Maxine Cunningham on Knowledge Economy

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►Today we are talking with Maxine Cunningham the Founder and CEO of Pick My Brain, she is Reimagining the Future of Work, a Creative Knowledge Monetizer, Entrepreneur & Startup Founder, Trained Economist, Super Brain (100+ Braindates), Environmentalist, Personal Brand Strategist | Content Creator, and Competitive W2's Beach Volleyball Player! Maxine is a former economist turned CEO of Pick My Brain. Maxine is currently on a mission to help gather and organize the world's smartest and most creative people to make them more available, accessible and useful to society. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 3:00 Mindset and Experience over her Path 5:00 Economics and Aggregate Scale 10:00 the Creative Economy 15:00 High Tech Smart Home | The Power of Conversations 20:00 Engaging with people and learning through conversations 25:00 Voice panels and conversations 30:00 Company decisions on creating tools 35:00 Pick my Brain and 3D interaction 40:00 Automated Content Creation 45:00 Crypto, decentralization, and user owned 50:00 Crowdfunding, and balancing her interdisciplinary life 58:00 What is a polymath to you? 01:00:00 Cross-pollinating and Polymath Bees 01:05:00 Acknowledging your workers, and hire a "Research Guy" for your company 01:10:00 Being the Tool guy , or "An Everything Guy" 01:15:00 Top level domains 01:20:00 Gamification and Education 01:25:00 Pitching what you can do for a company 01:30:00 Book times with all of your friends, and learn from them. Don't forget to document it! 01:35:00 Pick my brain 01:40:00 Outro Links: https://pickmybrain.world/profiles/maxine-cunningham/ https://www.instagram.com/pickmybrain_ceo/ https://linktr.ee/mmcunnin https://www.facebook.com/maxine.cunningham.33?ref=bookmarks https://twitter.com/mmcunnin https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCar0QUx2U_coQUD9MOgZXSQ?view_as=subscriber https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxinecunningham/?originalSubdomain=ca https://www.pickmybrain.world/ https://www.instagram.com/pickmybrain.world/ https://linktr.ee/pickmybra

Maxine Cunningham is a startup founder and creative visionary obsessed with helping people share their knowledge. She quit her job as an economist after seeing Airbnb launch and realizing the power of the knowledge economy. ✨ We talk about: What is the knowledge economy? What Maxine learned from her parents, who were both entrepreneurs Maxine’s mindset around risk Why Maxine decided to pursue economics Validating the idea for Pick My Brain Building her dream “knowledge marketplace” How Maxine decided on her pricing model Living an unconventional life ✨ Connect: Maxine’s company: pickmybrain.world Maxine on Instagram: pickmybrain_ceo Maxine on LinkedIn: @maxinecunningham Anna’s website: annamadeblog.com Business email: [email protected]

Meet Maxine Cunningham, CEO of Pick My Brain, a start-up on a mission to facilitate 10 million conversations between people worldwide annually. With a background as a PhD economist, Maxine has made a bold transition into entrepreneurship, driven by her passion for freedom, knowledge, and community. In this insightful interview, Maxine shares: Her journey from academia to founding an online knowledge-sharing marketplace How Pick My Brain is shaping the future of global information exchange Her unique approach to work-life balance, splitting time between Vancouver Island and global travels Insights on building and scaling a startup in the evolving knowledge economy