Teaching financial literacy after the NFL, and embracing TikTok for marketing :: with Jed Collins
01/05/21 • 51 min
In this episode of Ventures, my guest (Jed Collins: https://www.tiktok.com/@fullbackoffinance) and I discuss the basics of financial literacy and Jed’s journey into the NFL and entrepreneurial venture thereafter. Of particular interest is not only Jed’s story and important content he is teaching young people, but also how he has been using TikTok as a marketing engine to grow his business.
Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-26 for detailed notes and links to resources (videos, articles, etc...) mentioned.
You can watch this episode via video here.
In this episode we cover the following:
2:50 - Jed intro and background; his journey into the NFL and into now teaching financial literacy.
9:02 - Jed was a receiving tight end at Washington State University. He had 53 catches his senior year (which is amazing). Question: What’s the story from there to getting into the NFL?
16:14 - What is Jed up to these days?
21:29 - What is the basic motivation, structure, and content of Jed’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-Vehicle-Driving-Financial-ebook/dp/B08596991L
27:18 - This curriculum needs to be in every school across America. How are things going with Jed’s entrepreneurial journey?
32:16 - Regarding founders with their day job, what financial lens should they be thinking about regarding when to leave their day job.
35:30 - Word of caution to hold on to the day job as long as you can.
37:20 - Once you fully understand that you have something - and it’s validated - then it’s best to build the day job.
38:00 - “When is my idea validated?”
38:35 - In what ways has Jed approached marketing his book and course?
40:00 - TikTok marketing; how to find an audience there.
43:33 - What is the difference in the audience and mechanisms on TikTok?
45:40 - What is Jed’s big picture vision? What is his hope for humanity? 1m people to U.S.E (Understand, Strategic, and be Efficient) money and open a ROTH account.
49:22 - How can people find Jed online? https://yourmoneyvehicle.com and FullbackofFinance on the socials. https://twitter.com/fullbackfinance // https://www.tiktok.com/@fullbackoffinance
In this episode of Ventures, my guest (Jed Collins: https://www.tiktok.com/@fullbackoffinance) and I discuss the basics of financial literacy and Jed’s journey into the NFL and entrepreneurial venture thereafter. Of particular interest is not only Jed’s story and important content he is teaching young people, but also how he has been using TikTok as a marketing engine to grow his business.
Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-26 for detailed notes and links to resources (videos, articles, etc...) mentioned.
You can watch this episode via video here.
In this episode we cover the following:
2:50 - Jed intro and background; his journey into the NFL and into now teaching financial literacy.
9:02 - Jed was a receiving tight end at Washington State University. He had 53 catches his senior year (which is amazing). Question: What’s the story from there to getting into the NFL?
16:14 - What is Jed up to these days?
21:29 - What is the basic motivation, structure, and content of Jed’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-Vehicle-Driving-Financial-ebook/dp/B08596991L
27:18 - This curriculum needs to be in every school across America. How are things going with Jed’s entrepreneurial journey?
32:16 - Regarding founders with their day job, what financial lens should they be thinking about regarding when to leave their day job.
35:30 - Word of caution to hold on to the day job as long as you can.
37:20 - Once you fully understand that you have something - and it’s validated - then it’s best to build the day job.
38:00 - “When is my idea validated?”
38:35 - In what ways has Jed approached marketing his book and course?
40:00 - TikTok marketing; how to find an audience there.
43:33 - What is the difference in the audience and mechanisms on TikTok?
45:40 - What is Jed’s big picture vision? What is his hope for humanity? 1m people to U.S.E (Understand, Strategic, and be Efficient) money and open a ROTH account.
49:22 - How can people find Jed online? https://yourmoneyvehicle.com and FullbackofFinance on the socials. https://twitter.com/fullbackfinance // https://www.tiktok.com/@fullbackoffinance
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Cybersecurity, Rapid Antigen Tests, Learning to Code, the Enneagram, and Meta-Level New Year’s Resolutions :: with Sol Cates
In this episode of Ventures, Sol Cates (https://twitter.com/solcates, cloud and cybersecurity expert at Thales) and I discuss advice for founders regarding technical infrastructure security. We also have a bit of a Random Show at the end of the year here as we discuss ways to combat COVID-19, provide technical founder training, practice self-discovery with the Enneagram, and think about New Year’s Resolutions.
Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-25 for detailed notes and links to resources (videos, articles, etc...) mentioned.
You can watch this episode via video here.
In this episode we cover the following:
3:10 - Sol intro, cloud and cybersecurity expert at Thales.
8:40 - What advice does Sol have for startup founders with regard to cyber security and security by design? Follow a good framework such as Cloud Native.
14:10 - Rapid Antigen Tests. See: https://satchel.works/@wclittle/a-primer-on-viruses-antigens-antibodies-contagiousness-vaccines-and-covid-19-testing Also see: Michael Mina, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Immunology, Harvard) that if we were all equipped with rapid antigen tests, we could defeat COVID-19 within a month. Check out this article he wrote in Time and this podcast he did recently with Lex Fridman.
18:11 - Technical founder training & learning to code. Motivation / background. See: https://satchel.works/@wclittle/learn-to-code-as-an-entrepreneur & https://www.codefellows.org/ & https://hotwire.dev/
25:33 - The Enneagram. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality and Google search around to follow the rabbit trails.
41:29 - New Year's Resolutions. How to develop models that work. Diet, exercise, sleep, time management, money, etc.. For doing your homework on health science, for example, check out: https://satchel.works/@wclittle/health-science.
46:58 - Last word of advice from Sol; never let a crisis go to waste, build a team of experts around you.
47:38 - Find and follow Sol at https://twitter.com/solcates
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Listening to your community, empowering the marginalized, and knowing when to step back :: with Foxy Davison
In this episode of Ventures, my guest Foxy Davison and I discuss her journey as a community advocate and venture-builder in Seattle’s Central District and beyond. Foxy has a remarkable ability to listen and serve, and we - as fellow entrepreneurs - have many things to learn from her about how to pay attention to our communities. In addition to hearing about her entrepreneurial pursuits, we also discuss how to focus and step back from opportunities that might otherwise seem important, and how to effectively identify an internal compass in order to say yes and no to the appropriate things.
Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-27 for detailed notes and links to resources (videos, articles, etc...) mentioned.
You can watch this episode via video here.
In this episode we cover the following:
2:27 - Quick intro and background.
3:18 - Where did Foxy first begin to realize that she had entrepreneurial drive and passion?
8:02 - In terms of “paying attention to your community”, where did she first begin the process of spinning up new ventures and helping others with theirs?
10:58 - Raising awareness and support for those afflicted with Sickle Cell Anemia.
13:55 - What lessons did Foxy learn about her community while working as a 4th grade teacher at T.T. Minor?
16;30 - What was Foxy up to in St. Louis when she moved there?
18:14 - When she moved back to Seattle (late 2000s), what types of entrepreneurial ventures was she up to?
20:45 - What is/was Clean Greens up to? What is their mission? (Bring fresh food to the Central District, and provide jobs for the local community)
22:09 - What aspects of the change of the Central District over the past couple of decades were good and not-so-good?
24:22 - The Cortona Cafe story
27:48 - Lessons for entrepreneurs: listening to our community. Where does Foxy’s story take her after Cortona?
36:26 - What is Work Release? What kind of effort was/is Foxy doing in that world?
40:03 - Knowing when to say “no” and when to step away. What advice does Foxy have?
43:33 - Brainstorming ideas for different programs in the work release world? How did she and her team come up with the idea and test/validate it?
46:42 - Lessons to be mined from raising kids.
47:22 - What kinds of ventures is Foxy passionate about in her short to medium future?
54:56 - Final words for the entrepreneurs/investors listening in about how to better listen to their markets and communities.
56:29 - FYI - the best way to reach Foxy is via direct email: [email protected]
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