You Will Not Remember The Park King of Pittsburgh

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Thought Liters

Adam Conner

10 episodes

1 week ago

Thought Liters: Connecting the top of the world with the bottom of a glass. Join host and creator Adam Conner as he sips and spills with the world’s best and brightest across business, athletics, and the arts. Enjoy each episode in its full-pour, unfiltered glory. Cheers! Proudly built in Pittsburgh, PA.

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You Will Not Remember The Park King of Pittsburgh

Thought Liters

21 minutes 22 seconds

5 months ago

You Will Not Remember The Park King of Pittsburgh

Jim Gibbs, CEO of Meter Feeder, pops the top to talk legacy, problem-solving, and advice for future entrepreneurs.

Today we fizz over the following:-- Jim's beginnings, including coding his own video games-- The $100M parking problem you didn't know existed-- What puts Jim in a pickle-- Taking inspiration from Carnegie to solve conflict-- What Jim would pursue if he weren't CEO of Meter Feeder-- Advice for the next thought leader00:00 Intro: Parking Sucks & A CEO Who Wants to Be Forgotten 00:30 First Chapter: Jim Gibbs' Origin Story 01:15 Root Beer & Roots: Coding Games Since '77 03:07 The Meter Feeder Pitch: Solving the $100M Parking Problem 05:09 Ten Years in Tech: The CEO Who Wants to Be Forgotten 06:32 Pickle Pop Challenge: The High-Ranking Ticket Scandal 09:53 Sarsaparilla & Strategy: Buses with Cameras & $33K Hidden Tickets 13:42 Co-Founder Conflict: "I Can Make You More Money!" 14:34 Ketchup Soda & Killing Your Creations: A "Back of the Bar Napkin" Idea 17:00 Cherry Supreme Wisdom: Jim's Unfiltered Advice for Entrepreneurs 20:32 Final Cheers & Where to Find Jim Gibbs

WHAT IS THOUGHT LITERS?Thought Liters is a series created and hosted by Adam Conner. On the show, Adam learns from the top of the world through the bottom of their glass. Each episode, we share a flight of local craft with the best and brightest brand minds around – whether it be an entrepreneur, an athlete, an artist, or otherwise. The questions evolve as the sip changes.The show is proudly founded and produced in Pittsburgh, PA.The whole goal is to have conversations about business with a more lighthearted look and feel. Adam thinks most business content is dry, and wants to change that, inspired by Hot Ones and Chicken Shop Date and Sundae Conversation and Hart to Heart and a laundry list of others.Think, Hot Ones for entrepreneurs, or business. That's what he's going for.If you’re interested, follow along! If not, that’s cool too. But if you wanna be where the thought leaders are…you’ll tune in to where Thought Liters is.