Ep 28: HIVE-MIND with Scott Cooper - a podcast by ALTS Projects

Scott Cooper is the COO of Versus Merch and has years of experience in scaling businesses in both Australia and the United States, including his past roles with Go1 and Drawboard. 

Coops dives into some opportunities he has created for himself over the years- from moving overseas and making a name for himself in new cities a few times over, to finding himself immersed in the NBA environment to form a pretty amazing vantage point of how professional athletes operate.

Punk/ Hardcore/Metal sub-cultures are on the agenda, as is collecting behaviour, productivity, the limitations of alcohol and the want to get the best out of yourself.

A few points in the chit-chat:

1. Helping run a merchandise company with DIY ethos
2. Growing and scaling businesses
3. Parallels between running bands and running businesses
4. Rich underground music scenes
5. Risk Taking and getting out of comfort zones
6. Establishing oneself in a new city in a short period
7. A broad spectrum of projects to make your way
8. For the love of BBall
9. Collecting Behaviour
10. Changes in alcohol consumption

Notes and Links:

• Versus Merch
• Evan McLellan
• Emerald City Neon
• Alleyway Cartel Cafe
• Reanimator Guitars
• Article - How being in a band taught me everything I know about marketing and running a business
• Article - These are the things that happen when you stop drinking alcohol
• Chucking A Mosh
• Cold Ground
• Crowbar
• Dave Collins
• Drawboard
• GO1
• Heaps Normal
• Helping Hoops
• In Hearts Wake
• Jarryd Roughead
• Luke Logemann
• Meetup
• Nick Metallinos
• Northlane
• Parkway Drive
• Starting 5 online
• Steven Adams
• The Arthouse
• The Bendigo Hotel
• The Reverence Hotel
• The Tote
• Trad Nathan
• UNFD

Follow Scott on Twitter: @scottdancooper

Follow Scott on Instagram: @scottdanielcooper

Follow Versus Merch: https://www.versusmerch.com/

Follow Versus Merch on Instagram: @versusmerch

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