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The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.
James & Marcelo discuss Tesla's business model of selling Carbon Offset Credits to their competitors, mega-startup streaming service Quibi shutting down, and a great follow-along YouTube and Twitter account called 'One Hour SaaS'.
Tesla Cheating?
Quibi Shutting Down:
One Hour SaaS:
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James and Marcelo discuss:
Apple’s new iPhone 12
Which businesses could you start in 2021?
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James and Marcelo discuss why 'failing' and making mistakes is the fastest route to growth in your business, how your personal situation and your business model affects whether you should grow your business through revenue or if you should seek outside funding, and go through a number of tips and suggestions for the startup fundraising process.
"Don't minimize mistakes. Minimize repeat mistakes. Fail in new ways and learn." - Lex Fridman
- https://twitter.com/lexfridman/status/1313168212733825024
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James and Marcelo discuss Peloton and the amount of effort that went into raising their initial angel financing, the factors to pay attention to in order to have a good productive meeting, and tactics and strategies for pricing your product to match the value it provides to your customers.
Peloton and the grit and determination needed to raise initial seed/angel funding:
- https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak/status/1311504505985544193
How to improve the quality of your meetings:
- https://twitter.com/schlaf/status/1293187768491757575
How to price your product:
- https://twitter.com/mattwensing/status/1288463257100005376
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James and Marcelo discuss solving problems by flipping them on their head, aligning employee metrics and goals to company goals through the use of frameworks like Google's OKR (Objectives and Key Results), and how to incentivise employees to want what the company wants too.
Business is so much easier when you invert:
“Problems frequently get easier if you turn them around in reverse.
In other words, if you want to help India, the question you should ask is not ‘how can I help India,’ it’s ‘what is doing the worst damage in India?
Invert. Always invert.”
–Charlie Munger
https://twitter.com/awilkinson/status/1308134359052943361
People who work for @elonmusk are great at mission-to-metrics:
"SpaceX's mission is to colonize Mars. To do that, we need reusable rockets. My job is to help design the steering system that enables our rockets to land back on earth. You'll know I'm successful because of xyz"
https://twitter.com/ChrisJBakke/status/1308149211515375616
"The extreme difficulty of scaling production of new technology is not well understood. It's 1000% to 10,000% harder than making a few prototypes. The machine that makes the machine is vastly harder than the machine itself."
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1308284091142266881
- Tesla Battery Day
Incentives tied to company performance, e.g. revenue wins and saving money:
https://twitter.com/awilkinson/status/1304067099136933890
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James & Marcelo discuss overwhelm and strategies for overcoming the paralysis of too many tasks, the benefits of having a systems mindset when you are an entrepreneur, and build your business as if you were going to sell it tomorrow.
Stop trying to win the year - focus on the day:
Having a 'systems mindset'
A sellable business is a good business
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James & Marcelo discuss tactics for getting your first few customers and how long you can continue doing things which don't scale. Next, the benefit of not reinventing the wheel when it comes to business models. Finally the links between the sales of TikTok and ARM Holdings.
Short Term vs Long Term Sales Tactics:
Sometimes You Don't Need to Invent Something Totally New:
TikTok & ARM Holdings Sales:
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This episode features James and Marcelo taking on e-commerce, product design and the LTSE.
Setting up an eCommerce site with Shopify or WooCommerce
The 80/20 of Launching a Product or Feature:
Long Term Stock Exchange:
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This episode features James and Marcelo discussing micromanagement, 4 types of entrepreneurs, and the "paradox" of raising a family and a business at the same time.
Elon Musk the Micromanager:
4 kinds of Entrepreneurs:
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This episode features James and Marcelo discussing business as usual, with some extended thoughts for entrepreneurs on
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The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.