Alex Florio

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Well, today I have another special guest on the podcast, Alex Florio with Swab. Alex, thanks for being on the show today.

Well, today I have another special guest on the podcast, Alex Florio with Swab. Alex, thanks for being on the show today.

So important to have the right people that are locked into the vision. You can't stress that enough. I'm curious if you have and maybe it's, you know, just an anecdotal story or or a success story from the worker side, right from the candidate side, excuse me, from the candidate side.

So important to have the right people that are locked into the vision. You can't stress that enough. I'm curious if you have and maybe it's, you know, just an anecdotal story or or a success story from the worker side, right from the candidate side, excuse me, from the candidate side.

Do you have some stories there you can share of of how someone was really struggling, got on swab and had immediate success?

Do you have some stories there you can share of of how someone was really struggling, got on swab and had immediate success?

Absolutely. Before we jump into Swab again, it's been a couple of years since I had Stephanie on the show. Tell me a little bit about yourself. Give me a little bit of your story.

Absolutely. Before we jump into Swab again, it's been a couple of years since I had Stephanie on the show. Tell me a little bit about yourself. Give me a little bit of your story.

Let's flip to the other side then. Tell me about a story of a business who's really struggling to find the right people, used all the other sort of job boards or whatever right out there, and found Swab and then just found the diamonds in the rough.

Let's flip to the other side then. Tell me about a story of a business who's really struggling to find the right people, used all the other sort of job boards or whatever right out there, and found Swab and then just found the diamonds in the rough.

Absolutely. That's a speedy hiring process. Okay, so you've got the product and the company to a really good place, right? But this isn't the finish line, right? There's more to do. There's more to build or to address with the product. So tell me what the future looks like. Tell me what's next for Swap.

Absolutely. That's a speedy hiring process. Okay, so you've got the product and the company to a really good place, right? But this isn't the finish line, right? There's more to do. There's more to build or to address with the product. So tell me what the future looks like. Tell me what's next for Swap.

OK, so I'm a worker or I'm a business, right? What do I got to do to get started?

OK, so I'm a worker or I'm a business, right? What do I got to do to get started?

Awesome. Well, Alex, thank you for being on the show today. I'm really excited to hear the successes of Swab. It's been a couple of years since I talked to Stephanie about the creation story of the product. And I can tell that you both have been, along with the team, have been heads down, working hard, making the product better, getting jobs on the platform and providing value for your market.

Awesome. Well, Alex, thank you for being on the show today. I'm really excited to hear the successes of Swab. It's been a couple of years since I talked to Stephanie about the creation story of the product. And I can tell that you both have been, along with the team, have been heads down, working hard, making the product better, getting jobs on the platform and providing value for your market.

Really appreciate being on the show today.

Really appreciate being on the show today.

So cool to hear the successful update with Swab, adding over 7 million jobs to the platform, scaling for businesses and candidates, and ensuring they have the right team in place to carry out the vision. If you would like to learn more about Swab, go to swabapp.com. That's S-W-O-B-A-P-P dot com. And thanks again for listening.

So cool to hear the successful update with Swab, adding over 7 million jobs to the platform, scaling for businesses and candidates, and ensuring they have the right team in place to carry out the vision. If you would like to learn more about Swab, go to swabapp.com. That's S-W-O-B-A-P-P dot com. And thanks again for listening.

Well, I appreciate you giving me that overview. Let's let's dive into the meat of it then. So before we jump into what's gone on with Suave in the past couple of years, remind my audience what Suave is.

Well, I appreciate you giving me that overview. Let's let's dive into the meat of it then. So before we jump into what's gone on with Suave in the past couple of years, remind my audience what Suave is.

You know, looking at the website, I can tell that things have grown and shifted a lot since I talked to Stephanie. So tell me, give me some of the highlights around what has happened in the last couple of years. What has changed with the product, the business, and all the things?

You know, looking at the website, I can tell that things have grown and shifted a lot since I talked to Stephanie. So tell me, give me some of the highlights around what has happened in the last couple of years. What has changed with the product, the business, and all the things?

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Tell me about some of those things you had to work through in deciding what was the next thing to adjust, to add, or to enhance in the product.

Tell me about some of those things you had to work through in deciding what was the next thing to adjust, to add, or to enhance in the product.

Sure. No, that makes sense. And it sounds like that's been successful, right? You have 7 million plus jobs on the platform. What led you towards the educational content aspect of it? I can picture people looking for a job and then perhaps maybe even being done with Swab for a little while, right? But does the educational content keeps them coming back to the product and gaining value?

Sure. No, that makes sense. And it sounds like that's been successful, right? You have 7 million plus jobs on the platform. What led you towards the educational content aspect of it? I can picture people looking for a job and then perhaps maybe even being done with Swab for a little while, right? But does the educational content keeps them coming back to the product and gaining value?

Is that part of the driver there? Or tell me about your story there.

Is that part of the driver there? Or tell me about your story there.

Yeah, for sure. Setting them up for success, right, when they get that first interview or an un-interview or many interviews so that they know what to do, right, when people contact them. That makes a ton of sense. Okay, so, you know, I'm checking out the website, right, and I see that you guys got some pretty interesting interest, I'll say, from Richard Branson. Tell me about that.

Yeah, for sure. Setting them up for success, right, when they get that first interview or an un-interview or many interviews so that they know what to do, right, when people contact them. That makes a ton of sense. Okay, so, you know, I'm checking out the website, right, and I see that you guys got some pretty interesting interest, I'll say, from Richard Branson. Tell me about that.

Today, I have an awesome follow-up episode from our friends at Swab. You may remember our episode with Stephanie Florio in season six over two years ago, where she clued us in on the creation story of the company. Today, I'm speaking with her co-founder and brother, Alex, to hear the update on Swab and what the team has been up to since then. Have a listen now.

Today, I have an awesome follow-up episode from our friends at Swab. You may remember our episode with Stephanie Florio in season six over two years ago, where she clued us in on the creation story of the company. Today, I'm speaking with her co-founder and brother, Alex, to hear the update on Swab and what the team has been up to since then. Have a listen now.

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You've got some really great things going on. And then also here you mentioned you have a new CTO or the CTO you have. I don't recall if that was an early team member, but there's a new team that's also working on the product. That's a big change. Right. So have you had have you ran into any sort of technological challenges or product challenges as you were adding those teams?

You've got some really great things going on. And then also here you mentioned you have a new CTO or the CTO you have. I don't recall if that was an early team member, but there's a new team that's also working on the product. That's a big change. Right. So have you had have you ran into any sort of technological challenges or product challenges as you were adding those teams?

you know, large number of jobs on the platform or as you were changing teams?

you know, large number of jobs on the platform or as you were changing teams?

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Well, today I have another special guest on the podcast, Alex Florio with Swab. Alex, thanks for being on the show today.

So important to have the right people that are locked into the vision. You can't stress that enough. I'm curious if you have and maybe it's, you know, just an anecdotal story or or a success story from the worker side, right from the candidate side, excuse me, from the candidate side.

Do you have some stories there you can share of of how someone was really struggling, got on swab and had immediate success?

Absolutely. Before we jump into Swab again, it's been a couple of years since I had Stephanie on the show. Tell me a little bit about yourself. Give me a little bit of your story.

Let's flip to the other side then. Tell me about a story of a business who's really struggling to find the right people, used all the other sort of job boards or whatever right out there, and found Swab and then just found the diamonds in the rough.

Absolutely. That's a speedy hiring process. Okay, so you've got the product and the company to a really good place, right? But this isn't the finish line, right? There's more to do. There's more to build or to address with the product. So tell me what the future looks like. Tell me what's next for Swap.

OK, so I'm a worker or I'm a business, right? What do I got to do to get started?

Awesome. Well, Alex, thank you for being on the show today. I'm really excited to hear the successes of Swab. It's been a couple of years since I talked to Stephanie about the creation story of the product. And I can tell that you both have been, along with the team, have been heads down, working hard, making the product better, getting jobs on the platform and providing value for your market.

Really appreciate being on the show today.

So cool to hear the successful update with Swab, adding over 7 million jobs to the platform, scaling for businesses and candidates, and ensuring they have the right team in place to carry out the vision. If you would like to learn more about Swab, go to swabapp.com. That's S-W-O-B-A-P-P dot com. And thanks again for listening.

Well, I appreciate you giving me that overview. Let's let's dive into the meat of it then. So before we jump into what's gone on with Suave in the past couple of years, remind my audience what Suave is.

You know, looking at the website, I can tell that things have grown and shifted a lot since I talked to Stephanie. So tell me, give me some of the highlights around what has happened in the last couple of years. What has changed with the product, the business, and all the things?

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Developers can use the company's official client SDKs to build investing experiences in minutes without the limitations of traditional aggregators. Get started for free today by visiting snaptrade.com slash codestory. This episode is sponsored by Speakeasy.

Whether you're growing the user adoption of your public API or streamlining internal development, SDKs can turn the chore of API integration into effortless implementation. Unburden your API users from guessing their way around your API while keeping your team focused on your product. Shorten the time to live integration and provide a delightful experience for your customers.

With Speakeasy's platform, you can now automatically generate up-to-date, robust, idiomatic SDKs in 10 languages and Terraform providers in just a matter of minutes. SDKs are feature-rich with type safety, auto retries, and pagination. Everything you need to give your API the developer experience it deserves. Deliver a premium API experience without the premium price tag.

Visit speakeasy.com slash codestory to get started and generate your first SDK for free. Throughout this process of expansion, focusing on the U.S. and the different business side of things, you had to change the product in some sort of way, right? Elevate it, enhance it, hear from your customers.

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Tell me about some of those things you had to work through in deciding what was the next thing to adjust, to add, or to enhance in the product.

Sure. No, that makes sense. And it sounds like that's been successful, right? You have 7 million plus jobs on the platform. What led you towards the educational content aspect of it? I can picture people looking for a job and then perhaps maybe even being done with Swab for a little while, right? But does the educational content keeps them coming back to the product and gaining value?

Is that part of the driver there? Or tell me about your story there.

Yeah, for sure. Setting them up for success, right, when they get that first interview or an un-interview or many interviews so that they know what to do, right, when people contact them. That makes a ton of sense. Okay, so, you know, I'm checking out the website, right, and I see that you guys got some pretty interesting interest, I'll say, from Richard Branson. Tell me about that.

Today, I have an awesome follow-up episode from our friends at Swab. You may remember our episode with Stephanie Florio in season six over two years ago, where she clued us in on the creation story of the company. Today, I'm speaking with her co-founder and brother, Alex, to hear the update on Swab and what the team has been up to since then. Have a listen now.

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Link in-user brokerage accounts and build world-class investing experiences with SnapTrade's unified brokerage API. With over $12 billion in connected assets and over 300,000 connected accounts, SnapTrade's API quality and developer experience are second to none. SnapTrade is SOC 2 certified and uses industry-leading security practices.

Developers can use the company's official client SDKs to build investing experiences in minutes without the limitations of traditional aggregators. Get started for free today by visiting snaptrade.com slash codestory. OK, as you're heading forward with Swab, you're getting some good traction. You've got the jobs in the platform now and you win the pitch to rich. Right.

You've got some really great things going on. And then also here you mentioned you have a new CTO or the CTO you have. I don't recall if that was an early team member, but there's a new team that's also working on the product. That's a big change. Right. So have you had have you ran into any sort of technological challenges or product challenges as you were adding those teams?

you know, large number of jobs on the platform or as you were changing teams?