web02.fireside.fm Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:54:57 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Pencil Problems - Episodes Tagged with “Startup” https://www.pencilproblems.com/tags/startup Fri, 31 Aug 2018 07:00:00 -0400 Kent Fenwick (@kentf) and Nick Shim (@nim342) talk about their side projects, their day jobs, technology, the future, philosophy, 90s action movies, and much much more. en-us episodic Conversations on getting started, and finishing. Pencil Problems Podcast Kent Fenwick (@kentf) and Nick Shim (@nim342) talk about their side projects, their day jobs, technology, the future, philosophy, 90s action movies, and much much more. yes Pencil Problems Podcast kent.fenwick@gmail.com Episode 38: Life at a VC Backed Startup https://www.pencilproblems.com/38 5d684bfd-d60c-401c-9c1c-322a1db33f37 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 07:00:00 -0400 Pencil Problems Podcast full Pencil Problems Podcast 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. 1:39:01 yes Today Nick picks Kent's brain about his time at Tilt and life at a VC backed startup in the 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. startup, silicon valley, tech, airbnb, tilt, vc Today Nick picks Kent's brain about his time at Tilt and life at a VC backed startup in the 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.

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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 https://www.pencilproblems.com/32 4453bb01-7d2d-41d1-834b-e5bf15e47fca Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0400 Pencil Problems Podcast full Pencil Problems Podcast 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! 1:30:46 yes 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! 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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]]> Episode 29: Products we love | Fahrenheit Coffee https://www.pencilproblems.com/29 f70171b2-6184-4167-a269-678950e16c90 Sun, 13 May 2018 00:00:00 -0400 Pencil Problems Podcast full Pencil Problems Podcast 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! 48:20 yes <h3>Description:</h3> <p>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!</p> <h3>Links:</h3> [http://www.fahrenheitcoffee.com/] [https://www.yelp.ca/biz/fahrenheit-coffee-toronto] Description:

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!


Links:

[http://www.fahrenheitcoffee.com/]
[https://www.yelp.ca/biz/fahrenheit-coffee-toronto]

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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!


Links:

[http://www.fahrenheitcoffee.com/]
[https://www.yelp.ca/biz/fahrenheit-coffee-toronto]

]]> Episode 26: Family-Work Balance https://www.pencilproblems.com/26 65098d11-0f25-4d24-a246-2d26eaa3b882 Thu, 19 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Pencil Problems Podcast full Pencil Problems Podcast Kent and Nick have a conversation around balancing Work, Family and Side Projects. 1:18:11 yes Kent and Nick have a conversation around balancing Work, Family and Side Projects. Kent and Nick have a conversation around balancing Work, Family and Side Projects.

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]]> Episode 23: Hero worship, self-doubt and winning https://www.pencilproblems.com/23 ba4e6d3e-1571-4dee-ba68-d54a0177bf63 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Pencil Problems Podcast full Pencil Problems Podcast 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! 1:48:22 yes 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! 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!

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