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Kent Fenwick (@kentf) and Nick Shim (@nim342) talk about their side projects, their day jobs, technology, the future, philosophy, 90s action movies, and much much more.... more
FAQs about Pencil Problems:How many episodes does Pencil Problems have?The podcast currently has 49 episodes available.
May 13, 2018Episode 29: Products we love | Fahrenheit CoffeeDescription:Experimenting with a new episode type, Nick chats with Sameer - owner of Fahrenheit coffee. Incredible coffee, amazing dude. This episode is about passion, about craft, and about relationships. It'll also really make you want to drink coffee! Enjoy!Links:[http://www.fahrenheitcoffee.com/][https://www.yelp.ca/biz/fahrenheit-coffee-toronto]...more49minPlay
May 08, 2018Episode 28: Let's Jam | A Social Podcasting AppKent and Nick chat about an app idea: A social podcasting app. Really interesting idea and lots of different directions it can go. Let's see where this goes!...more1h 34minPlay
April 30, 2018Episode 27: Product vs. MarketingNick and Kent give their perspective on the age old debate between product and marketing. Where does product end and marketing begin, what should product people know about marketing? What should good marketers know about the product? How can you apply all of this to your side projects?This is our most edited episode, please forgive the audio at points....more1h 52minPlay
April 19, 2018Episode 26: Family-Work BalanceKent and Nick have a conversation around balancing Work, Family and Side Projects. ...more1h 19minPlay
April 14, 2018Episode 25: Q&A - Productivity Tools, outsourcing tech, letting someone go.We open with some project updates (ablecells.com, medium.com/fatherhood) followed by some Q&A from fans (I can't believe people still listen to this!).00:00 Project Updates17:00 Productivity Tools30:00 Does Kent own 300 domain names?33:00 Does outsourcing work for tech companies?49:00 Fan love swoon52:00 When to move on poor hires...more1h 6minPlay
April 02, 2018Episode 24: How morals and ethics affects startups, building ethics into your side project, and deleting FacebookNick asks Kent if he plans to delete Facebook, this leads to a discussion about Facebook's recent drama, how ethics and morals play into business, and how you can build good ethics into your side project or company. Q&A episode coming soon, send in your feedback, questions, comments, opinions, topic ideas, errata to [email protected]....more1h 14minPlay
March 26, 2018Episode 23: Hero worship, self-doubt and winningKent and Nick talk about Hero Worship and Self-Doubt. They ruminate about when/if they'd go all in on something and the secret to winning at side projects. Bonus Parent Corner content at the very end. Enjoy!...more1h 49minPlay
March 18, 2018Episode 22: Pros and Cons of Building Side Projects with a Team or Going SoloNick and Kent talk about the pros and cons of starting side projects with a team or going solo. They also answer a hypothetical question about what would they tell their 25-year-old selves....more1h 45minPlay
March 07, 2018Episode 21: Filming a Kickstarter Video, How to Deal with a Drop in Shopify Orders - Project Update #3In this episode, Kent and Nick give a quick product update on the book and Able Cells. Kent is worried that he went 2 days without an order and wants to rebuild Shopify. Nick is working on storyboards for his likely Kickstarter video. Kent records a slightly awkward outro. Remember to send any questions and feedback to [email protected]...more36minPlay
March 03, 2018Episode 20: Lessons Learned Pitching SponsorsIn this episode, Nick and Kent talk about how it went pitching the podcast to a few potential sponsors. Like a good math problem, they work out a solution for what sponsorship could look like going forward. Remember to send any feedback or questions to [email protected] or @pencilpod on the Twitter....more57minPlay
FAQs about Pencil Problems:How many episodes does Pencil Problems have?The podcast currently has 49 episodes available.