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Dave Munson, founder of Saddleback Leather, talked with us about the importance of having a purpose behind whatever it is that you do. Finding a way to leverage your business into a means to achieve something more meaningful and impactful is something we should all pause to consider, especially around Thanksgiving and the upcoming holidays.
David Cancel, founder of Driftt, shares the fears and excitement of starting his 5th startup, and lessons he's carried with him from one to the next. He also talks with us about the value of marketing to current customers and keeping them engaged and motivated to send referrals.
Matt Schlict, founder of ZapChain, talks with us about building a new kind of social network of communities, where bitcoin is exchanged, or 'tipped out' as a way of acknowledging great content and commentary. He also talks about their next big move of selling digital content on ZapChain for bitcoin, with their first major label artist, Talib Kweli.
Tim Fargo, founder of Tweet Jukebox, talks with us about starting over in the SaaS space after a $20 million dollar exit in the service space. He's figuring it out as he goes, and jumping right in the deep end. He's build a large tribe of free users and is flipping the switch on paid plans. Lots of great lessons in this one!
Jonathan Eppers, CEO of RadPad, talks with us about the unique tactics they’ve used to approach growing a marketplace, where it can be difficult to bring both sides to the table. He also shares his experience setting up the proper relationships with your advisors and investors, and how they’re different.
Thomas Knoll, serial entrepreneur and personal advisor, talks with us about his new venture, Knoll Consulting. He teamed up with his wife, a licensed psychotherapist to create a 6-week course designed to help entrepreneurs and their partners find a variety of new ways of communicating more effectively with one another (including things like practicing fights before they happen)! There's a special discount for Rocketship listeners - use code: ROCKETSHIP at checkout and get $100 off the course price.
Brett Hagler, Co-Founder and CEO of New Story, and his team have built a unique donation model, with 100% of donated funds being put to work building homes in Haiti, and with operational costs being funded by their investors.
Michael Amburgey, Founder and CEO of hiVolume Media Co. and KaraoQ, talks with us about rolling out their karaoke app and replacing old, tedious processes with new technology. He talks about the value props not only to the venues, but to the KJs and patrons as well, and how they are changing the way people interact with karaoke.
Ian Crosby, co-founder and CEO of Bench, talks with us about their journey from a totally manual process to something vastly more efficient and scalable. He also talks about how to think differently about the problems you’re solving and creating something people really want.
Chris McMurtry, founder of Dart Music, talks with us about the problems they’re tackling in the metadata and distribution of classical music, and how the genre is growing. He shares their experience going through Nashville’s music accelerator, Project Music.
Chris Lucas, VP of Marketing at Formstack, talks with us about how they experiment with, measure, and optimize various marketing channels. He also talks about how the’ve built out their marketing team with specialists in various areas (SEO, PR, PPC) and use analytics to measure what’s really working, and why.
Jason Amunwa, Director of Product for Filament, talks with us about their process for iterating their way to product market fit. He talks a lot about things they’ve learned from beta users, and how they’re working toward making new users as successful as possible.
Ken Davenport, CEO of Mission Edge, talks with us about how they’re helping non-profits run the business side of their organizations. He talks about how millennials enjoy giving back in a much more hands on way, and how organizations can give back to the community in various ways, like skilled corporate volunteer programs. He also covers the new concept of impact investing and other ways to give back and still receive returns.
Andrei Soroker, CEO of Sameroom, talks with us about the early days of their chat app and what it was like competing with Slack and other early players in the space. He shared how they found a big opportunity and pivoted to a new approach, and shares the SEO efforts that have been killing it for them recently. He also talks about hiring abroad and some of the challenges of trying to help bring employees overseas to come work in the U.S.
Gabriel Weinberg, Co-Author of Traction, shares what's changed since the first release of his book. He covers the Bullseye Framework and how it's changed over time. And he also shares what it's been like using a publisher for the second edition.