Videos

Sept. 8, 2023

Harnessing the productive stress (Eustress) ft. Anne-Laure, Neuroscientist & Founder #mindset

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Sept. 6, 2023

How to know when to pivot your product? ft. Yana Welinder | Founder of Kraftful, YC Alum

Building products is such a fun journey—especially if users are involved early in the process that it feels like co-creating and riding the wave with them. There’s also racing against the advancements in technology, thanks to AI’s hypergrowth every passing day. So how do you balance the ride and race,…

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Aug. 16, 2023

Liminal goals, myths about 5-year career plans, power of community ft. Anne-Laure [FULL EPISODE]

Sponsor: Build in Public Fellowship by Karthik Puvvada (KP) - Apply to the program - https://buildinpublicfellowship.com/ 00:00 Intro to Anne-Laure & Ness Labs 03:19 Quitting corporate & choosing unconventional career lanes 08:03 Building Ness Labs and how it works 10:24 Creator of information vs. collector of information 14:52 Building the…

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Aug. 9, 2023

What's liminal creativity and how to reset goals? ft. Anne-Laure, Founder & Neuroscientist

Sponsor: Build in Public Fellowship by Karthik Puvvada (KP) - Apply to the program - https://buildinpublicfellowship.com/ There’s so much joy in being able to think clearly—whether it’s cracking a tough decision, understanding a complex concept, or even letting go of bottled up confusions. When creating and shipping stuff, it’s very…

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Aug. 7, 2023

Why "where do you see yourself in 5 years?" is outdated ft. Anne-Laure, Founder & Neuroscientist

Sponsor: Build in Public Fellowship by Karthik Puvvada (KP) - Apply to the program - https://buildinpublicfellowship.com/ There’s so much joy in being able to think clearly—whether it’s cracking a tough decision, understanding a complex concept, or even letting go of bottled up confusions. When creating and shipping stuff, it’s very…

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Aug. 5, 2023

Eliminate jargons from brand messaging ft. Arielle Jackson, First Round Capital #startupmarketing

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July 19, 2023

Chasing creative pursuits | Tech, fiction writing & filmmaking | AI ethics ft.Abigail [FULL EPISODE]

00:00 Intro to Abigail's work 03:16 Legal to Tech to Writing and Filmmaking: A snapshot 07:46 How to trade-off between difficult decisions 14:14 Community and belief circles in entertainment industry 23:31 AI founders and foundational questions to consider 26:17 How to combine core tech into media and fiction writing 28:24…

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July 12, 2023

AI & Tech ethics: The responsibility all of us carry ft. Abigail (Tech/AI Lead, Author, Filmmaker)

There’s so much in parallel with tech and art—for instance, innovation starts with small steps, iteratively leading up to radical explorations. A lot of people today blend creative arts together with the principles grounded in ethics and emerging tech. To be at the intersection of all of this creativity and…

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July 10, 2023

Finding your tribe if you're into tech & creative pursuits ft. Abigail(Tech Lead, Author, Filmmaker)

There’s so much in parallel with tech and art—for instance, innovation starts with small steps, iteratively leading up to radical explorations. A lot of people today blend creative arts together with the principles grounded in ethics and emerging tech. To be at the intersection of all of this creativity and…

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June 26, 2023

Startup brand strategy, product messaging, early-stage marketing ft. Arielle Jackson (FULL EPISODE)

00:00 Intro to Arielle's work in brand marketing 03:17 How psychology and marketing are related 05:56 Being the first marketer at Gmail—establishing a brand 11:17 Working on rival brands and difference in positioning 13:44 How to associate 'personality' with a brand 17:09 Five attributes to pick the tone and style…

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June 22, 2023

Avoid jargon in startup brand messaging: Bar Test & Cinderella Spectrum ft. Arielle Jackson

What’s the hardest part about starting up, you ask? Plenty of them. And topping the charts, amongst the top three things, would be—nailing the branding and go-to-market strategy. While our entire focus is on the target audience all through the stage of building the product, there are quite a number…

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June 19, 2023

Anatomy of a startup's brand personality (tip for early-stage founders & teams) ft. Arielle Jackson

What’s the hardest part about starting up, you ask? Plenty of them. And topping the charts, amongst the top three things, would be—nailing the branding and go-to-market strategy. While our entire focus is on the target audience all through the stage of building the product, there are quite a number…

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June 6, 2023

Team dynamics, personalities, activating humans for real-world results: Evan LaPointe (FULL EPISODE)

00:00 Intro to Evan's work 01:35 What pushed Evan along analytics, tech, and biological sciences 06:34 Data silos that we end up with in and how to tackle 11:58 Internal customer vs external customer narrative 14:41 How cognitive thinking separates people's performance 21:25 Concept of "intuitives" and "semi-intuitives" traits of…

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May 31, 2023

Hot take: Why ideas have greater value than execution ft. Evan LaPointe (4x Founder)

Finding the right set of peers, building the dream team to work towards a vision, setting the table for growth—all of these are interrelated from the perspective of strengthening teams. However, there’s a layer of science behind all of the best performing companies and the humans who’re a part of…

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May 29, 2023

How learning styles of people shape team dynamics and collaboration ft. Evan LaPointe (4x Founder)

Finding the right set of peers, building the dream team to work towards a vision, setting the table for growth—all of these are interrelated from the perspective of strengthening teams. However, there’s a layer of science behind all of the best performing companies and the humans who’re a part of…

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May 16, 2023

How can you be a Human Venn Diagram ft. Christina Wallace (Harvard University, Entrepreneur, Author)

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May 10, 2023

Large language models, AI applications, open source, future of AI ft. Travis Fischer [FULL EPISODE]

00:00 Intro to Travis and his works 02:15 Travis journey from corporate to open source development 05:34 Striving to create value and perseverance in the long game 08:27 Balancing creative pursuits with monetization 12:28 Using community as a leverage to upskill 15:09 Understanding the challenges in passion economy 18:03 Navigating…

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May 8, 2023

Building on application layer: The AI playground we're now in ft. Travis Fischer (AI Researcher)

When Travis Fischer (AI Researcher, Open Source Dev, Entrepreneur) and I decided to chat about AI, it was quite a happening week—so many papers being published, waitlists coming off, and a paper being signed across to harness the scope of AI too. To wrap our heads around all of this,…

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May 3, 2023

Large Language Models, ChatGPT's inception, and the buzz around AI | Travis Fischer, AI Entrepreneur

If there’s one phrase that’s ruling all of our social media experiences today, it’s Open AI’s GPT. It’s amazing to see the wonders of large language models kick in with everyday user experience, and the best part is that we’re only getting started. Beyond exposing ourselves to the numerous tools…

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April 24, 2023

Creative entrepreneurship, business humour, social media momentum | Alexis Gay (FULL EPISODE)

There’s been an infinite number of times I’ve spoken to people about how a career in comedy and building products are similar: a journey that involves so much iteration, craft, and attention to detail. And dealing with audiences day in and day out along with the market defining a hit…

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April 22, 2023

Into the creator's calendar: a powerful way for peak performance ft. Alexis Gay [Comedian, Founder]

Knowing Alexis Gay (Creative Entrepreneur | Stand-up Comic | Podcaster) is a person who comes up with an idea in the morning and jumps in to executive it by the happy hour, I chatted with her to break down her creative process—what would a calendar or schedule for a creative…

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April 19, 2023

How to be good at comedy (and business), by first being bad at it ft. Alexis Gay (Comedian, Founder)

There’s been an infinite number of times I’ve spoken to people about how a career in comedy and building products are similar: a journey that involves so much iteration, craft, and attention to detail. And dealing with audiences day in and day out along with the market defining a hit…

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April 2, 2023

Portfolio careers, human Venn diagrams, diversifying interests ft. Christina Wallace [FULL EPISODE]

Innovation is what most of us immediately point to when it comes to product success—but how often have we innovated our own thinking? Have we ever discovered what it means to be at the intersection of interests, ideas, and impact? So many creative entrepreneurial endeavors are based on a portfolio—of…

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March 31, 2023

Build in public—what is it all about for #founders & how to do it? Ft. KP, Build in Public Studio

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