The Quest Pod with Justin Kan

Ranidu Lankage: Sri Lankan Pop Star to Startup Founder

Oct 27, 2020

01:08:16

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Starting From Ideas or Problems?

01:40

The Biggest Life Lesson I Learned From Star Ups

03:24

Is It Hard for Artists to Get Hits?

02:32

Introduction

2min

What's Your Life Like in a War Zone?

2min

I'm a Dad in the Army, and I'm Going to Be a General in the Army.

2min

What Was Your Dad's Philosophy When You Were Growing Up?

4min

Aeen, What Kinds of Music Are You Listening To?

2min

How Did You Start Making Your Own Music?

2min

Son, Ya, Yeah.

2min

Touring With the Other Men

2min

You're a Celebrity, You Apply to College?

4min

10.

How Did Your Parents React When You Got Into Yale?

2min

11.

What Did You Think You'd Do With Your Music Career?

2min

12.

I'm Glad You're Taking Path of Stability

2min

13.

Are You a College Student?

2min

14.

I'm Not a Celebrity, but I've Got a Passion for Music, Right?

3min

15.

I'm a Californian, and I've Always Wanted to Go to California, Right?

2min

16.

How to Use Google to Make Music?

3min

17.

Google Music - Is It a Good Idea?

2min

18.

How Did You Make the Transition to Being an Arcbuner?

2min

19.

The Drop - The Daily Song of the Day

2min

20.

Starting From Ideas or Problems?

2min

21.

The Best Start Ups, I Think Ideas Inspire People

2min

22.

Wall Was Wrong When We Fucked Up?

2min

23.

Is There a Specific Use Case?

2min

24.

Snapchat - The First Snapkit

2min

25.

The Biggest Life Lesson I Learned From Star Ups

3min

26.

The Worst Time Ever Starting a Start Up

2min

27.

Is It Hard for Artists to Get Hits?

3min

28.

Do You Need a Lot of Resilience for Artists?

3min

29.

I'm a Dad and I've Got a Kid.

2min

30.

How Do You Cultivate That Resilience?

3min

31.

Meditation - Is It a Form of Meditation?

2min

A tale of two industries. In this episode we talk to Ranidu Lankage, my cofounder of Whale (among other ventures) and Sri Lankan Pop Artist/DJ.

In our conversation, Ranidu shared what it was like to grow up in a country during a civil war, his journey of becoming a Sri Lankan pop star, how he got into tech, and all the lessons learned along the way.

🍎 iTunes: https://apple.co/3lU3fZs

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🎧 Transcripts (soon): https://justin.quest/

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