Chris Bakke is a serial entrepreneur, most recently selling his company, Laskie, to Elon Musk and X (Twitter). We talk about satire and memes, X/Twitter, authenticity, hiring and the labor marketplace, how Laskie got acquired, criteria for finding problems to solve, passion and pivoting, and creating value.
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(01:04) Satire, shitposting & memes; authenticity
(14:11) Comedy lets you say things indirectly
(17:37) Being a creator vs. using content for entertainment & sales
(21:46) Laskie & recruiting inefficiencies
(27:23) The tweet & DM that led to Laskie's acquisition
(35:33) Capturing more value in hiring on X
(45:01) Assessments in hiring
(52:47) Opportunities to disrupt multi-billion dollar staffing companies
(01:02:03) Criteria for finding problems to solve
(01:08:07) Passion for space, customer or business model vs. a specific solution
(01:14:02) Are you working on something that is valuable to the world?
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Chris’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisJBakke
Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R
Spencer’s Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com
