Erik sits down with Jack Butcher, the founder of Visualize Value. Riverside.fm is a presenting sponsor of Media Empires. Go to https://creators.riverside.fm/MediaEmpires) + use code MEDIAEMPIRES for 20% off individual plans.
In this interview, Erik and Jack discuss how Jack built a media platform with a network of mentors and an audience of over five hundred thousand people. Learn Jack transitioned his agency into a community-driven million dollar business with effective branding and communication of complex ideas.
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Check out Turpentine VC
(01:00 Episode Preview
(02:29) Sponsor: Riverside
(03:35) What is Visualized Value?
(04:29) Jack's core skillset and the evolution of Visualized Value
(10:06) Sell the dream, deliver the nightmare
(14:15) Transitioning from pure services to a high leverage media business
(20:47) Picking great names
(25:00) Where does Jack want to take Visualized Value in the future?
(28:50) Mr. Beast
(34:58) Build once, sell twice.
(36:10) Be an API
(38:35) NFTs and what we've learned as an ecosystem
(44:51) Blockchain infrastructure for Visualized Value's community
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