On this episode of the Formula Podcast, Clipisode founder, Brian Alvey, and Trevor Carlson sit down to discuss Brian's lessons from a lifetime of entrepreneurship.Brian Alvey is a serial entrepreneur, programmer, designer and blogger. He grew up in Brooklyn and now lives in San Francisco where he is the CEO of Clipisode. He is best known for co-founding the blog publishing company Weblogs, Inc. with Jason Calacanis. As Alvey describes it, "Jason and I didn't invent blogging. We perfected it."Trevor and Brian discuss:-Why you have some reason for them wanting to hire you-Why you gotta wait till you’ve got the money in the bank-How in the beginning you cannot always tell the winners from the losers-The magic of YouTube-Why you should try to be an entrepreneur-His complaints within schools-Resiliency -How do you know when you should keep going?-Ways investments weed people out-If Brian had to start over today, how would he get started?-Pick which area you can make progress in before you can flip and do something else-Never go 50-50 in a partnership-What is Clipisode?-Strategy for being the best you can be-Teaching momentsClipisode Questions from our audience:#1: Brian’s biggest failure#2: Podcast’s impact on marketing#3: When to monetize your users#4: Advice for adopting new media within a traditional media teamBooks: Doesn’t have one - very specific to the personTo contact Brian:https://twitter.com/brianalveyTo download Clipisode:https://clipisode.co/This episode was produced by Helixacademy.coFollow Helix Academy on Facebook: www.facebook.com/helixacademy/Music provided by Moods: open.spotify.com/artist/14uVJsPC4DByeuD0cq36eziTunes link: coming soon
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