The Grand Opening
Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin
Midroll Media
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2018
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The successful grand opening is rare.
But we keep trying.
We make it dumber, louder, more predictable, sacrificing nuance in exchange for a chance at mass...
Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He's the bestselling author of 19 books and a long-time entrepreneur, freelancer and teacher.
You can find out more about Seth by reading his daily blog at seths.blog and about the workshops at akimbo.com.
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| 0:00.0 | A new podcast. Cool. Who's the first guest? What are you going to call it? No guests? What does a Kimbo mean? That's never going to work. |
| 0:18.0 | Hey, it's Seth, and this is a Kimbo. And now a word from Zip Recooter, our presenting sponsor. |
| 0:27.0 | What do eyebrows have to do with making the right decision? |
| 0:30.0 | A whole lot, actually. |
| 0:31.0 | Hey there, I'm Ian Siegel and I'm the CEO and co-founder of Zip Recruiter, the smartest |
| 0:36.3 | way to hire. |
| 0:37.3 | Being an entrepreneur and owning a business has been a dream of mine since I was a kid and I've |
| 0:41.2 | learned a lot of interesting things while turning that dream into a reality. |
| 0:44.0 | Like how to tell if your big idea is really a big idea. |
| 0:47.0 | Hint, it involves eyebrows. |
| 0:49.0 | More on that later in the show. |
| 0:51.0 | I founded Zip Recooter because I knew there was a smarter way for |
| 0:53.8 | businesses to find talent. Today companies of all sizes and industries use |
| 0:57.8 | zip recruiter to fill their hiring needs. And if you're hiring now you can try |
| 1:01.5 | zip recruiter for free at zip recruiter. |
| 1:03.8 | 80% of employers who post on zip recruiter get a quality candidate through the |
| 1:08.2 | site in just one day. So try it for free at zip recruiter.com slash Seth. |
| 1:12.3 | See you later in the show. |
| 1:15.0 | The Italians have a wonderful phrase. |
| 1:17.0 | Salto Mortale, the dangerous leap, |
| 1:21.0 | the leap into the void. That fear we get in the pit of our stomach just before we commit. |
| 1:29.0 | That fear that it's not going to work out. It's too soon. I'm not ready and so we wait. But some people, some people don't wait. |
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