Scott Britton
Career-Market-Fit and B2B Podcasting
Episode Notes (by minute):
-2:30 - Scott’s latest life hacks: not taking meetings before lunch and learning and using Roam Research
-6:30 - Why having a good note-taking system can provide personal and professional leverage
-7:30 - Why podcasting is a huge life and how Scott and Troops use their podcast, Built By Humans, for strategic reasons
-10:30 - Why Scott wish that he kept up his prior personal podcast, The Competitive Edge, going and why now he won’t start a new project unless he is committing 5-10 years to it.
-13:00 - What “career-market-fit” means to Scott and how he has applied it with cofounding Troops and building it for 6 years
-20:00 - Two things to do if you are feeling stuck: 1) read books and 2) have a creative outlet (e.g. Life-Long Learner)
-24:30 - Why Scott decided to stop his “business of Scott” to start Troops because he likes building a team and working with great people
-25:30 - What the playbook is for independent creators
-27:30 - Why distribution is so important for creators
-29:00 - How to stand out to an employer: write an epic piece of content for the company and secure sales meetings in advance
-31:00 - How Scott pitched Tim Ferriss over email leading to Scott’s client getting featured by Tim, leading to $10 million in new revenue for Scott’s client.
-34:00 - One last life hack: trusting himself and his intuition more
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)
Published Date: 5/6/21