#417: Gagan Biyani – The Keys To Learning
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 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda ❓ Course: https://www.artofinterviewing.com