In this episode, Shamus Madan talks with Campbell Baron about his journey from podcasting to founding Mantra, a successful edtech startup. They discuss Campbell's early media journey, his transition to TikTok, and the intersection of media and technology. Mark Cuban and Tim Draper share insights on building billion-dollar businesses. The episode concludes with overcoming challenges in entrepreneurship.

Hey everyone, welcome to the MBIT Podcast in which we discuss tech and entrepreneurship. Today the 19-year-old startup founder Campbell Baron joins us to discuss his company Montra and how it makes it easier to create video courses. Formerly, Campbell was the host of "The Ones Who Succeed" podcast interviewing guests like Chris Sacca, the founders of Dollar Shave Club, and more. After his podcast, Campbell decided to educate the next generation on business news using TikTok. Then Campbell discusses his journey in the media space and how it lead him to start a company.

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Learn More About Montra Here:

https://montra.co/

(0:00) Introduction and Campbell Baron's journey from podcasting to founding Mantra (1:45) Campbell's connection with successful founders and the start of his podcast (3:09) Transition to TikTok and the intersection of media and technology (5:01) Campbell's early media journey and break into journalism with CBC (8:48) Transitioning to Mantra and the idea behind the startup (10:28) The development and iteration process of Mantra at BetaWorks (14:32) Decision to focus on edtech and the business model behind Mantra (19:45) Building Mantra in public versus in private and content strategy (29:15) Guest appearance: Mark Cuban and his early business journey (38:50) Building a billion-dollar business and lessons learned from failures (49:50) Guest appearance: Tim Draper on building successful startups (58:30) Sponsor: FreshBooks (1:02:10) Overcoming challenges in entrepreneurship and closing remarks from Shamus Madan