The 1.01 Podcast
#3 Tim Wijaya
Founder CEO of Skilldeck (Like Linktree, but for Projects) Tim Wijaya discuses the serendipity he's got from just showing up, how he filters hiring at such an early scale and being able to balance hustle and taking time to rest.
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Subscribe to Wilson on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH59qgZdA_fA5lTlmiQzNBQ
Follow Wilson on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/WilsonLimSet
Follow Tim on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/timmy_io
Skilldeck - https://skilldeck.io/
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Show Notes
00:31 Introduction
01:20 Why Political Science at Brown
02:20 Getting a freshman VC internship at Intudo by showing up
05:45 VC internship experience
08:25 Reflections on United Nations internship falling through
10:15 Learnings from first founding adventure with Kerja.io
12:25 Not having a technical background as a founder
13:55 How Kerja.io came to an end
15:25 How Skilldeck came to be
17:05 Pivoting more into freelancers
17:45 Thoughts on using Twitter to build in public
18:45 How to hire at such an early stage
22.10 Idols/Mentors
23.05 Key habits
24.45 Mistakes made in the startup journey
27.25 The nicest thing someone's ever done
29.50 Where will Skilldeck be in 1 years time
31.15 Closing Remarks - being on your own timeline
Founder CEO of Skilldeck (Like Linktree, but for Projects) Tim Wijaya discuses the serendipity he's got from just showing up, how he filters hiring at such an early scale and being able to balance hustle and taking time to rest.
--
Subscribe to Wilson on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH59qgZdA_fA5lTlmiQzNBQ
Follow Wilson on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/WilsonLimSet
Follow Tim on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/timmy_io
Skilldeck - https://skilldeck.io/
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Show Notes
00:31 Introduction
01:20 Why Political Science at Brown
02:20 Getting a freshman VC internship at Intudo by showing up
05:45 VC internship experience
08:25 Reflections on United Nations internship falling through
10:15 Learnings from first founding adventure with Kerja.io
12:25 Not having a technical background as a founder
13:55 How Kerja.io came to an end
15:25 How Skilldeck came to be
17:05 Pivoting more into freelancers
17:45 Thoughts on using Twitter to build in public
18:45 How to hire at such an early stage
22.10 Idols/Mentors
23.05 Key habits
24.45 Mistakes made in the startup journey
27.25 The nicest thing someone's ever done
29.50 Where will Skilldeck be in 1 years time
31.15 Closing Remarks - being on your own timeline