Victor Lee

Victor is the co-founder and CEO of Apollo podcast, an app that makes it easy to find, listen to, and share fiction podcasts. He also co-created and produced the science fiction podcast Earth Eclipsed which was recently nominated as the podcast of the year at the Ambies in an official selection of the Tribeca Festival 2021.

Moving from Brazil to New York City at 17 years was a completely new experience for Victor, but he had to follow the path to achieve his goals. He wanted to pursue a creative path, and he took the chance to challenge his creativity, culture, social etiquette, and communication, which so far has been rewarding.

Victor started his career in visual media, film, and television. The audio space was a completely new world for him and his partners at the beginning. They did a lot of research and listened to the classic and big shows to see what was done before them and what they could improve. After realizing the podcasting medium's potential, they decided to start podcasting.

After a challenging startup now, they are completely on a different path. None of them is an engineer, but they have a fine understanding of technology. It has been a huge learning curve, and at every point, they called the moment soul searching of what they want to do. They always took the risk to level up, and it has been a great experience.

Segmented timestamps:

[00:11] - About Victor and how he got into the fiction world
[03:53] - Victor shares about the time when he went against the odds and how he embraced the challenge to achieve
[08:23] - Victor's inspiration and drive to continue to splay what he knows and to invest in new projects
[11:48] - Some of the ways that creators can monetize their intellectual property to succeed and keep creating
[16:05] - About Apollo podcast, their focus, and the stage where they are in the development journey
[18:58] - The Apollo podcast narratives and what to expect when you tune in
[23:03] - Victor’s favorite decision-making model that he has found to be particularly helpful in navigating decisions in his career
[25:30] - How to connect, support, and listen to their Apollo podcasts

Notable Quotes:

“As a creator, you will have a loss at the beginning, but you have to invest in your own work, believe in what you’re doing, and put it out there.” ~ Victor Lee

“Trying to control every single decision in a project can lead to a poor decision along the way because you’re trying to focus on all decisions at the same time.” ~ Victor Lee

"It’s all about people at the end of the day, and decisions get harder as you go, learn to work with your people and trust each other." ~ Victor Lee

Reach Victor at:

Website: https://www.apollopods.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelunarco/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thelunar_co

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