Podcast appearances and mentions of alex maccaw

The intricacies of real estate tax often trip up investors and title professionals alike. Join us for this expert-led episode with Ross Litkenhous, where he explains how property tax management tools and technology can revolutionize property portfolios and streamline processes. This episode is perfect for industry leaders ready to maximize profitability and stay compliant, so tune in!     What you'll learn from this episode Key challenges and lessons learned from building a business at scale How Taxonix is demystifying property tax complexities for commercial and residential real estate The importance of AI as a tool and where human insight will always be essential Advice for title professionals on integrating technology while maintaining operational efficiency Strategies for building resilience and staying focused through challenges     Resources mentioned in this episode Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki | Paperback and Kindle Beltway Lacrosse League Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters | Paperback, Hardcover, and Kindle The Great CEO Within by Matt Mochary, Alex MacCaw, and Misha Talavera | Paperback and Kindle A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink | Paperback, Hardcover, and Kindle The New Articulate Executive by Granville Toogood | Paperback, Hardcover, and Kindle Every Job is a Sales Job by Cindy McGovern | Hardcover and Kindle     About Ross Litkenhous Ross has dedicated over two decades to the commercial real estate industry, where he has thrived as a student, analyst, executive, entrepreneur, and even an elected official. With hands-on experience in managing, leasing, and redeveloping commercial properties, Ross has specialized in property tax advisory, where he has led high-impact teams across local, regional, and global firms. His work centers on reducing, forecasting, and managing property taxes, creating substantial value for owners, developers, and investors while saving clients hundreds of millions of dollars. Recognizing key gaps in data, technology, and accessible resources, Ross founded Taxonix, a self-service platform that provides property owners with tools to efficiently manage their tax portfolios.   Outside of his career, Ross enjoys time with his wife and three daughters. He served on the Falls Church City Council, currently sits on the Economic Development Authority, and has held various roles on regional boards, including the Northern Virginia Regional Commission. Ross holds a BA in Political Science and History from Birmingham-Southern College and an MBA in Real Estate and Urban Development from American University.     Connect with Ross Website: Taxonics | Cavalry Real Estate Advisors LinkedIn: Ross Litkenhous     Connect With Us Love what you're hearing? Don't miss an episode! Follow us on our social media channels and stay connected.   Explore more on our website: www.alltechnational.com/podcast Stay updated with our newsletter: www.mochoumil.com Follow Mo on LinkedIn: Mo Choumil

Alex MacCaw (@maccaw) talks living on a boat, quitting his own 7-figure company, starting over with a lifestyle business, whether free will exists, crowdfunding from your own customers, and gaining a foothold in a crowded market with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).

Alex MacCaw is the founder of Clearbit and Reflect, and his journey with each company has been wildly different. Clearbit took more of a “classic” startup approach—raising VC money, hiring hundreds of people, and working from an office in SF. In 2020, he charted a new course by replacing himself as CEO at Clearbit, selling all his possessions and living full-time on a sailboat in the Atlantic. And now he's building his new company Reflect in with a totally different approach —building a fully remote & asynchronous “lifestyle” company that decidedly eschews VC money and the other common hallmarks of a tech startup. Alex shares everything he's learned as a founder and why he believes building startups should not be one-size-fits-all. Blake and Alex talk through: (7:07) Pros/Cons of being asynchronous by design(09:01) Why Alex doesn't believe in remote work for large companies(10:11) Remote work pitfalls(14:21) When to replace yourself as CEO(15:52) How to find your zone of genius(18:31) When do startups hire a CFO or COO?(21:14) #1 piece of advice for founders(24:14) Things to know before you found a startup (B2B vs. B2C)(27:27) Why not raise venture capital(28:28) When startups should (or shouldn't) raise venture capital(29:40) How Reflect started crowdfunding(39:14) What AI and ChatGPT is good for(44:13) Best time to start a company(46:20) Not all startups need VC funding(47:16) Advice for VCs from a founder

I was super excited to talk to today’s guest because he is the founder of Clearbit, a software that would magically take an email address and then tell you about the person behind the email address. I didn’t expect to talk about his new company but shocked to find out how powerful and big it’s gotten already. Alex MacCaw is the founder of Clearbit and Reflect, which helps users keep track of thoughts, books, and meetings. Alex MacCaw is the founder of Clearbit and Reflect, which helps users keep track of thoughts, books, and meetings. Sponsored byOrigami – If you’ve heard about DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) and you want to find out how to set one up for yourself, go to JoinOrigami.com. Even if you’re just interested in how these things work and want to learn more, the Origami blog is a great place to start. Lemon.io – Why squander time and money on developers who aren't perfect for your startup? Let Lemon match you with engineers that can transform your vision into reality — diabolically fast. Go to Lemon.io/mixergy for a 15% discount on your first 4 weeks with one of their devs. More interviews -> https://mixergy.com/moreint Rate this interview -> https://mixergy.com/rateint

In this episode of Confessions of a B2B Marketer, we're joined by Alex MacCaw of Clearbit. We get Alex to share some underground B2B growth strategies that the implemented at Clearbit. He then shares what's working in the B2C SaaS marketing space as Reflect just hit $20k MRR!

Alex MacCaw is the founder of Reflect, a note taking app which he's grown to $20k MRR with a team of 4. Previously, he was the co-founder of Clearbit, a VC-backed company that scaled to $50m in revenue. After stepping down as CEO of Clearbit, he decided to focus on doing the stuff he enjoys. So he's sailing around the world building an app that gets him excited every day.

This is an exclusive interview with Reflect App Founder Alex MacCaw As content creators, we all know the importance of jotting down our ideas. In fact, taking notes is at the core of my content creation process. It allows me to come up with better ideas, to create content faster, to find new connections between my ideas to rediscover those that I may have forgotten. And today, I'm talking to the founder of an amazing notetaking app called Reflect. His name is Alex MacCaw. We'll to dig deeper into how and why he came up with this notetaking app, and what makes it special amongst all the other apps out there. ✍️ SHOWNOTES: FREE COURSE: Turn your notes into content: https://mattgiaro.com/signup-take-better-notes/?source=podcast-2023-03-07 TRY REFLECT FOR FREE: https://reflect.app Alex MacCaw on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maccaw Alex MacCaw's Website: https://alexmaccaw.com/

Chad Rubin is the Founder and CEO of Profasee, a pricing platform that enables Amazon brands to predict ideal product prices. He leads Profasee's operations and overseas IT strategy. Chad often speaks about e-commerce, Amazon, and leveraging AI strategies on webinars and conferences worldwide. He is also the author of the Amazon bestseller, Cheaper, Easier, Direct. Before Profasee, Chad founded Think Crucial and co-founded Skubana and the Prosper Show. In this episode… Are you an Amazon brand that relies on traditional pricing strategies alone? There's a chance you leave lots of money on the table that could increase your profit margin. So, how can you optimize your Amazon sales, increase your profits, and incorporate AI into your e-commerce businesses? According to Amazon expert Chad Rubin, many brands have great products and even bigger ambitions but leave pricing strategies up to fate. It was the same for Chad with his e-commerce brand. As he looked for new ways to unlock huge profits, he discovered that pricing is the most relevant lever that flows to the bottom line, and it's a huge blind spot to many. Because there are few tools in the Amazon space to test prices, he built a world-class AI model that analyzes hundreds of real-time data points to help e-commerce brands pinpoint the perfect price for them to start profiting.  Tune into this episode of the eComm Breakthrough Podcast with host Josh Hadley as he sits down with Chad Rubin, the Founder and CEO of Profasee. The two discuss how pricing is a challenge to many, how to change prices to maximize profits without sacrificing your BSR, and the importance of leveraging AI as an e-commerce business. Resources mentioned in this episode: Josh Hadley on LinkedIn eComm Breakthrough Consulting eComm Breakthrough Podcast Email Josh: Josh@eCommBreakthrough.com Hadley Designs Hadley Designs on Amazon Profasee Chad Rubin on LinkedIn Chad Rubin's Email: chad@profasee.com Chad Rubin on Twitter   Cheaper Easier Direct by Chad Rubin and Frank Turner  Prosper Show  James Thomson on LinkedIn Skubana Think Crucial    The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss  The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson  The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building by Matt Machory, Alex MacCaw, and Misha Talavera  Notion  Brandon Young on LinkedIn Steven Pope on LinkedIn   Special Mention(s): Kevin King My Amazon Guy Past episode(s): “Kevin King's Wicked-Smart Tips for Building an Audience of Raving Fans” “Four Critical Pillars for Amazon Listing Optimization” "Seven Acquisition Strategies To Scale To Eight Figures and Beyond"

Robert Sofia is the Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Snappy Kraken. This marketing automation advertising service helps financial advisers track marketing campaigns and various business processes to expand their market share. Robert's recent accomplishments include leading his team to win the Best Places to Work in FinTech Award and Best Overall Content Marketing Company for four straight years. He is also the author of Blend Out: From Ordinary to Irresistible: How Advisors Can Market Like the Greatest Brands in the World, which divulges marketing secrets meant to disrupt the status quo and get you noticed.    Robert joins me today to describe what Snappy Kraken is, its humble beginnings, and how they help financial advisers get their brands out there. He shares his extensive experience in sales and how he joined the financial industry. He explains why he isn't fond of curated content and the extent of the marketing Snappy Kraken provides per month. He discusses how they keep content fresh regardless of their output. Robert also shares a list of books he likes to read and go back to—especially The Great CEO Within.   "If you saturate your audience with exposure to your brand, you become omnipresent." - Robert Sofia   This week on The Model FA Podcast:   Robert's extensive experience in sales, including selling copy machines How Robert joined the financial industry Where Snappy Kraken started and the services they offer How data gives them a significant advantage over the competition Why Robert doesn't believe in curating content The types of campaigns and topics they make every month How they keep their articles and marketing fresh and timeless Other forms of marketing outside of digital Expanding the content of Robert's book, Blend Out How to create omnipresence in marketing Why Robert likes reading The Great CEO Within   Resources Mentioned:   Book: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier Book: The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building by Matt Mochary, Alex MacCaw, and Misha Talavera Book: Three Feet From Gold: Turn Your Obstacles Into Opportunities (Think and Grow Rich Series) by Sharon L. Lechter and Greg S. Reid Book: Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too by Gary Vaynerchuk   Our Favorite Quotes:   "You can do all the marketing you want, but if you don't have a good brand or website, visitors are going to bounce." - Robert Sofia "Advisors should still create their own content." - David DeCelle "If someone's going on social media, they're going there to consume content." - David DeCelle   Connect with Robert Sofia:   Robert Sofia Website Snappy Kraken Book: BLEND OUT Snappy Kraken on YouTube Robert Sofia on Twitter Robert Sofia on LinkedIn   About the Model FA Podcast   The Model FA podcast is a show for fiduciary financial advisors. In each episode, our host David DeCelle sits down with industry experts, strategic thinkers, and advisors to explore what it takes  to build a successful practice — and have an abundant life in the process. We believe in continuous learning, tactical advice, and strategies that work — no “gotchas” or BS. Join us to hear stories from successful financial advisors, get actionable ideas from experts, and re-discover your drive to build the practice of your dreams.    Did you like this conversation? Then leave us a rating and a review in whatever podcast player you use. We would love your feedback, and your ratings help us reach more advisors with ideas for growing their practices, attracting great clients, and achieving a better quality of life. While you are there, feel free to share your ideas about future podcast guests or topics you'd love to see covered.    Our Team: President of Model FA, David DeCelle   If you like this podcast, you will love our community! Join the Model FA Community on Facebook to connect with like-minded advisors and share the day-to-day challenges and wins of running a growing financial services firm.

This week we're talking with Alex MacCaw — he's well known for his work as founder and CEO of Clearbit. In May of 2021, Alex shared a personal update with the world on his blog. After much reflection, he decided to step down as CEO of Clerabit to go back to his roots. In his words, “I love the early stages of company building. Hacking together code, setting up the Stripe account, getting the first customer. That's my jam.” We talk with Alex about this portion of his journey at Clearbit, the Catamaran he bought in South Africa and then sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, and the new thing he's building called Reflect that let's you keep track of your notes, books, and meetings.

This week we're talking with Alex MacCaw — he's well known for his work as founder and CEO of Clearbit. In May of 2021, Alex shared a personal update with the world on his blog. After much reflection, he decided to step down as CEO of Clearbit to go back to his roots. In his words, “I love the early stages of company building. Hacking together code, setting up the Stripe account, getting the first customer. That's my jam.” We talk with Alex about this portion of his journey at Clearbit, the Catamaran he bought in South Africa and then sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, and the new thing he's building called Reflect that let's you keep track of your notes, books, and meetings.

David Pierce hosts a special "work from anywhere" episode of The Vergecast while he is on vacation. 02:33 - CEO of Rove Jonah Hanig chats about his approach work-friendly travel. Reflect's Alex MacCaw shares his experience working from a sailboat in the middle of the ocean. 17:12 - Verge deputy editor Thomas Ricker talks about his review of the Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Pro, as well as his experience of working remotely in Europe. 36:28 - Verge policy editor Russell Brandom and senior reporter Loren Grush discuss the state of using satellites like Starlink to access the internet in rural areas. Further reading: Starlink's Dishy McFlatface internet now available for Boaty McBoatfaces — just $5,000 per month Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Pro review: letting flex-workers flex Starlink RV review: the dawn of space internet to go Ventje VW Campervan review: 'work from home' from anywhere How Starlink and other satellite services are changing the shape of the internet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Episode #13, Alex MacCaw describes the frameworks and best practices that managers should adopt to constantly improve their leadership skills. We also talked about Clearbit’s impeccable agreements and how they can help you improve communication and collaboration across departments. Clearbit is a San Francisco-based business intelligence company that has raised more than 17 million dollars in funding – and serves as the data backbone to thousands of businesses such as Slack, Stripe, Intercom, and Adroll. As the co-founder and CEO, Alex puts an immense focus on leadership and personal development. In fact, he recently announced Clearbit’s mission to become the best-managed company in the world - and as part of this mission, he published a great book titled The Manager’s Handbook. If you’re someone who loves personal growth and, like Alex, are always looking for ways to improve at your craft, this episode is for you.

Management principles are some of the easiest topics to discuss, but some of the most challenging to put into practice. The best managers and leaders have an art in making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive, that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. This week I was excited to have one of tech’s best thinkers on management principles come on the show. Alex MacCaw, CEO of Clearbit, has recently put out a book titled The Manager’s Handbook - in it he takes his experience as one of the first employees at Twitter, first 20 at Stripe and now leading Clearbit - a company that has raised ~$20M - and translating it to distinct principles and tactics. We discussed a host of concepts in this discussion: (1) how to manage yourself, (2) personal systems of action, (3) failure points, (4) ICs vs. managers, (5) mental and physical health, and (6) leading through COVID. Here’s the link to Manager’s Handbook: https://themanagershandbook.com/?ref=producthunt

Welcome to The Remote Series, where CEOs of remote-first companies share guidance on how to lead an organization when everyone's working from home. The Remote Series is hosted by Alex MacCaw, CEO at Clearbit, and coach Matt Mochary, author of The Great CEO Within.In Episode 2 of The Remote Series, Zapier's co-founder and CEO Wade Foster discuss hiring, feedback, and cultivating authentic relationships in a digital-first company. COVID-19 pushed CEOs and their teams to turn remote, and even though plenty of people are willing to go back to the office, the experience will never be the same. ResourcesZapier's The ultimate guide to remote workThe key talking points for this episode:(02:04) - Strong values are the core of remote companies - “In a remote company you could become this odd collection of individuals doing random assignments, you really don't want that.”(06:30) - Interviewing and evaluating prospects remotely - “When you look at these situations, how far does a person go? How far do they try and push it to uncover a thing that seems worth working on?”(08:33) - Growing through feedback - “The best thing you can do for yourself, whether you are a CEO or not, is show that you're a person that likes to get feedback and is good at getting it.”(15:08) - How camaraderie and real connections are built in remote companies - “If you get this stuff right, the culture takes over. The people and the company take over and just start to expand it and build on it.”(31:09) - Why the hybrid model may not be ideal for most companies - “It requires a level of discipline that's even above and beyond what you see in a fully remote company.”(36:25) - Home is the new office: how to upgrade the remote environment - “When we do come back into the workforce, it's not going to be the same office experience that folks have come to love.”(44:55) - Why you should stick to fully remote permanently - “To me, having access to this massive talent pool is just so beneficial to our success.”Support the show (https://themanagershandbook.com/)

Welcome to The Remote Series, where CEOs of remote-first companies share guidance on how to lead an organization when everyone's working from home. The Remote Series is hosted by Alex MacCaw, CEO at Clearbit, and coach Matt Mochary, author of The Great CEO Within.In Episode 1 of The Remote Series, Matt and Alex sit down with GitLab's co-founder and CEO Sid Sijbrandij, as well as Darren Murph, GitLab's Head of Remote. They chat about remote team bonding, collaboration, and the challenges companies will face if they reopen offices and go hybrid-remote. Love it or hate it, remote is a thing now, and CEOs everywhere must quickly adapt to running a digital-first workplace.ResourcesSid Sijbrandij's tweet thread on the dangers of hybrid-remoteGitLab's Remote PlaybookThe key talking points for this episode:(03:12) - GitLab's foundation story: An intentionally remote company - “I think by far the biggest benefit has been the ability to hire great people.”(12:03) - Achieving real connections through remote communication - “Work and social can reinforce each other, but it's important that you have both conversations.”(18:26) - How hybrid models represent a high risk for your company - “Your best remote people are going to leave, the rest of them are going to feel disenfranchised, and it's going to be a failure. You're going to blame it on remote, when the real problem is hybrid.”(21:48) - On the myth of needing a physical office to be productive and social with your team - “It's all about organizing informal communication.”(29:39) - Remote collaboration and overcoming different time zones - “Naturally, it's hard to engage in asynchronous communication. So get out of it as soon as it's not functional.”(34:11) - A common translation problem and the rarity of successful hybrid companies - “They don't want to go back to the office, they want to go back to informal communication with each other.”(39:18) - Welcoming feedback and making collaboration a priority - “We allow you to make suggestions. We are all about ‘everyone can contribute.'”(45:00) - The importance of salary adjustment among your staff - “The market is the best mechanism for determining what someone will earn.”Support the show (https://themanagershandbook.com/)

In this episode, Clearbit's CEO Alex MacCaw explains why your company should have a Wiki from the very beginning. Alex MacCaw is CEO of Clearbit, a premier data-powered marketing suite allowing businesses and professional marketers to drum up demand with targeted advertising. Clearbit detects consumer intention by monitoring site traffic and provides the best data available for all your marketing needs.Mochary Method: https://www.mocharymethod.org/Clearbit: https://www.clearbit.com/Managers Handbook: https://themanagershandbook.com/Follow Alex: https://twitter.com/maccawFollow Matt: https://twitter.com/mattmocharyWant to join the Mochary Method software team?

In this episode, Clearbit's CEO Alex MacCaw talks about how Matt helped him turn his into an even more efficient organization. Alex MacCaw is CEO of Clearbit, a premier data-powered marketing suite allowing businesses and professional marketers to drum up demand with targeted advertising. Clearbit detects consumer intention by monitoring site traffic and provides the best data available for all your marketing needs.Mochary Method: https://www.mocharymethod.org/Clearbit: https://www.clearbit.com/Managers Handbook: https://themanagershandbook.com/Follow Alex: https://twitter.com/maccawFollow Matt: https://twitter.com/mattmocharyWant to join the Mochary Method software team?

Show notes for Alex MacCaw & Eric Friedman interview diving deep into Clearbit and how he is Building The Machine.How the leadership and 1:1s run via NotionOrigin of the company and how the team was formed - now at 100 (SF + distributed across US)Understanding the leadership team + structure + going remote so earlyWhat tools, services, and software stack are used inside Clearbit?Diving deep into Asana, Slack, Zoom, and Notion amongst others.How do they choose tools that multiple people use vs. personal tools?What the early days of 5 people vs. 100 people today what are the challenges of doubling in size of the team?Where do things breakdown with the team and at what size?The role of executive coaching with a founderWhen OKRs were implemented?How impeccable agreements work and how the WHO and WHEN of a professional contract works within Clearbit - this is a way to track accountability and negotiating deliverables and how they are tracked within the firm.How the internal "intranet" works and how things are organized.AORs vs OKRsTactical takeaways or almost any manager or IC 

Alex MacCaw (@maccaw), founder and CEO of Clearbit, joins Erik on this episode. He is a co-author of the book The Great CEO Within.They discuss:- The power of good management and the lack of a modern handbook for managers.- Why and how they treat interviewing and hiring as a science experiment.- What to know for a great reference check.- Managing conflict effectively.- Why you only really close a hire after the first ninety days of them working at your company.- How to think about compensation at a startup.- How to give feedback and his breakdown of which kinds of words to use or not.- How to think about building culture at a startup.- Common management and meeting mistakes.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Alex MacCaw (@maccaw), founder and CEO of Clearbit, joins Erik on this episode. He is a co-author of the book The Great CEO Within.They discuss:- The power of good management and the lack of a modern handbook for managers.- Why and how they treat interviewing and hiring as a science experiment.- What to know for a great reference check.- Managing conflict effectively.- Why you only really close a hire after the first ninety days of them working at your company.- How to think about compensation at a startup.- How to give feedback and his breakdown of which kinds of words to use or not.- How to think about building culture at a startup.- Common management and meeting mistakes.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Today, Chad is joined by Alex MacCaw, founder and CEO of Clearbit. Alex’s road to entrepreneurship was anything but conventional. Having taught himself programming at a young age, he dropped out of high school at the age of 17 to pursue a full-time career as a software engineer. Living in the London, Alex had intentions to get his visa and move to San Francisco to start his own company. But when he encountered a few roadblocks along the way, he took the opportunity to travel through south-east Asia and South America and wrote two successful books on programming along the way.  He built a remarkable portfolio and big tech companies took notice. Eventually, Twitter offered Alex a job, and from there he was able to pursue his dream of moving to the United States. Shortly afterward, he joined Stripe, working on their product team to create some of the core features that the company is built upon today. But he was yearning for something more and knew it was time to fully self actualize.  “I felt like I had a lot of self-growth to do. I had little idea of the amount of self-growth, but I knew there was something there. So, I wanted to try and start a company, something much bigger and use that to self-actualize,” says Alex. After starting a successful lifestyle company called Sourcing.io and selling it off, Alex decided to go big and started his current company, Clearbit. Clearbit is a marketing data engine that combines public and private data sources to allow companies to truly understand their customers and sales interactions. On this episode of Mission Daily, Alex shares more details about his path to founding Clearbit, his philosophy of building a fun culture within the company, and the importance of keeping your employees happy and motivated. — Mission Daily and all of our podcasts are created with love by our team at Mission.org. We own and operate a network of podcasts, and brand story studio designed to accelerate learning. Our clients include companies like Salesforce, Twilio, and Katerra who work with us because we produce results. To learn more and get our case studies, check out Mission.org/Studios. If you’re tired of media and news that promotes fear, uncertainty, and doubt and want an antidote, you’ll want to subscribe to our daily newsletter at Mission.org. When you do, you’ll receive a mission-driven newsletter every morning that will help you start your day off right!

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Alex MacCaw is the Co-founder, CEO and office DJ for Clearbit. Find out how he learned to love management, the most difficult period he went through as a CEO and their biggest competitive advantage as a company (spoiler: it has to do with their people).

Alex MacCaw is the Founder & CEO @ Clearbit, the marketing data engine for all of your customer interactions, from customer understanding to prospect identification to personalising every sales and marketing interaction. To date, Alex has raised $17m in financing from some incredible people including Geoff Lewis @ Bedrock, Ash Fontana @ Zetta Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Battery Ventures and then former guest Ilya Sukhar, Naval Ravikant and Josh Buckley. Prior to founding Clearbit, Alex spent time in the engineering teams at both Twitter and Stripe. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Alex made his way from the UK to becoming one of the hottest founders in the valley with the rise of Clearbit? What does Alex believe is more important mission and vision or organisational discipline? What does Alex mean when he says he started the company as a "vehicle for growth thinking and self-actualisation"? 2.) What did Alex mean when he said, "when you hit product-market-fit, it is time to move into company making"? What does company making mean to Alex? What would Alex like to fundamentally change about the way we manage companies today? When is the right time to make this transition? What needs to be in place to do it successfully? 3.) What does Alex mean when he says, "The 6 Pillars Behind Clearbit"? What elements does Alex think the team should not have full transparency on? How does Alex approach transparency when it comes to fundraising and M&A opportunities? What have been some of Alex's biggest learnings on both delivering and absorbing feedback? What can one do to create an environment of radical candor and rich feedback? 4.) Why does Alex believe that health has to be the #1 priority for every founder? What does that look like in practice? What can one provide the team to encourage this? How does Alex respond to those that might say, "fine but we cannot afford it"? How does Alex suggest there are 3 ways you can become more self-aware as an individual? 5.) What advice does Alex give to founders on successfully negotiating with investors? What value has Alex found that VCs really do bring? What does Alex optimise for when selecting his investor base? What value do most think that VCs bring but they actually do not? When does Alex think one should establish a board? Why does Alex think your board should only have operators and no investors on it? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Alex’s Fave Book: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Alex on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

Alex MacCaw started Clearbit.com as a solo founder, and he's since grown it to millions of dollars in annual profit. Learn the marketing and sales techniques he's used to reach over 1000 customers.

Alex MacCaw is the Founder & CEO @ Clearbit, the startup that is building a suite of business intelligence APIs to help companies find more information on their customers in order to increase sales and reduce fraud. They have backing from some of the best early stage investors including the likes of First Round Capital, SV Angel, Intercom’s Eoghan McCabe, Hubspot’s Dharmesh Shah and many more incredible investors. As for Alex, as well as being a fellow Brit who loves tea, he also worked at the likes of Twitter and Stripe prior to founding Clearbit. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: How did Alex make his way into the world of SaaS and came to found Clearbit in SF having grown up in the UK? Should API driven companies have sales teams? Should they do outbound? What’s the most effective way to generate leads? Alex has said before that the trouble is, ‘everyone is treating their customers the same”. What does he mean by this? How do the smart companies differ? How possible is it to address customer specific needs at scale? How does this scalability alter when elements like freemium and self service models are added to the equation? How effective have freemium tools been for Alex as a lead gen to on board new customers? Why did Alex choose the same pricing structure as the likes of Stripe and Twilio? What was the thought process behind this? 60 Second SaaStr How important is it for SaaS startups to be in SF? What does Alex know now that he wishes he had known when he started? Biggest mentor to Alex and how it came about? Fave SaaS reading material? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Alex MacCaw

Since launching in 2015, Clearbit has gone from strength-to-strength in their quest to be the definitive Business Intelligence infrastructure for businesses. In this chat, co-founder and CEO Alex MacCaw talks about his career in tech and engineering, including working for Stripe in the "early" days and travelling the world whilst writing his book on Javascript.

This talk will demystify some of the FUD surrounding speed and single page JavaScript web applications. We'll focus on faster load times, removing bottlenecks around the server, network and rendering on the client. More info at: https://fronteers.nl/congres/2013/sessions/faster-javascript

This talk will demystify some of the FUD surrounding speed and single page JavaScript web applications. We'll focus on faster load times, removing bottlenecks around the server, network and rendering on the client. More info at: https://fronteers.nl/congres/2013/sessions/faster-javascript

Panel Alex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:13 - Going Rogue Video 02:12 - Alex MacCaw Introduction 029 JSJ Bower.js with Alex MacCaw and Jacob Thornton JavaScript Web Applications: jQuery Developers' Guide to Moving State to the Client by Alex MacCaw The Little Book on CoffeeScript: The JavaScript Developer's Guide to Building Better Web Apps by Alex MacCaw 02:44 - Monocle Alternative for Hacker News 03:39 - Speed Alex MacCaw: Time to first tweet sinatra MVC Framework Synchronicity 10:48 - SEO Google Webmaster Tools The Google Webmaster Video on Single-page Apps / SEO Alex MacCaw: SEO in JS Web Apps 14:01 - The Social Aspect of Monocle/Community 17:09 - Caching 17:47 - Google Website Optimizer 18:26 - Responsiveness 21:00 - Client-side & Server-side 25:11 - Testing for Performance PageSpeed Insights 28:39 - The Design Process sinatra sequel 31:44 - Sourcing.io Sourcing.io Signup 34:15 - Inspiration Picks MicroFormat Tool (AJ) Google Markup Helper (AJ) Gmail Markup Schemas (AJ) OUYA (AJ) TowerFall (AJ) Final Fantasy 7 (emulator) Final Fantasy 7 (PC) (AJ) Sunlounger (Joe) Pebble Watch (Joe) ng-conf (Joe) Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling by Michael Port (Chuck) Coder (Alex) List of Ig Nobel Prize winners (Alex) Next Week Working From Home Transcript ALEX:  The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. [Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at BlueBox.net.]  [This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.]  [This podcast is sponsored by JetBrains, makers of WebStorm. Whether you’re working with Node.js or building the frontend of your web application, WebStorm is the tool for you. It has great code quality and code exploration tools and works with HTML5, Node, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Harmony, LESS, Sass, Jade, JSLint, JSHint, and the Google Closure Compiler. Check it out at JetBrains.com/WebStorm.] CHUCK:  Hey everybody and welcome to episode 77 of the JavaScript Jabber show. This week on our panel, we have Joe Eames. JOE:  Hey there. CHUCK:  Jamison Dance. JAMISON:  Hey friends. CHUCK:  AJ O’Neal. AJ:  It'sa mia, it'sa AJ. CHUCK:  I’m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.TV. And before I introduce our guest, I just want to make a quick announcement. Tomorrow as we’re recording this, so when you get this episode it will be last Friday, is my Freedom Day. It’s the day I got laid off from my last full-time job and went freelance. So in honor of that, I’m putting together a video. I’ve called it ‘Going Rogue’. Yes, I know that there’s a political thing around that, whatever. Anyway, I called it ‘Going Rogue’. You can get it at GoingRogueVideo.com. It’s basically the first year of me going freelance. I’ve just talked through how it all went. The mistakes I made, the things I learned, the things I did right, and just gave general advice to anyone who’s looking to go freelance. Or if you’re interested in some of the challenges that come with that, it’s a video that I’m putting together to kind of explain that. Like I said, it’s free. You can get it at GoingRogueVideo.com. Yeah, I’m pretty excited about it. I’m also excited about Freedom Day. Anyway, we also have a special guest today, and that’s Alex MacCaw. ALEX:  How do you do? Thank you for having me. CHUCK:  You’ve been on the show before, but it’s been almost a year. Do you want to introduce yourself again? ALEX:  Well, I’m mostly a JavaScript programmer.

Panel Alex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:13 - Going Rogue Video 02:12 - Alex MacCaw Introduction 029 JSJ Bower.js with Alex MacCaw and Jacob Thornton JavaScript Web Applications: jQuery Developers' Guide to Moving State to the Client by Alex MacCaw The Little Book on CoffeeScript: The JavaScript Developer's Guide to Building Better Web Apps by Alex MacCaw 02:44 - Monocle Alternative for Hacker News 03:39 - Speed Alex MacCaw: Time to first tweet sinatra MVC Framework Synchronicity 10:48 - SEO Google Webmaster Tools The Google Webmaster Video on Single-page Apps / SEO Alex MacCaw: SEO in JS Web Apps 14:01 - The Social Aspect of Monocle/Community 17:09 - Caching 17:47 - Google Website Optimizer 18:26 - Responsiveness 21:00 - Client-side & Server-side 25:11 - Testing for Performance PageSpeed Insights 28:39 - The Design Process sinatra sequel 31:44 - Sourcing.io Sourcing.io Signup 34:15 - Inspiration Picks MicroFormat Tool (AJ) Google Markup Helper (AJ) Gmail Markup Schemas (AJ) OUYA (AJ) TowerFall (AJ) Final Fantasy 7 (emulator) Final Fantasy 7 (PC) (AJ) Sunlounger (Joe) Pebble Watch (Joe) ng-conf (Joe) Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling by Michael Port (Chuck) Coder (Alex) List of Ig Nobel Prize winners (Alex) Next Week Working From Home Transcript ALEX:  The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. [Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at BlueBox.net.]  [This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.]  [This podcast is sponsored by JetBrains, makers of WebStorm. Whether you’re working with Node.js or building the frontend of your web application, WebStorm is the tool for you. It has great code quality and code exploration tools and works with HTML5, Node, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Harmony, LESS, Sass, Jade, JSLint, JSHint, and the Google Closure Compiler. Check it out at JetBrains.com/WebStorm.] CHUCK:  Hey everybody and welcome to episode 77 of the JavaScript Jabber show. This week on our panel, we have Joe Eames. JOE:  Hey there. CHUCK:  Jamison Dance. JAMISON:  Hey friends. CHUCK:  AJ O’Neal. AJ:  It'sa mia, it'sa AJ. CHUCK:  I’m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.TV. And before I introduce our guest, I just want to make a quick announcement. Tomorrow as we’re recording this, so when you get this episode it will be last Friday, is my Freedom Day. It’s the day I got laid off from my last full-time job and went freelance. So in honor of that, I’m putting together a video. I’ve called it ‘Going Rogue’. Yes, I know that there’s a political thing around that, whatever. Anyway, I called it ‘Going Rogue’. You can get it at GoingRogueVideo.com. It’s basically the first year of me going freelance. I’ve just talked through how it all went. The mistakes I made, the things I learned, the things I did right, and just gave general advice to anyone who’s looking to go freelance. Or if you’re interested in some of the challenges that come with that, it’s a video that I’m putting together to kind of explain that. Like I said, it’s free. You can get it at GoingRogueVideo.com. Yeah, I’m pretty excited about it. I’m also excited about Freedom Day. Anyway, we also have a special guest today, and that’s Alex MacCaw. ALEX:  How do you do? Thank you for having me. CHUCK:  You’ve been on the show before, but it’s been almost a year. Do you want to introduce yourself again? ALEX:  Well, I’m mostly a JavaScript programmer.

Panel Alex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:13 - Going Rogue Video 02:12 - Alex MacCaw Introduction 029 JSJ Bower.js with Alex MacCaw and Jacob Thornton JavaScript Web Applications: jQuery Developers' Guide to Moving State to the Client by Alex MacCaw The Little Book on CoffeeScript: The JavaScript Developer's Guide to Building Better Web Apps by Alex MacCaw 02:44 - Monocle Alternative for Hacker News 03:39 - Speed Alex MacCaw: Time to first tweet sinatra MVC Framework Synchronicity 10:48 - SEO Google Webmaster Tools The Google Webmaster Video on Single-page Apps / SEO Alex MacCaw: SEO in JS Web Apps 14:01 - The Social Aspect of Monocle/Community 17:09 - Caching 17:47 - Google Website Optimizer 18:26 - Responsiveness 21:00 - Client-side & Server-side 25:11 - Testing for Performance PageSpeed Insights 28:39 - The Design Process sinatra sequel 31:44 - Sourcing.io Sourcing.io Signup 34:15 - Inspiration Picks MicroFormat Tool (AJ) Google Markup Helper (AJ) Gmail Markup Schemas (AJ) OUYA (AJ) TowerFall (AJ) Final Fantasy 7 (emulator) Final Fantasy 7 (PC) (AJ) Sunlounger (Joe) Pebble Watch (Joe) ng-conf (Joe) Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling by Michael Port (Chuck) Coder (Alex) List of Ig Nobel Prize winners (Alex) Next Week Working From Home Transcript ALEX:  The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. [Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at BlueBox.net.]  [This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.]  [This podcast is sponsored by JetBrains, makers of WebStorm. Whether you’re working with Node.js or building the frontend of your web application, WebStorm is the tool for you. It has great code quality and code exploration tools and works with HTML5, Node, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Harmony, LESS, Sass, Jade, JSLint, JSHint, and the Google Closure Compiler. Check it out at JetBrains.com/WebStorm.] CHUCK:  Hey everybody and welcome to episode 77 of the JavaScript Jabber show. This week on our panel, we have Joe Eames. JOE:  Hey there. CHUCK:  Jamison Dance. JAMISON:  Hey friends. CHUCK:  AJ O’Neal. AJ:  It'sa mia, it'sa AJ. CHUCK:  I’m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.TV. And before I introduce our guest, I just want to make a quick announcement. Tomorrow as we’re recording this, so when you get this episode it will be last Friday, is my Freedom Day. It’s the day I got laid off from my last full-time job and went freelance. So in honor of that, I’m putting together a video. I’ve called it ‘Going Rogue’. Yes, I know that there’s a political thing around that, whatever. Anyway, I called it ‘Going Rogue’. You can get it at GoingRogueVideo.com. It’s basically the first year of me going freelance. I’ve just talked through how it all went. The mistakes I made, the things I learned, the things I did right, and just gave general advice to anyone who’s looking to go freelance. Or if you’re interested in some of the challenges that come with that, it’s a video that I’m putting together to kind of explain that. Like I said, it’s free. You can get it at GoingRogueVideo.com. Yeah, I’m pretty excited about it. I’m also excited about Freedom Day. Anyway, we also have a special guest today, and that’s Alex MacCaw. ALEX:  How do you do? Thank you for having me. CHUCK:  You’ve been on the show before, but it’s been almost a year. Do you want to introduce yourself again? ALEX:  Well, I’m mostly a JavaScript programmer.

]In this episode Ben Orenstein is joined by Alex MacCaw, creator of Spine, formerly of Twitter, and now a developer at Stripe. Ben and Alex talk about travel, writing, code, and couch surfing. Alex's Personal Website Alex's Blog Alex's World Travel Blog Post Alex's Github Spine Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @maccaw on twitter.

Panel Alex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Jacob Thornton (Fat) (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Discussion Bower.js (web) Bower.js (twitter) Bower.js (github) SXSW Package managers ender-js BPM hem Benefits Small components Yeoman.io Browserify Dependencies Segmenting the community Transports Mozilla (github) Commands Building an actual package manager node.js Moving parts of a package manager Events Challenges Ember.js Mobile web application development Google Chrome apps Desktop apps in JavaScript Picks Kershaw Ken Onion Tactical Blur Folding Knife (AJ) The xx: Coexist (Jamison) Neil Armstrong’s Solemn but Not Sad Memorial Cathedral (Jamison) Collective Soul Cat (Jamison) Amazon Prime (Joe) Star Trek Original Series on Amazon Prime (Joe) Functional Programming Principles in Scala: Martin Odersky (Joe) Domo (hiring!) (Joe) Delegation in Google (Chuck) Civilization IV (Chuck) Fujitsu ScanSnap (Chuck) Bill Nye’s Twitter Account getting suspended was not cool (Jacob) Github + Twitter profile redesign (Jacob) Avoid 7/11 Hot Dog Flavored Chips (Jacob) The Big Picture (Alex) CoffeeScriptRedux (Alex) Stripe (Alex)

Panel Alex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Jacob Thornton (Fat) (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Discussion Bower.js (web) Bower.js (twitter) Bower.js (github) SXSW Package managers ender-js BPM hem Benefits Small components Yeoman.io Browserify Dependencies Segmenting the community Transports Mozilla (github) Commands Building an actual package manager node.js Moving parts of a package manager Events Challenges Ember.js Mobile web application development Google Chrome apps Desktop apps in JavaScript Picks Kershaw Ken Onion Tactical Blur Folding Knife (AJ) The xx: Coexist (Jamison) Neil Armstrong’s Solemn but Not Sad Memorial Cathedral (Jamison) Collective Soul Cat (Jamison) Amazon Prime (Joe) Star Trek Original Series on Amazon Prime (Joe) Functional Programming Principles in Scala: Martin Odersky (Joe) Domo (hiring!) (Joe) Delegation in Google (Chuck) Civilization IV (Chuck) Fujitsu ScanSnap (Chuck) Bill Nye’s Twitter Account getting suspended was not cool (Jacob) Github + Twitter profile redesign (Jacob) Avoid 7/11 Hot Dog Flavored Chips (Jacob) The Big Picture (Alex) CoffeeScriptRedux (Alex) Stripe (Alex)

Panel Alex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Jacob Thornton (Fat) (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Discussion Bower.js (web) Bower.js (twitter) Bower.js (github) SXSW Package managers ender-js BPM hem Benefits Small components Yeoman.io Browserify Dependencies Segmenting the community Transports Mozilla (github) Commands Building an actual package manager node.js Moving parts of a package manager Events Challenges Ember.js Mobile web application development Google Chrome apps Desktop apps in JavaScript Picks Kershaw Ken Onion Tactical Blur Folding Knife (AJ) The xx: Coexist (Jamison) Neil Armstrong’s Solemn but Not Sad Memorial Cathedral (Jamison) Collective Soul Cat (Jamison) Amazon Prime (Joe) Star Trek Original Series on Amazon Prime (Joe) Functional Programming Principles in Scala: Martin Odersky (Joe) Domo (hiring!) (Joe) Delegation in Google (Chuck) Civilization IV (Chuck) Fujitsu ScanSnap (Chuck) Bill Nye’s Twitter Account getting suspended was not cool (Jacob) Github + Twitter profile redesign (Jacob) Avoid 7/11 Hot Dog Flavored Chips (Jacob) The Big Picture (Alex) CoffeeScriptRedux (Alex) Stripe (Alex)

Justin and Jason discuss how Justin's apartment almost burned down and how he sold his house in the UK, the television shows Fringe, Prophets of Science Fiction, Bloomberg Game Changers and the movie Limitless, the progress being made on AnyFu and the challenge of recruiting well-known experts, listener questions, the story of what happend to Jason's movie idea, the possibility of recurring donations and winning the iTunes review war with Startups for the Rest of Us, effective criticism, Alex MacCaw's new Ace framework (think Sinatra for Node.js), insight from Uber's most successful driver, the risk of premature generalization, how SmartGit makes Git easy and why research on the H5N1 virus has been temporarily halted.

Justin and Jason talk to Alex MacCaw, author of JavaScript Web Applications, The Little Book on CoffeeScript, Spine.js and a bunch of other cool stuff.

Wynn caught up with Alex MacCaw to talk about Spine, CoffeeScript, writing books, and working at Twitter.

Wynn caught up with Alex MacCaw to talk about Spine, CoffeeScript, writing books, and working at Twitter.

In this episode I'm joined by Alex MacCaw. Alex is a prolific Ruby and JavaScript developer. With an entrepreneurial spirit he's also the creator of Taskforce and has spent time in the San Francisco start-up community. In this episode we talk about all of these things as well as the state of Ruby on the desktop and the future of web applications. If you enjoyed this episode of the LRUG podcast, I'd love to hear your opinions. Please contact me, Chris Lowis via Twitter (@chrislowis) with your comments. You can also help the podcast by leaving a rating on iTunes.