Successful Dropout

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Hackers stole $8,500 of bitcoin from me in 15 minutes – lessons learned in cryptocurrency Aug 15, 2017

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Just listen to the episode. Hackers stole $8,500 worth of bitcoin from my Bittrex account. If you are in cryptocurrency…this is an important lessons to learn! Don't make the same mistakes I did!

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60: How free speech and being yourself created a $500,000 app with Sachet Gagwani Aug 14, 2017

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Sachet is an Indian-American entrepreneur specializing in mobile technology and marketing. With extensive knowledge in developing consumer products on the iOS and Android platforms, he has also been able to make several of them go viral; both independently, and through his companies. Currently, Sachet is focused on an anonymous, geolocation based social media app he launched with his partners, "Covertly." He is also running his independent affiliate marketing business that he uses to fund his lifestyle. As a side hustle, Sachet trades his own capital on the cryptocurrency markets, A.K.A bitcoins & alt coins, and consults with his friends to do the same. Covertly has gotten over 150,000 downloads on the Apple App Store, and has raised $150,000 from investors at half a million dollar valuation. Sachet plans to double, or even triple that valuation within the next two fiscal quarters.

Sachet is the epitome of an the entrepreneur who has experienced the full spectrum of roller coaster rides in the process of building his businesses. In this episode we chat about being honest about who you are and how you feel in the public eye, and how the best way to build your personal brand is to start with being yourself. This idea has carried over into Sachet's business endeavors and has become the core philosophy behind his new app Covertly.

We also dive into cryptocurrency, and Sachet explains the basics very well.

Resources

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FAF: 4 businesses you can start today Aug 11, 2017

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Kylon shares four business ideas that you can get started on today. These are all businesses that Kylon has built before as well.

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59: Building Rosie the Robot and the best way to find your business idea with Micah Green Aug 07, 2017

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Micah dropped out of Cornell university to found Maidbot, a company on a mission to bring Rosie the Robot (kind of like The Jetsons TV show) to reality - starting with the world's first housekeeping robot for hotels. Maidbot is starting to attract some major customers such as The Marriott, and The Hilton...and just finished it's first round of funding.

I really enjoyed talking with Micah. He's young, but he's sprinting out of the gate. What struck me most about this episode was Micah's mentality and reason for starting Maidbot. He actually worked in the industry he wanted to build a business in (hospitality), and experienced the problems and challenges within the space first-hand. With this knowledge he started working on solutions to solve those problems...which eventually turned into Maidbot. At the end of the day, being an entrepreneur and building great businesses is about solving people's problems by building a great solution. You won't know what solution to build, if you don't understand the problem, and you won't understand the problem, if you don't immerse yourself in the market.

Micah's advice at the end of the episode is gold!

Resources

Maidbot
SharkPuncher - Micah's first app
If by Rudyard Kipling
Email Micah at micah@maidbot.co

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FAF: Do you really want to be a millionaire? Let's find out. Aug 04, 2017

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Kylon explores what success really means. Success is relative. Do you really want to be a millionaire? Or do you just want to LIVE like a millionaire?

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58: How to hack systems and bad habits with Maneesh Sethi Jul 31, 2017

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The epitome of what it means to be a life hacker, Maneesh Sethi went to travel the world using hacked plane tickets shortly after graduating from Stanford University. He created his website, Hack the System, with the intention of showing his readers how to achieve the lifestyle of their dreams (and teaching them how to get free plane tickets). His latest project, Pavlok, is a little magical haptic feedback wearable that helps train habits, improve athletic performance, and train learning. Know more about Maneesh and Pavlok here (pavlok.com).

I had a great time talking with Maneesh...the dude has done a lot, to say the least. It's clear that his passion lies in hacking well established systems that few people attempt to hack themselves or even think of hacking. Education, credit cards, music, fitness, habits...he seems to have a hack for it all. Maneesh is definitely the epitome of an unconventional thinker and doer...you'll also love his stories and experiences. Heck, I looked up his youtube channel and there was a video of him and Tim Ferriss slapping each other. Haha.

We talk about:

Maneesh became a famous DJ in Berlin in 3 months
Hiring people from Craigslist to slap you when you get distracted from your work
How to hack credit cards and get free miles
Maneesh creating the Pavlok shocking wristband that tracks and eliminates bad habits.
Pharmaceutical system is in disrepair
The philosophy of money and why Maneesh doesn't believe in money

Resources

Pavlok.com - Maneesh's company
How to fly business class to Medellin, Colombia—for $77
Maneesh's YouTube channel
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari - I'm reading this now...it's very good!

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FAF: Too many interests? Feel lost? Do this. Jul 28, 2017

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In this episode Kylon explores what to do when you feel like you have too many interests and you are not sure what to pursue. If you are a student, and you are paralyzed by indecision, this episode is for you. Listen to it right meow.

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57: Brett Veinotte interviews me - school sucks, so be a successful dropout Jul 24, 2017

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Man, I really enjoyed this conversation with Brett!

I don't often share interviews of myself personally, but I thought this one was really special. This is actually part 2 in a continuing series/collaboration between Brett Veinotte of School Sucks Podcast: The END of Public Education, and myself. Part 1 was me interviewing Brett and you can find that here.

In this episode, Brett was supposed to be interviewing me for his audience, but it ended up turning into a lively conversation between the two of us. I enjoyed the heck out of it and so I decided to post it for the Successful Dropout community to enjoy as well.

Brett is such an awesome dude. We talk about everything from religion to budgeting and beyond:

What does "living the dream" mean when someone says it with a scowl?
Community and accountability through Christianity
Shame and judgment through Christianity too
The law of attraction!
Self-trust: Kylon was an unenclosed child
Comfort zones and glamorizing "failure"
Confronting resentment towards success
Are you the average of the five you spend the most time with?
What does success really look like?
What is the right balance of contentment and discontentment?
Benefits of marriage
Using a cash system for personal finance

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FAF: How to convince your parents to let you drop out Jul 21, 2017

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...Aaaaaand yet again another resurrected episode. To those of you who have been expecting new content on Fridays, it's coming back, I promise! Things have just been a little crazy in my world lately and so it works well for me to re-purpose some of my old content from a year ago that didn't get many downloads to begin with. BUT, this particular subject, talking with your parents about opting or dropping out, has been a question I still get often. So here is the answer and the strategy once again for everyone to hear!

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56: Going from 0 to 100 - solving health care with Successful Dropout Andrew Schneck Jul 17, 2017

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When Andrew Schneck was in college, he broke up with girls to spend more time in the library studying finance and long term investing. His interest in this led him to study more than half of the 3000 public companies in the US, attend shareholder meetings, and he even got in touch with a few billionaires. This activity put him on the map at his school as a hard working and budding entrepreneur. It wasn't long until a college buddy's father invited Andrew to join him in building a healthcare business. In 2016 Andrew went from 0-100 quickly as the healthcare business grew.

It was really a pleasure to have Andrew on the show since we have been friends on social media for a long time now. He is very active in the Successful Dropout community, Facebook group, and in entrepreneurial circles as well. Love what he is doing to solve a huge problem through entrepreneurship!

In this episode we:

Talk about the importance of relationships with close friends with whom you can go deep with, wrestle with tough questions, and call each other out.
Talk about some tough periods in Andrew's life where he dealt with health issues that held him back.
Talk about all the disparities within the healthcare system and what Andrew and his partner are doing to combat these.
Talk about a ton more!

My favorite quote from Andrew:

"Society tells you, 'hey you're supposed to row the boat, you're supposed to row it here, you're supposed to row across the lake etc'...and then you look down and the boat is actually a skateboard and you're like, 'what the hell is going on?'"

Resources:

Andrew's Facebook
How to Fascinate - personality test that tells you how the world see's you. Would highly recommend taking this!
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Becoming Steve Jobs

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