Kings & Priests

Brandon Jacoby is on the founding team and the Head of Product & Design at Party Round. Party Round is building better tools for founders, starting with an automated fundraising tool that allows founders to generate & send docs, collect signatures, and receive funds, automating their raise from open to close.

In this episode we hear how Brandon found his way into working in start ups, his thoughts on the future opportunities in crypto, the difference in optimizers and investors, and how his faith informs how he builds.

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Startup studios, service vs. product businesses, pros & cons, and which you should start.

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Referenced in the show:

Late Checkout: https://latecheckout.substack.com/p/why-the-future-of-startups-are-studios?utm_source=url

Ghost Ice: https://www.ghosticesystem.com/

The Hustle: https://thehustle.co/

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A conversation with Dylan Thomas from Hillsong United about his company CREATR, the importance of learning, not building in echo chambers & falling in love with the so not cool parts of building a business. 

Dylan is the Founder and CEO of CREATR. CREATR offers online video lessons created for worshippers and creatives. They exist to serve creatives and church teams with educational videos from the leading voices in worship and creativity. Their instructors include - Brook Ligertwood, Chandler Moore, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Brandon Lake. 

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Jerry is a legendary luxury home builder, leader, and author. The carpentry business he started with his dad as a young man is now Desert Star Construction — the iconic building company that grew to $170,000,000 of work in progress. Beyond construction, Jerry has a deep desire to help overwhelmed Christian business leaders rediscover their eternal purpose and find unending joy in their life and leadership. Leveraging his personal and professional hardship and real-world experiences, Jerry brings fresh perspective to leading people and organizations as he serves as a wise shepherd and mentor to today’s Christian marketplace and ministry leaders alike.

In addition to serving as Founder & CEO of Desert Star Construction, Jerry invests time in developing others. He pours his wisdom into resources and mentoring through Glorious Reflections, the online community that helps overwhelmed Christian business leaders rediscover their eternal purpose and find unending joy in their life and leadership.

For more info on Jerry, make sure and check out his website at jerryrmeek.com - we’ve linked to this in the show notes.

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In this bonus episode, we talk with Tim Sweetman of the Mission & Margin podcast about running a business as a Christian, the importance of excellence, and the bi-vocational pastor.

We also talk about practical steps business owners can take to help the idea that Christian businesses are inherently less profitable or have lower standards, and they talk through some helpful ways Christians can think about economics. 

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This week the guys talk about the creator economy, building in public and the democratization of information.

Mentioned in the Show:

Not Boring by Packy McCormick: https://www.notboring.co/

Acquired Episode on Standard Oil: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/standard-oil-part-i

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E09: Understanding First Principles 

Many of the most successful entrepreneurs and investors in often reference first principles thinking as having been critical to their success.

A first principle is a foundational, basic assumption. One that cannot be deduced or broken down any further. In simple terms first principles are foundational truths don’t require any additional assumptions.

Elon Musk Explaining First Principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV3sBlRgzTI

James Clear on First Principles: https://jamesclear.com/first-principles

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Lessons from Snowflake CEO's new book "Amp it Up" and shutting down Michael's side hustle. We also answer listener questions about healthy ambition, work life balance & how to choose a co-founder.

This Week in Start Ups Interview with Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsscSJf2GJg&t=481s

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Kings & Priests is a new podcast from VAST.FAITH and is a community of Kingdom minded builders talking entrepreneurship, tech & the theology of building.

This week we talk Gen Z job loyalty, advice for founders in the current climate & how to build as the world goes back to normal.

Subscribe to Kings & Priests: https://kings-priests.captivate.fm/

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There are new cultural frontiers everywhere - in our cities, our digital spaces, our industries, and more. At the same time, the “surface area for new ideas” has never been broader. Someone is going to create the future. So, we believe the best thing we can do is help shape it. -Missional Labs

In E19 we talk with Tyler Prieb, founder of Missional Labs about missional leverage, design thinking, and living a missional life.

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