428: Why Your Business Assumptions Are Wrong with Tim Fung of Airtasker

428: Why Your Business Assumptions Are Wrong with Tim Fung of Airtasker

Airtasker is Australia's #1 marketplace for local services. Over the past decade, they've acquired more than 4.3M registered users, built a worth of $255M, created a $1.7B value of job opportunities, and went public. But founder Tim Fung still feels the pains from the first 3 years, when everything he assumed about the business was wrong. He's learned that through the victories and failures of scaling a startup, remaining focused on providing value over profit is what lasts. Listen to Nathan and Tim discuss: The importance of going all-in on a startup Starting a business with 2 marketplaces The 90-day wakeup call for founders Inspiring users to use your product Sharing problems with your team Not putting off hard decisions Building a feedback muscle within your business And much more startup advice… Who do you want to see next on the podcast? Comment and let us know! And don't forget to leave us a 5-star review if you loved this episode. Wait, there's more… If you enjoy the Foundr podcast, check out our free trainings. Get exclusive, actionable advice from some of the world's best entrepreneurs. Speak with our friendly course experts to get clarity on the next steps for your idea, business or career. You will get tailored insights from results achieved by our proven practitioners as well as thousands of students. Book a call now... For more Foundr content, follow us on your favorite platform: Foundr.com Instagram YouTube Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Magazine

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111: Why You Should Never Give up on Your Dreams as an Entrepreneur with Eugene Woo of Venngage

111: Why You Should Never Give up on Your Dreams as an Entrepreneur with Eugene Woo of Venngage

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110: The Secret to Creating & Mastering Content at Scale with Sujan Patel of ContentMarketer.io

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Every morning of every day, Sujan Patel starts his day by getting out all of his creative energy onto paper. The process is relatively simple. He starts by recording himself talking about whatever top...

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109: Inside the Mind of the Elvis of Advertising - Alex Bogusky

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During a creative career filled with awards and recognition, it took Alex Bogusky a while to realize that none of it mattered unless he loved the work. “You could win the Grand Prix at Cannes—the next...

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108: The Key Elements to Building a Successful Media Company (The Next Web) with Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

108: The Key Elements to Building a Successful Media Company (The Next Web) with Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

The future of media, if not the present, probably looks a lot like The Next Web, which is odd considering co-founder Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten says it’s not even really a media company. The Next We...

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107: Mastering PR & Why Ego is Your Worst Enemy with Ryan Holiday

107: Mastering PR & Why Ego is Your Worst Enemy with Ryan Holiday

No one ever "gives" an entrepreneur a job, they make one for themselves. Entrepreneurs don't ask for permission, they just do. And no one exemplifies this better than Ryan Holiday who has made an enti...

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106: Giving People The Power to Fund Anything with James Beshara of Tilt

106: Giving People The Power to Fund Anything with James Beshara of Tilt

In 2012 James Beshara and his co-founder officially launched Tilt, a platform that aimed to make crowdfunding not only more personal but to make the process as easy as possible. But if you ask the Y-C...

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105: Disrupting the Transportation Industry with Millions of Users in 4 years with Polina Raygorodskaya from Wanderu

105: Disrupting the Transportation Industry with Millions of Users in 4 years with Polina Raygorodskaya from Wanderu

Something that most entrepreneurs struggle with the most is coming up with an idea for a startup. They'll study business forecasts and look at unique trends trying to find the next big thing. What mos...

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104: How to Use Webinars to Grow & Scale Your Startup with Dave Hobson

104: How to Use Webinars to Grow & Scale Your Startup with Dave Hobson

There are no shortcuts when it comes to good online marketing, something that Dave Hobson knows all too well. As the resident expert on all things marketing at Foundr we give you a very special episod...

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