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Esteban Reyes is a serial b2b tech founder and investor. In Antifragile he interviews interesting startup people about their “hardest moments”, with the objective of contributing useful, actionable content to...
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Esteban Reyes is a serial b2b tech founder and investor. In Antifragile he interviews interesting startup people about their “hardest moments”, with the objective of contributing useful, actionable content to the startup community. We discuss untold, “make it or break it” moments startup founders had to overcome when building their companies, and explore how-to avoid the early-stage death traps.
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Antifragile by Esteban Reyes
Antifragile by Esteban Reyes
17 FEB 2021 · What’s up everyone! Today I’m joined by Chet Corcos, programmer, product designer, and engineer at Notion. His notable career includes working at Affirm and SpaceX. In the long run, how you build something has a more substantial impact than what you built Notion is an all-in-one workspace that blends everyday work apps like databases, kanban boards, notes, calendars for you and your team. In this episode, Chet shares about his startup journey, product building principles at Notion, approach to building things “with good design”, startup growth strategies, and thoughts on tool making and privacy. Episode Quotes "A good designer fights habituation." - Tony Fadell "You learn so much by building." "Build something you want and you love... and pray that people follow it." "First we shape our tools and then our tools shape us." - Marshall McLuhan "How you build something has a more substantial impact than what you built." Listen to Learn 01:31 - How Chet got into the world of startups 11:58 - Chet's journey at Notion 17:16 - Building things "with good design" 27:41 - How Notion reached a million users 39:55 - Tactics to maintain growth and get people creative 48:00 - Product building principles for other problems 54:23 - Thoughts on ethics on tool making and privacy 59:27 - What is the future of business software? 01:03:09 - Parting thoughts
30 DEC 2020 · Hey everybody! Joining me this week is Sam Corcos, software developer, community builder, and Co-founder and CEO of Levels, a company that aims to reverse the trend of metabolic dysfunction. Figure out who your biggest champions are and lean into them a lot more Levels started with the performance and athletic market to build brand credibility and thought leadership, to then move into mainstream health and wellness in 2021. Focusing on metabolic health, Level’s product gives personalized insights into how different foods affect your body and your health. In this episode, Sam talks about the metabolic health crisis, how Levels is solving this problem, the science behind Levels, tactics for team alignment, product-market fit strategies, and importance of communities for business growth. Episode Quotes "We need to break the stigma around glucose monitoring and make it an objective desire." "Figure out who your biggest champions are and lean into them a lot more." "Ship early, ship quickly, and keep learning from your customers." Listen to Learn 00:52 - Career background and journey to Levels 04:50 - Understanding metabolic dysfunction and sugar addiction 16:06 - Why there's less attention on metabolic health 21:33 -What is Levels, how it works, future plans 30:16 - Level's operating system and decision making frameworks 35:50 - Tactics for team alignment, focus, product-market fit 40:20 - Community led-growth, Making key hires 42:56 - Challenges encountered and lessons learned 46:52 - Advice for entrepreneurs
22 JUL 2020 · What’s up everyone! Joining me this week is Albert Wenger, businessman, venture capitalist, managing partner of Union Square Ventures, and author of World After Capital. The #1 thing that I've learned is to invest in things that I love Albert combines over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience with an in-depth technology background. He founded and co-founded various companies in the field of consulting and data analytics. In his book World of Capital, he shares the importance of figuring out how to live in a World After Capital in which the only scarcity is attention. In this episode, Albert and I talk about investment mistakes and tips, convex vs. concave bets, the knowledge age, and frameworks for attention allocation. Episode Quotes "Convexity and concavity are inherent to different business models." "The number one thing that I've learned is to invest in things that I love." "The biggest mistake to make is to try and copy what others are doing." "In this knowledge age, knowledge is the place to go look and find purpose." Listen to Learn 01:16 - Investing: Convex vs. Concave 15:13 - Establishing convexity features 18:16 - Investment mistakes and lessons learned 22:17 - Biggest mistakes VCs make 29:20 - The knowledge age, Frameworks for attention allocation 37:24 - End notes and links
Esteban Reyes is a serial b2b tech founder and investor. In Antifragile he interviews interesting startup people about their “hardest moments”, with the objective of contributing useful, actionable content to...
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Esteban Reyes is a serial b2b tech founder and investor. In Antifragile he interviews interesting startup people about their “hardest moments”, with the objective of contributing useful, actionable content to the startup community. We discuss untold, “make it or break it” moments startup founders had to overcome when building their companies, and explore how-to avoid the early-stage death traps.
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