Podcasts about my failure

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It would feel wrong to place labels on Jane Hirshfield. Language would fail to reach there, ironic for someone who has devoted their life to the practice of poetry and the practice of Zen Buddhism. Jane is a modern master, change-maker, and wise and winsome voice. Origins Podcast WebsiteFlourishing Commons NewsletterShow Notes:The Ritual Process by Victor Turner (09:30)nonattachment (14:00)Poem: "My Skeleton" (21:30)Poem: "For What Binds Us" (28:20, read 33:00)Poets for Science (29:10; 56:30)Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (31:00)Poem: "Let Them Not Say" (32:10)Gary Snyder (32:00)Palimpsest (36:20)Poem: "My Hunger" (42:20)Poem: "I Sat in the Sun" (45:30)Man's Search for Meaningby Victor Frankl (48:00)Neti Neti (49:00)Poem: "Possibility: An Assay" (50:30)Stuart Kauffman's theory of adjacent possible (55:30)The 'assay' form of poetry (56:30)Poets for Science in New York Times (57:00)Poem: "On the Fifth Day" (58:40)March for Science (59:00)Wick Poetry Center and David Hassler on Origins (01:01:00)Nobel Science Summit (01:01:00)Videos of poets in poets for science mentioned (01:02:00)Brian Eno (01:06:30)Lightning Round (01:06:00):book: The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf passion: being an embodied person outside of words; natural horsemanshipheart sing: conversationsscrewed up: Poem: "My Failure"Astonishing the Gods by Ben Okri (01:12:00)Find Jane online:The Asking: New & Selected Poems Logo artwork by Cristina GonzalezMusic by swelo on all streaming platforms or @swelomusic on social media

Episode 97: On this episode, I talk with Sahil Lavingia about his 2019 essay titled “Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company.” Sahil is the founder & CEO of Gumroad, an e-commerce platform for creators. Gumroad does nearly $20m per year, is highly profitable, and has no full-time employees. In the essay, Sahil talks about leaving Pinterest as its second employee in 2011, to build his life's work…a company called Gumroad that would be worth billions of dollars, IPO one day an employ hundreds of people. But that's not what happened. In 2015, Sahil laid off 75% of Gumroad's staff to keep the company alive. Of course firing some of his best friends was heart-wrenching. But possibly just as difficult for Sahil was the death of his dream to build a venture-backed unicorn. The heart of this article & much of what you'll hear Sahil talk about during our conversation is the emotional journey post-layoffs & the decision to build a profitable “boring” lifestyle business. Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company: https://sahillavingia.com/reflecting Send us an email and let us know what you think of the idea! foundersjournal@morningbrew.com #FoundersJournal #Startups #Entrepreneur Listen to Founder's Journal here: https://link.chtbl.com/OV4W93_W Watch Founder's Journal here: https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersJournal/  Subscribe to Morning Brew! Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt Follow The Brew! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrew Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew Follow Alex! Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sahil Lavingia has had an epic journey as an entrepreneur: he dropped out of college to become employee #2 at Pinterest and then went on to found Gumroad, one of the largest platforms for creators to sell their work and earn a living online. After the company failed to meet its VC-driven growth timeline and almost died, Sahil had to lay everyone off and build it back up into the resilient, streamlined, and fully distributed company it is today.Episode web page.—Sign up here to get upcoming essays + episodes emailed to you.Follow the MTTM journey on Twitter or LinkedIn!If you haven't already would you do me a favor and take ~40 seconds to rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts ? It really helps. (Scroll to bottom of page for rate/review links.)—Links & resources mentioned:• Send episode feedback on Twitter @askotzko , or via email• Sahil Lavingia: Gumroad, Twitter, personal site• Book: The Minimalist Entrepreneur• “Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company”: essay + talk• Sahil's early stage investment fund—Related episodes:• #42 ARM: A mental model for fulfilling work—People & orgs:• Gumroad• USC• Patreon• BandCamp• Substack• Daniel Vassallo tweet about money he's made Gumroad• Paul Graham: “You've found market price when buyers complain but still pay.”—Books:• The Minimalist Entrepreneur• Essentialism• Only the Paranoid Survive—Other resources:• How Gumroad is run: No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees• Video: Gumroad Q4 2022 board meeting - where pricing change was announced• “Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company”: essay + MicroConf talk• What is a transformer model (AI)? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

Key Points, Top Takeaways and Memorable Quotes - “The daughter initiated and the father followed.” 8:50“It's hard as a parent to just sort of separate yourself from them and do what's best for them, not what's best for you and makes you feel good.  You have to think of their long term future.” 12:37“You lose about one percent of your aerobic capacity per year on average at that age.” 25:25“They are very serious researchers that claim they will eradicate what they see as the ‘disease' of aging.” 27:29“That's actually how the two books tie in, right, is mortality, getting the most out of your life, if you're mortal, and we'll always be mortal.” 30:19“It's never too late to inject that into your life” 31:27“As you get older, you actually sleep a little less.” 39:16“I wish I had explored a little more, getting some assistance.” 51:12 Guest Bio -Mark Ryall recently retired from teaching economics at Hillfield Strathallan College in Hamilton, Ontario. His first love in coaching was always cross country running, a sport which he felt made students stronger mentally and physically, and which promoted teamwork and mutual support. The speculative fiction Age-Decoded is Mark's first novel. He wrote it to educate himself and the world about the imminent tsunami of genetic engineering. CRISPR-like technology will impact humans in physical and psychological ways, thus fundamentally affecting what it means to be human. The story peers 100-200 years into the future, allowing the reader to critically imagine this new scientific frontier. Mark has also just published his second book, Run Daughter, Run Father, which provides stories, anecdotes, and scientific advice on running and racing. It highlights the training adventures of him and his daughter Stephanie, whom Mark coached and ran with. The insights are targeted at younger and older age-group competitors. Mark also competes in triathlons and represented Canada in the 2019 World Age-Group Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. He also recently qualified for the World Age-Group Championships in Spain in 2023.  As hobbies, Mark enjoys acrylic art and snooker. His education includes BSc, MBA, and PhD (University of Toronto). Show Notes - 0:00 - WIMTS Podcast Intro0:32 - Introducing Mark Ryall1:03 - Welcome to Mark Run Daughter, Run Father1:26 - Athletic Background3:16 - Cross Country & Running Marathons7:01 - ‘Run Daughter, Run Father' by Mark Ryall16:32 - Lessons from Your Book19:35 - Running for Time23:52 - Master's Competitions & ‘Age-Decoded' Book25:53 - BB Commercial26:02 - Interesting Research Findings30:34 - Staying Content in a Long Term Athletic Career33:00 - My Failure at the Last World Games in Switzerland 38:28 - Other Pillars of Health Outside of Training for Aging Athletes39:58 - What is Snooker?41:32 - Swimming Discussion45:58 - Runner's High50:48 - One Piece of Advice 55:45 - Daughter's Role in Writing the Book56:22 - New Writing Concepts57:27 - Where Can People Find You?58:49 - Thank You59:32 - WIMTS Podcast Closing Links & Where to Find Mark - Book:  https://books2read.com/b/4jqeVY?edit=maybe-laterQuora:  https://www.quora.com/profile/Mark-Ryall-2Run Free

Message for 11/13/2022 "Jesus and My Failure" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* John 13:18-38 - “I am not saying these things to all of you; I know the ones I have chosen. But this fulfills the Scripture that says, ‘The one who eats my food has turned against me.' 19 I tell you this beforehand, so that when it happens you will believe that I am the Messiah. 20 I tell you the truth, anyone who welcomes my messenger is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming the Father who sent me.” 21 Now Jesus was deeply troubled, and he exclaimed, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me!”22 The disciples looked at each other, wondering whom he could mean. 23 The disciple Jesus loved was sitting next to Jesus at the table. 24 Simon Peter motioned to him to ask, “Who's he talking about?” 25 So that disciple leaned over to Jesus and asked, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus responded, “It is the one to whom I give the bread I dip in the bowl.” And when he had dipped it, he gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. 27 When Judas had eaten the bread, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus told him, “Hurry and do what you're going to do.” 28 None of the others at the table knew what Jesus meant. 29 Since Judas was their treasurer, some thought Jesus was telling him to go and pay for the food or to give some money to the poor. 30 So Judas left at once, going out into the night. 31 As soon as Judas left the room, Jesus said, “The time has come for the Son of Man to enter into his glory, and God will be glorified because of him. 32 And since God receives glory because of the Son, he will give his own glory to the Son, and he will do so at once. 33 Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can't come where I am going. 34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” 36 Simon Peter asked, “Lord, where are you going?” And Jesus replied, “You can't go with me now, but you will follow me later.” 37 “But why can't I come now, Lord?” he asked. “I'm ready to die for you.” 38 Jesus answered, “Die for me? I tell you the truth, Peter—before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me. Matthew 26:69-75 - Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came over and said to him, “You were one of those with Jesus the Galilean.” 70 But Peter denied it in front of everyone. “I don't know what you're talking about,” he said. 71 Later, out by the gate, another servant girl noticed him and said to those standing around, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” 72 Again Peter denied it, this time with an oath. “I don't even know the man,” he said. 73 A little later some of the other bystanders came over to Peter and said, “You must be one of them; we can tell by your Galilean accent.” 74 Peter swore, “A curse on me if I'm lying—I don't know the man!” And immediately the rooster crowed. 75 Suddenly, Jesus' words flashed through Peter's mind: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.” And he went away, weeping bitterly. Jesus anticipates our failure Matthew 26:33-35 - Peter declared, “Even if everyone else deserts you, I will never desert you.”34 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.” 35 “No!” Peter insisted. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the other disciples vowed the same. Jesus understands our failures Hebrews 4:14-16 - So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. 15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. 16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. Matthew 26:40-41 NIV - Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn't you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Jesus redeems our failures John 21:15-19 NIV - 15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.” 16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.” 17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. 18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” 19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”

Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad, an e-commerce platform that helps you sell digital services. He also runs SHL Capital, a rolling fund for early-stage startups.Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google PodcastsSahil’s recent book, Minimal Entrepreneurship, explores a framework for building profitable, sustainable companies. I’ve often explored the trade-off between software engineering and trying to build and launch my own company, so this conversation takes up that theme and explores what it means to be a minimal entrepreneur for a software engineer.Highlights(edited)Utsav: Let’s talk about VCs (referencing your popular blog post “Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company”). Are startups pushed to grow faster and faster due to VC dynamics, or is there something else going on behind the scenes?It’s a combination of things. People who get caught up in this anti-VC mentality are missing larger forces at play because I don't really think it's just VCs who are making all of these things happen. Firstly, there’s definitely a status game being played. When I first moved to the Bay Area, as soon as you mention you’re working on your own, the first question people ask you is how far along your company is, who you raised money with, how many employees you have, and comparing you with other people they know. You can’t really get too upset at that, since that’s the nature of the people coming to a boomtown like San Francisco.The way I think about it, there’s a high failure rate in being able to build a billion-dollar company, so you want to find out reasonably quickly whether you will succeed or not. Secondly, we’re in a very unique industry, where equity is basically the primary source of compensation. 90% of Americans don’t have some sort of equity component in the businesses they work for, but giving equity has a ton of benefits. It’s great to have that alignment, and folks who take an early risk for your company should get rewarded.  The downside of equity is that it creates this very strong desire and incentive to make your company as valuable as possible, as quickly as possible. In order to get your equity to be considered valuable to investors, you need to grow quickly, so that investors use these models that project your growth rate to form your valuation.Many people took my blog to say - it’s the VC’s fault, but that’s not true. The VCs let me do what I wanted, they don’t really have that much power. The issue was that in order for employees to see a large outcome, you need the company to have a large exit. As a founder, you’d do pretty well if the company sold for $50 million dollars, but that’s not true for employees, they really need this thing to work, otherwise, the best ones can just go work for the next Stripe. So you have this winner-take-all behavior for employees, and it’s ultimately why I ended up shrinking the company to just me for a while.Utsav: So do you give employees equity in the minimalist entrepreneurship framework?Firstly: avoid hiring anyone else for as long as possible, until you know you have some kind of product-market fit. I think It depends on your liquidity strategy. How are you as a founder about to make money from this business? The way you incentivize your employees should align with that. If you want to sell your company for a hundred million dollars, consider sharing that and giving equity. If you plan to create a cash cow business, consider profit sharing.Utsav: What, if any, is the difference between indie-hacking and minimalist entrepreneurship?They’re pretty similar. Indie hacker seems like a personality, perhaps similar to a Digital Nomad, where the lifestyle seems to be the precedent. I went to MicroConf in Las Vegas, and the attendee’s goals were fairly consistent - to buy a nice house and spend more time with their family. In that case, your goal should be to build the most boring but profitable business possible, for a community you don’t particularly care about because your goals have nothing to do with serving that community, which is totally fine. No value judgments from me. With indie-hacking, it seems more geared around independence. I tried living the digital nomad life - work solo, travel the world, no schedule, but I didn’t actually enjoy it. It wasn’t really satisfying. I like working on a project with many people, and things improve, and I get to learn from others, they learn from me, I like talking to my customers, who I can talk to frequently, and their lives are getting better because of my work. I enjoy that. So I wanted a middle-ground between the “live on a beach” mentality and the blitzscaling, build the next Facebook mentality. I like to think that with things like crowdfunding, this will get more and more feasible.Even though my article went viral and the ideas often resonated, there’s this aspirational aspect to many humans - they want to build something amazing and big. It’s kind of the Steve Jobs “make a dent in the universe” idea, even though he might not have actually said that. To account for that, I think incorporating some of the indiehacker principles in the startup path might actually be the most applicable and accessible solution for people.Utsav: One of the key ideas in the book that, that strikes out to me as someone who's a software engineer is that you can keep trying projects on the side. And eventually, if you're doing things right, if you're talking to customers, you will hit something that people want to buy or to use, right? You're not going to get it right the first time probably. Um, but I think that's a really important idea in this. Could you elaborate on that?There are two kinds of people: one, who builds a lot of stuff but don’t know who for. Another to-do-list app, a meditation app, you name it. So you build it, but then you can’t figure out who’ll use it. The other kind is stuck in analysis paralysis, and can’t really hone in on an idea that they want to commit to. The solution to both these personas is to forget about business and immerse yourself in the communities you care about, and try to help them. Focus on contributing to these communities. These could be slack/discord communities. For me, it was Hacker News, Dribbble, and IndieHackers. There’s a bunch of subreddits for everything.Start being a part of these communities, first by listening, and eventually by contributing. I can guarantee that if you become a useful part of the community, you share ideas, people will come up to you and talk about problems that they’re facing. For example, they’re getting paid by YouTube to produce fitness videos, but have to wait for the end of the month, and they’d really like to get paid instantly. Once a community trusts you, and you solve a problem for a specific set of people, you instantly can validate good ideas and deliver value. And iterating over ideas with this community can give you a good chance of success.Listen to the audio for the full interview! Subscribe at www.softwareatscale.dev

In this podcast, we cover - The art & science of designing for profitability Insights on scaling yourself through words Lessons in chasing personal passions for professional success This is Sahil - "It was 2011, and I was on top of the world. I was a 19-year-old solo founder with millions in the bank. At first, everything was great. We grew the team. We stayed focused on our product. Monthly revenues were climbing. But after four years, there was just one problem: our numbers weren't doubling fast enough to satisfy the venture capitalists who had backed us in the first place. We tried everything, but eventually I had to lay off three-quarters of the staff - including many good friends. I couldn't stay in San Francisco, so I moved to Provo, Utah and kept Gumroad afloat on my own while I figured out what to do next. I went back to writing and painting, and that reminded me why I had built the business in the first place. I loved to create! When our lead investor offered to sell ownership back to Gumroad for $1, the future came into focus. I could start again and grow the kind of meaningful business focused on creators that we always should have been. In February 2019, I published a Medium essay, “Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company” that struck a chord with millions of entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs who, deep down, would much rather build a sustainable business like Gumroad than chase a VC-backed unicorn. I wrote The Minimalist Entrepreneur and created the course to help anyone design, build, and successfully grow their own right sized business. Now, let's get to it!"

We speak to Fakkah Fuzz, who was the first-ever guest on our first-ever podcast back in 2018. Since then, He's had multiple comedy specials since then, including one for Netflix back in 2019. We talk to him about recent events in Singapore and his upcoming new special, “System Down”. With a whole bunch of jokes in between.  Find us here! Our #YLB Subreddit for show notes Our YouTube channel to see our FACES! Find Fakkah Fuzz here! Instagram, TikTok, Twitter & Facebook Here are our one SHIOK things for this week! Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company Bill Hicks - Anti-Intellectualism Peace!

John 21:15-23 | Jesus is Greater than My Failure by Central MP Sermons

In 2011, Sahil left his job as the second employee at Pinterest to work on Gumroad. He wanted to sell an icon he designed in Photoshop to his audience on Twitter and Dribble, but realized there was no easy way for him to do it. Prior to founding Gumroad, Sahil was a designer and engineer at the virtual DJ website, Turntable.Links to learn more about Sahil Lavingia:Sahil’s Twitter Sahil’s LinkedIn Sahil’s Website Gumroad’s Website Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company Post No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees PostFollow us:twitter.com/wistia Subscribe:wistia.com/series/talking-too-loud Love what you heard? Leave us a review! We want to hear from you!Write in and let us know what you think about the show, who you’d want us to interview on future episodes, and any feedback you have for our team.

How outside funding affects a business, running a business with your significant other, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance with Russ and Natalie Monson. ----- Welcome to episode 287 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Russ and Natalie Monson about building online businesses. Entrepreneurial Balance  As entrepreneurs, business owners, and bloggers, we know that it’s sometimes tough to find balance between life and work. That’s what we’re focusing on in this interview with Russ and Natalie Monson from Super Healthy Kids and Prepear. Throughout their time as entrepreneurs, they’ve grown a food blog, built an app, received funding for their business, and more. In this episode, you’ll learn how they do it all while maintaining a healthy balance with their other responsibilities. In this episode, you’ll learn: How Russ and Natalie started working together How they started working on Super Healthy Kids full-time How they came up with the idea for Prepear How they found balance and a healthy relationship with their work How taking outside funding affects a business What it was like to get sued by Apple How Prepear works Resources: Super Healthy Kids Prepear Big Magic “I Was a Starter Wife”: Inside America’s Messiest Divorce Gumroad Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company Marco Polo Apple goes after meal-prep company Prepear over its ‘similar’ logo Learn more about Prepear for food bloggers Email Russ -- russ@prepear.com Learn more about WP Tasty’s sale! If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com. Learn more about joining the Food Blogger Pro community at foodbloggerpro.com/membership

In today's podcast I want to discuss something which is close to my heart - My Failure! In the last 1 month it has been a depressing time for me and trust me I was depressed! I am recouping now but I have understood a few important things about failure Failure is not about Winning it is about doing the things that you control even when you are not Winning because trust me you will WIN BIG tomorrow for sure if you are working today Send me a note on sirisha@brandingbypixels.com Hope you learnt something interesting today

Feb 7, 2019 • 14 min readReflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar CompanyIn 2011, I left my job as the second employee at Pinterest - before... https://sahillavingia.com/reflecting April 2, 2011February 7, 2018May 14, 2018October 1, 2013

We discuss:An Income Store court case updateAWAY Travel has a sale, DTC Twitter takes noticeGymShark's billion dollar valuationAnd then we tear down the Gymshark store.Links MentionedIncome Store ReceivershipAttorneys Quitting? (Income Store Update)Emilia Gardner's Income Store YouTube PlaylistAWAY TravelIs Gymshark worth $1.4 Billion?Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company, Part 2 - Sahil Lavingia, Gumroad's founder, shares what he's learned along the way about strategy, product, and growthGymSharkSponsorsGet powerful marketing automation with Klaviyo's revenue-driving email platformTry Bold Product Upsell, free trialSave 20% on Turbo, a blazing fast Shopify theme - Use code KURT20 at checkoutImprove your shop's search engine ranking with Venntov SEO Meta ManagerNever miss an episodeSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsJoin Kurt's newsletterHelp the showAsk a question in The Unofficial Shopify Podcast Facebook GroupLeave a reviewSubscribe wherever you get your podcastsWhat's Kurt up to?See our recent work at EthercycleSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelApply to work with Kurt to grow your store.

Fundraising for your business is often a stressful, opaque and time-consuming process. I’ve gone through it on a minor scale in order to take on a lease and build out a building for South Loop Strength & Conditioning - but my good friend John Friel is currently in the process of attempting to raise venture capital for his start-up Art in Res. Venture capital is a whole different animal, so we discussed the process of applying to Y Combinator, understanding the various incentives of different investors, the obstacles to the hypergrowth that the venture capital model demands and - my favorite part - the distinction and overlap between fans, nerds and utilitarians when it comes to art, musical equipment, sports, and coffee. Check out more from John and Art In Res here: Instagram: @johnfriel | @art_in_res Website: www.artinres.com If you're enjoying the show, the best way to support it is by sharing with your friends. If you don't have any friends, why not a leave a review? It makes a difference in terms of other people finding the show. You can also subscribe to receive my e-mail newsletter at www.toddnief.com. Most of my writing never makes it to the blog, so get on that list. Show Notes: [01:21] Going through the Y Combinator application process required “stepping back” and looking at the entire structure of Art in Res – rather than getting caught up in the day-to-day, in-the-weeds aspects of operating the business. It also required understanding how to “storytell” to investors – which seems to require different skillsets for finance people and venture capitalists. [12:30] Why play the venture capital game rather than bootstrapping and attempting to create a “lifestyle business?” What will it take for Art in Res to grow to a scale that would justify venture capital investment? [24:15] How much money should you actually raise during the fundraising process? There seems to be conflicting advice regarding being frugal – but also raising more money than you think you’ll need. And – the cognitive biases that make it necessary to game the system so that you can signal a constant and impressive upward trajectory. [37:31] Thinking about the incentives of venture capitalists and why they want to invest in companies – and going down a rabbit hole to parse out the difference between nerds, fans and utilitarians. And how art collectors, coffee snobs, music gear heads and sports fans all probably follow a similar archetypal structure in terms of their enthusiasm for esoteric knowledge. [53:45] How to potentially tap a latent market for art collectors – and understanding the psychology of potential consumers in order to create a marketplace on which commerce actually takes place. Links and Resources Mentioned Y Combinator xhbtr “WeWork I.P.O. Is Withdrawn as Investors Grow Wary” from The New York Times Pets.com Gumroad “Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company” by Sahil Lavingia Blue Bottle Coffee Containers Podcast

War Stories # 3 Failure Isn’t Fatal – Joshua 7-8 By Louie Marsh, 9-8-2019   Intro – 5 slides – last one Failure Life goes on.   So about 3,000 men went up there from the people. And they fled before the men of Ai, and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six of their men and chased them before the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted and became as water. Joshua 7:4-5 (ESV)   Four Common Causes of Failure   I have HIDDEN SIN in my life.   1  But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the LORD burned against the people of Israel. Joshua 7:1 (ESV)   I quit TRUSTING GOD because things are going well.   2  Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai. 3  And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are few.” Joshua 7:2-3 (ESV)   I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody. - Herbert B. Swope   I divide my FOCUS AND ENERGY   4  So about three thousand men went up there from the people. And they fled before the men of Ai, Joshua 7:4 (ESV)   Then I BLAME GOD for my failures & problems.   7  And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! 8  O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 9  For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?” Joshua 7:7-9 (ESV)   God’s Reaction to My Failure:   He JERKS THE SLACK out of me!   The LORD said to Joshua, "Stand up! What are you doing down on your face. Joshua 7:10 (NIV)   10  But the Lord said to Joshua, "Get up off your face! Joshua 7:10 (TLB)   He commands me to ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY for my actions.   11  Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. Joshua 7:11 (ESV)   He commands me to FORSAKE MY SIN   13  Get up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the LORD, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.” Joshua 7:13 (ESV)   My Necessary Response to God:   I must TURN BACK to God.   6  Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads. Joshua 7:6 (ESV)   I must TURN AWAY from my sins and distractions   "Get up! Command the people to purify themselves in preparation for tomorrow…Joshua 7:13a (NLT)   I must be willing to do some PAINFUL CLEANSING of my heart.   "First thing in the morning you will be called up by tribes. The tribe God names will come up clan by clan; the clan God names will come up family by family; and the family God names will come up man by man. The person found with the cursed things will be burned, he and everything he has, because he broke God's covenant and did this despicable thing in Israel." Joshua 7:14-15 (MSG)   The best way out is always through. - Robert Frost   4 Ways to Move past My Failures:   ACCEPT Christ’s encouragement   1  And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land. Joshua 8:1 (ESV)   Follow HIS LEADING   2  And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. Only its spoil and its livestock you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Lay an ambush against the city, behind it.” Joshua 8:2 (ESV)   Be willing to TRY IT AGAIN   So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai,,, Joshua 8:3a (NIV)   Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Robert F. Kennedy   Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.  - Sir Winston Churchill   Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Sir Winston Churchill   "This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." - Sir Winston Churchill   LEARN from my mistakes and do things DIFFERENTLY!   3  So Joshua and all the fighting men arose to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out by night. 4  And he commanded them, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you remain ready. Joshua 8:3-4 (ESV)        

This week I chat with Sahil Lavingia (Gumroad.com Founder) who spent years running a profitable business with millions of adorning customers — only to be told again and again that he was a huge failure. In this episode, Sahil and I discuss the expectations of taking VC money, and the metrics for success (and failure) that startups must answer to. Sahil begins,  "In 2011, I left my job as the second employee at Pinterest — before I vested any of my stock — to work on what I thought would be my life’s work. I thought Gumroad would become a billion-dollar company, with hundreds of employees. It would IPO, and I would work on it until I died. Something like that. Needless to say, that didn’t happen. Now, it may look like I am in an enviable position, running a profitable, growing, low-maintenance software business serving adoring customers. But for years, I considered myself a failure. At my lowest point, I had to lay off 75 percent of my company, including many of my best friends. I had failed. It took me years to realize I was misguided from the outset. I no longer feel shame in the path I took to get to where I am today — but for a long time, I did. This is my journey, from the beginning."  Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company Episode Show Notes and Full Transcript  The Learn to Code Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and YouTube. Follow One Month on Facebook and Twitter.   

What happens when all your dreams come true but you lose sight of why you started?   Four years ago, things weren’t looking good for Gumroad, an e-commerce audience-building software that helps creators do more of what they love. In order for things to turn around, it required going back to what made the product a great idea from the beginning.    For Sahil Lavingia, founder and CEO of Gumroad, this meant seeing their customers as human beings and giving them a platform that made their lives easier. After sky-rocketing to success, Sahil and his team endured an up-and-down journey that led them to enlightening conclusions about what made Gumroad great and what the mission of their product truly is.   Listen in to hear the story of how a great product, built over the course of one weekend, grew to phenomenal heights, encountered unexpected challenges, and rediscovered its purpose. Connect with Sahil Learn more about Gumroad Connect with Christian Connect with Anna Learn more about Innovatemap Past Episodes Mentioned:  Scaling a Product While Building a Community with Sara Mauskopf Resources Mentioned:  Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion Dollar Company

Sahil and his team at Gumroad have helped over 40,000 creators do more of what they love and have sent over $200,000,000 to creators and artists. This is an incredible achievement. So, when I read his February 2019 Medium Blog post entitled, "Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company (It took years for me to realize my pursuit of growth was misguided from the start)" I knew it was time to get him on the show and share more. I really appreciate Sahil detailing this journey. He had a personal epiphany around his own motivations as a Founder & CEO. And he walks through this and much more in this very candid interview.

What is it like going from the heights of running a company that is growing fast and attracting gobs of VC money ... to being on your own and running a "measly lifestyle business"? Not too many people can answer that question based on experience. Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad is one of them.Sahil recently published an article titled Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company, and this week on Unemployable we extract some important lessons from this article, as well as a couple others that were recently featured in the Unemployable newsletter.It’s time for another article roundup episode with Brian, Jerod, and Kat.This week’s rundown:• Was the Game of Thrones ending really that bad? And how does Brian feel about the Game of Thrones showrunners helming the next wave of Star Wars movies? (Does he even care?) [00:35]• We reflect on the recent episode with Brian Cassel about productizing by addressing the #1 potential pitfall of trying to productize your business. [5:08]• We reflect on the recent Stephanie Sammons episode by discussing how do you take the idea of “truly knowing what you want” from a general, nebulous idea to something specific and maybe even measurable. [9:13]• Discussion of article “Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company” by Sahil Lavingia for Medium. [14:20]• Discussion of article “Mark Cuban’s Advice for Recent Graduates: Your Soft Skills Are More Important Than Coding” by Cameron Albert-Deitch for Inc. [25:44]• Discussion of article “The Value of Community: How and Why to Create (and Join) One” by Allie Decker for Authentik. [30:03]• Finally, Brian closes by teasing the next interview episodes of Unemployable. [40:56]To access the show notes, transcript, and links mentioned in this episode, view the episode page at: http://unemployable.com/podcast/discussion-episode-133

Robby speaks with Sahil Lavingia, Founder and CEO of Gumroad. Sahil has been transparent about the challenges of building a company – speaking on VC investments, layoffs, and more. Sahil talks about why he built Gumroad, adjusting development processes when your staff shrinks, working with VCs, and the future of Gumroad, including the pros and cons of potentially open sourcing the product. Helpful Links Follow Sahil on Twitter Gumroad Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion Dollar Company High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Subscribe to Maintainable on: Apple Podcasts Overcast Or search "Maintainable" wherever you stream your podcasts. Brought to you by the team at Planet Argon.

This week! We’re going through our open tabs and will be discussing what Apple’s News Plus service means for the journalism industry, a new empowerment campaign for illustrators, and how to bounce back from rejection. Helping us bring some outside perspective today is our special guests Neha Kale. Neha is a writer, journalist and cultural critic. She writes features, criticism and essays about art, culture, people and places, appearing in titles such as The Sydney Morning Herald's Spectrum, The Saturday Paper, SBS Life, The Guardian, VICE, ABC, The Griffith Review, Broadsheet and many more. Formerly the editor of VAULT magazine, she’s now their editor-at-large. A little while ago Neha joined us as a fabulous speaker at a live Open Tabs event in Sydney and we’re so chuffed that the stars aligned perfectly for her to join us here in the Melbourne studio for today’s show. Remember! We are now an ENHANCED podcast. That's right - If you listen to our podcast in Overcast or Pocket Casts, or Castro, you can get super special images, links, and chapter breaks in your player while you listen. Featured links from our discussion - Want to get these in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for our text-only tinyletter at tinyletter.com/jackywinter Lara Apple News Plus is a fine way to read magazines, but a disappointment to anyone wishing for a real boost for the news business https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/apple-news-plus-is-a-fine-way-to-read-magazines-but-a-disappointment-to-anyone-wishing-for-a-real-boost-for-the-news-business/ Texture App https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/texture-unlimited-magazines/id533561885?mt=8 Page One: Inside the New York Times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_One:_Inside_the_New_York_Times The danger of 'I already pay for Apple News+' https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/26/no-need-to-subscribe/ Jeremy Introducing The AOI’s Empowerment Campaign! #NotAHobby https://theaoi.com/2019/04/10/notahobby/ Use It Or Lose It https://useit.orlose.it/ MEAA https://www.meaa.org/ Freelance Rates Database https://contently.net/rates-database/rates/ Who Pays Writers? http://whopayswriters.com/#/results Freelance Writers Support Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreelanceWritersSupportGroup/ Anna Codrea-Rado https://twitter.com/annacod?lang=en Corvid https://www.corv.id/ Neha How to Bounce Back From Rejection https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/smarter-living/how-to-bounce-back-from-rejection.html Neha’s Twitter https://twitter.com/neha_kale?lang=en Austin Kleon newsletter https://austinkleon.com/newsletter/ Ann Friedman Newsletter https://www.annfriedman.com/weekly Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company https://medium.com/s/story/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-build-a-billion-dollar-company-b0c31d7db0e7 Neha's Socials Neha’s Website http://nehakale.com/ Neha’s Twitter https://twitter.com/neha_kale?lang=en Neha’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nehakale/?hl=en Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down / Shaka Emerald Village Bakery https://www.facebook.com/EmeraldVillageBakeryAndCafe/ The End of Instagram Aesthetic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/04/influencers-are-abandoning-instagram-look/587803/ If you like the show or these links or think we sound like nice people, please go and leave us a rating or review on iTunes. It helps other people find the show and boosts our downloads which in turn lets us know that what we're doing is worth doing more of! To subscribe, view show notes or previous episodes head on over to our podcast page at http://jackywinter.givesyouthe.biz/ Special thanks to Jacky Winter (the band, with much better shirts than us) for the music. Listen to them over at Soundcloud. Everything else Jacky Winter (us) can be found at http://www.jackywinter.com/

Sahil Lavingia is the Founder & CEO of Gumroad. A simple to use ecommerce platform crafted for Creators. Sahil shares his experience as the second hire at Pinterest. He also dives into his venture funded startup journey that ultimately led to cultivating a profitable online business. Sahil shares the ups & downs of startup life as a founder. Plenty of startup and life lessons in this one. Enjoy! Links: Sahil's Essay on Medium: Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company Sahil on LinkedIn Sahil on Twitter Gumroad I'd like your feedback: What topics should we cover? Send me an email Did you like the episode? Rate it or submit a short review. Connect with me: On LinkedIn On Twitter @marcbitanga On Instagram @marcbitanga

Yuka Ohishi さんをゲストに迎えて、ポッドキャスト、インフルエンサー、モデレーション、Instagram などについて話しました。 Show Notes ZOOM ズーム リニアPCM/ICハンディレコーダー H5 Onyx Blackjack SHURE X2U BlueMicrophones Yeti B&H Photo Video Shopify Rebuild エピソード検索の結果をゲストで絞り込むことができるようになりました Cloud Speech-to-Text API Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company The lifestyle business bullshit – Signal v. Noise still rendering // スティル・レンダリング Libsyn - Podcast Hosting Services NPR wants to know what podcast ads you skip Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness podcast YouTube is disabling comments on almost all videos featuring children Pinterest's perfect response to misinformation The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America サンフランシスコの街中にたまにいる「ロボコップ」こちらに向かって来ると結構怖い Focals by North Pocket Casts Netflix says Fortnite is bigger competition than HBO or Hulu Huawei Mate X hands-on: our foldable future USB 3.2 standard gets new, even more confusing names ahead of its mainstream debut This 18,000mAh Energizer battery has a phone in it

We have a special interview with David Cohen who is the leading self-confessed troll who started the Twitter storm over #joostdevalk and #yoastcon. Should Joost de Valk be the new marketing head and public face of the WordPress community? We also discuss these other leading other web news stories of the week. 1 - The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable? https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43zak3/the-internet-was-built-on-the-free-labor-of-open-source-developers-is-that-sustainable 2 - Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company https://medium.com/s/story/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-build-a-billion-dollar-company-b0c31d7db0e7 3 - Make it Boring https://jeremy.codes/blog/make-it-boring/

I have an MBA but no JOB I have multiple degrees, but little actual experience. I'm currently at a job that has no challenges, nowhere to go grow, and where I'm not treated well due to the hierarchy. I still know there's lots more for me as far as work and making a difference in this world – how do I know what that is? I make about 80k a yr but I feel lost. I've lost my passion and on top of that I'm ADD. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs [Tweet This]   If you have a question, send it to me at askdan@48Days.com Show Notes: Episode – 01-13-17 Title: N/A Subtitle: N/A Summary: In this episode, Dan Miller tackles a very common issue in the US – people who are highly educated and have trouble finding a job. He also talks to people on the flip side who have that well-paying job, but find themselves wanting. This week's theme is how to start the new year with hope for your career regardless of your starting point. Listen as Dan walks us through a number of success stories and questions from people needing help in their journey to finding the work they love. Sponsored By: Go to audible.com/48Days and get a free audio of 365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:14 – Preview of Today's Show on I have an MBA but no JOB I have multiple degrees, but little actual experience I'm currently at a job that has no challenges, nowhere to go grow, and where I'm not treated well due to the hierarchy I still know there's lots more for me as far as work and making a difference in this world – how do I know what that is? I make about $80K a year but I feel lost. I've lost my passion and on top of that I'm ADD “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs 02:22 – Go to com/48Days and get a free audio of 365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life 03:00 – A success story from Keith 03:01 – A simple thanks to 48 Days 03:52 – Lucas also shares his success story 03:56 – Lucas is an HVAC Subcontractor 04:02 – He gets to keep old equipment for free or sometimes at $15-25 04:16 – He sells them for $250 each, sells for parts, or take what's left to recycling and still gets paid 04:58 – Dan shares about their HVAC unit in the sanctuary 06:06 – A message from Tom who has a seasonal job that has just ended 06:33 – Tom found a part in the 48 Days book about losing a job 06:52 – His immediate goal now is to fill his life with positivity 07:07 – Tom says “thanks” for adding value to his life 07:51 – Dan tells about the dinner they had last night for Coaching with Excellence 08:10 – Dan met Graham who came to Coaching with Excellence in 2014 08:28 – Graham Honeycutt said he wrote a blog a couple of months ago that became his most viewed blog 08:36 – The title was “My Failure in Building an Email List” 08:56 – “In my failure in building my email list, I succeeded in building a relationship list” 09:08 – “I've stopped focusing on building an email list” 09:30 – Graham changed his strategy 09:42 – He sent notes or called the people he had relationship with to get in touch 10:38 – The response was very positive: acquired 8 speaking engagements, coaching, and picked up other clients 11:12 – Checkout his website at grahamhoneycutt.com 13:25 – FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days 14:34 – A question from Adam, “How would you look for a job in a different state or country from the one you live in?” 14:47 – Adam works in South Korea but wants to find a job and move back to the US with his wife 15:07 – Dan, in 48 Days, doesn't look for in-person interviews 15:28 – Make multiple contacts 15:36 – Most interviews can be done via online video calls 16:07 – Jean says, I have multiple degrees, but little actual experience 16:27 – She hasn't had a job since 2013, but is helping her fiance with his business 16:40 – Her fiance wants Jean to get a job to contribute to the bills 16:51 – “I just don't know what to do” 17:03 – Jean has a MBA and a MHA 17:30 – Dan advises Jean to read the 48 Days book thoroughly 17:58 – Dan does NOT encourage Jean to start with the Coaching with Excellence event on Mother's Day weekend 18:52 – Dan doesn't want Jean to borrow money to attend an event that might not be a fit her 19:31 – Look for a traditional job 19:52 – Elizabeth says, I'm currently at a job that has no challenges, nowhere to go grow, and where I'm not treated well due to the hierarchy 20:13 – Elizabeth graduated with two degrees – International Politics and Foreign Language (German and Russian) 20:19 – She's actively applying for other jobs 20:36 – “It seems that no one wants to hire me” 21:06 – Your resume is 2/10 21:43 – In your name, if you have an M.D. – it's confusing 22:13 – Start with an objective 23:00 – Remove “General Studies” from your educational background 23:58 – HIghlight your special skills 24:31 – The problem is that your skills may apply to 99% of people in the planet – put something that stands out from the rest 25:05 – Get rid of the generic stuff and be specific 25:19 – CPR and Yoga certifications do not relate unless you apply to these companies 25:57 – Frame yourself as a viable candidate 26:43 – Archie says, I still know there's lots more for me as far as work and making a difference in this world – how do I know what that is? 27:18 – “Your job should not be the only source of meaning and purpose in your life” 28:02 – Issues like this are dealt in depth at The new 48 Days Eagles membership site – which is now live 28:35 – 4 Areas in the 48 Days Eagles site: beginning career seeker, career advancement candidate, the hopeful entrepreneur, and growing business owner 30:27 – Dan shares a similar story 30:58 – Establish boundaries for what you can do 32:14 – Eric says, I make about $80K a year but I feel lost. I've lost my passion and on top of that I'm ADD 33:46 – You are not the same person as you were 20 years ago 34:01 – What would you do if you weren't in this? 34:13 – Dan mentions Steven Mason who brainstormed with his wife 34:44 – He's a musician who decided to be a barber 35:04 – Steven got a license and opened up his barber shop 35:47 – “None of us are trapped in what we're doing” 36:19 – Start with what you love and follow your curiosity 36:57 – Kelly recommends a book, A Simple Act of Gratitude: How Learning to Say Thank You Changed My Life 37:29 – You can get the book at audible 38:02 – Elliot asks if he can get in contact with a person with books in the public domain 38:30 – My interview with Aaron Kerr on Public Domain books 39:26 – timelessreads.com 39:37 – Hannah is a writer who writes books for children 39:58 – She is asking for help in marketing 40:00 – Hannah found Dan on Michael Hyatt's site 40:30 – Good and bad news 40:51 – Children's books don't make money 42:01 – Dan is tired of talking to people who had been sold something not appropriate for them 43:29 – Dan launches Innovate again, in May 44:10 – Dan stopped doing the event because people who are attracted to it are at level 0 44:27 – “We want to encourage people but we want to be a realistic fit” 46:03 – Dan does NOT want to be a source of false hope for people 47:01 – The new 48 Days Eagles membership site – now live! 47:31 – Dan closes today's podcast 3 Key Points: Build your relationships list and recognize its value – you will be surprised by what it can bring you. How you present yourself and your unique abilities in your resume can make all the difference when it comes to landing that job. Your job should NOT be the only source of meaning and purpose in your life.   Resources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan The new 48 Days Eagles membership site – now live! Go to com/48Days and get a free audio of 365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life My interview with Aaron Kerr on Public Domain books FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days Coaching with Excellence – May 25-26, August 31-Sept 1, 2017 The Ultimate Advantage Cruise – leaving from Ft. Lauderdale, FL Feb 12-19th, 2017 Credits: Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

This message for this weekend is a bit unique. We are going to go through the story of Esther. It is ten chapters long and a narrative, so obviously we are not going to unpack every verse. If you have 30 minutes, why not read through the book? We are going to look at the principal characters in the story: King Ahasuerus, Mordecai, Esther, Haman the Agagite, and the Jews. Each one will expose potential attitudes, habits, decisions, priorities, and values that could derail our walk with Christ in 2017. We are going to have some fun with this message—more storytelling than preaching—but make no mistake, this is a sobering and necessary word as we head into the new year. If you want to dive a little deeper into the book of Esther, review these messages from 2011: "God Is Forever Faithful in the Face of My Failure". Sermon Notes Don’t Say That; Say This... Todd Dugard // Esther December 31, 2016 – January 1, 2017 “Just one more drink”—King Ahasuerus “I want what’s best for me”—Mordecai “I seem to be looking for love in all the wrong places”—Esther “I’ll never forgive him”—Haman the Agagite “If only I could go back and change the past”—The Jews

This message for this weekend is a bit unique. We are going to go through the story of Esther. It is ten chapters long and a narrative, so obviously we are not going to unpack every verse. If you have 30 minutes, why not read through the book? We are going to look at the principal characters in the story: King Ahasuerus, Mordecai, Esther, Haman the Agagite, and the Jews. Each one will expose potential attitudes, habits, decisions, priorities, and values that could derail our walk with Christ in 2017. We are going to have some fun with this message—more storytelling than preaching—but make no mistake, this is a sobering and necessary word as we head into the new year. If you want to dive a little deeper into the book of Esther, review these messages from 2011: "God Is Forever Faithful in the Face of My Failure". Sermon Notes Don’t Say That; Say This... Todd Dugard // Esther December 31, 2016 – January 1, 2017 “Just one more drink”—King Ahasuerus “I want what’s best for me”—Mordecai “I seem to be looking for love in all the wrong places”—Esther “I’ll never forgive him”—Haman the Agagite “If only I could go back and change the past”—The Jews

This message for this weekend is a bit unique. We are going to go through the story of Esther. It is ten chapters long and a narrative, so obviously we are not going to unpack every verse. If you have 30 minutes, why not read through the book? We are going to look at the principal characters in the story: King Ahasuerus, Mordecai, Esther, Haman the Agagite, and the Jews. Each one will expose potential attitudes, habits, decisions, priorities, and values that could derail our walk with Christ in 2017. We are going to have some fun with this message—more storytelling than preaching—but make no mistake, this is a sobering and necessary word as we head into the new year. If you want to dive a little deeper into the book of Esther, review these messages from 2011: "God Is Forever Faithful in the Face of My Failure". Sermon Notes Don’t Say That; Say This... Todd Dugard // Esther December 31, 2016 – January 1, 2017 “Just one more drink”—King Ahasuerus “I want what’s best for me”—Mordecai “I seem to be looking for love in all the wrong places”—Esther “I’ll never forgive him”—Haman the Agagite “If only I could go back and change the past”—The Jews