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17 Aug 2025 · 2 min

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In this opening segment of the Drink Up Live Podcast, the hosts (Speaker A and Speaker B) begin by apologizing for a delayed start and explain that they are testing their producer mode and LinkedIn Live streaming setup. They attempt to verify that their producer, Caress, appears on screen and that audio/video are functioning for both the live audience and the internal team. While troubleshooting technical issues—checking visibility on LinkedIn Live, confirming audio transmission, and coordinating a go‑live command—they also preview the main topic of the episode: a conversation about the expectations founders have of the podcast and vice‑versa, noting that these expectations sometimes misalign. The segment is informal, conversational, and focused on both technical validation and setting the stage for a deeper discussion on founder‑podcast dynamics.

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Today on Drink Up Live Podcast, we've actually been trying to test our producer mode and how we actually come and stream here. So we apologize for being a little late. We're going to get into to talk about founders. Actually, we've been talking for about the past 30 minutes about, you know, what founders expect of us and we expect of founders. And sometimes those 2 things don't align. And we want to get into the discussion of that today. But again, apologize for being late for those that you have joined, decided to join us. Welcome, Adam. And then I'm not sure you can see our producer, but she is here and she's in producer mode. So we're going to be testing that out too, to see if she can go live with us, the whole bit. So we might come in and off the screen. So we apologize, but we're just testing.
Well, it happens.
Exactly. Yeah, yeah. I don't know if they can— I don't know if everybody can— if you can see it on LinkedIn Live to see if we can see her. I'm actually going there to see if we can see you.
Yeah, I'm trying to pull it up too. I'm working from a single screen today.
Yeah, so we are, we are, we are live. I can see us, which is good.
Yeah, I can see on LinkedIn, I can see us, but I can't see Caress, which is—
Yeah. So Caress, I'm just curious, do you want to hit go live just on your thing to see if you actually pop up on the screen?
Yeah, yeah.
We can hear you, but the people in the real world cannot hear you. So, uh,