64: Kevin Rose gives us EPIC Product Advice!

This is a big one! This might just be the BEST EPISODE YET!! _Why_, you ask..? Because Jake & Jonathan are joined by none other than the legendary [Kevin Rose](https://medium.com/u/f9d429098ec7). Jonathan doesn’t even bother talking for most of the episode because he just wants Kevin and Jake to keep talking! Here’s some of the stuff they cover: 4:30 Getting into products 9:00 dealing with failure and trying crazy things 15:00 being too early to a market 18:25 gut feeling vs market research and talking to users 23:00 ideas vs execution and getting started 27:00 VR 31:00 the entrepreneur eyes 36:00 school & daydreaming 42:45 Kevin’s favorite digital & physical products 49:00 finding balance **Links:** [Kevin Rose — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Rose) [@kevinrose on Twitter](https://twitter.com/kevinrose) [@kevinrose on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kevinrose) [The Kevin Rose Show](https://www.kevinrose.com/) [Kevin’s investments (Angel.co)](https://angel.co/kevin) [Digg](http://digg.com/) [Revision3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision3) [Milk](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/milk) [Zero — Fasting Tracker](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zero-fasting-tracker/id1168348542?mt=8) [Oak — Meditation & Breathing](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oak-meditation-breathing/id1210209691) [Google Ventures (GV)](https://www.gv.com/) [True Ventures](https://trueventures.com/) [Blue Bottle Coffee](https://bluebottlecoffee.com/) [Nextdoor—The private social network for your neighborhood community](https://nextdoor.com) [The Random Show Podcast](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-random-show-podcast/id417595309?mt=2) [Tiiny](https://medium.com/@kevinrose/meet-tiiny-our-first-project-23069bb4ae8f) [Stewart Butterfield—Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Butterfield) [Burbn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Systrom#Burbn) [Salesforce.com](https://www.salesforce.com) [Oculus Rift](https://www.oculus.com/rift/) [Oculus Go](https://www.oculus.com/go/) [HTC Vive](https://www.vive.com/us/product/vive-virtual-reality-system/) [Samsung Gear VR](https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/gear-vr/) [Microsoft HoloLens](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens) [Nintendo Switch](https://www.nintendo.com/switch/) [Oura Ring](https://ouraring.com) [UV-B lamps—Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV-B_lamps) [DailyArt—Daily Dose of Art History](https://www.getdailyart.com/) [The Wim Hoff Method](https://www.wimhofmethod.com/) [Host Defense — Stamets 7 Multi Mushroom Capsules—Amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/Host-Defense-Promoting-Respiration-Digestion/dp/B002WIVHNM?th=1) [Buy Sprint!](https://www.thesprintbook.com/buy/) 📘🏃‍♀️ [Buy Make Time!](https://maketimebook.com/buy/) 📗⏰ [**AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass**:](https://ajsmart.com/masterclass)[ajsmart.com/masterclass](https://ajsmart.com/masterclass) 🥇😯 **Your Hosts:** * Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: [@jakek](https://twitter.com/jakek) * Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: [@jicecream](https://www.instagram.com/jicecream/) * Write into the podcast: [pbc@ajsmart.com](mailto:pbc@ajsmart.com) * Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: [PodcastTech.com](https://PodcastTech.com) * Show notes by [@amrkhalifeh](https://www.instagram.com/amrkhalifeh/) * [Follow the podcast on Medium](https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial)

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Jake and Jonathan (formally Product Breakfast Club) is a behind the scenes look at how some of the best companies in the world design their products. Jake Knapp, NY Times best-selling author of "Sprint", has helped companies like Slack, Nest and 23andMe build successful products. Jonathan Courtney, co-founder of AJ&Smart, has worked with companies like RedBull, eBay and the United Nations, to help them build better products faster. In this new, exciting podcast, the two of them have teamed up to discuss things like product design, innovation and productivity.