#856 "Trust is the New Currency" — Hot Takes from 200 Founders in Mexico City
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Dan and Ian discuss the importance of trust and shared experiences among entrepreneurs based on their recent trip to Mexico City.
Dan and Ian just got back from DC Mexico — 4 days in Mexico City with 200 founders, a third of whom run $1M+ businesses. Three ideas worth sitting with: Reading about something is useful. Watching someone implement it is better. Doing it yourself, beside someone else doing it too, is where things get real. Networking gets a bad reputation — and maybe it deserves it. But sharing a real experience with someone who's solving the same problems you are? That's where trust gets built. And trust, right now, might be the most valuable thing a founder can have. In this episode: • Why reading and podcasts only get you so far • What made the DC Mexico AI Build Lab different from any workshop they've attended • The difference between networking and shared experience (and why it matters) • How the attention economy is shifting — and what's replacing it • How to get the most out of any room you're in Thanks to this week's sponsor Wayfront — the AI-ready operating system for productized agencies. One client portal. One team dashboard. All your data, AI-accessible. TMBA listeners get an extra free month on top of the trial at wayfront.com/tmba. Links: More Business Resources Upcoming DC Events…
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