The Magnus Effect Podcast

By Magnus Kubo-Allen

Talking to ambitious university students to understand how they balance their ambitions with the day to day college life.... more

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The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.

The Magnus Effect Podcast episodes:

September 18, 2024 "Everyone is Building!" How Transferring to UC Berkeley Enabled My Entrepreneurial Journey | Tom Lam
Tom Lam is a transfer student at UC Berkeley actively pursuing multiple ventures within the startup space. He is known on campus to post content around the day in his life as a student, amassing close to 500,000 views on Instagram shorts. Listen to my conversation diving deep into his journey and understand his mindset to get so much done. 0:00 Early Upbringing
3:12 Finding a career path
7:33 Should People Transfer?
9:52 Creating your own opportunities
12:03 Jumping Into Startup
14:17 Building a resilient mindset
18:18 Bringing Your Idea to Reality
26:41 What Did You Wish You Knew Coming In?
28:31 Struggles with Building
35:01 Applying Lessons to New Ventures
37:20 How Do You Find a Successful Community
40:25 What is Your Priority Now?
42:25 Maximizing Entrepreneurial Resources
43:55 How Are You Balancing School?
46:14 Short Term Goals
47:40 Building Failure Resistance
48:50 Closing Tradition
50:53 El Fin
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54min
June 26, 2024 Navigating College and Breaking into Startup Accelerators Without a Perfect Plan | Safwan Masood
Fireside chat with the former president of Student-Run Startup Accelerator Free Ventures. Graduating Senior, Safwan Masood, explains his journey into the startup space after originally intending to go into law and offers tips to aspiring founders to maximize their resources and time on campus.
0:00 Career Summary
1:05 Navigating Opportunities on Campus
3:04 What is Free Ventures?
4:14 How do you get into an Accelerator?
5:50 What are the Characteristics of Successful Accelerator Founders?
8:20 Corporate vs Startup Route
13:00 Should Students Pursue Leadership in Clubs
14:14 Putting Others First
16:00 Facade of Working at a Large Company
17:27 How to Decide on a Career
20:10 10 Year Outlook
20:59 What do you Look for in Startups?
22:00 Transition into the Venture Space
23:37 Finding a Startup that Aligns with your Goals
25:12 Traits of Successful Founders
26:24 How do Student Run Accelerators Benefit Startups?
27:59 What Major Helps you the most in Venture Accelerators
28:34 Future of Student Entrepreneurship
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30min
June 12, 2024 #21 What it takes to become a THIRD degree Black Belt & Elite Powerlifter | Evan Tsai
Conversation with Evan Tsai about the tests you need to endure to get a third-degree black belt and what mental state he puts himself through in order to achieve such extreme physical feats.
0:00 Intro
1:41 Interest in Taekwondo
3:35 What it Takes to be a Black Belt
8:17 Pushing Through the Hard Times
10:27 How to Endure the Hardest of Physical Tests
13:06 Is Taekwondo for Everyone
14:17 Channeling Discipline into Other Activities
15:57 Lifting Journey
21:20 Surrounding Yoursaelf with Sustainable Motivation
30:38 UCI Student Life
36:05 Balancing School with Hobbies
37:52 Future Career Plans
40:47 Closing Tradition
44:22 Question for the Next Guest?
45:20 El Fin
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46min
June 05, 2024 #20 Can ChatGpt 4o be a podcast host? Watch it try
Chat Gpt 4o is an exciting new feature that allows you to talk to Ai using your voice but how does it hold up in a podcast interview with a simple prompt?
0:00 Introduction
1:53 Main Ambitions
3:32 Managing Time
5:37 Major Challenges in Podcasting
9:27 Advice for Starting a Podcast
12:58 Most Rewarding Part of Podcasting
15:13 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting
18:02 Maintaining Motivation
19:53 Memorable Guests
21:44 Unexpected Challenges
23:56 Preparing Mentally and Physically for Interviews
27:05 Favorite Questions to Ask
30:48 Future Plans for the Podcast
31:58 Lessons I've learned from Guests
34:40 Everything I Know About Balancing Ambitions With School
38:53 Assessment/Reflection
41:29 El Fin

I apologize for referring to Chat GPT 4o as 40, this was a mistake I could not fix by the time of upload.
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42min
May 29, 2024 #19 Why I'm Dropping Out of Berkeley MET to Purse My Passion in Manufacturing | Anshul Bajaj
Serial Machinist, Entrepreneur, & Mentor for FRC Team 4414 Hightide talks about how to get started and create that thing you want to build so badly.
0:00 Introduction
4:47 Interest in Manufacturing
10:49 Love for Electric Skateboards
15:57 What Makes an Elite FRC Team
21:21 Getting Your Team to Buy Into the Vision
26:02 Most Rewarding & Worst Memory in Robotics?
29:26 Big vs. Small Teams
34:53 Hosting Off-Season Events
27:48 Attracting Talent
39:17 Integrating Skill Building in the Classroom
40:42 What Makes a Good Machinist?
43:00 How to Find a Business Partner
48:27 Buying a Machine
49:50 Role of College
53:26 Corporate or Entrepreneurial roles in the future?
56:59 Hardest Project
59:08 The Secret to Balancing Your Time
1:03:09 Closing Tradition
1:04:18 Question for the Next Guest
1:06:05 Closing Remarks
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1h 7min
May 22, 2024 #18 How to Balance Work study with Rigorous Academics | Viviana
UC Berkeley student Viviana talks about her experiences working to pay her college tuition.
0:00 Introduction
1:44 Current Work Study Job
3:49 Unique Parts of the Job
6:08 Hours & Pay
7:33 Favorite Jobs
11:23 Creative Writing
13:27 Teaching
16:27 Being a Bio Major at Berkeley
18:58 Campus Involvement
20:05 Balancing Strategy
23:06 Dealing with the Size of Berkeley
27:10 Avocado Festival
31:29 Hot Seat! - Card 1
33:17 Hot Seat! - Card 2
35:17 Hot Seat! - Card 3
36:21 Hot Seat! - Card 4
41:52 Closing Tradition
43:45 Question for the Next Guest
44:01 El Fin
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45min
May 15, 2024 #17 Being Apart of a 1 BILLION Dollar Fund in College?! Students in Venture Capital | Alvin Xiao
Successful startup founder and now a general partner at FutureX Capital as a college student. Discussion on how to get into the Venture Capital Space and the importance of Capital in todays world.
0:00 Intro
0:43 Entering the Tech Industry
4:29 Getting Assistance and Funding for Startup
6:53 Takeaways from Exiting Startup
8:55 Where Did the Passion Stem From?
12:05 Nvidia's Own Incubator
15:03 Lecturing Through Short Form Content
16:17 What Do Venture Capital Firms Offer?
19:38 What Does Money Mean to You?
29:17 How Did You Get Into Venture Capital?
34:16 Should College Students Strive to be in this Space?
35:51 Living Up to the Pressure as a 19 Year Old General Partner
37:32 Skillsets You Need to be a Partner
42:52 Approaching "Celebrity" Entrepreneurs
47:50 Current Project
50:29 How Are You Balancing This With School?
53:41 What Role Does College Play For You?
56:02 Closing Tradition
58:29 Question for the Next Guest
59:00 El Fin
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1h
May 08, 2024 #16 Best-Selling Author & Biotech-Startup Founder Before Freshman Year | Maryanne Alhallak
How Maryanne has been driven to achieve so much in her life, how she did it, and how she manages time.
0:00 Intro
0:58 Experiences as a Refugee
3:47 Historical Context of the War
5:13 Reflecting Back on Traumatic Experiences
7:38 You Need Money to Make Impact
9:15 Becoming a Published Author at 9 Years Old
11:05 Nature vs. Nurture
12:45 Is It Worth the Effort?
13:41 What Are You Striving for?
14:46 Current Hobbies
16:41 Current Startup Project
18:44 Scariest Part of Building
20:09 Most Difficult Part About Building
21:09 Skipping a Grade
23:24 Dealing with Agism
25:37 Embrace Young Age or Hide It?
27:58 Know Your Limits
29:46 Navigating Competition in a Competitive School
31:46 Internships vs Startup
33:37 Parental Support
35:25 Moments When You Doubt Yourself
36:34 How Do You Balance Your Time
38:19 Campus Involvement
41:08 How Do People Start Building?
42:16 Entrepreneurship Resources on Campus
43:46 Destressing and Leisure Activities
49:09 Enjoying the Journey
50:00 Closing Tradition
53:34 Question for the Next Guest + Closing
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55min
May 01, 2024 #15 How to Build a Robotics Company In College
0:00 Introduction
2:02 How Arya Started in Robotics
4:30 Outlook on Robotics Over Time
7:27 Patenting Robots8:40 Arya's First Patent
11:22 What Does Robolabs Do?
13:52 How Did This Business Start?
18:06 Patenting Fun Facts
20:00 Learning From His Mistakes
24:47 How to Host a Robotics Competition
28:43 Regrets of Hosting
31:38 Role of College
34:25 Having Fun While Being Disciplined
38:07 Role Models and Mentors
41:32 Community? Private? Public? Where Should You Go?
47:02 How Does the Environment Shape the Individual
49:49 Future of Robolabs
53:22 Humanoid Robots
56:11 What Would You Change About Yourself
58:33 Closing Tradition
1:05:12 Question to the Next Guest
1:07:40 Grand Message
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1h 12min
April 24, 2024 #14 You can use Canvas to do WHAT? Balancing college with teaching the youth (ft. Saki)
Conversation with Saki about why she teaches the youth as a part time job how how she balances it with her academics.
0:00 Intro
1:01 Saki's 3 Languages
3:07 Career Support from Parents
4:23 Student Transformation Story
6:32 Knowing When To Be Strict vs Nice
8:28 Who Are You In The Eyes Of students
9:44 Unlimited Happiness From Seeing Students
11:04 Balancing Work With School
14:59 Role of College
17:59 Community College vs University
20:46 You Need To Be SHAMELESS!
26:55 Who Is That Person from High-School
29:10 Is Reflecting On Past Mistakes Healthy?
31:43 Lack of Sleep
34:53 Hot Seat! - Card 1: People will never forget the time I ____
39:57 Card 2: What's something you hate paying for?
47:24 Sibling Dynamics
48:56 Closing Tradition
50:51 El Fin
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53min

FAQs about The Magnus Effect Podcast:

How many episodes does The Magnus Effect Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.