Josh Simons (Part 2 of 2)

Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Barry Katz

Comedy

4.8 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Josh Simons is the CEO and co-founder of Vampr, the world’s largest and most active social-professional network for musicians (often dubbed the “LinkedIn for creatives”). With over half a million users, and active in every country on the planet, the music startup has helped fledgling musicians broker over 5 million connections worldwide. Vampr offers a free solution for young musicians, built by a sympathetic founding team of established musicians with Josh’s co-founder, Baz Palmer, best known as the lead guitarist for seminal hall-of-fame rock band, Hunters & Collectors. Simons has grown Vampr into a multi-award winning platform, including a most prestigious nod from Apple with an inclusion in their Best of the Year list. Prior to running Vampr, Josh Simons spent the better part of a decade as a successful artist, songwriter & producer. His artist project Buchanan enjoyed multi-million streams & chart impressions worldwide. They retired from the live circuit following a sold-out arena tour opening for Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood. As a producer and songwriter, Simons has shared credits with Travis Scott, Troye Sivan, and Kanye West to name a few. In April 2020 Simons was named in The Music Network’s 30 Under 30 List in addition to being voted Reader’s Choice. Simons holds a Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University.

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1:11.3	I truly can't wait to work with you to help you change the trajectory of your comedy career forever.
1:19.2	I very much adhere to this idea that songwriting is problem-solving, and I think comedy is, too,
1:27.1	actually, in a way, in that you've got a structure, a joke so that it has a beginning,
1:32.0	middle, and an end, and obviously a punchline and a payoff, and a song is no different.
1:36.0	And I think running companies is just like that. Basically, companies are three things. It's
1:40.5	the three Ps. You've got people, products, and process, and I live by that. But what does that mean?
1:46.0	You've got to nurture your people. You've got to come up with processes that they can follow,
1:49.6	and you've got to deliver a product to the public. And that is a company. And to do all three of
1:54.8	those things just requires problem-solving. And so if you work through things methodically,
1:59.3	you will come out with a solution. It might not be any good. It might be crap. It might not be
2:03.5	liked by anyone, but that's kind of not the point. You've just got to go through that journey.
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