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Podcast Episodes from 2012 on Entrepreneurship

35 points by mcrider 14y ago

anigbrowl 14y ago
I like end-of-year lists as much as the next person, but 45? Life's too short. Pick 5 good ones, if you can't get it below 45 then you aren't cut out for editorial comment. Sure, I could listen to them next year, if I skip next year's podcasts.
tmoretti 14y ago
If you are interested in bootstrapping, these are 2 particularly good interview episodes of Techzing: http://techzinglive.com/page/1169/206-tz-interview-corey-mass-the-birdy http://techzinglive.com/page/1169/206-tz-interview-corey-mas... , http://techzinglive.com/page/1080/190-tz-interview-ted-pitts-harry-hollander-moraware http://techzinglive.com/page/1080/190-tz-interview-ted-pitts... .
digitalboss 14y ago
sp - Entrepreneurship Thanks for the collection.
- mcrider 14y ago
  Whoop, thanks; Edited. For those inclined, I also created a 'best of' for podcasts on web development: http://flapcast.com/playlist/16 http://flapcast.com/playlist/16
capkutay 14y ago
This may be the wrong venue to rant about this, but has anyone really benefited from reading about entrepreneurship (in terms of becoming a better entrepreneur or building a company)? I equate it to reading a biography on the beatles versus writing your own music. Studying other people's success is like studying other people's lucky chain of events. Nowhere in their biographies do you hear anything like "Successful person X was heavily influenced by books about lean startups and lucky entrepreneurs"
- DanAndrews 14y ago
  I was heavily influenced by books and podcasts. Where I was living and working there it was next to impossible to find like-minds, so I went to books. They were like a lifeline to a better life. I actually think it was a handful of podcasts in 2006 (Internet Business Mastery, Venture Voice, and others...) that convinced me it was even possible to be an entrepreneur. No small thing for a kid from central PA. Many times I've put down a book and immediately started implementing stuff in my business that made a big difference. Books that stick out in this regard are Purple Cow, The Ultimate Sales Machine, Getting Things Done, Work the System, Four Hour Work Week, many of Dan Kennedy's books, Getting Real, and so on.
- mmahemoff 14y ago
  A counter-example I can think of is Drew Houston. http://mixergy.com/drew-houston-dropbox-interview/ http://mixergy.com/drew-houston-dropbox-interview/ If you’re interested in understanding how something like sales works I would literally just go to Amazon and search for the top rated few books on sales just read them ... I did that for books on sales, and finance, and management, and negotiations. What's special about podcasts and videos imo is they can convey someone's mindset better than raw text on a page.
bennesvig 14y ago
Highly recommend listening to all of Seth Godin's Startup School podcast that is mentioned.
xxchan 14y ago
If anyone cares, here's a list of all the mp3's for your downloading pleasure: http://pastebin.com/A5Q4vK6M http://pastebin.com/A5Q4vK6M

35 points by mcrider 14y ago

I like end-of-year lists as much as the next person, but 45? Life's too short. Pick 5 good ones, if you can't get it below 45 then you aren't cut out for editorial comment. Sure, I could listen to them next year, if I skip next year's podcasts.

tmoretti 14y ago

If you are interested in bootstrapping, these are 2 particularly good interview episodes of Techzing: http://techzinglive.com/page/1169/206-tz-interview-corey-mass-the-birdy http://techzinglive.com/page/1169/206-tz-interview-corey-mas... , http://techzinglive.com/page/1080/190-tz-interview-ted-pitts-harry-hollander-moraware http://techzinglive.com/page/1080/190-tz-interview-ted-pitts... .

digitalboss 14y ago

sp - Entrepreneurship Thanks for the collection.

mcrider 14y ago
Whoop, thanks; Edited. For those inclined, I also created a 'best of' for podcasts on web development: http://flapcast.com/playlist/16 http://flapcast.com/playlist/16

capkutay 14y ago

This may be the wrong venue to rant about this, but has anyone really benefited from reading about entrepreneurship (in terms of becoming a better entrepreneur or building a company)? I equate it to reading a biography on the beatles versus writing your own music. Studying other people's success is like studying other people's lucky chain of events. Nowhere in their biographies do you hear anything like "Successful person X was heavily influenced by books about lean startups and lucky entrepreneurs"

DanAndrews 14y ago
I was heavily influenced by books and podcasts. Where I was living and working there it was next to impossible to find like-minds, so I went to books. They were like a lifeline to a better life. I actually think it was a handful of podcasts in 2006 (Internet Business Mastery, Venture Voice, and others...) that convinced me it was even possible to be an entrepreneur. No small thing for a kid from central PA. Many times I've put down a book and immediately started implementing stuff in my business that made a big difference. Books that stick out in this regard are Purple Cow, The Ultimate Sales Machine, Getting Things Done, Work the System, Four Hour Work Week, many of Dan Kennedy's books, Getting Real, and so on.
mmahemoff 14y ago
A counter-example I can think of is Drew Houston. http://mixergy.com/drew-houston-dropbox-interview/ http://mixergy.com/drew-houston-dropbox-interview/ If you’re interested in understanding how something like sales works I would literally just go to Amazon and search for the top rated few books on sales just read them ... I did that for books on sales, and finance, and management, and negotiations. What's special about podcasts and videos imo is they can convey someone's mindset better than raw text on a page.

bennesvig 14y ago

Highly recommend listening to all of Seth Godin's Startup School podcast that is mentioned.

xxchan 14y ago

If anyone cares, here's a list of all the mp3's for your downloading pleasure: http://pastebin.com/A5Q4vK6M http://pastebin.com/A5Q4vK6M