Engineer and Creator Varun Rana, discusses optimising content performance on different channels, being vulnerable in the tech industry and using personal experience to go viral.

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Show Notes
00:30 Michigan background
03:15 Struggling in UMichigan CS
06:50 Openly vulnerable sharing
07:55 Theta Tau as community and delving into other skills
10:15 Original inspiration in making skits
15:00 Content performance on different platforms
17:25 Intuition for video performance
21:10 Finding a niche in a very saturated tech content space
22:55 Creative process, ideation to uploading
28:45 Strokify cinematic universe
30:15 Content evolution
33:58 Key Habits developed
37:50 Nicest thing someones done for you

Co-Founder of Taro Rahul Pandey, discuss his tech career growth as a Meta Tech lead, sharing his advice on Youtube to 75k+ subscribers and minimizing regret to go all in on Taro.

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Show Notes
00:30 Stanford vs CalTech
01:45 Exploration at Stanford as a freshman
03:00 Missing out on WhatsApp pre Facebook Acquisition
05:45 Being a founding engineer at Kosei
07:25 Getting acquired by Pinterest
10:10 Leaving Meta despite being a Tech Lead
12:25 Quitting jobs, but being rejected from YC
13:45 Being sure of Cofounder
15:30 Knowing for sure on the problem space of Taro
17:40 First few youtube videos as Android tutorials
20:10 Growth Strategies of Taro
22:10 Surprises as an Engineer starting a company
25:00 Key Habits developed
26:50 Memorable inbound/appreciation
28:30 Where will Taro be in 1 years time

Founder and CEO at Backscoop Amanda Cua, discuss not going to college, how she came to start Backscoop and scaling to 10,000+ subscribers.

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Show Notes
00:30 Growing up in the Philippines
01:35 Family business pressures
03:35 Choosing not to go to University/ Gap Years
10:50 Coming across Avion School through a news article
13:40 Having to prove herself at Avion School
16:40 Background on leaving Avion School to start Backscoop
20:45 Messaging FB/Linkedin friends for first subscribers
23:20 Getting inspirations from other newsletters
26:00 Utilising social channels for growth
28:00 Being vulnerable on social media
30:25 Perspective on monetising Backscoop
32:30 Increasing Luck Surface Area
37:10 Where will Backscoop be in 1 years time