#046 - Chris Bakke on Memes, Hiring, X, & Startups

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