The First 1%

The First 1%

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The First 1% episodes

  • EP2 - How to Start Again When Your Business Is Gone | Jason Crown
    Jason Crown, founder of JCDL, on how to start again when your business is gone: rebuilding from zero with just your network, the first imperfect move, finding the work nobody else wants, his Restart Blueprint, filtering everyone's advice, getting unstuck, and why it's too easy to say yes to bad work.
    0:00 Cold open
    1:55 Meet Jason
    2:34 After the reset
    5:25 The first imperfect move
    7:19 The weirder the better
    10:30 The Restart Blueprint
    12:42 What's optional early on
    17:25 Filtering advice
    19:23 Where people get stuck
    21:06 Getting unstuck
    26:13 Saying yes to bad work
    29:10 One line to your past self
    29:58 The recap
    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Jonathan_Tjoandi
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    32 min
  • EP1 - How to Get Started With Short-Form Videos | Jeremy Thone
    Jeremy Thone, founder of VideoGhost, on how to get started with short-form videos when you have no audience, no gear and you're scared of looking stupid: getting past the fear, starting small, his Getting Started Blueprint, the step everyone skips, and how to get unstuck when life gets in the way.
    0:00 Cold open
    1:56 Who this is for
    4:31 Getting past the fear
    8:28 Start small
    13:13 The Getting Started Blueprint
    17:21 The step people skip
    21:02 Where people get stuck
    25:38 How to get unstuck
    30:43 One line to your past self
    31:45 The recap
    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C5diBiNqVo
    Follow Jeremy: LinkedIn – Jeremy Thone
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    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathantjoandi
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    Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefirstonepercent.com
    34 min
  • Ep0 - Why The First 1%
    Episode 0 of The First 1% — the story behind the podcast.
    In 2025 I ended up in the ER with appendicitis that was about to rupture. The doctor gave me two options and less than two minutes to choose. No time to overthink, no time for excuses. That's when it clicked: the biggest thing holding me back was me — and most of my fear came from not knowing the first step.
    That's why I built The First 1%. Everyone talks about getting 1% better every day, but you need the first 1% before any of that. On this show, real people walk through how they got started, what scared them, and the exact steps you can copy.
    If you're stuck at zero, you're in the right place. Start messy. Start now.
    0:00 Welcome to The First 1%
    0:12 Not taking care of myself
    0:29 The ER: two options, two minutes
    1:08 What stuck with me
    1:24 The biggest thing holding me back
    1:45 Not knowing the first step
    2:09 Why I built The First 1%
    2:18 Where the name came from
    2:31 What this show is about
    Follow me:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathantjoandi
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jontjoandi
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jtjoandi
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jonathantjoandi-n8l
    Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefirstonepercent.com
    4 min

About The First 1%

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The First 1% is for anyone in the early stages of something: a career, a business, a new role, a hard decision. No fluff. No hindsight bias. Just practical frameworks and…