(Day 4/60): Announcing our first Podcast Guest; Bing Gordon! Partner at KPCB, and former Amazon board member, gaming pioneer, entrepreneur, and all around nice person

Bing is a total legend, I am HONORED and THANKFUL he was willing to chat

Apr 27, 2023

Some of you might have noticed the branding has changed from Metaverse Monday to Builder Journey. Going forward, this will be the umbrella brand to which all of the projects/brands are launched under. There’s a complete list of products at the bottom of this email.

Behind the scenes of our first product...

Guest: Bing Gordon
1. Partner at KPCB
2. Former Board Member at Amazon
3. Former Chief Creative Officer at EA Sports
4. Topic: Metaverse, business, startup
Guest: Esteban Castaño
1. CEO of TRM Labs
2. Raised $150M
3. Investors include JPMorgan Chase, Visa, Citi, PayPal, Block, Tiger Global and Bessemer
4. Built an incredible team made up of world class experts from the US Government, McKinsey, Coinbase, and top-tier tech companies
5. Topic: Social entrepreneurship, how to find product:market fit, how to deal with founder stress
Guest: Tandy Weems
1. Tandy is one of the originators of the hip hop industry. She literally built it.
2. Worked with Biggie Smalls, Wu Tang (3x Platinum)
3. Former COO for Mark Pitts music label in the 90s
4. Topic: music, rap, culture, the downsides of big business

We have so far recorded episodes with 7 amazing guests.

The importance of building a brand?

Less than a year ago my little sister started creating ‘cleaning hacks’ and ‘life hack’ content on TikTok. Fast forward to today, she has 1.5M+ followers across social media, an email list of 200K+ relevant people, and an Amazon store that’s thriving. People message her everyday after having discovered her business, organically, online. Because it’s organic, the marketing budget is figuratively $0.

Well I cannot say I expect to hit those numbers, I do clearly recognize the value of being able to drive organic traffic to your business. Understanding online marketing/sales is critical for any entrepreneur, and building a community-facing brand is the best way to do this.

Goals Today

Created podcast page - done
Announce BuilderJourney.com I love the brand. We’re going to run with that from now on as the umbrella brand to all of the startup ideas
I’m also now working to launch Ava.town (a premium community for top tier VR/AR founders), Doncor Funding (a website for sourcing of hard-money loans), VouchPage.com (a tool for laid-off employees to capture video referrals from their past colleagues), and a second album on Spotify

Goals Tomorrow

Travel to New Orleans, enjoy time with my sister and her fiancé
I’m taking Friday off (lol), and Thursday I’ll be traveling all day. Landing back late Sunday night. So likely the next time you’ll hear from me is on Monday
This also means I will be limited to respond until Monday