Founder interviews

Podcast

Acquired Live at Chase Center: Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Daniel Ek, Emily Chang

Acquired September 30, 2024

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Founder interviews 9

Business models 7

• Meta survived every existential threat by being a tech company, not a social app
• Zuckerberg's biggest regret: accepting political blame he didn't deserve for 20 years
• Spotify became podcast market leader in three years by funnelling existing music listeners

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Founder interviews

YouTube

How a six-figure copywriter built a sustainable freelance career

Matthew Volkwyn September 30, 2024

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Founder interviews 9

Prospecting & outreach 6

Resilience & grit 5

• Having competing offers is what lets you negotiate premium deals
• The idea behind copy is 80% of the result — editing words is low-leverage
• Fail faster: messy action beats perfect outreach every time

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Content marketing

YouTube

YouTube as a business engine: strategy, psychology, and content craft

Brett Malinowski September 30, 2024

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Content marketing 9

Copywriting 8

Identity & self-belief 5

• One word in your title can mean the difference of 10x more views
• Every topic has a fixed attention market cap — know yours before posting
• Layer Cialdini's psychology principles into every hook, not just your offer

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Vision & mission

YouTube

Why every entrepreneur needs a vivid vision

Cameron Herold September 30, 2024

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Vision & mission 10

Culture building 6

Long-term planning 5

• A clear written vision lets strangers build exactly what you imagined.
• Three years is the sweet spot — one year too close, ten too far.
• Sharing the vision filters out misaligned employees before they cause drag.

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Resilience & grit

YouTube

Wiring your brain for performance under extreme pressure

Coaching for Leaders September 30, 2024

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Resilience & grit 9

Management 6

• Emergencies aren't just worse bad days — they follow different rules
• Calm under pressure is a trainable skill, not a fixed trait
• Performance depends as much on preparation and recovery as the moment itself

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Work-life balance

Podcast

How to use your job as a tool for building your ideal life

Deep Questions with Cal Newport September 30, 2024

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Work-life balance 9

Productivity & habits 8

Vision & mission 7

• Why passion, prestige, and FU money are all job traps
• Fix a target income number, then trade skill for freedom
• A $2,300 shed proves deep work needs novelty, not luxury

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Founder interviews

YouTube

How Sandbox VR grew from two months of runway to $80M revenue

EO September 30, 2024

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Founder interviews 10

Pivoting 6

Fundraising & VC 5

• Why building for today's trend is always too late
• A zero-budget word-of-mouth engine built into the product
• From Chapter 11 bankruptcy to 47 locations after COVID

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Case studies

Podcast

How Cynthia Tice built Lily's Sweets into a $400M sugar-free chocolate brand

How I Built This with Guy Raz September 30, 2024

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Case studies 10

Bootstrapping 8

Business models 7

• Launched a $400M brand at age 58 with no outside funding
• Stevia alone tastes terrible — erythritol blending cracked the formula
• Profitable from year two with four employees and zero office space

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