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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…