S2 EP3: Trusting Yourself in Startup-Entrepreneurland
Because failure can focus you.
Hear from three entrepreneurs (Jen, Manoush, and Civil Media CEO Matthew Iles) on how each is coping with uncertainty, deciding how to grow, and bouncing back when things go...well, badly, like that token sale you heard about in the previous episode. Because ZigZag listeners are emailing a lot about going through their own entrepreneurial growing pains. And they're grateful for the raw honesty about being a businessperson:
"I appreciate so much that you don't know what you're doing."
"It's such a daily struggle to figure out how to be sustainable and not sell your soul."
"Thanks for sharing the stuff that is uncomfortable. Or unpleasant."
GO DEEPER:
That funny Breaker article on Civil's failed token sale. A public radio insider's analysis of Civil and community media. The 10 Best Books on productivity? What does a fair algorithm actually look like? Uber, Google, Facebook: Your experiments have gone too far.
ILLUSTRATION:
This week, data illustrator extraordinaire, Giorgia Lupi of Accurat, visualizes Manoush and Jen's interview with Civil CEO Matthew Iles. Manoush thinks the analysis would look amazing as a rug in the StableG office. Here's the key...
CREDITS:
David Herman, Audio Engineer and Composer
Dan Dzula, Audio Engineer
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