Nick responds to Kent's idea.
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\n\n5 years ago, I tried it, and it worked.
\n\nLast year, I tried it again and it worked even better.
\n\nI pitch Nick a way we could MVP and productize this car buying process for consumers.
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\n\nWe are coming back but only the shadow knows when...
\n\nProbably next week...
\n\nBut maybe never....
\n\nBut next week, most likely.
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\nKent decides to stop packing boxes.
\nAnd Pencil Problems will become a media conglomerate, all in 356 days.
Nick's Book is Done and he's actually holding it during this episode. This calls for a celebration!
\n\nBut the celebration quickly moves into what is next for the book and where all of this can go in 2019 and beyond.
\n\nKent is still worried that Able Cells isn't a business and wants $50,000 or so to make it one.
\n\nWe set some basic 2019 goals and decide to take Christmas off... but you knew that :)
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\n\nTilt allowed users to pool funds for objectives in a simple, social, and frictionless way online. At it's zenith it was valued at almost a billion dollars and has since been acquired by Airbnb.
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","summary":"Kent got into the Mission this week, and Nick has some questions. Most of the episode centers around the article Kent wrote about how to start an e-commerce store that doesn't dropship. It goes into the weeds around starting a business, finding and pricing products, Google vs. Facebook marketing and more. Nick also confronts Kent on the question of whether this was all an elaborate piece of content marketing","date_published":"2018-08-21T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/801b6ab7-355d-445a-a7c9-29f5955ec120/34f7016f-8576-4542-af9b-937b45f92aae.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":50363966,"duration_in_seconds":6277}]},{"id":"debb9a6c-6cf3-406f-a72e-4b820288eab4","title":"Episode 36: The Other Side of \"Hey I have an app idea!\"","url":"https://www.pencilproblems.com/36","content_text":"If you make stuff I'm sure you've been approached about an idea for app or website or video or movie. We talk through our thought process and considerations when taking on other people's projects.","content_html":"If you make stuff I'm sure you've been approached about an idea for app or website or video or movie. We talk through our thought process and considerations when taking on other people's projects.
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\n\nBlog: http://medium.com/fatherhood
\nMichelle's book, Safe Words: https://www.amazon.ca/Safe-Words-Michelle-Brown/dp/1926794729
Kent and Nick talk about paying for software vs. ad based payment models. They discuss how much they would pay for services like Google, and Facebook and speculate on what the future of these payment models look like.
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","summary":"Nick is back from Apple's worldwide developer conference (WWDC) and answers Kent's questions about it. Before that Nick and Kent talk about their progress towards the goals, they set a few weeks ago for their side projects. Nick is doing well, Kent isn't.","date_published":"2018-06-24T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/801b6ab7-355d-445a-a7c9-29f5955ec120/dbd2cd3d-6608-40fa-a3a9-0268e6850b21.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":25802988,"duration_in_seconds":3209}]},{"id":"4453bb01-7d2d-41d1-834b-e5bf15e47fca","title":"Episode 32: The Dip ","url":"https://www.pencilproblems.com/32","content_text":"We hit a dip in our projects! Kent's e-commerce store, Nick's book project, even the podcast. It's starting to feel like work and not like fun. We talk through it all and we hope you can relate!","content_html":"We hit a dip in our projects! Kent's e-commerce store, Nick's book project, even the podcast. It's starting to feel like work and not like fun. We talk through it all and we hope you can relate!
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\n\nListen to This Commerce Life here.
","summary":"Kent recently appeared as a guest on This Commerce Life, a podcast about all things retail, and gets to ask Phil and Kenny, two industry veterans a ton of questions about Able Cells. They cover inventory, managing suppliers, cash flow, margins, debt and financing and more.","date_published":"2018-05-28T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/801b6ab7-355d-445a-a7c9-29f5955ec120/d2775e66-29e5-4ce4-b6b4-a5a87c5a7042.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":28378731,"duration_in_seconds":3531}]},{"id":"a1ec2dba-dded-40b4-af1d-39c9cdd56ca1","title":"Episode 30: Is Google sentient? How do we build side projects in the age of strong AI? Plus some WWDC predictions.","url":"https://www.pencilproblems.com/30","content_text":"Nick and Kent discuss the Google Assistant demo where an AI places a call and books a reservation. Is this software sentient? No. And how does this shape ambition when building side projects? Are certain industries dead? Plus some WWDC predictions.","content_html":"Nick and Kent discuss the Google Assistant demo where an AI places a call and books a reservation. Is this software sentient? No. And how does this shape ambition when building side projects? Are certain industries dead? Plus some WWDC predictions.
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\n\n\n\n[http://www.fahrenheitcoffee.com/]
\n[https://www.yelp.ca/biz/fahrenheit-coffee-toronto]
Kent and Nick chat about an app idea: A social podcasting app. Really interesting idea and lots of different directions it can go. Let's see where this goes!
","summary":"Kent and Nick chat about a product idea: A social podcasting app. Really interesting idea and lots of different directions it can go. Let's jam!","date_published":"2018-05-08T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/801b6ab7-355d-445a-a7c9-29f5955ec120/d976a857-fb69-4235-8938-ddd603a37dc4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":90075296,"duration_in_seconds":5621}]},{"id":"89545850-5206-4589-9c71-f597e42c8f0f","title":"Episode 27: Product vs. Marketing","url":"https://www.pencilproblems.com/27","content_text":"Nick and Kent give their perspective on the age old debate between product and marketing. Where does product end and marketing begin, what should product people know about marketing? What should good marketers know about the product? How can you apply all of this to your side projects?\n\nThis is our most edited episode, please forgive the audio at points.","content_html":"Nick and Kent give their perspective on the age old debate between product and marketing. Where does product end and marketing begin, what should product people know about marketing? What should good marketers know about the product? How can you apply all of this to your side projects?
\n\nThis is our most edited episode, please forgive the audio at points.
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","summary":"Kent and Nick have a conversation around balancing Work, Family and Side Projects. ","date_published":"2018-04-19T06:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/801b6ab7-355d-445a-a7c9-29f5955ec120/65098d11-0f25-4d24-a246-2d26eaa3b882.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":75189942,"duration_in_seconds":4691}]},{"id":"10a48173-f8ab-41d2-92b5-2a08cb28f090","title":"Episode 25: Q&A - Productivity Tools, outsourcing tech, letting someone go.","url":"https://www.pencilproblems.com/25","content_text":"We open with some project updates (ablecells.com, medium.com/fatherhood) followed by some Q&A from fans (I can't believe people still listen to this!).\n\n00:00 Project Updates\n17:00 Productivity Tools\n30:00 Does Kent own 300 domain names?\n33:00 Does outsourcing work for tech companies?\n49:00 Fan love swoon\n52:00 When to move on poor hires","content_html":"We open with some project updates (ablecells.com, medium.com/fatherhood) followed by some Q&A from fans (I can't believe people still listen to this!).
\n\n00:00 Project Updates
\n17:00 Productivity Tools
\n30:00 Does Kent own 300 domain names?
\n33:00 Does outsourcing work for tech companies?
\n49:00 Fan love swoon
\n52:00 When to move on poor hires
Nick asks Kent if he plans to delete Facebook, this leads to a discussion about Facebook's recent drama, how ethics and morals play into business, and how you can build good ethics into your side project or company.
\n\nQ&A episode coming soon, send in your feedback, questions, comments, opinions, topic ideas, errata to hello@pencilproblems.com.
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\n\nRemember to send questions, feedback, topic ideas, or if you just want to tell us about your side project to hello@pencilproblems.com. Even though we get thousands of fan mail every day from our five listeners, we read each one and judge them accordingly.
\n\nMuch love,
\n\nKent and Nick
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Nick and Kent talk about the future of pencil problems, their goals for the podcast in 2018, whether or not Nick should dabble in the black hat world of e-commerce, personal goals, las vegas buffets, zig ziglar, kent's crypto corner and so much more. This episode is a MUST download.
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Kent and Nick talk about Cargo Cults, making data driven decisions, system 1 and system 2, intuition, doctors, AI and that's about it.
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","summary":"Kent and Nick talk about productivity systems and tools. Kent has an epiphany that he might be a type A disguised as a disorganized human being.","date_published":"2017-10-11T07:30:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/801b6ab7-355d-445a-a7c9-29f5955ec120/af32c179-9a58-403e-ba46-63133317446d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":89003317,"duration_in_seconds":5988}]},{"id":"e4d8dcb1-c06a-475e-84fc-df422db1e571","title":"Episode 3: Searching for breadth vs. depth","url":"https://www.pencilproblems.com/3","content_text":"Nick and Kent talk about bluetooth headsets, breadth vs. depth, the problem with drop shippers, how grad school is basically paid summer camp, and how Nick is looking for an agent.","content_html":"Nick and Kent talk about bluetooth headsets, breadth vs. depth, the problem with drop shippers, how grad school is basically paid summer camp, and how Nick is looking for an agent.
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\n\nKent Fenwick @kentf
\nNick Shim @nim342