Find Your Why, with Qin En and Parents In Tech

What can podcasters learn from the world of tech startups ? Forbes 30 Under 30 listee and successful startup founder, Qin En Looi dives in with his new podcast project, Parents In Tech.

Speaking at the very start of his new podcast, his topic stems from life experience for Young Guns in the startup world when children come along. We talk about how being open to learning and developing skill as a podcaster fits perfectly with Agile approaches to developing a startup business.

"podcasting also helps me train and develop Active Listening. Because it's not just about a set list of questions, and you rattle it off like a checklist"

Based on an enthusiasm to tell human stories, our conversation takes in preparation, research, and delivery of a new podcast.

Links:

Parents.FM Qin En Looi (LinkedIn)

Transcription

Martin Franklin 0:18 Welcome, and thank you for listening to Metapod. We're out of the walk-in 'robe for this episode, and I'm talking to a new podcaster. Qin En Looi, based in Singapore, Qin En is a successful startup founder and venture capitalist. So the question which I'm really posing to him in this interview, is what can podcasters learn from the world of tech startups? That's a pretty interesting thought. And a lot of startups, as you may know, employ Agile methodology. So that means they don't over invest in one thing before they know whether or not the audience would like it. So I'm giving away one of the tips from the interview before he even heard it. So how's that for value? The other thing, which I think really defines this interview is I have my kind of questions prepared a vino, what I thought I might dig around for answer and try and get some good responses from Qin En. And as we talked, another idea emerge, which is one of the amazing things that always happens in this type of interview. And that was this idea which everyone who has started a business or certainly attended a business planning workshop will, will be familiar with this idea of find your why if I Why you doing this new project, and what's good about it. So let's think about that and apply that idea to podcasts as the real kind of kick off, find your Why. Why are you doing this? And then build your idea, once you know that answer? And hopefully your answers a good one, and you'll get a fantastic podcast. Enough of me freestyling on this. Let's jump into the interview.

Martin Franklin 2:18 All right. Welcome, Qin En. Thank you for agreeing to talk to me about your forthcoming podcast. So I wanted to ask you a few questions about where the idea came from, how you've scoped the project and where you think the podcast will be in nine months time. But first, before we get into that, Forbes 30, under 30. Tell me about that.

Qin En 2:48 Thanks for having me on the show, Martin. And yes. So in 2017, I was very fortunate to be recognized on Forbes 30, under 30. Back then, I was building my company cleanse, which was a tech recruitment platform. And I would say, being on the Forbes 30, under 30 list was always my dream. It felt like a mark of recognition. But the funniest thing was after I got on the list, I was like, Oh, okay. And it didn't feel particularly great. I mean, of course, there was celebration, and there was the press around it. But I think at the end of the day, I realized that, hey, you know, this is just one of the many lists that are out there that provide some form of external validation. But at the end of the day, what really mattered was the impact and the business Dallas creating. So yeah, when these days when some of my peers do ask, Well, what it's like to be Forbes 30, under 30. I'd like to tell them, hey, you know, Forbes 30, under 30. It's great. But at the end of the day,