Looking Beyond With Michael Sikand

By: Michael Sikand
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  • Looking Beyond With Michael Sikand is a time capsule for Michael's early years of building his brand, Our Future, through a series of high-energy interviews he conducted with business executives and startup founders as a 20-year-old University of Michigan student. Michael ended up pivoting to becoming a short video content creator and built Our Future into a media company he sold to Morning Brew at age 22. In 2022, Michael was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list in media.
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Episodes
  • #152: Our Future To The Moon: Podcast Status Update From The Founder

    #152: Our Future To The Moon: Podcast Status Update From The Founder
    Jul 30 2021
    I haven't released a podcast in nearly a month, and in this episode I offer a comprehensive status update, discussing why I paused production on the podcast and why I'm going full-time on TikTok and how I've done 1.7M views in the past 28 days. Get ready for Our Future to become a household name!
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    17 mins
  • #151 The Young NFT Mastermind & Future of The Creator Economy w/ Everett Kohl, Founder of Dbillia

    #151 The Young NFT Mastermind & Future of The Creator Economy w/ Everett Kohl, Founder of Dbillia
    Jul 2 2021
    In #151 futurists learn from Everett Kohl, the 22-year-old founder of Dbillia, a platform that provides digital memorabilia & collectables for influencers and the emerging creator economy. The platforms allows artists and influencers to create a limited edition "Dbilia" for their new album, video, merch, project or even one of yourself. Fans can keep Dbilias in their collection, trade them with other users or resell them on our marketplace. Dbillia is like a hybrid between Patreon, Discord, and traditional NFT marketplaces, and sits squarely in the middle of the emerging creator economy and hot trends underlying fandom, blockchain, and alternative investments. In this podcast, Everett discusses the "why" behind NFT's, how he first started thinking about them way back in 2017, the challenges in building his company, and his advice to other aspiring entrepreneurs. Connect with Everett on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/everett-kohl/ Apply for Michael's upcoming podcast course on July 9-11: https://learntogether.world/how-to-build-podcast/https://learntogether.world/how-to-build-podcast/ Subscribe to Our Future Newsletter: https://www.ourfuturehq.com/ Purchase Our Future Merch: http://bit.ly/ourfuturemerch Follow us on IG: http://bit.ly/ourfutureig Follow us on TikTok: http://bit.ly/ourfuturetiktok
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    26 mins
  • #150 The Billion Dollar Video Game w/ Charles Huang, Co-Creator of Guitar Hero

    #150 The Billion Dollar Video Game w/ Charles Huang, Co-Creator of Guitar Hero
    Jun 25 2021
    In #150, Michael Sikand sits down with Charles Huang, co-founder of Red Octane, the company behind the legendary Guitar Hero franchise. Starting the company alongside his brother Kai in the early 2000’s, the gaming startup began by designing hardware for music and dancing games like “Dance Dance Revolution” and “In The Groove”. Soon however, the brothers realized a massive opportunity in delivering music games to an American audience (they were primarily popular in Asia) that were deeply rooted in culture. Despite having to re-mortgage their houses to make it work, the brothers launched Guitar Hero in November 2005. The game was an instant success and within a year of launching the game, Red Octane was acquired for $100M by Activision. Guitar Hero went on to be the second-ever game to reach $1B in sales, being the world’s best-selling game in both 2007 and 2008. In this episode, Charles shares lessons, stories, and insights from an entrepreneurial journey building a product that rocked the world. He also explains why Guitar Hero faded away from its massive success and provides career advice to young entrepreneurs. This is a must listen! You Can Now Watch Interviews on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3hAS9IE Subscribe to Our Future Newsletter: http://bit.ly/ourfuturenewsletter Purchase Our Future Merch: http://bit.ly/ourfuturemerch Attend Our Weekly Entrepreneurship Events: http://bit.ly/ourfuturecommunity Follow us on IG: http://bit.ly/ourfutureig Follow us on TikTok: http://bit.ly/ourfuturetiktok
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    18 mins
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