Matt Cowell
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Um, and so, yeah, it's, it's really making it relatable to people that just gets me all fired up. And, and so that solving that problem, getting people to more confident, hearing them say, Oh, I'm actually, I'm now recognizing the data around me and I'm using it more effectively and I'm understanding the different charts. I just, I just get so fired up by hearing people, um,
Um, and so, yeah, it's, it's really making it relatable to people that just gets me all fired up. And, and so that solving that problem, getting people to more confident, hearing them say, Oh, I'm actually, I'm now recognizing the data around me and I'm using it more effectively and I'm understanding the different charts. I just, I just get so fired up by hearing people, um,
Um, and so, yeah, it's, it's really making it relatable to people that just gets me all fired up. And, and so that solving that problem, getting people to more confident, hearing them say, Oh, I'm actually, I'm now recognizing the data around me and I'm using it more effectively and I'm understanding the different charts. I just, I just get so fired up by hearing people, um,
You know that it's actually doing that for them. That's that's what gets me fired up. I mean, I'm proud of a lot of things, our team and and so on. But that that gets me really excited.
You know that it's actually doing that for them. That's that's what gets me fired up. I mean, I'm proud of a lot of things, our team and and so on. But that that gets me really excited.
You know that it's actually doing that for them. That's that's what gets me fired up. I mean, I'm proud of a lot of things, our team and and so on. But that that gets me really excited.
Yeah, I mean, I think mistake, I guess I don't think about it like this. And I know this is almost cliche in the startup world now, but when you make mistakes, you learn from it and you, well, hopefully you learn and grow and you're better off for it down the road. I mean, we've made some hires that didn't pan out. You know, we we probably started too heavy in conferences early on.
Yeah, I mean, I think mistake, I guess I don't think about it like this. And I know this is almost cliche in the startup world now, but when you make mistakes, you learn from it and you, well, hopefully you learn and grow and you're better off for it down the road. I mean, we've made some hires that didn't pan out. You know, we we probably started too heavy in conferences early on.
Yeah, I mean, I think mistake, I guess I don't think about it like this. And I know this is almost cliche in the startup world now, but when you make mistakes, you learn from it and you, well, hopefully you learn and grow and you're better off for it down the road. I mean, we've made some hires that didn't pan out. You know, we we probably started too heavy in conferences early on.
We spent about one hundred thousand dollars in our first 12 months on conferences and then not enough on, I would say, SEO and making sure that we could get the inbound funnel coming in faster. Um, you know, I just, there are all kinds of, all kinds of things.
We spent about one hundred thousand dollars in our first 12 months on conferences and then not enough on, I would say, SEO and making sure that we could get the inbound funnel coming in faster. Um, you know, I just, there are all kinds of, all kinds of things.
We spent about one hundred thousand dollars in our first 12 months on conferences and then not enough on, I would say, SEO and making sure that we could get the inbound funnel coming in faster. Um, you know, I just, there are all kinds of, all kinds of things.
And in terms of how we respond to those, to those things, I mean, I think we have to be humble enough to, and this is, this is one of our, I think key cultural traits is that we don't take ourselves too seriously. It's literally, um, in sort of our core values is that the intent is not to take ourselves too seriously. And that way we have an openness to learn from those things.
And in terms of how we respond to those, to those things, I mean, I think we have to be humble enough to, and this is, this is one of our, I think key cultural traits is that we don't take ourselves too seriously. It's literally, um, in sort of our core values is that the intent is not to take ourselves too seriously. And that way we have an openness to learn from those things.
And in terms of how we respond to those, to those things, I mean, I think we have to be humble enough to, and this is, this is one of our, I think key cultural traits is that we don't take ourselves too seriously. It's literally, um, in sort of our core values is that the intent is not to take ourselves too seriously. And that way we have an openness to learn from those things.
And so if we repeat them, we repeat them differently and have a better chance for success or maybe we shouldn't repeat them. Maybe it should influence how we do things in the future. And so certainly that's happened over and over and over again. I mean, I
And so if we repeat them, we repeat them differently and have a better chance for success or maybe we shouldn't repeat them. Maybe it should influence how we do things in the future. And so certainly that's happened over and over and over again. I mean, I
And so if we repeat them, we repeat them differently and have a better chance for success or maybe we shouldn't repeat them. Maybe it should influence how we do things in the future. And so certainly that's happened over and over and over again. I mean, I
It's in literally every area of the business where, you know, we make mistakes and and then, you know, hopefully those mistakes are low impact and they help us learn to make better decisions next time. And so I think that's the key. But if you do things in small pieces, you know, which is kind of the whole agile movement, right? You do things in small pieces.
It's in literally every area of the business where, you know, we make mistakes and and then, you know, hopefully those mistakes are low impact and they help us learn to make better decisions next time. And so I think that's the key. But if you do things in small pieces, you know, which is kind of the whole agile movement, right? You do things in small pieces.