Podcast
Net Workers
Hosted by Networkers · EN
Net Workers is for anyone with an Entrepreneurial streak.. How to start and make the jump, mental models, tips and tricks - from those that have been there and done that, as well as plenty we're brainstorming on-the-fly. If you enjoy talking/thinking/starting new businesses this is the podcast for you.
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Daily Dose Ep 23 - Tesla Credits, Quibi Shutting Down, One Hour SaaS
Oct 30, 202000:36:21Tap to summarizeJames & Marcelo discuss Tesla's business model of selling Carbon Offset Credits to their competitors, mega-startup streaming service Quibi shutting down, and a great follow-along YouTube and Twitter account called 'One Hour SaaS'. Tesla Cheating? https://twitter.com/iamtomnash/status/1321456281438375937 Quibi Shutting Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvEFtRra1A8 https://www.wsj.com/articles/quibi-weighs-shutting-down-as-problems-mount-11603301946 One Hour SaaS: https://twitter.com/onehoursaas https://onehoursaas.com/ Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
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Daily Dose Ep22 - iPhone 12, 5G, and Business Ideas for 2021
Oct 15, 202000:25:22Tap to summarizeJames and Marcelo discuss: Apple's new iPhone 12 What does 5G bring to the table, and is it worth buying? Which businesses could you start in 2021? Paid communities Micro marketplaces Disaggregation/unbundling - reddit, linkedin, etsy, ebay, etc.. Micro SaaS Digital products Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
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Daily Dose Ep 21 - Failing Forward, Bootstrapping vs Raising Money, & Tips for Angel & Seed Funding
Oct 12, 202000:46:29Tap to summarizeJames and Marcelo discuss why 'failing' and making mistakes is the fastest route to growth in your business, how your personal situation and your business model affects whether you should grow your business through revenue or if you should seek outside funding, and go through a number of tips and suggestions for the startup fundraising process. "Don't minimize mistakes. Minimize repeat mistakes. Fail in new ways and learn." - Lex Fridman - https://twitter.com/lexfridman/status/1313168212733825024 Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
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Daily Dose Ep 20 - Peloton & Fund-Raising, How to Have a Good Meeting, Pricing Strategies
Oct 2, 202000:32:18Tap to summarizeJames and Marcelo discuss Peloton and the amount of effort that went into raising their initial angel financing, the factors to pay attention to in order to have a good productive meeting, and tactics and strategies for pricing your product to match the value it provides to your customers. Peloton and the grit and determination needed to raise initial seed/angel funding: - https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak/status/1311504505985544193 How to improve the quality of your meetings: - https://twitter.com/schlaf/status/1293187768491757575 How to price your product: - https://twitter.com/mattwensing/status/1288463257100005376 Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
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Daily Dose Ep19 - Solve Problems, OKRs and How to Motivate Employees
Sep 28, 202000:29:59Tap to summarizeJames and Marcelo discuss solving problems by flipping them on their head, aligning employee metrics and goals to company goals through the use of frameworks like Google's OKR (Objectives and Key Results), and how to incentivise employees to want what the company wants too. Business is so much easier when you invert: "Problems frequently get easier if you turn them around in reverse. In other words, if you want to help India, the question you should ask is not 'how can I help India,' it's 'what is doing the worst damage in India? Invert. Always invert." –Charlie Munger https://twitter.com/awilkinson/status/1308134359052943361 People who work for @elonmusk are great at mission-to-metrics: "SpaceX's mission is to colonize Mars. To do that, we need reusable rockets. My job is to help design the steering system that enables our rockets to land back on earth. You'll know I'm successful because of xyz" https://twitter.com/ChrisJBakke/status/1308149211515375616 "The extreme difficulty of scaling production of new technology is not well understood. It's 1000% to 10,000% harder than making a few prototypes. The machine that makes the machine is vastly harder than the machine itself." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1308284091142266881 - Tesla Battery Day Incentives tied to company performance, e.g. revenue wins and saving money: https://twitter.com/awilkinson/status/1304067099136933890 Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
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Daily Dose Ep18 - Win the Day, Build Systems and a Saleable Business
Sep 17, 202000:28:28Tap to summarizeJames & Marcelo discuss overwhelm and strategies for overcoming the paralysis of too many tasks, the benefits of having a systems mindset when you are an entrepreneur, and build your business as if you were going to sell it tomorrow. Stop trying to win the year - focus on the day: https://twitter.com/patrickbetdavid/status/1305909818058829825 Stop trying to win the year. Focus on the day. Having a 'systems mindset' https://twitter.com/nateliason/status/1306338772456529920 One common thread among all the really successful and productive people I know is they have a "systems mindset." A sellable business is a good business https://twitter.com/arvidkahl/status/1306201834420404224 A good business is sellable. Run your business as if you wanted to sell it next month. That way, it will always be the best version of itself. (Then, don't sell it until you're ready). Book recommendation: Built to Sell by John Warilow Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
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Daily Dose Ep17 - Short Term vs Long Term Sales Tactics, Sometimes You Don't Need to Invent Something Totally New, Tiktok & ARM Sales
Sep 15, 202000:30:02Tap to summarizeJames & Marcelo discuss tactics for getting your first few customers and how long you can continue doing things which don't scale. Next, the benefit of not reinventing the wheel when it comes to business models. Finally the links between the sales of TikTok and ARM Holdings. Short Term vs Long Term Sales Tactics: Getting customers, short term vs long term tactics Short: handling every support call, visiting in person, personal follow-up, mining personal connections Long: cold calling, drip email campaigns, SEO, scalable lead-gen campaign https://twitter.com/_rchase_/status/1305604708451659776 Sometimes You Don't Need to Invent Something Totally New: Mike Volpe 'sometimes you dont need to invent something totally new' https://twitter.com/mvolpe/status/1305600506753146885 TikTok & ARM Holdings Sales: TikTok purchase dance - Microsoft no, Oracle yes? ARM being bought by NVidia for $40B from Softbank Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
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Daily Dose Ep16 - Shopify vs Wordpress WooCommerce, A Good Enough Product, Long Term Stock Exchange
Sep 10, 202000:34:43Tap to summarizeThis episode features James and Marcelo taking on e-commerce, product design and the LTSE. Setting up an eCommerce site with Shopify or WooCommerce The 80/20 of Launching a Product or Feature: https://twitter.com/Suhail/status/1303845022337363968 A big part of being a great engineer is the difference between "Ok, it works & I am done!" and "it works, I fixed the most common edge cases, I'm aware of more UX issues but lets put 'em in the backlog for now, lets ship—i know there's more work to make this great" Long Term Stock Exchange: Eric Ries = Lean Startup author 2012 to now to gain regulation and launch SPAC, IPO jumps, high seed valuations Long term governance focus for companies rather than quarterly results Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
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Daily Dose Ep15 - Elon Musk Micromanaging, 4 Types of Entrepreneurs, Raising a Family and a Business
Sep 8, 202000:32:51Tap to summarizeThis episode features James and Marcelo discussing micromanagement, 4 types of entrepreneurs, and the "paradox" of raising a family and a business at the same time. Elon Musk the Micromanager: https://twitter.com/theSamParr/status/1301994223101775873 4 kinds of Entrepreneurs: https://twitter.com/awilkinson/status/1302334434021052416 Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
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Daily Dose Ep14 - Apple is Bigger Than FTSE100, Messi's Economics & Working Hard vs Working Smart
Sep 3, 202000:51:08Tap to summarizeThis episode features James and Marcelo discussing business as usual, with some extended thoughts for entrepreneurs on Why Apple is worth more than the entire FTSE100 which leads to ask why Europe/UK doesn't have big tech, then Jumping into the sports franchise business model and the economics behind Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona, Wrapping up with some practical advice on working hard vs working smart. Further information from us: Web: https://networkers.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkersEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBhSdmXJvPr0dfedinGXmTg
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