Insane ambition, and how to change the world, Owen's chat with Blackbird's Nick Crocker [AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS PODCAST CROSS-POST]
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What unique insights does Nick Crocker share about entrepreneurship?
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How did Nick Crocker navigate his early career and what lessons did he learn?
If you want to learn more about what it takes to start a successful business, how to scale up your existing business, or even how to manage people and teams far better than you do now, consider subscribing to the Australian Business Podcast in your podcast player right now. Without further ado, here's the podcast with Nick Crocker of Blackbird Ventures. The conversation you're about to hear with Nick Crocker, a multiple time founder and investor, is one of the best conversations I've ever had on any Rask podcast ever. This conversation covers life, investing, what it takes to start a business, mental health, and so many other things which are vital to running a business and succeeding over the long term.
It's a fantastic conversation for anyone who is thinking of starting a business, for an investor in any type of business, or to someone who is going about their day wondering what makes people tick. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Nick Crocker of Blackbird Ventures. Nick, thanks for taking some time to join me on the podcast. Glad to be here. We're going to talk about entrepreneurialism. We're going to talk about investing, lessons learned. I think we'll even bring in things that are more personal, behavioral. It's going to be pretty wide-ranging. To kick things off, though, I've got maybe some quickfire questions, some short answer questions if this was a test. The first one is, and this is the same one that I asked Nicky, what's one investment you got wrong?
I was thinking about this this morning. I think the cop-out answer is we get them all wrong. Because kind of where that question's going is you want me to call out a particular investment that went really wrong that we thought was going to be great.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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What unique insights does Nick Crocker share about entrepreneurship?
0:00–2:20
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How did Nick Crocker navigate his early career and what lessons did he learn?
2:20–5:21
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What mistakes did Nick make in his investments and what did he learn from them?
5:21–7:09
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How does Nick define success in startups and investing?
7:09–9:25
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What is the importance of team dynamics in building a successful business?
9:25–11:46
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How can founders effectively leverage mentorship and peer support?
11:46–14:54
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What strategies does Nick recommend for saying no to opportunities?
14:54–17:37
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What are Nick's thoughts on the future of the Australian startup ecosystem?
17:37–1:22:45
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