full-time online oversharer
New York, NY
Joined October 2011
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Colin Rocker retweeted
The most efficient distribution is getting users to promote the product as a way of promoting themselves
Especially their (1) achievement, (2) intellect, (3) taste, (4) access, (5) tribe
Examples:
- YouTube play button
- Spotify Wrapped
- Oura sleep score
- GitHub contribution chart
Colin Rocker retweeted
Major cheat code for life: Treat everyone like you’ll meet them again, because you might. The intern becomes the decision-maker, the waiter becomes the investor, the competitor becomes the partner. Life is a boomerang. The world is small. What you send out always circles back.
Colin Rocker retweeted
The clearest sign that you’re working on the right thing: It gets you out of your own head. You stop overthinking. No stress about the past. No anxiety about the future. Just energy in the present. Flow. Lean into the things that get you out of your own head.
Colin Rocker retweeted
i can't think of a non-cliche way to say this, but everyone who says having a kid is the best thing in the world is both correct and still somehow understating it.
Colin Rocker retweeted
🗽 He moved to NYC with one suitcase. Now, he’s reshaping what success looks like for first-generation professionals.
✨ Meet our Future History Honoree @RealColinRocker: content creator, speaker & founder of For The Firsts, a community reimagining networking by centering connection over contacts. 🤝🌍
Colin is making #FutureHistory by turning lived experience into collective empowerment. 🌟🗽 He moved to NYC with one suitcase. Now, he’s reshaping what success looks like for first-generation professionals.
Colin Rocker retweeted
Building a monster brand while being the best father and husband I can be. Success means nothing if it comes at the cost of what matters most. My family will always be my foundation, not a trade-off.
Colin Rocker retweeted
If you're a man who's achieved success—whether that's professionally or in finding happiness & purpose—it's becoming increasingly important that you find time to mentor a young man who's not related to you and not your direct employee.
Young men are looking for role models. They're not asking for it because of course they're not—they don't know how to. But we wonder why the Andrew Tates of the world gain notoriety & traction? I've always believed it's because young men don't know where else to turn.
That's where Millennials and Gen X men need to do better. There are so many ways you can offer your wisdom to the next generation:
- coach a youth sports team
- post on LinkedIn offering free career guidance
- volunteer in the arts
- if you're religious, participate in the church
- hell, start making content about your personal values so we can see examples of men who've built great lives
My challenge to every 30+ man in 2025: find a young man's life that you can positively influence. It will take some time and work, but it's important.
Colin Rocker retweeted
I didn't think I'd be doing this twice today but here we go....
@StevenBartlett just put this on his IG story and so I have to take a trip down memory lane...
10 months ago, I left my job to do the podcast full time.
I was making $0 from the show but I loved the conversations and I had ultimate confidence in where it could go.
For the last 10 months, I have posted an episode every single week. I did not miss one week . 100 views every episode, at times disillusioned but I did not miss one week. That was a source of pride.
Every episode we learnt something. We became obsessive about every aspect of podcasting. Whatever it took to make a 0.1% improvement we did it....
One day, I watched an interview with @McdonnellCallum and @grace_andrews and it opened my mind to how a world class team builds a world class show.
From that moment, we experimented relentlessly, thumbnails, titles, episode formats, we went to the drawing board again and again and again and then it happened....
We had our first viral episode. It got over 800K views. Then another one went viral, then another one.
We went from 500 subs to over 120K subs in 11 months (over 6.5M downloads in that time) but that actually doesn't matter....
The mission of the podcast is to show people anything is possible when you bet on yourself. That is my story. That is the story of the podcast and its @StevenBartlett story
Steven I've read your books, I've followed your story, it would be awesome to get you on the show. We film in person in NYC and have had guests like @MinorityM1ndset @SahilBloom @ShaanVP among others.
We are both english as well 😅. Lets make it happen
Colin Rocker retweeted
"The moment that changed everything."
Colin Rocker shared with me how losing his job pushed him to go all-in on content creation.
From brand deals to digital products...he turned vulnerability and faith into a content career that's taking off.
@CreatorEconNYC @RealColinRocker
Colin Rocker retweeted
Had to tap back in to all my guys out there who - like me - no longer have our fathers to say Happy Father’s Day to.
My old man died suddenly a few years ago.
Unfortunately, we got in a fight about a month earlier and I never reconciled with him or even had a chance to say goodbye.
So for me, every Father’s Day has become very tricky because there’s a lot pain.
But every Father’s Day is also one of my greatest days because I have three amazing daughters who tell me, I love you and Happy Fathers Day.
To my guys out there, if your old man is still around - consider it a blessing. Even if you and your dad are working thru some complicated shit. I’ve been there and I understand. But do your best to reconcile and get that drama behind you and get right with your dad.
It’s important.
Because the alternative is regret and I don’t want that for you.
Happy Fathers Day.
We’re all lucky boys.
“I’ll take care of it”
Colin Rocker retweeted
As a product founder, I haven't pushed a significant amount of code since my first startup (2014-2016).
Over the past two weeks, I've built four micro-apps for @JoinFreeAgency using the GPT-4 API and @langchain. I'm utilizing a combo of ChatGPT and @github Copilot to relearn Python, wrap my head around modern deployment, and hasten my pace of programming.
I'm building internal tools for the Free Agency team to get a sense of what's possible with LLMs + radically optimize our workflows. But the stuff I'm working on will also be the basis for our upcoming AI-driven products for careerists.
As I've said for months, if this stuff hasn't convinced you yet and completely wrapped itself around your daily ops, you just haven't dug in.
Colin Rocker retweeted
João Ferrão dos Santos made ChatGPT4 the CEO of his company for 30 days, and tonight we're going to hear how it all unfolded.
We're hosting the event with the wonderful people over at @genzvcs and hope to see you all tonight!
RSVP here:
partiful.com/e/QcxyIOqLxEIis…
Colin Rocker retweeted
Okay, after being kinda bearish on the accelerator / venture studio model the last few years, they may be making a come back in this market. Join a lively discussion on Friday in NYC on getting your startup off the ground.
Early stage founders & founders-to-be: join us at NYC HQ tomorrow evening for a fireside chat between @jefielding & @Sherveen about changes in the 0 to 1 moment in venture/tech.
We'll dig into the nuances of getting your startup off the ground in 2023+.
lu.ma/yk67dg16
Colin Rocker retweeted
We hosted 200+ attendees last night @ Free Agency HQ!
It was a timely + exciting conversation about ChatGPT with the release of GPT-4, including all of the potential use cases enabled by the updates to come with Plugins and the API.
Thanks to @AndrewPSimmons for organizing!
Colin Rocker retweeted
Get expert advice on how to highlight your experience in a way that resonates with recruiters + hiring managers and mix + mingle w/ like-minded early-career professionals!
Next Thursday @ Free Agency HQ. Be there.
lu.ma/brewyourbestresume
Colin Rocker retweeted
Scenes from last night @ Free Agency HQ!
Our own @RealColinRocker spoke to @PMINYC about TikTok, the creator economy, knowledge work, and how project management can participate in new social paradigms.
Colin Rocker retweeted
We are excited to host an event tonight w/ @PMINYC featuring Free Agency’s own @RealColinRocker!
Colin will be talking about the creator economy, its impact on the future of knowledge + professional work, & his journey growing his audience to millions of views on TikTok.
