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 how he did it all, how "YouTube University" played a pivotal role, how hard it was to leave his NBA dreams behind and turn to media, how at times he almost thought about quitting, and how it all came together, I know you all will enjoy. Thank you :)

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 stacked experiences on experiences, and in doing so has powerful insight about the venture capital space, entrepreneurship, and how important building a brand can be. I know you all will enjoy :)

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 possible, and much more

This episode is our final release from our recent trip to Michigan and we wanted to say it was an amazing experience. Big Thank You’s to Tommy Potter and Bobby Housel for helping us put this all together.

With all that being said, I know you’ll enjoy the show :)