Episode 24:DAIVD SPINKS

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In This Episode:1. HOW DAVID BUILT HIS CAREER IN STARTUPS

2. WHY COMMUNITY IS ABOUT VALUE AND EXISITING BEHAVIORS

3. HOW CMX ATTRACTED TOP TALENT & SOLD OUT IN 5 WEEKS

4. AND MORE!

1[How David Built His Career In Startups]

"I always saw myself as wanted to be an entrepreneur [...] I've kinda always seen

myself as wanting to create my own thing and build my own businesses."

"I got thrown into entrepreneurship and building companies... Kinda jumped in with two feet and have been failing and

learning ever since."

"[On 500 Startups] Basically the best way to get into any accelerator is to get referrals from previous batches. [...] We asked for intros [...] and went to every

event."

2[Why Community Is About Value And Exisiting Behaviors]

"Both communities and companies share a similar challenge in that [..] the

people that want to build them have a specific idea of what they want [...] but

most of the time it's not what people want or need."

"If you look at some of the most thriving communities, the people who

started them started [building relationships] way before they actually

launched it."

"The first questions I ask people is 'Why is this valuable to you to build a

community? And why's it valuable to them to build a community?'"

3[How CMX Attracted Top Talent & Sold Out In 5 Weeks]

"The first one is obviously the hardest because you're brand new and people have

no idea who you are yet."

"It's just about really helping people understand why you're doing it, why it's

important, and the people they'll be helping."

"We had no idea how big it would be, we had no idea how much it would cost, we had no idea how many speakers we could

get or who they'd be... But we just started."

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