The Catch Up Call

The Catch Up Call

By Marshall Haas & Jon WheatleyBusiness
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The Catch Up Call episodes

  • #10 — Positioning Stopwatch against other social networks, how Peel navigated the iPhone 11 launch, an expensive sink hole, and more

    In this call we cover…

    • Embracing time travel into the Stopwatch brand and features
    • Time network vs a social network 
    • Aesthetic inspiration for the onboarding video: https://www.instagram.com/p/B0l5HwvA3q_/
    • Some ideas to position stopwatch against other social networks
    • Navigating a potentially huge issue with a sink hole under the building 
    • The iPhone 11 Peel case launch 
    • How Marshall plans to get unlimited 2 for 1 tickets on flights 

      • We're @marshal & @jon on twitter.

      1 hr 15 min
    • #8 — Identifying and managing burnout, the Neuralink presentation, new business ideas, and more

      In this call we cover…. 

      • Marshall dealing with burnout
      • The Neuralink presentation and the implications! 
      • A pitch for a new business idea involving scientists 
      • Updates on living in Dallas after being a digital nomad 
      • Very important news about a frog 

        • Note: Sorry about the audio in this recording. Marshall’s audio became corrupt somehow after we recorded and there’s a few quiet moments when he should be talking. We did our best to fix it in post but It will be fixed completely in the next episode! 


        1 hr 7 min
      • #6 – Liquid Death, bank rolling a professional poker player, almost getting hacked, and more

        In this episode we discuss: 

        • New water brand with clever marketing: 20:01
        • Bank rolling a poker player @catrific: 33:56
        • Lazy fitness hacks: 7:44
        • Marshall almost got actually hacked: 1:13
        • New building tenants: 31:48
        • Marshall hires an airtable export: 41:31
        • Update on Marshall’s luggage getting stolen: 15:11
        • We discuss an old idea about kickstarting cities: 49:24

          • Extra: Play Jon at chess:  lichess.org/@/jonwheatley

          Each episode is a real catchup call between 2 friends and ex-co-founders Marshall Haas and Jon Wheatley. In 2013 Marshall and Jon started a company together called Need/Want. Need/Want is a studio that created and launched a bunch of different e-commerce brands and startups.

          Marshall and Jon are no longer working together directly, but Marshall is an investor in Jon’s new startup, and Jon still has ownership in Need/Want.

          Each bi-weekly episode serves as a real catchup call. Marshall and Jon discuss things that have happened in the previous 2 weeks and swap notes.

          1 hr 1 min
        • #5 — WWDC, a beta launch, rental property woes, and more

          Each episode is a real catch up call between 2 friends and ex-co founders Marshall Haas and Jon Wheatley. In this episode we cover:

          • WWDC news
          • Marshall’s rental property updates 
          • Getting a hotel license for our building 
          • Podcast sponsorships 
          • The oculus quest
          • Testing a personal trainer service (sign up here: https://future.fit/r/jon) 
          • and more! 

            • If you have comments or questions you can tweet them at us. We’re @marshal & @jon on twitter. 

            1 hr 16 min
          • #4 — Ending the Nomad lifestyle, an engagement, building a house, and more

            Each episode is a real catch up call between 2 friends and ex-co founders Marshall Haas and Jon Wheatley. In this episode we cover:

            • An Engagement 
            • Hanging out with 2 of our remote employees in the Philippines
            • Why did Marshall stop being a nomad?
            • Stopwatch progress 
            • San Francisco meetings 
            • Could we ever work at a big company? 
            • Marshall is building a house 
            • Oculus quest 

              • And more! 

              If you have comments or questions you can tweet them at us. We’re @marshal & @jon on twitter.

              1 hr 20 min
            • #3 — Bumping into Tim Ferriss, Beta launch plans for Stopwatch, betting money on world events, and more

              On today’s call we discuss: 

              • How Marshall met Tim Ferriss
              • Plans on the beta launch for stopwatch 
              • Discussing the quality bar for software products
              • Why is Marshall (and seemingly everyone else?!) so obsessed with the new email app superhuman?
              • Compounding habits 
              • Betting money on world events
              • Some (actually interesting!) stuff that Marshall learned from his tax guy. 

                • And more! 

                1 hr 4 min

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              Each episode is a real catchup call between 2 friends and ex-co-founders Marshall Haas and Jon Wheatley. In 2013 Marshall and Jon started a company together called Need/Want. Need/Want is a studio that created and launched a bunch of different e-commerce brands and startups.