Ep. 25 Steven Galanis of Cameo On How To Grab A Lightning Fast Idea and Scale It Into a Business Overnight

When the lightning rod of a powerful and scalable idea strikes you on your head as you are chilling in a hot tub in paradise with your super smart business colleagues, you'd better get out of the tub quick, gather your dollars, your family and friends, and launch. That's exactly what Steven Galanis, the co-founder of Cameo did by taking to market, the first ever video autographing app designed to celebrate and bring joy to fans and connect them to their favorite celebrities.  But Steven's story of his transformation from being a company man to opening his own company will leave you breathless. Through Steven's stories, you will feel the power and energy and momentum of Cameo, that will leave you wanting to quit your own job and join their team (or either inspire you to finally launch your own idea)! Steven also shares deep insights into signal watching, networking, and how to give public credit for all of the previous interactions and learnings he soaked up from not only his successful creative family, but from the surprising generosity of his former boss and network at LinkedIn. So step right up and get your next helping of entrepreneurship lessons from Steven Galanis. --- The Honest Field Guide is a production of brand strategy agency Birk Creative at http://www.birkcreative.com. Episode song "Silver Space Rocket" can be downloaded on Apple here https://music.apple.com/bs/album/silver-space-rocket/206188206?i=206188213 and is written by Grant Birkenbeuel and JinJa Davis, from the band Utah Carol http://www.utahcarol.com. Podcast mastering by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions http://www.lemonproductions.ca. Photo by John R. Boehm. Episode artwork by Alexander Barrett http://www.alexanderbarrett.com. --- Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬ Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message Do you love our show? We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support