shares fascinating insights on the evolution of genetic testing, its increasing accessibility, and how it could revolutionize personalized medicine

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Kian to the pod!

3:00 - Growing up with an immigrant family

6:00 The Failure that is the American healthcare system 

7:28 United Healthcare CEO Death conversation and the problems with the US healthcare system

14:43 - Kian’s theory on life expectancy

16:45 - Could one imagine a world where everything is out of pocket?

22:30 - Will AI lower healthcare expenditure in the US?

24:22 - Everyone knows the American healthcare system isn’t working

31:30 - Humanoid Doctors

35:35 - Can we live forever?

40:00 The snapshot of the perfect healthcare system

48:00 - Build-a-baby

54:00 - Kian’s odds of schizophrenia

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On the latest episode of Failing Up, I host Siam, who is founder, and angel investor with a focus on immigrant founders. In the latest episode, I learn more about his journey as an immigrant, what it’s like to be in constant “survival mode,” finding strength through prolonged silence, and how he built up a Facebook group chat for immigrants from Bangladesh to 220,000 people.

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Shahbaaz Kara-Virani is an entrepreneur, investor, and writer who previously worked at Sales Force, and then took a risk to take a company public, which ultimately failed.

In the latest episode of Failing Up, we dive into his upbringing of what it's like to grow up with immigrant parents, what he would have done as the CEO of the company that went under, as well as some of the personal and professional lessons he carries in his toolbox (one of them being - hold the door open for everyone).

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Tim Kotzman is a founder, entrepreneur, and host of the 'Bitcoin Treasury' podcast. In this conversation, we dive into his business failures and successes, lessons on building a successful relationship from his previous marriage, his favorite childhood memories, lessons he’s learned from his dad who passed away in college, as well as the importance of maintaining a childlike curiosity.

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In this episode of Failing up, I'm joined by Saba Karim, previously the head of pipeline at Techstars and now a founder of Favs. He talks about the early days in his career of moving from Australia to the US, how he's been able to master feeling a sense of community in every new city he moves to, and some of the key learnings he's had in going from being in VC to being a founder.

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