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  • This week on Jake & JZ, we talked about:

    What Why How, our simple framework for great marketingHow successful companies apply this framework… or don’t! We compared Oura, Fathom, Playdate, Fletch, Meta Quest, and Apple Vision ProHow Nintendo redefined not just themselves, but the entire video game marketWhy founders should start with the story and differentiation, not the productThe Startup Wayback MachineA great book: Pattern Breakers by Mike Maples JrA great article: The Idea Maze is a Useless Idea by Cedric ChinTaking action to generate information

    However, we did NOT talk about the election 😉

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    Chapters
    00:00 Nintendo zags when the world zigs
    04:49 Character Labs
    05:34 What-Why-How Framework
    09:18 The Importance of a Clear Story
    12:28 Examples of the 'What, Why, How' Framework in Action
    21:39 Crafting Clear and Compelling Messaging
    23:47 More What-Why-How Examples
    33:32 Apple Vision Pro vs Meta VR: Marketing
    43:47 Lessons from 'Pattern Breakers'
    50:47 Challenging the Idea Maze

  • This week on Jake & JZ, we talked about:

    Advantages of remote vs IRL work for startup teamsCharacter Labs, our sprint program for pre-seed foundersWhy some founders feel anxious when they aren’t writing codeOur first exit of a Character portfolio company (Reclaim was acquired by Dropbox)The ongoing quest for a distraction-free phone (Jake ordered the Lightphone III)The story of Nintendo on the Acquired podcastBit Timer, a nice timer for iPhoneAnd much more

    📩 Get an email about every episode at JakeAndJZ.com

    💸 Learn more about our seed fund at Character.vc

    🥸 Find Jake on LinkedIn and X

    🤠 Find JZ on LinkedIn and X


    Chapters
    00:00 Jake’s Sketchy Business Expense
    06:39 Introducing This Podcast
    08:10 Character Labs
    10:24 Even More About Character Labs
    22:11 The First GPU? Maybe?
    23:17 In-Person is Special
    25:38 Geographic Memory
    36:25 Dropbox Buys Reclaim
    40:18 How We Invested In Reclaim
    42:11 That One Really Long Taylor Swift Song
    42:35 Reclaim’s Multiplayer Sprint
    43:35 Sort of a Magic Recipe
    44:06 JZ Needs a Decent Timer App
    49:46 $17 Per Week?!
    51:56 Jake Talks About Nintendo For A Long Time

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