Episodes
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What are the challenges of hypergrowth – and how do you get after it?
Vinicius Neris, co-founder of InEvent, has learned a lot from navigating rapid business growth over the past year.
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How do you define, measure, and build a high-performing company culture?
Andrew Freedman, Managing Partner at SHIFT, breaks down what it means to scale a thriving business from day 1.
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Are you driving performance and impact through digital marketing?
Vivek Sharma, co-founder and CEO of Movable Ink, shares how you increase your ROI from your marketing efforts.
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Having a tricky time nailing your founder story?
What can you do to engage your audience?
How do you know the best channels and ways to share your story?
Lyn Graft is passionate about helping people, specifically founders, learn how to use storytelling to grow their business.
Lyn Graft is the founder of Storytelling for Entrepreneurs and he's picked up tips and tricks that leaders can use to develop their business narrative.
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Circumstances change all the time. People change. Markets change. Opportunities show up at your front door.
How can you make sure you're open to new opportunities – while not changing direction constantly?
Nate Smith, founder and CEO of Lever, shares how authentic conversations are key to team alignment.
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How can you use account based marketing to acquire and retain your target audience?
In this /Founders Focus episode, Kris Rudeegraap, co-founder & CEO of Sendoso, shares how you can design and refine your ABM strategy.
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Go-to-Market is one of the most underappreciated parts of building a business.
In this /Founders Focus episode, You Mon Tsang, founder and CEO of ChurnZero, shares his experience bringing four companies to market.
Get a crash course on how you should be thinking about your go-to-market strategy.
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How can you build your product in a way that drives behavior change?
In order for people to adopt your product, you need to make the path to behavior change easier.
Forest Key, founder and CEO of Voodle, is working on the fourth product software company he’s launched – and he’s learned a whole lot along the way.
In this /Founders Focus episode, Forest shares how his approach to product development has evolved through trial and error.
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We all have limited resources – even if you’re Apple or Google.
So how do you approach innovation and create new products or services when you have those constraints?
Davyeon Ross, co-founder of ShotTracker, has a great framework for innovating on a budget.
Davyeon also partners with RGA on Coalition Venture Studio, which aims to democratize access to capital, connections, education, and resources for underrepresented founders. Check it out and spread the word to your network.
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If you're building your own product or running a business of any kind, you should be taking advantage of cloud services and tools.
Patrick Quinn, co-founder and CEO of Webapper, has tons of advice after 20 years of helping companies scale agile teams in the cloud.
Hear what lessons Patrick has learned after 20 years in the business.
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Jeff Cherry, founder of Conscious Venture Lab, is invested in supporting early stage founders on their entrepreneurial journeys.
From expectation management to stakeholder theory, Jeff has lessons to share that are relevant to founders at every stage.
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✈️ This episode is brought to you by Upside Business Travel. Upside offers a free platform that allows you and your team to book, manage, and track business travel in one place.
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Two-sided marketplaces are found across industries and have common pitfalls.
In this episode, Matt Cooper, CEO of Skillshare, shares advice for how entrepreneurs can leverage two-sided marketplaces and the gig economy.
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Most businesses struggle to get a handle of their data and metrics.
Lack of alignment and process across teams can be a company's downfall.
How can you avoid common pitfalls?
Roman Stanek, Founder and CEO of GoodData, shares how to effectively leverage data in order to scale your product.
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💡 Key takeaways: https://bit.ly/3iOr2ui
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Some founders are natural improvisors who are able to handle changes on the fly.
Every founder needs to get good at improvisation. It’s a core skill we draw on again and again.
Find out how to get great at improv with Gary Ware, Founder of Breakthrough Play.
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💡 Key takeaways: https://bit.ly/3gyezJP
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How does a founder's health and performance impact their business?
David DiPaola, Founder & CEO of Sensibly, shares how entrepreneurs can think differently about their approach to health and wellness – while navigating the chaos of being a founder.
David is offering free 20 minute coaching sessions for /Founders Focus podcast listeners. No sales pitch, just health and performance coaching.
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It’s never too soon to create a board. How do you think about composition, compensation and expectations?
Co-host Jocelyn Mangan, Founder and CEO of Him For Her, joined Scott to talk about how founders can create an effective board of directors. From early stage through funding rounds, the role of a board can be shaped to be a major asset.
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Everything you experience in the physical world has a digital wrapper around it. The collision between the digital and physical world is rapidly increasing.
Scott and Tom Matzzie explored what a big opportunity it is for entrepreneurs because digital software has made it easier to solve physical world challenges.
Tom is an expert on climate change and sustainability. He also serves as the founder, president and CEO of CleanChoice Energy.
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Shaina Zafar, co-founder and CMO of JUV Consulting, has built a business around being an expert in everything Gen Z.
Each generation has its own values and expectations, and COVID is continuing to shape how Gen Z thinks and interacts as employees and customers.
Watch the full session: https://bit.ly/3dMBwrn
Key takeaways: https://bit.ly/3fObbJd
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Necessity is the mother of invention and 2020 created lots of opportunity. Scott and Rocket Lawyer founder and CEO Charley Moore talk about how we can invent our way out of things.
We will recognize how important technology was when we start to look at this in the rearview mirror. Find out how to embrace the constraints and solve problems.
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💡 Key takeaways: https://bit.ly/347q0kl
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As you grow your company, how do you bring other people in and not lose what you believe makes you special?
Our co-host Jeff Grant has an interesting story about how he ended up a founder after going to prison. He’s now minister to white collar criminals through Progressive Prison Ministries, and he's figuring out how to scale.
Watch the full session: https://bit.ly/3dli8Br
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