May 28, 2015
My guest today is a poet turned tech junkie and entrepreneur. After receiving a graduate degree in literature in 2000, my guest headed for Europe, where he sang rhymes to crowds for 5 years before moving to Arabia to teach Shakespeare to American troops.
His interest in tech was sparked while working for a VC firm in
Utah. His due diligence work there taught him one thing: he wanted
to be the startup, not the investor. He got that chance in 2011
when he launched Post Planner. From there my guest and his
co-founder grew Post Planner from a simple scheduler into a
powerhouse content curation and social publishing platform.
Now, let's hack...
Josh Parkinson.
In this 36-minute episode Josh Parkinsonand I discuss:
- People who don't give up win, those who do not disappear
- Gut feel and data: how it helped him find his platform for business
- How he used being independent as a motive to be an entrepreneur
- When and how he delegates tasks to his peers
- Choosing and creating the reality you want to live in
- Articulation - why it's very important to him growing his business