Funds and Founders Weekly

Welcome to the second issue of Funds and Founders Weekly (a week late, oops 😁 ), a weekly roundup of the latest episode that dropped and teasers of those yet to come (plus some other cool stuff that I came across).

My name is Abhinav and you probably know me as the host of my podcast Funds and Founders show (check it out here)

Whats on deck:

1. Offer for readers in Austin - needle in a haystack opportunity

2. Bonus - personal goal/accountability

3. Episode 35 with Ryan Atkinson

4. Events Im excited about - watch out for a recording of my FIRST live stream with Sara from systms (Podcast episode coming soon ….)

5. Bookmarks that are top of mind this past week.

6. Feedback from the first issue, was this better? Let me know by replying to this

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-Abhinav

Cannot MISS this!!!!

If you are in austin and have been on my podcast you probably know about Pouch 6 studios where I record the podcast, they are changing there membership policy and are not allowing me to roll over hours anymore. I have a ton of hours that are piling up and will eventually go to waste that I would like to be used by someone.

If you want to record in a nice studio and get 4k multicam video/audio at the membership price let me know, would love to at least make my cost back but if you need the studio either way happy to work something out and offer it to readers at a steep discount.

If you guys have an apple watch or track your daily excercise the rings on apple fitness can get addicting. I havn’t been consistent for quite a while but in september I got almost 30 straight days of reaching my daily fitness goals,

Can I make it another month? trying to finally get on the weight loss and health train, would love to get any tips you have on staying consistent and not letting this become a chore but still keeping it fun.

On episode 35 I had the pleasure of talking to Ryan Atkinson

Who is Ryan??

I first met Ryan at The Board Walks in Austin, he currently is the podcast host for the UpFlip Podcast and also the founder/CEO of Spacebar Visuals. He also had a podcast before that he has done over 100 episodes for (The Business Cloud).

What we talked about on the episode?

• Started multiple podcasts to network with entrepreneurs

• Built a 6-figure agency in less than a year

• How he uses cold outreach to land high-value clients

• How he built a remote team and thinks about building company culture

• Balancing multiple projects and businesses, how to prioritize

Full episode links:

Youtube, Spotify, Apple, Everywhere Else

Or skip straight to the juicy parts:

0:00 - Introduction and Ryan's background
3:45 - The power of podcasting for networking and personal growth
7:22 - Transitioning from side hustle to full-time business
10:15 - Building an agency vs. creating a SaaS product
14:30 - Client acquisition strategies and outbound marketing
19:05 - Email marketing tactics and closing deals
23:40 - Pricing strategies and maintaining margins
28:15 - The challenges of running a service-based business
32:45 - Tech stack and tools for running an agency
35:20 - Book recommendations for entrepreneurs
38:30 - The importance of rereading books
42:33 - Why Ryan moved to Austin and who should consider it
46:37 - Exciting future technologies (AI video generation)
48:47 - Podcast post-production and marketing tips
53:42 - Closing thoughts and where to find Ryan online

Livestream and building out a process

I have been hosting this podcast since December 2023, recorded 44+ episodes, of which 37 are now live, created podcast feeds, youtube channel, instagram, facebook and tiktok (been banned as well), all of this required a lot more post production and management then I thought.

Sara Loretta founder of _systms had me on her livestream series #BuildWithMe where we walked through production process any bottlenecks and pain points I was having and helped me create a system in Notion to tackle all of these problems.

She is awesome to work with and would recommend setting up a time to chat with her if there are any operational bottlenecks in your business.

Subscribe to her channel here.

Link to recording of Livestream here

Next up, bookmarks I saved this week worth reading

1. This Linked In post by Rowan Cheung talks about all the AI tools he uses in his daily workflows. This reminded me of how fast and how much AI is changing things on a daily basis, I feel lost with the amount of new tools and tech to try. Is anyone else overwhelmed? I keep reminding myself that I just need a tool to solve my problem and it doesnt have to be the best tool

2. This post from Tal Raviv who was just on Lennys Podcast talks about how he uses chat gpt to take a PRD (Product Requirements Document) and turns it into actionable stories and tickets for the team to work on. Would love to see if anyone has tried something similar and what there experience has been.

3. AI aggregator tool - if you want to see what is the latest and greated with AI there is an aggregator site that does this and also displays user feedback on the site, I would call this the product hunt for AI.

Thanks for reading my bookmarks

Events I am organizing or excited to attend.

Nothing exciting this week, but will link some really good events next week.

Feedback from first issue

• Sara recommended I add photos and break up the long text - Did I do better this time? Let me know by replying to this email

• Justin recommended I add more thoughts on the episode I am covering - Did not do that this issue, but will try next week - keep my accountable

That’s all I have for this week

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Email me here if you want to share any feedback, or recommend a guest you think would be good on the show.

-Abhinav

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