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World Business ReportIs the White House at war with the Federal Reserve?Sam Fenwick examines a growing political storm at the world’s most powerful central bank, as US prosecutors investigate the Federal Reserve and its chair. At Meta, a former adviser to Donald Trump steps into one of Silicon Valley’s biggest jobs, prompting new scrutiny of Big Tech’s relationship with Washington. And in the Caribbean, Cuba faces a potential energy crunch after oil shipments from Venezuela come to a halt.(PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building in Was...
2026-01-1326 min
The Power Forward Pod#7 Navigating Career Transitions in Big LawWelcome to the Power Forward Pod hosted by the Power Forward Financial Advisory Team, where we believe two is better than one, thoughts were meant to be challenged, soundboxes are the enemy, and change is the only constant. In this special episode, we delve into the career journey of Big Law attorneys and learn about need Lateral Hub fills for many of them.Join us as we sit down with Albert Tawil, a former Big Law attorney turned entrepreneur, as he shares his journey from practicing law at prestigious firms to founding Lateral Hub, a p...
2024-04-2634 min
2021-05-3104 minPencil ProblemsEpisode 48: Pitch: Consumer Centric Car Buying AppI watched this video a long time ago on how to use game theory to buy a car.
5 years ago, I tried it, and it worked.
Last year, I tried it again and it worked even better.
I pitch Nick a way we could MVP and productize this car buying process for consumers.
2021-05-3003 min
This Commerce LifeCo-Founder & CEO at Clearbanc Andrew D'Souza comes on to talk about Clearbanc and the launch of ClearAngelWe owe this podcast to Kent Fenwick in more ways than one.Kenny talks about his Covid experience. Philly complains about his boss. (himself)Find out about Clearbanc here: https://clearbanc.com/en-eu/Think you could use investment? ClearAngel is here: https://angel.clearbanc.com/Andrew's Linkedin is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdsouza/
2021-04-0650 min
The Resus RoomDecember 2020; papers of the monthWelcome back to December's Papers of The Month Podcast! Three more papers for you which will challenge and inform you practice. First up we have a look at a systematic review and meta-analysis which considers the fluid choice in resuscitating those patients with suspected traumatic brain injury in the prehospital setting; should we be reaching for the hypertonic solutions, or is an isotonic fluid such as normal saline adequate? Next we take a look at a paper that has received a lot of online discussion which looks at the two approaches of antibiotics or surgery...
2020-12-0137 min
The Wisconsin WrestlerD1 Sectional C PreviewSend us a textHolmen coach Jason Lulloff and Middleton coach Kent Weiler join Teague and Steve to talk about a vastly improved Sectional C in Division 1. We discuss how the addition of Portage and Wisconsin Rapids will impact the regional title race, Teague and Steve shock the world by making different regional champ picks, and Teague messes up in the first five minutes by announcing the wrong host school for the regional that he coaches in.Regional 1-2:25Regional 2-49:59Team Sectional Prediction- 1:31:01Support the show
2020-10-121h 35Pencil ProblemsEpisode 47: Season 2 Premiere: Let The Past DieIn this Season 2 Premier, Kent and Nick talk about what is here, what was and what is to come.
2020-01-141h 34Pencil ProblemsEpisode 46: On to the next oneWe stole the summary style from Rick and Morty bruh, it's a good show if you give it a chance.
We are coming back but only the shadow knows when...
Probably next week...
But maybe never....
But next week, most likely.
2020-01-1000 min
This Commerce LifeHow entrepreneurs work while on vacation. The art of prioritizing and staying away from hot topics.The guys talk about working while on vacation. Do it or don’t do it? How to do it to remove stress and still get a vacation. Philly talks about email automation and how to go about setting up. The guys give Linda new job. Phil explains SEO in layman terms, and spills the beans on how Kent Fenwick is a voodoo magician at SEO.
2019-07-0152 minPencil ProblemsEpisode 45: Getting the Book Published and It's a Business Not a Side Project. Goals for 2019.Description
Nick's book will be published.
Kent decides to stop packing boxes.
And Pencil Problems will become a media conglomerate, all in 356 days.
Things we talked about
Arnold YouTube video
Ryan Holiday - Getting advice from mentors
Kitchen Confidential
Dan Ariely - Predictably Irrational
Pencil Problems on Medium
2019-01-091h 07Pencil ProblemsEpisode 44: Nick's Book is Done, Finishing off Details, Setting Goals for 2019Nick's Book is Done and he's actually holding it during this episode. This calls for a celebration!
But the celebration quickly moves into what is next for the book and where all of this can go in 2019 and beyond.
Kent is still worried that Able Cells isn't a business and wants $50,000 or so to make it one.
We set some basic 2019 goals and decide to take Christmas off... but you knew that :)
2019-01-021h 51Pencil Problems43: A new app idea, and practical tips for finding your dream jobIn this episode Kent talks about how LinkedIn is really good if you are looking for a job. Kent talks about being open to a bunch of different opportunities and an exercise for finding the right job for you. Meanwhile, Nick has a great idea for an app, and is suffering from imposter syndrome again when it comes to be being an authority in educational gaming for kids.
2018-12-121h 26Pencil ProblemsKent's new career, imposter syndrome v3, dating vs. marrying companies, wolves vs. dogs, building your public personaIn this episode Kent and Nick talk about Kent's career change, building your public persona as a resume or a portfolio, marrying companies vs. dating them, the difference between being a wolf and a dog and so much more.
2018-12-0557 minPencil ProblemsEpisode 41: Essays, SEO, Project Updates, The New Rap, The Coddling Of The American Mind and moreNick and Kent talk about the new rap these days, The Coddling Of The American Mind and how we might be messing up a generation of kids, Nick talks about essays and how his book is nearly done. Kent talks Able Cells and SEO.
2018-11-261h 06Pencil ProblemsEpisode 40: Screen time, Project Update, and Ramblings of a Dystopian FutureAs part of a long overdue project update, we talk about: Screen time in our household, procrastination, and holding too much inventory.
2018-11-051h 23Pencil ProblemsEpisode 39: Tales from the gig economyNick and Kent take a different approach on the gig economy and talk about how software, not just hardware is making it possible to crowdsource information in new and interesting ways. Nick argues that it's all about incentives, and Kent and his Dad re-invent power on drive home from the cottage.
2018-10-011h 26Pencil ProblemsEpisode 38: Life at a VC Backed StartupToday Nick picks Kent's brain about his time at Tilt and life at a VC backed startup in the Valley.
Tilt allowed users to pool funds for objectives in a simple, social, and frictionless way online. At it's zenith it was valued at almost a billion dollars and has since been acquired by Airbnb.
2018-08-311h 39Pencil ProblemsEpisode 37: Starting an e-commerce store. Deep dive + Tips & Tricks.How To Start an E-commerce Store That Doesn't Dropship
2018-08-211h 44Pencil ProblemsEpisode 36: The Other Side of "Hey I have an app idea!"If you make stuff I'm sure you've been approached about an idea for app or website or video or movie. We talk through our thought process and considerations when taking on other people's projects.
2018-08-101h 39Pencil ProblemsEpisode 35: Feedback From My EditorNick gets his writing edited by Michelle Brown! They discuss how this could translate into a book. She goes over bigger on-going themes, framing devices, structure, language. It's a fun listen for anyone who has been following along with my blog or for anyone who writes!
Blog: http://medium.com/fatherhood
Michelle's book, Safe Words: https://www.amazon.ca/Safe-Words-Michelle-Brown/dp/1926794729
2018-08-0249 minPencil ProblemsEpisode 34: How much would you pay for Google?Kent and Nick talk about paying for software vs. ad based payment models. They discuss how much they would pay for services like Google, and Facebook and speculate on what the future of these payment models look like.
2018-07-241h 23Pencil ProblemsEpisode 33: Project Update + Goals + WWDCNick is back from Apple's worldwide developer conference (WWDC) and answers Kent's questions about it. Before that Nick and Kent talk about their progress towards the goals, they set a few weeks ago for their side projects. Nick is doing well, Kent isn't.
2018-06-2453 minPencil ProblemsEpisode 32: The DipWe hit a dip in our projects! Kent's e-commerce store, Nick's book project, even the podcast. It's starting to feel like work and not like fun. We talk through it all and we hope you can relate!
2018-06-061h 30Pencil ProblemsEpisode 31: Running an e-commerce store, cash flow, debt and financing, buying products, managing suppliers, calculating margins and more... A deep retail dive.Kent recently appeared as a guest on This Commerce Life, a podcast about all things retail, and gets to ask Phil and Kenny, two industry veterans a ton of questions about Able Cells. They cover inventory, managing suppliers, cash flow, margins, debt and financing and more.
Listen to This Commerce Life here.
2018-05-2858 minPencil ProblemsEpisode 30: Is Google sentient? How do we build side projects in the age of strong AI? Plus some WWDC predictions.Nick and Kent discuss the Google Assistant demo where an AI places a call and books a reservation. Is this software sentient? No. And how does this shape ambition when building side projects? Are certain industries dead? Plus some WWDC predictions.
2018-05-211h 27Pencil ProblemsEpisode 29: Products we love | Fahrenheit CoffeeDescription:
Experimenting with a new episode type, Nick chats with Sameer - owner of Fahrenheit coffee. Incredible coffee, amazing dude. This episode is about passion, about craft, and about relationships. It'll also really make you want to drink coffee! Enjoy!
Links:
[http://www.fahrenheitcoffee.com/]
[https://www.yelp.ca/biz/fahrenheit-coffee-toronto]
2018-05-1348 minPencil ProblemsEpisode 28: Let's Jam | A Social Podcasting AppKent and Nick chat about an app idea: A social podcasting app. Really interesting idea and lots of different directions it can go. Let's see where this goes!
2018-05-081h 33Pencil ProblemsEpisode 27: Product vs. MarketingNick and Kent give their perspective on the age old debate between product and marketing. Where does product end and marketing begin, what should product people know about marketing? What should good marketers know about the product? How can you apply all of this to your side projects?
This is our most edited episode, please forgive the audio at points.
2018-04-301h 51Pencil ProblemsEpisode 26: Family-Work BalanceKent and Nick have a conversation around balancing Work, Family and Side Projects.
2018-04-191h 18Pencil ProblemsEpisode 25: Q&A - Productivity Tools, outsourcing tech, letting someone go.We open with some project updates (ablecells.com, medium.com/fatherhood) followed by some Q&A from fans (I can't believe people still listen to this!).
00:00 Project Updates
17:00 Productivity Tools
30:00 Does Kent own 300 domain names?
33:00 Does outsourcing work for tech companies?
49:00 Fan love swoon
52:00 When to move on poor hires
2018-04-141h 05Pencil ProblemsEpisode 24: How morals and ethics affects startups, building ethics into your side project, and deleting FacebookNick asks Kent if he plans to delete Facebook, this leads to a discussion about Facebook's recent drama, how ethics and morals play into business, and how you can build good ethics into your side project or company.
Q&A episode coming soon, send in your feedback, questions, comments, opinions, topic ideas, errata to hello@pencilproblems.com.
2018-04-021h 13Pencil ProblemsEpisode 23: Hero worship, self-doubt and winningKent and Nick talk about Hero Worship and Self-Doubt. They ruminate about when/if they'd go all in on something and the secret to winning at side projects. Bonus Parent Corner content at the very end. Enjoy!
2018-03-261h 48Pencil ProblemsEpisode 22: Pros and Cons of Building Side Projects with a Team or Going SoloNick and Kent talk about the pros and cons of starting side projects with a team or going solo. They also answer a hypothetical question about what would they tell their 25-year-old selves.
2018-03-181h 44Pencil ProblemsEpisode 21: Filming a Kickstarter Video, How to Deal with a Drop in Shopify Orders - Project Update #3In this episode, Kent and Nick give a quick product update on the book and Able Cells. Kent is worried that he went 2 days without an order and wants to rebuild Shopify. Nick is working on storyboards for his likely Kickstarter video. Kent records a slightly awkward outro. Remember to send any questions and feedback to hello@pencilproblems.com
2018-03-0735 minPencil ProblemsEpisode 20: Lessons Learned Pitching SponsorsIn this episode, Nick and Kent talk about how it went pitching the podcast to a few potential sponsors. Like a good math problem, they work out a solution for what sponsorship could look like going forward. Remember to send any feedback or questions to hello@pencilproblems.com or @pencilpod on the Twitter.
2018-03-0356 minPencil ProblemsEpisode 19: Getting SponsorsIn this episode, Nick and I talk about the vision of Pencil Problems going forward and how we would try and pitch it to potential sponsors. We also kick-off Parent Corner around 1:03. Enjoy
2018-02-221h 17Pencil ProblemsEpisode 18: Book ClubNick and Kent talk about the books they love and how they shape their actions, worldview, and their kids' future. Full of tangential goodness.
2018-02-162h 07Pencil ProblemsEpisode 17: State of our UnionsKent and Nick talk about whether Jack should kick Donald off Twitter, then roll right into an extended project update with a snazzy new transition sound effect. Kent rails about Able Cells, while Nick tries to figure out a broader context for his book project. In the end, they sell it all and buy XLM, Spoilers!! Just kidding. Enjoy.
Remember to send questions, feedback, topic ideas, or if you just want to tell us about your side project to hello@pencilproblems.com. Even though we get thousands of fan mail every day from our five listeners, we...
2018-02-031h 01Pencil ProblemsEpisode 16: Self-driving rouletteKent and Nick talk about their side projects, answer listener questions about email marketing, and health and fitness, the difference between tools and products, Nick tells us about CES and Kent and Nick make a bitcoin bet about self driving cars in 2030.
2018-01-261h 41Pencil ProblemsEpisode 15: Intellectual Summer CampKent and Nick get their first listener feedback, they talk about their time at The DGP, why grad school is like intellectual summer camp, advice for people thinking about grad school, academic politics, doing research, intellectual freedom and end with a healthy dose of Donald Trump. Sponsored By:Hubba: Hubba makes wholesale ordering easy. The largest network of verified wholesale buyers, and sellers in the world.Able cells: Able Cells is the best way to buy keto and nootropic products in Canada. Shop now.Sago Mini World: The award-winning game that combines all your favourite SAGO...
2018-01-121h 51Pencil ProblemsEpisode 14: A time for sellingNick and Kent talk about the future of pencil problems, their goals for the podcast in 2018, whether or not Nick should dabble in the black hat world of e-commerce, personal goals, las vegas buffets, zig ziglar, kent's crypto corner and so much more. This episode is a MUST download.
2018-01-041h 57Pencil ProblemsEpisode 13: CryptoKent and Nick talk about Bitcoin, Etherium, Litecoin, tokens, and their gambling problems
2017-12-142h 10Pencil ProblemsEpisode 12: OK Google, open the pod bay doorsNick and Kent talk about their worst episode yet, then move right into the war of the living room, Google Home, vs. Echo vs. Homepod vs. Sonos, they talk about the internet of things, the role of voice, and stay tuned for a bitcoin price prediction.
2017-12-081h 43Pencil ProblemsEpisode 11: Imposter SyndromeNick and Kent talk about the imposter syndrome, confidence, the Dreyfus model of skills acquisition, pragmatic thinking and learning, cooking, achieving mastery, and Kent puts out a reward to our 5 listeners
2017-12-031h 41
Growth Marketing TodayGMT007 Kent Fenwick - Head of Growth at HubbaIn this episode, we talked with Kent Fenwick, the Head of Growth at Hubba. Hubba is the largest network of brands, buyers, distributors, and influencers. Kent is one of those who can do marketing and write code at the same time. Learn from Kent how to win with data advertising, how being able to code can really change the marketing game, what is the biggest problem that companies and marketers make, and a lot more.
2017-11-3053 minPencil ProblemsEpisode 10: What Would Jay-Z Do?Nick and Kent talk about Disney World, Pandora, Pixar, Jay-Z, ambition, Jay-Z level ambition, good being the enemy of great, the secret, reality distortion fields, the fact that we made it to 10 episodes and then back to Jay-Z.
2017-11-261h 47Pencil ProblemsEpisode 9: PivotKent and Nick talk about pivoting a company or business, Microsoft and their failure to pivot, Google and their dozens of pivots, Apple's big pivot, Facebook's huge pivot gamble, VR, AR, becoming a God in Second Life, and when you know it's time to leaveSponsored By:Hubba: Hubba makes wholesale ordering easy. The largest network of verified wholesale buyers, and sellers in the world.
2017-11-151h 49Pencil ProblemsEpisode 8: Programming System 1Kent and Nick talk about Cargo Cults, making data driven decisions, system 1 and system 2, intuition, doctors, AI and that's about it.
2017-11-091h 36
Pencil ProblemsEpisode 7: Rationing your WonderbreadNick and Kent talk about company culture, the good and bad of backchanneling, the right way to give feedback, and finding a balance between the light and the dark.
2017-11-031h 22Pencil ProblemsEpisode 6: Welcome to the RockKent and Nick talk about piracy, publishing on Medium, making money on Medium, Prometheus, The Rock, and how not to get a book published.
2017-10-251h 15Pencil ProblemsEpisode 5: Waiting for that Casper moneyKent and Nick talk about ambition curves, what they would do if they got paid to do the podcast, what they really want to do with their lives, and talked more about potential productive pencil problems.
2017-10-201h 46Pencil ProblemsEpisode 4: Productive epiphaniesShow Notes
Trello
Asana
10 Years of Getting Things Done
OmniFocus
Chapter markers
Coming soon.
2017-10-111h 39Pencil ProblemsEpisode 3: Searching for breadth vs. depthNick and Kent talk about bluetooth headsets, breadth vs. depth, the problem with drop shippers, how grad school is basically paid summer camp, and how Nick is looking for an agent.
2017-10-041h 44Pencil ProblemsEpisode 2: That time I went to TaylorNick and Kent talk about the difference between main street and big retail and how that applies to apps. Kent rails on the kids these days, and Nick shares an awkward story involving vulgar lyrics and his mother.
2017-09-271h 27Pencil ProblemsEpisode 1: Everyone has a price...In the first episode of Pencil Problems, Nick and Kent talk about why this podcast nearly didn't happen, what projects they are currently working on, what ketones are, how they pick projects and decide which ones to stick with, how parenting is boring/exhausting sometimes and how to write long run on sentences with lots of commas :) Enjoy!
Kent Fenwick @kentf
Nick Shim @nim342
2017-09-201h 20The Resus RoomApril 2017; papers of the monthThis month we look at a paper concentrating on the risk of contrast induced nephropathy in contrasted CT scans, looking specifically at the need to hydrate at-risk patients prior to and following CT scans. The use of prehospital blood is also under the spotlight with the ongoing RePHILL trial. We look at a paper reviewing prehospital blood use with the Kent Surrey Sussex prehospital service and the described physiological changes seen in patients receiving blood. Make sure you also go over and check out the podcast episode from PHEMCAST on the RePHILL trial with Jim Hancox. ...
2017-04-0131 min
kmfmKirsty Fenwick gets what she 'thought' was a prank call!kmfm has given away £1,000 to someone in Kent with the competition, Thousand Pound Friday.
The £1000 cash prize in February was hand delivered to Kirsty Fenwick in Folkestone after what she thought was a prank call by kmfm dj Rob Wills!
2017-02-2401 min