Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.

Today's guest is Dru Riley, the founder of Trends.vc. Now, a few years ago, Dru did what many of us would love to do, he quit his nine to five and just traveled and took a sabbatical for years. He learned about himself. He learned about what made him tick, and eventually, he decided it was time to get back to work. 

He tried a few different startups and Trends.vc is one that's now thriving. They're a newsletter business model with about 50,000 subscribers, which provides reports on all different areas that are interesting to entrepreneurs and they can use to grow and accelerate their learning. Dru has a very structured way of thinking and he is all about being concise and you'll see that in this interview as he gives off value bomb after value bomb.

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Trends Website: https://join.trends.vc/

Dru’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drurly/

Dru’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/drurly

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

What could I stick with? (2:08)

“Path dependent” (6:48)

People appreciate concise content (10:34)

The idea of opportunity cost and competing with people (13:57)

Predictions (16:42)

Tools that Dru believes in (20:46)

Setting a target and setting up systems (21:55)

Short and long-term solutions (23:20)

Bringing more focus and delegating (26:08)

Design thinking (28:00)

Means of self-improvement (29:35)

Visionaries and Integrators (31:17)

The A.E.D.O. process (34:47)

The target (39:41)