Success Cards - Be Your Own Business Coach
The Story of a Brand Show
Ramon Vela
4.9 • 147 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
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Success Cards are so new that right now, the primary marketplace for them is via Etsy, says John Uke, the brand's Creator and Founder.
"Etsy has a much more esoteric audience," John says. "I could see this being very big for business gifts. It's hard to shop for people, and you don't want to buy somebody's book because they're probably not going to take the time to read the whole thing. But this is very beautiful. It's on your desk. They'll be reminded of you. It's very approachable. It's beneficial, whether you are a new entrepreneur or a veteran."
John says his original thought was that the cards would benefit those starting a business most. He's discovered that all levels of entrepreneurs are using them.
The cards were designed during the COVID lockdown, giving John more time to work on the project. Future projects include increasing distortion for the cards. John is also planning a people-matching brand and a tool to work on creating and joining networks.
In Part 2, John talks about:
* Why the cards are selling on Etsy.
* The attraction and similarities to Tarot cards.
* The organization of the card topics.
* Future plans unrelated to Success Cards.
* Plans for increased distribution.
* Mulling over ideas for future decks of cards.
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| 0:00.0 | I've done a lot of different things in my life, but I think this is the best idea I've ever had. |
| 0:04.2 | And it's not so complicated. It's basically just taking something that existed for gaming and |
| 0:08.4 | being like, why doesn't this exist for business? And then a follow on is why doesn't this exist for |
| 0:12.7 | everything? So I started with business because it's an area that just kind of runs how the world |
| 0:18.8 | works. And it's my own background and |
| 0:20.8 | specialty is starting companies but the next steps are to basically build |
| 0:25.2 | this into a franchise where I work with subject matter experts on for example |
| 0:29.3 | how to be a podcaster or social media influencer healthy eating personal |
| 0:33.7 | growth relationships like it could be Bible study, sex, like whatever. |
| 0:43.4 | But these would be basically skill decks where it's a more fast and effective way of getting information and thinking about stuff than reading like books that are three or 400 pages |
| 0:47.7 | for that people increasingly don't have the time or patients to consume. |
| 0:51.5 | So it's all about that similar trend of effectiveness that, for example, |
| 0:55.4 | Dev Bootcamp represents of learning how to code in a few months instead of a few years, |
| 1:01.1 | where these cards basically you'll get more value out of in the amount of time that you'd spend |
| 1:05.8 | reading one book, then you'd get doing like an entire MBA as it relates to applying things to your business. |
| 1:22.5 | This is the story of a brand, a podcast that helps people learn the story behind their favorite consumer companies. I'm Ramon Vela, and I believe that people want to know more about the brands |
| 1:32.4 | and the products they purchase. So each week, I interview the founder of a consumer brand, |
| 1:37.3 | unpack their story, their products, and their mission so you can decide which products are |
| 1:41.3 | worth buying and which brands are worth supporting. |
| 1:52.7 | Hey, this is Ramon and I hope you really enjoyed part one of my interview with John UK, the success cards creator and founder. This is part two in its amazing episode as well. We talk about we continue to talk about |
| 2:03.2 | the cards. We talk about where they're selling on Etsy. We talk about interestingly enough. We talk |
| 2:09.2 | about the attraction and similarities to tarot cards of all things. These are success cards and |
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