The Mentors

At just 13 years old Olga was selected to join the German national dance team as one of only 6 pairs nationwide, but by her early 20s after becoming a World Champion she quit dance to work for the UN Security Council. Olga Nesterova walks us through her journey of leaving dance at the top of her game, to eventually starting and quickly growing her own dance company. Since then she has expanded to multiple cities, performing at NBA and WBNA half-time shows along with her students all over the U.S. This episode dives deep into every hurdle along the way, and the methods Olga used to work through the every day issues of running a business. You'll see examples of how to show value right when you're starting off to immediately differentiate your business and acquire customers organically through the process. Whether you're a dancer, business owner, or just someone that wants to capitalize on their own talent, this story will provide major takeaways.

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Blockchain technologies and the cryptocurrencies created on top of them are quickly becoming the fastest growing opportunity of the 21st century. The complex nature of this new paradigm and relative scarcity of expert knowledge makes it difficult to decipher accurate information from irrelevant noise. In this episode, Boris Revsin, Boston based Founder of blockchain advisory Game Theory Group, breaks down how to accelerate your knowledge in this nascent space, and see through the noise of misinformation. Having invested in several Initial Coin Offerings personally and through a syndicate, he walks us through how he evaluates the credibility of a new blockchain company to make the smartest investment decision possible. This podcast should not be considered as financial investment advice, but instead as the most effective way to become literate and knowledgeable in a space that will only continue to permeate our every day lives. The Mentors also dive into the similarities between conventional tech startups and blockchain startups, and the fundraising process surrounding both. By Boris' estimates, 98% of today's new blockchain companies will become irrelevant in 2018. This is the year that the industry optimizes, and this is the time to grow your awareness in the space.

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Sadiq Samani has figured out how to run a lifestyle business as CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Autoagent while pursuing his true passion, comedy, full time. He now works 40 hours a month on his business, and performs all around the world. In this episode we walk through his whole journey, and breakdown the daily routines and habits that turned him from a 17 year old kid that hated school and spent all his time watching TV, to a successful businessman, activist, and comedian that has performed at hundreds of venues like The Improv, Laugh Factory, and Gotham Comedy Club.

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Most first time entrepreneurs get this wrong. In this episode we cover exactly how and when an equity split discussion needs to happen, and how to make sure you get a fair share of the company you're building. We also talk about how to act if one of your founders decides to quit, and how to protect yourself if that should happen. There's a brief discussion on incorporating your startup, but we'll be diving deeper into business formation in a separate episode.

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It's hard to start a business completely alone. Sometimes, success depends entirely on your ability to recruit the right partners for your business. We provide a realistic scenario of how a business founder would go about finding a technical co-founder for his/her tech startup, but the logic is the same for any type of team you need to assemble.

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In this episode we look at how successful creators (comedians, entrepreneurs, etc.) work to get better at coming up with good ideas, and how you can apply this to you own life. We also give actionable suggestions on how you can immediately start coming up with your own business ideas.

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This is a quick introduction to our podcast, the Mentors, where brothers Sergei and Vadim Revzin give advice to anyone interested in building a business.

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