Eurekatown podcast - Portland Roots Media

Something's wrong. You can't put your finger on what it is, but it's an issue with your team. Or your processes. Whatever it is, it's holding you back, big time. You're stuck. Devin Green, to the rescue. She can get you unstuck.   Fogdog Coaching and Consulting:  website |  FacebookWhat topics do you want us to cover when we return in January? Drop us a line on Facebook and let us know. Listener Mike Chicka from Wisconsin wants an ep about making mobile apps. Mike, we heard ya. Stay tuned. Eurekatown on Facebook

Your brand identity is about who you are and what your company stands for. Get it wrong and you risk alienating customers and clients at every turn. For example, if your logo is obscene (spoiler alert), you probably ought to know that. So this week we're giving you our top 3 insider branding tips. What do you think of our E-town logo? Be honest, now. Let us know over on Facebook or Twitter.  Emily Brackett's branding company is Visible Logic:  Website  |  Twitter 

Meetings don't have to be terrible. They can be transformative. They can fire up your team like you wouldn't believe. Your meetings can be like this. We'll tell you how. SUBSCRIBE to our FREE Eurekatown newsletter -- click here. You'll get the full audio of our interview with this week's guest, Jess Knox (who's run a billion successful meetings.) You'll also get some videos, showing the most efficient ways to schedule meetings. Sign up now and get free links to this stuff, so you can hack your meetings and become even more awesome. Click here to sign up.

Not getting funded? It's your pitch. We got inside investors' heads, to find out their dos and don'ts and give you the best hacks for your pitch. SUBSCRIBE to our FREE Eurekatown newsletter -- click here. We'll tell you specific things to put in your pitch, or take out of it. For example, VC investor Tim Agnew wants to hear about your moat, so you'll get details about what to say in your pitch to make your competitive advantage rock-solid. Or how about equity investors Jeff Possick's top 4 bonehead mistakes he sees in pitches? Sign up now and get free links to this stuff, so you can hack your pitch and get funded already. Click here to sign up.   

Your pitch isn't working. You need to hack it. Lucky for you, we have insider tips from the guy who won first prize, walking away with $100K in Rise of the Rest, Steve Case's pitch competition. Rise of the Resthttp://riseofrest.com/Rapporthttp://rapport.io/Want the whole interview with $100K winner John Rooks? Sign up for the Eurekatown newsletter and we'll send you a free link. Click to sign up now: http://www.portlandrootsmedia.com/eurekatown-podcast-1#newsletterCourseStorm - Impossibly simple class registration software. http://www.coursestorm.com/Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds - Want to design awesome, hard-hitting slides? Check out this book from ex-Apple manager Reynolds. Blog:  http://www.presentationzen.com/Book:  http://www.amazon.com/Presentation-Zen-Simple-Design-Delivery/dp/0321811984/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Made to Stick, by Chip and Dan Heath - Why do we all remember every detail of that ghastly urban legend about the guy who wakes up in a bathtub of ice and realizes that someone's stolen his kidney? This book'll tell you why, giving you a full checklist to help your ideas stick.http://www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-Ideas-Survive-Others/dp/1400064287/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Rapport has won Steve Case's Rise of the Rest, Maine's Top Gun showcase, and is headed to the national Clean Tech Open. We actually liked Rapport before they were this cool. Listen to our earlier episode about their story:  http://www.portlandrootsmedia.com/eurekatown-podcast/2015/6/12/e002-john-rooks-of-rapport

Our page about Tess and all that's happened in the past few weeks:  bit.ly/tessmystery

You, the audience, have spoken. You want advice, not just stories. In this episode, we'll give you both! Here's the story of finding a way through multiple job U-turns, plus four quick rules for pulling out of a steep career plunge (so you don't crash.) Brought to you by Amanda Doughty, creator and host of the successful podcast Great Beer Adventure.  Great Beer Adventure:  website - click here  |  Facebook - click here  |  Twitter - click here  |  Instagram - click here  Give us a review on iTunes - click here  |  Follow this show on Twitter - click here

We know, we know:  we promised not to give any advice on this show. But here in this "Quick-tip" episode, we'll give you three quick rules for your Kickstarter campaign, fresh from Will Sakran of Metre Ideas and Design, who successfully funded his Foxonix project on Kickstarter recently.   Foxonix on Kickstarter - click here 

Does it matter these days where you choose to have things manufactured? Metre Ideas and Design:  website - click here  |  Twitter - click here  |  Toobalink on Facebook - click here  |  Foxonix on Facebook - click hereTweet

What if you stop letting yourself be controlled by what others think?Katalyst:  website - click here  |  Facebook - click here |  Twitter - click here The Travis Mills Foundation:  website - click hereMaine Suicide Prevention Program:  website - click here Maine Youth Leadership:  website - click here The super-sad launch party photo: Below, from top: Kyle, amidst the suicide prevention hoodies; Kyle onstage with rapper Spose, addressing a whole bunch of high school kids; Kyle speaks at a high school.

What kinds of stories can you hear, in a place that's reborn and reinventing itself? Editing and production help from our new intern Katie ShoreyThe Corner:  website - click here | Facebook - click here | Twitter - click here | YouTube - click here"Where No One Should Go," the episode of Snap Judgment that inspired Michael Sargent to start The Corner: click here

If you're a startup, being bought out in a megadeal, by someone huge, is a dream come true. Or is it?

Well, two announcements, really. First, this show is going to start coming out every two weeks, biweekly, every other Thursday, starting today, July 2nd. Second, we've remastered episode three, about Bryan Leach of Ibotta, and it's up for your downloading pleasure now. That is all. As you were.  

What if you realized you were in the wrong place? What would you do instead?

What if you realized you were in the wrong place? What would you do instead?Ibotta.com 

How can you know the difference between what's real and what's staged? How can others know the difference between what you say and what you do?John and Justin just won the Top Gun showcase in Maine, taking home $10K, plus another chunk of change from Microsoft. Find Rapport at rapport.io. 

What if your whole career was made of jobs that went nowhere, that you saw as failures? What would you do next? Find Judy at thekiwipopstudio.com. Thanks to Dan Van Norstrand, who did the music for this episode.