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The 19-Year-Old Startup Founder Making Course Creation Easier w/ Campbell Baron

E46 • Apr 11, 2022 • 25 mins

In this episode, Shamus Madan talks with Campbell Baron about his journey from podcasting to founding Mantra, a successful edtech startup. They discuss Campbell's early media journey, his transition to TikTok, and the intersection of media and technology. Mark Cuban and Tim Draper share insights on building billion-dollar businesses. The episode concludes with overcoming challenges in entrepreneurship.

Key Points

Campbell Baron shared his entrepreneurial journey from interviewing top founders on a podcast to growing a TikTok account focused on business news, which was acquired by Workweek, to founding his own startup, Mantra, that simplifies video course creation for educators.
Mantra was designed to address the challenges course creators face by providing an integrated platform for video creation and distribution, aiming to democratize and streamline the process of producing and selling educational content.
Baron emphasizes the importance of building in public to share the development process, engage with potential users, and lay the groundwork for a robust content strategy that supports Mantra's mission and growth in the edtech and creator economy spaces.

Hey everyone, welcome to the MBIT Podcast in which we discuss tech and entrepreneurship. Today the 19-year-old startup founder Campbell Baron joins us to discuss his company Montra and how it makes it easier to create video courses. Formerly, Campbell was the host of "The Ones Who Succeed" podcast interviewing guests like Chris Sacca, the founders of Dollar Shave Club, and more. After his podcast, Campbell decided to educate the next generation on business news using TikTok. Then Campbell discusses his journey in the media space and how it lead him to start a company.

Twitter of Host: @mbitpodcast

Twitter of Guest: @campbelljbaron

Learn More About Montra Here:

https://montra.co/

Speakers

Shamus Madan

Guest • 7%

Campbell Baron

Guest • 93%

Chapters

0:00	Introduction and Campbell Baron's journey from podcasting to founding Mantra
1:45	Campbell's connection with successful founders and the start of his podcast
3:09	Transition to TikTok and the intersection of media and technology
5:01	Campbell's early media journey and break into journalism with CBC
8:48	Transitioning to Mantra and the idea behind the startup
10:28	The development and iteration process of Mantra at BetaWorks
14:32	Decision to focus on edtech and the business model behind Mantra
19:45	Building Mantra in public versus in private and content strategy
29:15	Guest appearance: Mark Cuban and his early business journey
38:50	Building a billion-dollar business and lessons learned from failures
49:50	Guest appearance: Tim Draper on building successful startups
58:30	Sponsor: FreshBooks
1:02:10	Overcoming challenges in entrepreneurship and closing remarks from Shamus Madan

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