Growing up in Hawaii, Corporate Detours & The Future of Audio - Sky King The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

This episode is with Sky King, the founder of Modern Stoa, a podcast advertising company for podcasters.  His path is fascinating - he grew up in Hawaii, rarely wore shoes, was heavily influenced by Asian culture, had a father who was retired, and somehow ended up in a massive corporation right after college.  In 2016. he became fascinated by how the media was shaping the 2016 US election and decided it was time to act.  From a cold email to Ryan Holiday to helping build Aubrey Marcus' podcast, Sky was on his way.  His long-term vision is to build an alternative to traditional advertising in audio.
We talk about this and a lot more including:
Why he quit a good job to work at a smoothie barHow a cold email to Ryan Holiday changed his lifeGrowing up in HawaiiSerendipitous events that lend to him moving to AustinThe future of AudioLinks Mentions
Modern StoaSky's Podcast (Paid) or RMRK.appThe Gray Lady WinkedThe Brass Check@consumersky (twitter)CrowdHealth: You ditched the traditional path… why haven’t you ditched your traditional health insurance Experience the freedom and affordability of cash payments and community-funded healthcare with CrowdHealth. Use promo code “Boundless” during sign-up for a special discounted subscription offer. Sign Up Here
Timestamps
1:41: Intro to Sky and where his name came from5:03: Sky's influences growing up11:34 Why he went to the corporate world17:12 Cold emailing Ryan Holiday & vision for 19:47 Sky's "quake moment"25:15 Moving to Austin and working for Aubrey Marcus30:44 Sky's desire to help people 32:55 Growing up in Hawaii36:10 Going to China at 1039:30 Everything anywhere all at once reflections44:40 The "true default path"47:30 Hiring someone & responsibility48:30 "what are you uniquely positioned to do?"49:20 Advertising Subsidy & Media incentives57:20 Meme farming & future of audio1:01:30 Bucky Fuller & specialization📕Buy Paul’s Book (Published Jan 2020): The Pathless Path 
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