Ben Bradbury
Skills, Community, NYC, and Media Businesses
Episode Notes (by minute):
4:00: how media businesses often focus on hard to reach audiences with high purchasing power
5:00: How independent podcasters could monetize. “Great media companies are data companies.”
8:00: How time management and understanding content production management is what Ben thinks has gotten him to where he is now in the last 18 months
14:00: Ben’s family motto: justice governs our actions
19:00: Why it is underrated to know when to quit something and pursue something else. And how Ben has thought about pausing his podcast, Subject Matter, for work that he feels has a faster learning curve in
22:00: “I always think the most important book to read is the next one that you're most excited about.”
26:00: A deep-dive on experience design and the importance of getting details and providing “surprise and delights” for people
30:00: How David started hosting virtual events to celebrate episode 100 of the podcast and that sparked hosting more events, etc
34:00: The benefit of producing repeatable events
38:00: Why you don’t want to skip more than one day in a row
42:00: An idea from the book, Antifragile: humans underestimate how unpredictable the future is, but when they dream about the future, they dream about it very linearly.
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)
Published Date: 7/20/23