Tales From The PROS

Michael Georgiou: Imaginovation, CMO, Entrepreneur, Podcaster, Influencer•imaginovation.net

Tales from the PROS is hosted by Michael Georgiou, Co-Founder, and Eric Lawrence, Director of Growth at Imaginovation, an award-winning app and software development company. Each episode dives into honest, unscripted conversations, hard-earned lessons, and the behind-the-scenes chaos of life inside a tech agency. If you’re a founder, exec, or innovator trying to navigate the tech world without getting burned, this podcast is your no-BS roadmap. Through real talk, personal stories, and insights from the front lines, you’ll pick up smarter ways to build software, steer clear of common mistakes, and choose the right partners in a crowded, often confusing space. Whether you’re scaling a startup, driving digital change at a larger company, or just love keeping up with tech innovation, Tales from the PROS brings you straight-shooting advice and inspiration without the fluff.

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Episodes

Global Trance DJ Jaytech builds his own musical community

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with world renowned House/Trance legend known as Jaytech. As the warmup DJ of choice for Anjunabeats leaders Above & Beyond, he’s also a seasoned DJ who’s played clubs in every corner of the world, and visited nearly every festival you could imagine including Tomorrowland in Belgium and Electric Zoo in NYC. Also, in his Anjunadeep 02 and Anjunadeep 03 compilations, both of which reached #1 on the US iTunes dance albums chart. Jaytech and I talk ...

May 30, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 10

Jay Baer and the keys to becoming a top marketing influencer

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with the amazing Jay Baer. Jay is one of the top digital marketing and customer service strategists, world renowned speaker, New York Times best-selling author of five books, and a technology investor. He founded Convince & Convert, which is his fifth multi-million dollar venture. Jay and I talk about personal branding vs. company branding, the most effective social marketing strategies of 2018 and what is and isn't trending, building yourself a...

May 23, 2018•13 min•Season 1Ep. 9

The journey to becoming a CMO and its impact on an organization

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with Katy Jones, who is the CMO at FoodLogiQ, which was featured on Forbes as top 25 most innovative AgTech startups, and also Katy was awarded the 2017 Triangle Business Journal C-Suite Award. FoodLogiQ helps restaurant operators, food retailers, consumer packages goods companies and other food companies achieve end-to-end traceability, and high quality food products across supply chain. Katy and I talk about what it takes to be become a successful...

May 16, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 8

David Gardner's take on investing in the best tech startups

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with David Gardner, who is a very well known tech startup investor, successful serial entrepreneur, and the Founder and Managing Partner of Cofounders Capital. David and I talk about David's inspiration behind investing in tech startups that have lots of promise, how to succeed as a startup, what his firm looks for in a pitch, the investment game nationally and locally in North Carolina, and much more. Some questions asked: David, tell us how you go...

May 09, 2018•53 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Jim Anthony's take on how to buy and sell commercial property the right way

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with Jim Anthony, who is the CEO of Corporate Real Estate Powerhouse, Colliers International - Raleigh. Jim is a real estate guru and has one of the most diverse and distinguished commercial real estate track records in the Southeastern, US. Some questions asked during the episode: Jim, as the CEO of Colliers in Raleigh, tell us the story of what you guys do exactly and how you became CEO there? You had a previous company called Anthony & Co. ri...

May 02, 2018•56 min•Season 1Ep. 6

How this entrepreneur built a 30 man agency in Venezuela

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with Co-founder, Fernando Carrera on how he organically bootstrapped a large web and mobile development agency in Caracas, Venezuela called Turpial Development. Fernando Carrera founded Turpial Development in Venezuela during the tough internal crisis and political unrest within the country. He has grown the web and mobile development company into over a 30 man team. Fernando and I discuss entrepreneurship, startups, Venezuelan economy, South Americ...

Apr 25, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Betabox founder innovates the hands-on learning experience

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO and Founder, Sean Maroni about how and why he started Betabox and reinventing experiential learning for students in schools and universities, and essentially creating an entirely unique "field trip" experience. Sean Maroni founded Betabox in 2015 and has grown the company since its inception into a largely spoken about and funded approach to the new way of hands-on learning. Betabox was also recently a finalist at the 2017 NC Tech Awards fo...

Apr 18, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Jim Tobin explains how he bootstrapped an award winning social media agency of the year

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Jim Tobin about how he grew Ignite Social Media Agency from absolutely nothing, 100% bootstrapped, into a 35+ team and winning Small Social Agency of the Year. We also discuss how to work with large brands in the digital space and the best digital marketing strategies in today's competitive market. Jim Tobin founded Ignite Social Media LLC in 2007 and has been its President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2007. Jim has been the Pres...

Apr 11, 2018•53 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Spiffy CEO Scot Wingo Redefines the On-Demand Car Washing Experience

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Scot Wingo about how he went from running the public company known as Channel Advisor to starting on-demand car wash tech company called Spiffy. Scot Wingo, now the CEO of Spiffy served as Chief Executive Officer of the public company known as ChannelAdvisor Corporation. Scot has received numerous awards including Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year and Triangle Business Journal's 40 under 40. Scot and I discuss entrepreneurship, st...

Apr 11, 2018•56 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Justin Miller revolutionizes the wedding photography industry

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Justin Miller about how he started WedPics, the process of receiving millions in funding from various investors, struggles he overcame, and how he is scaling the booming tech company for future growth. Justin Miller, CEO of WedPics (recently sold) became key players in and around the wedding photography vertical spending more than 30X to acquire the same wedding. The app has acquired well over 6.5M users (over 1M weddings) who have uploade...

Apr 11, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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