UnStuck

In this episode, we talk with Dr. David Grew, an entrepreneur, practicing radiation oncologist, and founder of the PRIMR, the first doctor created patient education platform.

David is bringing digital innovation and business-savvy to a field not typically associated with productizing knowledge and sharing it from doctor to patient. Traditionally, doctors meet with patients and explain concepts one-on-one, repeating themselves thousands of times during their career.

David is changing that with PRIMR – and in the process improving life for doctors and patients, who now absorb and better retain information they learn from their physicians.

If you're in an industry where that's not known for bottom-up innovation, this is the UnStuck episode for you.

We talked about:  

• How David has bootstrapped PRIMR;
• How he's worked through sticking points and pivoted while building early version of his application; 
• How he learned to convert his knowledge into digital assets (and why); 
• And doing it all while continuing to practice as an oncologist.

Links: 

• David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorGrew
• PRIMR website: https://www.primrmed.com

In this episode, we talk with Blake Burge, a masterful communicator on Twitter who shares insights on business, productivity, & building a better you.

Blake broke out in a big way over the past nine months, and he's now one of a select few "Educators-in-Chief" on Twitter, people teaching what they're learning each week through valuable threads.

We talked about how he learns and how he captures his learning; consistency and persistence in creating; and the importance of work ethic in staying unstuck.

Links: 

• Blake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/blakeaburge
• Blake's newsletter "While You Were Away": https://www.getrevue.co/profile/blakeaburge

In this episode, we compile and collect the best of UnStuck 2021:  tips, tricks, and takeaways from our interviews last year.

We're excited to continue our focus in 2022, gathering advice and lessons on how top creators and digital entrepreneurs go from from 0 to $1 online -- and get past sticking points early on.

Enjoy these highlights — and let’s go from 0 to $1 and more! 

In this episode, we talk with EDUpreneuer and Chief Evangelist at Synthesis, Ana Lorena Fabrega.

Ana left her teacher career in 2019 and created a personal monopoly around using the internet to improve childhood education. She excels at turning ideas on their heads and thinking differently about education, growth, and life in the changing world.

We talked about starting and sustaining a creative flywheel; Ana's early decision to join a creative community; how to create your own professional luck; learning (and her work at Synthesis School); and making your own path in life and online.

Links: 

• Ana's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/msfab
• Ana's website: https://afabrega.com
• Ana's newsletter: https://newsletter.afabrega.com
• Ana's Twitter: https://twitter.com/anafabrega11
• Ana's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ICCL5l_5iT8yDzSoYLUzQ/videos

In this episode....meet UnStuck, the same (but different!) podcast by Gumroad, inviting you to "see what sticks" and helping you get unstuck on your creative path. 

Each week on UnStuck, host Justin Mikolay will explore the future of entrepreneurship, in conversation with creators and digital entrepreneurs at the top of their fields. 

We chart a new, middle path to success...and a different way of working and growing, with practical advice, lessons, and first-hand stories shared directly by creators. 

Tune in next week to our inaugural episode, featuring Ana Lorena Fabrega, and subscribe for more episodes of UnStuck - a podcast by Gumroad.

In this episode, we talk with independent creator and Gumroad Head of Product, Daniel Vassallo.

Daniel Vassallo is the creator of Userbase and several successful Gumroad products, including The Good Parts of AWS and Everyone Can Build a Twitter Audience. In 2019, he left a $500,000 job at Amazon to work for himself. Today, he is Head of Product at Gumroad in a part-time role.

We talked about lifestyle and career design, Daniel's new course "A Portfolio of Small Bets," the unpredictability of creative outcomes, and strategies to deal with it. 

Links: 

• Daniel's website: https://dvassallo.com
• Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dvassallo
• Daniel's Gumroad: https://dvassallo.gumroad.com
• Daniel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dvssll/

In this episode, we talk with email marketing expert Chase Dimond.

Chase co-founded the ecommerce email marketing agency Boundless Labs, which helps 7-9-figure brands drive revenue and build customer relationships through email.

We talked about Chase's email marketing playbook, the power and relevance of email for brands and creators of all kinds, how to build feedback loops and structure incentives, and how to executive effective email campaigns during the holidays (including Black Friday and Cyber Monday).

Links: 

•  Chase's Gumroad: https://chasedimond.gumroad.com
• Chase's website: https://chasedimond.carrd.co
• Chase's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ecomchasedimond
• Chase's agency (Boundless Labs): https://www.boundlesslabs.io

In this episode, we talk with digital artist and brush maker, Alaina Jensen.

Alaina created Studio Denmark in 2014 to provide design resources to fellow creatives. Today, she sells digital Procreate brushes, shares her art and artistic process on YouTube and Instagram, and runs a successful digital art community on Facebook.

We talked about the relevance of digital art for creators of all kinds, making the mental leap from artist to product builder, the surprising ways artists use Alaina's Procreate brushes, and how making digital art can ease stress and anxiety.

Links: 

•  Alaina's Gumroad: https://alainajensen.gumroad.com
• Alaina's website: https://alainajensen.com 
• Alaina's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC75sxF1C-lkRLw2pnrYe8OA
• Alaina's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alainajensen/

In this episode, we talk with Dickie Bush, creator of the successful online writing community Ship30for30.

Dickie Bush is a macro investor, portfolio manager, and creator of Dickie's Digest, a newsletter focused on growth principles, building in public, and enabling full-stack internet creators. He's gives writers and creators tools, resources, processes, and mindsets to grow personally and professionally.

We talked about Dickie's early participation on Twitter (curating and summarizing 30 podcast episodes in 30 days), the origins of Ship30for30, how he's running and scaling an internet business, and how he packages together his growing expertise into free and paid products. 

Links: 

•  Dickie's website: https://www.dickiebush.com
• Dickie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dickiebush
• Dickie's newsletter ("Dickie's Digest"): https://dickiebush.substack.com
• Ship30for30: https://www.ship30for30.com
• Dickie's tweet about credibility and specificity: https://twitter.com/dickiebush/status/1450448559984283656?s=20
• "The T-Shaped Information Diet" by Nick DeWilde: https://junglegym.substack.com/p/the-t-shaped-information-diet

In this episode, we talk with builder, digital designer, and creator of Super (Super.so) James Traf.

James is a technologist and crypto enthusiast who has grown his bootstrapped SaaS app Super to five-digit MRR while maintaining his sanity and exploring multiple side projects. He previously co-founded a YC-backed company (Spoil), one of the earliest companies admitted to the accelerator in its history. He's also crushed it on Gumroad by selling iOS icon packs to customize iPhone home screens.

We talked about how he builds without permission, his creative journey and principles, lessons on company building, and his early experiments with NFTs.

Links: 

•  James's website: https://tr.af
• James's Twitter: https://twitter.com/traf
• Super: https://super.so
• The VV Boosters Website design time-lapse video mentioned at 23:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFgBO6HJ5dw