Mark Asquith - Co-Founder of Captivate Speaks on The Evolution of Podcasting

The Casey Adams Show

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Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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On this episode of The Casey Adams Show, I sat down with Mark Asquith, co-founder of Captivate.fm. Mark shares his journey of getting into podcasting, building a product, and getting acquired by Global.com. Learn more about Mark Asquith: https://www.markasquith.com/ [00:00:01] Podcasting industry icon builds business. [00:05:57] Revolutionizing podcasting [00:10:01] Release products as events: Apple approach [00:14:27] Building great product leads to acquisition. [00:19:29] Entrepreneurial success through balance. [00:23:04] Podcasting tech: democratized, acquisitions slowed, gold rush quieted. [00:26:50] Podcasting industry: Balance, Respect, Openness. [00:31:33] Choose happiness, choose control. [00:36:08] Do it exceptionally well [00:40:40] Trust intuition, say no - Follow Casey on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casey Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CaseyAdams TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseyadams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaseyAdams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Casey Adams show. Today I am joined by Mark Askwith. I am very excited to have this
0:08.2	conversation today. He is the co-founder of Captivate FM, a podcasting industry icon in my opinion.
0:16.1	And I'm super excited to have this conversation today. Thank you so much coming to the show, Mark.
0:19.8	Oh, that's very kind, Casey. Yeah, no, I appreciate it. It's a cracking show you've got,
0:23.8	and yeah, good to see your growth and everything that you do, man.
0:26.8	Thank you so much, man. So, yeah, I, we were just touching base a little bit before we're getting
0:31.7	on here, and I've been a podcaster for over five and a half years. Like this industry as a whole has been such an important part of my
0:38.0	life and my business and just everything that I do. It's more to like the backbone of, of my
0:43.7	career thus far. I would love to take, take us back to how did you even get into the podcasting
0:50.0	industry? You've had shows. You've worked with brands, you've built incredible product used
0:54.8	by thousands of podcasters. How did the podcasting industry come into your life and where
0:59.9	did this journey be in? You have been in this space now for 10 coming up 11 years, which is fascinating.
1:07.0	It wasn't even an industry when I got into it. I've got like the toxic trait of everything I'm interested in.
1:11.9	I want to turn into a business.
1:13.1	I'm like that guy.
1:15.6	Much less now.
1:16.8	Now I'm a bit older.
1:17.6	But certainly when I was in my 20s and 30s, now I'm like 41.
1:21.7	I'd just rather do other stuff.
1:25.0	But I'm fortunate to have landed on a business and on a career that I love.
1:30.3	Like I love being podcasting, it's mega.
1:33.0	But I got into it.
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