Pencil Problems

Episode 38: Life at a VC Backed Startup

August 31st, 2018  |  1 hr 39 mins

airbnb, silicon valley, startup, tech, tilt, vc

Today Nick picks Kent's brain about his time at Tilt and life at a VC backed startup in Silicon Valley.

Tilt 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.

Episode 32: The Dip

June 6th, 2018  |  1 hr 30 mins

books, e-commerce, hustle, podcasts, projects, side-projects, startup

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!

Episode 29: Products we love | Fahrenheit Coffee

May 13th, 2018  |  48 mins 20 secs

coffee, espresso, interview, side-projects, startup

Experimenting with a new episode type, Nick chats with Sameer - owner of Fahrenheit coffee. Incredible coffee, amazing dude. This episode is about passion, about craft, and about relationships. It'll also really make you want to drink coffee! Enjoy!

Episode 26: Family-Work Balance

April 19th, 2018  |  1 hr 18 mins

family, life, side-projects, startup, work

Kent and Nick have a conversation around balancing Work, Family and Side Projects.

Episode 23: Hero worship, self-doubt and winning

March 26th, 2018  |  1 hr 48 mins

hustle, side projects, startup, work

Kent and Nick talk about Hero Worship and Self-Doubt. They ruminate about when/if they'd go all in on something and the secret to winning at side projects. Bonus Parent Corner content at the very end. Enjoy!