Podcast appearances and mentions of Danny Kim

In this special episode of the KPC podcast, we're celebrating the revival of DKDKTV with none other than my partner, Danny Kim! But did I pick the wrong guests for the occasion? Kelsey and Tammy, who probably know all our deepest secrets, waste no time exposing us on camera.This episode gets extra spicy as Danny and I (David) get called out—hard. But it's not just about the chaos; we also dive into life, the content creation scene, and the ever-evolving world of Korean content and K-pop. Buckle up for an episode filled with laughs, revelations, and maybe a little regret on my part.Get early access, exclusive bonus podcasts, K-pop reactions on Patreon - https://patreon.com/KoreanPizzaClubUnique & Aesthetic Korean products shipped globally - https://biroso.net/?utm_source=YOUTUBE&utm_medium=cpc&utm_id=Korea+Pizza+Club__

Chaîne de Hisokaparker: https://www.youtube.com/@hisokaparker3090Chaîne de Wrestling Klinik: https://www.youtube.com/@WrestlingKlinikChaîne Manga Saucisse: https://www.youtube.com/@mangasaucisse=======================================Réseaux de la chaîneDiscord: https://discord.gg/6jWpVxPrnrSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZwxEAU13PoVLua0JdIYJh?si=23eb9d545b224601Deezer: https://deezer.page.link/QynphwNFRNGQSG9d9Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.fr/podcasts/0964898a-c810-48ff-97ab-f0a6e9e66fa5/d'encre-et-de-bullesApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/dencre-et-de-bulles/id1733018809Instagram de Mindphobia: https://www.instagram.com/mindphobia.comics/=======================================D'Encre et de Bulles est votre émission hebdomadaire sur les comics. Tous les mercredis à 21h, l'équipe et ses invités reviennent sur les floppies US lus sortis sur la dernière quinzaine et sur les titres VF surfant ou non sur l'actualité et qu'ils veulent mettre en lumière.Pour cette 38e émission, nous vous parlerons de la grosse attente du moment avec le retour de la Justice League avec Justice League Unlimited par Mark Waid & Dan Mora. On vous parlera aussi de la deuxième série du label Family Odyssey chez Ghost Machine par Peter J. Tomasi et Peter Snejbjerg avec Hornsby & Halo. Et on parlera de la nouvelle mouture de West Coast Avengers par Gerry Duggan et Danny Kim.Côté VF on vous parlera de la nouvelle série de Marjorie Liu et Sana Takeda parue chez Delcourt. On vous parlera aussi de la 5e intégrale des Tortues Ninja sortie chez HiComics et du dernier tome de Fables, intitulé la Forêt Noire par Mark Buckingham et Bill Willingham. Et vous aurez droit bien sûr au Stop ou Encore.=======================================Time Code et liens d'achats00:00 Générique + Intro35:04 Arrivée de DC Universe Infinite en Europe45:45 Justice League Unlimited (Waid, Mora, DC Comics) par Bunny1:21:20 Hornsby & Halo (Tomasi, Snejbjerg, Image Comics, Ghost Machine) par Hisokaparker 1:33:05 West Coast Avengers (Duggan, Kim, Marvel) par Mindphobia 1:52:36 Stop ou Encore (Hyde Street 2, Day of the Dead Girl 2, Detective Comics 1091, TMNT 4, Flash Gordon 4, Batman Last Halloween 3, Absolute Wonder Woman 2)2:40:02 Tortues Ninja Intégrale 5 (Eastman, Burnham, Santoluco, HiComics) par Bunny(https://www.pulps.fr/item/les_tortues_ninja__tmnt_t5__lintegrale_t5_401432)3:11:11 Fables la Forêt Noire (Willingham, Buckingham, Urban Comics) par Hisokaparker(https://www.pulps.fr/item/fables__la_foret_noire_405049)3:35:06 Night Eaters (Liu, Takeda, Delcourt) par Mindphobia (https://www.pulps.fr/item/night_eaters_t01__elle_devore_la_nuit_plus_print_exclusif_sign_par_marjorie_liu__sana_takeda_398834)3:52:55 A venir sur nos chaînes + Générique=======================================#Justiceleague #justiceleagueofamerica #jla #jl #justiceleagueunlimited #dccomics #dc #markwaid #danmora #superman #batman #wonderwoman #flash #greenlantern #westcoastavengers #avengers #marvel #marvelcomics #ironman #ultron #warmachine #spiderwoman #gerryduggan #Dannykim #hornsby&halo #hornsbyandhalo #petertomasi #peterjtomasi #petersnejbjerg #ghostmachine #familyodyssey #imagecomics #nighteaters #marjorieliu #sanatakeda #delcourtcomics #tortuesninja #teenagemutantninjaturtles #tmnt #hicomics #kevineastman #peterlaird #benbishop #fables #fablesblackforest #fableslaforetnoire #billwillingham #markbuckingham #vertigo #urbancomics #fairytales #comics #dencreetdebulles Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Comic Reviews: DC Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns 1 by Jeff Parker, Lukas Ketner, Marcelo Maiolo Black Canary: Best of the Best 1 by Tom King, Ryan Sook, Dave Stewart Justice League Unlimited 1 by Mark Waid, Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain Marvel West Coast Avengers 1 by Gerry Duggan, Danny Kim, Arthur Hesli Marvel Unlimited Marvel Meow 24 by Nao Fuji It's Jeff 37 by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Dark Horse Serpent in the Garden: Ed Grey and the Last Battle for England 1 by Mike Mignola, Ben Stenbeck, Dave Stewart Welcome to the Maynard 1 by James Robinson, J. Bone, Ian Herring Image Hornsby and Halo 1 by Peter Tomasi, Peter Snejberg, John Kalisz Mad Cave Synap 1 by Chris Moses, Andrea Giannini, James Offredi OGN Countdown Timing/Luck by Gerry Duggan Flash Gordon Adventures by Art Baltazar, Franco, John Patrick Green Whatever Happened to Frankie King by Jay Neugeboren Heretic by Robbie Morrison, Charlie Adlard Additional Reviews: Savage Avengers Omnibus Once and Future Geiger Life of Pi First four issues of new DC webcomics Skeleton Crew ep 1 & 2 Orion and the Dark His Three Daughters Moana 2 Dear Santa News: Omninews, Sweetpea renewed, double-size Simpsons special coming to Disney+ in December Comics Countdown (27 November 2024): Absolute Wonder Woman 2 by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, Jordie Bellaire Black Canary: Best of the Best 1 by Tom King, Ryan Sook, Dave Stewart Hyde Street 2 by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Brad Anderson Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 by Jason Aaron, Chris Burnham, Brian Reber Feral 8 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez, Brad Simpson Superman 20 by Joshua Williamson, Dan Mora, Alejandro Sanchez Welcome to the Maynard 1 by James Robinson, J. Bone, Ian Herring Justice League Unlimited 1 by Mark Waid, Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain Hornsby and Halo 1 by Peter Tomasi, Peter Snejberg, John Kalisz Uncanny X-Men 6 by Gail Simone, Javier Garron, Matt Wilson  

One of our sport's most iconic figures during the Golden Age of the sport, O'ahu's Danny Kim singlehandedly carried the torch for the very niche discipline of standup bodyboarding.  Danny's incredible talents standing up on his finless craft not only blew minds, but took him to top finishes on the US Pro Tour, and garnered plentiful magazine coverage worldwide.  We discuss Danny's rise in the sport, and what he's been doing to keep himself busy since ending his pro career.   

ABOUT DANNY KIM: 20+ years of vehicle architecture & prototype development. Inventor w/ 65 issued int'l patents, 22 USPTOs. Focus of HBS case study: Industrial design & sustainable transportation. Former Land Rover mechanic, machinist, woodworker, welder, and vehicle integrator. Reed College, UCB, RISD, & Media Lab. LINKS: LIT MotorsWefunder Flickr Instagram YouTube TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 1:19 – 48″ Margining steel lead screw shaft Rockwell 52 (AKA Handy File) 7:48 – Spectrum 375 Plasma Cutter (1/2″ lightsaber “Scissors') 14:35 – Edwards 65 Ton Ironworker 16:07 – Miller MIG Welder 23:58 – Maybe cardboard would be a prototyping tool 23:49 – LIT Motors prototype Watch on YouTube   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/danny-kim-inventor/

Your biggest fear just got bigger.Sting is a 2024 horror film written and directed by Kiah Roache-Turner, and starring Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, and Jermaine Fowler.The film follows a young girl who secretly raises a spider as her pet, which then transforms into a giant monster.00:00 Intro21:03 Horror News 33:31 What We've Been Watching50:24 Film Review2:26:08 Name Game2:35:59 Film Rating2:40:41 OutroPodcast - https://podlink.to/horrorhangout​​​Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/horrorhangoutFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/horrorhangoutpodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/horror_hangout_TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@horrorhangoutpodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/horrorhangoutpodcast/Website - http://www.hawkandcleaver.com​​​Ben - https://twitter.com/ben_errington​​​Andy - https://twitter.com/AndyCTWritesAsh - https://x.com/ashmillmanhttps://www.twitch.tv/ashmillmanyoutube.com/@ash.millmanhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkmfLZZqPp3JpI1PzHfCo9ghttps://www.patreon.com/AshMillman/Audio credit - Taj Eastonhttp://tajeaston.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thehorrorhangout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare!To Shakespeare--After Three Hundred Years by Thomas HardyTo Shakespeare by Frances Anne KembleThey All Want to Play Hamlet by Carl SandburgOphelia by Julie ButtersOn Shakespeare by John MiltonSonnet of a Shrew by Julie ButtersSonnet 32 by William ShakespeareJulie Butters is an actress and writer based in Salem, MA. Her website is juliebutters.comDevlyn Ruth is a violist based in Swampscott, MA. He attends New England Conservatory's Preparatory School where he plays in the school's Youth Symphony Orchestra, as well as its Chamber Orchestra. He has been studying violin for 11 years and has just recently switched to viola. He currently studies with Boston Symphony Orchestra violist Danny Kim.Music: Handel Violin Sonata Opus 1 no. 12, allegro movement.Violin played by Devlyn RuthEdited by Lajla Dale for TravelOggy. com Series in association with ReachArts.org89 Burrill StreetSwampscott, MA 01907Open Sundays 10-1CONTACT Information: info@reacharts.org Press Inquiries: press@reacharts.org

Cenna Khatib is a vibrant 25-year-old, who serves as an Inclusion Teacher in Lynn Public Schools and is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive educational environment. Her journey began in 2021 when she graduated from Hofstra University, where she not only earned a BA degree in Psychology and Creative Writing but also held the prestigious position of President at Hofstra Sp!t, a spoken word club. Cenna's passion for poetry ignited over 13 years ago amidst the turmoil of the Syrian Revolution, sparking her profound desire to express herself through verse. Recently she unveiled her debut poetry collection, "The Screams I Whisper", marking a significant milestone in her literary endeavors.Her book is available at Amazon: https://a.co/d/1OeewKpBarnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-screams-i-whisper-cenna-khatib/1144822828-Devlyn Ruth is a violist based in Swampscott, MA. He attends New England Conservatory's Preparatory School where he plays in the school's Youth Symphony Orchestra, as well as its Chamber Orchestra. He has been studying violin for 11 years and has just recently switched to viola. He currently studies with Boston Symphony Orchestra violist Danny Kim.Edited by Lajla Dale for TravelOggy. com Series in association with ReachArts.org89 Burrill StreetSwampscott, MA 01907Open Sundays 10-1CONTACT Information: info@reacharts.org Press Inquiries: press@reacharts.org

Joining Jarod today are Danny Kim and Kristina C. from Lit Motors as well as co-host Tony Donaldson. Danny is the CEO of Lit Motors. Kristina is the Head of Marketing for Lit Motors. Today we talk about the inception of Lit Motors and their future plans for the company as well as the EV landscape as a whole. Lit Motors is a company based out of San Fransisco producing gyro-stabilized, two-wheeled electric vehicles. ---- FOLLOW: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- PRODUCED BY:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lagos Creative

Comic Reviews: DC Batman: The Dark Age 1 by Mark Russell, Michael Allred, Laura Allred Marvel Edge of Spider-Verse 2 by Kaare Andrews, Bob Quinn, Brian Reber; Rich Douek, Edgar Salazar, Victor Olazaba, Alex Sinclair Jackpot and Black Cat 1 by Celeste Bronfman, Emilio Laiso, Brian Reber X-Men '97 1 by Steve Foxe, Salva Espin, Matt Milla Marvel Unlimited It's Jeff 36 by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Dark Horse Ghostbusters: Back in Town 1 by David M. Booher, Blue Delliquanti, Mildred Louis Goon: Them That Don't Stay Dead 1 by Eric Powell Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures: Crash Landing by Daniel Jose Older, Rachele Aragno, Michael Atiyeh Image Feral 1 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez, Brad Simpson Local Man: Bad Girls 1 by Tim Seeley, Tony Fleecs, Brad Simpson, Felipe Sobreiro, Brian Reber Under York 1 by Sylvain Runberg, Mirka Andolfo, Carmelo Zagaria, Piky Hamilton Mad Cave Morning Star 1 by David Andry, Tim Daniel, Marco Finnegan, Jason Wordie ComiXology Never Too Late by Fox Fisher OGNs Effects of Pickled Herring by Alex Schumacher Ant Story by Jay Hosler Spirited: Go Ghoul Go by Liv Livingston, Glass House Graphics Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman Shepardess Warriors by Jonathan Garnier, Amelie Flechais Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends by Stan Sakai Additional Reviews: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Spider Within, X-Men '97 Ep3, Jacob's Ladder Invincible rant News: Conrad and Cloonan Valiant makeover, ComicsGate/EVS at C2E2, Three Jokers epilogue (in Joker: The World graphic novel), Omninews, Black Widow: Venomous Trailers: Good Times, Unfrosted, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Comics Countdown (27 Mar 2024): 1.     Black Hammer: The End 6 by Jeff Lemire, Malachi Ward 2.     Batman: Dark Age 1 by Mark Russell, Mike Allred, Laura Allred 3.     Ultimate Spider-Man 3 by Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto, Matt Wilson 4.     Effects of Pickled Herring GN by Alex Schumacher 5.     Alan Scott: Green Lantern 5 by Tim Sheridan, Cian Tormey, Hi-Fi 6.     Feral 1 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez, Brad Simpson 7.     Penguin 8 by Tom King, Rafael de Latorre, Marcelo Maiolo 8.     Batman: Brave and the Bold 11 by Karl Kerschl, Norm Rapmund, Michele Assarasakorn; Christos Gage, Danny Kim, Diego Rodriguez; Delilah Dawson, Serg Acuna, Matt Herms; Michael Conrad, PJ Holden, Mike Spicer; Zac Thompson, Ashley Wood 9.     Newburn 16 by Chip Zdarsky, Jacob Phillips, Pip Martin 10.  Green Arrow 10 by Joshua Williamson, Tom Derenick, Sean Izaakse, Romulo Fajardo Jr.

June 2024 Solicitations (DC and Image) Comic Reviews: DC Batman/Dylan Dog 1 by Roberto Recchioni, Gigi Cavenago, Werther Dell'Edera, Giovanna Niro Suicide Squad: Dream Team 1 by Nicole Maines, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Adriano Lucas Marvel Alien: Black, White, and Blood 2 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Michael Dowling, Chris Sotomayor; Paul Jenkins, Luigi Teruel, Andres Mossa; Stephanie Williams, Jethro Morales; Black Widow and Hawkeye 1 by Stephanie Phillips, Paolo Villanelli Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance 1 by Benjamin Percy, Danny Kim, Bryan Valenza Symbiote Spider-Man 2099 1 by Peter David, Roge Antonio, Sebastian Cheng Marvel Unlimited It's Jeff 34 by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Dark Horse Helen of Wyndhorn 1 by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes John Carpenter's Toxic Commando: Rise of the Sludge God 1 by Michael Moreci, Alberto Alburquerque, Jason Wordie Image Napalm Lullaby 1 by Rick Remender, Bengal Boom I Heart Skull-Crusher 1 by Josie Campbell, Alessio Zonno IDW Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek 1 by Morgan Hampton, Miguel Angel Hernandez Ahoy Wrong Earth: Dead Ringers 1 by Tom Peyer, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Lee Loughridge AWA Little Black Book 1 by Jeff McComsey, Chris Ferguson, Marco Lesko ComiXology MidState 1 by Lee Loughridge, Mack Chater Rare Noodles Maybe Tomorrow by Max Wood, Daniel Caval OGNs Gnome and Rat Vol 2: Time to Party by Lauren Stohler Silver Vessels by Steve Orlando, Katia Vecchio Haru: Spring by Joe Latham Unicorn Boy by Dave Roman Driks by Ana Pepper Monster Crush by Erin Ellie Franey Mushroom Knight by Oliver Bly Absolute Zeros: Camp Crashpad by Greg Smith, Michael Tanner, Gabrielle Gomez Additional Reviews: Damsel, Ricky Stanicky, Fargo s5 News: Eight Billion Genies movie in works for Amazon, Arnold as Santa Claus in new action movie (The Man With the Bag), Batman II delayed, X-Men 97 ridiculousness, new Doctor Who comic by Dan Watters, X-Men creative teams and release dates, Bear renewed for s4, Doctor Who air date and controversy, Teen Titans movie in development, AI art in comics Comics Countdown (13 Mar 2024): 1.     Helen of Wyndhorn 1 by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes 2.     I Heart Skull-Crusher 1 by Josie Campbell, Alessio Zonno 3.     Monster Crush GN by Erin Ellie Franey 4.     Silver Vessels GN by Steve Orlando, Katia Vecchio 5.     Fishflies 5 by Jeff Lemire, Beatrix Green 6.     Action Comics 1063 by Jason Aaron, John Timms, Rex Lokus 7.     Green Lantern 9 by Jeremy Adams, Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr 8.     Dark Ride 11 by Joshua Williamson, Andrei Bressan, Adriano Lucas 9.     Dark Spaces: Dungeon 4 by Scott Snyder, Hayden Sherman, Patricio Delpeche 10.  One Hand 2 by Ram V, Laurence Campbell, Lee Loughridge

Featuring Danny Kim, Senior Data Scientist at Sony Pictures. (Recorded 1/19/24)

If you missed the other episodes with thoughtbot Incubator Program partcipants and founders Mike Rosenthal and Chris Cerrito of Goodz, you can listen to the first episode (https://podcast.thoughtbot.com/s3e2incubatorgoodz) and the second episode (https://podcast.thoughtbot.com/s3e4incubatorgoodz), and the third episode (https://podcast.thoughtbot.com/s3e6incubatorgoodz) to catch up! Lindsey Christensen and Jordyn Bonds catch up with the co-founders of Goodz, Chris Cerrito and Mike Rosenthal, where they share insights from their journey during the Incubator program, including the usefulness of the application process in aligning their vision and the challenges and benefits of user interviews and the importance of not overreacting to single user feedback and finding a balance in responding to diverse opinions. They reveal the varied reactions of users to Goodz's product, highlighting the different market segments interested in it. As the Incubator program nears its end for Goodz, Chris and Mike reflect on their achievements and future plans. They've made significant progress, such as setting up an e-commerce site and conducting successful user interviews. The co-founders discuss their excitement about the potential of their product and the validation they received from users. Mike mentions the importance of focusing on B2B sales and the possibility of upcoming events like South by Southwest and Record Store Day. Transcript: LINDSEY: Thanks for being here. My name's Lindsey. I head up marketing at thoughtbot. If you haven't joined one of these before, we are checking in with two of the founders who are going through the thoughtbot Startup Incubator to learn how it's going, what's new, what challenges they're hitting, and what they're learning along the way. If you're not familiar with thoughtbot, we're a product design and development consultancy, and we hope your team and your product become a success. And one way we do that is through our startup incubator. So, today, we are joined by our co-founders, Mike Rosenthal and Chris Cerrito, Co-Founders of the startup Goodz. And we also have another special guest today, Danny Kim, from the thoughtbot side, Senior Product Manager at thoughtbot. So, I think, to start off, we'll head over to the new face, the new voice that we've got with us today. Danny, tell us a little bit about your role at thoughtbot and, specifically, the incubator. DANNY: Yeah, sure. First of all, thanks for having me on, and thanks for letting me join in on all the fun. I'm one of the product managers at thoughtbot. I typically work for the Lift-Off team. We usually work with companies that are looking to, like, go into market with their first version MVP. They might have a product that exists and that they're already kind of doing well with, and they kind of want to jump into a new segment. We'll typically work with companies like that to kind of get them kicked off the ground. But it's been really awesome being part of the incubator program. It's my first time in helping with the market validation side. Definitely also, like, learning a lot from this experience [laughs] for myself. Coming at it specifically from a PM perspective, there's, like, so much variation usually in product management across the industry, depending on, like, what stage of the product that you're working in. And so, I'm definitely feeling my fair share of impostor syndrome here. But it's been really fun to stretch my brand and, like, approach problems from, like, a completely different perspective and also using different tools. But, you know, working with Mike and Chris makes it so much easier because they really make it feel like you're part of their team, and so that definitely goes a long way. LINDSEY: It just goes to show everyone gets impostor syndrome sometimes [laughter], even senior product managers at thoughtbot [laughter]. Thanks for that intro. It's, you know, the thoughtbot team learns along the way, too, you know, especially if usually you're focused on a different stage of product development. Mike, it's been only three weeks or a very long three weeks since last we checked in with you, kind of forever in startup time. So, I think the last time, we were just getting to know you two. And you were walking us through the concept, this merging of the digital and physical world of music, and how we interact with music keepsakes or merchandise. How's my pitch? MIKE: Good. Great. You're killing it. [laughter] LINDSEY: And has anything major changed to that concept in the last three weeks? MIKE: No. I mean, I can't believe it's only been three weeks. It feels like it's been a long time since we last talked. It's been an intense three weeks, for sure. No, it's been going really well. I mean, we launched all sorts of stuff. I'm trying to think of anything that's sort of fundamentally changed in terms of the plan itself or kind of our, yeah, what we've been working on. And I think we've pretty much stayed the course to sort of get to where we are now. But it's been really intensive. I think also having sort of Thanksgiving in there, and we were kind of pushing to get something live right before the Thanksgiving break. And so, that week just felt, I mean, I was just dead by, you know, like, Thursday of Thanksgiving. I think we all were. So, it's been intense, I would say, is the short answer. And I'm happy, yeah, to get into kind of where things are at. But big picture, it's been an intense three weeks. LINDSEY: That's cool. And when we talked, you were, you know, definitely getting into research and user interviews. Have those influenced any, you know, changes along the way in the plan? MIKE: Yeah. They've been really helpful. You know, we'd never really done that before in any of the sort of past projects that we've worked on together. And so, I think just being able to, you know, read through some of those scripts and then sit through some of the interviews and just kind of hearing people's honest assessment of some things has been really interesting. I'm trying to think if it's materially affected anything. I guess, you know, at first, we were, like, we kind of had some assumptions around, okay, let's try to find, like...adult gift-givers sounds like the wrong thing, adults who give gifts as, like, a persona. The idea that, like, you know, maybe you gift your siblings gifts, and then maybe this could be a good gift idea. And I think, you know, we had a hard time kind of finding people to talk in an interesting way about that. And I think we've kind of realized it's kind of a hard persona to kind of chop up and talk about, right, Chris? I don't know [crosstalk 04:55] CHRIS: Well, it also seemed to, from my understanding of it, it seemed to, like, genuinely stress out the people who were being interviewed... MIKE: [laughs] CHRIS: Because it's kind of about a stressful topic [inaudible 05:03], you know, and, like, especially -- LINDSEY: Why? [laughs] CHRIS: Well, I think, I don't know, now I'm making assumptions. Maybe because we're close to the holiday season, and that's a topic in the back of everybody's mind. But yeah, Danny, would you disagree with that? Those folks, from what we heard, seemed like they were the most difficult to kind of extract answers from. But then, if the subject changed and we treated them as a different persona, several of those interviews proved to be quite fruitful. So, it's just really interesting. DANNY: Yeah. It really started, like, you kind of try to get some answers out of people, and there's, like, some level of people trying to please you to some extent. That's just, like, naturally, how it starts. And you just, like, keep trying to drill into the answers. And you just keep asking people like, "So, what kind of gifts do you give?" And they're just like, "Oh my goodness, like, I haven't thought about buying gifts for my sister in [laughs], like, you know, in forever. And now, like [laughs], I don't know where to go." And they get, like, pretty stressed out about it. But then we just kind of started shifting into like, "All right, cool, never mind about that. Like, do you like listening to music?" And they're like, "Yes." And then it just kind of explodes from there. And they're like, "This last concert that I went to..." and all of this stuff. And it was much more fruitful kind of leaning more towards that, actually, yeah. LINDSEY: That's fascinating. I guess that speaks to, especially at this stage and the speed and the amount of interviews you're doing, the need for being, like, really agile in those interviews, and then, like, really quickly applying what you're learning to making the next one even more valuable. MIKE: Yeah. And I think, you know, like, we launched just a little sort of website experiment or, like, an e-commerce experiment right before Thanksgiving. And I think now, you know, we're able to sort of take some of those learnings from those interviews and apply them to both sort of our ad copy itself but also just different landing pages in different language on the different kind of versions of the site and see if we can find some resonance with some of these audience groups. So, it's been interesting. LINDSEY: Are you still trying to figure out who that early adopter audience is, who that niche persona is? MIKE: I think we -- CHRIS: Yes, we are. I think we have a good idea of who it is. And I think right now we're just trying to figure out really how to reach those people. That, I think, is the biggest challenge right now for us. MIKE: Yeah. With the e-commerce experiment it was sort of a very specific niche thing that is a little bit adjacent to what I think we want to be doing longer term with Goodz. And so, it's weird. It's like, we're in a place we're like, oh, we really want to find the people that want this thing. But also, this thing isn't necessarily the thing that we think we're going to make longer term, so let's not worry too hard about finding them. You know what I mean? It's been an interesting sort of back and forth with that. CHRIS: From the interviews that we conducted, you know, we identified three key personas. Most of them have come up, but I'll just relist them. There's the sibling gift giver. There was the merch buyers; these are people who go to concerts and buy merchandise, you know, T-shirts, albums, records, things along those lines to support the artists that they love. And then the final one that was identified we gave the title of the 'Proud Playlister'. And these are people who are really into their digital media platforms, love making playlists, and love sharing those playlists with their friends. And that, I would say, the proud playlister is really the one that we have focused on in terms of the storefront that we launched, like, the product is pretty much specifically for them. But the lessons that we're learning while making this product and trying to get this into the hands of the proud playlisters will feed into kind of the merch buyers. MIKE: Yeah. And I think that, you know, it's funny, like, this week is kind of a poignant week for this, right? Because it's the week that Spotify Wrapped launched, right? So, it's like, in the course of any given year, it's probably, like, the one week of the year that lots and lots and lots of people are thinking about playlists all of a sudden, so trying a little bit to see if we can ride that wave or just kind of dovetail with that a bit, too. LINDSEY: Absolutely. And do you want to give just, like, the really quick reminder of what the product experience is like? MIKE: Oh yeah [laughs], good call. CHRIS: This is a prototype of it. It's called the Goodz Mixtape. Basically, the idea is that you purchase one of these from us. You give us a playlist URL. We program that URL onto the NFC chip that's embedded in the Good itself. And then when you scan this Good, that playlist will come up. So, it's a really great way of you make a playlist for somebody, and you want to gift it to them; this is a great way to do that. You have a special playlist, maybe between you and a friend or you and a partner. This is a good way to commemorate that playlist, turn it into a physical thing, give that digital file value and presence in the physical world. LINDSEY: Great. Okay, so you casually mentioned this launch of an e-commerce store that happened last week. MIKE: It didn't feel casual. LINDSEY: Yeah. Why [laughter]...[inaudible 09:45] real casual. Why did you launch it? How's it going? MIKE: I don't know. Why did we launch it? I mean, well, we wanted to be able to test some assumptions. I think, you know, we wanted to get the brand out there a little bit, get our website out there, kind of introduce the concept. You know, this is a very...not that we've invented this product category, but it is a pretty obscure product category, right? And so, there's a lot of sort of consumer education that I think that has to go on for people to wrap their heads around this and why they'd want this. So, I think we wanted to start that process a little bit correctly, sort of in advance of a larger launch next year, and see if we could find some early community around this. You know, if we can find those core people who just absolutely love this, and connect with it, and go wild around it, then those are the people that we're going to be able to get a ton of information from and build for that persona, right? It's like, cool, these are the people who love this. Let's build more for them and go find other people like this. So, I think, for us, it was that. And then, honestly, it was also just, you know, let's test our manufacturing and fulfillment and logistics capabilities, right? I mean, this is...as much as we are a B2B, you know, SaaS platform or that's what we envision the future of Goodz being, there is a physical component of this. And, you know, we do have that part basically done at this point. But we just, you know, what is it like to order 1,000 of these? What is it like to put these in the mail to people and, you know, actually take orders? And just some of that processing because we do envision a more wholesale future where we're doing, you know, thousands or tens of thousands of this at a time. And so, I think we just want to button up and do some dry runs before we get to those kinds of numbers. CHRIS: I think it also it's important to remember that we are talking in startup time. And while this last week seems like an eternity, it's been a week [laughs] that we've had this in place. So, we're just starting to learn these things, and we plan on continuing to do so. MIKE: Yeah. But I think we thought that getting a website up would be a good way to just start kind of testing everything more. LINDSEY: Great. Danny, what went into deciding what would be in this first version of the site and the e-commerce offering? DANNY: I mean, a lot of it was kind of mostly driven by Chris and Mike. They kind of had a vision and an idea of what they wanted to sell. Obviously, from the user interviews, we were starting to hone in a little bit more and, like, we had some assumptions going into it. I think we ultimately did kind of feel like, yeah, I think, like, the playlisters seem to be, like, the target market. But just hearing it more and hearing more excitement from them was definitely just kind of like, yeah, I think we can double down on this piece. But, ultimately, like, in terms of launching the e-commerce platform, and the storefront, and the website, like, just literally looking at the user journey and being like, how does a user get from getting onto a site, like, as soon as they land there to, like, finishing a purchase? And what points do they need? What are the key things that they need to think through and typically will run into? And a lot of it is just kind of reflecting on our own personal buyer behavior. And, also, as we were getting closer to the launch, starting to work through some of those assumptions about buyer behavior. As we got there, we obviously had some prototypes. We had some screenshots that we were already working with. Like, the design team was already starting to build out some of the site. And so, we would just kind of show it to them, show it to our users, and just be like, hey, like, how do you expect to purchase this? Like, what's the next step that you expect to take? And we'd just kind of, like, continue to iterate on that piece. And so... LINDSEY: Okay. So you were, before launching, even showing some of those mockups and starting to incorporate them in the user interviews. DANNY: Yeah, yeah. I mean, we tried to get it in there in front of them as early as possible, partially because, like, at some point in the user interviews, like, you're mostly just trying to first understand, like, who are our target customers? Who are these people? And we have an assumption of or an idea of who we think they are. But really, like, once you start talking to people, you kind of are, like, okay, like, this thing that I thought maybe it wasn't so accurate, or, like, the way that they're kind of talking about these products doesn't 100% match what I originally walked into this, you know, experiment with. And so, we, like, start to hone in on that. But after a certain point, you kind of get that idea and now you're just like, okay, you seem to be, like, the right person to talk to. And so, if I were to show you this thing, do you get it, right? Like, do you understand what's happening? Like, how to use this thing, what this product even does. And then also, like, does the checkout experience feel intuitive for you? Is it as simple as, like, I just want to buy a T-shirt? So, like, I'm just going to go by the T-shirt, pick a size, and, you know, move on with my life. Can we make it as seamless as that? LINDSEY: And so, you mentioned it's only been a week since it's been live. Have you been able to learn anything from it yet? And how are you trying to drive people to it today? MIKE: Yeah, I think we learned that sales is hard [laughs] and slow, and it takes some time. But it's good, and we're learning a lot. I mean, it's been a while since I've really dug deep in, like, the analytics and marketing kind of metrics. And so, we've got all the Google Tag Manager stuff, you know, hooked up and just, you know, connecting with just exploring, honestly, like the TikTok advertising platform, and the YouTube Pre-Rolls, and Shorts. And, like, a lot of stuff that I actually, since the last time I was heavily involved in this stuff, is just totally new and different. And so, it's been super interesting to see the funnel and sort of see where people are getting in the site, where people are dropping off. You know, we had an interesting conversation in our thoughtbot sync yesterday or the day before, where we were seeing how, you know, we're getting lots of people to the front page and, actually, a good number of people to the product page, and, actually, like, you know, not the worst number of people to the cart. But then you were seeing really high cart abandonment rates. And then, you know, when you start Googling, and you're like, oh, actually, everybody sees very high cart abandonment rates; that's just a thing. But we were seeing, like, the people were viewing their cart seven or eight times, and they were on there sort of five times as long as they were on any other page. And it's this problem that I think Danny is talking about where, you know, we need to actually get a playlist URL. This gets into the minutiae of what we're building, but basically like, we need to get them to give us a playlist URL in order to check out, right? And so, you sort of have to, like, put yourself back in the mind of someone who's scrolling on Instagram, and they see this as an ad, and they click it, and they're like, oh, that thing was cool. Sure, I will buy one of those. And then it's like, no, actually, you need to, you know, leave this, go into a different app, find a play...like, it suddenly just puts a lot of the mental strain. But it's a lot. It's a cognitive load, greater than, as you said, just buying a T-shirt and telling what size you want. So, thinking through ways to really trim that down, shore up the amount of time people are spending on a cart. All that stuff has been fascinating. And then just, like, the different demographic kind of work that we're using, all the social ads platforms to kind of identify has been really interesting. It's still early. But, actually, like, Chris and I were just noticing...we were just talking right before this call. Like, we're actually starting to get, just in the last 12 hours, a bunch more, a bunch, but more people signing up to our email newsletter, probably in the last 12 hours that we have in the whole of last week. Yeah, I don't know, just even that sort of learning, it's like, oh, do people just need time with a thing, or they come back and they think about it? CHRIS: Yeah. Could these people be working on their playlists? That's a question that I have. MIKE: [chuckles] Yeah, me too. CHRIS: It's like, you know, I'm making a playlist to drop into this product. It's really interesting. And I think it gives insight to kind of, you know, how personal this product could be, that this is something that takes effort on the part of the consumer because they're making something to give or to keep for themselves, which is, I think, really interesting but definitely hard, too. DANNY: Yeah. And I also want to also clarify, like, Chris just kind of said it, like, especially for viewers and listeners, like, that's something that we've been hearing a lot from user interviews, too, right? Like, the language that they're using is, like, this is a thing that I care about. Like it's a representation of who I am. It's a representation of, like, the relationship that I have with this person that I'm going to be giving, you know, this gift to or this playlist to, specifically, like, people who feel, like, really passionate about these things. And, I mean, like, I did, too. Like, when I was first trying to, like, date, my wife, like, I spent, like, hours, hours trying to pick the coolest songs that I thought, you know, were like, oh, like, she's going to think I'm so cool because, like, I listen to these, like, super low-key indie rock bands, and, like, you know, so many more hours than she probably spent listening to it. But that's [laughs] kind of, like, honestly, what we heard a lot in a lot of these interviews, so... LINDSEY: Yeah, same. No, totally resonates. And I also went to the site this week, and I was like, oh damn, this is cool. Like, and immediately it was like, oh, you know, I've got these three, you know, music friends that we go to shows together. I'm like, oh, this would be so cool to get them, you know, playlists of, like, music we've seen together. So, you might see me in the cart. I won't abandon it. MIKE: Please. I would love that. CHRIS: Don't think about it too long if you could -- [laughter]. LINDSEY: I won't. I won't. CHRIS: I mean, I would say I'm really excited about having the site not only as a vehicle for selling some of these things but also as a vehicle for just honing our message. It's like another tool that we have in our arsenal. During the user interviews themselves, we were talking in abstract terms, and now we have something concrete that we can bounce off people, which is, I think, going to be a huge boon to our toolset as we continue to refine and define this product. MIKE: Yeah, that's a good point. LINDSEY: Yeah. You mentioned that they're signing up for, like, email updates. Do you have something you're sending out? Or are you kind of just creating a list? Totally fine, just building a list. MIKE: [laughs] No. CHRIS: It's a picture of Mike and I giving a big thumbs up. That's, yeah. [laughter] MIKE: No. But maybe...that was the thing; I was like, oh great, they're signing up. And I was like, gosh, they're signing up. Okay [laughter], now we got to write something. But we will. LINDSEY: Tips to making your playlist [crosstalk 19:11] playing your playlist -- MIKE: Yeah [crosstalk 19:13]. CHRIS: Right. And then also...tips to making your playlists. Also, we're advancing on the collectible side of things, too. We are, hopefully, going to have two pilot programs in place, one with a major label and one with a major artist. And we're really excited about that. LINDSEY: Okay. That's cool. I assume you can't tell us very much. What can you tell us? MIKE: Yeah. We won't mention names [chuckles] in case it just goes away, as these things sometimes do. But yeah, there's a great band who's super excited about these, been around for a long time, some good name recognition, and a very loyal fan base. They want to do sort of a collection of these. I think maybe we showed the little...I can't remember if we showed the little crates that we make or not, but basically, [inaudible 19:52] LINDSEY: The last time, yeah. MIKE: So, they want to sell online a package that's, you know, five or six Goodz in a crate, which I think will be cool and a great sort of sales experiment. And then there's a couple of artists that we're going to do an experiment with that's through their label that's more about tour...basically, giving things away on tour. So, they're going to do some giveaway fan club street team-style experiments with some of these on the road. So, first, it's ideal, provided both those things happen, because we definitely want to be exploring on the road and online stuff. And so, this kind of lets us do both at once and get some real learnings as to kind of how people...because we still don't know. We haven't really put these in people's hands yet. And it's just, like, are people scanning these a lot? Are they not? Is this sort of an object that's sitting on their shelf? Is it...yeah, it's just, like, there's so much we're going to learn once we get these into people's hands. LINDSEY: Do you have the infrastructure to sort of see how many times the cards are scanned? CHRIS: Mm-hmm. Yep, we do. MIKE: Yeah. So, we can see how many times each one is scanned, where they're scanned, that sort of thing. CHRIS: Kind of our next step, and something we were just talking about today with the thoughtbot team, is building out kind of what the backend will be for this, both for users and also for labels and artists. That it will allow them to go in and post updates to the Goodz, to allow them to use these for promotion as people, you know, scan into them to give them links to other sites related to the artists that they might be interested in before they move on to the actual musical playlist. So, that's kind of the next step for us. And knowing how users use these collectibles, both the kind of consumer Good and the artist collectibles that we were just talking about, will help inform how we build that platform. LINDSEY: Very cool. And right now, the online store itself that's built in Shopify? MIKE: Yeah. The homepage is Webflow that Kevin from the thoughtbot team really spearheaded in building for us. And then, yeah, the e-commerce is Shopify. LINDSEY: Y'all have been busy. MIKE: [laughs] LINDSEY: Is there anything else maybe that I haven't asked about yet that we should touch on in terms of updates or things going on with the product? MIKE: I don't know. I don't think so. I think, like Chris said, I mean, we're just...like, now that the site has kind of stood up and we're really switched over to kind of marketing and advertising on that, definitely digging into the backend of this kind of SaaS platform that's going to probably be a big focus for the rest of the, you know, the program, to be honest. Yeah, just some other things we can do on the next front that could eventually build into the backend that I think can be interesting. No, I guess [laughs] the short answer is no, nothing, like, substantial. Those are the big [crosstalk 22:26] LINDSEY: Yeah. Well, that was my next question, too, which is kind of like, what's next, or what's the next chunk of work? So, it's obviously lots more optimization and learning on the e-commerce platform, and then this other mega area, which is, you know, what does this look like as a SaaS solution? What's the vision? But also, where do we start? Which I'm sure, Danny, is a lot of work that you specialize in as far as, like, scoping how to approach these kinds of projects. DANNY: Yeah. And it's interesting because, I mean, we were just talking about this today. Like, part of it is, like, we can, like, really dig into, like, the e-commerce site and, like, really nailing it down to get it to the place where it's like, we're driving tons more traffic and also getting as low of a, like, cart abandonment rate as possible, right? But also, considering the fact that this is in the future, like, large-scale vision. And there's, like, also, like, we're starting to, I think, now iron out a lot of those, like, milestones where we're kind of like, okay, like, we got, like, a short-term vision, which is, like, the e-commerce site. We got a mid-term vision and a potential long-term vision. How do we validate this long-term vision while also still like, keeping this short-term vision moving forward? And, like, this mid-term vision is also going to, like, help potentially, either, like, steer us towards that long-term or maybe even, like, pivot us, like, into a completely different direction. So, like, where do you put your card, right? Like, how much energy and time do we put into, like, each of these areas? And that's kind of, like, the interesting part of this is starting to talk through that, starting to kind of prioritize, like, how we can maximize on our effort, like, our development and design effort so that things just kind of line up more naturally and organically for our future visioning, so... MIKE: Yeah. A lot of different things to juggle. I saw there was a question. Somebody asked what the URL is, but I don't seem to be able to [crosstalk 24:10]. LINDSEY: The same question as me. We got to drop the link for this thing. MIKE: Yeah, getthegoodz.com. CHRIS: That's G-O-O-D-Z. LINDSEY: Get in there, folks MIKE: Yeah, get [crosstalk 24:23]. LINDSEY: And let us know how it goes. MIKE: Yeah, please [laughs]. Any bugs? Let us know. Yeah. I think that those...yeah, I mean, it's a good point, Danny, in terms of juggling kind of the near-term and longer-term stuff. You know, it's a good kind of reminder our big focus, you know, in the new year is going to be fundraising, right? We're already talking to some investors and things like that. So, it's like, okay, yes, as you said, we could tweak the cart. We could tweak the e-commerce. Or, like, can we paint the big picture of what the longer-term version of this company is going to be in a way that makes it compelling for investment to come in so that there can be a long-term version of this company? And then we can build those things. So yeah, it's definitely a balance between the two. LINDSEY: Oh, also, just casual fundraising as well. [crosstalk 25:06] MIKE: Yeah, yeah. LINDSEY: [laughs] MIKE: But it's hard. It's like, you wake up in the morning. It's like, do I want to, like, write cold emails to investors? Or do I want to, like, look at Google Analytics and, like, tweak ad copy? That's actually more fun. So, yes. LINDSEY: Yeah, life of the founder, for sure. All right. So, that's getthegoodz (Goodz with a z) .com. Check it out. We'll tune in and see what happens with the e-commerce site, what happens with the SaaS planning the next time that we check in. But Chris, Mike, Danny, thank you so much for joining today and sharing what's been going on over the last few weeks: the good, the bad, the challenge, the cart abandonment. And, you know, best of luck to you over the next few weeks, and we'll be sure to check in and see how it's going. AD: Did you know thoughtbot has a referral program? If you introduce us to someone looking for a design or development partner, we will compensate you if they decide to work with us. More info on our website at: tbot.io/referral. Or you can email us at referrals@thoughtbot.com with any questions. Transcript:  LINDSEY: Thank you to our viewers and listeners. We are catching up once again with one of the startups going through the thoughtbot Incubator. My name is Lindsey Christensen. I'm joined today by Jordyn Bonds, who heads up the thoughtbot incubator, as well as our Co-Founders of Goodz, Chris Cerrito and Mike Rosenthal. Welcome, everybody. MIKE: Thanks, Lindsey. LINDSEY: Before we get started, before we put Chris and Mike back in the hot seat, at the top here, Jordyn, we have a special announcement for our viewers and listeners. JORDYN: Application window is open for session 1 of 2024, folks. You can go to thoughtbot.com/incubator and apply. And Chris and Mike can tell you how easy or hard applying was. MIKE: It was easy. It was totally easy. It's a very straightforward process. CHRIS: Yeah, it was way more straightforward than a lot of applications that we've dealt with in the past, for sure. JORDYN: Ha-ha. And if you've got a business idea that involves software but you haven't gotten anything out there yet, come talk to us. We will help you make sure that it's a good idea and that there are people who might buy it, and maybe get you even a little further than that. MIKE: We actually have a friend who's considering applying. I'll tell him applications are open. He's worried his idea is not big enough to actually be a business idea, so we'll see. CHRIS: Even the process of doing the application was really helpful for us because it helped us get aligned on exactly what we were doing, yeah. JORDYN: I love that. And I found that to be true when I was a founder applying to some of these things, in particular, applying for an SBIR grant was one of the most challenging things that we did, but it was so productive. I was so annoyed by it at the time, and then I cribbed from that thing. It actually sort of forced us to make a business plan [laughs], and then, basically, we ran it, and it was great [laughs]. CHRIS: Yeah. I think that was, for us, that was our point where we were like, "Is this idea fleshed out enough to move forward?" And we were like, "Yes, it is. Let's go. Let's do this." JORDYN: So, use the application as a forcing function, everybody. It will help you clarify your thinking. LINDSEY: Yeah. Jordyn, what would you say to Mike's friend who's questioning if their idea is big enough? How do you respond to that sentiment? JORDYN: That is a fascinating sentiment because I feel like so much more often, I am trying to help founders with the opposite problem where they think this thing is so big that they are not thinking about what step 1 is going to look like. They're just, like, in 10 years, we're going to be the next Amazon, and I'm like, "Maybe [laughter]. Let me help you figure out how to get to that giant vision." So, I don't come across the "Is this big enough to be a business?" question as often. And, I don't know, what would I say? I guess I need the details. LINDSEY: It could be a perfect fit MIKE: It could be. JORDYN: It could be a perfect fit. LINDSEY: In a way, that's what you're answering, right? MIKE: Right. LINDSEY: In some of this work. MIKE: That is true. So, yeah, you guys would certainly...just thinking through the process we've gone through the last two months, it would definitely help them flesh that out. LINDSEY: Which is a great segue. MIKE: Great segue. LINDSEY: Chris and Mike, we're actually coming up to the end of your incubator time. CHRIS: It's so sad. LINDSEY: Can you believe it? MIKE: It's gone by really fast. I mean, eight weeks is not a long time, but it has gone by very, very fast. CHRIS: It felt like a very long time in the middle of it. MIKE: [laughs] CHRIS: But now that it's over, it feels like a blink that it's coming to a close. MIKE: I don't know. It's funny. I think we had some note in our retro today that was like, maybe the very end of the year is not the best time to do an accelerator just because you have, like, the holidays kind of jumping in here in the end. So, that might have helped make it feel like a... I feel like the end of the year always feels like a rush anyway. So, I think just life gets a little bit busier this time of year, too, but yeah. CHRIS: Yeah, my gingerbread man decorating game is, like, really down this season because we've been so busy. Tragic. LINDSEY: Chris, can you remind our viewers and listeners who might not be familiar what was the idea that you and Mike have been exploring with the incubator or, like, what did you come in with? CHRIS: So, with Goodz, what we're trying to do is make little, physical collectibles objects that connect back to the digital content that a user loves. The idea being that today, we are awash in these digital files, links, so many things on our desktops, on our phones, on our devices, and it's really hard to tell which part of those are really, really important to us. So, by giving them a presence in the physical world, that denotes that's something that's really important, worth keeping, worth sharing, and showing off to your friends and family. And to start this off, mostly because Mike and I are both kind of music nerds, we're starting off with a music focus, but at some point, we're hoping to move into other realms, too. LINDSEY: And a lot of the incubator, as repeat listeners will know, is focused on really kind of evolving user interviews all the way through and narrowing in on, you know, a core audience, a core market. Mike, how has that evolution been? I think the last time we chatted was around three weeks ago. What has the latest iteration of user interviews looked like in terms of the people you're talking to and even what you're asking them? MIKE: It's been a really fascinating process. I mean, I'm trying to think of where we were exactly the last time we talked to you, but I think we'd probably just launched the e-commerce site that we had been experimenting with putting up. LINDSEY: Yeah, exactly. MIKE: And so, and we really then started cranking on user interviews kind of once that was live. And so, moving away from the conceptual and more into like, "Okay, share your screen. Here's the link. Like, tell me what you think is going on here," and really sort of getting users who had never, you know, never heard our pitch, never been involved with us to sort of try to wrap their heads around what we are and what we're doing just based on that website and trying to sort of make iterative changes based on that. You know, for me, because I had not done user interviews very much in the past, like, it's very tempting, like, you get sort of 1 note from 1 person in 1 interview, and you're like, oh, we need to change this word. That word didn't make any sense to them, or this thing needs to be blue instead of pink. I think, for me, it was like, all right, how do we kind of synthesize this data in a responsible way? And it emerged naturally, which, I mean, Jordyn and all thoughtbot folks said that it would, but you sort of started hearing the same things again and again. And we never really got to a place where, like, you heard the exact same things from everyone. But there were enough buckets, I feel like, where we're like, okay, like, this part really isn't making that much sense to people, or, like, we do really need to, you know, structure this differently to convey. So, it was a bunch of that kind of work over the last three weeks or so and sort of just getting a sense of like, are we conveying our message? It's hard. I mean, it's a new, like, we're not the only people making physical products with NFC chips in them, but it is not the most common, like, product. Like, it is kind of a new category out there. And so, really trying to understand just right off the bat, do people get it? And you get wildly different answers [laughs] as to whether they get it or they don't, which has been fascinating, too. JORDYN: Yeah. [crosstalk 7:12] LINDSEY: Chris or Jordyn, anything to add there? JORDYN: Yeah. You get the best, like, bootcamp in the don't overreact to a single user interview experience in some ways because we [laughs]...it would literally be like, interview in the morning someone says this thing. Interview in the afternoon, someone says the exact opposite thing [laughter]. And you're like, okay [laughs], like, which one of these things are we going to respond to, if either of them? CHRIS: Yeah. It's hard. As somebody with, like, a strong desire to please, it's hard to reign yourself in and want to change things immediately, but it definitely makes sense to do so in the long run. MIKE: But yeah, but, I mean, like I said, I do feel like it kind of came down to buckets. It's like, okay, you're that. I can, like, categorize you with all those other people and you with all those other people. And yeah, I hear you. I'm like, yeah, it's tempting to want to please them all. But I think with this one, we're fighting hard to be like...or we sort of have a philosophy that this product is emphatically not for everyone because, at the end of the day, you get a lot of people who are like, "Wait, you're just putting a link to a streaming playlist on a physical object? Why don't I just text someone the link?" And sometimes that breaks down by age group, like, 18-year-olds being like, "What are you talking about, old man? LINDSEY: [laughs] MIKE: Like, why the hell would I do that? It makes no sense." But it sort of skews all over the age ranges. But then there'll be other people who are 18 or 20 years old who are like, "Wow, I never had cassettes when I was growing up," or "I never got to make, you know, mixtapes or CD-Rs for people." And like, you know, so it's, yeah, it's about finding the people who are the early adopters. As Jordyn has said a lot, it's like, we need to find those early adopters and, like, make them love us, and then other people will come later. CHRIS: I mean, some of the most gratifying moments, I think, are there's been some interviews where people have been so excited that after the interview, they've gone and purchased our products, which is just, like, the coolest feeling ever. LINDSEY: Wow. MIKE: Yeah, it's pretty cool. LINDSEY: Are you open to sharing a little bit more about what those buckets or what those segments look like? CHRIS: I mean, I think there's folks who outright just get it almost immediately, and I think those people tend to be hardcore music collectors, hardcore music fans, Jordyn and Mike, please feel free to jump in if you disagree with any of this. They just get it right off the bat. Then I think there's, in my experience, there's another bucket of people who are a little more hesitant, and maybe they wouldn't buy it, but they seemed really excited about the idea of getting one as a gift, which is really interesting. They're like, "I don't know if I'd buy this, but I'd really like to have one." And then there is another segment, like, which Mike just mentioned, of folks who just don't see the value in this whatsoever, which is totally fair. MIKE: Yeah, totally. I think it's also...I see it almost as, like, a matrix. There's, like, desirability, and, like, technical understanding because people were like, "I technically understand what this is, and I do not want it in my life." Or like, "I get what this is and, oh my God, I have to have that," or like, "I don't really understand what you're talking about, but, man, I love physical stuff. Like, sure I want..." you know, it's like, it goes across those two planes, I think. JORDYN: I will say that it, I think you alluded to this before, Mike, but, like, we're going to run a whole analysis of...because we did a ton of interviews, and we haven't actually done that, like, sort of data-driven thing of like, are there trends in the demographics somewhere that we're not getting? Because the pattern has not been there. Like, someone will talk to an 18-year-old, you know, at 1:00 p.m. who is just, like, "Why on earth would I ever want this?" And then I, like, you know, will talk to a 21-year-old who is like, "I love this." And it's like, why? Like, this is the answer. The thing we're trying to get out now is, like, what is the difference between those two people? It's not a demographic thing that we can see from the outside, so what is it instead? But with consumer stuff like this, often, you don't necessarily...you don't need that in such great detail when you're starting. You just kind of, like, throw it out there and see who grabs it, and then you start to build sort of cohorts around that. And that is kind of what these interviews have shown us is that there are people who will grab it, and that was part of what we were trying to validate. Are there people who Mike and Chris do not know personally who will, like, get this and be psyched about it immediately? And that is, you know, check unequivocally true. Like Chris said, there are people that we were, you know, that we had recruited on this user interviews platform [chuckles] who then just turned around and bought the product because they were so psyched about it. One of the guys I interviewed was like, "Can I invest in your company right now?" Like, during the interview, and I was like, "Maybe?" [laughs] CHRIS: There was, like, another person who wanted to work for us immediately... JORDYN: Yes, great. CHRIS: Which was really interesting and kind of awesome. JORDYN: Yeah, they're like, "Are you hiring?" You're just like, okay. So, it's validating that there are people all over that spectrum. Like, where those trends lie, though, which is, I think, what you were asking, Lindsey, not as straightforward and in a fascinating way. So, we still have a little more, like, number crunching to do on that, and we may have an answer for you later. LINDSEY: That's exciting. Exactly. I'm curious: what are the connecting dots between the folks who are really into it, and how might that impact how you approach the business? MIKE: Yeah, it's hard. It's definitely going to be a niche to start. And so, we got to figure out kind of got to crack the code on how we find those people. LINDSEY: And, Mike, I think you had also mentioned last time that, you know, you or both of you have a network kind of in the music industry, and you've been floating the idea past some people there. Have you been having more of those conversations over the last few weeks, too? MIKE: We have, yeah. Well, so yeah, we've had a couple more just kind of straight-up pitch calls versus like, "Hey, there's this cool thing we're doing," and having those people be like, "Cool. Let's do a pilot." And so, they're ordering, you know, 500 or 1,000 units at a time, which is rad. LINDSEY: Whoa. MIKE: For the first...yeah. LINDSEY: Okay, very cool. MIKE: Yeah. The first two or three of those should happen in January or maybe early February, but yeah, those are done and in production and arriving soon. So, that's really exciting with some cool bands. We won't say the names in case it doesn't [laughs] work out, but it does look like it's going to work out. LINDSEY: And so, it's specific bands that are creating merch for their fans. MIKE: Yeah, yeah. So, we're working with one artist manager on a band that he manages, and then we're working with a record label. And they're going to try with a couple of smaller artists. And so, yeah, it's actually really good for us. One is going to be straight-up sales, most likely, and it's, like, selling these things. And the other ones will be given away as kind of promo items on tour artists, which is also a really interesting use case for us, too, that we're excited about and using them as a way to sort of get email addresses and, like, fans engaged and stuff, so... And then yeah, then I had another conversation, and they want to talk about doing some pilots. So far, like, that side of things is going great. We're sort of 3 for 4 in terms of initial calls leading to pilots right off the bat, which is kind of unheard of from [laughs] my experience. LINDSEY: Yeah, I'd say so. No, a lot of very good signals. MIKE: Really good signals. But then we were able to turn some of those into user interview conversations, actually, as well over the course of the last couple of weeks, which has been really helpful, like, talking to manager and label-type people about what they might want out of a software product that is associated with this because we're not just thinking about making physical products but sort of coupling that with an online toolset. And that part, we haven't gotten as far along as we did with the direct-to-consumer e-commerce, but it's been fascinating. LINDSEY: So, what has been happening with the online shop? As you noted the last time we talked, it was just a baby less than a week-old Shopify site getting, you know, some first hits of people going around maybe putting things in their basket. I'm sure a lot has happened over the last few weeks. What kind of work, what kind of insights have you seen around the site? CHRIS: We've been, I mean, we've been selling stuff at a slow but steady pace. It's been great because it's enough to, you know, because our product really straddles the line between physical and digital; there's a lot of physical aspects to this that we need to figure out and kind of the level of orders that we've been getting have been really...it's, like, the perfect number to think about fulfillment issues, things like what kind of package does this go in? How do we mail this out? Things along those lines, just very basic, practical questions that needed to be answered. But yeah, it's been great. We actually, I mean, we hit our goal for the amount of these that we wanted to get in people's hands before Christmas, which is pretty awesome. And we continue now with the lessons learned. I think our plan is to try and make a push for Valentine's Day because these seem like they would be a great Valentine's Day present: make a playlist; share it with your loved one; share it with a friend; share it with somebody you don't like at all. Who knows? LINDSEY: [laughs] CHRIS: But yeah, that's kind of our next sales push, we think. LINDSEY: The hate playlist. CHRIS: [inaudible 15:40] hate playlist. MIKE: Yeah, perfect. Real passive-aggressive. CHRIS: Just Blue Monday, like, by New Order, like, 14 times. LINDSEY: [laughs] Yeah, every song is just like a sub-tweet... MIKE: [laughs] LINDSEY: About something they've done and [inaudible 15:53] Have you updated the site? Like, how do you decide what gets updated on the site? [laughter] Everyone laughed. MIKE: It was a little haphazard, I would say, there for a minute. But -- CHRIS: We got the site up very, very quickly. And from my perspective, I've been dealing a lot with the physical side of things, just getting great product photos up there, which is, like, something that thoughtbot has actually been super helpful with. You know, everybody on the team is starting to submit photos of their Goodz in the real world and using their Goodz, which is great. And we continued to update the site with that but also making sure our text made sense, refining copy in response to things that people said during user interviews. The checkout process, the process of adding the URL that we point the Good to that, we did a bunch of experimentation there based on what people were saying during user interviews. So, it has been a little haphazard, but we have made a bunch of changes. LINDSEY: Jordyn, has there been any experiment, like, structured experimentation around the site or how you're getting people to the site? JORDYN: Mike actually did a little bit of ad funnel work that I don't think we've, like, even remotely scratched the surface of. So, I wish I could say that was conclusive, but I think we've found a little bit more...here are plenty of sales that are from people that nobody here knows. MIKE: True. JORDYN: So, people are finding out about this somehow [laughs]. But I think it's a little bit, like, word-of-mouth sort of chain of events is our sense so far. I wanted to say, though, about the site, we did get what Chris was saying about, like, this experiment was, in part, about fulfillment and figuring out how fulfillment would work and packaging, and not just messaging and not just closing the sale with consumers, but also, just, like, how do you fulfill these? But one of the really fun things we've managed to do in the last, since we talked last time, which I can't even believe...I feel like this wasn't even a gleam in our eyes for this project, but we managed to get out, like, stood up and out the door, and working in production in the last few weeks is a way for folks to actually assign the URL to their mixtape themselves. Previously, the plan had just been for Chris and Mike to do that, which is fine but a little bit unscalable, right? CHRIS: That was a huge dream or, like, that was high on our wish list. And we didn't think we'd get to it. And it's been pretty amazing that we have, yeah. JORDYN: Yeah, so that was one thing that is an update to the site. So, then we had to do a little bit of, like, micro iterating, on, like, the messaging around that. Like, how do you communicate to people? This is, like, a little bit of an abstract challenge, right? Like, here's this object. It's going to point to a digital thing. How do you tell the physical object which digital thing it's pointing to [laughs]? So, a lot of our recent interviewing has been to sort of get inside the mind of the consumer about how they're thinking about that and how we can best communicate that to them. So that's been a lot of the, like, recent iteration is getting that mechanism stood up and then the messaging around it. CHRIS: It's also really cool because it adds to the utility of the object itself in the sense that now our Goodz, when a user gets one, they can add a URL to their Good themselves, but they can also change that URL. So, it's much more malleable. JORDYN: Which is something that in one of our early user interviews was, like, a hot request [laughs], and we were like, "Someday, someday." And it's, you know, I should actually go back to her and be like, "Someday is today." [laughter] MIKE: Well, yeah, and just as Chris was saying, it just makes it so much easier to ship these out without having to manually load them, and you could sell them, and yeah, retail outlets, like, it just opens up a lot of opportunities for us for them. LINDSEY: And Mike mentioned that some of the, like, kind of future looking aspirations for the solution are, you know, how might you figure out the B2B, like, SaaS aspect of it? Jordyn, is that something that's been explored at all at this point, or is it early? JORDYN: That experiment I just described is actually sort of the link between the two projects. It sort of proves the concept and proves the value in some ways, and it has given us a little bit more visibility into sort of how we're going to execute some of this technical stuff. Like, how easy, how difficult is it going to be? These little experiments all build your confidence around your ability to do those things and what it's going to look like. And so, this experiment absolutely feeds into that question. But I would say it was really this week where we got to have a really fun brainstorming sort of blue sky conversation about that that I don't think would have been nearly as both creative and blue sky or rooted in reality as it was if we hadn't done these experiments and hadn't talked to so many...we had so much work...we could participate in a conversation like that so much more confidently and creatively because all of us had a lot more shared context. So, we really got to dream big, like, what is a SaaS platform built around these physical objects? And I don't want to, you know, I'm not going to give it away at this moment because we had a lot of, like, really cool ideas. It's one part talking to the B2B customer, which, you know, you mentioned earlier, getting what their pain points are, and what they're looking for, what they need, but then also dreaming big about now we understand the technology a little bit more and how it feels to use it. What does that unlock in our brains? The analogy I used in that conversation and that I use all the time is like, the users of Twitter invented hashtags, right? Twitter did not invent hashtags. And so, hey, everybody out there, newsflash: users invented hashtags, not Twitter or something else, if you didn't realize that Twitter was where those things kind of emerged. But there was just a user behavior that was happening in the wild, and Twitter was just very good at making that easier for them, looking at that and being like, "Oh, hey, is this a thing you all want to do? Here, we'll make that even more useful for you." And it was part of Twitter's early success that they were able to do that. And so, that was the kind of thinking we were trying to employ here is, like, now that we have these objects and we understand a little bit more how it feels to use them, you get these second order effects. What does that then make us think of? What is then possible to us that we wouldn't have been able to dream of previously because we didn't quite get it? So, that was really happening this week. LINDSEY: So, as the incubator time wraps up, what are the kind of final activities or deliverables, one, that Goodz wants and you know that they're going to get? What are the parting gifts as we send you out into the next phase? MIKE: Yeah, well, loads of stuff. I mean, we're getting all that code that [SP] Guillermo and the guys worked on to let people set their own playlist settings. And we've got that up in a GitHub repository now. And we've got a bunch of great design work that's all being handed over, like Chris was saying, product shots that a bunch of the team members were taking, synthesizing all the user interviews. We're actually sort of making some kind of final reports on those, so it's kind of more usable, actionable data for us. The whole website, you know, that didn't exist before. And that will sort of continue to grow as the entire website for Goodz moving forward. I don't know. That's a lot. What else was there, Chris? CHRIS: As a result of all that, I mean, one of the things I'm most excited about is now we have a small user base who actually has the physical products that, hopefully, we can get them to answer questions. That's huge for what's coming next. Starting the path towards the SaaS platform, too, it's really helped narrow our scope and think about, you know, how to make that successful or if it will be successful. LINDSEY: Yeah, that sounded like a big discussion this week that I know has been on your minds from the beginning. Wait, the last time, also, you said you were starting to get emails, too. Have you emailed anyone yet, or are you still holding on to them? MIKE: Oh. No, I still haven't sent a newsletter out [laughs], actually, but we have Mailchimp set up. Yeah, no, we've got a good kind of core of our, yeah, early folks on there. We'll start getting a newsletter out with some sort of regularity. We're building up the socials very slowly just focusing on Instagram mostly right now and trying to get back into that game. It's been a long time since I've had to do kind of social marketing stuff. And so, it's a lot of work, as it turns out, but we'll get all that cooking. I think this was just such a sprint, working with the thoughtbot folks and trying to get all this stuff done. Before the end of the year, now we can sort of take a breath and start engaging folks in the new year. LINDSEY: Yeah. Well, so, do you know what you want to do next or what the next phase looks like? Are you going to do fundraising? MIKE: We're certainly going to continue to have some fundraising conversations. We've had some conversations emerge over the last, you know, since we've been in thoughtbot, again, not the greatest time of year to try to be raising a round. But we're also not, like, desperately, urgently needing to do that right this second. I think, you know, part of it is the fundraising landscape, you know, doesn't look amazing. And we're still sort of building out a lot of traction, and sort of every week, there's some new, exciting thing, or we've got some new, big artists who wants to do something. So, I think, in some ways, to the extent that we can bootstrap for a little while, I think we will, yeah. So, we will focus on...I'd like to get back to focusing on, like, B2B sales. I'd like to hit the ground in January and just start talking to a bunch of music industry folks. And thinking ahead a little bit, sort of Q1 and Q2, like, what are the big tentpole events? You know, you got South by Southwest coming up in March. You got Record Store Day in April, or whenever it is. But, you know, there's, like, a bunch of those sorts of things that it's like, oh, let's not let those things suddenly be tomorrow. Like, right now, they're all still two or three/four months out. Like, let's make sure we're queued up for those things and see what happens. And Jordyn has been giving really good advice on the fundraising side where it's just like, just keep getting cool stuff like that and just do almost like little drip campaigns with funders who aren't maybe giving you the time of day or think it's too early, and just kind of keep going back to them. Like, the best excuse to go back to funders is like, "Hey, we just closed this new thing. We just launched this new thing. We just got this thing working. Hey, we're launching with this major band," Like, enough of those happen, and I think the fundraising will happen more organically. It's a strategy. CHRIS: I think we're really lucky in the fact that, you know, now, at this point, we're not talking about vapourware, you know, like, these are actual things that actually exist that, like, anybody could go onto our site right now and buy, which is awesome. And because of that, the product's going to continue to evolve, and, hopefully, our sales record will continue to evolve, too. LINDSEY: Amazing. Well, that feels like a good place to wrap up, maybe. Are you going to hang around in our incubator Slack, the thoughtbot incubator Slack for all our past founders? MIKE: Yes. Emphatically, yes. LINDSEY: Okay. We're holding you to it then [laughs]. CHRIS: I'm excited about that. We met with the other founders yesterday for the first time, and it was a really great and interesting conversation. It was cool seeing how diverse all these projects are and how folks are working on things that we had no idea about and how we're working on stuff that they have no idea about, and it was really great. It felt like a good cross-pollination. MIKE: Agreed. LINDSEY: That's awesome to hear. Jordyn, any final thoughts? JORDYN: [inaudible 26:58] out there listening and watching and want to join this community of founders [laughs], don't you want to have office hours with Chris and Mike? LINDSEY: All right, thoughtbot.com/incubator. You can apply for session 1 of the 2024 incubator program. And yeah, you two, if you have more recommendations, referrals, definitely send them our way. Chris, Mike, Jordyn, thank you so much once again for joining and catching us up on all the exciting developments for Goodz. MIKE: Thank you. LINDSEY: A lot of really cool milestones. JORDYN: I got to say, so much good stuff. And like, you know, just wrapping it all up almost diminishes the impact of any single one of those things that we just talked about, but it's, like, pretty amazing. People out there, apply to the incubator but also go buy yourself a Goodz mixtape. It's cool with playlists on it. MIKE: It's a good point. JORDYN: Give it to your BFF. Come on. LINDSEY: Getthegoodz.com. MIKE: Getthegoodz.com. Awesome. LINDSEY: All right. Thanks, Chris and Mike. AD: Did you know thoughtbot has a referral program? If you introduce us to someone looking for a design or development partner, we will compensate you if they decide to work with us. More info on our website at: tbot.io/referral. Or you can email us at referrals@thoughtbot.com with any questions. Special Guests: Chris Cerrito, Jordyn Bonds, and Mike Rosenthal.

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If you missed the first and second episodes with thoughtbot Incubator Program partcipants and founders Mike Rosenthal and Chris Cerrito of Goodz, you can listen to the first episode (https://podcast.thoughtbot.com/s3e2incubatorgoodz) and the second episode (https://podcast.thoughtbot.com/s3e4incubatorgoodz) to catch up! Lindsey Christensen, head of marketing at thoughtbot is joined by Mike Rosenthal and Chris Cerrito, co-founders of the startup Goodz, and Danny Kim, Senior Product Manager at thoughtbot. Mike and Chris discuss the progress of Goodz, focusing on the recent intense weeks they've had. Goodz, a startup merging the digital and physical worlds of music, has stayed on course with its initial concept. Mike details their approach to Thanksgiving and the launch of their e-commerce experiment. He shares insights from recent user interviews, which have influenced their approach and understanding of their target audience. When the discussion turns to the challenges of launching and maintaining their e-commerce platform, Mike and Chris talk about learning from analytics, marketing strategies, and the importance of understanding consumer behavior. They discuss the challenges in balancing short-term and long-term goals, and the upcoming fundraising efforts. Transcript: LINDSEY: Thanks for being here. My name's Lindsey. I head up marketing at thoughtbot. If you haven't joined one of these before, we are checking in with two of the founders who are going through the thoughtbot Startup Incubator to learn how it's going, what's new, what challenges they're hitting, and what they're learning along the way. If you're not familiar with thoughtbot, we're a product design and development consultancy, and we hope your team and your product become a success. And one way we do that is through our startup incubator. So, today, we are joined by our co-founders, Mike Rosenthal and Chris Cerrito, Co-Founders of the startup Goodz. And we also have another special guest today, Danny Kim, from the thoughtbot side, Senior Product Manager at thoughtbot. So, I think, to start off, we'll head over to the new face, the new voice that we've got with us today. Danny, tell us a little bit about your role at thoughtbot and, specifically, the incubator. DANNY: Yeah, sure. First of all, thanks for having me on, and thanks for letting me join in on all the fun. I'm one of the product managers at thoughtbot. I typically work for the Lift-Off team. We usually work with companies that are looking to, like, go into market with their first version MVP. They might have a product that exists and that they're already kind of doing well with, and they kind of want to jump into a new segment. We'll typically work with companies like that to kind of get them kicked off the ground. But it's been really awesome being part of the incubator program. It's my first time in helping with the market validation side. Definitely also, like, learning a lot from this experience [laughs] for myself. Coming at it specifically from a PM perspective, there's, like, so much variation usually in product management across the industry, depending on, like, what stage of the product that you're working in. And so, I'm definitely feeling my fair share of impostor syndrome here. But it's been really fun to stretch my brand and, like, approach problems from, like, a completely different perspective and also using different tools. But, you know, working with Mike and Chris makes it so much easier because they really make it feel like you're part of their team, and so that definitely goes a long way. LINDSEY: It just goes to show everyone gets impostor syndrome sometimes [laughter], even senior product managers at thoughtbot [laughter]. Thanks for that intro. It's, you know, the thoughtbot team learns along the way, too, you know, especially if usually you're focused on a different stage of product development. Mike, it's been only three weeks or a very long three weeks since last we checked in with you, kind of forever in startup time. So, I think the last time, we were just getting to know you two. And you were walking us through the concept, this merging of the digital and physical world of music, and how we interact with music keepsakes or merchandise. How's my pitch? MIKE: Good. Great. You're killing it. [laughter] LINDSEY: And has anything major changed to that concept in the last three weeks? MIKE: No. I mean, I can't believe it's only been three weeks. It feels like it's been a long time since we last talked. It's been an intense three weeks, for sure. No, it's been going really well. I mean, we launched all sorts of stuff. I'm trying to think of anything that's sort of fundamentally changed in terms of the plan itself or kind of our, yeah, what we've been working on. And I think we've pretty much stayed the course to sort of get to where we are now. But it's been really intensive. I think also having sort of Thanksgiving in there, and we were kind of pushing to get something live right before the Thanksgiving break. And so, that week just felt, I mean, I was just dead by, you know, like, Thursday of Thanksgiving. I think we all were. So, it's been intense, I would say, is the short answer. And I'm happy, yeah, to get into kind of where things are at. But big picture, it's been an intense three weeks. LINDSEY: That's cool. And when we talked, you were, you know, definitely getting into research and user interviews. Have those influenced any, you know, changes along the way in the plan? MIKE: Yeah. They've been really helpful. You know, we'd never really done that before in any of the sort of past projects that we've worked on together. And so, I think just being able to, you know, read through some of those scripts and then sit through some of the interviews and just kind of hearing people's honest assessment of some things has been really interesting. I'm trying to think if it's materially affected anything. I guess, you know, at first, we were, like, we kind of had some assumptions around, okay, let's try to find, like...adult gift-givers sounds like the wrong thing, adults who give gifts as, like, a persona. The idea that, like, you know, maybe you gift your siblings gifts, and then maybe this could be a good gift idea. And I think, you know, we had a hard time kind of finding people to talk in an interesting way about that. And I think we've kind of realized it's kind of a hard persona to kind of chop up and talk about, right, Chris? I don't know [crosstalk 04:55] CHRIS: Well, it also seemed to, from my understanding of it, it seemed to, like, genuinely stress out the people who were being interviewed... MIKE: [laughs] CHRIS: Because it's kind of about a stressful topic [inaudible 05:03], you know, and, like, especially -- LINDSEY: Why? [laughs] CHRIS: Well, I think, I don't know, now I'm making assumptions. Maybe because we're close to the holiday season, and that's a topic in the back of everybody's mind. But yeah, Danny, would you disagree with that? Those folks, from what we heard, seemed like they were the most difficult to kind of extract answers from. But then, if the subject changed and we treated them as a different persona, several of those interviews proved to be quite fruitful. So, it's just really interesting. DANNY: Yeah. It really started, like, you kind of try to get some answers out of people, and there's, like, some level of people trying to please you to some extent. That's just, like, naturally, how it starts. And you just, like, keep trying to drill into the answers. And you just keep asking people like, "So, what kind of gifts do you give?" And they're just like, "Oh my goodness, like, I haven't thought about buying gifts for my sister in [laughs], like, you know, in forever. And now, like [laughs], I don't know where to go." And they get, like, pretty stressed out about it. But then we just kind of started shifting into like, "All right, cool, never mind about that. Like, do you like listening to music?" And they're like, "Yes." And then it just kind of explodes from there. And they're like, "This last concert that I went to..." and all of this stuff. And it was much more fruitful kind of leaning more towards that, actually, yeah. LINDSEY: That's fascinating. I guess that speaks to, especially at this stage and the speed and the amount of interviews you're doing, the need for being, like, really agile in those interviews, and then, like, really quickly applying what you're learning to making the next one even more valuable. MIKE: Yeah. And I think, you know, like, we launched just a little sort of website experiment or, like, an e-commerce experiment right before Thanksgiving. And I think now, you know, we're able to sort of take some of those learnings from those interviews and apply them to both sort of our ad copy itself but also just different landing pages in different language on the different kind of versions of the site and see if we can find some resonance with some of these audience groups. So, it's been interesting. LINDSEY: Are you still trying to figure out who that early adopter audience is, who that niche persona is? MIKE: I think we -- CHRIS: Yes, we are. I think we have a good idea of who it is. And I think right now we're just trying to figure out really how to reach those people. That, I think, is the biggest challenge right now for us. MIKE: Yeah. With the e-commerce experiment it was sort of a very specific niche thing that is a little bit adjacent to what I think we want to be doing longer term with Goodz. And so, it's weird. It's like, we're in a place we're like, oh, we really want to find the people that want this thing. But also, this thing isn't necessarily the thing that we think we're going to make longer term, so let's not worry too hard about finding them. You know what I mean? It's been an interesting sort of back and forth with that. CHRIS: From the interviews that we conducted, you know, we identified three key personas. Most of them have come up, but I'll just relist them. There's the sibling gift giver. There was the merch buyers; these are people who go to concerts and buy merchandise, you know, T-shirts, albums, records, things along those lines to support the artists that they love. And then the final one that was identified we gave the title of the 'Proud Playlister'. And these are people who are really into their digital media platforms, love making playlists, and love sharing those playlists with their friends. And that, I would say, the proud playlister is really the one that we have focused on in terms of the storefront that we launched, like, the product is pretty much specifically for them. But the lessons that we're learning while making this product and trying to get this into the hands of the proud playlisters will feed into kind of the merch buyers. MIKE: Yeah. And I think that, you know, it's funny, like, this week is kind of a poignant week for this, right? Because it's the week that Spotify Wrapped launched, right? So, it's like, in the course of any given year, it's probably, like, the one week of the year that lots and lots and lots of people are thinking about playlists all of a sudden, so trying a little bit to see if we can ride that wave or just kind of dovetail with that a bit, too. LINDSEY: Absolutely. And do you want to give just, like, the really quick reminder of what the product experience is like? MIKE: Oh yeah [laughs], good call. CHRIS: This is a prototype of it. It's called the Goodz Mixtape. Basically, the idea is that you purchase one of these from us. You give us a playlist URL. We program that URL onto the NFC chip that's embedded in the Good itself. And then when you scan this Good, that playlist will come up. So, it's a really great way of you make a playlist for somebody, and you want to gift it to them; this is a great way to do that. You have a special playlist, maybe between you and a friend or you and a partner. This is a good way to commemorate that playlist, turn it into a physical thing, give that digital file value and presence in the physical world. LINDSEY: Great. Okay, so you casually mentioned this launch of an e-commerce store that happened last week. MIKE: It didn't feel casual. LINDSEY: Yeah. Why [laughter]...[inaudible 09:45] real casual. Why did you launch it? How's it going? MIKE: I don't know. Why did we launch it? I mean, well, we wanted to be able to test some assumptions. I think, you know, we wanted to get the brand out there a little bit, get our website out there, kind of introduce the concept. You know, this is a very...not that we've invented this product category, but it is a pretty obscure product category, right? And so, there's a lot of sort of consumer education that I think that has to go on for people to wrap their heads around this and why they'd want this. So, I think we wanted to start that process a little bit correctly, sort of in advance of a larger launch next year, and see if we could find some early community around this. You know, if we can find those core people who just absolutely love this, and connect with it, and go wild around it, then those are the people that we're going to be able to get a ton of information from and build for that persona, right? It's like, cool, these are the people who love this. Let's build more for them and go find other people like this. So, I think, for us, it was that. And then, honestly, it was also just, you know, let's test our manufacturing and fulfillment and logistics capabilities, right? I mean, this is...as much as we are a B2B, you know, SaaS platform or that's what we envision the future of Goodz being, there is a physical component of this. And, you know, we do have that part basically done at this point. But we just, you know, what is it like to order 1,000 of these? What is it like to put these in the mail to people and, you know, actually take orders? And just some of that processing because we do envision a more wholesale future where we're doing, you know, thousands or tens of thousands of this at a time. And so, I think we just want to button up and do some dry runs before we get to those kinds of numbers. CHRIS: I think it also it's important to remember that we are talking in startup time. And while this last week seems like an eternity, it's been a week [laughs] that we've had this in place. So, we're just starting to learn these things, and we plan on continuing to do so. MIKE: Yeah. But I think we thought that getting a website up would be a good way to just start kind of testing everything more. LINDSEY: Great. Danny, what went into deciding what would be in this first version of the site and the e-commerce offering? DANNY: I mean, a lot of it was kind of mostly driven by Chris and Mike. They kind of had a vision and an idea of what they wanted to sell. Obviously, from the user interviews, we were starting to hone in a little bit more and, like, we had some assumptions going into it. I think we ultimately did kind of feel like, yeah, I think, like, the playlisters seem to be, like, the target market. But just hearing it more and hearing more excitement from them was definitely just kind of like, yeah, I think we can double down on this piece. But, ultimately, like, in terms of launching the e-commerce platform, and the storefront, and the website, like, just literally looking at the user journey and being like, how does a user get from getting onto a site, like, as soon as they land there to, like, finishing a purchase? And what points do they need? What are the key things that they need to think through and typically will run into? And a lot of it is just kind of reflecting on our own personal buyer behavior. And, also, as we were getting closer to the launch, starting to work through some of those assumptions about buyer behavior. As we got there, we obviously had some prototypes. We had some screenshots that we were already working with. Like, the design team was already starting to build out some of the site. And so, we would just kind of show it to them, show it to our users, and just be like, hey, like, how do you expect to purchase this? Like, what's the next step that you expect to take? And we'd just kind of, like, continue to iterate on that piece. And so... LINDSEY: Okay. So you were, before launching, even showing some of those mockups and starting to incorporate them in the user interviews. DANNY: Yeah, yeah. I mean, we tried to get it in there in front of them as early as possible, partially because, like, at some point in the user interviews, like, you're mostly just trying to first understand, like, who are our target customers? Who are these people? And we have an assumption of or an idea of who we think they are. But really, like, once you start talking to people, you kind of are, like, okay, like, this thing that I thought maybe it wasn't so accurate, or, like, the way that they're kind of talking about these products doesn't 100% match what I originally walked into this, you know, experiment with. And so, we, like, start to hone in on that. But after a certain point, you kind of get that idea and now you're just like, okay, you seem to be, like, the right person to talk to. And so, if I were to show you this thing, do you get it, right? Like, do you understand what's happening? Like, how to use this thing, what this product even does. And then also, like, does the checkout experience feel intuitive for you? Is it as simple as, like, I just want to buy a T-shirt? So, like, I'm just going to go by the T-shirt, pick a size, and, you know, move on with my life. Can we make it as seamless as that? LINDSEY: And so, you mentioned it's only been a week since it's been live. Have you been able to learn anything from it yet? And how are you trying to drive people to it today? MIKE: Yeah, I think we learned that sales is hard [laughs] and slow, and it takes some time. But it's good, and we're learning a lot. I mean, it's been a while since I've really dug deep in, like, the analytics and marketing kind of metrics. And so, we've got all the Google Tag Manager stuff, you know, hooked up and just, you know, connecting with just exploring, honestly, like the TikTok advertising platform, and the YouTube Pre-Rolls, and Shorts. And, like, a lot of stuff that I actually, since the last time I was heavily involved in this stuff, is just totally new and different. And so, it's been super interesting to see the funnel and sort of see where people are getting in the site, where people are dropping off. You know, we had an interesting conversation in our thoughtbot sync yesterday or the day before, where we were seeing how, you know, we're getting lots of people to the front page and, actually, a good number of people to the product page, and, actually, like, you know, not the worst number of people to the cart. But then you were seeing really high cart abandonment rates. And then, you know, when you start Googling, and you're like, oh, actually, everybody sees very high cart abandonment rates; that's just a thing. But we were seeing, like, the people were viewing their cart seven or eight times, and they were on there sort of five times as long as they were on any other page. And it's this problem that I think Danny is talking about where, you know, we need to actually get a playlist URL. This gets into the minutiae of what we're building, but basically like, we need to get them to give us a playlist URL in order to check out, right? And so, you sort of have to, like, put yourself back in the mind of someone who's scrolling on Instagram, and they see this as an ad, and they click it, and they're like, oh, that thing was cool. Sure, I will buy one of those. And then it's like, no, actually, you need to, you know, leave this, go into a different app, find a play...like, it suddenly just puts a lot of the mental strain. But it's a lot. It's a cognitive load, greater than, as you said, just buying a T-shirt and telling what size you want. So, thinking through ways to really trim that down, shore up the amount of time people are spending on a cart. All that stuff has been fascinating. And then just, like, the different demographic kind of work that we're using, all the social ads platforms to kind of identify has been really interesting. It's still early. But, actually, like, Chris and I were just noticing...we were just talking right before this call. Like, we're actually starting to get, just in the last 12 hours, a bunch more, a bunch, but more people signing up to our email newsletter, probably in the last 12 hours that we have in the whole of last week. Yeah, I don't know, just even that sort of learning, it's like, oh, do people just need time with a thing, or they come back and they think about it? CHRIS: Yeah. Could these people be working on their playlists? That's a question that I have. MIKE: [chuckles] Yeah, me too. CHRIS: It's like, you know, I'm making a playlist to drop into this product. It's really interesting. And I think it gives insight to kind of, you know, how personal this product could be, that this is something that takes effort on the part of the consumer because they're making something to give or to keep for themselves, which is, I think, really interesting but definitely hard, too. DANNY: Yeah. And I also want to also clarify, like, Chris just kind of said it, like, especially for viewers and listeners, like, that's something that we've been hearing a lot from user interviews, too, right? Like, the language that they're using is, like, this is a thing that I care about. Like it's a representation of who I am. It's a representation of, like, the relationship that I have with this person that I'm going to be giving, you know, this gift to or this playlist to, specifically, like, people who feel, like, really passionate about these things. And, I mean, like, I did, too. Like, when I was first trying to, like, date, my wife, like, I spent, like, hours, hours trying to pick the coolest songs that I thought, you know, were like, oh, like, she's going to think I'm so cool because, like, I listen to these, like, super low-key indie rock bands, and, like, you know, so many more hours than she probably spent listening to it. But that's [laughs] kind of, like, honestly, what we heard a lot in a lot of these interviews, so... LINDSEY: Yeah, same. No, totally resonates. And I also went to the site this week, and I was like, oh damn, this is cool. Like, and immediately it was like, oh, you know, I've got these three, you know, music friends that we go to shows together. I'm like, oh, this would be so cool to get them, you know, playlists of, like, music we've seen together. So, you might see me in the cart. I won't abandon it. MIKE: Please. I would love that. CHRIS: Don't think about it too long if you could -- [laughter]. LINDSEY: I won't. I won't. CHRIS: I mean, I would say I'm really excited about having the site not only as a vehicle for selling some of these things but also as a vehicle for just honing our message. It's like another tool that we have in our arsenal. During the user interviews themselves, we were talking in abstract terms, and now we have something concrete that we can bounce off people, which is, I think, going to be a huge boon to our toolset as we continue to refine and define this product. MIKE: Yeah, that's a good point. LINDSEY: Yeah. You mentioned that they're signing up for, like, email updates. Do you have something you're sending out? Or are you kind of just creating a list? Totally fine, just building a list. MIKE: [laughs] No. CHRIS: It's a picture of Mike and I giving a big thumbs up. That's, yeah. [laughter] MIKE: No. But maybe...that was the thing; I was like, oh great, they're signing up. And I was like, gosh, they're signing up. Okay [laughter], now we got to write something. But we will. LINDSEY: Tips to making your playlist [crosstalk 19:11] playing your playlist -- MIKE: Yeah [crosstalk 19:13]. CHRIS: Right. And then also...tips to making your playlists. Also, we're advancing on the collectible side of things, too. We are, hopefully, going to have two pilot programs in place, one with a major label and one with a major artist. And we're really excited about that. LINDSEY: Okay. That's cool. I assume you can't tell us very much. What can you tell us? MIKE: Yeah. We won't mention names [chuckles] in case it just goes away, as these things sometimes do. But yeah, there's a great band who's super excited about these, been around for a long time, some good name recognition, and a very loyal fan base. They want to do sort of a collection of these. I think maybe we showed the little...I can't remember if we showed the little crates that we make or not, but basically, [inaudible 19:52] LINDSEY: The last time, yeah. MIKE: So, they want to sell online a package that's, you know, five or six Goodz in a crate, which I think will be cool and a great sort of sales experiment. And then there's a couple of artists that we're going to do an experiment with that's through their label that's more about tour...basically, giving things away on tour. So, they're going to do some giveaway fan club street team-style experiments with some of these on the road. So, first, it's ideal, provided both those things happen, because we definitely want to be exploring on the road and online stuff. And so, this kind of lets us do both at once and get some real learnings as to kind of how people...because we still don't know. We haven't really put these in people's hands yet. And it's just, like, are people scanning these a lot? Are they not? Is this sort of an object that's sitting on their shelf? Is it...yeah, it's just, like, there's so much we're going to learn once we get these into people's hands. LINDSEY: Do you have the infrastructure to sort of see how many times the cards are scanned? CHRIS: Mm-hmm. Yep, we do. MIKE: Yeah. So, we can see how many times each one is scanned, where they're scanned, that sort of thing. CHRIS: Kind of our next step, and something we were just talking about today with the thoughtbot team, is building out kind of what the backend will be for this, both for users and also for labels and artists. That it will allow them to go in and post updates to the Goodz, to allow them to use these for promotion as people, you know, scan into them to give them links to other sites related to the artists that they might be interested in before they move on to the actual musical playlist. So, that's kind of the next step for us. And knowing how users use these collectibles, both the kind of consumer Good and the artist collectibles that we were just talking about, will help inform how we build that platform. LINDSEY: Very cool. And right now, the online store itself that's built in Shopify? MIKE: Yeah. The homepage is Webflow that Kevin from the thoughtbot team really spearheaded in building for us. And then, yeah, the e-commerce is Shopify. LINDSEY: Y'all have been busy. MIKE: [laughs] LINDSEY: Is there anything else maybe that I haven't asked about yet that we should touch on in terms of updates or things going on with the product? MIKE: I don't know. I don't think so. I think, like Chris said, I mean, we're just...like, now that the site has kind of stood up and we're really switched over to kind of marketing and advertising on that, definitely digging into the backend of this kind of SaaS platform that's going to probably be a big focus for the rest of the, you know, the program, to be honest. Yeah, just some other things we can do on the next front that could eventually build into the backend that I think can be interesting. No, I guess [laughs] the short answer is no, nothing, like, substantial. Those are the big [crosstalk 22:26] LINDSEY: Yeah. Well, that was my next question, too, which is kind of like, what's next, or what's the next chunk of work? So, it's obviously lots more optimization and learning on the e-commerce platform, and then this other mega area, which is, you know, what does this look like as a SaaS solution? What's the vision? But also, where do we start? Which I'm sure, Danny, is a lot of work that you specialize in as far as, like, scoping how to approach these kinds of projects. DANNY: Yeah. And it's interesting because, I mean, we were just talking about this today. Like, part of it is, like, we can, like, really dig into, like, the e-commerce site and, like, really nailing it down to get it to the place where it's like, we're driving tons more traffic and also getting as low of a, like, cart abandonment rate as possible, right? But also, considering the fact that this is in the future, like, large-scale vision. And there's, like, also, like, we're starting to, I think, now iron out a lot of those, like, milestones where we're kind of like, okay, like, we got, like, a short-term vision, which is, like, the e-commerce site. We got a mid-term vision and a potential long-term vision. How do we validate this long-term vision while also still like, keeping this short-term vision moving forward? And, like, this mid-term vision is also going to, like, help potentially, either, like, steer us towards that long-term or maybe even, like, pivot us, like, into a completely different direction. So, like, where do you put your card, right? Like, how much energy and time do we put into, like, each of these areas? And that's kind of, like, the interesting part of this is starting to talk through that, starting to kind of prioritize, like, how we can maximize on our effort, like, our development and design effort so that things just kind of line up more naturally and organically for our future visioning, so... MIKE: Yeah. A lot of different things to juggle. I saw there was a question. Somebody asked what the URL is, but I don't seem to be able to [crosstalk 24:10]. LINDSEY: The same question as me. We got to drop the link for this thing. MIKE: Yeah, getthegoodz.com. CHRIS: That's G-O-O-D-Z. LINDSEY: Get in there, folks MIKE: Yeah, get [crosstalk 24:23]. LINDSEY: And let us know how it goes. MIKE: Yeah, please [laughs]. Any bugs? Let us know. Yeah. I think that those...yeah, I mean, it's a good point, Danny, in terms of juggling kind of the near-term and longer-term stuff. You know, it's a good kind of reminder our big focus, you know, in the new year is going to be fundraising, right? We're already talking to some investors and things like that. So, it's like, okay, yes, as you said, we could tweak the cart. We could tweak the e-commerce. Or, like, can we paint the big picture of what the longer-term version of this company is going to be in a way that makes it compelling for investment to come in so that there can be a long-term version of this company? And then we can build those things. So yeah, it's definitely a balance between the two. LINDSEY: Oh, also, just casual fundraising as well. [crosstalk 25:06] MIKE: Yeah, yeah. LINDSEY: [laughs] MIKE: But it's hard. It's like, you wake up in the morning. It's like, do I want to, like, write cold emails to investors? Or do I want to, like, look at Google Analytics and, like, tweak ad copy? That's actually more fun. So, yes. LINDSEY: Yeah, life of the founder, for sure. All right. So, that's getthegoodz (Goodz with a z) .com. Check it out. We'll tune in and see what happens with the e-commerce site, what happens with the SaaS planning the next time that we check in. But Chris, Mike, Danny, thank you so much for joining today and sharing what's been going on over the last few weeks: the good, the bad, the challenge, the cart abandonment. And, you know, best of luck to you over the next few weeks, and we'll be sure to check in and see how it's going. AD: Did you know thoughtbot has a referral program? If you introduce us to someone looking for a design or development partner, we will compensate you if they decide to work with us. More info on our website at: tbot.io/referral. Or you can email us at referrals@thoughtbot.com with any questions. Special Guests: Chris Cerrito and Mike Rosenthal.

Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:06:22 - ComiXology Top 10 0:16:50 - Titans: Beast World #3 (Tom Taylor and Lucas Meyer) 0:29:11 - Titans #6 (Tom Taylor and Travis Moore) 0:43:47 - Detective Comics #1080  (Ram V and Jason Shawn Alexander & Mike Perkins) 1:04:00 - Action Comics Annual 2023 (Philip Kennedy Johnson and Max Raynor) 1:17:25 - The Flash #4 (LGY # 804) (Si Spurrier and Mike Deodato Jr.) 1:33:54 - Green Arrow #7 (LGY #340) (Joshua Williamson  and Carmine Di Giandomenico & Trevor hairsine) 1:41:30 - The Penguin #5 (Tom King and Rafael de Latorre) 1:56:12 - Amazons Attack #3 (Josie Campbell and Vasco Georgiev) 2:06:52 - Justice Society of America #8 (Geoff Johns and Mikel Janin) 2:20:47 - Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #4 (Jeff Parker and Danny Kim & Stephen Segovia) 2:28:09 - Power Girl #4 (Leah Williams and Eduardo Pansica) 2:33:58 - Picks of the Week patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz

Comic Reviews: DC Batman 138 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun by Ellen Tremiti, Tyler Crook, Kenny Porter, Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia, Michael Conrad, Christopher Mitten, Christopher Sean, Laneya, Dexter Soy, Veronica Gandini, Gregory Burnham, Javier Rodriguez, Alex Galer, Fabio Veras, Adam Goldberg, Hans Rodinoff, Danny Earls, Patricio Delpeche, John Arcudi, Shawn McManus, Dave Stewart Superman: The Harvests of Youth by Sina Grace Marvel Alien Annual 1 by Declain Shalvey, Danny Earls, Ruth Redmond G.O.D.S. 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia Ghost Rider Annual 1 by Benjamin Percy, Danny Kim, Jim Campbell Star Wars: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1 by Charles Soule, Abraim Roberson, Fernando Sifuentes Strange Academy: The Amazing Spider-Man by Carlos Hernandez, Vasco Georgiev, Edgar Delgado Shang Chi and the Quest for Immortality OGN by Victoria Ying Marvel Unlimited I Am Groot 5 by Chiya Image Transformers 1 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer IDW Star Trek: Holo-Ween 1 by Christopher Sequeira, Joe Eisma Dark Horse Midnite Show 1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree Boom Abbott 1979 1 by Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivela Ranger Academy 1 by Maria Ingrande Mora, Jo Mi-Gyeong Mad Cave Devil That Wears My Face 1 by David Pepose, Alex Cormack Dynamite Alice Cooper Volume Two 1 by Rodney Barnes, Edu Menna Vampirella: Dead Flowers 1 by Sara Frazetta, Bob Freeman, Alberto Locatelli, Brewing Factory Dead Sky  Left Hand Path by Scott Bryan Wilson, Ken Knudtsen OGNs Clementine Vol 2 by Tillie Walden Parasocial by Alex de Campi, Erica Henderson Cosmic Detective by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, David Rubin, Kike Diaz Night Eaters Vol 2: Her Little Reapers by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda Breathers by Justin Madson Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil, George Williams Lost Time by Tas Mukanik Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks Additional Reviews: Ahsoka finale, Loki s2 premiere, Theater Camp, Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, American Vampire News: NYCC preview, Sean Murphy rebooting Zorro, Trinity getting her own one-shot, new Red Hood book in 2024, Grendel adaptation scrapped Trailers: Horizon: An America Saga Longbox of Horror Part 1: Avengers – The Crossing Comics Countdown (03 Oct 2023): 1.     Cosmic Detective by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, David Rubin, Kike Diaz 2.     Birds of Prey 2 by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire 3.     Superman: Harvests of Youth GN by Sina Grace 4.     Enfield Gang Massacre 3 by Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips 5.     Fantastic Four 12 by Ryan North, Iban Coello, Jesus Aburtov 6.     Batman 138 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey 7.     Doctor Strange 8 by Jed MacKay, Pasqual Ferry, Heather Moore 8.     Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy GN by Faith Erin Hicks 9.     Lost Time GN by Tas Mukanik 10.  Transformers 1 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer

This episode was recorded live at SEMICON West 2023, where one of the main topics of conversation was the importance of creating a collaborative supply chain. Françoise von Trapp speaks with Bruce Kim, CEO of SurplusGLOBAL, and team members Danny Kim and Rose Lee, about the critical role secondary equipment and parts play in this ecosystem.  You'll learn about the status of the current global semiconductor legacy equipment and parts market and how it is being impacted by the current strain on the US and China relationship, as well as how it's impacting semiconductor manufacturing as demand for devices continues to rise.  In response to this, SurplusGLOBAL is introducing its Global Parts Platform. You'll find out what it is and how it's satisfying a need in the semiconductor industry. Listen in as the SurplusGLOBAL team provides important details of how the platform is structured, and how you can benefit from participating in it. Contact Our Guests on LinkedInBruce Kim, CEO, SurplusGLOBALDaniel Kim, Managing Director, Global Parts PlatformRose Lee, Marketing Manager, SuplusGLOBAL SurplusGLOBAL SurplusGLOBAL is one of the largest one-stop platforms for pre-owned semiconductor equipment. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showBecome a sustaining member! Like what you hear? Follow us on LinkedIn and TwitterInterested in reaching a qualified audience of microelectronics industry decision-makers? Invest in host-read advertisements, and promote your company in upcoming episodes. Contact Françoise von Trapp to learn more. Interested in becoming a sponsor of the 3D InCites Podcast? Check out our 2023 Media Kit. Learn more about the 3D InCites Community and how you can become more involved.

Danny Kim, Wharton Assistant Professor of Management, joins the show to discuss his research on the impact of a loss of a founder in a start-up environment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian welcomes former classmate Danny Kim back to the podcast to chat Larry Clark's Bully. Brian and Danny chat about Larry Clark's photography background as well as his visceral style, the true story behind the crimes and a whole lot of shirtless Florida vibes. 

Brian welcomes back some high school friends; Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films and photographer Danny Kim to talk 2002's City of God (directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund). It's a film the gang all saw during their teenage years together and as they look back with nostalgia glasses they discuss cool movie posters of the era as well as how the movie holds up today both cinematically and ethically. 

This week Oliver interviews Danny Kim from Lit Motors. Danny is an OG of the micromobility space. He was thinking about the impact of electric and what it'd enable in vehicle architectures well before pretty much anybody else, evidenced by both the Kubo and their C1. The C1 is an enclosed gyro balanced electric motorbike that in our view has amazing potential in terms of providing something that is as performance, weather protection and safety of a car, but in the package of a motorbike. We think that what Lit motors are trying to build is not without very substantial risks but has the potential to be a real game changer in the conversation in urban mobility if they manage. It would be remiss not to note that Lit Motors has a storied history, to say the least. A quick scan of their Wikipedia page certainly makes that clear - like Oliver, there are a bunch of people who did put in pre-orders back in 2012 and 2013 that haven't seen a vehicle. But after meeting Danny and learning more about both his journey and also what technical issues they've managed to work through we are more excited than ever for the potential future of having lots of these crazy amazing vehicles zooming around our cities. We love bold founders who show incredible tenacity and grit in building something as bold as this. Full disclosure, as mentioned in this episode, Oliver recently invested in Lit Motors on the basis of their team and technology. None of this should be construed as financial advice, and we are VERY aware that it was an insanely risky investment, but like Marc Randolph, the founder of Netflix said in a recent tweet storm, there are some times when you just want to have a seat in the arena to watch the journey, and to cheer on those crazy enough to try and build a better world. Danny is, in our mind, one of those. Specifically they dig into: - The early days of Lit Motors - The promise and potential of gyro-balacing technology in car/vehicles - Danny's accident in 2015 and the impact of that - The team he's built - The plan for the next few years - The addressable market and implications of these vehicles if they work. Right before we head off to this. we wanted to also suggest that you check out the Rider Choice awards. These are the Oscars of the micromobility world ahead of Micromobility World on the 19th of Jan. We've just shifted to the semi-final rounds for many of the categories, and we're excited to see which brands are considered the most popular whether it's your favourite scooter, ebike, shared service or more - with tens of thousands of votes already in, be sure to not miss out. Check it out at Micromobility.io. Catch us on Twitter @MicromobilityCo. Horace and Oliver are also active on their personal accounts and would love to hear from you. Our newsletter is completely free, and you can subscribe to have it in your inbox every Tuesday morning here! And for those who want more, we offer our Micromobility membership (mmm — “Triple M”) which includes exclusive content, swag, and conference discounts, as well as live calls with Horace and team! We're also on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Brian welcomes back two of his oldest friends Chris Carroll and Danny Kim to talk a film form their childhood; 1998's Pleasantville. The High School buddies might have bit off more than they could chew as Pleasantville (starring Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H Macy, Joan Allen, Paul Walker and Jeff Daniels) is a much more complicated than they originally assumed. Listen for takes on nostalgia, life, advice on abstinence and an athlete's mentality. 

Nick and Lachie are joined by Bentleigh Greens midfielder Danny Kim! The trio talk about Bentleigh's season so far, the upcoming Dockerty Cup final against Oakleigh Cannons, and his experiences with housemate Ken Krolicki.

Nick and Lachie are back to talk about another exciting week of NPL action in Victoria! They run through each of the top 3 men's divisions, as well as special guest interviews with Bentleigh Greens midfielder Danny Kim and Preston Lions forward Connor Bell!

Danny Kim (Direct of Investments at FBG Capital) joins The TIE's Fundamental Value podcast to discuss investing in a bear market, cryptocurrency utility, the incoming war between tradifi and crypto, and ongoing risks to the cryptocurrency sector.This podcast was recorded and is being made available solely for informational purposes. The information, statements, comments, views and opinions provided in this podcast should not be construed as the provision of investment advice or as an offer to buy or sell any securities or tokens or to make or consider any investment or course of action.Danny Kim LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielandrewkim/Danny Kim Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrkimcrypto?lang=en FBG Capital Twitter: https://twitter.com/FBGCapitalFBG Capital Website: https://www.fbg.capital/Joshua Frank Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joshua_Frank_   Joshua Frank LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-fr......The TIE Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTIEIO​​​​​​The TIE Website: https://thetie.io/​​​​The TIE's SigDev Terminal is trusted by more than one hundred leading hedge funds, VC's, OTC desks, and institutional market participants. https://www.thetie.io/crypto-sigdev-terminal/

# Episode Notes

Dave G. introduces us to Danny Kim, an entrepreneur putting kingdom principles into practice to impact business and education.

Dave G. introduces us to Danny Kim, an entrepreneur putting kingdom principles into practice to impact business and education.

Danny from the successful Youtube channel DKDKTV, comes on to talk how he created his Korean Indie band, PIRA. Danny details the difficulties and satisfaction in working with his friends to have complete creative control of the content and music that PIRA creates, the indie music scene in Seoul, and he even performs live for us. If Danny is here, you know there will be crass humor as well, so be prepared.Follow PIRAYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PIRABand/featuredInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/band_pira/?hl=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/70Sxi4vAy9Q1ZetE4U9yGp?si=YUTyaJuJRSKMVQdisqgaxQFollow Revolutionize the Stage onTwitter - https://twitter.com/REVTHESTAGEPODInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/revthestagepod/Follow VenewLive onTwitter - https://twitter.com/venew_live/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/venew_live/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VenewLive/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/venewlive/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjgKDL4s8QtVtPtgAc5k1zg

Kyle and Brian welcome Danny Kim to the podcast for a full review of Paul Thomas Anderson's new film; Licorice Pizza staring Philip Seymour Hoffman's son Cooper Hoffman! Co-produced with High School Slumber Party.

Brian is joined by his P.S. I Love Hoffman co-host Kyle Reinfried and by Danny Kim to talk Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie: Licorice Pizza. Starring Cooper Hoffman (son of the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman), Alana Haim, Sean Penn and Bradley Cooper; Licorice Pizza tells the story of an entrepreneurial teen actor and his life and times in the 70's Valley of Los Angeles. 

Brian is joined by high school friends Kyle Reinfried and Danny Kim to chat Just Friends for a special Christmas Edition of our Class Reunion series. The guys talk Ryne Reynolds in a fat suit, Amy Smart as the Jersey girl next door, Chris Klein as simply Dusty "Lee" Dinkleman (is there any other?) and Anna Faris playing a severely troubled pop diva. Find out just how this 2005 comedy holds up. Also, high school pal and hockey expert Chris Carroll drops by!

Danny & David join for part 2 to discuss the value and future of online concerts, and the dynamic duo play a game of "Who Is Most Likely To?"This podcast is presented by VenewLive, a digital concert streaming company.Follow DKDKTVYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DKDKTV/featuredInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dkdktv/Twitter: https://twitter.com/dkdktv92Danny Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gyumstagram/feed/?hl=enDanny Twitter: https://twitter.com/gyumstagramDavid Twitter: https://twitter.com/justdavid_92David Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justdavid_92/?hl=enFollow Revolutionize the Stage onTwitter - https://twitter.com/REVTHESTAGEPODInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/revthestagepod/Follow VenewLive onTwitter - https://twitter.com/venew_live/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/venew_live/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VenewLive/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/venewlive/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjgKDL4s8QtVtPtgAc5k1zgWebsite - venewlive.com

Danny & David of DKDKTV detail why it is so important to have diverse content and methods of engaging with their fans through Youtube and other mediums.This podcast is presented by VenewLive, a digital concert streaming company.Follow DKDKTVYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DKDKTV/featuredInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dkdktv/Twitter: https://twitter.com/dkdktv92Danny Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gyumstagram/feed/?hl=enDanny Twitter: https://twitter.com/gyumstagramDavid Twitter: https://twitter.com/justdavid_92David Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justdavid_92/?hl=enFollow Revolutionize the Stage onTwitter - https://twitter.com/REVTHESTAGEPODInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/revthestagepod/Follow VenewLive onTwitter - https://twitter.com/venew_live/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/venew_live/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VenewLive/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/venewlive/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjgKDL4s8QtVtPtgAc5k1zgWebsite - venewlive.com

The crowd is slowly filling in on this Friday, as triple digit temperatures blaze the grounds of Fresno's largest Cambodian temple at Clinton and Valentine. Guests are taking refuge in corners with shade, watching singers perform on the main stage. Other visitors braving the sun are lined up at vendor booths, set up in rows along the main courtyard. The smell of cooked meats fills the air. Danny Kim says this is all familiar to him. “I travel to Cambodia a lot and night market is the most popular thing in Cambodia.” Kim is a Fresno police officer and board president of the Khmer Cultural Preservation Society. The non-profit has been in talks with the Cambodian Buddhist Society at the temple to bring an event like this to life since 2019. The plan was delayed because of COVID, but was finally launched two weeks ago. “This is like traveling back to Cambodia, I mean you can come in and you can feel like you are at home. Especially for the Cambodian community, right?” Kim said. But not

For the next film in our Gus Van Sant series returning guest Danny Kim is here to chat Elephant. The movie's tagline says it all; "An ordinary high school day. Except that it's not." In Elephant, Gus Van Sant made the bold and controversial choice to depict a high school day in its rawest form; even when that day ends in a tragic school shooting. Influenced by the Columbine Massacre this film (and this episode) are not for the faint of heart. 

Hey you...we're talking Noah Baumbach's break out feature the Squid and the Whale with returning guest Danny Kim. This might not be an episode for you philistines out there as not only does Brian read Kafka out loud but Danny and Brian take a very analytical deep dive into a film that was formative to both their early film pallets. Starring Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney as divorcing Brooklyn parents and Jesse Eisenberg as a teen trying his best to process it all; the Squid and the Whale stands the test of time as one of the better indie films from the century's first decade. Degolas...

Dr. Danny Kim, Director of People and Culture, at Raindrop, a people-first organization, continues the conversation on leading your team and employees to greater performance.  In episode 2, Dr. Kim focuses on  strategies to improve leader and employee strengths to enhance personal and organizational productivity. 

Does 60-80% of your work align with you strengths? If not, you may be in the wrong role. Is there an opportunity to maximize the strengths of the teams you lead to create better organizational performance?  Dr. Danny Kim, Director of People and Culture, at Raindrop, and a champion to people at every level, joins the Career Couch with Dr. Carole & Friends to  discuss how leaders and employees of all levels can hone in on their strengths (instead of their weaknesses) for personal growth, increased engagement, better performance, and increased retention.

Hello Listeners! We're back with a brand new season of CK Podcast! Joined by Abe Tak and Danny Kim, we dive into Lakers and Suns' offseason moves. Then we discuss which move was weaker: LBJ to Miami Heat or KD to Golden State. Then we finish off with some NBA and NFL talks. Be sure to listen all the way!

Jacques Spitzer and Danny Kim of Raindrop along with Steve Chaparro discuss the advantages of working alone versus together, common challenges in developing a healthy company culture, and Raindrop's plan for day one of the new normal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Election Day on High School Slumber Party as veteran guests Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films and Danny Kim step in the booth to debate Alexander Payne's Election. This dark comedy stars Ferris Bueller himself Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon as the ICONIC Tracy Flick and Chris Klein in a debut performance. Danny, Kyle and Brian are here to break down what makes each character in the film so unique and great. Also, find out about a real life student-teacher rivalry between one of our guests and stay tuned for a very special announcement after the episode. 

Kyle and Brian finally are able to rewatch Happiness and just like this early Philip Seymour Hoffman performance, the episode goes of the rails pretty fast! Returning guest Danny Kim stops by for a surprise mid-episode visit. 

Danny Kim is Director of People + Culture at Raindrop which is a marketing, branding, and advertising agency in SoCal. He's a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. He's also a Communication coach. And he also has a PHD in Industrial and organizational psychology. Highlights from Danny Kim: The biggest psychological hurdle followers have is fear. Fear can manifest in so many different ways; Fear of Self-doubt, imposter syndrome, and of what people think. “Fear is a hurdle followers need to overcome. They need to be their authentic selves and know they are enough.” "People need to have certain rituals and rhythms to ground themselves in gratitude." "You are your greatest product." "If you come into work knowing I am going to produce and be the best version of myself, that's a huge hurdle to overcome." "You have to have mentors, friends, colleagues, confidants, and partners who are going to be in your corner." "You don't overcome fear by running. You overcome fear by facing it." "If you're afraid of saying something and then getting fired, you probably shouldn't work there anyway cause it's not a psychologically safe place to work." “If followers step into hard places and have hard conversations they become leaders.” "You need to say when is it appropriate to speak my truth and how do I not let the fear of my leader impact my integrity." "Process where are my fears, What can I control, and what can I not control?" "Rather, you are a follower or leader. I hope that we can use our power and privilege to lift and support those that are usually in the nondominant culture." “If you start leaning into the ways you are naturally wired, it does two things for you. Number one it gives you permission to be who you are. Knowing that your perspective is unique and what you bring to the world is unique. The second thing is it gives you permission to not be who you are not.” "Part of addressing your fear is naming and claiming this is who I am. This is what I bring to the world and do I believe in myself?"

Do you believe in destiny? Fate? Is it possible to cheat death? When Final Destination first came out in 2000, teens everywhere were asking their dates those same deep questions. Today we bring them up once again as guest Danny Kim presents Brian with a gift that should make everyone question how much control they actually have over their own lives. Brian and Danny also break down all the action, death scenes and everything else that makes Final Destination an underrated horror/thriller classic with one of the scariest movie villains of all...death itself.

In our fourteenth episode, Danny Kim discusses the launch of SFOX's dark pool, order routing, liquidity, and the institutionalization of digital assets.

In this VSE Leadership Workshop, we talk with Community Leader Danny Kim. Mr. Kim works as a leadership developer where he helps others play to their strengths and achieve their fullest potential. Mr. Kim began his education at Punahou and then progressed to the University of Washington and finally Loyola Marymount University where he earned […] The post Virtual Student Experiences Podcast Episode #14 – Leadership Workshop with Danny Kim appeared first on Virtual Student Experiences.

Listen to Danny Kim, Director of People & Culture at Raindrop, discuss how a crisis forces you to look at the good and bad of your culture. What you’ll learn from this episode: Why it’s important to understand where are your employees during their fight, flight or freeze response system during a crisis. How to […]

We've made a pivot as we've been focusing on external skills sets in our industry, let's take a longer journey into some introspection. Join Danny and Me as we explore the power of journaling.

For this episode of Sean IRL I sit and speak with food blogger Danny Kim who operates the food blog Eat the Capital.

Danny Kim of DKDKTV comes to talk about his love life, future goals, and mental state, and he plays a game of "Would You Rather" with JRE. Signed KARD "Ride On The Wind" album winner announced!

#004: This one's a real treat. We got Danny Kim, or as I call him, El Capitan! I don’t know why. Maybe because he can pass off as Latino? He’s a retired US Air Force captain who flies around the world as a dating coach, Danny Kim’s story is one that resonates harrrddddd with me. He talks about the struggles growing up as a bullied Asian-American kid who didn’t have a clue when it came to dating or girls, and how he later transformed himself into a proper gawwwwd of dating, m8! He learned from the best of the best at ABCs of Attraction under JT Tran, the World’s #1 Asian Dating Coach, as seen on E! Entertainment. The Game, pickup, whatever you call it, may be controversial but Dan is the man who does date coaching justice.To those who struggle with low self-esteem, demons of negativity, an attitude you will never be attractive to the opposite sex or in general don’t have anything of value to offer in this world:Believe in who you are right now, take action and become the self-confident, sexy, and successful person you’ve dreamed of becoming! Again, you can become whoever you want, and do whatever you want, if you believe in yourself and take action!Here's Dan's Insta:https://www.instagram.com/captaindanielkim/Please subscribe and if you enjoy this content, leave a 5-star review!Thank you!Support the show (http://maimtime.com/support)

Ethan is joined by Danny Kim, Head of Growth at SFOX, a crypto trading platform and prime dealer for whale traders and institutional investors that's connected to over 20 exchanges and OTC desks to provide a single point of access to crypto markets. SFOX has quietly performed over $11B in transactions and works with some of the biggest names in crypto. Topics covered include: • Danny's Career: What lead him from his traditional banking job into the then unknown, wild world of crypto, ignoring concerns from his mentors and peers. (And whether it was worth it.)
• Danny tells us about SFOX – and what even is a Prime Dealer? Why a single point of liquidity to all the major crypto exchanges and OTC desks is key for institutional and retail adoption of crypto trading. • How SFOX is designed for traders: SFOX's suite of algorithms – and SFOX's FoxEye suite of trading tools for personalized trading strategies.  • Traders Insurance: SFOX provides its traders with industry-first FDIC-insured accounts; why qualified insurance is vital for institutional adoption.  
 • What type of institutions are getting into crypto? From family offices and hedge funds to money managers, SFOX is seeing a wide variety of institutional investors gaining exposure to digital assets.  • Why segregated accounts are crucial to institutional investment in cryptocurrencies, and how the QuadrigaCX debacle exposed the current model as flawed.        

In the 2019 season of Wild Ideas Worth Living we dove a little deeper. Instead of just focusing on individuals, we talked about themes—mindfulness, facing fear, how to unplug, how to win an Academy Award (okay that happened after one of our guests came on the show) and so much more. Today's show is a recap of some of our best moments, advice, quotes from fan favorites, and a few outtakes.I am also sharing some big news about the show and where Wild Ideas Worth Living is headed next (listen to the episode to find out). If you are new to this show or a seasoned fan, I think you are going to like this recap and it's a perfect taste of what we covered in 2019 and a preview of what's to come.Thank you to all the guests for sharing your wild ideas, and thanks especially to you—the listeners—for your reviews and sharing with me in the wild ideas journey. We will be returning with new episodes and adventures in January, so be sure to hit subscribe or follow wherever you're listening so you get notified as soon as we start releasing episodes in 2020. Happy holidays and remember, the best adventures often happen when you follow your wildest ideas.Key takeaways:2:45 - Mindfulness expert John Allcock on what happens when you pay attention to your breath.4:00 - Danny Kim on how digital addiction shapes your behavior.5:35 - Author Bonnie Tsui shares how "fallow time" resists hustle culture.6:50 - Musician Garrett Dutton aka G. Love plays a sweet riff.7:40 - Author Karen Rinaldi on why sometimes we should be okay with mediocrity.8:45 - Swimmer/Record Breaker Kim Chambers on facing fear.10:00 - Jerry Holl's advice on getting outside your comfort zone.11:40 - Outdoor advocate/influencer Pattie Gonia on how to be radically yourself in the outdoors.14:00 - Holocaust Survivor Edith Eger's advice on the power of choice.18:05 - Tate MacDowell on setting goals and starting. 

Danny Kim is Head of Growth at SFOX, a crypto trading platform and prime dealer for whale traders and institutional investors. SFOX is connected to 20+ exchanges and OTC desks to provide a single point of access to the crypto markets. SFOX was one of only two crypto companies to make Y Combinator's list of the Top 100 most valuable companies to come out of its accelerator program. Key takeaway: A prime dealer provides a single point of liquidity to all the major crypto exchanges, a vital access point for large whale traders and institutional investors. The prime dealer model is an evolution in the Bitcoin and crypto markets as more sophisticated traders demand a more comprehensive liquidity solution via a single trading platform. The exact amount of OTC volume is unknown but may be up to 70% of the market.  Why you should listen: Danny explains the animal-inspired suite of SFOX algorithms - Polar Bear, Tortoise, Hare, and the Gorilla. He says the institutions are coming, however, it's a slow and steady process due to the complex requirements of the larger pension funds and custodial clients. In the Crypto Conversation hot take round, Danny says he is a fan of Andrew Yang, and his favorite science fiction film is Interstellar.  Supporting links: SFOX SFOX on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Andy on Twitter SFOX-Crypto-Volatility-Report Brave New Coin Y Combinator Top Companies

Today we're going to reveal some of the practical job search tips and strategies you need to land a great first job. Joining us Danny Kim, a Pharmacist from Northeastern University. Show NotesConnect With:Danny Kim: LinkedInFinding a Job Podcast: Email // NewsletterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter

Ten years sounds like a long time since the beginning of Bitcoin, but it’s not, and crypto is still feeling the growing pains of increasing adoption. That includes straining infrastructure, occasional lack of liquidity and complexity that makes newcomers wary. Danny Kim, Head of Growth at SFOX, one of the few prime traders in the space, smooths the way for individuals and institutions to buy and hold Bitcoin. Danny joins Charlie this week to talk about why he left his cush job in traditional finance and braved telling his Korean parents he was wading into crypto. Danny talks about how the crypto trading space is evolving and what it means for those who are in the fray and those who want to join, whether they’re trading experts or not. Danny has made it his mission to not only grow SFOX but also to educate people and to offer the kind of customer service that makes crypto more welcoming and easier on newcomers who want to take part in the crypto revolution. -----This episode of Untold Stories is sponsored by Scott Offord, a broker of ASIC mining gear and the creator of CryptoMining. You can find him on twitter @offordscott. -----This episode of Untold Stories is sponsored by eToro, the smartest crypto trading platform, and one of the largest in the world. Join myself and 11 million other traders and create an account at eToro.com and build your crypto portfolio the smart way. -----If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Ten years sounds like a long time since the beginning of Bitcoin, but it’s not, and crypto is still feeling the growing pains of increasing adoption. That includes straining infrastructure, occasional lack of liquidity and complexity that makes newcomers wary. Danny Kim, Head of Growth at SFOX, one of the few prime traders in the space, smooths the way for individuals and institutions to buy and hold Bitcoin. Danny joins Charlie this week to talk about why he left his cush job in traditional finance and braved telling his Korean parents he was wading into crypto. Danny talks about how the crypto trading space is evolving and what it means for those who are in the fray and those who want to join, whether they’re trading experts or not. Danny has made it his mission to not only grow SFOX but also to educate people and to offer the kind of customer service that makes crypto more welcoming and easier on newcomers who want to take part in the crypto revolution. -----This episode of Untold Stories is sponsored by Scott Offord, a broker of ASIC mining gear and the creator of CryptoMining. You can find him on twitter @offordscott. -----This episode of Untold Stories is sponsored by eToro, the smartest crypto trading platform, and one of the largest in the world. Join myself and 11 million other traders and create an account at eToro.com and build your crypto portfolio the smart way. -----If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

This week's episode is with Asian dating & confidence coach Danny Kim of ABCs of Attraction.  Danny is like Will Smith in the movie Hitch. He travels around the world from city to city teaching his clients how to attract their dream women.  Danny is the real deal. I've gone out with him a few times and came away really impressed with his confidence and natural ability.  In this episode we talk about -his life story and how he was a chubby, unattractive teenager to becoming a dating coach -the steps he took to get better in his dating life -how to be more attractive to the women you want -how to get over the fear of approaching -his favorite cities for dating (the last one surprised me)

Smartphones are supposed to make life better but how do we avoid smartphone addiction for ourselves and our teens? What about technology and relationships? Technology is a tool that has the power to enhance or hinder human connection so let's find out what to avoid and what to embrace. Expert Danny Kim talks to us about the effect of technology on our lives. He'll chat with Mighty Parenting podcast host Sandy Fowler about technology and relationships, smartphones, bullying, and what happens to our emotional intelligence when we overuse or incorrectly utilize devices in our lives. Our Guest: Danny Kim Detailed Show Notes and Support at MightyParenting.com Support this podcast at MightyParenting.com/support

Danny Kim is native born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He has been in the Hawaii Film and TV industry for 18 years working as stuntman, actor, fight coordinator, and producer. Daniel began his career as a stunt double for Daniel Dae Kim in Lost and currently on Hawaii 5-0 for its 10th season. Daniel has also been involved with major blockbusters films that have been filmed in Hawaii. Some of his working credits include Lost, Hawaii 5-0, Jurassic World, Godzilla, Skull Island, Battleship, Jungle Cruise .   Kim is utilizing his extensive martial art as a 7th degree Taekwondo black belt/ 4th degree Hapkido black belt . Daniel is an accomplished Taekwondo champion and represented the US National Team 5 times, he was also the main event for PRO-TKD on ESPN. His passion is being a motivational speaker and instructor for the youth and runs a self development martial arts program MIND POWER ACADEMY in Honolulu.   He will be sharing his secrets to success on the topic of manifesting your dreams with Goal setting with Mental fortitude.   THIS is a game changing mind program that will give our Athletes the missing edge they are seeking.

Danny Kim is the Head of Growth at SFOX. In this conversation, Daniel and Anthony Pompliano discuss what liquidity in crypto markets looks like, how best trade execution technology works, and how operations at a place like SFOX is actually executed. -----If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Yo what's up dudes. New episode of Badass Asian Dudes. This week I have Asian dating & confidence coach Danny Kim. Contact Danny on instagram https://www.instagram.com/captaindanielkim/ (@CaptainDanielKim.)‍ Before we get into the interview, i just want to say that Danny is the real deal. i went out with him a few times and i have to say that I was quite impressed with his confidence and naturalness when approaching and connecting with women. I think he would be a great resource to talk to if you are trying to step up your game…which is why I interviewed him for the show. I think you guys will really like the episode. Here are some highlights: how he went from chubby, unattractive teen to dating coach the steps he took to get better in his dating life how to be more attractive to the women you want how to get over the fear of approaching his favorite cities for dating (the last one surprised me) and much more Please share, subscribe, and if you really like the show, please leave us a 5 star review! It helps other people find the podcast and also helps me get other great guests to interview. I would really appreciate it.

Danny Kim of DKDKTV talks about the book he’s reading now, who is his direct competition, how he’s learned to not give a f***, and why you should watch Netflix’s “Love, Death, & Robots.”   NCT 127(San Diego 93.3 Festival)

On this episode of Erasing Shame, Nancy Ly interviews Danny Kim about shame and technology. Danny Kim elevates humanity in the workplace as an Organizational Consultant for Centauric. He is a faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership and is currently pursuing his doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Show Notes centauric.com dannykimm.com

Danny Kim im Interview mit Alexander Müller (CEO & Inhaber von GEDANKENtanken) Thinking out of the box: Das Silicon Valley ist für lösungsorientiertes Denken bekannt. Im brandneuen Interview mit GEDANKENtanken erzählt Unternehmer Danny Kim, was diesen Ort so besonders macht, warum die Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt und die Bildung der Zukunft unerlässlich sind, und warum wir dringend unser Schulsystem revolutionieren müssen. Danny Kim ist nicht nur Unternehmer, Wissenschaftler und Experte für digitale Technologien, sondern macht sich gleichzeitig für christliche Werte, Ethik und Moral stark. Die Core Values seiner Firma basieren auf christlichen Ansichten und zu seinen Kunden zählt unter anderem das Weiße Haus. Danny Kim ist überzeugt: Wer groß denken kann, der muss auch Verantwortung übernehmen. Genau deshalb liegt es ihm am Herzen, mit Kindern zu arbeiten, damit sie Selbstvertrauen gewinnen und durch kollaboratives Arbeiten fit für die Arbeitswelt werden.  Im Interview verrät Danny Kim, dass er an der Valley Christian School arbeitet, um Schüler motivieren und ihnen innovative Technologie näherbringen zu können. Die Kinder lernen mithilfe eines Project based learnings, was es heißt, in Teams zu arbeiten und Ideen umzusetzen. Das Projekt hat das Ziel, am Ende ein Experiment auf die International Space Station zu schicken. Das hat in den vergangenen Jahren bereits mehrfach gut geklappt und Danny Kim ist sich sicher, dass die Schüler damit bestens auf ein mögliches Studium und Stipendium vorbereitet werden. Was ihn sonst noch bewegt und was er über das deutsche Schulsystem denkt, erfährst du im Video!

Smartphones have been around for a little over a decade, but in that short time, many of us have become addicted to our digital devices. Have you ever been staring at a gorgeous vista or surrounded by snow and found yourself wanting to pull out your phone to capture the moment? Danny Kim is a researcher and speaker who is studying the impact of technology and social media on our health. In his workshops, he talks about how to actually unplug.

Danny Kim specializes in smartphone addiction and its impact on emotional intelligence. Today, he shares tons of insight on the science behind why smartphone addiction is such a problem for families around the globe. Social media and smartphone addiction is a problem we ALL know and experience… But are teens really the only ones who are the most susceptible? Danny and I dive in on the real causes of the current generation’s obsession with smartphones, and how parents may be the actual culprits in this epidemic. Danny provides tangible action steps for you and your teen to follow so that you never have to scream, “Put your phone away!” SHOW NOTES: https://juliekimconsulting.com/podcast/ BOOK A STRATEGY SESSION: http://juliekimconsulting.com/now 

The team spends some time with the students and teachers from Entrepreneur Program and Valley Christian School (VCS) in San Jose, CA. Spearheaded by Hannah and Danny Kim, entrepreneurs in their own right, the program has launched high school students into the world of entrepreneurship in the midst of a community invested in seeing biblical values and principles impacting the world. Hannah gives us an overview of the program’s evolution while the team chats with two students about their specific projects, one launched and the other in beta for release around now. Then the team talks with Danny Kim, who heads up VCS’ Quest Institute, which we believe (because there is no one to contest us) has had more tests performed on the International Space Station than NASA. While Quest Institute was inaugurated at VCS it is meant to impact the world and Danny shares with the team some of the ways this is happening today. This week’s episode is packed but we didn’t want to leave anything out for you as we ARE talking about the next generation of faith-driven entrepreneurs. This will close us out for 2018 as we plan to spend time with our families and loved ones over the next few weeks. From all of us at Faith Driven Entrepreneur, we wish you the Merriest Christmas and the Happiest New Year! See you in 2019!

On this episode, we interview a soon to be second generation Pharmacist, Danny Kim. Danny is an intern at PillPack and is part of a Venture Capital firm focusing on university entrepreneurs. He has a passion for pharmacy, design, and enhancing the patient experience. Enjoy! Richard's book, The First Time Pharmacist, is now available on Amazon. Get it here: www.amazon.com/dp/1732381402 Intro Music by Drake - Do it now Outro Music by Dj Quads: Aka-dj-quads – Seeking-for-the-treasure Connect with Danny: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jydkim/ https://www.facebook.com/Jooyoung.D.Kim https://www.instagram.com/jyd_kim/ (IG @jyd_kim) Like Rx Radio on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RxRadio.fm Check out our memes on Instagram: instagram.com/rxradio.fm Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/rxradiofm Host: Dr. Richard Waithe Email: richard@rxradio.fm www.twitter.com/thepharmacydude www.facebook.com/pharmacydude www.instagram.com/richiewaithe

Dr. Danny Kim by Beyond Footnotes

Danny Kim teaches of God's extravagant grace that has the power to transform our lives.

Danny Kim addresses the student body regarding the abundant grace of God.

DANNY KIM (AUTHOR, SPEAKER AND COACH) SHARES THE INSIGHTS AND LESSONS HE'S LEARNED DURING HIS TIME OF TRANSITION. HE'S LEARNED TO EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE THE TIME OF TRANSITION. HE SHARES HIS THOUGHTS FROM HIS BOOK INFLUX. HE MAKES THE ARGUMENT THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND THEIR PURPOSE IN THEIR TRANSITION. THIS BOOK AND PODCAST WILL HELP YOU DURING THIS IN BETWEEN STATE.

Our very own Jubilee member, Danny Kim, shares how his short-term missions trip to Indonesia changed his life.

Danny Kim stops by for a conversation on how his understanding of StrenghtsFinder and Identity help him be a better manager of others.

Vehicle design innovation is no longer simply about making a pretty car. As urbanization continues at a rapid pace across the globe, new business models and advanced vehicle technologies like autonomous cars, self-righting motorcycles, fully electric engines, and pre-collision safety systems are permeating the landscape in response to this growth and reshaping the total driver experience. How will the vehicle of the future interact with an urban area and improve the lives of its inhabitants? How do we develop local and national policies to regulate intelligent transportation? What changes need to be made to our nation’s infrastructure to appropriately manage these new technologies? Speakers: Lawrence Burns, Danny Kim, Jim Pisz, and Alexis Madrigal

Friday, October 25, 2013 Friday Fire Prayer Meeting Speaker: Danny Kim Duration: 00:48:30

Friday, August 5, 2011 Friday Fire Prayer Meeting Speaker: Danny Kim Passage: Genesis 2-3 Duration: 00:53:40 New Philadelphia Church http://newphiladelphiachurch.com

Friday, June 3, 2011 Friday Fire Prayer Meeting Speaker: Danny Kim Duration: 00:30:45 New Philadelphia Church http://newphiladelphiachurch.com

Friday, March 4, 2011 Friday Fire Prayer Meeting Speaker: Danny Kim Duration: 00:36:25 New Philadelphia Church http://newphiladelphiachurch.com

Sunday, September 19, 2010 Sunday Service (Hillside Campus 1pm) Speaker: Danny Kim Passage: Hebrews 11:6 Duration: 00:27:05 New Philadelphia Church http://newphiladelphiachurch.com

Sunday, April 11, 2010 Sunday Service Hillside Piano: Aaron Kim Piano performance by Aaron Kim. Prayer by Danny Kim. Both Aaron and Danny have served with YWAM's DTS in Hawaii. New Philadelphia Church http://newphiladelphiachurch.com

On this week's Stack podcast for the week of December 27, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Duke #1, Timeless #1, and so many more!SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Full List of Comic Reviews for December 27, 2023:Duke #1 Image ComicsWritten by Joshua WilliamsonArt by Tom ReillyTimeless #1 MarvelWritten by Collin Kelly and Jackson LanzingArt by Juann CabalAction Comics Annual 2023 #1DC ComicsWritten by Phillip Kennedy JohnsonArt by Max RaynorThe Book of Butcher #1 BOOM! StudiosWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Werther Dell'ederaStar Wars: Dark Droids #5 MarvelWritten by Charles SouleArt by Luke RossAlan Scott: The Green Lantern #3DC ComicsWritten by Tim SheridanArt by Cian TormeyHoly Roller #2 Image ComicsWritten by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe TrohmanArt by Roland BoschiDeadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War #1 MarvelWritten by Greg PakArt by Caio MajadoAmazons Attack #3DC ComicsWritten by Josie CampbellArt by Vasco GeorgievTerrorwar #8 Image ComicsWritten by Saladin AhmedArt by Dave AcostaX-Force #47 MarvelWritten by Benjamin PercyArt by Daniel PicciottoBatman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #4DC ComicsWritten by Jeff ParkerArt by Danny Kim and Stephen SegoviaLocal Man #8 Image ComicsWritten by Tim Seeley and Tony FleecsArt by Tim Seeley and Tony FleecsThe Sensational She-Hulk #3 MarvelWritten by Rainbow RowellArt by Andrés GenoletGreen Arrow #7DC ComicsWritten by Joshua WilliamsonArt by Carmine Di Giandomenico and Trevor HairsineUniversal Monsters: Dracula #3 Image ComicsWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Martin SimmondsPredator vs. Wolverine #4 MarvelWritten by Benjamin PercyArt by Ken Lashley, Kei Zama, Gavin GuidryJustice Society of America #8DC ComicsWritten by Geoff JohnsArt by Mikel JanínGiant Robot Hellboy #3 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Mike MignolaArt by Duncan FegredoSpider-Woman #2 MarvelWritten by Steve FoxeArt by Carola BorelliThe Flash #4DC ComicsWritten by Si SpurrierArt by Mike Deodato Jr.w0rldtr33 #6 Image ComicsWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Fernando BlancoImmortal X-Men #18 MarvelWritten by Kieron GillenArt by Juan José RypThe Penguin #5DC ComicsWritten by Tom KingArt by Rafael De LatorreCaptain Marvel #3 MarvelWritten by Alyssa WongArt by Ruairí Coleman and Jan BazalduaThe Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country - The Glass House #6DC ComicsWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Lisandro EstherrenCarnage #2 MarvelWritten by Torunn GrønbekkArt by Pere PérezTitans: Beast World #3DC ComicsWritten by Tom TaylorArt by Lucas MeyerAvengers Inc. #4 MarvelWritten by Al EwingArt by Leonard KirkTitans #6DC ComicsWritten by Tom TaylorArt by Travis MooreOur Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code comicbookclub50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this week's Stack podcast for the week of December 27, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Duke #1, Timeless #1, and so many more!SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Full List of Comic Reviews for December 27, 2023:Duke #1 Image ComicsWritten by Joshua WilliamsonArt by Tom ReillyTimeless #1 MarvelWritten by Collin Kelly and Jackson LanzingArt by Juann CabalAction Comics Annual 2023 #1DC ComicsWritten by Phillip Kennedy JohnsonArt by Max RaynorThe Book of Butcher #1 BOOM! StudiosWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Werther Dell'ederaStar Wars: Dark Droids #5 MarvelWritten by Charles SouleArt by Luke RossAlan Scott: The Green Lantern #3DC ComicsWritten by Tim SheridanArt by Cian TormeyHoly Roller #2 Image ComicsWritten by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe TrohmanArt by Roland BoschiDeadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War #1 MarvelWritten by Greg PakArt by Caio MajadoAmazons Attack #3DC ComicsWritten by Josie CampbellArt by Vasco GeorgievTerrorwar #8 Image ComicsWritten by Saladin AhmedArt by Dave AcostaX-Force #47 MarvelWritten by Benjamin PercyArt by Daniel PicciottoBatman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #4DC ComicsWritten by Jeff ParkerArt by Danny Kim and Stephen SegoviaLocal Man #8 Image ComicsWritten by Tim Seeley and Tony FleecsArt by Tim Seeley and Tony FleecsThe Sensational She-Hulk #3 MarvelWritten by Rainbow RowellArt by Andrés GenoletGreen Arrow #7DC ComicsWritten by Joshua WilliamsonArt by Carmine Di Giandomenico and Trevor HairsineUniversal Monsters: Dracula #3 Image ComicsWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Martin SimmondsPredator vs. Wolverine #4 MarvelWritten by Benjamin PercyArt by Ken Lashley, Kei Zama, Gavin GuidryJustice Society of America #8DC ComicsWritten by Geoff JohnsArt by Mikel JanínGiant Robot Hellboy #3 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Mike MignolaArt by Duncan FegredoSpider-Woman #2 MarvelWritten by Steve FoxeArt by Carola BorelliThe Flash #4DC ComicsWritten by Si SpurrierArt by Mike Deodato Jr.w0rldtr33 #6 Image ComicsWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Fernando BlancoImmortal X-Men #18 MarvelWritten by Kieron GillenArt by Juan José RypThe Penguin #5DC ComicsWritten by Tom KingArt by Rafael De LatorreCaptain Marvel #3 MarvelWritten by Alyssa WongArt by Ruairí Coleman and Jan BazalduaThe Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country - The Glass House #6DC ComicsWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Lisandro EstherrenCarnage #2 MarvelWritten by Torunn GrønbekkArt by Pere PérezTitans: Beast World #3DC ComicsWritten by Tom TaylorArt by Lucas MeyerAvengers Inc. #4 MarvelWritten by Al EwingArt by Leonard KirkTitans #6DC ComicsWritten by Tom TaylorArt by Travis MooreAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy