Founder/CEO of 365. Jim Bisenius discuses honing technical skills without a formal education, how his previous startup Singlelink got acquired, and raising money from Jason Calacanis for 365.

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Show Notes
00:31 Introduction
01:00 Entrepreneurship since 5th grade
03:20 Selling before building
04:50 Founding Singlelink and ideation
07:15 Making the jump to pursue it fulltime
08:15 Being active in an opensource community
09:45 Getting into a car accident
11:00 Building a startup while having a family
12:59 Being disappointed in growth
14:55 Building for acquisition
16:20 Working for a YC startup
18:55 Losing over 120 pounds
20.55 Thoughts on fundraising
23.30 Mental health with raising
24.15 Key habits 
25:50 Building in public, live company dashboards
27.40 The nicest thing someone's ever done 
29.20 Where will 365. be in 1 years time 
31.05 Closing Remarks -

Founder CEO of Skilldeck (Like Linktree, but for Projects) Tim Wijaya discuses the serendipity he's got from just showing up, how he filters hiring at such an early scale and being able to balance hustle and taking time to rest.
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Show Notes
00:31 Introduction
01:20 Why Political Science at Brown
02:20 Getting a freshman VC internship at Intudo by showing up
05:45 VC internship experience 
08:25 Reflections on United Nations internship falling through 
10:15 Learnings from first founding adventure with Kerja.io
12:25 Not having a technical background as a founder
13:55 How Kerja.io came to an end
15:25 How Skilldeck came to be 
17:05 Pivoting more into freelancers
17:45 Thoughts on using Twitter to build in public
18:45 How to hire at such an early stage
22.10 Idols/Mentors
23.05 Key habits 
24.45 Mistakes made in the startup journey 
27.25 The nicest thing someone's ever done 
29.50 Where will Skilldeck be in 1 years time 
31.15 Closing Remarks - being on your own timeline

Cofounder/CEO of Wallex (a SEA based fintech startup) and my former boss Hiro Kiga, discusses his learnings working as a VC, lessons from the early days of building Wallex and deciding to go the path of acquisition versus raising more rounds of funding.
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Show Notes
01.10 Quick fire questions
01.38 Introduction 
03.40 Learnings as a VC
04.59 Why become a founder 
06.02 The initial jump to start Wallex
07.42 Operating without a license 
08.44 7 Rejections, Raising a seed round 
10.04 Police scrutiny while applying for a license 
13.00 Scaling to Indonesia and Hong Kong 
14.45 Hiring in the early days 
17.25 Getting acquired vs raising more rounds 
20.20 Advice for the 2016 Hiro
21.45 Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8
23.30 The nicest thing someone has ever done for you 
25.10 Most important habits
26.50 Fintech trends  
29.10 Changes in the trends of startup landscape
32.42 Closing Words 

Presidential Scholar at USC's Iovine and Young Academy and my good friend Andy Hsu, discusses the experience of serving in the Taiwan Army, his journey as a product designer landing a UX design internship at Amazon and sharing learnings in the public realm on twitter. 
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Show Notes 
00.42 Introduction
01.43 Growing up in Taiwan and why USC IYA
03.28 Reflections on serving in the Taiwanese Army 
04.55 Taking a gap year during Covid and exploring product management 
06.30 Focusing in on Design 
07.04 The process of getting the Amazon UX Design Internship 
08.55 Iterating on a Design Portfolio 
09.55 Handling the Amazon Leadership Principles 
10.45 The importance of having a recruiting buddy 
11.25 Using Army Stories to stand out 
12.55 Learning in public, posting content on Twitter and serendipity 
15.00 The nicest thing someone’s done for you 
16.20 How would you learn design again
18.09 5 Year Career Aspirations 
19.38 Career plans in the USA versus back home 
20.30 What would you say to your 17 year old self 
22.30 Redefining success for yourself 
23.45 Exploring Mindfulness 
25.45 The most important habits 
30.00 Doing things for your younger self