#417: Gagan Biyani – The Keys To Learning
Episode description
Gagan Biyani is an entrepreneur. He’s the current CEO of Maven and the cofounder of Udemy.
0:00 Writing For TechCrunch
10:02 Less People Should Go Into Startups
11:34 Starting Businesses For Wrong Reasons?
13:00 Why Did Gagan Start Udemy?
16:26 Chips On Shoulder
18:21 Startups Made Him Sick
20:55 How Has Greatness Evolved?
22:10 Justin Kan
23:31 “I Love Learning”
27:02 Can You Show Up As Worst Player?
28:01 Gagan’s Soccer Story
29:02 What Does Gagan Know About Learning?
32:29 Love The Boring
35:32 You Don’t Need Money To Get A Coach
41:00 “It Is Your Fault”
42:31 “I Am Normal”
44:00 Going From Nobody To Somebody
45:05 How Do You Become Proficient From Square 0
47:02 Full Immersion
50:02 What Did Gagan Learn From Biggest Professional Failure?
54:21 How Did That Failure Change His Perception Of Self?
56:02 Lessons From Sabbatical
1:03:55 We’re All Just Living In Our Own Heads
1:05:45 Third Company (Maven) Reflections
1:06:13 Warning Alarm Goes Off For Both
1:08:21 Tempo Of Company
1:13:02 Running A Company Is Hard
1:16:12 Art Of Interviewing Advice
1:18:21 Cohort Based Course Vs. Async Course
1:20:56 How To Market Course
1:23:50 Overcoming Fear Of Judgment
1:26:00 Challenge
1:28:49 LinkedIn Better Than Twitter?
Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gaganbiyani
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaganbiyani/
My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
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❓ Course: https://www.artofinterviewing.com