#95 Blackbird's Creative Director Joel Connolly: Early influences of Darwin + Copacabana, inside the transition from music and creative to venture capital

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Welcome to episode #95 w Joel Connolly! Please enjoy. 

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TIMESTAMPS

01:50  - Where were you born and live now?

02:00 - What was your first job and now?

02:31 - High Flyer in Joel’s life

03:58 - Darwin and Copacabana

06:57 - Influences of family and public figures

08:53 - Being raised by a single mum

11:18 - First time he came across music and creative world

13:13 - Career plan at age 18

17:08 - Didn’t feeling like a creative till his mid 30’s

18:10 - We’re all born creative

19:36 - Creativity in podcasting

21:39 - The move from music to Venture Capital at Blackbird

28:05 - Unlearning and trying new things at Blackbird

31:50 - How Joel created the Blackbird brand strategy:

36:15 - Community and firm building

38:25 - Most painful learning

42:01 - Balancing creative role in an investment firm

45:13 - Blackbird 2.0

49:03 - What is brand building as an expression of who you are

52:20 - What does crypto have right and wrong about culture?

55:41 - How does Australia encourage Vitaliks (founder of ETH)?

58:31 - Joel’s thinking in themes and not pictures

01:01:12 - Rapid fire