Creator Lab - interviews with entrepreneurs and startup founders
by Bilal ZaidiConversations with leading entrepreneurs, non-profit founders, award winning designers, educators, artists and everything else in between. We dig deep into their stories, have honest conversations about how they made their ideas come to life and the lessons learned along the way.
Episodes
Michael Brandt: Ketones, Stem Cell Preservation, 7-Day Fasts & Micro-Dosing
1h 24m · PublishedSubscribe & watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/8HlTDcNCDxI
Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) - Intro
- (00:00:26) - Start of Interview
- (00:01:42) - Starting HVMN (Health Via Modern Nutrition)
- (00:07:48) - Scale Of Business & Google Background
- (00:13:02) - Ketosis & Keto
- (00:18:23) - How The Brain Uses Energy
- (00:21:39) - Exogenous Ketones
- (00:35:31) - Athletes Using Exogenous Ketones
- (00:38:55) - Sponsor: Justworks
- (00:40:01) - Continuation Of Interview
- (00:45:04) - Ketones Your Body Produces vs Exogenous Ketones
- (00:47:00) - Contract With Army
- (00:48:59) - Glucose Levels & Clearing Out Carbs You Eat
- (00:58:57) - 7-Day Fast
- (01:02:35) - Autophagy & Fasting
- (01:09:52) - Stem Cell Preservation
- (01:14:51) - Micro-Dosing
Links Mentioned:
https://twitter.com/bdm_runner
Thank You To Our Sponsor:
- Justworks - makes it simple to hire and manage remote employees across all 50 states; visit JustWorks.com
Annie Duke: When To Quit, Monkeys vs Pedestals & The Dark Side of Goals
1h 50m · PublishedSubscribe & watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/EtsZ36eaBPc
Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) - Intro
- (00:00:37) - Start Of Interview
- (00:01:30) - Annie Duke's Background In Poker
- (00:03:49) - Growing Up
- (00:06:11) - How Games Help Your Life
- (00:09:53) - What Makes A Great Poker Player
- (00:17:52) - Annie Duke's Role At First Round Capital
- (00:22:56) - Knowing When To Quit
- (00:38:39) - Müller-Lyer Illusion
- (00:49:51) - Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
- (00:50:54) - Sponsor: Justworks
- (00:52:10) - Continuation Of Interview
- (00:58:17) - Challenges With How We Think
- (01:02:23) - Problem With Quitting
- (01:11:00) - Example: Stewart Butterfield, Founder of Slack
- (01:22:22) - Grit vs Quitting
- (01:28:56) - "Quitting On Time Feels Like It's Too Early"
- (01:30:11) - Monkeys vs. Pedestal Framework
- (01:39:42) - The Great Resignation
Links Mentioned:
Annie Duke's New Book, QUIT:
https://amzn.to/3RQsTwH
Thinking In Bets:
https://amzn.to/3eqOcHf
Thank you to our sponsors:
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Elijah: History of UK Grime, Pirate Radio & The Future of Music
1h 58m · PublishedSubscribe & watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/hXHZLKFpTu8
Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) - Intro
- (00:00:27) - Sponsor Break: Sendinblue
- (00:01:17) - Who Is Elijah?
- (00:07:10) - Sound System Culture
- (00:09:13) - What's A Reload?
- (00:12:26) - Origins of UK Grime
- (00:16:30) - Controversy of Form 696
- (00:27:21) - Pirate Radio
- (00:31:45) - How Musicians Make Money
- (00:36:07) - How Much You Get Paid Per Stream
- (00:38:05) - Industry Standards In Music
- (00:44:15) - Communities, Artists & Gatekeepers
- (00:51:49) - Balancing Old & New
- (00:57:43) - Sponsor Break: Bambee
- (01:07:46) - Web 3 + Music
- (01:14:05) - The Yellow Squares Project
- (01:19:07) - Choosing A Social Media Platform
- (01:21:06) - The Disadvantage Of Having A Degree
- (01:25:19) - The Yellow Squares Live Event
- (01:31:50) - The Doomscroll Formula
- (01:39:36) - Rinse FM & Y Combinator
- (01:42:22) - Skepta
- (01:43:57) - Why Michaela Cole Rejected £1M Netflix Deal
- (01:46:09) - The Life & Passing Of Jamal Edwards
Link Mentioned
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https://www.instagram.com/eli1ah/
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Infrastructural challenges thread:
https://twitter.com/eli1ah/status/1571087605382647809?s=20&t=19lL7kSGUKZ0H3EBFLHtVw
Thank you to our sponsors:
- Sendinblue - an all-in-one marketing, automation, and email platform empowering small businesses to build stronger customer relationships. Visit sendinblue.com/creator
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Trung Phan: Backstory, Writing in Public, Twitter Growth & Power of Memes
1h 11m · PublishedWatch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/dytmn7fcBxo
Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) - Intro
- (00:02:34) - How The Phan Family Got To Canada
- (00:07:34) - Trung's Exposure To Writing
- (00:11:28) - Twitter: The Good & Bad
- (00:14:29) - South East Asia To America
- (00:24:42) - Anxiety & Writing Publically
- (00:27:12) - Growing A Podcast
- (00:32:04) - Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
- (00:33:04) - Sponsor: Justworks
- (00:34:20) - Cringe Test
- (00:39:45) - Vanity Metrics & Distraction of Follower Count
- (00:45:52) - Film Script To TV Show
- (00:52:04) - Why Trung Started On Twitter
- (00:58:10) - Where To Start
- (00:04:53) - Topic Ideas: Breadth vs. Depth
Subscribe & watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/dytmn7fcBxo
Links Mentioned:
- Trung's newsletter: https://trungphan.substack.com/
- Trung's Twitter: https://twitter.com/trungtphan
- Not Investment Advice Podcast: https://linktr.ee/notinvestmentadvice
Thank you to our sponsors:
Linkedin Jobs - helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post a job for free on linkedin.com/creator
JustWorks - makes it simple to hire and manage remote employees across all 50 states; visit JustWorks.com
Adrian Aoun, Forward + Sidewalk Labs // Smart Cities + The Future of Healthcare
57m · PublishedAdrian Aon is the founder & CEO of Forward. They've raised more than $225mil from the world's leading VCs to "build an insurance-free healthcare system from the ground-up”.
Before that, he was the Director of Special Projects for Google's CEO & founder of Sidewalk Labs, the startup at Google tasked with re-inventing cities & sold Wavii to Google for $30mil.
Watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/IwO12HgtWqw
Timestamps
- (00:00:00) - Intro
- (00:00:31) - Sponsor: Justworks
- (00:03:21) - Sidewalk Labs
- (00:11:40) - Director Of Special Projects at Google
- (00:15:23) - What Is Forward
- (00:18:43) - What Is Wrong With The US Health Care System
- (00:22:15) - Life Expectancy In The Bronze Age
- (00:24:11) - Sponsor: Bambee
- (00:25:21) - Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
- (00:26:24) - How US Health Care Can Be Improved
- (00:33:07) - Using Technology To Improve Health Care
- (00:35:45) - What Is The Body Scanner Doing That We Couldn't Do Before
- (00:42:45) - Prenuvo Whole Body Scan
- (00:49:28) - Best Way To Go About Health Care
- (00:52:59) - Health Care As A Product
- (00:56:11) - Outro
Subscribe & watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/IwO12HgtWqw
Thank you to our sponsors:
Linkedin Jobs - helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post a job for free on linkedin.com/creator
Bambee - get access to your own dedicated HR Manager starting at just $99/month. Visit bambee.com/lab
JustWorks - makes it simple to hire and manage remote employees across all 50 states, visit JustWorks.com
Kathryn Minshew, The Muse // Future of Work, Attracting Talent + How Job Sites Make Money
58m · PublishedKathryn Minshew is the Founder & CEO at The Muse
Subscribe & watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/ZKOgdHTnKc8
Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) - Intro
- (00:00:40) - Sponsor Break: AppSumo
- (00:01:19) - What Is The Muse
- (00:05:29) - How Big Is The Muse
- (00:06:46) - Pay-Per-Click vs Pay-Per-Hire Business Model
- (00:11:38) - Hiring Is The More Important Thing
- (00:16:16) - The Average Cost To Hiring People
- (00:22:27) - Kathryn’s View about Pallet's Approach
- (00:29:05) - Sponsor Break: The Economist
- (00:30:26) - Shift From Office Work To Hybrid + Benefits Of Hybrid Work
- (00:39:30) - Shift Shock
- (00:43:39) - One Of The Most Important Element In Career Search
- (00:48:52) - The Value Of Transparency Between Companies And Employees
Links Mentioned
- https://www.instagram.com/kminshew/
- https://twitter.com/kmin
Thank you to our sponsors:
The Economist - full access to the topics that matter to you and original analysis as events unfold. Start your 30-day trial with The Economist today: economist.com/lab
AppSumo - the marketplace entrepreneurs trust to buy and sell the products that grow small businesses into name brands: https://social.appsumo.com/creatorlab
Tiago Forte // Building a Second Brain in Practice + Sustained Behavior Change
58m · PublishedTiago Forte is the creator of Building a Second Brain.
Subscribe & watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/h04N_6tmMeg
Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) – Intro
- (00:00:40) – Sponsor Break: AppSumo
- (00:03:23) - How Second Brain Began
- (00:05:49) - Building a Second Brain
- (00:13:31) - Multi-Million Dollar Live Courses.
- (00:16:23) - What Makes People Have Sustained Behavior Change
- (00:24:15) - 4 Steps of C.O.D.E (Capture, Organize, Distil, Express
- (00:27:08) - 3 stages: 1) Remember 2) Connect 3) Create
- (00:29:49) – Sponsor Break: The Economist + Linkedin Jobs
- (00:32:02) - Think Like a Curator
- (00:34:30) - Screenshare of Tiago’s System in Action on youtube: https://youtu.be/h04N_6tmMeg?t=2085
- (00:49:33) - Designing Notes for Future Self
- (00:53:37) – Expression is a chaotic + messy process (no checklist)
- (00:55:52) - Don’t Start from Scratch Every Time
Thank you to our sponsors:
The Economist - full access to the topics that matter to you and original analysis as events unfold. Start your 30-day trial with The Economist today: economist.com/lab
Linkedin Jobs - helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post a job for free on linkedin.com/creator
AppSumo - the marketplace entrepreneurs trust to buy and sell the products that grow small businesses into name brands:
https://social.appsumo.com/creatorlab
Links Mentioned:
- Tiago's book: https://amzn.to/3zUqgEy
- Blog post: https://fortelabs.co/blog/basboverview/
Sam Corcos, Levels // Metabolic Health, CGM Market & Growing A Health Tech Company
1h 22m · PublishedSam Corcos is the co-founder & CEO of Levels Health
Subscribe & watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/iI331lJkPm0
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) Preview
(00:00:34) Sponsor - AppSumo
(00:01:02) Intro to Sam
(00:10:23) Problems Caused by Metabolic Dysfunction
(00:15:43) Current Stage of The Company
(00:22:49) Alternative Business Model
(00:28:47) Product Market Fit
(00:39:56) Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
(00:42:17) 10x in Digital Content
(00:44:34) Podcasting As A Channel
(00:49:17) Partnerships
(00:52:36) Transition from CTO to CEO
(01:04:30) Time Management + Prioritization
Thank you to our sponsors:
AppSumo - the marketplace entrepreneurs trust to buy and sell the products that grow small businesses into name brands:
https://social.appsumo.com/creatorlab
Linkedin Jobs:
LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post a job for free on linkedin.com/creator
Colin Sapire, Beast Health + Nutribullet // Scaling To $500mil & Launching A Physical Product Business
1h 20m · PublishedColin Sapire is the founder of Beast Health & Nutribullet.
Watch & subscribe on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/lqSfvL7QHRo
Timestamps:
- 0:00:00 - Snippet
- 0:00:39 - Sponsor: AppSumo
- 0:01:07 - Intro + Landing In The US
- 0:07:45 - Origins Of Nutribullet
- 0:11:21 - Finding A Differentiator + Landing On Pricing
- 0:13:17 - Reaching Half A Billion Dollars In Revenue
- 0:15:57 - Transitioning To Beast Nutrition + Getting Kids Interested In Nutrition
- 0:18:34 - Motivation After A Massive Business Success + Keeping The Hunger Alive
- 0:23:00 - Designing Product
- 0:26:27 - Day 1 of Designing New Product
- 0:30:20 - Creating a Prototype + 3D CAD Model
- 0:32:10 - 80/20 of launch + growth
- 0:35:42 - Customer Feedback
- 0:39:19 - Sponsor Break: Linkedin Jobs
- 0:40:23 - Lessons From Running The Most Successful Infomercials Of All Time
- 0:45:07 - Craziest Informercial Day
- 0:47:24 - Scale of TV advertising + using data
- 0:51:13 - Understanding ROI of Ad Spend
- 0:53:37 - Increasing Cost of Facebook & Google Ads
- 0:59:52 - Home Shopping Channel and China’s Live Shopping App
- 1:03:27 - International Expansion
- 1:06:51 - Hiring Good People
- 1:09:03 - Logistics, outsourcing or keeping fulfillment in-house
- 1:15:14 - Staying Healthy
Thank you to our sponsors:
AppSumo - the marketplace entrepreneurs trust to buy and sell the products that grow small businesses into name brands:
https://social.appsumo.com/creatorlab
Linkedin Jobs:
LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post a job for free on linkedin.com/creator
Ramon van Meer, Alpha Paw // Bootstrapping To $35mil+ Revenue, Buying vs Building + DTC Growth
1h 36m · PublishedRamon is a Dutch immigrant who dropped out of high school before finding an entrepreneurial path.
Most recently he acquired a DTC dog ramp business (Alpha Paw) for $300k + which he's grown to $35mil+ in sales.
Previously, he grew a soap opera blog to 30mil+ monthly pageviews before selling it for $9mil.
In this conversation you'll learn:
– why buy vs build
– buying a company with little money down
– growth levers to ramp up a DTC ecom business
– growing through paid acquisition, influencers, whitelisting, seo + affiliates
– creating a healthy channel mix + managing platform risk
– benefits of in-house vs 3rd party logistics
Watch + Subscribe on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/2DzHRUyI28Q
Timestamps:
- 0:00:00 - Snippet
- 0:02:27 - Intro + Selling $35mil Worth Of DTC Dog Ramps
- 0:04:07 - Highschool dropout, business philosophy + 10 figure exit
- 0:13:04 - Finding Direction
- 0:16:01 - Finding A Buying An Existing Problem
- 0:21:35 - Pet Industry
- 0:23:15 - Finding A Good Business To Buy
- 0:29:44 - 3PL vs In-House
- 0:40:02 - Growth Levers To Look Out For When Buying
- 0:49:23 - Smart Due Diligence
- 0:52:18 - What To Look For In Google Analytics
- 0:55:37 - Amazon vs Shopify Split
- 0:58:40 - Paid Acquisition, Apple Update + Platform Risk
- 1:07:20 - Budget Allocation + Testing Channels
- 1:10:17 - Working With Affiliates
- 1:13:19 - Working With Influencers
- 1:18:23 - When You Should Work With An Agency
- 1:21:27 - Whitelisting Strategy
- 1:24:05 - Partnering With Investors + Funding An Acquisition
Ramon's original thread:
https://twitter.com/ramonvanmeer/status/1448022919901335552?s=20
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Creator Lab - interviews with entrepreneurs and startup founders has 93 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 126:37:23. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 24th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 20th, 2024 02:11.