The Idea Maze
The Idea Maze is a podcast that asks the question: where do great entrepreneurial ideas really come from? Many of us have heard the origin stories of larger-than-life successes, but by the time a company becomes a household name, these stories have been revised to sound more like legend than history. In this podcast, we will be speaking with founders who are still very much in the Idea Maze, and are willing to share the mistakes, false starts, u-turns, and reboots that led from having zero idea to where they are today.
Hosted and created by Rob Go, founding partner of NextView
The Idea Maze
Episode 7: General Assembly and Common Living's Brad Hargreaves
Welcome back! These next several episodes will feature terrific founders that are still in the midst of the idea maze themselves. We'll explore how their prior founder experiences have shaped their approach and the things they are looking to repeat and avoid as they traverse the idea maze for the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th time.
In this episode we're joined by Brad Hargreaves, co-founder of the popular professional education company, General Assembly. He also started Common Living, a community driven residential real estate company, and most recently launched Thesis Driven, a newsletter diving into the intersection of real estate and innovation. As he navigates the idea maze for the fourth time, Brad gives us a glimpse into his own thought process and mindset as he begins this new journey.
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