E11 - Erik Young, CEO of Audios on Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and Patented Technology Outsized Returns

02:04  - Sam welcomes Erik to Outsized Returns and tells us about the problem Audios solves.  

04:30 - Erik tells us how he came up with the idea for Audios, prior to focusing on product-market fit 

11:47 - The lightbulb moment when Erik finds a pain point to solve for a friend 

14:35 - Erik shares how he got connected to  Andy Rachleff 

21:00 - "If you want a mentor, you need to be of value to them"  23:48 - @mrpatents tells us how many patents he has, as well as Audios  

28:38 - Erik tells us about his crowdfunding campaign (www.republic.co/audios) to help execute the go-to-market strategy and pay for manufacturing  

32:55 - Why Erik chose Republic to raise funds on versus other crowdfunding sites  

35:42 - What does success look like for Audios?


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