What does an immigrant do when he can't start a business in the US because of visa restrictions? He interviews entrepreneurs, leaders, and creatives along their journey -- while documenting his own. Hosted by Moby Hayat.
In this episode, Moby opens up about his struggles with The Fire Show.
Hosted by Moby, CEO of Fireshow Media: https://www.fireshowmedia.com/
Hosted by Moby, CEO of Fireshow Media: https://www.fireshowmedia.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moby/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notthatmoby
I want to jump in here and say something real quick: If you don't manage your emotions as an entrepreneur, you will lose.
If you'd like the PDF book "How to Build Long-term Business Relationships at Networking Events": https://www.fireshowmedia.com/networking
From lay-off to entrepreneurship: I chronicle the best and worst parts of what it's taking to grow a media business: FireShow Media.
We ran a free training on how to host your first virtual summit, having hosted our first summit, Online-First Summit 2020 over 4 days, with 60+ sessions and 80+ speakers.
This is a narration of a letter from Daron K. Robert's email, with audio from the Austin Protests around George Floyd's death. Black Lives Matter.
Kimberly Ann-Jimenez is the founder of The Business Lounge, a serial entrepreneur and killer digital marketer. She's been able to transition from freelancing to building a successful digital membership site (one that I'm a part of), and excels at focusing on revenue. One of her mantras is "Profitability > Popularity", and I couldn't agree more.In this episode, pulled from Online-First Summit, I ask her how she built her digital offerings from the start, the ins and outs of how she operates, and how to get customers to buy from you, even before you make something.Grab your tickets for Online-First Summit 2020 at 20% off with the code 'subscribers': http://www.onlinefirstsummit.com/
In this episode, we're pulling one of the sessions from Online-First Summit 2020 with Joe Merrill, Co-Founder and VC at Sputnik ATX. He explains who grows during an economic downturn, shares examples of how they're doing it today, and how you can position yourself for growth during this time.Grab your tickets for Online-First Summit 2020 at 20% off with the code 'subscribers': http://www.onlinefirstsummit.com/
The story of us bouncing back from a personal setback, and running ahead to host our first ever virtual summit.
Making videos for your personal brand can be daunting. Here's the 3 steps you need to start.
If you've been hosting events for your business, and that's the primary way that you make income - almost everything big in March is now cancelled, and possibly most of April.We don't know when the situation is going to be okay, when people are going to come out and attend conferences and events and workshops.It's time to go virtual.
In this episode, I break down a model you can use if your business has never done e-commerce.
In this episode, we run through how to open up when something goes bad. For example; my lay-off ;) Stay safe!
Long time Friend, Mentor, and Entrepreneurship Evangelist Maia Donahoe shows me how to find a mentor, how to engage them, and how it may be the rocket fuel founders need to succeed. Check out his new book The Startup Mentor.
What goes down, can go up.
Thank YOU for being on this journey with me. In the half-century episode of The Fire Show, my friend and mentor Chad Stith grills me on how doing this content thingamajig has affected my life trajectory, the process of becoming a US Permanent Resident, and what the future holds for podcasters and online entrepreneurs.
In this episode, I break down what you must do when pitching a business idea on stage, in person, or anywhere else.
Networking. It's a love-hate thing. Here's how to do it right.
This has been the most challenging year of my life, but I made it through to win.
If you want more incoming attention to your brand as an entrepreneur, consultant, or freelancer -- here's the keys to the kingdom.
At the Outlier Podcast festival I co-hosted with Ever Gonzalez in Austin in May, I got the chance to interview Mayor Adler again, but this time in front of a live audience.
Alrighty alrighty alrighty, welcome back to the Fire Show, Austin's podcast about entrepreneurship. In this episode, filmed over at Funded House 2019, which I'll go into detail at the end, I sit down with Chris Palmisano, COO + Brooke Borden, VP Strategy & Finance at RocketDollar, a platform which allows anyone to self-direct the investments of their 401(k). Now, you know that I don't cover startups on The Fire Show. I interview experts to share strategies and tactics founders, creatives, and ambitious people like yourself can use. This episode is super interesting because before Chris and Brooke started at Rocket Dollar, they were angel investors in the company. So, we impromptu decided to do an interview were we cover what angel investors look for in startups. Many of you listening might right now or later be pursuing angel investment for your idea, so check out this episode in its entirety. This interview was filmed at Funded House, a brand new, immersive experience for post-seed stage startups and Venture Capitalists to connect IRL. We launched it during SXSW this year, and it was a great success! If you want to watch any of the live interviews we did, check out MediaTech Ventures on FB. Before I go into the side, Check it out on my youtube page, Not That Moby. I'm going heavy into making videos, especially parody videos about startups and podcasts. Boom!
In this solo episode, I make a quick intro on how to build your personal brand.
Randall Dark is a Video Pioneer who led the HDTV revolution in the worldwide media industry. He's worked with Bill Clinton, Stephen Hawking, Sting, the original spock, and more. I can go on and on about him -- he's a great dude, a friend of mine, and has a lot of encouraging thing to say to creators. Which brings me to you, and a question that you may have as you build ypur auience for yurself, your content, or your startup... What makes great video great? Let's find out. This was recorded right before an event, so please excuse the background noise. You can check out more video content on my Instagram page, @notthatmoby. As always, enjoy!
You're building a brand, whether that's a personal one, or one around your company. What are some tactics you can use to build an audience and acquire customers? How do you use Instagram to constantly engage with your audience? How do you use YouTube? How do you build an email list? Let's learn together, with the help of these fantastic panelists.
This short interview is with Paul O'Brien, one of the Directors of Founder Institute, and the CEO of MediaTech Ventures. I ask him about the state of Venture Capital in Austin, the 3 types of people investors look for in a team they want to fund, and what idea-stage startup teams need to be doing in the start. This was recorded right before an event, so please excuse the background noise. You can check out more video content on my Instagram page, @notthatmoby. As always, enjoy!
Building a business or startup you care about (and what makes $$) is hard as hell.It's even harder when you're working a day-job that pays the bills.So, how the hell do people do it?How do they manage their time? How do they find the energy to come back after their jobs and puts hours and hours into their idea? When do they know it's time to quit their job, or close up shop on the idea?Let's talk about it and find some answers. I hosted a panel in downtown Austin, to find some answer. On this panel were the following (Don't worry, they'll introduce themselves during the podcast)Speakers:Nelson Mak, Co-founder EpicureNina Ho, co-founder collective blueMary Walker, CEO Day DreamerTom Jackson, CEO Locus InsightsCJ Finley, Founder ThriveOn + Ops Sphere
Hello! Welcome back to the Fire Show, the show about entrepreneurship and creativity from Austin TX. My name is Moby, and if you don't know who I am, I am an immigrant to the US who gives a shit about Austin TX, entrepreneurship, and I enjoy making content for people who're building companies and products they give a shit about. Thus, all the tactical shit in this. Today, we're talking copywriting for businesses and startups, i.e, writing to get the attention of your customers on social platforms, blogs, ads, and everything else they see. Copywriting is about text, we've also covered video on this podcast with Dave Trausneck, if you do a lot of video as well.Josh Fechter is a marketing powerhouse. He's the creator of Badass Marketers and Founders (BAMF), BAMF for short, the most valuable growth marketing community in the world in my opinion. He's also the creator of BAMF Media, a growth marketing agency based in Venice, California.He's a content marketing machine.A top Quora writer for 2017 and 2018. Buzzfeed has given him credit for “popularizing the genre of poetic LinkedIn posts"", Reuters credit “with starting the trend of viral LinkedIn content"". Forbes calls him one of ""12 Innovative Founders To Watch And Learn From"", and Maxim a “Top B2B Marketing Influencer"".He's also the author of Content Machine, LinkedInFluence, and BAMF Bible the #1 book ever on product Hunt.Check out Josh's community on Facebook, Badass Marketers and FOunders, which you can get to if you search for BAMF on Facebook.This was shot over at the Work Well Win and MediaTech lounge during SXSW. WorkWellWin is a new coworking space based in Austin TX, focused on being a wellness and health-conscious space for entrepreneurs. MediaTech is a media advisory firm that is focused on building the US media economy, through an the launch of a technology incubator and education platform, Collective, in Austin.All, enjoy.
SXSW 2019 is upon us. 100,000+ people. 3 festivals. The entirety of Austin. It's happening.How do we make the most of it?How do we know where's the best places for us to connect to the people we want to?How do we plan for it?How do we enjoy it without being overwhelmed? Let's find out.
Today, I'm sitting with Brian Pennick, musician-turned-entrepreneur. Brian was a drummer for 12 years, then started Counter Rhythm group - a marketing agency for arrisssa dn musicians - in 2010, then Musicians Desk Reference - a project management and educational platform for musicians, then help co founded Soundster, which helps businesses pay fair licenses fees for music they use while being fair to songwriters. It was acquired in April 2018.This is a slightly older interview, and I wanted to release it with a bang at the end of this mini-series. Enjoy!
In the 2nd last episode of our Hustling Musicians mini-series on The Fire Show, I sit down with my friend Leslie a.k.a DJ Ella Ella (@soyellaella) to talk about her bringing her heritage to her electronic music.
Now this episode is special. Not just because of their phenomenal music, not just because of their stage presence, but because of the amount of drive these 2 dudes have - in music, business, marketing, modelling, painting and more..
In another episode on the mini-series about musicians, I chat down with Savannah Dalh Lake from ATX.
In this episode of the mini-series on Musicians, I sit down with Torre Blake to ask a question I have never tried to answer myself.. how the hell is a song written?
In the first part of the new series about Musicians, DJ @SweaterBeats drops by to about how he creates music.
Today's focus: The first year of Amazon FBA, how a store starts, the first few mistakes, the first wins, and what to expect if YOU are starting an Amazon FBA store. My guest today is Allison Nevins, entrepreneur, friend, and great company, who started her Amazon FBA store in 2016.
I've had a hard time with everything recently, and wanted to create something to get me through the hard times. Hope this helps. Thanks for listening, as always.
Don't every say this to an investor.
Welcome back to The Fire Show, the podcast from Austin about entrepreneurs, business strategy, and working your face off.Today, I'm bringing to you the second panel I recorded at the FUND conference in April, brought to Austin for the first time every by FUND, Deloitte, Wilson Sonsini, and Entrepreneur Network.In the first panel, we had investors and entrepreneurs, such as Jay Samit and BackGril Ventures amon many, talk about how meet investors, make an impression, and eventually raise capital for your company. In this panel, we have a different focus, i.e investing and venture capital ecosystem in Texas. What problems do Texas entrepreneur face in this area? Why is there a perception of having to go to the east coast of the west coast for money? What are investors around us looking for that they can't find here? I mean, texas has no shortage of money. The panelists introduces themselves as they speak, but we have on the panel Bob Metacafe, creator of the Ethernet Cable who was on the Tim Ferriss show recently, Paul o'brien founder of idea Tech Ventures, Joe Merrill and Amanda Eakin from Sputnik ATX, Martin Martinz from Founders Insittue, and more.This panel was live streamed on the ENtrepreneur Network, and shared to a audience of more than 4MM.Huge shout out to the FUND conference and MediaTech Ventures for helping me set this up.I also invite you to the FUND conference on Oct 24,25th in Chicago, where I will be live-streaming the hell out of panels, interviewing people.Ladies and gents, enjoy.
Hello! Welcome to the Fire Show, Austin's podcast about entrepreneurship strategy, and working your face off. This is your host, Moby, I interview the best in Austin, from the Mayor, to Director of SXSW, Designer of the Airport, Austin Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, and more.It's a fun time.During SXSW this year, I was waiting around a bar and started chatting to the guy next to me, all because he just had a really cool cowboy hat. A minute or two of chatting about Austin and SXSW later, I asked him what he did. Turned out, Dave was the Director of Video Strategy for Circa news, a video-driven news platform. And it just so happened that I was interviewing people about social media strategy at SXSW for this show.I invited Dave to come in 2 days later, and boom! We recorded the interview.In this episode, we build a fictional company and do a case study on how we can build out it's video strategy for maximum brand awareness, customer interests, and eventually revenue. It's perfect if you have a company or brand that you want to drive more attention to using video, which is king.So a little bit about Dave, outside of the fact he likes dope hats, and a little bit about Circa.Circa is an online news platform, which started in 2012 as a video-driven IOS application. It was acquired in 2015 by Sinclair Broadcast group , a publicly traded telecommunication company in the US is the largest TV station operator by number of stations (more than 200), and by total coverage. Circa ideology is to present information with "no spin, just facts and transparency" and in "an irreverent tone" that will allow the site's target audience (young adults 18 to 35 years old) to form its own opinions. It's actually rated for its High Factual reporting on multiple media bias fact checker websites.And Dave. Dave, who you can find on Twitter or Instagram as @Trausneck, started of as a Sports Editor at a student newspaper in 2002, then a New Producer at multiple Tv stations. He used his experience to transition in Social Media Management for the Sinclair Group, and moved from Assistant Manager to Manager to now Director of Social Media for CIrca news.I'm grateful to have run into Dave when I did, and share this with you. I hope, using the knowledge Dave drops, and more, you fucking kill it for your company or brand.Ladies and gents, enjoy.
Today, I'm sitting down with Claire Winslow, President of Best Practice Media, a social media marketing agency focused on helping their clients make more revenue. She also brought SMW to Austin, where I interviewed other people you have listened to, or will listen to soon on the show - such as Meredith Rose from last week. She's very involved in the marketing ecosystem in Austin and the US, so if you're in those circles, you probably know of Claire.Today, with Claire we're talking social media from a strategic perspective. We can all tweet and make ads and sponsored posts, but marketing is as investment. Social media marketing takes resources, and it's an investment. How do we make the most of this investment? Let's find out.This was filmed in the Startup studio at Galvanize with the help of Kevin Chin from MediaTech Ventures, a media & technology advisory firm. They just launched their Educational platform and incubator by the way, at collective.mediatech.ventures. If you are in the creative and tech communities in Austin, and want to learn from the best, or teach others, or work on your idea, Check them out at collective.mediatech.ventures.You can get in touch with Claire @ClaireWinslow, or on bestpracticemedia.com.Ladies and gents, enjoy.
How, as a business, do you not create mediocre content?How do you stand out?How can you make content for your audience that they give a shit about?Today, I'm interviewing the perfect person to answer this: Meredith Rose,social media strategist, instructor, and speaker, who joined me after her panel at Social Media Week Austin, about making hella-good contentIn this episode, we break down how to strategize and plan your content creation, ow to promote it, and how not to fuck it up.Enjoy.Meredith's Twitter: @msmeredithroseMeredith's IG: @msmeredithrose
You've never heard anything like this before on The Fire Show. We have a total of 12 guests! Today, I'm over at the FUND conference, which was held in Austin for the first time in April, brought over by Deloitte, Wilson Sonsini, and Entrepreneur Network. These include investors, entrepreneurs, and founders of incubators. We're talking about how the hell entrepreneurs can get funding, from conferences, emailing people, and making impressions on others.Fun fact, this was also live-streamed on the Entrepreneur Network, and shared to 4MM people.... 4MM did not watch it, but hey, the show is getting bigger. You can also watch snippets of this show on my youtube channel, Not That Moby.I also invite you to the FUND conference on Oct 24, 25th in Chicago, where I will be live-streaming the hell out of panels, interviewing people.Panelists:Robert Suffoletta - Partner Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (@wilsonsonsini) Eva Yazhari - Beyond Capital Fund (@BeyondCapital) Swati Chaturvedi - Propel(x) (@Swati_Propelx) Hubert -Zajicek - Health WildCatters Seed stage healthcare (@HubertZajicek)Shelley Bell - CEO + Founder of Black Girl Ventures (@BGirlVentures) Jay Samit - Independent Vice Chairman, Deloitte + Author of Disrupt You (@jaysamit)Mathew Mccall (@MatthewMcCall), CEO Crowdvest Chuck Pettid - Partner Republic Crowdfunding Portal (@joinrepublic)
The world is changing. How we consume content is changing. And it's not slowing down. What will happen in the next few years as the film industry and the rest of the media industry either catches up or falls behind with business reality?
Thomas Umstattd (http://www.thomasumstattd.com/) (@ThomasUmstattd) is a lot of things. He's an entrepreneur - as CEO of AuthorMedia, a company helping author get more sales with their books, through providing web design and marketing services. He's a podcaster - the co-host of Novel marketing Podcast, a podcast which dives deep into the art of promoting a novel. If you're an existing or spinning novelist, check it out. He's an author, having written and released Courtship in Crisis, a book about dating habits in the US.He's also not helping me edit and polish up my podcast, so I know he's listening. If you're a podcaster needing some production help, reach out to Thomas. Most importantly, he's a friend whose opinion and perspective on technology I really wanted to pick. This is what the episode is about. We talk tech, consumer's expectations, and what the future of media may look like. Thomas can be reached at http://www.thomasumstattd.com/ or @ThomasUmstattd.
Surprise! There's 1 more episode for the mini-series Tech Journalism. It's with my friend, Ellen Chang, who I met during Startup Week in Austin. She is not a tech reporter, but a journalism who writes for The Street, US News and World Report, and more. She's written about stocks, entrepreneurs, personal finance, energy, cyber security, and has been mentioned in CBS News, Yahoo News, MSN money, and more. We talk about her starting in journalism is highschool, the difference between tech and finance journalism, Austin, and more. She's obviously a good reporter, because she also prompts me to talk about my day job as a Engineer, which I don't talk about at all.
This episode is about exactly what the title says, and the cut down audio version of a video done by my friend Sujan Patel.For reference, Sujan Patel is a serial entrepreneur who's running 4 companies right now. He's a marketer, author, writer, speaker. We're working on videos about marketing tactics together, which you can check out on YouTube Page Sujan Patel.Now, I will shut up.Enjoy.
This interview is with Mike Cronin (@michaelccronin ), Technology Reporter for Austin-American Statesman. He's an award-winning investigative journalist with two decades of experience across beats including technology, startups, finance, growth and economy, cybersecurity, science, space, government, higher and K-12 education, the military and religion. Honors include the Peabody, the duPont Gold Baton, the duPont Silver Baton, a Murrow and others.
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