
Creator Lab - interviews with entrepreneurs and startup founders
Conversations with leading entrepreneurs, non-profit founders, award winning designers, educators, artists and everything else in between.
We dig deep into their stories, have honest conversations about how they made their ideas come to life and the lessons learned along the way.
Latest episodes

Aug 18, 2016 • 1h 52min
Nico Perez, Mixcloud // Living In A Warehouse & Bootstrapping To 17M Users
Nico Perez, Co-founder of Mixcloud, shares how they bootstrapped to 17M users without outside investment. Topics include living in a warehouse, getting rejected by investors, finding a technical co-founder, building an advisory board, and more.

Aug 18, 2016 • 1h 31min
Scott Harrison, charity: water // Re-inventing Charity + Helping 10mil People Get Access To Clean Water
After 10yrs as a New York party promoter, Scott Harrison went on an epic journey that turned his life around. We talk about how he built charity: water, one of the most impactful and innovative non-profits around. We discuss: –Water Problem & Non-Profit World – the global water problem that impacts 1 in 10 people and its disproportionate impact on women, education & disease –What changed him – what changed him to start charity: water, from a life of bottles and models as a New York party promoter, to completely changing his life around 180 –Convincing top entrepreneurs to back him – how he got people like Jack Dorsey (Twitter), Sean Parker (Facebook), Chris Sacca (famous investor) and Daniel Ek (Spotify) to back charity: water –Birthday campaigns – how the famous birthday campaigns started & what is next for them with “The Spring” –Private sector – what he’s learned from the private sector and the role technology plays in their org, eg. how they use virtual reality for story telling –Social businesses – what he thinks of socially conscious businesses like Warby Parker & TOMS Shoes and if he thinks the term non-profit need a rebranding –Personal – why he could drive a $70k volvo but not a $25k mercedes, always flying coach/economy class and the pressure to be frugal while running a non-profit, –Success – what success means to him and common traits amongst successful people he knows -Books that have impacted him Stay connected: https://www.creatorlab.fm/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/creatorlabfm https://www.instagram.com/creatorlabfm https://www.twitter.com/creatorlabfm https://www.snapchat.com/add/creatorlabfm Connect with Bilal: https://www.twitter.com/bzaidi https://www.instagram.com/bzaidi212

Aug 18, 2016 • 1h 10min
Brian Wong, Kiip // Going To College At 14 + Landing In Silicon Valley
I speak to Brian Wong, the CEO & Founder of Kiip on what he learned from building his company, being one of the youngest people in history to raise venture capital and we get a preview of his new book: 'The Cheat Code' Stay connected: https://www.creatorlab.fm/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/creatorlabfm https://www.instagram.com/creatorlabfm https://www.twitter.com/creatorlabfm https://www.snapchat.com/add/creatorlabfm Connect with Bilal: https://www.twitter.com/bzaidi https://www.instagram.com/bzaidi212