Why Being Ridiculously Joyful Can be an ”Unfair Advantage” for Entrepreneurs

Meet Justin Charisma (@itsJustinCee) — Founder of CrowdParty, a Jackbox TV-like app that's on a mission to build the Netflix for workplace games. 

Justin is bullish on the importance of spreading joy throughout every interaction he has with a team member, fellow indie hacker, customer, vendor, and Starbucks barista. 

He believes that joyful optimism is his unfair advantage. 

Justin was working for a start-up in the healthcare space over the last several years.  One afternoon, about a year ago, Justin's manager asked him if he'd take care of hosting the team's Zoom happy hour. 

Justin, like many of us, was sick of virtual happy hours, but he accepted the challenge.  The day before the happy hour he put together a 15-min game of trivia that was specific to his team and their niche industry.  It was a wild success and no one wanted to leave the happy hour! 

Tune in to hear the story behind how this opportunity inspired him to build, launch, and now scale, CrowdParty. 

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2. He’s on a Mission to Build the Y Combinator for Bootstrapped Founders
3. How to Know It’s Time to Go All In on Your Bootstrapped SaaS Project

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Zero to (point) One is hosted by yours truly, Zach Busekrus (@zboozee).   

I’m an entrepreneur in residence at a marketing firm by day and building my own start up Sponstayneous by night.   

Sponstayneous brings subscribers the best last-minute deals and upcoming steals on Airbnb.  My wife and I co-founded the company while living full-time on Airbnb last year.  

There’s a lot of podcasts out there that feature entrepreneurs:

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