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Travis Thul

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84 total appearances

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Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

If you ever listen to an Adele song, like any of Adele's work, she does good stuff. All of her songs, not all, some of the best ones are about breakups. So, yeah, she had a relationship that didn't work. It inspired this next second order effect that turned out to be really great. And I've tried to keep perspective that, you know, we've spent a lot of money. We spent a lot of time.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

If you ever listen to an Adele song, like any of Adele's work, she does good stuff. All of her songs, not all, some of the best ones are about breakups. So, yeah, she had a relationship that didn't work. It inspired this next second order effect that turned out to be really great. And I've tried to keep perspective that, you know, we've spent a lot of money. We spent a lot of time.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

We did something unique. We got some patents, which for an engineer, having real legitimate utility patents is a feather in your cap, something I'm very proud of. And I try to hope that, you know, maybe that song didn't chart anything. But maybe someday, you know, there'll be an opportunity to sing it again.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

We did something unique. We got some patents, which for an engineer, having real legitimate utility patents is a feather in your cap, something I'm very proud of. And I try to hope that, you know, maybe that song didn't chart anything. But maybe someday, you know, there'll be an opportunity to sing it again.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

We did something unique. We got some patents, which for an engineer, having real legitimate utility patents is a feather in your cap, something I'm very proud of. And I try to hope that, you know, maybe that song didn't chart anything. But maybe someday, you know, there'll be an opportunity to sing it again.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

There is nothing more that I would love to see in my lifetime to see this thing on the shelf and see one college kid go, you know what? I'm eating slightly unhealthy food because of you, Travis. I would love that.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

There is nothing more that I would love to see in my lifetime to see this thing on the shelf and see one college kid go, you know what? I'm eating slightly unhealthy food because of you, Travis. I would love that.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

There is nothing more that I would love to see in my lifetime to see this thing on the shelf and see one college kid go, you know what? I'm eating slightly unhealthy food because of you, Travis. I would love that.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

The feedback we received consistently was, this is great, this is awesome, we'll sell millions. We just need you to pony up $200,000 or $300,000 up front.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

The feedback we received consistently was, this is great, this is awesome, we'll sell millions. We just need you to pony up $200,000 or $300,000 up front.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

The feedback we received consistently was, this is great, this is awesome, we'll sell millions. We just need you to pony up $200,000 or $300,000 up front.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

Yeah, so the proposal to give this one last rodeo on Kickstarter seemed really intuitive. I hired a marketing team, I hired a graphic designer, I hired a mechanical engineer, a couple other folks that have helped put together the social media presence, build the webpage, build out some more three-dimensional renders. Of course, we've done the prototyping and the experimentation.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

Yeah, so the proposal to give this one last rodeo on Kickstarter seemed really intuitive. I hired a marketing team, I hired a graphic designer, I hired a mechanical engineer, a couple other folks that have helped put together the social media presence, build the webpage, build out some more three-dimensional renders. Of course, we've done the prototyping and the experimentation.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

Yeah, so the proposal to give this one last rodeo on Kickstarter seemed really intuitive. I hired a marketing team, I hired a graphic designer, I hired a mechanical engineer, a couple other folks that have helped put together the social media presence, build the webpage, build out some more three-dimensional renders. Of course, we've done the prototyping and the experimentation.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

So really, I think putting ourselves in a position where if Kickstarter has the interest that we hope it will, we might be able to get a good product to some early adopters in the not too distant future.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

So really, I think putting ourselves in a position where if Kickstarter has the interest that we hope it will, we might be able to get a good product to some early adopters in the not too distant future.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

So really, I think putting ourselves in a position where if Kickstarter has the interest that we hope it will, we might be able to get a good product to some early adopters in the not too distant future.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

This whole conversation started out of failing gloriously, right? There was a point 10 years ago where I thought, how on earth could this fail? This is such a simple concept with a huge audience, right? This is literally the coffee maker for ramen noodles, which everybody eats. And of course, we were not successful the first rodeo. So I want to temper expectations. I would be happy to be surprised.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

This whole conversation started out of failing gloriously, right? There was a point 10 years ago where I thought, how on earth could this fail? This is such a simple concept with a huge audience, right? This is literally the coffee maker for ramen noodles, which everybody eats. And of course, we were not successful the first rodeo. So I want to temper expectations. I would be happy to be surprised.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

This whole conversation started out of failing gloriously, right? There was a point 10 years ago where I thought, how on earth could this fail? This is such a simple concept with a huge audience, right? This is literally the coffee maker for ramen noodles, which everybody eats. And of course, we were not successful the first rodeo. So I want to temper expectations. I would be happy to be surprised.