C. Lee Smith . He's the CEO of SalesFuel , a multi-million dollar sales enablement firm he founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1989. SalesFuel leverages critical insights that enables its clients to acquire, develop and retain their best employees and customers. The company is launching a brand new product called TeamKeeper that will revolutionize the way managers manage and develop their people which leads to a happy, business culture and a reduction in turnover. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Sale...
Sep 24, 2017•24 min•Ep. 792
Chris Mann . He has over 25 years of experience in product management and strategy. In 2010, he joined Bizo and created a marketing automation system for B2B paid advertising and led the company through its $175M acquisition by LinkedIn. He was also involved in LinkedIn's advertising business. Prior to Bizo , Chris held product leadership role in IBM and Coremetrics. Today, he is the CEO leading Brightfunnel . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Hard Thing About Hard Things and High Output Management ...
Sep 23, 2017•26 min•Ep. 791
JT McCormick . He's an American businessman, author and speaker. Most recently, he served as President of Technology company HeadSpring before his current role as president & CEO at Book in a Box . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Cyrus the Great What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — Slack How many hours of sleep do you get?— 4.5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – It's not about the high school diploma. It's about the work ethic an...
Sep 22, 2017•21 min•Ep. 790
Sharat Potharaju and Ravi Pratap Maddimsetty , co-founders of MobStac . Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Traction What CEO do you follow? – Ed Catmull who wrote Creativity Inc for Ravi Favorite online tool? — Rapportive How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "That entrepreneurship is a very, very painful journey" Time Stamped Show Notes: 02:07 – Nathan introduces Sharat and Ravi to the show 02:23 – Sharat and Ravi were clas...
Sep 21, 2017•22 min•Ep. 789
Patrik Fagerlund . He's been working with mobile internet since the 90s. He's an engineer by training and now, he's the CEO and founder of Widespace , a mobile adtech company. Outside of work, he loves spending time with his family with his four kids and his wife along with many activities and sports. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Business Insider What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Slack and Flatly How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old ...
Sep 20, 2017•18 min•Ep. 788
Eyal Hertzog . He's been a venture-backed technology entrepreneur for over 20 years. He's the founder of Metacafe , Israel's fastest growing video sharing site which has reached over 15M uniques at its peak. Previously, he founded Contact Networks which was one of the first social networks in 1999. He's now at Bancor Network and has been an outspoken thought leader on cryptocurrency in Israel and is a talented piano and bass musician. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Spider and the Starfish Wha...
Sep 19, 2017•23 min•Ep. 787
Mitchell Reichgut . He's the CEO and co-founder of Jun Group . Prior to founding Jun Group in 2005, he led Bates Interactive, the online unit of Bates Worldwide Advertising which is now owned by WPP. As general manager and creative director, he helped grow Bates Interactive into a 70-person integrated unit with clients such as EDS, Warner-Lambert and many others. Before joining Bates, he was the creative director at Think New Ideas . He began his career as Art Director at Grey Advertising where ...
Sep 18, 2017•21 min•Ep. 786
Evan Leong . He's the VP of Product at Devslopes , a learn-to-code platform focused on taking beginners to paid professionals to curated project-based videos. He's always been involved with startups since 2015, when he took the leap from a corporate job to join the startup world full-time. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Good to Great What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — Trello How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, wh...
Sep 17, 2017•18 min•Ep. 785
Joe Zhou . He's the founder and CEO of FirstBlood , an eSports startup that recently broke the speed record for crowdfunding, specifically in the crypto world. Prior to founding FirstBlood, Joe co-founded Alt-Options, a Boston based fintech or financial technology startup that built the first American style option trading platform for digital currencies. Joe holds a BSBA from Boston University Questrom School of Business and an entrepreneur residence at Babson College. Famous Five: Favorite Book...
Sep 16, 2017•37 min•Ep. 784
Alex Yakubovich . He's the co-founder and CEO of Scout RFP . Prior to Scout, he was a co-founder of another startup which was acquired by LivingSocial in 2012. At that company, he led the operations team and helped the company become the largest online ordering providers in the country. He attended Case Western Reserve University where he studied mechanical engineering. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Shoe Dog What CEO do you follow? – Marc Benioff Favorite online tool? — Salesforce How many hours...
Sep 15, 2017•26 min•Ep. 783
Bruce Pon . He's the CEO and founder of BigchainDB and he's been playing in the crypto world. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Mungerisms by Charlie Munger What CEO do you follow? – Vitalik Buterin Favorite online tool? — Streak CRM How many hours of sleep do you get?— At least 8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "Buy bitcoin earlier" Time Stamped Show Notes: 02:03 – Nathan introduces Bruce to the show 02:44 – Bruce built BigchainDB to manage data 02:55 – B...
Sep 14, 2017•19 min•Ep. 782
Christoph Jentzsch . His background is in Theoretical Physics and he's been part of the Ethereum project since 2014 as a lead tester. At the end of 2015, he co-founded Slock.it , working on decentralized sharing economy through the connection of blockchain and IoT (Internet of Things). One of the more famous projects that he was part of was the DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization). Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Zero to One What CEO do you follow? – God Favorite online tool? — GIthub How m...
Sep 13, 2017•30 min•Ep. 781
Brandon Bruce . He's the COO and co-founder of Cirrus Insights , the sales plugin for Gmail and Outlook . The company is number 41 on the Inc. 5000 and the fastest growing company in Tennessee. Brandon once raced his bicycle 508 miles across Death Valley in 35 hours and 7 minutes. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Energy Bus What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — Google Drive and Slack How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old se...
Sep 12, 2017•22 min•Ep. 780
Jeff Glueck . He became the CEO of Foursquare in January of 2016 after 18 months as the COO of the company. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Skyfire Labs , co-founder of Site59.com and CMO of Travelocity . Previously, he was a strategy consultant at Monitor Company and served as a White House Fellow in the Clinton Administration. He holds a master's degree from Oxford as a Marshall Scholar and a bachelor's degree from Harvard College. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Good to Great What CEO do you f...
Sep 11, 2017•25 min•Ep. 778
Dave Kellogg . Dave has more than 20 years of experience in high growth companies. Dave has been CEO of MarkLogic , CMO of Business Objects and member of Aster Data board of directors. Dave steered MarkLogic to $80 million in revenues. Business Objects witnessed equally impressive growth as it reached a revenue of billion dollars under his able guidance. Tune in and listen to Dave as he discusses various financial metrics of Hostanalytics . Targeting small businesses and enterprise level busines...
Sep 10, 2017•27 min•Ep. 778
David Rogier . He's the CEO of MasterClass where he leads the company's vision of redefining digital learning by leveraging the expertise of world-class experts with the cutting-edge technology platform. David created MasterClass after seeing how the online education space was offering low-quality content and an unfair advantage of students. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Science of Shopping What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — Doodle How many hours of sleep do you get...
Sep 09, 2017•27 min•Ep. 777
Eric Beans . He's the CEO of Texting Base and before that, he was the CEO of Appuix . He was also the former co-founder of Premier Mortgage Capital and the author of Changing the World Through Texting Software . He was in the production as the producer and writer of LA Style Magazine and he's "Chef Beans" on Daytime. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Steve Jobs What CEO do you follow? – Brett Kingstone Favorite online tool? — Gusto How many hours of sleep do you get?— 4 If you could let your 20-year...
Sep 08, 2017•19 min•Ep. 776
Andy Swan . He's the founder of LikeFolio . The company uses social data to determine shifts in consumer behavior on Main Street before it becomes use for Wall Street. This is his third financial technology company. The second, MyTrade, was acquired by TD Ameritrade in 2007. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Think and Grow Rich What CEO do you follow? – Jeff Bezos Favorite online tool? — Gmail How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would i...
Sep 07, 2017•20 min•Ep. 775
Chase Jarvis . He's one of the most influential photographers in the last 20 years. He's also the creator and CEO of CreativeLive . He's won awards for his images on six different continents, including his contributions to the Pulitzer Prize winning story Snow Fall —the acclaimed New York Times interactive story heralded as the "future of journalistic storytelling" and Emmy nominated for his work documenting the music scene in Seattle. In 2009, he created the Best Camera app which was the first ...
Sep 06, 2017•25 min•Ep. 774
Venkat Nagaswamy . He's the CEO of Mariana IQ . He brings a long and diverse background in high technology to apply artificial intelligence and deep learning to help marketers make account-based marketing at scale a reality. "Big Kat," as he was nicknamed by friends and colleagues, has led teams in creating analytics, technology and business development solutions at McKinsey, Juniper Networks and GE Plastics, among others. He's worked in enterprise and digital consumer hardware, SaaS, corporate ...
Sep 05, 2017•19 min•Ep. 773
Jeremy Haynes whose company is Megalodon Marketing . He's building all kinds of personal brands for celebrities and entrepreneurs alike. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – 48 Laws of Power What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Infusionsoft , ClickFunnels and Stripe How many hours of sleep do you get? — 5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "Speed is power, but power is nothing without control" Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:55 – Nathan introd...
Sep 04, 2017•23 min•Ep. 772
Moshe Vaknin . He's been dreaming about his company YouAPPi since he bought his first iPhone 3. After a long and successful career working in a variety of positions, Moshe founded 3 successful startups before finally starting YouAPPi. As the CEO of the company, he brings vast experience in the fields of advertising, publishing and affiliate marketing, making him adept at identify opportunities that can be transformed into profitable realities. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – My Journey to Justice ...
Sep 03, 2017•20 min•Ep. 771
Sergey Sholom . As a teenager, he was a championship-level gamer and created the first large gamer group called S-port Tournaments in Russia for Quake. After getting his PhD in mathematical modeling, Sergey founded Datcroft Games LTD in 2004. Over the past 13 years, the company has developed multiple worldwide popular games with millions of users. He continues to oversee a company with over a hundred employees and continues to bring new cutting edge games to the market. Their latest game called ...
Sep 02, 2017•22 min•Ep. 770
Tran Hung . He's one of the founders of Uquid which is the world's first service offering debit card solutions for cryptocurrency holders. They currently support 79 of the biggest digi-coins including bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, ripple, etc. They also offer worldwide mobile recharge support, bills payment services, grocery and pharmacy vouchers, ticketing services, and many other benefits. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Secrets of Building Multi-Million Dollar Businesses by Adam Khoo What CEO do...
Sep 01, 2017•18 min•Ep. 769
Martin Koppelmann. He is the co-founder and CEO of Gnosis, the decentralized platform for prediction markets. He has been an entrepreneur and thought leader in the blockchain space for more than 4 years. He is closely related to prediction markets and has worked on decentralized, market-driven, governance mechanisms. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Martin does not read books, but considers Reddit a good resource What CEO do you follow? – some VCs, but no specific CEO Favorite online tool? — Slack,...
Aug 31, 2017•27 min
Nick Candito. He is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the company called Progressly, championing the company's mission towards becoming the new standard for how teams find and execute business processes. He previously served as Relate IQ's head of user success and business operations which was acquired by Salesforce, the first automatic and intelligent CRM solution. Nick founded Progressly to address how large industries operate, innovate and share around core business processes. Fam...
Aug 30, 2017•28 min
Anindya Datta. He is the CEO and Chairman of a company called Mobilewalla, a mobile consumer, audience platform company. Before Mobilewalla, he founded a company called Chutney Technologies where he was backed by Kleiner Perkins which was eventually acquired by Cisco Systems. He has been on the faculties of Georgia Tech, The University of Arizona and The National University of Singapore. He obtained his undergraduate degree many years ago and his MS and PhD degrees from the University of Marylan...
Aug 29, 2017•31 min
Cameron Herold. He's known as the business growth guru. He's the mastermind behind hundreds of companies' exponential growth. He's built a dynamic consultancy whose current clients include the big 4 wireless carriers. His clients like that Cameron only speaks from experience. He's earned his reputation as the business growth guru by guiding clients to double their profit and revenue in just 3 years or less. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Good to Great What CEO do you follow? – Travis Kalanick Fav...
Aug 28, 2017•22 min
Jack Peterson. He's the co-founder of Augur which is a decentralized, prediction market platform that runs on the ethereum decentralized network. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Handbook of Applied Cryptography What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Ethereum How many hours of sleep do you get?— 8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – "Don't spend too much time on impractical things" Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:10 – Nathan introduces Jack t...
Aug 27, 2017•23 min
Steve Kirsh. He's the CEO of Token, a Silicon Valley startup company developing a modern platform for open banking. He's pioneered several computer core technologies like optical mouse, Internet search, spam filtering, and secure identity and founded 7 high tech companies—two with billion dollar market caps such as Infoseek and Frame Technology. He received his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1980. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Like A Virgin What CEO do you f...
Aug 26, 2017•17 min
