November 17, 2023

RS293: The Risk Of Your Brand w/ Ed Freyfogle

39 minutes

Craig and Ed chat about all things bootstrapping, personal branding, social media, and growth trajectory. They also do a bit of catching up. Ed provides a unique perspective on these topics in addition to trying to convince Craig to move back to Europe.

Ed is the co-founder of OpenCage which provides a geocoding API (which converts geographic coordinates to locations around the world). He also organizes Geomob which is an event series (and a podcast) that meets in London, Barcelona, and Berlin. Geomob provides a relaxed forum for geoinnovation and for geospatial enthusiasts. He is also an angel investor (occasionally) whose interests include geo, API-based businesses, developer tools, aggregation, SaaS, and messaging, based out of Berlin, London, and Barcelona.

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Highlights:

The story and vision behind OpenCage and Geomob

Ed’s “Business Card” Tab

Founders being active on social media

Branding should be about the company and not the founder

Promoting on LinkedIn and moving to Mastodon

The future of Twitter

Finding the balance of what you can share with the public and what to hold back

Being invested in a podcast/podcaster’s journey

The framework of successful in-person meetups and events

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Ed Freyfogle