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Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Interview: Josh Braun of Jellyvision on Stop Pitching and Close More Deals
16 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Braun, VP of Biz Dev at Jellyvision, talks with us about getting into the mindset of being a good salesman, which is really being a good servant....
Interview: Abhi Lokesh of Fracture on Post-Honeymoon Marketing
11 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Abhi Lokesh, Co-Founder and CEO of Fracture, talks with us about the struggles of starting up a company that makes a physical product. The early days ...
Interview: Al Bsharah on Fantastic Techniques to Motivate Your Team
09 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this special compilation episode, we talk with the founders of three very different companies about the unique (and effective) ways they motivate t...
Interview: Eliot Peper of Uncommon Stock on Disrupting the Publishing Industry
04 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Eliot Peper, author of Uncommon Stock and the newly released sequel Power Play, talks with us about his unconventional approaches to marketing and sel...
Interview: Abby Covert of How to Make Sense of Any Mess on Making Sense of Any Mess
02 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Abby Covert, Information Architect and Author of "How to Make Sense of Any Mess", talks with us about the integral role IA plays in every aspect of ou...
Interview: Josh Anon of Visioneer Studios on Storytelling for Startups
27 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Anon, Founder of Visioneer Studios, talks with us about the importance and the impact of storytelling. *** This show is a part of the Podglomer...
Interview: Andrew Dumont of Betaworks on Leveraging Business Development for Early Growth
25 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Dumont, EIR at Betaworks, talks with us about his experiences building and selling Stride CRM, all while running business development at Moz. ...
Interview: Stefan Martinovic of Create.io on Growing a Startup One City at a Time
20 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan Martinovic, Co-Founder of Create.io, talks with us about automating the very time intensive, archaic process of pricing projects and estimating...
Interview: Rob Meadows of Originate on Find and Leverage Your Unfair Advantage
18 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Meadows, CEO of Originate, talks about how the barrier to entry to starting a new venture has never been lower, and why finding the one thing that...
Interview: Robert Mueller of FastMail on Why You Should Charge from Day One
13 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Mueller, Co-Founder of FastMail, talks with us about growing the company since 1999 and surviving the first dot com bust. *** This show is a ...
Interview: Mattan Griffel of OneMonth Tools and Techniques for Optimizing Your Acquisition Channels
11 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Mattan Griffel, growth expert and founder and CEO of OneMonth, talks about customer acquisition and activation. He discusses what metrics you should b...
Interview: Ryan Carson of Treehouse on Treehouse's Approach to Changing the World Starts from Within
06 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Carson, Co-Founder and CEO of Treehouse, talks with us about following his passion and the drive to do something big. He also shares with us how ...
Interview: Adda Birni of Skillcrush on Digging Your Way Out of the Trough of Sorrow
04 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Adda Birni, Founder and CEO of Skillcrush, talks with us about the “trough of sorrow” and how she fought and clawed her way to significant month o...
Interview: Chris Shepherd of HashRabbit on The Risks and Rewards of Bitcoin Startups
30 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Shepherd, Founder of HashRabbit, talks all about a building a startup around Bitcoin. He’s facing some really interesting challenges and share...
Interview: Thomas Knoll of PrimeLoop on Why Your Company Should Ban Email
28 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Knoll, Founder of PrimeLoop, talks about why he’s baked the “no internal email” rule into his company. *** This show is a part of the ...
Interview: Ian Heidt of Housecall on Hustling for Traction and Doing Things That Don't Scale
23 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Heidt, Co-Founder and CEO of Housecall, talks about the extreme lengths they’ve gone to build early traction in their local market. *** This s...
Interview: Eliot Peper of Uncommon Stock on Looking Beyond the Blog Entry
21 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Eliot Peper, author of tech startup fiction thriller Uncommon Stock, talks with us about the carry-over lessons between tech startups and publishing a...
Interview: Leslie Bradshaw of Made by Many on Test Early, Test Often: The Power of Qualitative Data
16 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Bradshaw, Managing Partner at Made by Many NY, talks about how they capture and use both qualitative and quantitative data to make key product ...
Interview: Brian Balfour of HubSpot on How to Methodically Build a Growth Machine
14 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Balfour, VP of Growth at HubSpot and author of the Coelevate blog, talks with us in-depth about his process for building a growth machine. He wa...
Developing Stronger, Smarter Startup Communities
09 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We attended Tech Cocktail's Celebrate Conference in Downtown Las Vegas and put together an absolutely killer episode with the very best highlights of ...
Interview: Jeff Berg of Planning Center on Three Principles of Success From a Killer Self-Funded Company
07 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Berg, Founder and Developer at Planning Center, talks about how he's grown his self-funded company to over 30 employees and over 3 million users ...
Interview: Rob Mallery of Originate on Attracting Top Quality Talent in the Early Stages
02 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Mallery, VP of Talent at Originate, talks with us about attracting top-notch technical and creative talent. *** This show is a part of the Podg...
Interview: Pieter Levels of Levels.io on How to Pull Off 12 (Well Executed) Startups in 12 Months
30 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Pieter Levels, Founder of Levels.io, talks about how he’s building 12 startups in 12 months. Not only do we cover how he’s able to pull that off (...
Interview: Gordon Wintrob of StackLead on How to Increase Activation Through Awesome Onboarding
25 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon Wintrob, Co-Founder of StackLead, talks about their unique approach to onboarding and activation. He walks us through their flow and shares the...
Interview: Jason Roberts of Uber on How to Screw Up a Google Acquisition
23 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Roberts, serial entrepreneur, one of the first developers at Uber and host of the TechZing podcast shares some great stories about his experienc...
Interview: Scott Nixon of Happy Herbivore on Retargeting Tactics That Unlocked $40,000 in Revenue
18 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Nixon, Co-Founder and CTO of Happy Herbivore, talks about the incredible growth he and his wife have seen over the past few years. He dives deep...
Interview: Kosta Gara of Vionic on Physical Goods vs. Software: The Key Differences That Will Change Your Strategy
16 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Kosta Gara , Founder & CEO of Vionic, talks about the differences between a traditional consumer-product environment (like cosmetics or energy drinks)...
Interview: Navid Alipour of Analytics Ventures on What Investors Really Look For in Founders
11 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Navid Alipour, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Analytics Ventures, talks with us about the changing landscape of investment, and how the emergence ...
Interview: Brad Flora of Perfect Audience on Lessons Learned From a $25 Million Dollar Acquisition
09 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Flora, Founder and CEO of Perfect Audience, talks about the recent acquisition of his company. He shares the ups and downs of the entire process,...
Interview: Josh Long on How to Go Beyond Simple Execution and Go After a Huge Opportunity
04 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Long, designer, writer, and creator of many awesome products, talks with us about his balance between multiple projects and income streams, and h...
Interview: David Warren of LIA on Things You Never Considered About Enterprise Sales
02 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
David Warren, Founder and CEO of LIA, talks with us about his endeavors in the enterprise sales space. He shares some amazingly intuitive advice and s...
Interview: Zach Holman of Github on How GitHub Scaled Past Dunbar's Number Without Losing Their Culture
28 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Holman, one of the first engineers at GitHub talks about how their culture and process have changed as they’ve grown from about 10 employees to...
Interview: Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo on Getting Past Your Biases to Unlock Unimaginable Growth Channels
26 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriel Weinberg, founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo, talks about his guide to building sustainable and lasting traction throughout the lifetime of a busin...
Interview: Rob Walling of Drip on When to Stop Focusing on Building an Audience and Start Pounding the Pavement
21 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Walling, Founder of Drip, Co-Host of Startups for the Rest of Us, and Co-Creator of MicroConf, talks all about how they’ve used their podcast an...
Interview: Manuel Weiss of Codeship on How to Make, Test, and Iterate on Marketing Assumptions
19 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Manuel Weiss, Co-Founder and CMO of Codeship, shares how they apply the scientific method to everything they do, particularly in their marketing pipel...
Interview: Lee Jacobson of Apmetrix on When to Stop “Powering Through” and Pivot
14 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Jacobson, CEO of Apmetrix, talked with us about getting past the “power through it” mentality and opening yourself up to pivoting. By trusting...
Interview: Ryan Singer of Basecamp on Why You Should Forget Pre-Defined Product Categories
12 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Singer, Product Manager at Basecamp, talked with us about stripping away pre-defined product categories and focusing on the niche you’re fillin...
Interview: Cat Noone of Liberio on How to Raise Money Outside of San Francisco
07 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Cat Noone, Co-Founder of Liberio, talks with us about their journey raising a seed round in Berlin. She shares strategies they’ve discovered in buil...
Interview: Sean Ellis of Qualaroo on How to Find Unique Growth Channels Beyond Content
05 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Ellis, Founder and CEO of Qualaroo and GrowthHackers talks about how he massively increased growth at Qualaroo just by changing up their pricing ...
Interview: Brian Zeurcher of Seen on Attracting Enterprise Customers Through Inbound Leads
29 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Zeurcher, Founder and CEO of Seen, talks about the challenges of building a SaaS app for large-scale brands to help promote their social marketi...
Interview: Melanie Gordon of TapHunter on Bulletproof Sales Techniques That Scale
24 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Melanie Gordon, Co-Founder and CEO of TapHunter, shares the cold-calling and sales techniques they’ve used to scale to profitability within a year o...
Interview: Carolyn Kopprasch of Buffer on Buffer's Secret to Killer Customer Service and Strategic Hiring
22 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn Kopprasch, Chief Happiness Officer at Buffer, talks with us about how they’ve kept up quality as they’ve grown their support team, and the...
Interview: Robert Williams of LetsWorkshop.com on How to Identify a Pain Worth Solving and Turn It Into a Profitable Business
17 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Williams, Founder of LetsWorkshop.com, talks about how he focused on solving a huge pain point that he personally experienced, and grew it into...
Interview: Alex Moore of Boomerang on The Ultra-Creative Viral Hooks Boomerang Used to Scale
15 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Moore, Founder and CEO of Boomerang, talks with us about viral tactics he used to grow a product that most people didn’t want others to know th...
Interview: Elliot Schneier of Fundable on What Investors Consider When Deciding To Invest In You
10 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Elliot Schneier, COO of Fundable, talks with us about the key factors that investors look for when deciding to invest in you. He shared incredibly tho...
Interview: Christine Lu of Affinity China on Christine Lu Speaks Out About Startup Founder Depression
08 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Lu, Co-Founder and CEO of Affinity China speaks out about mental health and founder depression. She not only shares her own personal story, ...
Interview: Conrad Egusa of Publicize on How To Get Featured in VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and More
03 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Conrad Egusa, former Venture Beat writer and founder of Publicize, shares his incredibly effective process for getting press in big publications. None...
Interview: Garrett Dimon of Sifter on Getting Over the Fear of Starting a Business
01 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Garrett Dimon, founder of Sifter, talks about some of the silliest excuses people make to not start their own company (including his own). He also sha...
Interview: Nick O’Neill of Startup Stats on Marketing Your Products through Event Planning
26 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O’Neill, Founder of Startup Stats, talks with us about event planning. He shares his process for deciding what kind of event to plan, lining up...
Interview: Jesse Mecham of YNAB on Vertical Marketing Strategies and Designing a Company Culture
24 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Mecham and Taylor Brown of You Need a Budget share their strategies for taking a product with broad appeal and segmenting it down to market to d...
Interview: Colin Nederkoorn of Customer.io on “Fundstrapping” Your Way to Profitability
19 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Nederkoorn, Founder and CEO of Customer.io, talks about the tactics he used to build early traction and how they converted that traction to an u...
Interview: Scot Chisholm of StayClassy on Raising outside of San Fran and Leveraging The Right Mix of Advisors
17 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Scot Chisholm, Co-Founder and CEO of StayClassy, talks with us about his unusual route to raising 1.5 million seed funding over the course of 2 years....
Interview: Paul Farnell of Litmus on Creative Funding Strategies For Early Growth
12 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Farnell, Co-Founder and CEO of Litmus, talks about their early growth and how they were able to reach profitability without ever raising “tradi...
Interview: Ben Sardella of Datanyze on Sales Tactics That Actually Work
10 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Sardella, sales guru and co-founder of Datanyze, talks about specific sales tactics like personalized emails, social media outreach and more. He s...
Interview: Nick Francis of Help Scout on How to Fundraise without Venture Capital
05 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Francis, co-founder and CEO of Help Scout, brings a unique, middle-ground, perspective on funding and growth. He also talks about how going throu...
Interview: Aaron Ross Predictable Revenue on Sales Tactics Aimed at Tripling Revenue
03 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Ross, best-selling author of Predictable Revenue, talks with us about how he build an outbound sales program at Salesforce that increased recurr...
Interview: David Sherry of Death to the Stock Photo on The Power of Authenticity
29 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
David Sherry, Founder of Death to the Stock Photo, talks about the importance of authenticity. He shared his techniques for keeping high-touch engagem...
Interview: Nathan Gilmore of TeamGantt on Streamlined Planning for Small Teams
27 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Gilmore, Co-Founder of TeamGantt, shares how they bootstrapped their way to thousands of monthly customers. He also talked to Michael about how...
Interview: John Sheehan of Runscope on Marketing to Developers and Releasing Free Tools for Lead Generation
22 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
John Sheehan, Co-Founder and CEO of Runscope talks about how to market to developers. He shares how they've both aqcuired and built an arsenal of free...
Interview: Mark Roberge of HubSpot on How to Setup a Painless Content Production Processes
20 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Roberge, Chief Revenue Officer of HubSpot, talks about really easy ways to turn your company into a content machine and drive more inbound leads....
Interview: Jason Cohen of WP Engine on Growth, Pricing, and the Realities of Funding
15 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Cohen, Founder and CTO of WP Engine, talks about why you shouldn’t be afraid to make ambitious changes to your strategy or pricing, and what t...
Interview: Drew Strojny of The Theme Foundry on The Importance of Getting Sh*t Done vs. Striving For Perfection
13 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Strojny, former NFL player and Founder of The Theme Foundry and Memberful, talks about how Memberful was built internally out of necessity and la...
Interview: Thomas Schranz of Blossom.io on Product Philosophy: JTBD & Minimum Marketable Features
08 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Schranz, Co-Founder & CEO of Blossom.io talks about how he thinks differently about product management. He doesn’t blindly follow standard ag...
Interview: Danielle Morrill of Mattermark on Fundraising, Metrics, and Phenomenal Twitter Rants
06 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle Morrill, Co-Founder and CEO of Mattermark, talks all about funding - when companies should consider seeking it, and the metrics you should be...
Interview: Hiten Shah of KISSmetrics on Early-Stage Growth Tactics and Finding Your Focus
01 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Hiten Shah, Founder of CrazyEgg and KISSmetrics, talked about the pros and cons of funding vs. self-funding, and the impact each can have on your focu...
Interview: Cat Noone of Liberio on Leaving the Valley to Start Up in Berlin
29 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Cat Noone, Co-Founder and lead designer for Liberio, talks with us about leaving San Francisco to start a startup in Berlin. She shares some really in...
Interview: Perri Blake Gorman of Archive.ly on Relationship Building, The Art of Sales, and Balinese Gurus
24 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Perri Blake Gorman, Founder of Archive.ly and one of the Co-Founders of Unroll.me, talks about how she went from being a head-hunter on Wall Street to...
Interview: Brendan Schwartz of Wistia on The Rollercoaster Journey of Wistia
22 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Schwartz, Co-Founder and CTO of Wistia, shares some hilarious stories about his journey going from bootstrapped to raising a round of funding,...
Interview: Steve Young of Mobile App Chat on Building (and Balancing) Multiple Revenue Streams
15 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Young, host of Mobile App Chat, talks with us about leaving his cush job in the Bay Area to build his own revenue streams through iOS applicatio...
Interview: Brant Cooper of The Lean Entrepreneur on Market Disruption and Getting Your First Customer
10 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talked with Brant Cooper, author of The Lean Entrepreneur. He talks about the common misconceptions around the Lean Startup and how...
Interview: Yashar Ahmadpour of CrowdClock on Taking a B2B Approach to a Marketplace App
08 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talked with Yashar Ahmadpour, founder of CrowdClock. He talks about his B2B style approach to what’s really a marketplace app, and how he's...
Interview: Oli Gardner of Unbounce on From 0 to 100,000 Users
03 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Oli Gardner, co-founder of Unbounce, talks about the marketing and integrations they did in the early stages to grow their product, and about the tran...
Interview: Tawheed Kader of ToutApp on Quitting a 6-Figure Job to Bootstrap a Startup
01 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
TK, founder of ToutApp, talks about leaving his six figure job to pursue his startup dream, and how he kept trying to build the wrong product— even ...
Interview: Moritz Plassnig on Creating "Wow" Moments and the Impact on Engagement
27 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We talked with Moritz Plassnig, co-founder and CEO of Codeship. He talked about how their passion for education, teaching through video and blog posts...
Interview: Gregory Ciotti of Help Scout on Leveraging Content Marketing Materials (Even at Scale)
25 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talked with Gregory Ciotti, the man behind Help Scout’s inbound marketing. He breaks down his process for producing his unique, research-ba...
Interview: Mark Fidelman of Raynforest on How to Get Content Published in the Majors
20 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talked with Mark Fidelman, Forbes columnist and founder of Raynforest. He shared some incredible tips for how to get content publis...
Interview: Brennan Dunn, founder of Double Your Freelancing Rate on An Eye-Opening New Take on Email Lists
18 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brennan Dunn, founder of PlanScope, author of Double Your Freelancing Rate and a number of other books and courses, talks with us about how he uses on...
Interview: Adii Pienaar on Taking on New Ventures and Establishing a New Life Balance
13 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Adii, founder of WooThemes and Public Beta talked with us about launching a completely new venture from scratch and some of the controversial techniqu...
Interview: Jeremiah Gardner of The Lean Brand on How to Use Lean Branding to Find Product Market Fit
11 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jeremiah Gardner, author of The Lean Brand, shares his techniques for helping companies get to the root of what they're really about ...
Interview: Mikael Cho of Crew on The Unexpected Power of "Tool Marketing"
06 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Mikael Cho, founder of Ooomf, talks with us about how they've used "tool marketing" (aka built a few simple, free tools) to help solve problems for th...
Interview: Dan Norris of WP Curve on The Failures that Led to the Success of WP Curve
04 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Norris, founder of Informly and WP Curve talks about mistakes he's made in the past, and how he and his partner have learned to "fail fast" and pa...
Interview: Ruben Gamez of Bidsketch on The Power of Integrating Your SaaS With Other Apps
27 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ruben Gamez, founder of Bidsketch, shares how he was able to leverage integrations with other apps into promotional opportunities that skyrocketed Bid...
Interview: Chris Hexton of Vero on 3 Simple Rules For Early-Stage Email Lists
25 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Chris Hexton, founder of Vero, talks about how he was able to grow Vero over the past 18 months. He also shares his 3 simple tips for ...
Interview: Todd Garland of BuySellAds on The David & Goliath Story of BuySellAds
05 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Garland, founder of BuySellAds talked with us about how you don't need to be the first to market, and about how old fashioned hustle and personal...
Interview: Samuel Hulick of UserOnboard.com on Growing an Audience from 0 to 3,000 in Less than 2 Months
05 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel Hulick, curator of UserOnboard.com shared how he was able to grow his audience from 0 to over 3000 in less than 2 months, just by creating his ...
Interview: Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt on How Product Hunt was Launched in Less than 1 Week
25 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan shares how he and his partner, Nathan Bashaw, realased the smallest possible version of their product, Product Hunt, in less than a week. You'll ...