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Our latest episode of #AShotOfExpertise is now up! John S. and I sit down with Jim Cole and discuss business startup and incubation! It was such a great conversation that it qualified as a double shot! https://lnkd.in/dxABmYTZ

It was wonderful to talk to Sam Corcos, Co-Founder and CEO at Levels Health. Levels helps you see how food affects your health with data from biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). Watch the episode to learn more about Levels and Sam's entrepreneurial journey.

On this episode of the Liberty Ventures podcast, we're excited to be talking with Sam Corcos. Sam is an old friend of Alexander McCobin's and the Co-Founder and CEO of Levels Health, a wearable healthcare company, valued at over $300M, that gives people insights to their metabolic health so they can lead better lives. In this episode, we discuss: • Why some risks are not worth hedging for • His unique approach to building a transparent and customer-driven company • Why product fit and distribution should be every founders focus (not product) • How he effectively manages his time as CEO If you're a startup founder, you need to hear this incredible conversation. Watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/dN6njtGM

ROVING BANDS OF TEAMS: Below I’ve linked to yesterday’s episode of “This Week in Startups” with Jason Calicanis and Alex Wilhelm. This one was a doozy. 🟥 FRACTIONALS: If you don’t subscribe to this YouTube channel, you need to get with the program. From here on out, the world is going to move very quickly. In episode E2017 (see comments), Jason describes the coming “AI supercycle” as an era similar to the intro of PCs in the 80s — or smartphones in the 00s — which will profoundly impact effect every aspect of life. Especially jobs / careers. This supercycle will present unprecedented investment opportunities, with potential for transformative technologies like self-driving cars to further revolutionize industries and lifestyles. 🟥 HERE’S WHAT GOT MY ATTENTION … Jason hopes to make a THOUSAND investments in the next five years. That’s 200 bets a year! I’m sure this will be typical of many VC and PE investors. And those that can’t do it will aspire to it. 🟥 WHAT THAT MEANS FOR fCMOs: You must get REALLY good at researching and developing affinities with new niche markets / subcultures and launching new products and services. New to new. You need a PROCESS for these things — and a PROCESS for trouble-shooting and changing your PROCESS. A proven playbook. Because what will be the half-life of each new venture, whether internal or external? Two years? A year? Less? What will an exit look like? You won’t be helping clients ventures build for the long term. They’ll all be built to flip (again). Only this time faster. Which means you’ll be building with subsumable (easy to scale and roll up) processes. On integratable platforms. With specialized teams. On time. On budget. 🟥 Like Hollywood. You’ll be bouncing from set to set. From Director to Director. Specializing in a particular “genre.” Or niche, or situation. And you’ll be asked over and over again to bring in your preferred people / vendors to deliver your signature results. Delivering hits. And if y’all are any good, you will be booked out front many months in advance. 🟥 Poke holes in this. I’m not proud. I really want to know what you think. This seems to go beyond the gig economy. More like roving bands of teams. 👍 to share!

Is there a recipe for succeeding with a startup in the early days? 🚀💥 After 6 years of supporting 100+ startups during their first months of starting a company, a recipe is definitely starting to take shape… In this week’s podcast, Andreas Johansson and I talk about some of the most successful startups that we admitted and saw through our programs at SSE Business Lab; namely Voi Technology, dibz, Ebie and Quandify and the early tells that they would become successful 🥳 What did they all have in common? 🚀 The founders were persistent despite challenges, made work-arounds and were creative 🚀 The founders solved problems incredibly fast and moved forward 🚀 The founders did not only rely on their networks for support and to run fast, they weren’t afraid to use it and ask for help, a lot 🎧 Listen to the episode for all the other reasons they probably succeeded and many fun anecdotes: https://lnkd.in/dTZuZmpc Thank you to many more of our founders for also teaching us what great founders are ❤️

Hear our Product and Tech expert, 🌊 Tim Duckett 🌊 discuss building software systems from scratch, AI’s role in software engineering and more in this podcast with Ricky Hill from Zartis.

I love this post by Nir Zicherman! I think what resonates most with me as a product founder is the continuous struggle to shed false assumptions. It's all too easy to get lost in your own ideas. Product people are solution orientated. We want to improve the world. We want to ship magic. The market doesn't care about your ego or what you want to do. As a result, you'll be wrong 90% of the time. Accepting that is tough. Ignoring it is worse. You have to build WITH your customers to find the 10% of assumptions which are correct. These insights will make or break your business. Selfishly, that's why I'm drawn to the art & science of product discovery. Life is too short to work on products that nobody needs. Here's to the 10%! Disclosure: Nir is an angel investor in Arro 🎯 #productdiscovery #product #startup #productresearch #customerdiscovery

🌟 At Pricing I/O, we love seeing our clients thrive! 🌟 We're inspired by Call Box's incredible journey & success! 🤩 Every milestone achieved showcases the power of collaboration and effective monetization strategies. 🚀 Thank you for trusting us to be part of your journey. Your success fuels our passion! 🙌 #CustomerSuccess #B2BSaaS #PricingStrategy #Monetization #GrowthMindset #Founders #Entrepreneurs #PricingOps

I'm a regular podcast listener across many topics, and this one by the Logan Bartlett Show with Marcus Ryu is easily in my top 5 for valuable insights. Ryu's clarity and wisdom are off the charts. So many takeaways—I'm a new Marcus Ryu fan. Here are some of the important lessons I find insightful along with the time stamps if you don't want to watch/listen to the whole video: Importance of a coherent strategy: Marcus Ryu, believes that a coherent strategy is the most important signal for a successful business. A coherent strategy should start with a diagnosis of the current situation, an explanation for why it is the way it is, and a plan to address it. [10:12, 11:01] Founders with spiky insights: Marcus Ryu says that he prefers founders with spiky insights over founders with a specific corpus of experience. Spiky insights are unique perspectives that can lead to disruptive innovation. [08:22] Importance of authenticity: Marcus Ryu believes that founders should be authentic and not try to represent themselves as someone else. People see through inauthenticity and it can lead to failure. [21:22] Building a company culture: The bedrock principles for building a strong company culture are rationality, collegiality, and transparency. Decisions should be based on facts and logic, people should treat each other with respect, and there should be open communication. [18:22] Importance of vertical focus: Marcus Ryu argues that the most important software companies will be built around vertical specific industries. Horizontal software companies that try to serve a wide range of industries are not going to be able to compete with vertically focused companies that can tailor their products to the specific needs of an industry. [15:32] #podcasts #inspiration #businessinsights #strategy #loganbartlettshow