Kyle Joyce became an entrepreneur at the age of 15. He realized quickly that his mission is to solve problems. Since then, he went on to building multiple successful businesses, including a UI/UX studio for startups and a clothing design shop .

S1 #8: Business process outsourcing and how startups can decentralize big corps with Andrew Kennedy

Nov 29th, 2021 1h 7m

After working for some of the biggest tech companies in the world, Andrew discovered a key problem with the modern day workforce: gig workers are not being compensated enough for their time. With this in mind, he began building Work Entropy to

S1 #7: Metaverse, Web 3.0, and how you can get involved

Nov 21st, 2021 44m 18s

Metaverse is the perhaps the hottest topic right now in tech. Facebook broke the internet after their rebranding to Meta. But what is all of this about? On today's episode, Jerry and Ismail goes in depth about the fundamentals of Metaverse and

S1 #6: What it takes to run a venture capital fund in college with Rishi Armstrong and Shaan Patel

Nov 8th, 2021 49m 48s

Rishi Armstrong and Shaan Patel are two successful student entrepreneurs from the University of Southern California who built Azure Ventures Group, a holding company that owns 8 online businesses and a venture capital fund that invests in Seed

S1 #5: Art and NFT with Rahmaan Hameed

Oct 23rd, 2021 1h 1m

On the sixth episode of The Basement Entrepreneur, Jerry (@criticaljumper) and Ismail (@ismailkhalilr_) interviews Rahmaan Hameed (@Rahmaanhameedstudios), a world renowned artist who has sold art to famous athletes and celebrities like Floyd Ma

Insightful Reads: Ten Year‘s Worth of Learnings About Pricing

Oct 4th, 2021 4m 52s

On this episode of Insightful Reads, Jerry reads Tomasz Tunguz's article on SaaS pricing. He goes into detail of the strategy, philosophy, structure, and positioning of pricing. It is a short article but a must listen if you are looking to foun

S1 #4: Key ingredients to building a service or gig economy startup with Liam Howlett

Sep 26th, 2021 1h 14m

On the fifth episode of The Basement Entrepreneur, Jerry (@criticaljumper) and Ismail (@ismailkhalilr_) speaks with Liam Howlett, the CEO of Safety 1st Aquatics and a serial entrepreneur, to discuss his journey out of the basement and the lesso

Insightful Reads: The Risk Not Taken

Sep 18th, 2021 18m 45s

On this episode of Insightful Reads, Jerry reads Andy Dunn's personal story of taking risk. He built Bonobos, a D2C men's clothing store that sold to Walmart for $310 million. You will hear what he has done in life that is so contrarian to what

Startup Spotlight: top startups from the creator economy, transportation, and employee benefits

Sep 8th, 2021 1h 5m

On the fourth episode of The Basement Entrepreneur, Jerry (@criticaljumper) and Ismail (@ismailkhalilr_) pitch four startups that they believe are going to be unicorns and analyze their product market fit and why they matter. These startups are

Insightful Reads: How to not f*ck up relationships (in business & life)

Aug 23rd, 2021 6m 2s

Insightful Reads is a new series of The Basement Entrepreneur where the hosts read out loud topic specific Twitter threads, articles, or blog posts that's related to startups. In this episode, Jerry reads @Shannvp's Twitter thread "how to not

S1 #3: Are you contrarian enough? The stories of Snapchat and Alibaba

Aug 8th, 2021 36m 27s

On the third episode of The Basement Entrepreneur, Jerry (@criticaljumper) and Ismail (@ismailkhalilr_) share the stories of Snapchat and Alibaba and discuss what it means to be a contrarian and how you can leverage it to your advantage. Follow

S1 #2: Thought to execution & How to create a million dollar business in one weekend

Jul 25th, 2021 35m 57s

On the second episode of The Basement Entrepreneur, Jerry (@criticaljumper) and Ismail (@ismailkhalilr_) dives into the journey of the basement entrepreneur, Ismail's story of building a 5 figure delivery business in one semester, and how you c

S1 #1: What is the drive? Why all successful entrepreneurs have this unexpected trait

Jul 12th, 2021 25m 7s

On the first episode of The Startup Podcast, Jerry (@criticaljumper) and Ismail (@ismailkhalilr_) introduce themselves and gets in a deep dive of the drive that makes entrepreneurs successful. Follow us on IG @thebasemententrepreneur.

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