{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Jake & JZ","title":"Good Beans","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3798,"description":"This week on episode 4, we talked about:\nJake's train station\nA disappointing dialog at the end of Diablo 3\nWhat’s so incredibly great about hoodies\nTeddy Ruxpin, the original edtech product for kids\nCuriosity Labs, a Character portfolio company building educational AI companions for kids\nThe founding story of YouTube Kids\nGetting new product ideas from real-world customer behavior\nTwo different ways to pitch the same company\nShould founders follow “best practices” when pitching investors or try to stand out?\nFathom’s Series A\nHow we found Fathom (and then decided to invest)\nAuthenticity in sales\nWhy we go out of our way to pitch ourselves to founders\nOur Design Sprint with Fathom\nAlmond butter in oatmeal\nA great book: Against the Gods\nAnd much more\n📩 Get an email about every episode at JakeAndJZ.com\n💸 Learn more about our seed fund Character Capital\n🥸 Find Jake on LinkedIn and X\n🤠 Find JZ on LinkedIn and X\n\nChapters\n00:00 A diabolical dialog box\n03:54 The importance of throughline\n05:45 Where is Jake's sweatshirt?!\n07:39 How sweatshirts work\n09:13 Teddy Ruxpin\n11:24 Building the pitch for Curiosity Labs\n17:04 How a side project became YouTube Kids\n22:49 A better way to pitch VCs\n33:56 How Fathom got to Series A\n40:30 How VCs do outbound sales\n45:48 How authenticity shows up in products\n53:21 Good beans\n57:14 An extended self-congratulatory ad for Character and Design Sprints","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_22AgTdWWr4QV9PQD7sa_mbdevWTW5iA3W8VurgbNFs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xODU2/NTc2MmVhM2EwZTQw/NTlhYTcxNzc5MzAz/MTMyMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}