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Guest: David Kadavy
Company / Business name: Kadavy, Inc.
David Kadavy is a creative entrepreneur, author, podcaster, speaker, and creative productivity expert. David believes that one of the biggest challenges we face in the age of AI is the ability for humans to tap into their innate creativity.Books/ Tools/ resources
Book: The Heart To Start: Stop Procrastinating & Start Creating
Book: Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty
Episode Transcript
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00:08
Ramesh: Hello everyone. Welcome to the agile entrepreneur podcast. This podcast is for people who are interested in starting a business with purpose, passion, perseverance, and possibilities. And this is your host, Ramesh Dontha. Today I'm very excited to introduce a guest who I came across while I was writing and reading in medium. And then later on was referenced by many people about his work. His name is David Kadavy. So David is a creative entrepreneur, is a podcast host himself and a very accomplished writer and a bestselling author. And then we'll go more about his work you know, very soon. So David, welcome.
00:59
David: Thank you so much for having me Ramesh it's great to be here.
01:02
Ramesh: So David, I know I introduced you and I probably short changed many things, but why don't you tell us what you do.
01:11
David: Yeah, well, I guess primarily I'm a writer and podcaster. I made the decision about four years ago to really double down on that. I was already had written a book and I just wanted to take the time to follow my curiosity and read what interested me, talk to the people who interested me and to share what I learned along the way. And so that's what I do in the form of books and a podcast and some courses and occasionally speaking as well.
01:47
Ramesh: So one thing David that I was struck by introduction on your blog, right, so you start off with I'm a creative entrepreneur, so that's what I really wanted to dig into a little bit. What creative entrepreneurship things have you been doing?
02:04
David: Yeah, so it's an interesting term, creative entrepreneur because, I guess when I first started on my own, my main mission was just to follow what I was curious about. And that was 12 years ago or so. And along the way I didn't really think of it like as a business so much, as much as I thought of it as an artistic journey of let's find what's interesting to me, let's create things and let's figure out some way along the way to make some money. And you know, I eventually learned that people who are the traditional entrepreneurs think a little bit more structured about running a business is that there's a product, here's some customers, here's the market that's addressable and here's your marketing. And there's a system to all of that. And in a way you're not that concerned with your own creative expression or your own personality. It is what does the market want and how can I get that and how can I make money doing it? And so it's a complex balance to be struck there because I’ve also learned that,
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