Jared Easley shares the origin story and what tools and skills he and his business partner deployed to plan, crowdfund and organize Podcast Movement, the first and most important event for podcasters and podcast-related services in the world.

Jared and I discussed some skills that he relied on or acquired to validate, plan, execute and grow Podcast Movement. Here are just a few of the skills we identified.

• Connecting with people and building relationships by helping them
• Communication
• Self-publishing
• Interviewing
• Organizing small meet-ups
• Writing 
• Follow-through
• Reaching out without expecting something in return
• Action in spite of fear
• Validating a concept
• Crowdfunding
• email marketing
• Networking

• Podcast Movement 
• Jared's Podcast, Starve the Doubts
• Connect with Jared on Twitter
• Jared's books: "Good to Great How to Grow Your Audience Through Collaboration" and "Stop Chasing Influencers"

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