The Lightbulb Moment Podcast

This episode was inspired by an art exhibit by Nalini Malani I saw at The National Gallery in London.

Let's talk memories, parallel universes, and the present moment.

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So what's up with our startup IDA? Listen to this episode for the full scoop!

IDA Website: https://www.thinkida.com/

IDA helps entrepreneurs better understand their audience and discover buyer preferences and consumer insights with ease, ultimately helping you deliver the right products and marketing messages to grow your business.

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Engineering geniuses Amy Swanson and Cody Birkland are tackling a massive problem: billions of people around the world hand-wash their clothes and don't have access to laundry facilities. Laundry is inaccessible, expensive, and incredibly damaging to the environment in terms of energy and water usage. They are solving this all with ... ultrasound. It's crazy cool and you're going to want to hear more about it.

Listen to this episode for how they got started, how they've pivoted and refined many times, how they've been able to do customer discovery with people all over the world, and their refreshing take on pitch competitions.

Ultropia Website: ultropia.us

Amy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ultraamy/

Cody's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/codybirkland/

IDA Website: https://www.thinkida.com/

IDA helps entrepreneurs better understand their audience and discover buyer preferences and consumer insights with ease, ultimately helping you deliver the right products and marketing messages to grow your business.

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Nicky Ramsey is the epitome of a woman who has surmounted all odds to find success. From surviving a tough childhood to getting her business idea copied by a large corporation, Nicky has tackled obstacles to bring her vision Junobie, a sustainable breastmilk storage solution, to life. 

But whether you are in the femtech space or not, there is SOMETHING to learn in this episode for you. Nicky talks about how she navigated her business being copied, an ingenius way she found trustworthy manufacturers, getting a deal on Shark Tank, and so much more!

So relax, hit play, and be ready to feel inspired by Nicky to to take action and kill it!

Junobie Website: https://www.junobie.com/

IDA Website: https://www.thinkida.com/

IDA helps entrepreneurs better understand their audience and discover buyer preferences and consumer insights with ease, ultimately helping you deliver the right products and marketing messages to grow your business.

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We had a blast talking with Caroline Creidenberg, founder of Wedfuly, which helps couples create an interactive and inclusive virtual/hybrid wedding of their dreams! You'll notice Caroline's energy is infectious, and she lives and breathes the brand. We talked about how she even got started in this industry and the path to learning so much and scaling in a short amount of time. She also takes us behind the scenes of her Shark Tank pitch (S13 E5)! 

Listen to this episode for the BTS on starting a business during covid,  strategy to scaling a service business, and the mindset she used to be successful while  heading into the Shark Tank, and more.

So if you or a loved one has a wedding coming up, you know where to go!

Wedfuly Website: https://www.wedfuly.com/

IDA Website: https://www.thinkida.com/

IDA helps entrepreneurs better understand their audience and discover buyer preferences and consumer insights with ease, ultimately helping you deliver the right products and marketing messages to grow your business.

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This episode is not financial advice. Seriously. It's not even about strategies or hustling or going out to create accounts. It's an open chat and conversation from one of our founders, Ghanika. Consider it a heart-to-heart on finance and musings on where we are at today, developing your financial mindset to process losses, and maintain a healthy attitude towards your finances.

IDA Website: https://www.thinkida.com/

IDA helps entrepreneurs better understand their audience and discover buyer preferences and consumer insights with ease, ultimately helping you deliver the right products and marketing messages to grow your business.

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Ever heard of agile development or an agile workflow and wondered what it meant? Want to make your team more agile? 

Or perhaps you are just up against a wall with getting your product development running smoothly and wondering what needs to be different.

This episode may be the answer you are looking for. 

Resources Mentioned:

Agile Manifesto

12 Days of Agile Podcast

User Stories

TEP

L-EAF.org

IDA Website: https://www.thinkida.com/

IDA helps entrepreneurs better understand their audience and discover buyer preferences and consumer insights with ease, ultimately helping you deliver the right products and marketing messages to grow your business.

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Welcome to Part 2 of our personal finance segments! If you missed part 1, be sure to listen for tips on money mindset and risk tolerance, your 401k, IRAs, and ESPP and how that plays into retiring early, and of course, crypto and NFTs. 

Here's what you'll learn in this segment:

- platforms to get started investing on (and some you may want to avoid)

- determining your own strategy of when to buy and sell

- what to get lined up to quit your job 

- how to figure out the amount of money you need to retire early

- a personal finance practice that's made a HUGE difference in growing investments

Here are some great podcasts that are dedicated to personal finance:

The Money Guy Show

Girls That Invest

Millennial Money

IDA Website: https://www.thinkida.com/

IDA helps entrepreneurs better understand their audience and discover buyer preferences and consumer insights with ease, ultimately helping you deliver the right products and marketing messages to grow your business.

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Over the next couple weeks, we'll be releasing some finance themed episodes! We strongly believe personal finance education is so important for everyone, but especially for the entrepreneurs out there who are sitting and dreaming of a nomadic lifestyle or early retirement, you need to get your money right. 

We are super confident you are going to walk away from each of these episodes having learned at least ONE new thing! 

Here's a sneak peek of what you will learn in this segment. 

- determining your risk tolerance

- 401k (to max or not to max)

- ESPP (what it is + how to take advantage even if you think you aren't interested)

- taking out retirement accounts early 

- mutual funds & ETFs (and what to look out for when choosing them!)

- crypto & NFTs (tip to keep your fees low, a mistake to avoid, and a way to buy fractional NFTs - yes, even Bored Ape)

IDA Website: https://www.thinkida.com/

IDA helps entrepreneurs better understand their audience and discover buyer preferences and consumer insights with ease, ultimately helping you deliver the right products and marketing messages to grow your business.

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