Mike Grabham's guest appearances

Mike Grabham

So You're In Seattle

Unconventional Leaders

808 Podcast w/ Bob Clark Dammit - Podcast for B2B

Folk Stories

The B2B Podcast by The App Guys

AJ Adams

James Victore

Chris Guillebeau

Adam Adams

Nir Eyal

Cathy Heller

Seth Godin

Renee Bowen

Nathan Holritz

Jessica Lewis

Jack Canfield

William Paul Young

John Furniss

Mike Miller

Dominick Quartuccio

OwlTail

#192 Logan Fields B2B Podcast : Mike Grabham

<p>#192 Logan Fields B2B Podcast : Mike Grabham</p>

From Today’s Episode:  Why we should prove an idea before we go all in How to validate your idea Why we should not love our idea above the problem    Connect with Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikegrabham/ 3 Side Hustle Ideas: www.HeatherParady.com/SideHustle Join our Private Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/2lPut5A--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unconventionalleaders/message

<p><strong>From Today’s Episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Why we should prove an idea before we go all in</li> <li>How to validate your idea</li> <li>Why we should not love our idea above the problem</li> <li> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Connect with Mike:</strong> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikegrabham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikegrabham/</a></p> <p><strong>3 Side Hustle Ideas:</strong> <a href="http://www.HeatherParady.com/SideHustle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.HeatherParady.com/SideHustle</a></p> <p><strong>Join our Private Facebook Group:</strong> <a href="https://bit.ly/2lPut5A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2lPut5A</a></p>--- <br><br>Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unconventionalleaders/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unconventionalleaders/message</a>

Validating Your IDEA (Mike Grabham)

Mike Grabham is a serial entrepreneur who has founded six companies over the past twenty five years. He currently consults would be founders who are interested in launching either software or hardware based products and services.  Mike is also the founder of "Package Guard", a company based around a patented product that protects items left out after delivery. In addition to all this, Mike also runs a non-profit with his wife called "Survive the Streets" which helps the homeless in Seattle. Every year, they organize an annual event on thanksgiving where they give away duffel bags filled with coats, fleece jackets and other equipment to help people stay save and warm over the winter months. When not engaged in the aforementioned activities, Mike is an active member of Seattle's start up community. He currently serves as chapter director for Startup Grind, the world's largest independent community for founders, in both Seattle and Bellevue. In today's episode, we talk about Mike's history and the lessons and challenges absorbed from founding six startups, Mike's most common advice to founders and Mike's philosophy of getting off the couch and why that can make all the difference. Notes  brief history of Mike's career Mike's start to entrepreneurship mistakes and lessons learned consulting and decision to do it most common advice for startups how to reach customers and what questions to ask figuring out the price for something that's never been sold characteristics of good startup founders startup grind and what has changed doing a startup in Seattle vs the bay area survive the streets and helping the homeless comments on having a public email address setting goals  Closing Questions  inspiration:     homeless lady that came up and told the story of how an organization like "Survive the Streets" helped them get off the street and thanked Mike for his service   surprising fact     despite drawing energy from crowds, Mike likes spending time by himself and will sometimes put on headphones to avoid conversation   principles:     helping others   closing notes:     story of package guard, Mike's current for profit company, came about because someone stole bag of coats delivered to his house which was meant for his non-profit    Links  Dropbox Launch and the minimal viable video Startup Grind - Seattle Startup Grind - Organization Donate to Survive the Streets Sarah Smith Package Guard  Contact and Details  Mike's website Mike Crunchbase  These shownotes are also available at http://folkstories.org/10folkstories.org@kevins8

<p>Mike Grabham is a serial entrepreneur who has founded six companies over the past twenty five years. He currently consults would be founders who are interested in launching either software or hardware based products and services.  Mike is also the founder of "Package Guard", a company based around a patented product that protects items left out after delivery.</p> <p>In addition to all this, Mike also runs a non-profit with his wife called "Survive the Streets" which helps the homeless in Seattle. Every year, they organize an annual event on thanksgiving where they give away duffel bags filled with coats, fleece jackets and other equipment to help people stay save and warm over the winter months.</p> <p>When not engaged in the aforementioned activities, Mike is an active member of Seattle's start up community. He currently serves as chapter director for Startup Grind, the world's largest independent community for founders, in both Seattle and Bellevue.</p> <p>In today's episode, we talk about Mike's history and the lessons and challenges absorbed from founding six startups, Mike's most common advice to founders and Mike's philosophy of getting off the couch and why that can make all the difference.</p> <h3>Notes</h3> <ul> <li>brief history of Mike's career</li> <li>Mike's start to entrepreneurship</li> <li>mistakes and lessons learned</li> <li>consulting and decision to do it</li> <li>most common advice for startups</li> <li>how to reach customers and what questions to ask</li> <li>figuring out the price for something that's never been sold</li> <li>characteristics of good startup founders</li> <li>startup grind and what has changed</li> <li>doing a startup in Seattle vs the bay area</li> <li>survive the streets and helping the homeless</li> <li>comments on having a public email address</li> <li>setting goals</li> </ul> <h3>Closing Questions</h3> <ul> <li>inspiration:<br>    <ul> <li>homeless lady that came up and told the story of how an organization like "Survive the Streets" helped them get off the street and thanked Mike for his service</li> </ul> </li> <li>surprising fact<br>    <ul> <li>despite drawing energy from crowds, Mike likes spending time by himself and will sometimes put on headphones to avoid conversation</li> </ul> </li> <li>principles:<br>    <ul> <li>helping others</li> </ul> </li> <li>closing notes:<br>    <ul> <li>story of package guard, Mike's current for profit company, came about because someone stole bag of coats delivered to his house which was meant for his non-profit</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/19/dropbox-minimal-viable-product/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dropbox Launch and the minimal viable video</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.startupgrind.com/seattle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Grind - Seattle</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.startupgrind.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Grind - Organization</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.survivethestreets.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donate to Survive the Streets</a></li> <li><a href="http://folkstories.org/6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Smith</a></li> <li><a href="https://thepackageguard.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Package Guard</a></li> </ul> <h3>Contact and Details</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.michaelgrabham.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike's website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/person/mike-grabham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Crunchbase</a></li> </ul> <p>These shownotes are also available at <a href="https://folkstories.org/10" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://folkstories.org/10</a></p><ul><li><a href="http://folkstories.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">folkstories.org</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/kevins8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@kevins8</a></li></ul>

10: Getting Off the Couch with Mike Grabham

Justin Gough

These two dudes are Seattle entreprenuers with a million ideas on how to make money AND the willingness to get it done. I first caught Mike on KIRO 7 debuting the Package Guard - a device to deter package theft from your front porch. These dudes have great energy - it's not wonder they get stuff done.

<p>These two dudes are Seattle entreprenuers with a million ideas on how to make money AND the willingness to get it done. I first caught Mike on KIRO 7 debuting the Package Guard - a device to deter package theft from your front porch. These dudes have great energy - it's not wonder they get stuff done.</p>