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Published: March 4, 2016, 4 p.m.

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Ep 185 Shaan Puri, a co-founder of Blab, a media platform that lets you listen in on conversations between experts in just about any field. Listen as Nathan and Shaan talk about how the latter plans to monetize his growing business.

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Bio
Shawn Puril is the co-founder of Blab \\u2013 previously he opened a sushi restaurant, bio-tech startup, and ran an idea lab in San Francisco.

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Time Stamped Show Notes:

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• 01:00 \\u2013 Nathan\\u2019s introduction to today\\u2019s show
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• 01:21 \\u2013 Sean joins the show.
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• 02:53 \\u2013 Blab is in beta. It\\u2019s like Skype, but it has a public forum feature that allows users to listen in on an interview or call-in.
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• 03:45 \\u2013 The average daily active user is watching for a little over an hour a day.
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• 05:04 \\u2013 People can tune into the conversation of CEO\\u2019s or other topics or people they care about.
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• 06:28 \\u2013 Blab covers a lot of niche audiences such as RV\\u2019s and old book collecting.
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• 07:28 \\u2013 Blab has a feature that allows more audience and broadcaster interaction.
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• 08:22 \\u2013 Anyone can use the platform \\u2013 from at-home hobbyists to professionals from big name companies.
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• 09:13 \\u2013 Blab is privately funded \\u2013 their business model is similar to that of TV, they plan to monetize with sponsors in the future.
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• 10:30 \\u2013 The Blab team is aiming to grow big enough so that users can make a living off of broadcasting on the site.
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• 11:17 \\u2013 Blab\\u2019s current goal is an increase of 7% of viewers every week.
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• 12:13 \\u2013 Blab\\u2019s team consists of 15 members.
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• 14:31 \\u2013 Famous Five
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Famous 5

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• Favorite Book?- Rework by Fried and Hansson
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• What CEO do you follow?\\u2014 Conor McGregor
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• What is your favorite online tool?\\u2014 Slack
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• Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014 No
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• If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?\\u2014 Forget the classes, forget the grades. Build about 5 really great connections that\\u2019ll last you a lifetime at University.
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3 Key Points:

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1. Blab is a media platform on which users can listen in on calls conducted by just about anyone (hobbyist to professional) on any variety of topics. There are also features that allow listener/broadcaster interaction.
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2. Blab is privately funded \\u2013 in the future once they have enough viewers, they plan on running ads to monetize traffic.
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3. Blab is unlike Netflix and YouTube in that it\\u2019s a live stream and covers any variety of topics by any type of profession.
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Resources Mentioned:

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• Edgar \\u2013 Nathan uses Edgar instead of other scheduling tools\\xa0for Twitter because Edgar cycles through content over and over (buffer/others you have to re-input content over and over \\u2013 time consuming). In the last several months, Edgar has driven Nathan over 3728 clicks that he didn\\u2019t have to work or pay for.
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• @shaanvp \\u2013 Shaan\\u2019s Twitter
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• Blab \\u2013 Shaan\\u2019s business
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• Rework by Fried and Hansson\\u2013 Shaan\\u2019s favorite business book
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• Conor McGregor\\u2013 CEO Shaan follows
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• Slack \\u2013 Shaan\\u2019s favorite online tool
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Credits

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Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

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