Jack Rogers is a serial founder with deep experience in the B2C space - alongside that he's a legend. A wonderfully real, reflective, and often self-deprecating guy who has been through a lot of hardships and laughs about them. His current startup is called Picnic which is helping people 'reimagine the camera roll', and they have only just started to taste product market fit, 5 years in....

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In this very real conversation, Jack and I break down...

📖 Episode Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

02:49 - Tinder Banter Fb Page

04:00 - Hard Things In Consumer Apps

11:43 - TikTok & Our Evolution

23:19 - Ambition Changing Over Time

36:44 - Raising 4 Seed Rounds

39:59 - Keeping Companies Alive

42:49 - Different Leadership Styles

51:52 - Screening for high integrity

55:31 - Bumble's Brand & Culture

01:02:25 - How Much Time On Brand?

01:04:06 - Connecting To 'The Problem'

01:09:57 - Unique Founder Characteristics

01:19:38 - Cancer, Break Up, Failure

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🙋‍♂️ WHO AM I?

If we haven’t met before - Hey 👋 I’m AJ, a serial entrepreneur and community expert who believes that company building should be viewed more through the lens of relationship building.

Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast and my writing on Linkedin, I share stories of successful entrepreneurs and evidence-based strategies and tools to help you create the most sustainable and fulfilling business - giving you a life of freedom!

Kay Munday is Google's expert communication coach. She works with large corporates as well as startup founders to help them connect with themselves, which she says is the key to becoming a great speaker

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In this very energetic conversation, Kay and I break down...

📖 Episode Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

02:02 - Names (Kay & Bear)

07:39 - Not fitting in

10:25 - How to find our essence

15:50 - AJ as a case study

20:54 - Timeline therapy

23:45 - Finding the golden thread

26:30 - Crafting your story

28:35 - Your story breakdown

32:41 - Youtube's ABCDs

38:36 - Example Story

43:16 - Simon Sinek (+ so what?)

44:15 - Stories as medicine

48:40 - Labels

55:41 - Where are you judging yourself?

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Why 93% of Entrepreneurs Fail At Content Creation | Dan Murray-Serter

Mastering Leadership: Growing Teams & Growing Yourself | James Grant

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🙋‍♂️ WHO AM I?

If we haven’t met before - Hey 👋 I’m AJ, a serial entrepreneur and community expert who believes that company building should be viewed more through the lens of relationship building.

Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast and my writing on Linkedin, I share stories of successful entrepreneurs and evidence-based strategies and tools to help you create the most sustainable and fulfilling business - giving you a life of freedom!

Jamie Mitchell was the MD of Innocent Drinks, Tom Dixon (designer furniture), and now he's a serial Non-Executive Director and Board Chairman.

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Jamie and I met when I advised him on his community of entrepreneurs (called All Together) which was started during covid, connecting volunteer advisors with startup founders.

This was a brilliant conversation about...

📖 Episode Chapters

00:00 - intro

05:09 - ADHD

24:12 - Great board meetings

28:30 - When should we have a board?

31:00 - Who should we have on our board?

35:00 - What problems do boards tackle?

41:00 - How to know when the meeting is going well

44:23 - CEO mistakes with their board

49:00 - CEO : Chairman Relationship

51:18 - When should the board fire you?

55:51 - How to nurture board relationships

57:49 - All Together (community)

01:03:49 - Asking for help

01:08:00 - Do world changers love themselves?

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🙋‍♂️ WHO AM I?

If we haven’t met before - Hey 👋 I’m AJ, a serial entrepreneur and community expert who believes that company building should be viewed more through the lens of relationship building.

Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast and my writing on Linkedin, I share stories of successful entrepreneurs and evidence-based strategies and tools to help you create the most sustainable and fulfilling business - giving you a life of freedom!