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Danielle Baskin
Striking Internet Gold
Wild ideas of social experiments, merry pranksters, and pioneering technologists building tools for imagined utopias. Somewhere along the line, this maverick spirit gave way to SaaS playbooks, an alphabet soup of soup of venture financings, and regimented productivity routines.
Today’s guest Danielle Baskin keeps the experimental instinct of Silicon Valley’s past alive. Danielle has been called an artist, provocateur, businesswoman, and satirist - all at the same time. Motivated by the curiosity of how the public will make use of the tools and artworks she builds, Danielle combines art, technology, and business to go viral time after time. With a background in experimental theater and Runescape commerce, Danielle has launched over three dozen companies including Dialup, an audio social network which at one point had 90,000 global concurrent users, and now Moonlight, an interactive tarot reading app - her first business with outside funding.
Tune in to hear how she gets her best ideas, her bird calls, what she’s learned about managing concurrent projects, and a live tarot reading to help me make a big decision.
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Show Index
01:33 Danielle's Early Ventures in Virtual Worlds07:23 The Odyssey Works Experience
15:35 DialUp: Connecting Strangers Through Voice
23:27 Branded Fruit: A Viral Business Idea
28:57 Mask Life: A Pandemic-Inspired Venture
31:38 Exploring Tarot with Moonlight
36:50 Creative Inspirations and Influences
43:54 Tarot Reading Session
59:06 Onigiri Recipe and Final Thoughts
Show Notes
Internet Funnyman
Building a Digital Hearth
No Mud, No Lotus
You Can’t Just Switch It Off
Purpose & Play
Creative Courage and Talking Stuffed Animals
Silencing the Discursive Mind
Striking Internet Gold
Givers Are Getters
Hosting a Rave for the Intellect
The Hunt for Big Ideas
Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
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