Walking the Tightrope of Entrepreneurship with David Lowe [The Polymath PolyCast]
- S2E7
- 1:14:59
- May 18th 2020
This is the 50th episode of the #PolyCast! To celebrate let's play a game while you're listening. Count how many times I say "So to speak" in this episode.
Today we are talking with David Lowe the entrepreneurial maverick himself! Founder of Uberpong, and cofounder of Guardia Medical. Host of the Blow It up Podcast , as well as the Amazon best selling book of the same name.
Today is episode 5 of the second season! We are here to talk about Walking the Tightrope of Entrepreneurship!
David is the true embodiment of the American Dream: an immigrant starting a company from scratch and making it a success. Not only does he know this process well, but it's through his passion to share his experiences and help others that makes him the ideal person to write books about startup businesses. Blow It Up is his first book and it quickly achieved Best Seller status on Amazon.
#WALKINGTHETIGHTROPE
Links:
https://www.dloweplaybook.com/
Blow It Up!
https://www.amazon.com/Blow-Up-Startup-Industry-Change-ebook/dp/B07ZGKV5CW/
https://www.facebook.com/dloweplaybook
https://medium.com/@davidjlowe
https://www.instagram.com/englishdave/
https://www.youtube.com/user/davidjlowe79
https://twitter.com/davidjlowe
Guardia Medical site
@guardiamedical
https://www.facebook.com/guardiamedical
https://www.instagram.com/guardiamedical/
https://twitter.com/guardiamedical
https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/binauralBrainwaveGenerator.php
https://polyinnovator.space/smart-cities/
Timestamps:
0:05 Intro
1:00 Traveling the world
2:00 When in doubt, do it anyway
4:00 Gratitude and Daily Incantations
5:00 Entrepreneurs are polymaths??
7:30 What makes a great entrepreneur?
8:30 - 10:00 That passion that gets you up in the morning
10:20 You never know how your attitude and mindset will impact your day
12:00 You don't know who is listening (Not just with podcasts)
13:00 Blow it up Podcast and Best selling book
14:30 First company David sold, and what lessons he learned
16:30 Mistakes make the Greats
17:30 Launching a Kickstarter campaign prematurely
18:00 Hustle on getting the word out
20:00 Kickstarter Community
24:00 Coming here to achieve the American dream as an immigrant :D
25:40 Texas
27:00 What is a #Polymath to Dave?
"Person of wide range of knowledge and learning"
Entrepreneurs juggle everything like a jack of all trades
28:50 People are waiting for a prescription (step by step guide to life)
30:00 You can always be learning
31:30 Pivoting because of #covid19
34:00 Home offices taking over
Reference: Nate Peo
https://pod.co/polycast/the-rise-of-the-super-connector-with-nate-peo-the-polymath-polycast
36:00 - 37:42 Separation of areas in life
39:00 Going Viral...
40:30 Tiktok - A trending channel
41:30 Luck and Strategy
42:00 My Tiktok Strategy for a Campaign
44:00 Tiktok SEO
47:00 Vision of a big screen
49:00 - 50:03 PolyInnovator, a global brand, changing education through the Modular Degree
53:00 Dave's hero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Petit
01:00:01 Mindset matters
01:06:01 Binaural Beats
01:11:01 Guardia Medical
01:13:01 ttps://www.dloweplaybook.com/
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