The habits, hobbies, and hardships of healthy entrepreneurs.

What's up! I'm Armand Uno. I'm incredibly curious about the world of startups, entrepreneurs, and business owners.

That curiosity -- blended with a love for human nature, productivity, and fun -- gave birth to The Playhard Podcast.

I interview entrepreneurs about building their businesses, the stress they face, their daily routines, and what they like to do for fun. My focus is on the human side of being an entrepreneur, rather than the company itself. The interviews are more of a casual conversation.

Listeners include founders, entrepreneurs, business builders, startup employees, and anyone who wants to learn more about the lifestyle surrounding them.
 

I love talking and meeting new people. I also wanted to grow my networks. Podcasting, naturally, was the best win-win!

Now, I grow my network while providing meaningful takeaways for listeners, I get to meet new people, and have awesome conversations.

I started around April 2022, and I post weekly.

I didn't think about it much. I just started. The first episodes have much room for improvement but the content and message are still there.
 

A lot of my free time outside work is dedicated to executing and growing the podcast.

It's something I'm very passionate about and I believe will help a lot of starting entrepreneurs find habits that work for them. I fund what expenses I need through my day job and it's not too expensive, yet.
 

Podcasting benefits me in 3 ways.

1) Practicing the skill of interviewing. Asking the right questions. Getting people to open up. Listening. These are all important skills I practice constantly through podcasting.

2) Mentors. Every episode is an opportunity for me to ask people ahead of me on the path how they solved the same problems. It's fun to learn in public because a lot of people face the same issues (and can get value from it as well).

3) Growing my network and brand. The more I post, the more it shows my consistency and dedication to the podcast's mission. Also, I'm meeting tons of awesome, new people that I look up to.
 

I interview guests via Riverside.fm. I master through auphonic and use iMovie to cut the footage. Over all, it's fairly simple to start a podcast. The tools exist and are free.

The one piece of advice I have for someone starting is to USE A QUALITY MIC AND HEADPHONES.

Even on video, people care about the quality of audio over anything else.
 

LinkedIn is a big marketing channel for me.

I write posts about the lessons I learn from the episodes. This attracts new listeners. I also market through Twitter and Instagram.

The best marketing has been when guests promote the episode to their networks as well.

If listeners like your style, they tend to stick around.
 

Be like Nike: Just do it.

Don't wait around. Start. It's better to learn what you need to do on the fly than wait for it to be perfect.

Oh, and it won't ever be perfect.
 

My LinkedIn is Armand Uno and my email is armand@playhardpodcast.

Feel free to reach out!