Podcast appearances and mentions of casey fenton

When you start a business you don't quite know the whole scope of what you're getting into.Sure you might have a basic idea of what you think you need to do to run a successful business…But in reality, running a business is like an iceberg. There's the part you see above the water (aka what you see on social media) and then a whole heap that goes on below the water and behind the scenes that you don't see.What's going on below the water is often not shown or talked about enough but is super important to be aware of.Insurance is one of these things.Now I'm not an insurance wizard, but I do know one, so I invited the magical Casey Fenton onto the How I Do Content Podcast to simplify insurance for you. Casey is the Founder and Managing Director at Sparksure which offers Insurance solutions for millennials, by millennials. In 2019 Casey had a light bulb moment when she identified a gap in the insurance broking market – the millennial business owner. Over the past 4 years, she's been on a relentless pursuit to close this gap, and earlier this year she officially launched Sparksure.She's focused on rewriting the old, boring rule book and is making insurance solutions accessible, impactful and aligned for motivated business owners. And now as a business owner herself, she understands the importance of smart insurance solutions made simple.I know you're going to love this episode and Casey too! Things You'll Learn in this Episode of How I Do ContentWhy insurance is so important as a business ownerThe reason Casey created Sparksure and they're changing the game in the insurance industryHow Casey is finding the transition from working for a company to running her own businessConnect with Casey FentonFollow Casey on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseymfenton Follow SparkSure on Instagram @spark.sureBook a Free Consult with Casey at https://calendly.com/caseyfenton-sparksure

Let's face it: insurance is not a sexy topic, and there are far more inspiring things to give our attention to in business. However, the reality is that mistakes do happen and things go wrong - and putting our heads in the sand will not make the risks disappear. In today's episode, I'm chatting with special guest Casey Fenton to discuss why you need insurance for your business and which policies may best suit your needs.Casey is the founder and managing director of Sparksure, a company that provides smart and simple insurance solutions for millennials, by millennials. Recipient of the Young Insurance Professional of the Year 2012 award, Casey has rich and deep experience when it comes to understanding the nitty gritty of insurance policies and negotiating with insurance companies on behalf of small business owners.There are many different types of insurance policies out there, and the options can be confusing. So today, Casey demystifies and simplifies the process to give you a clearer understanding of the critical insurance policies that every business owner should have in place.So why is business insurance important in the first place? While it's not something that we always see the value in upfront, insurance is the best way to ensure you're financially covered should the worst happen. Whether it's a mistake made by you, your team or an act of crime by someone else, having the right policies in place tailored for your business is crucial in reducing the risk of becoming personally liable for an unexpected event.Casey steps us through the variety of financial risks that we could potentially face, such as legal costs, theft, damage to property or online scams. We discuss the important insurance policies you should know about to protect your business against such incidents, including: Workers' compensation insurancePublic and products liability insuranceProfessional indemnity insuranceCyber insuranceIf deciding on the right business insurance is an overwhelming idea for you, do not fear - there are many insurance experts out there who can properly assess your risks and give you the best recommendations for your specific needs. We can't always control the way things play out in our business, but we can control how well it's covered. So reach out to a professional today and take the first step in protecting not only your business, but your peace of mind!LINKS:Connect with Casey:Website: https://www.sparksure.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spark.sure LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseymfenton/Connect With Me:Free Download: Ideal Client Avatar WorkbookWork with me:  90 minute Business Strategy Intensive | 6 Month Accelerator Coaching Program

Growing up in a small town, a love of computers catalyzed Casey Fenton's desire to explore the world. Whether it's through promoting transparency in peer feedback, lodging/hospitality innovation, or simplifying and demystifying equity grants, Casey is constantly striving to improve human connection.In this episode, we discuss Casey's key takeaways from both his travel and professional experiences. We learn about the founding of Couchsurfing and examine what it takes to be an effective leader.

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Casey Fenton, founder of Couchsurfing and Upstock, about the early days for Couchsurfing when Casey was pioneering what has since become known as the “sharing economy” and how is is now bringing the sharing economy to the cap table with Upstock. 00:00​​ Intro 01:13 The Couchsurfing proof-of-concept 02:46 The first Couchsurfing stay 03:49 501(c)3 non-profit status 06:34 The mechanics of the benchmark Series A 06:34 The mechanics of the benchmark Series A 08:27 The Couchsurfing MVP 10:38 The donation-based model 11:58 The demand side monetization model 15:34 The chicken-and-egg question 17:11 Casey's philosophy on ego hacking 21:11 Building for the internet without ego 23:57 Upstock 28:34 Ideal customer moment 30:20 Switching costs 31:09 Competitors and integrations 33:40 Milestone-based equity kickers 35:03 Following Casey's work

After more than a decade of launching & running Couchsurfing, the largest trust experiment of all time with 20M+ users, Casey Fenton is now the CEO of Upstock making it easy for small- and medium-sized businesses to offer Fortune 1000-level equity to their workers without expensive and time-consuming lawyers. Website: https://www.upstock.io/ Casey Fenton is also the Author of the upcoming book on Ego Hacking: a neuroscience-based method that relies on a robust scientific body of knowledge, generates increased cooperation and collaboration at scale. Ego hacking involves using specific communication patterns to activate people’s most positive qualities, so they can cooperate effectively with others and build big things together. Website: https://www.caseyfenton.com/

Episode 150: After more than a decade of launching & running Couchsurfing, the largest trust experiment of all time with 20M+ users, Casey Fenton (https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseyfenton/) has turned his attention to one of the biggest trust & cooperation challenges in business: Company ownership. His latest startup, Upstock (upstock.io), makes it easy for small- and medium-sized businesses to offer Fortune 1000-level equity to their workers without expensive and time-consuming lawyers. Links David mentioned https://www.couchsurfing.com https://waag.org/en/article/airbnb-harming-amsterdams-communities The Secrets of Our Success (same author of a new book on WEIRD…) https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=723

Casey Fenton, co-founder at the legendary Couchsurfing and currently founder and CEO at Upstock.io talks about what RSUs are and how are they different from standard stock options. We also discussed why exactly Casey hates stock options so much and what is so wrong about them. And of course we talked about Casey's experience with couchsurfing and its transition from a non-profit into a for-profit company. Upstock: https://www.upstock.io/ Casey's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseyfenton/ Casey's email if you want to discuss equity: casey@upstock.io Couchsurfing: https://www.couchsurfing.com/

Fenton created the online social hospitality network, the Couchsurfing Project which he began working on in 1999. Couchsurfing currently has over 15 million members worldwide. Fenton served as executive director of Couchsurfing until 2012 and the founding chairman of the board. Since exiting his position as CEO of Couchsurfing, he has also been a part of multiple startups including Sovolve (Wonder App) and Upstock.Fenton was looking for ways to motivate his team at Couchsurfing & discovered major challenges with traditional equity systems.He shares that while using stock option based equity, he actually saw productivity decline. Believing that every team should have access to tools that unite & build successful companies, he set out on a quest to repair the broken equity model. Thus Upstock was born. A digital, top-shelf legal equity system that combines performance equity with a visual dashboard. Now workers can watch their equity grow in real-time.

I’m honored to share this special finale interview of Season Five of the Mother’s Quest Podcast. Each season, I invite one person from my inner circle to interview for the finale. And this time, I knew exactly who I wanted to be in conversation with...a mentor and coach who has had a tremendous impact on the person and parent I am today, Leslie Medine.  I’m releasing this episode on December 21st, 2020, on the winter solstice, the darkest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, in honor of a great coach Leslie and I had in common, Edd Conboy, who passed away in March of this year. In perfect synchronicity, before I recorded the interview, I found an email from Edd written at the solstice 15 years ago, that reminded me that the light we so often seek, especially in our darkest days, resides within ourselves. It’s fitting, because one of Edd’s greatest gifts was to create reflective space, get curious and ask a powerful, illuminating question that would help me, Leslie and so many others find our answers within. Leslie and I met and worked alongside one another for a decade at a youth organization she founded in Alameda, CA called Alternatives in Action, referred to at the time as the Home Project. It was there that I also came to know and love Edd, as he led us through a practice the staff would do weekly on Fridays that we called Reflection. Known locally and nationally as an expert in youth development, leadership and empowerment, Leslie created the Home Project and countless other organizations from the ground up in her 50 years of work in the world. She ventured into the education field at the age of 16 as a founding member of the first experimental public high school in New York State. Since 1975, Leslie founded eight schools in the San Francisco Bay Area serving infants through high school students within both the private and public sectors in addition to a Teacher’s College. In February of 2019, she retired as Executive Director of On The Move, an organization focused on the next generation of emerging leaders throughout California, culminating that chapter of her career through writing and performing an incredibly powerful one-woman show for her community called “To be Continued.” I hadn’t connected very much with Leslie since seeing her at her show, until I received an email, just as we were preparing to shelter in place last March, informing me that Edd had suffered a massive stroke and was in a coma. A week later, he passed away. But the group of us who had come together via Zoom in honor of Edd, in the midst of the pandemic, began to meet virtually the first Sunday of each month, continuing to share stories about Edd and his impact, and keeping his legacy alive through our reflective practice. We have been meeting ever since. One of those in our group is Dr. Amanda Kruger Hill, a youth alum of the Home Project, and now the Executive Director of the Cowen Institute and a Professor at Tulane University, who brings us this episode’s dedication. In the dedication, Amanda shares beautifully the impact that Leslie has had in her life and frames the themes of the conversation to come. As Leslie and I discuss, “to do great work in the world, you must be known and know others.” I’m so grateful to know Amanda, to know Leslie and the principles, practices and stories that she weaves together in this episode, and to know Edd, who continues to light the way for us, and remind us how to strive for greatness, even now. A final note about this episode. You’ll notice it’s longer than my usual ones and I also hope you’ll find tremendous value in listening. I decided there was no part I wanted to cut and also that I wanted to give you the opportunity to listen to it in its entirety, rather than releasing in two parts. So, if you have more time, find a cozy spot and a cup of tea and settle in. Or if you are more limited in your time, listen for some while, and then press pause and come back when you’re ready. Make sure not to listen with your little ones present as there is some colorful language. Seize the time and space for yourself. And let the light in. Much appreciation, P.S. Know someone who would love this conversation? Pay this forward to a friend who may be interested. This Episode is Dedicated by: Dr. Amanda Kruger Hill Dr. Amanda Kruger Hill is an award-winning educational leader with a deep commitment to young people’s growth and development. She is the Executive Director of the Cowen Institute and a Professor at Tulane University.  Dr. Amanda was a design team member for BASE, the first youth-initiated high school in the United States, the Reach Institute for School Leadership, and New Harmony High, an award-winning XQ Super School. She is a former high school teacher and principal. Prior to leading the Cowen Institute, she was Director of School Reviews with New Schools for New Orleans (NSNO).  Dr. Amanda holds her Master’s in Educational Leadership, Principal Licensure, and Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Amanda received her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Johns Hopkins University. She has served as an adjunct faculty member with Columbia University, Tulane University, and Relay Graduate School of Education. She also serves on various task forces for the Department of Education. Amanda enjoys living in New Orleans with her husband, Graham, and sons, Benjamin and Louis. Follow Amanda on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Instagram   In This Episode We Talk About: Leslie's quest was to transcend the difficulties in her childhood and be emotionally well as an adult. How a $200K fundraising challenge prompted Leslie to hire Edd as her coach and the running track that became a metaphor for this challenge and so much more.  What Leslie learned on that track: about insight following action, moving forward even if it's through tears, and that the race ends 6 feet past the finish line. What a great coach can do for you and why we can’t hold our own bar and jump over it. The difference between perfection and excellence.   Seeing children as our younger equals and the two things Leslie believes children most need. The powerful question Edd would ask Leslie when she was in the "spin cycle" that helped her connect to her own inner wisdom.  The difference between personal and private and personal authority vs. positional authority. Choosing In and Choosing Out and the bell from 1895 that became an ever-present part of Home Project culture.  The Practice of Reflection and the premise that emotional clarity plus critical thinking leads to effective action.  The Tarot Card I picked the morning of our interview, the "Unseen Card," and Leslie’s belief that all creative people start in the place of not knowing.  The importance of asking for help. The story about "The Iceberg" that Home Project youth brought to the Board of the Levi Strauss Corporation and the epic quote spoken by Casey Fenton at age 15 that emerged from it. This Episode’s Challenge: Inspired by the stories we told about Edd after his stroke and passing, and also by the new book of love letters by Mother’s Quest member Jenjii Hysten, to the Black men in her life, this episode’s challenge is about writing or speaking love letters of our own. Leslie encourages us to think of a person who has had a tremendous impact in our life. If they’re not aware, let them know; if you haven’t told them, think about what’s stopping you. Reflect, then take action! She also encourages us to write to our children, telling them what we see and appreciate in them. Learn More About Leslie Medine: Leslie has served as school principal, fund development director, board member, parent educator, community organizer, coach, facilities developer/manager and public relations director in all of the organizations she has run. Most of these roles were happening simultaneously! She is known locally and nationally as an expert in youth development, leadership and empowerment by funders, field experts and program directors. Her work has been documented in articles in field and research publications, in print, radio and TV outlets and in a film documentary called “We Are Here Together”.  Leslie is known for her boundless energy, contagious enthusiasm and an uncanny ability to bring together the right people at the right time to make things happen in what appears to be at the speed of light. She has never had more than four months to open a program and get it up and running. She has always held this rigorous standard of highly effective work for other organizational leaders who have been coached by her and in over 40 organizations. In February 2019 as Leslie was closing her chapter as an organizational leader, she wrote and performed a one woman show for her community of friends and colleagues called “To be Continued”. Its purpose was to share the personal and professional experiences that shaped her life. Currently Leslie is in the process of figuring out “re-wirement” through coaching individual leaders and volunteering time in the areas of youth-led programming, voter education for new citizens, arts-based storytelling projects as well as two short documentary films.  If you’d like to reach out to Leslie to work with her or to learn about how you can view her one-woman show, email her at lmedine@comcast.net. Follow On the Move on Social Media: Facebook Twitter Instagram Leslie Medine Email: lmedine@comcast.net Organizations That Leslie Founded Mentioned: On the Move Alternatives in Action (formerly known as The Home Project) Email Mentioned in the Episode From Edd Conboy Dear Friends, The year is winding up or down now – I never know which one it is – and I wanted to take a moment to let you know that you are in my thoughts, and (such as they are) in my prayers. As I went through my address book, it was a wonderful task to conjure up an image of each one of you as I added your name to this small group list. These times, dark though they may seem, are the times we have.  For the last few months I have had the great good fortune to be surrounded by some extraordinary young people (some of them are on this list!).  Gradually, they are infusing me with hope, and even a little faith.   Being with them has brought me to realize just how much I am dependent on them to make meaning of my life long after I am gone.  I am aware more keenly than ever that this moment I call a lifetime is all I have right now.  And that awareness is unimaginably liberating – a healing gift that lightens the load when I can stay in that awareness.   I hope within this expansive moment, we all have many more little moments to share, moments like glass beads for all of us to string  together. Here is a link to a short meditation I wrote on the shortest day of the year entitled, The Price of Redemption.  It is one of those small glass beads that I wanted to add to the string. Be kind to yourself, take care of a stranger, and, as always, be very careful out there. Much love, Edd The Price of Redemption Additional Resources: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Beyond The Hashtag: The Spirit, Heart and Love of Black Men by Jenji F Hysten Shop The Mystics Oracle Deck The Unseen Card | Modern Mystics Institute Announcements: Mother's Quest Caregiver Circle Join me and podcast guest, wellness expert and mom to two daughters with rare and chronic illnesses, Nancy Netherland in our first ever Mother’s Quest Caregiver Circle!! I am beyond honored and excited to open registration for the first Mother's Quest Circle to embark in 2021, especially for Caregivers of children who are differently-wired, have disabilities and/or unique health needs. Doubly honored to co-facilitate with MQ Circle alum, podcast guest, and self-proclaimed "momologist" Nancy Netherland. Nancy will be bringing her first-hand experience caring for her children with wellness practices to the Circle. Ready to invest in yourself? And find community as you start your new year? Join us! Not for you, but know someone who might be interested? Please help us spread the word. We start next week! Join us in the Mother’s Quest Facebook Group   At the time I’m releasing this episode, during the COVID-19 global pandemic, so many of us are seeking ways to connect with one another, even while needing to stay physically apart. If you identify with being a mother on a quest and you’re not yet a member of the free private Mother’s Quest Facebook Group, I invite you to join us for opportunities to learn together, to share what we have to offer one another and where we need support, and to find ways to make meaning of all we’re going through right now. Visit www.motherquest.com/community to join and I’d be honored to welcome you in.  Season Five of the Mother’s Podcast is Under Way! – Help us Spread the Word   If you enjoy the Mother’s Quest Podcast, we’d love your support in sharing this or another favorite episode with a mother you think would appreciate it too!  Another way to help spread the word is to leave a review at Apple Podcasts. Instructions for leaving a review are here: How to leave a rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad On your iOS mobile device, launch Apple’s Podcast app. Tap the Search tab in the lower right corner of the screen. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. … Tap the Reviews tab, then tap “Write a Review” at the bottom of the screen. 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Casey Fenton is the founder of Couchsurfing, a global travel community, especially great for solo travelers. Casey helped to spearhead the sharing economy & grow the platform to over 20 million users worldwide.  I consider the platform to be one of the best domestic and international travel hacks and for solo travel on a budget.   Casey is also co-founder of Upstock, a cloud-based platform to give employee equity in the company they work for. If you don’t know the meaning of “couch surfing” it’s basically where you stay on someone’s couch when traveling.  The platform Couchsurfing however doesn’t mean you have to sleep on someone’s couch… The point of Couchsurfing is  to “share authentic travel experiences” and your host will put you up in their home absolutely free.  In this episode of The Millennial Travel Podcast I discuss with Casey Fenton, Founder of Couchsurfing:  His story going to Iceland How a trip to Iceland was an impetuous for him starting Couchsurfing and us starting Under30Experiences.  The story of how Couchsurfing started How Casey flew to Iceland as a solo traveler and decided to find a couch to sleep on with locals Why Casey loves Iceland and has traveled their five times The quick story how Under30Experiences started. Why Casey Fenton is starting his new company in Iceland and is mentoring Iceland Startups How they picked the name “couchsurfing”. How Casey Fenton got the “travel bug” and considered himself an explorer.  How he got over a break up by traveling and buying plane tickets to random places.  Casey Fenton’s formula for intensity, diversity, and frequency of experience, and how he got out of his comfort zone.  His idea for “hacking destiny”.  What Casey Fenton learned about himself traveling?  He learned to be less shy, and improved himself.  Some examples of how Casey traveled to different places and how Couchsurfing was a great travel hack for saving money Casey Fenton’s idea of “ego hacking”. The book that opened up Casey’s eyes that we are all sleep. How a silly fight with his best friend opened his eyes to a lot of things about life. Casey’s idea of a “feedback ratio”.  Why it’s important to have ego and how we can use it as a tool.  How we can avoid suffering through non-attachment How to learn to trust yourself more and let others trust you.  Casey finishes talking about his startup Upstock and how you can incentivize employees with equity to anyone in your company with his tool.  Resources from Casey Fenton: Book: In Search of the Miraculous  Couchsurfing.com  Upstock.io CaseyFenton.com to sign up his newsletter You can find all the links and past show notes on millennialtravelpodcast.com Direct support for The Millennial Travel Podcast comes from The Millennial Travel Guidebook: Escape More, Spend Less, & Make Travel a Priority in Your Life... and from our new USA hiking and camping trips at Under30Experiences!

Chris Reynolds joins us to discuss the neuroscience of your brain in business. How can we stay positive and block out negative thoughts? How does the body respond to stress? What is the best way to maximize Productivity? Chris answers all of these questions and more in this bonus episode of Entrepreneurship Elevated. Chris Reynolds is a lifestyle entrepreneur, high-performance tactician, international speaker & founder of The Business Method & Get Shit Done Live. The Business Method & Get Shit Done Live both help entrepreneurs scale their businesses rapidly using research driven high-performance productivity techniques. Chris has been a location-independent entrepreneur 9-years, living in multiple countries & traveling the world consistently during that time. Over the years, he has spoken in numerous different countries, created 10 business accelerators in Spain, Brazil & Thailand while interviewing more nearly 400 successful entrepreneurs on his podcast including people like Laird Hamilton, World’s Top Big Wave Surfer, Steven Kotler, NYTImes Best-Selling Author, Jim Rogers, one of the world’s most sought-out investors, & former partner of George Soros, John Lee Dumas, Top Business Podcaster, Casey Fenton, founder of CouchSurfing, & Ron Lynch the marketing mind that took GoPro from $600k to $600 million. Chris was an official juror of the Global Startup Awards in 2019, & currently, he focuses on helping entrepreneurs get to the top of their game in businesses & life through consulting, digital courses, & live events.   www.TheBusinessMethod.com

Strangers are an inevitable part of our trip. Their presence is like oxygen: invisible but breathes life into our trips.  These random interactions  Being pointed in the right direction ( or often wrong) by someone sitting next to you on the bus.  Sharing a dessert with someone you met on a tour Having a small laugh with the barista in a cafe  Make a quick conversation with a cab driver who tells you where the best meal is in the city Sometimes even staying in a strangers home for the night Are what tend to define our trips.  We will talk to travelers who have had their trips defined by the random acts of kindness they have experienced from around the world.  Featured Guests: Anita Florez, Juan Pablo Villarino, Casey Fenton

Today on the podcast I am joined by Chris Reynolds a lifestyle entrepreneur, high-performance tactician, international speaker and founder of The Business Method Podcast & Get Shit Done Live. Chris has been a location-independent entrepreneur almost 9 years and traveling the world consistently during that time. Through his podcast The Business Method he has interviewed more than 300 of the most successful entrepreneurs including famous big wave surfer Laird Hamilton, John Lee Dumas who hosts the #1 business podcast in the world, Casey Fenton the founder of Couch Surfer and many many more. Currently, Chris focuses on helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses and life rapidly through consulting, digital courses, and live events where entrepreneurs apply research-driven high-performance techniques to help them reach goals faster.

Everybody makes new year resolutions, but only very few people stick to them. If you’re One of the majority who finds it difficult to follow the goals then this episode is for you. In this episode, we’re joined by Chris Reynolds. Chris is a high-performance coach, lifestyle entrepreneur & podcaster​. He has ​created business accelerators while interviewing over 400 successful entrepreneurs on The Business Method Podcast including people like Steven Kotler, NYTimes best-selling author, Jim Rogers, former partner of George Sorors, Laird Hamilton, world's top big wave surfer, John Lee Dumas, iTunes #1 Business Podcaster, Casey Fenton, founder of CouchSurfing and Ron Lynch, the marketing mind that took GoPro from $600k to $600 million​. Chris dives deep into how one can set goals and also be accountable for them. Through the course of the episode, he also explains how he sets his goals and action plans. He also goes on to explain how anyone, regardless of where they are in life, can make the coming decade the best one of their lives. Towards the end, he gives his insights on how one can achieve location independence and make use of Geo Arbitrage to its full potential. Listen now to know how to crush your goals and achieve success for 2020 Remotepreneur’s Insights: Prioritizing goals is critical. Build goals around habits. Making goals social, being accountable, getting mentors or coaches and repeating for 21 days can help stick on to the process. Remote entrepreneurs should limit the number of business or financial goals to two or three main goals for a year. Be grateful and happy about the things that have been achieved and keep reviewing. It is 100% possible to build business independence while constantly traveling. Podcasting is still new and is a perfect way to expand one’s business. Quotes: 3:32 - When we set goals, the idea is to set bigger goals, but fewer goals and make those a priority, and then start the process of making them a habit. 5:55 - Do whatever your goal is for 21 days. What happens if we do it for 21 days is that it reprograms our brain. So we're creating new neural pathways in our mind and it makes it easier to go back to that habit. 12:35 - Put priorities on to the goals that are important and have a lot of emotion behind them. 21:35 - Podcasting is still new 22:15- Online education, especially in the next 10-15 years, is going to get massive. 27:41- It’s just a few things in our lives that we need to survive and to feel good and to be happy. And so the more we feel good, the more that it creates the new… 33:15: Some people need to burn the bridge to be location independent and it lights a fire under them and gives them more passion and urgency to build that business while traveling... 35:20 A very smart thing to do for a lot of entrepreneurs that do want to be remote is to use the idea of Geo Arbitrage so you can live in one country and can make money with a high currency value and you can have your expenses very low Links and handles: The business method Podcast: Chris’ LinkedIn Connect on Instagram @remotepreneurs PLEASE RATE REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE

"Chris Reynolds is the founder of The Business Method and Get Shit Done Live. The Business Method helps entrepreneurs grow their businesses rapidly using high-performance productivity techniques. Chris has been an entrepreneur since 2007, and he left the U.S.A in April of 2011 to travel the world while growing business. Over the years, he has created business accelerators while interviewing over 300 successful entrepreneurs on The Business Method Podcast including people like Steven Kotler, author of Bold and Abundance, Jim Rogers, former partner of George Sorors, John Lee Dumas, #1 Business Podcaster, Casey Fenton, founder of Couch Surfing and Ron Lynch the marketing mind that took GoPro from $600k to $600 million. Currently, Chris focuses on helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses and life using research-driven high-performance techniques. Besides being a passionate entrepreneur, Chris is also a personal growth junkie who studied polarity and relationships and is here to share his findings on the subject of masculinity and masculine leadership. "Part of being a good provider is protecting as well. So if you're well off financially or if are living in a good place that protects your family then you're providing and protecting at the same time." Join us for a conversation of masculinity, masculine leadership and feeling joy from being a man. Here are the details of our conversation: What Chris finds attractive in a woman Personal definitions of success & purpose Masculine role models while growing up A transformative experience that shaped Chris as a man The importance of having a personal constitution Finding fulfillment in being the protector & the provider How enjoying being a man feels like Respecting boundaries in relationships What is masculine leadership? Biggest fear Message to women And much more... Find the shownotes for this episode here >  P.S. Sign up for the free, exclusive training from me on “The Lie of Female Success: How to Get Unstuck, Release Pressure & Stop Trying to Do It All” to find out: How to overcome the "Superwoman Syndrome" so you can start living in freedom, with ease, and owning your truth True feminine power and what you can do right now to begin feeling supported, stop pushing & controlling your life and men How to rediscover, embrace and cultivate feminine flow and become embodied so you can stop overthinking and start making decisions from the heart The essence of masculine/feminine polarity and how to attract and magnify the relationship you want And much more… Sign up at girlskill.com/webinar

Casey Fenton is the founder of the largest trust experiment of all time—CouchSurfing. CouchSurfing is a hospitality and social networking service that gives its 15 million members access to offer hospitality and lodging, arrange homestays, and join events like the “Couch Crashes.” CouchSurfing was first conceived in 1999, when Casey was just 21 years old. On April 2, 2003, CouchSurfing International Inc. was formed and was listed as a New Hampshire nonprofit organisation. The CouchSurfing site was launched on June 12, 2004 with the help of Sebastien Le Tuan, Leonardo Silveira, and CouchSurfing co-founder, Dan Hoffer. Casey was also the executive director of CouchSurfing until 2012. He also served as founding chairman of the board. Casey, who has dedicated his life to understanding how to build cooperative trust systems is also the CEO and founder of Upstock, a privately held company which he founded in 2015. Based in San Francisco, California, the company helps businesses accomplish big goals by helping employees believe and think like entrepreneurs. The company also combines true and vetted elements of $1M+ Fortune 1000 equity plans. The keynote and TEDx speaker has also worked as director of Internet strategy for Tony Knowles, the governor of Alaska. From 2002 to 2004, he also worked as legislative aide for the Alaska State House Minority Leader. After exiting as CEO of CouchSurfing, Casey became part of multiple startups like Wonder App and Upstock.   This week’s episode talks about the reason Casey chose the term couch surfing and how the whole idea for the project came about, what led him to the path of hacking his ego, and what diversity mindset is. Casey also shares why he thinks diversity is important to survival, his take on trust, and how to do self-talk right. As far as the biggest ego hack there is, Casey has this to say, “For social cohesion, people become what you tell them they are.”

We got a chance to sit down with Casey Fenton. Followed his journey from founding Couchsurfing.com to Upstock and then Ego Hacking. Over the course of this journey explored such topics as how to build trust systems, incentive systems in companies, the sharing economy and how you can change the identity you have in the world.

Resources: Casey's website to learn more about Casey Casey's current company, Upstock More information about Couchsurfing.com A recent keynote by Casey Book recommendation: Tribal Leadership

   “All of us are architects of the games in our lives and games of other people's lives. We have to make a great game where everybody can win more.” – Casey Fenton Today's guest on the Art of Adventure is the co-founder of CouchSurfing, Casey Fenton. Founded over ten years ago, CouchSurfing was one of the first global communities for travelers and has become a platform for hosts and surfers to review and rate their experiences with each other. In this episode, Casey shares his insights into building one's identity. Casey also shares the exact ratio of positive feedback to constructive criticism that you need to maintain for people to be able to hear you. He also talks about how you become the person you need to be in order to achieve the big targets that you set for yourself. Casey is a deep thinker who starts companies. You'll love this episode as he shares his biggest lessons from CouchSurfing and weaves his startup experiences, understanding of psychology, and ideas about the labels we put on ourselves into the conversation. What you'll learn in this episode: How we establish trust between people who don't know each other How Casey acquired his broad knowledge base The growth mindset and ego-hacking Casey's Couchsurfing stories Casey's new venture, Upstock Insights into building your identity  Quotes: “All of us are architects of the games in our lives and games of other people's lives. We have to make a great game where everybody can win more.” – Casey Fenton “Be who you want to be, create snowballs and help other people create snowballs for you.” – Casey Fenton “If we have too much negative feedback, we can't hear what people say.” – Casey Fenton “How is it that we are so driven yet uninformed?” – Casey Fenton Continue the Adventure: Casey Fenton CouchSurfing Upstock  

Ego Hacking aims to “reset” a lifetime of mental baggage surrounding how we feel about ourselves, what we are capable of, and who we are. Developed by Casey Fenton, founder of CouchSurfing, it’s a simple process that you can do alone or with loved ones to uncover the best version of you.

Casey Fenton ~ Founder of CouchSurfing and Upstock ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Imagine being a young man hacking the University of Iceland's directory to meet new people and trying to find a couch to crash on for a free place to stay.  Then turning that concept into a 20 million person platform that changed the way people travel. Casey Fenton is that young man and the platform he built is called Couch Surfing.   Casey joins us on the podcast today for a really exciting chat. These days Casey has built a new business called Upstock that is modernizing an antiquated stock option system that allows team members and employees to earn equity instantly without an undue cash burden on the company. He got this idea from his days at CouchSurfing when he didn't have the ability to give his team and employees a shared part of the company. This frustrated him and it created a passion that started Upstock and the drive to help businesses help themselves. We dive into Casey's passion about Upstock today but also chat about the book on human egos that Casey is writing. He has another mission to help people understand their egos better and how we can use them for good. Of course, we also discuss about the Couch Surfing story and how it led Casey on a wild ride of world travel, startups, venture capitalists, challenges with the US taxation system, helping business grow and changing the way people travel all around the world.   04:19: Climbing the Great Pyramids 08:46: Casey on His New Business Upstock 17:50: Examples of Sharing Equity w/ Team Members 23:16: Casey on Gamifying Business 26:06: Ideas on Gamifying for Entrepreneurs Today 31:46: Ego Hacking 45:01: The First Couch That Casey Surfed On 48:47: Number One Lesson from CouchSurfing 51:32: Other Lessons from CouchSurfing 55:31: Casey on Influence   Contact Info: https://upstock.io/ http://www.caseyfenton.com/ http://bit.ly/egohack

My guest for Episode 97 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the founder of CouchSurfing.com, Casey Fenton. From growing up in a small town, Caseys love for new experiences and travel led him to founding CouchSurfing.com, a global community of 15million locals and travellers. Since stepping away as the CEO in 2012, Casey has been involved in a number of startups, most recently as the co-founder and CEO of Upstock, a performance-based equity tool to help startups effectively navigate and leverage their equity options. Outside of this, Casey is also writing a new book on Ego Hacking which provides tools and framework for individuals to go beyond their ego to become better leaders and generate increased cooperation at scale. We covered a lot of ground in this interview including: How Casey built and scaled CouchSurfing without spending money on marketingScaling through distributed decision makingHow to best utilise  and split equity fairlyHow to hack your ego This podcast was produced by the awesome team at Playbook Media. If you would like to launch your own personal or business podcast, say hello to Rohit@playbookmedia.com.au. Show notes:– Couchsurfing.com- upstock.io- Byron Katie - The Work- Casey (email) Check out my new video series on Youtube! Feedback/connect/say hello:Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don't have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & StitcherAudio Player The post Ep097 – Casey Fenton (Founder – Couchsurfing) on hacking your ego appeared first on Startup Playbook.

Has the future of organizational stock options arrived? Casey Fenton discusses what he considers a future model for the Silicon Valley Equity Model.

It was a pleasure to talk to Casey Fenton, the founder of Couchsurfing again. We had met a year ago in Bali but with a tight schedule and us celebrating his 40th birthday we never ended up recording an episode at that time.  Luckily, he is now writing a book about his experiences building my favorite community for travel. Couchsurfing allows you to stay with strangers for free while travelling and its all backed on a review system that makes sure you stay safe. I've used it over 100 times and I have to say that some of my best friendships have come from the site!

On Episode 1 of “The Future Accords,” we hear from the visionary founder of Couchsurfing, Casey Fenton on the future of the sharing economy, equitable entrepreneurship, and ego hacking. “The Future Accords” is the first ever KTUH, University of Hawaii podcast available on air and online. The show is a 30min interview series of thought leaders on their past, present, and hopes for the future. Hosted by civil society representative to the United Nations and Manoa Future Studies Ph.D student Ari Eisenstat, join us every week for diverse perspectives around the future of sustainable development and humanity.

Episode 9: In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Casey Fenton, CEO and Founder of UpStock (http://upstock.io), and Co-Founder of CouchSurfing (http://couchsurfing.org), who is working on a new book on ego hacking. In this episode Trent and Casey discuss some of the techniques Casey has been researching and presenting that are going to be included in his new book which he's still working on. "It is so important to think about how we become our identity. We have to be very careful with how we are programmed. What is in our identity? What does that cause? We automatically find more of it, whatever it is. A lot of the time the authentic self is intuitively what I feel in my heart and soul, but maybe that authentic self was programmed by society, maybe that was no programmed by you. Maybe that authentic self means self author." "It is interesting, is the ego, is the identity, are the things inside me, are they self authored? Or are they authored by others? We want to rationalize who we are, we want to feel good. We want to say, 'oh well I made all that stuff,' but did we?" -Casey Fenton Check out part two of this interview: Health Hacks with Casey Fenton Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

Episode 10: Part 2 of an interview with Casey Fenton, CEO and Founder of UpStock (http://upstock.io), and Co-Founder of CouchSurfing (http://couchsurfing.org). Listen to Episode 9 for part 1 of this interview on Ego Hacking. In this episode Trent and Casey discuss health hacks, how to live longer, and how to improve your overall health with simple tips and tricks. "If you can get someone in your life who loves you, to help you hack yourself… to get you to think 'I care about my health, I care about my health, I want to live a healthy way for a long time.' Get someone to help you get that kernel, that little nugget that is health hacking, and that will grow."  "You will start to see all little things in your environment, all over the place, that corroborate and bolster of this identity that 'I care about my health, and I love myself,' and all that good stuff."- Casey Fenton Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

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Casey Fenton, Co-Founder of Couchsurfing, believes that people are fundamentally good and want to help each other. Fenton, who founded Couchsurfing in 2003 as a way to explore the world and meet new people while saving resources, describes Couchsurfing as a “backstage pass to the world.” Fenton views Couchsurfing and Airbnb as “overlapping circles” in that both allow more people to travel and get different perspectives on the world and themselves, while lowering the cost of traveling and decreasing its environmental footprint.

It’s 1999. You decide you want to travel the world, but you’re from a small town, you don’t have a lot of connections and you don’t have a ton of cash. What do you do? This was the question that inspired Casey Fenton (@caseyfenton) to create Couchsurfing.com. If you haven’t heard of Couchsurfing before, it’s pretty much how the name sounds. You go onto the site, create a profile and this allows you to meet other members that you can host in your home, or that you can stay with as a guest in theirs. And the unique thing about it is that it’s all free. I’ve known people who have traveled all the way around the world on the platform so I was really looking forward to sitting down with Casey to hear the origins of the company. It turns out that it ties in heavily with his own story. Casey comes from a small town and had limited options growing up. From an early age, he knew he wanted to change that and we talk about how he was able to use experiences as a way to create more possibilities and better choices. It’s become somewhat of a life philosophy and a driving principle around why Couchsurfing exists. We also bounce around a lot and end up traveling to unexpected places, like discussing whether or not we’re living in a simulation, but that’s what made this interview really fun. I hope you think so too. Please enjoy this talk with Casey Fenton.

Casey Fenton, like many of us in our 20s, wasn't entirely sure where he would go in life. Growing up in a small town in Maine, he started to think about this entire world that existed beyond the borders of his hometown, and all the experiences he had yet to have. One thing he knew for sure was that his small hometown wasn't going to be offering him any of the new experiences he was looking for. "That got me to start buying random plane tickets to anywhere in the world," he says. From there it was traveling from place to place, mingling with locals and getting a backstage pass to the world's greatest cities. It was then that Fenton formed an idea for a business that would end up spanning the globe. Today, Couchsurfing.com has more than 10 million members in over 20,000 cities around the world. When it launched in 2003, Couchsurfing was a revolutionary concept. It was one of the first businesses to truly harness the power of a sharing economy. Instead of spending money at hotels and backpacker hostels, travelers were instead offered a choice to stay in the homes of hospitable locals free of charge. Since then, Fenton's business model has been replicated a thousand times over by the likes of Uber and Airbnb, just to name a few. We had the chance to talk with Fenton about his entrepreneurial journey, starting with being a backpacker to becoming the founder of a multimillion-dollar company with a reach that spans every corner of the globe. In this interview you'll learn: How to go through the hardships of starting your own business How to figure out which tasks to delegate and which tasks you need to prioritize as a leader Tips on creating and maintaining a massive and engaged community How to build an international reputation that people trust The most powerful drivers that'll get you to scale your business & much more!

In this eleventh episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell, we interview Alexandra Liss, who took a 21 country, six continent, tour for seven months using the website CouchSurfing.org. Liss directed and stared in the documentary One Couch at a Time. Her documenary has been showing across the United States at indie movie theaters and cities with large communities of couchsurfers that have been hosting screenings.  We also spoke with the film's producer Jean-Michel Werk and local Dallas-Fort Worth community couchsurfing tribe leader Brad Wilson. Wilson met his wife while hosting events for local couchsurfers in the DFW area. What is Couchsurfing? According to their website, "Couchsurfing is a global community of 6 million people in more than 100,000 cities who share their life, their world, their journey. Couchsurfing connects travelers with a global network of people willing to share in profound and meaningful ways, making travel a truly social experience." The website began in 2004 as a small passion project by founder Casey Fenton. Couchsurfing Lingo For those unfamiliar with what couchsufing is, according to Wikipedia, "The company, its website, and the culture of hospitality exchange it is meant to support are all commonly referred to as 'Couchsurfing' by the website's userbase. People who use the Couchsurfing.org website frequently refer to themselves as 'couchsurfers,' 'surfers,' or 'CSers' for short, demonstrating a mix of loyalty to both the website and the ideals it is thought to support." An Interview with Alexandra Liss This I Live In Dallas Radio show was recorded at the historic Texas Theater in Oak Cliff after the red carpet premiere of the film back in March.  The film is narrated by director and veteran Couchsurfer Alexandra Liss of San Francisco and details her journey through a myriad of countries, and also explores relevant and progressive topics such as crowd-funding, micro-loaning, co-working, ridesharing, and gift-economies. Featured interviews in the film include author and lifestyle architect Tim Ferriss, founder of Burningman Larry Harvey, sharing economy expert Rachel Botsman, philosopher and author Charles Eisenstein, and the founder of Couchsurfing, Casey Fenton. Brad Wilson - Local Couchsurfing Enthusiast. [powerpress] Listen as: We learn how a film crew and director convinced 100s of strangers via the Internet to let them stay in their guest rooms and on their couches. Discover what to look for when scoping out a potential couchsurfing hosts. Discuss the big benefits, practicable and intangible, to couchsurfing. Alexandra profiles the typical couchsurfer, age and demographics, and gives us tips on how to get involved. I share my own local couchsurfing experience from 2008 on and how it changed my perspective. In the second part of the show, we talk with local couchsurfing ambassador Brad Wilson and he tells us how to get involved locally. Links: OneCouchAtATime.com One Couch at a Time on IMDB Couchsurfing.org Other Couchsurfing Links Brad's CS Profile Neil's CS Profile Jason's CS Profile