Jared Kleinert - This TED speaker is changing the way startup retreats happen!
👉🏼 About the Guest:
Jared Kleinert is the Founder/CEO of Offsite, the author of NETWORKING, a TED speaker, a 3-time award-winning author, and USA Today's "Most Connected Millennial". He was also a delegate to President Obama's 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Malaysia, author of multiple books including the "#1 Entrepreneurship Book of 2015", 2 Billion Under 20: How Millennials are Breaking Down Age Barriers and Changing The World (2015), 3 Billion Under 30 (2017), and "Networking: How To Meet Influential People, Deepen Relationships, and Become A Super-Connector" (2022), and TED@IBM speaker.
If you're planning a team retreat, Offsite can save you time, money, and stress. Visit www.offsite.com to learn more!
Offsite is on Product Hunt. Check the launch here: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/offsite
Jared Kleinert is the Founder/CEO of Offsite, the author of NETWORKING, a TED speaker, a 3-time award-winning author, and USA Today's "Most Connected Millennial". He was also a delegate to President Obama's 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Malaysia, author of multiple books including the "#1 Entrepreneurship Book of 2015", 2 Billion Under 20: How Millennials are Breaking Down Age Barriers and Changing The World (2015), 3 Billion Under 30 (2017), and "Networking: How To Meet Influential People, Deepen Relationships, and Become A Super-Connector" (2022), and TED@IBM speaker.
If you're planning a team retreat, Offsite can save you time, money, and stress. Visit www.offsite.com to learn more!
Offsite is on Product Hunt. Check the launch here: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/offsite
👉🏼 About the Host:
Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generates $30k ARR, which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 20,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. Currently, he is the Head of Community at Threado and runs a newsletter called Sharath's CliffNotes alongside hosting this podcast.
Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generates $30k ARR, which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 20,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. Currently, he is the Head of Community at Threado and runs a newsletter called Sharath's CliffNotes alongside hosting this podcast.
👉🏼 Description:
Tune in as Sharath and Jared discuss becoming an entrepreneur at a young age, the power of cold emailing, the advantages of being young today, and growing Offsite.
Timestamps:
Tune in as Sharath and Jared discuss becoming an entrepreneur at a young age, the power of cold emailing, the advantages of being young today, and growing Offsite.
Timestamps:
- 00:00: Episode Highlight
- 00:28: Introduction to Jared Kleinert, founder at Offsite and TED Speaker before the age of 20
- 2:13: How Jared's journey to becoming an entrepreneur started at 16
- 7:30: The influence and background of being a young entrepreneur - the why and the how
- 10:46: How to cold email for success
- 12:30: Cold outreach: annoying or ambitious?
- 16:32: Advice for Gen Z on building their careers
- 18:53: Founding a consulting business at 18
- 23:28: How has working with role models at an early age impacted Jared's life?
- 27:06: How to build peer and mentor networks?
- 29:27: Lessons from community building
- 31:56: Inspiration for writing 3 books before the age of 25
- 33:48: Why young people hold more power than ever
- 37:41: The advantage of being young in 2023
- 42:41: Managing comparison as a founder
- 47:13: The story of building Offsite
- 55:47: Difficulties of building Offsite
- 59:41: Transitioning from a service business to a software business
- 1:00:26: Next steps for Offsite
- 1:03:18: Outro and closing thoughts
👉🏼 Resources:
- Offsite: www.offsite.com
- Offsite Product Hunt Launch: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/offsite
- Jared's TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/jared_kleinert_why_millennials_today_hold_more_power_than_ever_before
- Jared's Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jared-Kleinert/author/B00OH47AIA?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
👉🏼 Where to find Jared Kleinert:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaredkleinert
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredkleinert/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jared.kleinert/
👉🏼 Where to find Sharath:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/5harath
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@5harath
- Website: https://5harath.com/
- Newsletter: https://5harath.substack.com/