034 - The Driving Force — with Ash Thorp

The Futur with Chris Do

The Futur

Arts, Education, Marketing, Design, Business, Self-improvement

4.9 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2017

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Ash Thorp has built his career in design and film from the ground up, succeeding while surrounded by a family of talented artists that were not able to reach the level that he has. In this episode Chris talks to Ash about the sacrifices he had to make to get where he is, including a year of work that would give him his biggest break while, simultaneously, being one of his biggest challenges, the online education company, Learn Squared, that he helped found, and the inner workings that have led him to success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The moment I started to fall in love with the idea of business and understand what business is and how to navigate money and to appreciate money and to look at it as a good thing rather than a hindrance, that's when the game changed.
0:12.0	That's when the game changed.
0:12.6	That's when it's like, okay, this is it. We're wrapping up season one of the future
0:29.4	podcasts and I just want to say thank you. Thank you for being a part of this. It's been a fun and wonderful ride for me. I've learned so much in the process and hope you've enjoyed listening as well.
0:40.0	When we return in the fall, we'll bring you new guests, dive deeper into issues that you care the most about.
0:47.0	Don't worry, we'll be converting some of our best YouTube episodes into podcast to keep your brain fed in the meantime. Now, seeing how it is our season
0:56.5	finale, I can't think of anyone better to help us close it out. On this episode, we'll be talking to the Lost Boy himself, Ash Thorpe, a man with many talents.
1:07.8	He draws, designs, builds 3D worlds, consults for feature films.
1:12.4	He's a husband, father, teacher, artist, philosopher,
1:15.8	entrepreneur, partner, and all around good guy. His story is layered and takes some time
1:21.0	to unravel. Ash shares stories about dealing with the darkness, going off on his own at an early age, growing up with a family of artists.
1:30.0	Martial arts, cars, his big break, sacrifice, passion, commitment, the year-long hellish commute
1:38.0	from San Diego to Los Angeles in the pursuit of his dreams.
1:42.1	You can't talk to him without thinking how thoughtful,
1:45.0	intelligent, and intentional he is. Before we dive in, word of warning.
1:50.0	Swearing is involved.
1:52.0	Ash, who are you and how would you describe yourself to others?
1:57.0	I always honestly have a hard time introducing myself and probably a bad excuse but it's mostly because I do so many different types of things that I'm interested in
2:05.6	But mainly I'm known for doing work and design on feature films
2:10.7	Mainly Blockbuster kind of films and stuff.
2:13.3	So, but I work on video games and all kinds of stuff
2:16.2	and I also run a online education platform
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