HeyJaredNo Followers Podcast: for Inventors, Builders, Entrepreneurs
Digestible tidbits of practical application for entrepreneurs, inventors, and builders. Think of it as a condensed audio version of The First Strike Incubator, about 15-20 minutesThe podcast is part of the First Strike Incubator program in the Albany, NY Capital Region.
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Item vs. Product Manufacturing (opens the original)
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The goal always for the First Strike Incubator Team is to build smarter. This episode on ITEM vs. PRODUCT MANUFACTURING is the difference that decides whether you scale or stall. This is what we experience with many of our new clients and inventors: Most think they are “building a product” but really they are just making an item. An item is a one-off output with no system, no repeatability and no path to real margin. This episode breaks down the gap between the two, why it matters and how to shi
MAKE vs. BUY (opens the original)
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Tackling the real decisions that affect your business and/or product design to build. The First Strike Incubator Team discuss the critical questions to dig into before you buy, make, lease... NO FOLLOWERS Podcast VIDEO Episode 22: MAKE vs. BUY. Follow, Subscribe and Get Involved with the teams that have over 200 startups directly launched, 100s of international firms grown and scaled, 400+ products/services commercialized, 70 exited plus mentorship of over 5900 others; on the In Focus Brands' Yo
Research Part 2 (opens the original)
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Research Part 2 Research as an operating system. It is shocking how many people spend money building products, starting companies, launching new campaigns with no research, no testing, no validating. One of the many reasons we exist to guide and direct from experience and best practices; not ego and hype. Follow, Subscribe and Get Involved with the teams that have over 200 startups directly launched, 100s of international firms grown and scaled, 400+ products/services commercialized, 70 exited p
Research Part 1 (opens the original)
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Bourbon or Scotch? 1:55 T's conspiracy theory 1. 2:35 How do you approach research? 3:00 Not scholarly research. Granola Moms. 3:47 There is a big difference between scholarly research and secondhand research. 4:24 Research should be objective. 5:02 You are creating a methodology to remove your bias from the equation. 5:37 Instagram story about high fructose corn syrup in baby food. 6:24 Research isn't going online a getting other people's opinions. 7:01 The scientific method. 7:07 A hypothesis
The "I" issue in Business (opens the original)
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Key Takeaway from the First Strike Incubator Team Conversation: If your business language is filled with “I”, you’re operating on ego, not evidence. Real builders shift from I → They → Proof. The moment you stop centering yourself and start centering the customer, your business becomes testable, scalable and real. With over 200 startups directly launched by this team, 100s of international firms grown and scaled, 400+ products/services commercialized plus mentorship of over 5900 others; you shou
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