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Founder's Journal

Guest Journal: Build in Public w/Nik Sharma

Founder's Journal

Morning Brew

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Nik guides us through the importance of building in public & the impact it’s had on his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What is up everyone, this is Alex Lieberman, co-founder and CEO of Morning Brew.

0:07.3

Welcome back to Founders Journal, my personal audio diary, where I give you the business

0:12.6

builder the tools you need to think better in order to build better, whether that's building

0:17.8

a business, a team, or a new product.

0:21.5

But today, it's not my personal audio diary.

0:24.9

For the first time ever, I will be handing the keys of Founders Journal to another incredible

0:30.5

founder.

0:31.5

I am so excited to introduce Nick Sharma, the 24-year-old king of consumer.

0:38.2

Nick has been building, advising, and investing in consumer brands since high school.

0:43.3

He ran e-commerce at Hintwater, ran direct to consumer at VaynerMedia, and founded a successful

0:50.0

brand consultancy all without going to college.

0:53.5

I reached out to Nick because he's a close friend.

0:56.7

He has accomplished so much in such a short career, and he has a clear point of view on what

1:02.5

it takes to build a successful business.

1:05.6

He's going to tell you about his experience building in public, and why adopting that

1:10.4

approach has been pivotal to his success.

1:13.8

Nick, could you talk to us more about what building in public actually means?

1:19.7

Building in public is the concept of documenting what you do on a daily basis, but in a medium

1:25.7

where other people can read and consume and interact with it.

1:30.4

If it's things you do for work or a day in the life on YouTube, and the reason I find

1:35.3

it so valuable is because it allows you to attract like-minded people.

1:40.9

You're able to basically arbitrage the capability of building a network to the point where it

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