Walking the Tightrope of Entrepreneurship with David Lowe [Interview]

Summary

This is the 50th episode of the #PolyCast! To celebrate let's play a game while you're listening. Count how many times I say "So to speak" in this episode. Today we are talking with David Lowe the entrepreneurial maverick himself! Founder of Uberpong, and cofounder of Guardia Medical. Host of the Blow It up Podcast , as well as the Amazon best selling book of the same name. Today is episode 5 of the second season! We are here to talk about Walking the Tightrope of Entrepreneurship! David is the true embodiment of the American Dream: an immigrant starting a company from scratch and making it a success. Not only does he know this process well, but it's through his passion to share his experiences and help others that makes him the ideal person to write books about startup businesses. Blow It Up is his first book and it quickly achieved Best Seller status on Amazon. #WALKINGTHETIGHTROPE Links: https://www.dloweplaybook.com/ Blow It Up! https://www.amazon.com/Blow-Up-Startup-Industry-Change-ebook/dp/B07ZGKV5CW/ https://www.facebook.com/dloweplaybook https://medium.com/@davidjlowe https://www.instagram.com/englishdave/ https://www.youtube.com/user/davidjlowe79 https://anchor.fm/davidjlowe https://twitter.com/davidjlowe Guardia Medical site https://guardiamedical.com @guardiamedical https://www.facebook.com/guardiamedical https://www.instagram.com/guardiamedical/ https://twitter.com/guardiamedical https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/binauralBrainwaveGenerator.php https://polyinnovator.space www.pod.co/polycast https://polyinnovator.space/smart-cities/ Timestamps: 0:05 Intro 1:00 Traveling the world 2:00 When in doubt, do it anyway 4:00 Gratitude and Daily Incantations 5:00 Entrepreneurs are polymaths?? 7:30 What makes a great entrepreneur? 8:30 - 10:00 That passion that gets you up in the morning 10:20 You never know how your attitude and mindset will impact your day 12:00 You don't know who is listening (Not just with podcasts) 13:00 Blow it up Podcast and Best selling book 14:30 First company David sold, and what lessons he learned 16:30 Mistakes make the Greats 17:30 Launching a Kickstarter campaign prematurely 18:00 Hustle on getting the word out 20:00 Kickstarter Community 24:00 Coming here to achieve the American dream as an immigrant :D 25:40 Texas 27:00 What is a #Polymath to Dave? "Person of wide range of knowledge and learning" Entrepreneurs juggle everything like a jack of all trades 28:50 People are waiting for a prescription (step by step guide to life) 30:00 You can always be learning 31:30 Pivoting because of #covid19 34:00 Home offices taking over Reference: Nate Peo https://pod.co/polycast/the-rise-of-the-super-connector-with-nate-peo-the-polymath-polycast 36:00 - 37:42 Separation of areas in life 39:00 Going Viral... 40:30 Tiktok - A trending channel 41:30 Luck and Strategy 42:00 My Tiktok Strategy for a Campaign 44:00 Tiktok SEO 47:00 Vision of a big screen 49:00 - 50:03 PolyInnovator, a global brand, changing education through the Modular Degree 53:00 Dave's hero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Petit 01:00:01 Mindset matters 01:06:01 Binaural Beats 01:11:01 Guardia Medical 01:13:01 ttps://www.dloweplaybook.com/