Proof of Concept

On Episode 40 of Proof of Concept, we sat down and recorded our thoughts about why we have a podcast. We spent most of our time talking about where our motivation for the podcast comes from and why do it. We also reflected a little bit on ourselves and why we continue with Proof of Concept. We also spent some time talking a little bit about things that keep us moving forward. Tune in and enjoy :)

On Episode 39 of Proof of Concept, we had Sharif Caesar. A current 23-year-old Sharif was raised in Ghana and came over to the States with his dad when he was a child. After being bullied for not wearing name brand (when he came over he didn't even know what a name brand was), he decided to make money a priority. After years of scaling his brand, @realmelaninking, to over 5.4 million followers, he...

On episode 38 of Proof of Concept, we had Shrikar Lekkala, an incoming junior at UIUC and Co-Founder of Metafrazo, which provides an AI Dubbing and Translation solution for educators. Since their founding, they’ve secured 5,000 MRR and have worked with content creators like Mr. Beast and Mr. Nightmare If you want to hear How Metafrazo has allowed him to take a gap semester, how it all started when...

On this week of Proof of Concept we had Derrick Echols, founder of Sloche. Beginning with just his camera and him at a highschool basketball game, Sloche has since scaled to a 136K follower community. "Community" is used intentionally; Derrick has not only scaled followers, but true relationships as well, making him beloved and an icon in the highschool basketball community. If you want to hear ho...

This week on Proof Of Concept, we welcomed back Avi Patel, founder of Nitrility. The solution artists and creators have been waiting for. We talked about his recent experiences with VCs, how he’s been able to raise hundreds of thousands in funding, signed over 34,000 artists, and even how he met one the staples of his childhood, Vikkstar, on a recent trip to Europe. Since dropping out, Avi has sta...

Hello everybody on this episode 35 of Proof of Concept we had Miles Low. Miles, a junior at the University of Michigan, explained to us what exactly is an LLM, how to build an AI that sounds just like Thomas Jefferson, why computer science can be an inside-the-box career but also an outside-the-box career, how finding the University of Michigan entrepreneurship community opened his eyes to what is...

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Hello everyone, this audio is from a recent presentation given by Casper Capital. He has scaled this brand to over 3 Milliion Followers and has been in the content creation game since he was 12. Here, he lays out the tactics and strategies you can use to accomplish that same feat.

This week we had Jake Sadow. Jake is a Senior at the University of Michigan and Founder of Current2. Current2 is an innovative platform aimed at making it easy for anyone to stay informed on current events. They provide a free text message service to users enabling easy access to concise audio recaps of general, business, politics, sports, and pop culture news. If you want to hear about how it beg...

This week on Proof of Concept we had startup co-founder, Disruption lab executive director, and entrepreneur Suyash Agrawal on the show. We started by exploring his journey of how he began his marketing startup as a high school student and where the motive for that came from. We also dove into why he ended up dropping his startup and chose to put most of his time into Disruption lab, a club at UIU...

This week on Proof of Concept we had social media content creator, lifelong entrepreneur, and previous guest Casper Opala make a return to the show. You might know him better as Casper Capital, but in this episode we talked about his journey to becoming a content creator with over 3M followers. Casper talked with us about how he started off as a day trader when he was 13 and how later he found gol...

This week on Proof of Concept we have a continuation of the episode from last week. We continued our conversation to talk about how to channel your competitiveness, the importance of keeping open time on your schedule to think, and how everyone is interesting, you just have to be interested. Luke talked about how he was an externally competitive person in high school and how he soon became interna...

This week on Proof of Concept we had college builder, professional people connector, and certified game player of college Luke Clancy. We talked to Luke about how to make the most out of your time in college and some of the strategies that you can use to actually win at college.  Luke mentioned the importance of being a super-connector for people, building an engine for learning, and taking u...

This week on Proof of Concept we had seasoned real estate investor, fellow podcast host, UIUC alum, and previous guest Jacob Swiney make a return to the show. Last time Jacob was on, we explored unique ways to break out of the mold. While in college Jacob lived for free and made $60K so in this episode, we're switching gears to discuss earning money outside the usual 9-5 job, the importance of mak...

Hello, everyone! This week on Overdue Austin and I sat down to record an episode with just the two of us. We talked about 3-4 themes or quotes that we live by and how they have influenced us in the past year and shaped our visions for the upcoming year.

Hello, everyone! This week on 'Overdue,' we were joined by Fernando Arreguin , an up-and-coming realtor from Chicago. We dive into Fernando's journey into real estate, discussing the challenges and successes he's encountered. Fernando also shares how mentorship has been crucial in his professional growth.

Hello everyone, on this episode of Proof of Concept we had Grayson Adelstein. Grayson is a freshman at UIUC currently in the Gies college of business. We got to sit down with him and talk about where his entrepreneurial journey really began and some of the things he is currently working on. We talked about how he started small with things like a lemonade stand and soon upscaled to a shoe-selling b...

¡Hola todos! En este segmento de Proof of Concept, entrevistamos a Jose, un DJ profesional de 21 años que ha trabajado en la mayoría de los night clubs populares de Chicago. El nació en Venezuela y se vino a los Estados Unidos cuando tenía 17 años para tener la oportunidad de cumplir sus sueños. Disfruta!

Hello everyone! On this episode of Proof of Concept, we had Will Lawson. Will is the co-founder of Resolv, a startup helping crypto businesses recover their stolen assets. Hear about how Will himself got thousands stolen in crypto and how Resolv was initially just an idea in his TE250 class, and has since gained support from investors. Outside of Resolv, Will's top priority is being the “best at b...

Hello everyone, on this episode of Proof of Concept we sat down for a conversation with Aidan Murphy. Aidan got his entrepreneurial kick in his sophomore year of highschool, where he did the classic door-to-door lawn mowing business. After making 30,000 his senior year of highschool, he partnered in founding Moe Mow’s Landscaping, essentially an uber for lawn care. This year they are estimated to...

On this week of Proof of Concept, Rohan Hirani returned to the podcast. We discussed his recent ventures, Skybolt and Beam, as well as his travels throughout Europe. All of this excess time has allowed for much reflection on his college experience.

Austin explains how he founded BrothersNuts in 2017 with his brother, struggles they've encountered along the way and experiences throughout; Whether that be talks with Shark Tank's producer, pitching whole foods, or flying to LA for the artist he is currently managing, Austin is an all-around founder and more importantly, person.

On this episode of Proof of Concept, Isar and myself sat down for a conversation reflecting on my past weekend. Last Saturday I attended a Latin-hip hop concert by Eladio Carrión with my close friend Jose. We talked about I stumbled into Spanish and Latin culture, how I met Jose, and our thoughts on getting out of our comfort zones. We closed identifying that Jose is for his future kids what our g...

On this week of Proof of Concept we had M'laah Singh. M'laah is a junior prelaw student at UIUC who grew up with some crazy experiences. From growing up in Hollywood as an actress in the Avengers to starting a nonprofit to help those in need across 7 states. During our talk with Mlaah we also spent some time expressing the importance of the people that surround us and how that has impacted us.

Hello everyone, during this week of Proof of Concept we had Chik Egbuna. A sophomore at UIUC, he has grown his fitness account “kvngchikfitness” to 26 thousand followers. He is a personal trainer at the ARC and a truly radiant personality. We talked about what it means to bring energy to a room, as well as breaking through our shells of shyness. It’s always a great time sitting down for a conversa...