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Growing up in Hawaii, Corporate Detours & The Future of Audio - Sky King

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This episode is with Sky King, the founder of Modern Stoa, a podcast advertising company for podcasters.  His path is fascinating - he grew up in Hawaii, rarely wore shoes, was heavily influenced by Asian culture, had a father who was retired, and somehow ended up in a massive corporation right after college.  In 2016. he became fascinated by how the media was shaping the 2016 US election and decided it was time to act.  From a cold email to Ryan Holiday to helping build Aubrey Marcus' podcast, Sky was on his way.  His long-term vision is to build an alternative to traditional advertising in audio.
We talk about this and a lot more including:
  • Why he quit a good job to work at a smoothie bar
  • How a cold email to Ryan Holiday changed his life
  • Growing up in Hawaii
  • Serendipitous events that lend to him moving to Austin
  • The future of Audio
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Timestamps
  • 1:41: Intro to Sky and where his name came from
  • 5:03: Sky's influences growing up
  • 11:34 Why he went to the corporate world
  • 17:12 Cold emailing Ryan Holiday & vision for 
  • 19:47 Sky's "quake moment"
  • 25:15 Moving to Austin and working for Aubrey Marcus
  • 30:44 Sky's desire to help people 
  • 32:55 Growing up in Hawaii
  • 36:10 Going to China at 10
  • 39:30 Everything anywhere all at once reflections
  • 44:40 The "true default path"
  • 47:30 Hiring someone & responsibility
  • 48:30 "what are you uniquely positioned to do?"
  • 49:20 Advertising Subsidy & Media incentives
  • 57:20 Meme farming & future of audio
  • 1:01:30 Bucky Fuller & specialization
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Growing up in Hawaii, Corporate Detours & The Future of Audio - Sky King

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