Founder's Journal

Jeff Bezos discusses topics such as self-awareness, entrepreneurship, and effective meetings. They also explore his vision for the future of humanity and space exploration. The conversation touches on the ability to zoom in and out of conversations, the contradiction of being idealistic and realistic, and the mindset of naivety for success. Additionally, the importance of evolving the business based on feedback and the pressure of being a second-time founder is highlighted.

Episode 81: Alex (@businessbarista) is talking about things you’d do differently as a second time founder. My buddy Ankur Nagpal is the Founder & CEO of Carry, a business that helps business owners build wealth in a number of ways, most notably with their Solo401k product. Prior to Carry, Ankur was the Founder & CEO of Teachable, a teaching platform for creators, which sold to Brazilian education company Hotmart for $250 million. On this episode, Ankur talks through all of the ways he’s approaching the second-time founder seat differently than the first. I think this episode is valuable for any entrepreneur, but if you’re a first time founder make sure to pay close attention because with Ankur’s advice you may be able to avoid some painful mistakes ahead.Send us an email and let us know what you think of the idea! foundersjournal@morningbrew.com#FoundersJournal #Startups #EntrepreneurListen to Founder’s Journal here: https://link.chtbl.com/OV4W93_WWatch Founder’s Journal here: https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersJournal/ Subscribe to Morning Brew!Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewytFollow The Brew!Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrewTik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrewFollow Alex!Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex talks to Greg Isenberg about building a community-enhanced business, highlighting the benefits and strategies. They discuss the importance of community-building for businesses and provide examples of successful community-based products. The podcast also explores scaling an agency and the power of community, emphasizes the significance of having a clear mission and implementing rituals, and concludes with a call-to-action for listeners to provide recommendations.

Explore the turbulent journey of LEGO from bankruptcy to becoming the world's top toy company. Learn about the founder's personal struggles, challenges faced by LEGO including factory fires and losing their patent, and the drastic measures taken to save the company. Discover the success of LEGO through customer engagement, focus on core products, and licensing partnerships with popular franchises like Harry Potter and Marvel.

The podcast covers a wide range of topics including an inspiring conversation with a bootstrap founder, the success of the 60 Second Startup video series, the changing media landscape, different journeys of founders after leaving their businesses, and the importance of personal branding for executives and employees.

Sam Corcos, cofounder & CEO of Levels, discusses how to build a great remote culture with minimal meetings and extensive documentation for asynchronous communication. They explore the importance of effective internal meetings, writing memos, utilizing employees, and finding the right balance between synchronous and asynchronous communication in a remote work environment.

Explore the impact of Charlie Munger's mental models and psychological tendencies. Discover the dangers of character multiplication and doubt avoidance. Understand the dilemma of Kantian fairness and system integrity. Learn about psychological biases in business and their implications.

Discover how the host increased their productivity using Focusmate, a virtual co-working site. Learn about the concept of body doubling and its effectiveness in enhancing productivity. Find out more about the features and benefits of Focusmate as a productivity tool.

Dan Siroker, Co-founder and CEO of Rewind, raised a $15M Series A at a $350M valuation by publicly putting his pitch deck on X (formerly Twitter), received 170 offers for investments ranging from $200M to $1B valuations. They discuss his unconventional approach to raising capital, timeless principles for fundraising, and lessons learned from his experience. They also explore the significance of trust, transparency, and alignment of values with investors. Additionally, they delve into the importance of uncovering insights through hypothetical questions and the pros and cons of higher valuations and long-term vision in investors.

Episode 73: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) talks about EOS, an operating system for running & scaling your business successfully. In 2019, Morning Brew used EOS to scale the business from 15 people and $3 million in revenue to 300 people and $75 million in revenue. Michael Girdley is an entrepreneur and content creator who has a holding company of 12 businesses that do $100m in annual revenue. Michael is an EOS expert, having read Traction (which is the Bible of EOS dozens of times) and applied EOS to all of his portfolio companies. By the end of this episode you’ll understand how EOS works, have tools to apply it to your business, and understand if it’s a framework you want to understand more deeply.Links: Traction by Gino Wickman: https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837  EOS Tools: https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-tools  Send us an email and let us know what you think of the idea! foundersjournal@morningbrew.comGrow more (and stress less) with Brex: brex.com/foundersjournal#FoundersJournal #Startups #EntrepreneurListen to Founder’s Journal here: https://link.chtbl.com/OV4W93_WWatch Founder’s Journal here: https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersJournal/ Subscribe to Morning Brew!Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewytFollow The Brew!Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrewTik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrewFollow Alex!Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices