253: Surviving a Storm at Sea & Reflecting on Past Startups via Brett Martin of Kumospace (The Innovative Virtual Office Platform)

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Millionaire Interviews Podcast & Sir Austin Peek

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🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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0:00.0	But the idea is there's two futures in the world.
0:03.1	One is where remote work is soulless, isolated, and inhuman, and we just become little
0:10.1	automotons and cogs in the wheel.
0:12.7	And then there's this other narrative people are pushing where we have to come back in
0:16.8	the office.
0:17.8	But then you have to commute for two hours a day.
0:20.9	You can only work in jobs in your city.
0:24.1	You don't get an opportunity to travel the world.
0:26.8	And so we're saying that there's a third way.
0:29.9	One more morning.
0:31.9	I've been worth millions of dollars multiple times and then worth zero multiple times.
0:39.2	So I basically spent most of my money that I had and I made my next big mistake which
0:47.0	was because you want to prove that you are a good entrepreneur and that's a terrible
0:54.9	reason to start start up.
0:56.2	And that's what I did.
0:57.8	You roll with the punches and entrepreneurship.
1:00.2	Everything's just 10xed amplified.
1:01.9	So you know, the highs are higher and the lows are lower.
1:04.5	But it's been okay with me because I, well, I'll say that lesson for a later.
1:10.6	Brett Martin here, newly minted 40 year old and current location is Santa Teresa Costa
1:16.7	Rica.
1:17.7	Although I would say my home address according to the state of New York is Brooklyn, New
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