The Unofficial Shopify Podcast: Entrepreneur Tales

Make Stuff Happen: The Power of Side Projects

Episode Summary

What's wrong with a lifestyle business anyway? Shopify Designer Advocate Keir Whitaker talks to us about side projects, and why you shouldn't dismiss businesses that pay their way but aren't built to flip. (Oh! And check out Kurt's new website --> http://kurtelster.com/ and while you're there, join the Insider's List, we've got some exciting things coming up you won't want to miss.)

Episode Notes

Joining us is friend and colleague Keir Whitaker. Keir works at Shopify as their Designer Advocate. Like us, he's also had a lot of side projects.

In this episode we discuss:

1. What's a side project, why have one?
2. The importance of projects. I have many, some worked, most didn't, and all were
   lessons learned
3. Using Shopify to launch an MVP and validate a side
   project.
4. How despite all the advances in technology, good business
   is still about personal relationships (and conferences are the fast
   track to those)

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(Oh! And check out Kurt's new website --> http://kurtelster.com/ and while you're there, join the Insider's List, we've got some exciting things coming up you won't want to miss.)