Three Good Things
By Shardul
Three Good ThingsAug 04, 2020
Three Good Things S1 Bonus Episode (Creator Economy News: Creator+, Clubmarket, Pearpop)
Three Good Things is back with audio twitter news!
Today I talked about Creator+, a new startup that aims to invest millions into non-traditional creators who came up on Tiktok, YouTube and more. I also talked about Clubmarket, a new marketplace to pair clubhouse creators with brands and sponsors as well as a new company called PearPop for social-collaboration. PearPop just raised a new Series A from a slew of notable investors including Heidi Klum, Shaq, Diddy, Alexis Ohanian and more.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 100 - Final Episode of Season 1 - Guest: Chris Moreno
Today I had the honor of talking to the fantastic Chris Moreno.
Chris Moreno is an Operator & Investor focused on supporting early stage founders. Chris' focus has been on scaling businesses in the real estate and tech space for the last 10 years. Chris also mentors startup founders, spends time on diversity & inclusion, and hosts Pitch Practice on Clubhouse. We met thru Clubhouse and after listening to a previous live recording of the podcast, reached out about doing an episode with Chris.
In the podcast we talk about how Chris thinks about angel investing, how he thinks about money and success as well as some fun Q&A questions from live listeners.
You can follow Chris on twitter @morenochris and me @shardulgo. If you have any feedback or want to be on a future episode, DM us.
Three Good Things Vol 99 (Taylor Swift, Sriram Krishnan, PhillyD)
Three Good Things Vol. 98 - Guest: Alex Stemplewski (11M+ on TikTok)
Alex Stemplewski is a photographer and videographer and full time content creator boasting an impressive 11 million followers across TikTok and Instagram. Alex is a Los Angeles based photographer best known for his impromptu public photoshoots.
He also uploads his content to Instagram at @alexanderthegreat - give him a follow.
Thanks for listening and if you want to be a guest on a future podcast, reach me @shardulgo on any platform.
Three Good Things Vol. 97 (Amazon acquires Wondery, Ornament Anchor, Scotty Sire New song)
I'm back after a brief holiday break!
Today I talked about Amazon acquiring Wondery, an independent network for podcasts for a reported $300M, two teenagers creating a company called Ornament Anchor at the beginning of the year and selling over $250,000 by end of 2020 with christmas trees in a big boom and lastly, Scott Sire's new song 25 Christmas Trees ft. Toddy Smith. They're both fellow vlog squad members and the song itself is a great nostalgic reprieve of punk rock mixed with christmas.
I've also decided to shut down the podcast after reaching episode 100 which is in a few days. This is the 3rd to last episode of the podcast. Thank you for listening.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 96 - Guest: Jashima Wadehra
Jashima Wadehra is the music lead at Brown Girl Magazine and CEO of brand strategy consultancy, Ode, Jashima is dedicated to working with BIPOC communities and children of immigrants. When she’s not discovering new artists or podcasting at Central Sauce, she is probably trying to Bhangra to hip hop or eating French fries.
We talked about how we met, the best french fries in New York City, her journey to being an artist manager and answered some audience questions!
You can follow Jashima on Twitter @jashimaw and feel free to DM her with music recommendations and tell her I sent ya!
Thanks for listening and if you want to be a guest on a future podcast, reach me @shardulgo on any platform.
Three Good Things Vol. 95 (Reddit acquiring Dubsmash, New Bugs Bunny Voice, DoorDash/AirBnB IPO deep dives)
Today I talked about Reddit acquiring Dubsmash for an undisclosed amount, the new Bugs Bunny voice by a Filipino-Canadian named Eric Bauza and two deep dive videos into the AirBnb IPO and DoorDash IPOs from origins to IPO.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 94 (Sapphire the Fairy, First Chinese Born Player Scores, First Woman to Score in Power Five Football)
Today I talked about a story by Kelly who took on the role of Sapphire the Fairy to become pen pals with a local girl who had made a fairy garden in her front yard to spread some cheer and joy. I also talked about Jackson He, the first Chinese born player to score in FBS history. He's also a fellow Arizona State Sun Devil (my alma mater). Last, I talked about Sarah Fuller who scored two point afters as a kicker for the Vanderbilt football team. She has a very cool story including being on the women's soccer team and getting the call last minute due to some players testing positive for COVID. Great firsts all-around in sports and looking forward to where we have international representation and representation across all genders in all sports.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 93 (David Dobrik's 100K Puzzle, Twitter acquires Squad, Disney+ Announcements)
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast.
Today I talked about David Dobrik 100K puzzle giveaway where you have a chance to win $100K, Twitter acquires screen-sharing app Squad for an undisclosed amount, Disney+ major announcements in a four hour event and a bonus story about two otters finding love and living happily otter after.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 92 (Airbnb IPO, NEW TSWIFT ALBUM, Elderly home Xmas Deer Hunt)
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast.
Today I talked about Airbnb IPO valuing the company at over $100B upon its first day, Taylor Swift releasing a new album tonight at midnight called Evermore with 18 tracks, and employees at an elderly home in Blanchester, Ohio.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 91 (Doordash IPO, Social Strikes Back by a16z, DeFranco Does)
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast.
Today I talked about DoorDash going IPO at $102/share valuing the company at $38.7B and entering the NYSE at $DASH. I also briefly talked about a collection of articles on the future of social from a16z aka Andreesen/Horowitz, a huge VC firm. Last, I talked about a video from Phil DeFranco (YouTuber with 6M+ subs and over a decade of experience) talking about how he's doing in mental health and dealing with depression.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 90 (First Indian American NBA referee, Quell raises $3M for fitness gaming, LastWeekTonight Pringle Guy)
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast.
Today I talked about the first Indian-American NBA referee, Suyash Mehta will be joining the official referee list for the upcoming NBA season this coming weekend. I also talked about this London-based startup called Quell that is revolutionizing at-home fitness with gaming and closed with what the Pringle man looks like from the neck down.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 89 (Espree on being Clubhouse app icon, DoorDash impending IPO, We Are The Champions on Netflix)
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast.
Today I talked about my friend Espree writing an article about being the face of the Clubhouse app (at least until the next icon update), DoorDash's impending IPO after filing for it and a new show I just started watching on Netflix called We Are The Champions all about contests around the world that you probably haven't heard of.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 88 (Game Theorists raise $3.5M for St. Jude charity, HBO Max to release movies direct, charity livestream)
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast!
Today I talked about the Game Theorists (a YouTube channel with over 14M subs) hosting a charity livestream for St. Jude raising over $3M dollars for St. Jude Children's Hospital, HBO Max releaseing all 17 films next year direct to the streaming platform and simultaneously in theaters, and then I closed with talking about how creators are driving people's attention and creating huge production events with a fraction of big corporate budgets.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 87 (Hulu launches Watch Party, Kavaan the Loneliest Elephant, Shardul Thakur has a good game)
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast.
Today I talked about Hulu launching Watch Party joining the ranks of Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and more to launch a co-watching feature. Then, I talked about Kavaan the lonely elephant, the biggest elephant in the room and ended with a video of Shardul Thakur, a cricketer who had a great game and happens to be my name buddy!
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 86 (Salesforce buys Slack, Stranded Canadian Family gets help, Forbes 30/30)
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast.
Today I talked about Salesforce buying Slack for $27.7B dollars, a family in Canada got stuck in the cold and another family helped them reach their destination driving over 1,000 miles in the process, and the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
Feel free to DM me @shardulgo on any platform with any feedback or if you want to be a guest on a future podcast episode. See you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 85 - Guest: Taylor Nieman Co-Founder of Toucan
Taylor Nieman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Toucan (http://jointoucan.com). Born and raised in Los Angeles, Taylor has spent over a decade building and scaling LA's most notable startups including Headspace, Pop, and Fair. Her expertise at early-stage consumer brands has helped drive growth from Seed to Series B. She has a passion for building companies that align technology, business, and mission. Taylor is a graduate of Cornell University.
We talked
You can find Taylor on Twitter on @Taylor_Nieman and myself @shardulgo. DMs are always open. As always, thanks for listening and I'll see you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol 84 (Better Tomorrow Ventures, Disney+ is 1, Macklemore)
Three Good Things Vol. 83 (Snapchat & Voca.AI, So Good So You, Hasan Minhaj X Cole Haan)
Three Good Things Vol. 82 (Apple M1, Beyoncé&Peloton, Obama gives Biden Freedom Medal)
Three Good Things Vol. 81 (VF acquires Supreme, Adobe acquired Workfront, Last Week’s Election)
Three Good Things Vol. 80 (Hinge/Headspace, Jetpacks, David Dobrik’s Perfume)
Three Good Things Vol. 79 - Guest: Nik Sharma Returns!
Nik is the CEO of Sharma Brands, an agency that advises some of your favorite brands including Caraway Pans, Haus, JUDY, and Hydrant.
Nik is commonly known as the DTC guy on the internet, but what most people don’t know is he thinks sushi is overrated and Soulcycle is better than peloton. Nik made a ~40-page deck on how I think about brand launches (complete with examples of creative, landing pages, media strategy and much more) and it’s completely free. Sign up for his emails here: http://signupforniksemails.com/
Feel free to reach Nik @mrsharma on twitter and me @shardulgo on twitter. If you have any feedback on the podcast or want to be a featured guest, DM me on any platform @shardulgo. Thanks so much for reading and listening!
Three Good Things Vol. 78 (Gold Medal Rat, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Father of the Bride 3)
Three Good Things Vol. 77 (TikTok, Electrician helps Grandma, Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
Three Good Things Vol. 76 - Guest: Kat Cole
Kat Cole is the COO and President of Focus Brands, the owner, franchisor and operator of global limited service food brands, doing billions in product sales in over 50 countries, she leads the company’s 7 brands: Cinnabon, Auntie Anne’s, Moe’s, Schlotzsky’s, McAlister’s, Carvel and Jamba with 6500 operations globally and leading the multi-brand licensing and CPG business. Kat is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a member of the Milk Bar Board of Directors, an advisor to high growth businesses, and mom of two.
We discussed career, mentoring, how Kat prioritizes her humanitarian work, running multiple brands, being an executive and mom all at once as well as a fun lightning round of questions along with audience Q&A towards the end.
BIG Thank you to Kat for being on the podcast.
This podcast was exclusively recorded on Clubhouse using a live podcast "call-in" format. Towards the end of the podcast, there's an open Q&A where listeners from the 50+ person room are able to ask questions and have dialogue with the host and guest. It's a new format I've been trying exclusively on Clubhouse.
As always, thank you for listening & reading. If you want to reach out, you can reach Kat at @KatColeATL on Twitter and me @shardulgo on Twitter. Thanks!
Three Good Things Vol. 75 (Uncle amazes nephew, Lambda School, BTS NEW SONG)
Three Good Things Vol. 74 (Naval’s advice, Judge grants Uber & Lyft to stay, Roman’s back)
Three Good Things Vol. 73 (Sushant Singh Rajput)
Three Good Things Vol. 72 (productboard, Bryce Hall shutdown, PhillyD)
Three Good Things Vol. 71 (Building in Public, Oracle & TikTok, Michelle Obama/DNC)
Three Good Things Vol. 70 (MBA, Fortnite Baited Apple, Suns & Mercury)
Three Good Things Vol. 69 (MS Dhoni retirement, Trump/Triller, NBA playoffs)
Three Good Things Vol. 68 (Jacob Pace, Microsoft Surface Duo, Casey Neistat & Project Power)
Three Good Things Vol. 67 (NBA, Fortnite, MrBeast)
Three Good Things Vol. 66(TikTok Creator Fund, Kobe, Alex.stemp)
Three Good Things Vol. 65 - Guest: Nik Sharma
Hello and welcome to the Three Good Things podcast where I talk about Three Good Things.
Today I had a fantastic guest on the podcast, Nik Sharma of @sharmabrands. We talked about cooking, Kamala Harris being the VP nomination, Stripe naming a new CFO in Dhivya Suryadevara, who we're rooting for in the NBA and how we've both met Casey Neistat on different occasions.
Nik sent me this long ass bio about him, so I'm copying and pasting here:
Nik is the CEO of Sharma Brands, a strategic-initiatives firm working with a wide range of brands to help grow and scale revenue across digital platforms. Nik is one of AdWeek’s Young & Influential, Forbes 30 under 30, and an investor and advisor to some of the fastest growing brands in commerce. His work with hyper-growth brands like Hint Water, Pill Club and JUDY have resulted in new strategies, milestones, and millions of dollars in additional revenue for the companies. He has a keen eye for sociological advancements in culture and a data-driven mind for what works and what doesn’t in a rapidly changing environment. We live in a world where data is abundant but what to do with that data is where Nik thrives. The balance between research, content, distribution and the unknowns is his juggling act. Nik lives in New York where he spends much of his spare time solving the Rubik’s Cube of cost-effectively driving sales for his brand partners. And occasionally he’ll stop by a local Soulcycle or Rumble to let off a little steam.
Reach out to Nik on Twitter @mrsharma and me on Twitter @shardulgo. As always, thank you for reading, listening and feel free to share this podcast. Thanks!
Three Good Things Vol. 64 (Ayton, Tim Duncan, Colin & Samir)
Three Good Things Vol. 63 (Twitter/TikTok, Athlete CEO, Odd1sOut)
Three Good Things Vol. 62 - Guest: Alexa Herasimchuk
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast where I talk about Three Good Things. Today's episode features a conversation with my guest, Alexa Herasimchuk. She's a San Francisco based digital product designer, community manager, YouTuber, amateur photographer and basketballer.
In her work, she's committed to designing technology and experiences to maximize human potential.
By day, she leads Design Community for Zendesk. Outside of that, she creates videos on product design, careers in tech and life on her YouTube channel.
Her approach is to #practicehappy. If you want to reach out to Alexa, follow her on YouTube at Hello I'm Alexa or on twitter @hello_imalexa.
To be a guest on future podcasts, DM me @shardulgo, thank you for reading and listening!
Three Good Things Vol. 61 (mmhmm, Suns, AirRack)
Three Good Things Vol. 60 (TikTok Ban, Making of a Cult Brand, ETERNUM)
Three Good Things Vol. 59(Reels, Oxford, Colin & Samir’s TikTok Breakdown)
Three Good Things Vol. 58 ($3B to nature, DisneyPlus, David Dobrik)
Welcome to my daily podcast called Three Good Things. This is a podcast where I talk about three good things.
Today's episode was recorded on Clubhouse with a rotating cast of people weighing in the day's three good things.
We talked about the Trump administration giving $3B to natural conversation of parks and nature, Disney Plus expanding their Star subscription service to a broader international market and David Dobrik getting a new show on the Discovery Channel premiering August 19th.
Thank you to the folks on Clubhouse for jumping into the conversation. If you want to be a featured guest on the podcast, DM me @shardulgo.
Three Good Things Vol. 57 (XFL, SpaceX, Yes Theory)
Three Good Things Vol. 56 - Guest: Matthew Chin
Today I had the amazing Mat Chin on the podcast. We talked about how we met, TikTok, music, our old (and current) rap careers and quarantine hacks.
Follow Matt on Twitter @chinnimusic and me on Twitter @shardulgo. Thanks so much for tuning into the podcast, if you want to be a guest, DMs are always open.
That's Three Good Things and I'll see you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 55 - Guest: Jacob Pace, CEO of Flighthouse
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast where I talk about Three Good Things daily. Today I had the Jacob Pace, the CEO of Flighthouse on the podcast! Big thanks to Jacob for coming on the podcast. We talked about how we met, TikTok, the potential of getting banned and influencers, and of course Flighthouse.
Go follow Flighthouse on all platforms and reach out to Jacob on Twitter @imjacobpace and me on any platform @shardulgo. If you want to be a guest on future podcast, feel free to reach out. DMs are always open
Thank you so much for listening to the podcast and I'll see you tomorrow.
Three Good Things Vol. 54 (MSFT & TikTok, SUNS WIN, Logic)
Three Good Things Vol. 53 (Triller vs TikTok, NBA, Nike ad)
Three Good Things Vol. 52 - Guest: Sheel Mohnot
Welcome to the Three Good Things podcast where I talk about Three Good Things daily.
Today we have the amazing Sheel Mohnot on the podcast.
Sheel is founding partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures, a $60m seed stage fintech focused vc fund. Previously, he founded several companies including "the pitch" podcast (acquired by Gimlet/Spotify). He lives in San Francisco and is also The Zoom Bachelor!
If you want to reach out to Sheel, you can reach him @pitdesi on Twitter and me, @shardulgo across all platforms.
Thank you so much for tuning into Three Good Things and I'll see you tomorrow.