Ditching the Day Job for Digital Dreams

The Meat Puppets Podcast

Buckle up for a wild ride as savvy media and music dinosaurs Martin Riley and Paul Billington pivot from video production to the brave new world of AI-powered startups! With no prior experience but tons of infectious humor, these intrepid friends chronicle the exhilarating highs and humbling lows of their first fumbling forays into the digital frontier.

You'll hear hilarious stories of stumbling through tech jargon, putting too much trust in questionable AI tools, and making every mistake possible as quickly as possible. It's an honest, no-holds-barred account of two analog veterans trying to stay relevant in the face of lightning-fast technological change.

So plug in and join the hilarity as these wisecracking, big-hearted founders embrace inevitable failure on their way to possible success. It's the startup podcast you've been waiting for - raw, real, and totally irresistible!

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Key points covered include:

• Leaving corporate jobs to start a tech entrepreneurial venture
• Pivoting from service-based businesses to product-based
• Funding a startup through personal savings rather than outside capital
• The challenges and mindset shifts of reinventing oneself professionally
• Learning to adopt new technologies like AI quickly
• Documentation of early startup journey through podcast
• Using AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to assist with startup activities
• Experimenting with AI for content creation like podcast episode outlines
• Unlearning lessons from running previous service companies
• Embracing remote work and distributed teams
• The need for constant reskilling to keep up with technological change
• Transition from linear to non-linear career paths
• Psychological struggles of being a beginner again professionally
• Advantages of entering new industries as an outsider
• Bringing analog experience into the digital world
• Ongoing startup challenges like generating revenue
• Mistakes and stumbling associated with the startup and learning journey

Listener Warning!

The Meat Puppets podcast is for entertainment purposes only. Hosts Martin Riley and Paul Billington are experienced media professionals but they are not experts in law, AI or any topics discussed on the show. Listeners should not construe their personal opinions or banter as professional legal advice. All business decisions should be made based on your own independent research and assessment of risks. While delivered with good humour, the hosts make no guarantees about accuracy of any content in this podcast. Listen at your own discretion!

Equipment Used

(Prices as of Aug 2023 - we don’t get any money from any of these links, we’re not associated in anyway, we’re just sharing what we use)

Rode PodMic USB - £199 rode.com/en/microphones/usb/podmic-usb

Any Phone, Computer or Tablet with USBC and wireless / mobile internet £200 upwards

Sennheiser HD 25 Headphone £120 (Although any will do really - we’re just a bit snobby) - en-uk.sennheiser.com/on-ear-dj-headphone-hd25

Web Services used

Redcircle £FREE - https://redcircle.com/

ChatGPT £FREE/20/month (although we’re using it less and less) openai.com/blog/chatgpt

Claude 2 £FREE claude.ai/

Cleanfeed £FREE/25/month (Although free tier would be fine) cleanfeed.net/

Google Apps £FREE/5/Month/per user workspace.google.com/

Software Tools Used

DeScript £FREE/20/Month (Free would be fine) www.descript.com/

Davinci Resolve 18.5 £FREE/245 for studio version (Although we’re not really using any more) www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/…solve/studio