The Despreneur Podcast: Recent Episodes
Elliott Davidson
Elliott Davidson, the owner of Despreneur talks about the ways to build a business and design your own lifestyle you don’t need a vacation from. The goal of this podcast is to provide you real life stories to inspire your next move and support you with actionable and practical knowledge in design, entrepreneurship and technology fields. Elliott connects and talks with top designers, successful entrepreneurs and tech visionaries to unlock the knowledge that takes to build a successful business and live a fulfilling life with a purpose.
Today’s guest is Jane Portman, an independent UI/UX consultant from Russia who helps SaaS founders build focused, profitable products. She enjoys writing and speaking at events, but most of all she likes to solve real-life business problems with smart UI design.
Check out her latest book, The UI Audit, or get Jane’s free course on managing designers.
In this episode, you will learn more about consulting, product development, copywriting and marketing.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e12
Today’s guest is Khoi Vinh, a principal designer at Adobe. He was co-founder and CEO of Mixel, Design Director of The New York Times Online. Fast Company named Vinh one of "The 50 Most Influential Designers in America" in September 2011.
In this episode, you will learn how to find your path, build a successful designer career and develop design thinking skills.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e11
Today’s guest is Omar Zenhom, the co-founder of The $100 MBA and host of 2014 Best of iTunes podcast, The $100 MBA Show.
In this episode, you will learn how to start your own business today, why it is important to understand your customers and how to run successful businesses in the real world.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e10
Today’s guest is Jordan Bishop, the founder of Yore Oyster, a flight hacking startup that saves travelers 20-50% on their international flights, and the editor in chief of How I Travel, a wanderlust publication showcasing the world's most interesting travelers. In the past 12 months, he's called each of Argentina, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Colombia, Thailand, and Germany home, and considers peanut butter a fifth food group.
In this episode, you will learn how to plan your trips and save money, how to develop and maintain your daily routines while traveling and how to become a flight hacker.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e09
Today’s guest is Kavi Guppta, a knowledgeable and experienced digital nomad who discusses the tech industry, media for digital nomads and his remote work for Forbes. Kavi has been a digital nomad for over 2 years. He currently works on his second book on digital nomadism and remote work called Nomad Bible.
In this episode, you will learn how to build a sustainable nomadic lifestyle, work remotely and you will get some valuable insights about digital nomadism.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e08
Today’s guest is Stefan Vladimirov. He is the designer, photographer and founder of Swipes, one of the leading productivity apps in the world. He works to see more young people finding their passion and reshaping design world for a better.
In this episode, you will learn about new directions of Swipes, Stefan’s passion for design mentorship and sharing the knowledge.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e07
Today’s guest is Boris Golden. He is a principal in charge of seed investments at Partech Ventures, a transatlantic venture capital firm. Boris invests up to €1M in early-stage Internet & software startups across Europe. Has a background as an entrepreneur, startup mentor, product guy & computer scientist.
In this episode, you will learn what is a VC, how to become a Venture Capitalist and why you should understand VCs before fundraising. Boris also shares his experience as an entrepreneur and his mindset changes after becoming a VC.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e06
Ran Segall is a designer, a creator and a vlogger. He is the co-founder of the nuSchool and was previously the product designer of Any.DO.
In this episode, you will learn how to master pricing, charge for value and develop confidence in business. Ran also shares his story of becoming a designer and starting a vlog.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e05
Tom Hunt is a TEDx speaker, internet entrepreneur and founder of Virtual Valley, a platform that connects entrepreneurs and rockstar virtual assistants.
In this episode, we are talking about Tom’s experience traveling whilst managing the development and marketing of his startup Virtual Valley.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e04
Today’s guest is Lydia Lee. She’s the business creator coach at Screw The Cubicle, web TV host at Screw The Cubicle TV and podcast host of The Cubicle Crashing Podcast. After leaving her six-figure job in Canada years ago in pursuit of a path less conventional, this had led her to now be an advocate for location independency and meaningful work with purpose.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e03
Today’s guest is a Boston-based, 19-year-old Mike Moloney who just dropped out of college to focus on FilterGrade, a company providing high-quality Photoshop actions and photography effects for creative people with plans to disrupt the photography industry.
I’m still trying to process what I was doing at 19 but I definitely wasn’t that focused and determined as he is to build his business and invest in himself.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e02
How much money do you make from your email list? The answer is not enough.
Today's guest Paul Jarvis made a 120x (or 12,000%) return on his newsletter in the last 12 months. That means for every buck he has spent on MailChimp, he has made $120.
If you enjoyed this, check the episode notes: despreneur.com/e01