Timestamps:
0:00 Blake’s Introduction
03:15 What do people get wrong about Blake?
05:58 The effect of VCs suddenly knowing your domain really well.
08:15 When VCs tell businesses to focus
09:48 The effects of AI and how it changes the entire market
11:45 Market dynamics explained on the example of being a musician.
16:30 The difference between consumer vs business
20:15 The biggest B2C businesses have a B2B model. Meta, Facebook, google
22:00 Misconceptions about “product-led growth”
24:52 Hacks vs. sustainable growth to capture VCs’ interest
28:56 Going viral and how to make the unrepeatable valuable
31:10 Blake’s talent for simplification without diluting the message on different social media channels
33:53 How to make yourself stand out as a company
37:10 The bloodbath market situation and the hangover
41:20 Insecurities and the realization that we’re all a bit shit. The creators perspective, and being a board member when things go south
46:15 How we get used to “scale” and the psychology behind it
49:13 How businesses distort their accomplishments on social media
53:10 Nonobvious trends that Blake is betting on - Product-led Growth, everywhere, the fall of enterprise
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