The Upside Of Being Unreasonable
summary
Asks for I need a half a million dollars then gets refused and keeps chasing a slow hunch, quits a corporate VP job, builds Code TV and a season zero of WebDev Challenge, finds a partner (Data Stacks funds half), iterates from shaky Twitch streams to multi‑camera shoots, lands sponsors (BenQ, Uplift Desk), and proves the gamble: the idea attracts clients and becomes primary income. The useful specifics are the funding ask, the MVP steps, the episode counts and sponsors, and the fact it actually works.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:38Problem with being reasonable
- 10:27Tradition as real risk
- 17:30Planning unreasonable path
- 24:14Starting small
- 30:56Joy in creation
- 32:41Embracing unreasonable ideas
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