The choice to go full-time on your startup
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Voices of Search // A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Podcast
4 min
2 speakers
6 chapters
transcribed 1 month ago
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What is the opening introduction and sponsor message for this episode?
The Voices of Search Podcast is a proud member of the I Hear Everything Podcast Network. Looking to launch or scale your podcast? I Hear Everything delivers podcast production, growth, and monetization solutions that transform your words into profit. Ready to give your brand a voice? Then visit IHear Everything.com. Welcome to the Voices of Search Podcast, a member of the I Hear Everything Podcast Network. Ready to expedite your company's organic growth efforts? Sit back, relax, and get ready for your daily dose of search engine optimization wisdom. Here's today's host of the Voices of Search Podcast, Jordan Cooney. Flashback reaction. When you first faced the choice to go full-time on your startup, was it a relief?
Or panic.
How does the guest describe the panic and emotional reaction when deciding to go full‑time on the startup?
Well, uh, you know, referring to earlier the layoff, it was panic, man. I I even I put a video on my YouTube. I got a YouTube channel. I put a video on my YouTube. I just I don't know, I felt compelled. I turned on the camera like two hours after it happened, and I just talked to the camera about it. And then I did it again a day later and a week later and a month later. And you can like see my journey. It was tough, man. Like I was crying. I was a mess.
What turning point helped the guest shift from panic to a proactive mindset?
I was like, this is bullshit. Like, you know, like I was unprepared. I was not prepared. But I don't know, very quickly, you see it also in that video. Very quickly, I came around and I said, you know what? I'm gonna make the most of this. Like this to me is a message that that I wasn't meant to be there, that I was meant to be in this free fall right now.
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How does the guest use the ‘free‑fall’ metaphor to explain decision‑making in a startup?
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What final reflections does the guest share about betting on himself and the outcome?
Io.
But Free fall is beautiful in the way that you gotta make it make a decision real quick, right? Like, are you gonna guide the fall? Are you gonna spread out and try and slow it down? You just gonna dive towards the ground, you're gonna try and find out, right? Like there's there's those decisions, and and I think that that it was beautiful for me in the way of it helped me catalyze that everything I was doing was the right thing. Bet on myself and on this thing. And so, yeah, scary at first, but you know, turned out okay. Turned out okay.
I love it. And that wraps up this episode of the Voices Search podcast.
How does the episode wrap up and where can listeners connect with the guest?
A huge thank you to John LeBec, CEO of Seek, for joining us. If you'd like to contact John, you can find a link to his LinkedIn profile in our show notes or on thevoicesofsearch.com. You can also visit his website, seekseq. If you haven't subscribed yet and would like a daily stream of SEO and content marketing knowledge in your podcast feed, hit the subscribe button in your podcast app or on YouTube, and we'll be back in your feed every week.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the opening introduction and sponsor message for this episode?
0:00–0:53
2
How does the guest describe the panic and emotional reaction when deciding to go full‑time on the startup?
0:53–1:20
3
What turning point helped the guest shift from panic to a proactive mindset?
1:20–2:06
4
How does the guest use the ‘free‑fall’ metaphor to explain decision‑making in a startup?
2:06–3:05
5
What final reflections does the guest share about betting on himself and the outcome?
3:05–3:49
6
How does the episode wrap up and where can listeners connect with the guest?
3:49–4:20