The Fire Show

In this episode of the mini-series on Musicians, I sit down with Torre Blake to ask a question I have never tried to answer myself.. how the hell is a song written?

In the first part of the new series about Musicians, DJ @SweaterBeats drops by to about how he creates music.

Today's focus: The first year of Amazon FBA, how a store starts, the first few mistakes, the first wins, and what to expect if YOU are starting an Amazon FBA store. My guest today is Allison Nevins, entrepreneur, friend, and great company, who started her Amazon FBA store in 2016.

Don't every say this to an investor.

Welcome back to The Fire Show, the podcast from Austin about entrepreneurs, business strategy, and working your face off. Today, I'm bringing to you the second panel I recorded at the FUND conference in April, brought to Austin for the first time every by FUND, Deloitte, Wilson Sonsini, and Entrepreneur Network. In the first panel, we had investors and entrepreneurs, such as Jay Samit and BackGril Ventures amon many, talk about how meet investors, make an impression, and eventually raise capital for your company. In this panel, we have a different focus, i.e investing and venture capital ecosystem in Texas. What problems do Texas entrepreneur face in this area? Why is there a perception of having to go to the east coast of the west coast for money? What are investors around us looking for that they can't find here? I mean, texas has no shortage of money. The panelists introduces themselves as they speak, but we have on the panel Bob Metacafe, creator of the Ethernet Cable who was on the Tim Ferriss show recently, Paul o'brien founder of idea Tech Ventures, Joe Merrill and Amanda Eakin from Sputnik ATX, Martin Martinz from Founders Insittue, and more. This panel was live streamed on the ENtrepreneur Network, and shared to a audience of more than 4MM. Huge shout out to the FUND conference and MediaTech Ventures for helping me set this up. I also invite you to the FUND conference on Oct 24,25th in Chicago, where I will be live-streaming the hell out of panels, interviewing people. Ladies and gents, enjoy.

Hello! Welcome to the Fire Show, Austin's podcast about entrepreneurship strategy, and working your face off. This is your host, Moby, I interview the best in Austin, from the Mayor, to Director of SXSW, Designer of the Airport, Austin Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, and more. It's a fun time. During SXSW this year, I was waiting around a bar and started chatting to the guy next to me, all because he just had a really cool cowboy hat. A minute or two of chatting about Austin and SXSW later, I asked him what he did. Turned out, Dave was the Director of Video Strategy for Circa news, a video-driven news platform. And it just so happened that I was interviewing people about social media strategy at SXSW for this show.I invited Dave to come in 2 days later, and boom! We recorded the interview. In this episode, we build a fictional company and do a case study on how we can build out it's video strategy for maximum brand awareness, customer interests, and eventually revenue. It's perfect if you have a company or brand that you want to drive more attention to using video, which is king. So a little bit about Dave, outside of the fact he likes dope hats, and a little bit about Circa. Circa is an online news platform, which started in 2012 as a video-driven IOS application. It was acquired in 2015 by Sinclair Broadcast group , a publicly traded telecommunication company in the US is the largest TV station operator by number of stations (more than 200), and by total coverage. Circa ideology is to present information with "no spin, just facts and transparency" and in "an irreverent tone" that will allow the site's target audience (young adults 18 to 35 years old) to form its own opinions. It's actually rated for its High Factual reporting on multiple media bias fact checker websites. And Dave. Dave, who you can find on Twitter or Instagram as @Trausneck, started of as a Sports Editor at a student newspaper in 2002, then a New Producer at multiple Tv stations. He used his experience to transition in Social Media Management for the Sinclair Group, and moved from Assistant Manager to Manager to now Director of Social Media for CIrca news. I'm grateful to have run into Dave when I did, and share this with you. I hope, using the knowledge Dave drops, and more, you fucking kill it for your company or brand. Ladies and gents, enjoy.

Today, I'm sitting down with Claire Winslow, President of Best Practice Media, a social media marketing agency focused on helping their clients make more revenue. She also brought SMW to Austin, where I interviewed other people you have listened to, or will listen to soon on the show - such as Meredith Rose from last week. She's very involved in the marketing ecosystem in Austin and the US, so if you're in those circles, you probably know of Claire. Today, with Claire we're talking social media from a strategic perspective. We can all tweet and make ads and sponsored posts, but marketing is as investment. Social media marketing takes resources, and it's an investment. How do we make the most of this investment? Let's find out. This was filmed in the Startup studio at Galvanize with the help of Kevin Chin from MediaTech Ventures, a media & technology advisory firm. They just launched their Educational platform and incubator by the way, at collective.mediatech.ventures. If you are in the creative and tech communities in Austin, and want to learn from the best, or teach others, or work on your idea, Check them out at collective.mediatech.ventures. You can get in touch with Claire @ClaireWinslow, or on bestpracticemedia.com. Ladies and gents, enjoy.

How, as a business, do you not create mediocre content? How do you stand out? How can you make content for your audience that they give a shit about? Today, I'm interviewing the perfect person to answer this: Meredith Rose,social media strategist, instructor, and speaker, who joined me after her panel at Social Media Week Austin, about making hella-good content In this episode, we break down how to strategize and plan your content creation, ow to promote it, and how not to fuck it up. Enjoy. Meredith's Twitter: @msmeredithrose Meredith's IG: @msmeredithrose

You've never heard anything like this before on The Fire Show. We have a total of 12 guests! Today, I'm over at the FUND conference, which was held in Austin for the first time in April, brought over by Deloitte, Wilson Sonsini, and Entrepreneur Network. These include investors, entrepreneurs, and founders of incubators. We're talking about how the hell entrepreneurs can get funding, from conferences, emailing people, and making impressions on others. Fun fact, this was also live-streamed on the Entrepreneur Network, and shared to 4MM people.... 4MM did not watch it, but hey, the show is getting bigger. You can also watch snippets of this show on my youtube channel, Not That Moby. I also invite you to the FUND conference on Oct 24, 25th in Chicago, where I will be live-streaming the hell out of panels, interviewing people. Panelists: Robert Suffoletta - Partner Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (@wilsonsonsini) Eva Yazhari - Beyond Capital Fund (@BeyondCapital) Swati Chaturvedi - Propel(x) (@Swati_Propelx) Hubert -Zajicek - Health WildCatters Seed stage healthcare (@HubertZajicek) Shelley Bell - CEO + Founder of Black Girl Ventures (@BGirlVentures) Jay Samit - Independent Vice Chairman, Deloitte + Author of Disrupt You (@jaysamit) Mathew Mccall (@MatthewMcCall), CEO Crowdvest Chuck Pettid - Partner Republic Crowdfunding Portal (@joinrepublic)