Imagine this: You're lining up for an event and have a casual conversation with the guy next to you...when you notice that his necklace is recording and transcribing every word into an app. How would you feel?

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This is what I experienced a couple of weeks back in San Francisco, when lining up for a Replit event. Zach Eisenhauer was the person next to me.

I've rarely felt this mix of excitement, fear, and awe, as it feels like this is behavior-shifting tech+hardware combination will inevitably make its way into our lives in one form or another.

This is Non-Linear with Zach Eisenhauer, Founder of Compass Wearables.

Show notes:

(01:22 - 04:57): Meeting Zach in SF

(04:57 - 12:55): Zach's journey until building Compass

(12:55 - 19:18): Growth Engineering at NGL

(19:18 - 24:00): Building consumer social apps

(24:00 - 30:00): Founding Compass

(30:00 - 35:00): Use Cases and Target Users for Compass

(35:00 - 39:00): Compass in 3-5 Years

(39:00 - 42:20): AI Hardware Products

(42:20 - 47:10): Launching a hardware Product

(47:10 - 50:57): Fundraising and Team Expansion

(50:57 - End): Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Twitter Zach: https://x.com/hackwithzach
Linkedin Zach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacheisenhauer/

Twitter Chris: https://x.com/iamchrischi3
Linkedin Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-abt-44b038b7/

How to grow a six-figure-business while working in Strategy Consulting?
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Going from a 70-hour week to a self-imposed 100-hour week in order to bootstrap an online business on the side.

Axel Grubba began this journey at the end of his Masters, continuing it while working at L.E.K Consulting (Warsaw/Munich/London), and beyond.

How did he do it? What was his first venture, his second and what is he doing now?

In this episode Axel leads us through his past years in which he

- built his first six-figure business

- created his second venture with >150,000 monthly visitors

- learned to code

- has been looking for bootstrapper colleagues 

- and how he boosts his lifestyle
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Show notes:

(0:00 - 14:00): Axel’s Background

(14:00 - 17:20): Taking his first steps

(17:20 - 24:50): Building an affiliate platform

(24:50 - 27:10): Strategy consulting + Building

(27:10 - 33:00): Managing himself & Product Building

(33:00 - 39:20): The role of community for him

(39:20 - 40:20 ): Learning to code

(40:20 - 44:40): Niche Picking

(44:40 - 46:20): Accelerating Personal Develoopment

(46:20 - end): Hacks, GPTs, Axel’s Question

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Linkedin Axel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelgrubba/
Linkedin Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-abt-44b038b7/

How to get to +1m Youtube Subscribers?

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If you ask the new generation what they want to be doing once they're grown up, you will likely hear "Influencer" more than anything else. Producing content for a living is the golden goose for many out there. At the same time, it seems unattainable.

One who made a living with Youtube is Kojo Boison. In his early 20s, in 2017, he had already amassed 1 millions subscribers on his Youtube Channel.

How did he do it?

This is what Kojo tells us in this episode:

- how to figure out what to focus on and when to leave
- how to decipher the youtube algorithm
- how to become resilient

...and more
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Show Notes:

0:00 - 3:20: Intro

3:20 - 7:20: Bitcoin & educating himself

7:20 - 13:20: Quitting a successful venture

13:20 - 22:00: Youtube vs. TikTok vs. Instagram

22:00 - 43:00: Beating the Youtube algorithm

43:00 - 54:00: Picking a battle

54:00 - 1:05:00: How to solopreneur

1:05:00 - end: End