WEBVTT - Introducing What's Your Problem

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin. I'm Jacob Goldstein. I used to host Planet Money.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm starting a new show. It's called What's Your Problem.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a show about technology and business where entrepreneurs and

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<v Speaker 1>engineers talk about the frontier problems they're trying to solve.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, I'm talking to people who get up every

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<v Speaker 1>day and try to figure out how to do something

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<v Speaker 1>that nobody on Earth knows how to do. How do

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<v Speaker 1>you take a drone delivery service that you've built in

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<v Speaker 1>Rwanda and make it work in North Carolina. Our customers,

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<v Speaker 1>they want us to do this unbelievably reliably in the storms,

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<v Speaker 1>no matter what, hundreds of times a day. How do

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<v Speaker 1>you start with a dream of turning single cells into

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<v Speaker 1>tiny factories and wind up with a ten billion dollar company.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't have a particular technology, we have a business model,

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't have a way of making money, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a great way to start a company. Highly recommend.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you sell dog ramps to weener dog owners

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<v Speaker 1>all around America in the middle of a global pandemic.

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<v Speaker 1>We're working with four hundred influencers and the majority of

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<v Speaker 1>them are actually not a person, but it's actually a dog.

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<v Speaker 1>And some of them have over a million followers. I

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<v Speaker 1>can tell you right now, the weener dog ramp Guy

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<v Speaker 1>is working on some very interesting problems. The show is

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<v Speaker 1>called What's Your Problem, and it launches on March seventeenth.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or say it

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<v Speaker 1>with me now wherever you get your podcasts. What's Your

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<v Speaker 1>Problem Subscribe now