Startup Socials Podcast

Alice - Heiman - Full by Hosted By Igor Shoifot

Adam - Metz - Full by Hosted By Igor Shoifot

Anthony - Zhang - Podcast by Hosted By Igor Shoifot

Sean - Sheppard - Full by Hosted By Igor Shoifot

Craig - Elias - Full by Hosted By Igor Shoifot

The marketplace, ladies and gentlemen, is a pretty chaotic place at the moment. Please slowly repeat that word to yourself: chaotic. That’s why I’ve made it my life mission to help others break out of the clutter with a meaningful story that engages human beings, on the long term. Value offers that turn heads and hearts, and take people from where they are now to the place where they want to be. Brands: meaningful, lean and powerful. .

"Sales teams are factories that create revenue." " If the sales stop, that means you're not acquiring new customers to use your product. So If you really care about your product, sales is the way to get out there." Host at this year's San Francisco Growth Marketing Conference, Adam Metz is a sales VP and sales coach who teaches reps how to beat quota by using Strategic Selling and Insight Selling. His specialties: Sales management, Channel development, channel management, business development, Inbound marketing, demand generation, marketing operations, social customer relationship management (CRM) strategy, marketing, analytics, brand strategy, branding. Adam is also the author of The Social Customer (Amazon Internet Marketing #1) Big Questions Answered: The difference between Marketing and Sales How to launch sales with minimum resources Can everyone sell? What does it take to be good at it? Where/how to find good sales professionals (and how to retain them)?

Dan Olsen is an expert in Product Management. With his book The Lean Product Playbook, Dan has created a must-have manual that needs to be in the hands of every startups. Big Questions Answered: The difference between telling people what product they should build and working with other existing companies. Why you should be careful on how much you are listening to your customers. What is "Product-Market Fit" and how to achieve it How soon should you get customer feedback?

Pavel Cherkashin is a well known angel investor in the Russian Tech industry and Founder of Actis Systems - a web design company now part of Wunderman group - and SputnikLabs - the number 1 CRM solutions provider in Russia, now part of TechnoServ Consulting. Today, his company Vestor.in is looking to invest in the most innovative startups out there specialized in online/mobile consumer space. With his extensive background - from working as an exec in large corporations such as Microsoft to becoming founder of companies with successful exits, and now being a VC, Pavel has a lot to share. And in this episode of Startup Socials Podcast, he is particularly addressing to startups. If you want to avoid screw ups, Pavel is your go-to guy. His first advice: apply the "No Manana" culture.

Don't try to stop a determined business woman. Meet Talia Goldstein, CEO and Founder of Three Day Rule. This Hollywood TV producer turned matchmaking expert has created a unique and successful online dating platform using some of the most advanced tech tools out there. And yes, she has matchmakers coming from Harward Business School. But Talia once had to hide her pregnancy in order to be taken seriously when seeking funds. In this episode of Startup Socials Podcast, Talia explains to us the complex world of online dating and how word-of-mouth majorly helped to the success of Three Day Rule. Big Questions Answered: What kind of technology TDR needed to be scaled Her struggle as a woman in the workplace (still in the 21st century) What it takes for a successful company to go to the next level How Talia keeps her employees happy Are men really from Mars and women from Venus ??? Tips, advices and book suggestions

" As an entrepreneur, raising money is not an indicator of success; customer happiness and profits are the indicators of success. When you raise money, you just triple the pressure on you to be awesome and succeed, and that means another 5 hours of work to your day. " Dean Levitt's life took an unexpected turn the day he decided to quit his failing music production company to develop one of the most popular email marketing platform, Mad Mimi. In this episode of Startup Socials Podcast, Dean shares with us the success story of Mad Mimi, starting from a simple idea to being acquired by GoDaddy. Find out what strategy Dean and his brother Gary Levitt followed to take Mad Mimi to the top. Here's a hint: it starts with the company's culture.

Overview: “If you can sell meat to a stranger on the street, you can sell anything” - Sam Parr Hustlers and entrepreneurs have a few things in common: they're confident, aggressive and savvy in the way they approach things. They're also relentless in the way they pursue goals. ?In this episode of the Startup Socials Podcast, Sam Parr - Chief Hustler at Hustle Media - goes against the Silicon Valley’s mainstream and shares his vision behind the coolest new media company that creates exciting content for millennial entrepreneurs. Big Questions Answered: The true meaning of hustle and the importance of starting things How Hustle Con generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue Why Silicon Valley is full of bullshit... which is not necessarily a bad thing Why you should be reading autobiographies of people who inspire you

Overview: Many come to the Silicon Valley with an idea, little money and few connections. Others start in their garage. But what is the magic sauce that makes an entrepreneur successful in the Silicon Valley? Adiba Barney, CEO of the Silicon Valley Forum lets us in on the secrets. The Silicon Valley Forum has been around for 33 years, and has seen many rise and fall of many startups... Buckle up and get ready to learn. Big Questions Answered: Why international startup communities fail in building the next Silicon Valley Practical founder's guide to the Valley: what you need to be doing after you arrive What separates good companies from great companies

Overview: A startup entrepreneur is like an octopus deciding which hand to hold the fork in. And that’s just one decision. A million decisions, most of them make or break, must be made all the time. So, how do you make smart decisions? Steve Hoffman, Captain at Founder’s Space tells ‘how’. He has invested in and mentored hundreds of startups, and helped them scale their business, raise capital and go global. Big Questions Answered: Should ALL startups look for investment? How to make do or die decisions for your business? When is the right time to exit and when is not? What is the future of the Internet of Things? How to avoid the next bubble?