Going for Broke to Solve Remote Work's Problems with Erik Braund
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Erik Braund is the founder of Katmai and his mission is to make digital connections way, way better than Zoom or Teams. His passions are grunge music and pomeranians.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Spontaneous human connection is missing from today’s video conferencing tools. Katmai solves that with immersive, 3D virtual office spaces.
2. Success doesn’t follow a blueprint. Erik bootstrapped Katmai through grit, creativity, and a willingness to go broke for the problem he believed in solving.
3. Culture, collaboration, and communication thrive in digital workplaces when there’s a real sense of place and not just another meeting link.
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| 0:00.0 | Boom. Shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, brought to you by |
| 0:08.2 | High Level, the all-on-one sales and marketing platform. Today we'll be breaking down, going for broke |
| 0:13.8 | to solve remote works problems. To draw these value bombs, I have brought to Eric Braun in the |
| 0:18.9 | Eofire Studios. Eric's the founder of Cap Mai, and his mission is to make digital connections way, |
| 0:23.8 | way better than Zoom or teams. |
| 0:25.9 | His passions are grunge music and Pomeranians. |
| 0:29.2 | And today we'll be talking about how Kat Mai got started, how they got funding, |
| 0:32.3 | the problem they're trying to solve, why other tools are not working, |
| 0:36.1 | what he thinks about Pomeranians and oh so much more. |
| 0:39.3 | And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to Eric and our sponsors. |
| 0:44.6 | Are you ready for the ultimate all in one platform for entrepreneurs, marketers, coaches, |
| 0:49.8 | and agencies, build funnels, automate follow-ups, manage clients, and even white-label |
| 0:55.0 | your own software, say hello to our featured partner high level and visit high level |
| 1:02.2 | fire.com to start your free trial today. |
| 1:07.5 | Eric, say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that you believe about becoming successful that most people disagree with. |
| 1:16.1 | What's up, Fire Nation? |
| 1:17.4 | Becoming successful, there is absolutely no blueprint. |
| 1:22.1 | I don't know if I'm successful or not. |
| 1:23.7 | People have told me I do everything upside down and backwards. |
| 1:26.4 | I just do it the way that feels right. And that has worked well for me so far. Is there a Pomeranian print? Absolutely. Maybe two, |
| 1:33.9 | maybe three, maybe four. Fire Nation, we're talking about some cool stuff today, specifically how |
| 1:39.0 | going for broke to solve remote works problems just worked out. And I want to start by talking about the |
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