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The Ash Kumra Show
by Ash Kumra
The Ash Kumra ShowWhere business, tech and culture collide.What happens when a MySpace CEO sits down with Google’s community architect? Or when a nuclear physicist trades notes with an indie filmmaker?This. This is what happens.
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A Community Thesis: Community Over Companies, Culture Over Conversions
KEY TAKEAWAYSConnection beats transactions — Community-led business outperforms traditional models.Eric’s early success came from intentional storytelling, not virality.Everyone has a “human itch” to build something real, not just scalable.Storytelling is the ultimate cross-industry growth engine.The “Three Ps” — Purpose, Pitch, Protect — define the old model (and why it’s failing).You can automate outreach, but not human authenticity.Showing up consistently beats every growth hack in the book.The “Three C’s” — Community is the company; Conversations over conversions; Culture is the product.True ROI isn’t monetary — it’s human impact.Followers are not community. If you can’t fill a room, the numbers don’t matter.Your current situation isn’t your final destination — everything compounds.Every culture shift is a business opportunity waiting to be noticed.QUOTES[00:04:00] “Storytelling — not pitch decks, not growth hacks — stories. The things humans have been doing since we figured out fire.”[00:07:50] “People undervalue showing up to add value, not to take.”[00:08:13] “Community is the company.”[00:09:00] “If you want to make a million dollars, solve a problem for a million people.”[00:11:20] “Community builder first, founder second. The order matters.”[00:12:59] “Your current situation is not your final destination — that seed becomes a big ass apple tree.”[00:13:45] “Every tech breakthrough only matters if culture adopts it.”RESOURCES AND LINKSGrace Gong — Smart Venture Mediahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegonghttps://www.smartventuremedia.com/Grace’s Podcasts: Smart Venture Podcasthttps://svppro.com/Eric Jones — The Outlet LAhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-jones-47b99b103/https://www.thedoctordapper.com/https://www.instagram.com/theoutletla/Featured Book: Rhyme Is Life (Amazon)https://a.co/d/cWT0gc1Ash’s Business + Tech + Culture Newsletter:businesstechculture.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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The Ash Kumra ShowWhere business, tech and culture collide.What happens when a MySpace CEO sits down with Google’s community architect? Or when a nuclear physicist trades notes with an indie filmmaker?This. This is what happens.
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