Tomas Hoyos's guest appearances

Tomas Hoyos

The Food Blogger Pro Podcast

The Fort - An Entrepreneurship Podcast

Forward Thinking Founders

Matteo Franceschetti

Chris Herd

David Allen

Steve Chou

Dan Miller

Phil Rosenthal

Moses Kagan

Matthew Green

Zach Coelius

Shauna Niequist

Steve Robinson

Robin Sharma

Mike Johnson

Chris Edwards

Michael Parker

OwlTail

How to host a successful live event, monetize live cooking classes, and promote your classes with Tomas Hoyos. ----- Welcome to episode 308 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Tomas Hoyos about hosting paid classes online with Airsubs. Selling Cooking Classes to Your Audience  You know how a lot of classes are held online these days? Have you ever thought about teaching one yourself? Tomas is here on the podcast today to chat about how you can use his product, Airsubs, to develop a direct relationship with your audience by hosting live cooking events. Not only will he talk about how one creator made $50,000 in just one week by hosting classes on Airsubs, he unpacks why online events like this can be so lucrative for creators, especially in 2021. It’s a great interview that will give you a ton of insights into promoting, hosting, and selling online classes of your own! In this episode, you’ll learn:  How he changed his business model because of the pandemic How a creator made $50,000 in one week on Airsubs How Airsubs makes it easy to host virtual events Common themes Tomas is seeing in virtual cooking classes How virtual cooking classes can be lucrative for creators How to craft your set-up How to get people to sign up for your classes How Airsubs helps you build your email list What a successful live event looks like How introverts can host live events  Resources:  Airsubs Email Tomas at tomas@airsubs.com Follow Airsubs on Instagram Check out Airsubs’ summits  If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com. Learn more about joining the Food Blogger Pro community at foodbloggerpro.com/membership

How to host a successful live event, monetize live cooking classes, and promote your classes with Tomas Hoyos. ----- Welcome to episode 308 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Tomas Hoyos about hosting paid classes online with Airsubs. Selling Cooking Classes to Your Audience  You know how a lot of classes are held online these days? Have you ever thought about teaching one yourself? Tomas is here on the podcast today to chat about how you can use his product, Airsubs, to develop a direct relationship with your audience by hosting live cooking events. Not only will he talk about how one creator made $50,000 in just one week by hosting classes on Airsubs, he unpacks why online events like this can be so lucrative for creators, especially in 2021. It’s a great interview that will give you a ton of insights into promoting, hosting, and selling online classes of your own! In this episode, you’ll learn: <ul> <li>How he changed his business model because of the pandemic</li> <li>How a creator made $50,000 in one week on Airsubs</li> <li>How Airsubs makes it easy to host virtual events</li> <li>Common themes Tomas is seeing in virtual cooking classes</li> <li>How virtual cooking classes can be lucrative for creators</li> <li>How to craft your set-up</li> <li>How to get people to sign up for your classes</li> <li>How Airsubs helps you build your email list</li> <li>What a successful live event looks like</li> <li>How introverts can host live events</li> </ul> Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://airsubs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Airsubs</a></li> <li>Email Tomas at <a href="mailto:tomas@airsubs.com" rel="noopener">tomas@airsubs.com</a></li> <li>Follow Airsubs on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/airsubs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.airsubs.com/summit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out Airsubs’ summits</a></li> </ul> If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to <a href="mailto:podcast@foodbloggerpro.com" rel="noopener">podcast@foodbloggerpro.com</a>. Learn more about joining the Food Blogger Pro community at <a href="https://www.foodbloggerpro.com/membership" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">foodbloggerpro.com/membership</a>

308: Virtual Events - Earn an Income by Teaching Classes Online with Tomas Hoyos

Today's episode features Tomas Hoyos, the Co-Founder &amp; CEO of airsubs, a platform launched in the midst of the pandemic that allows creators to connect virtually with their audience to teach classes, host fitness courses and more all while monetizing as digital creators. Tomas also is the founder of Voro, a healthcare social network where people share doctor recommendations with their friends and neighbors, research doctors, and book appointments. On this episode, Tomas touches on his childhood moving from Venezuela to the United States and the trial his family went through during multiple military coups and the Bay of Pigs. He and Chris also discuss the pivot to launching airsubs during the early days of the pandemic, how COVID affected Voro, and the trend of the creator economy exploding due to the events of the last year. Enjoy!  Follow Chris on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/FortWorthChris Learn more about Chris Powers and Fort Capital: www.FortCapitalLP.com Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/   (02:56) - Tomas’ Story Growing Up and What Led Him to Airsubs www.airsubs.com (04:16) - Tomas’ Experience Growing Up in Venezuela (05:36) - What was the inspiration behind Voro? www.Voro.com (10:02) - When did you decide to go all-in with Voro? (10:56) - Did you bring on a co-founder? (11:27) - What happened when the pandemic hit? (16:44) - How do you describe airsubs? (20:29) - Was Mike Maples the main encourager for y’all to ‘try anything’ in the midst of the world turning upside down? (22:13) - What was your mandate to the team in the aftermath of that conversation? How long was it until you launched airsubs from that call? (23:03) - Did you code everything out or go no-code? (23:38) - What was the genesis of getting your first creator onboard? (27:13) - What other types of use-cases are you seeing on the platform? (29:04) - Re-Selling Content (30:14) - Can you embed your profile into a website or do you drive users to the airsubs website? (31:00) - Is there a community aspect within airsubs? (31:41) - What’s the network effect like? (33:24) - What tools do you offer to the creator? (36:14) - How are you getting inspiration for new tools to add? (37:27) - Has there been anything your customers have asked you to build that was surprising? (38:33) - Is there any reason a creator would go back to in-person events after seeing such success online? (40:02) - What are your thoughts on Clubhouse and the idea of monetizing conversations? (43:48) - How many people are working on the business? (44:48) - Is it fair to say you’ve found Product-Market fit with airsubs? (46:04) - How are you thinking about financing going forward? (46:56) - How are you thinking about Voro’s growth amidst airsubs’ success? (47:58) - Is your team completely remote? How do you think about growing the team? (48:40) - What have your investors done for you that you didn’t expect? (50:02) - Did you have a childhood experience that shaped the trajectory of your life? (52:56) - What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? (53:37) - What’s the best book you have ever read? Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Barbarian Days by William Finnegan A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean (54:30) - What’s the best way for people to reach you or find airsubs? Twitter: www.Twitter.com/HomasToyos Instagram: www.Instagram.com/HomasToyos Tomas@airsubs.com

Today's episode features Tomas Hoyos, the Co-Founder &amp; CEO of airsubs, a platform launched in the midst of the pandemic that allows creators to connect virtually with their audience to teach classes, host fitness courses and more all while monetizing as digital creators. Tomas also is the founder of Voro, a healthcare social network where people share doctor recommendations with their friends and neighbors, research doctors, and book appointments. On this episode, Tomas touches on his childhood moving from Venezuela to the United States and the trial his family went through during multiple military coups and the Bay of Pigs. He and Chris also discuss the pivot to launching airsubs during the early days of the pandemic, how COVID affected Voro, and the trend of the creator economy exploding due to the events of the last year. Enjoy!  Follow Chris on Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/FortWorthChris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Twitter.com/FortWorthChris</a> Learn more about Chris Powers and Fort Capital: <a href="http://www.fortcapitallp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.FortCapitalLP.com</a> Follow Chris on LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/</a> (02:56) - Tomas’ Story Growing Up and What Led Him to Airsubs <a href="http://www.airsubs.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.airsubs.com</a> (04:16) - Tomas’ Experience Growing Up in Venezuela (05:36) - What was the inspiration behind Voro? <a href="http://www.Voro.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Voro.com</a> (10:02) - When did you decide to go all-in with Voro? (10:56) - Did you bring on a co-founder? (11:27) - What happened when the pandemic hit? (16:44) - How do you describe airsubs? (20:29) - Was Mike Maples the main encourager for y’all to ‘try anything’ in the midst of the world turning upside down? (22:13) - What was your mandate to the team in the aftermath of that conversation? How long was it until you launched airsubs from that call? (23:03) - Did you code everything out or go no-code? (23:38) - What was the genesis of getting your first creator onboard? (27:13) - What other types of use-cases are you seeing on the platform? (29:04) - Re-Selling Content (30:14) - Can you embed your profile into a website or do you drive users to the airsubs website? (31:00) - Is there a community aspect within airsubs? (31:41) - What’s the network effect like? (33:24) - What tools do you offer to the creator? (36:14) - How are you getting inspiration for new tools to add? (37:27) - Has there been anything your customers have asked you to build that was surprising? (38:33) - Is there any reason a creator would go back to in-person events after seeing such success online? (40:02) - What are your thoughts on Clubhouse and the idea of monetizing conversations? (43:48) - How many people are working on the business? (44:48) - Is it fair to say you’ve found Product-Market fit with airsubs? (46:04) - How are you thinking about financing going forward? (46:56) - How are you thinking about Voro’s growth amidst airsubs’ success? (47:58) - Is your team completely remote? How do you think about growing the team? (48:40) - What have your investors done for you that you didn’t expect? (50:02) - Did you have a childhood experience that shaped the trajectory of your life? (52:56) - What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? (53:37) - What’s the best book you have ever read? <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Hamilton-Ron-Chernow/dp/0143034758" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/dp/081298840X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=When+Breath+Becomes+Air&amp;qid=1612974983&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Barbarian-Days-Surfing-William-Finnegan/dp/0143109391/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Barbarian+Days&amp;qid=1612975020&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barbarian Days by William Finnegan</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/River-Runs-through-Other-Stories/dp/022647206X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=A+River+Runs+Through+it&amp;qid=1612975063&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean</a> (54:30) - What’s the best way for people to reach you or find airsubs? Twitter: <a href="http://www.Twitter.com/HomasToyos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Twitter.com/HomasToyos</a> Instagram: <a href="http://www.Instagram.com/HomasToyos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Instagram.com/HomasToyos</a> <a href="mailto:Tomas@airsubs.com">Tomas@airsubs.com</a>

#111: Tomas Hoyos - Co-Founder & CEO of Airsubs

Basic information:Tomas Hoyos is the Cofounder and CEO of Voro. Voro is a community where you can search and find doctor recommendations from people you trust. They just raised a $2.5M seed round led by Floodgate. Listen to this episode if you:- If you or your loved ones have health complications, - If you are building a company in NYC- If you want to learn about fundraising and how to raise a seed round- Want to know what the fundraising process is actually like, not from hat you hear on headlines- Are curious how to close out a round once you've found a leadAn ask from MatJoin the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by buying me a coffee. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests.  ★ Support this podcast ★ 

Basic information: Tomas Hoyos is the Cofounder and CEO of <a href="https://www.voro.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Voro</a>. Voro is a community where you can search and find doctor recommendations from people you trust. They just raised a $2.5M seed round led by Floodgate.  Listen to this episode if you: - If you or your loved ones have health complications, - If you are building a company in NYC - If you want to learn about fundraising and how to raise a seed round - Want to know what the fundraising process is actually like, not from hat you hear on headlines - Are curious how to close out a round once you've found a leadAn ask from Mat Join the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list <a href="https://f20r.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Mat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">buying me a coffee</a>. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests. <a href="https://forwardthinking.substack.com/" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">★ Support this podcast ★</a>

070 - Tomas Hoyos (Voro) On Raising a Seed Round