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Where It Happens Where It Happens
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4.9 • 132 Ratings
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In business, timing is everything. Where It Happens is a community-driven podcast that helps you identify which trends of today will shape the opportunities of tomorrow. Hosted by Greg Isenberg, each episode puts you in the middle of the conversation of innovations and opportunities and gives you access to a community that helps you take advantage of what's next.
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Sabbaticals in the Age of AI: Finding Opportunity Amidst Job Automation with David Spinks
Today Greg is joined by David Spinks, the founder of CMX and author of The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community Your Competitive Advantage. In this episode, Greg and David talk about sabbaticals, bots as community managers, and having a personal board of advisors.
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https://latecheckout.substack.com
FIND ME ON SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenbergInstagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregisenberg
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:Production Team:https://www.bigoceanpodcasting.comDavid Spinks:https://davidspinks.comhttps://twitter.com/DavidSpinks
SHOW NOTES:0:00 - Intro0:50 - Sabbaticals: Why you should take one7:55 - AI community managers23:55 - Ethics around bots in communities31:30 - What's next for David Spinks34:50 - Advice from Seth Godin, Ryan Hoover, Scott Heiferman and others (sort of) -
Trung Phan on The Hustle, ChatGPT, and TikTok
Today Greg is joined by Trung Phan. Trung is the co-host of the Not Investment Advice podcast and writes the SatPost newsletter. He was formerly the lead writer for the Hustle. In this episode, Greg and Trung talk about working at The Hustle, owning your distribution, and how to get the most out of ChatGPT.
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https://latecheckout.substack.com
FIND ME ON SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenbergInstagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregisenberg
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:Production Team:https://www.bigoceanpodcasting.comTrung Phan:https://bearly.ai/https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan
SHOW NOTES:0:00 - Intro7:45 - Meet Trung Phan14:50 - How Greg sold 5by to StumbleUpon24:17 - Why you need a through line in your work/life28:15 - The story behind Bearly.ai35:30 - Competition vs. opportunity in AI41:58 - How Greg used ChatGPT to get paid $109K49:30 - Should TikTok be banned? -
How Bigger Pockets Grew to 2M+ Members
Today Greg is joined by Josh Dorkin, the founder of Bigger Pockets, a community helping millions of members learn how to invest in real estate. In this episode, Greg and Josh talk about Josh's (sometimes) cautionary tale about the grind of building a community out of nothing.
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https://latecheckout.substack.com
FIND ME ON SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenbergInstagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregisenberg
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:Production Team:https://www.bigoceanpodcasting.comJosh Dorkin:https://www.biggerpockets.com/https://twitter.com/jrdorkin
SHOW NOTES0:00 - Intro1:00 - The story behind Bigger Pockets12:40 - Building an audience vs. Building a community15:45 - Biggest challenges of running a community18:18 - Protecting your brand23:00 - Responsible monetization28:44 - Creating products32:57 - You don't need to be an expert41:32 - Stop comparing 47:47 - Josh's cautionary tale -
3 Community-Based Products Doing It Right with April MacLean
Today Greg is joined by April MacLean, Late Checkout's community designer and fountain of wisdom on all things community. In this episode, Greg and April talk about 3 community-based products that have it figured out.
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https://latecheckout.substack.com
FIND ME ON SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenbergInstagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregisenberg
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:Production Team:https://www.bigoceanpodcasting.comApril MacLean:https://www.aprilmaclean.com/https://twitter.com/mizmaclean
SHOW NOTES0:00 - Intro2:00 - Building a product community for nerds: Lomography10:33 - Building a community-first product: View from My Window13:14 - Facebook Groups. Yes or No?31:10 - Community as the product: Common House42:42 - Communities of practice -
Becoming a Superhuman with Emerson Spartz
Today Greg is joined by Emerson Spartz, the founder of the viral media company Dose and the founder of MuggleNet, a Harry Potter fansite. In this episode, Greg and Emerson talk about how to become a super-learner and a high-impact billionaire.
►►Subscribe to Greg's weekly newsletter for insights on community,creators and commerce.You'll also find out when new and exclusiveepisodes come out from Where it Happens. And it's totally free.
https://latecheckout.substack.com
FIND ME ON SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenbergInstagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregisenberg
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:Production Team:https://www.bigoceanpodcasting.comEmerson Spartz:https://twitter.com/EmersonSpartz
SHOW NOTES0:00 - Intro0:56 - Become a Super-learner12:53 - Finding leverage points for new businesses16:57 - How Emerson sees AI29:19 - The AI effect on individual identity and culture39:24 - How to make money with AI -
AI App Ideas that make Millions with Danny Postma
Today Greg is joined by Danny Postma, a full-stack developer whose build AI apps like This Model Does Not Exist, Profile Picture AI and Headlime which was acquired by Conversion.ai in 2020. In this episode, Greg and Danny talk about app ideas powered by AI that could make millions in the next five years.
►►Subscribe to Greg's weekly newsletter for insights on community,creators and commerce.You'll also find out when new and exclusiveepisodes come out from Where it Happens. And it's totally free.
https://latecheckout.substack.com
FIND ME ON SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenbergInstagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregisenberg
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:Production Team:https://www.bigoceanpodcasting.comDanny Postma:https://www.postcrafts.com/https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa
SHOW NOTES:0:00 - Intro0:11 - AI Generated Influencers8:53 - Building AI tools as an indie hacker16:30 - Case Study: Profilepicture.ai18:46 - How to think about competition27:00 - More AI app ideas
Customer Reviews
Phenomenal
I came to this podcast from MFM. Which is great but this is different and better IMO. These guys are humble and let the guest run but step in to steer it in the most helpful way for the listener. They also curate the guests thoughtfully. You can tell that they really take time to get the best out of their interviews. No braggadocio. I’m impressed. Only feedback is turn up the recording volume a tad. Keep it up!
Epic show.
It won’t take long for you to binge this show. Just saying. Great topic all the time. A+
A New Favorite In My Feed! 🔥🔥🔥
It’s obvious Sahil and Greg put extraordinary effort into covering salient topics and finding guests that are authentic and truly care about being a positive force in this world, and the insights they bring to bear are mind-blowing every. single. time. No matter the subject, you’re guaranteed to gain something from every episode - can’t recommend Where It Happens enough. 🙌