This episode is with Sky King, the founder of Modern Stoa, a podcast advertising company for podcasters. His path is fascinating – he grew up in Hawaii, rarely wore shoes, was heavily influenced by Asian culture, had a father who was retired, and somehow ended up in a massive corporation right after college. Â In 2016. he became fascinated by how the media was shaping the 2016 US election and decided it was time to act. Â From a cold email to Ryan Holiday to helping build Aubrey Marcus’ podcast, Sky was on his way. Â His long-term vision is to build an alternative to traditional advertising in audio.
We talk about this and a lot more including:
- Why he quit a good job to work at a smoothie bar
- How a cold email to Ryan Holiday changed his life
- Working for Aubrey Marcus
- Buckminster Fuller
- Growing up in Hawaii
- Serendipitous events that lend to him moving to Austin
- The future of Audio
Links Mentions
- Modern Stoa
- Sky’s Podcast (Paid) or RMRK.app
- The Gray Lady Winked
- The Brass Check
- @consumersky (twitter)
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