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Tommy Zee runs Tommy Zee and Co., a music production company that makes music for some of the world's largest brands, such as Nike, Adidas, Google, Sony, and more. He created the site Making Music for Brands that teaches producers how to get in the business of producing music for companies. This is the third time Tommy and I have done a podcast. You don't do three podcasts unless you enjoy it and find lots of value in it. I look forward to our fourth. Tommy shared a ton of wisdom from his experience. He spoke about his recent daily email writings, which we the catalyst for this conversation. Tommy has a way of finding what is important in his work and life that is truly inspiring. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Google, or watch on YouTube Show Notes: Making Music For Brands- Tommy teaches how to get into the business of making music for brands. Masterclass - Tommy's incredibly deep and thorough course on how to make music for brands. Tommy Zee and Co.- Tommy's music production company for brands. YouTube - Tommy's YouTube is loaded with tutorials, interviews with industry professionals, and wisdom he's picked up along the way. Tommy on the 188th Episode - A great second conversation with Tommy Tommy on the 122nd Episode - Tommy's first appearance on this podcast remains one of my listeners' favorites. Live Webinar for Music Production Club - Tommy broke down one of his commercial projects for members of my Music Production Club. Rick Beato - https://rickbeato.com/ Badass Users - https://www.amazon.com/Badass-Making-Awesome-Kathy-Sierra/dp/1491919019 Brian Funk Website - https://brianfunk.com Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc 5-Minute Music Producer - https://brianfunk.com/book Intro Music Made with 16-Bit Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening. Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don't forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk
Brought to you by OneSchema—import CSV data 10x faster: https://oneschema.co/lenny; Pando—always-on employee progression: https://www.pando.com/lenny; and Lenny's Job Board—hire the best product people, find the best product gigs: https://www.lennysjobs.com/talent.—Zoelle Egner is best known for her time at Airtable (currently valued at $11 billion), where she was the 11th employee and built and led the initial marketing and customer success teams. Currently she's the Head of Marketing and Growth at Block Party, a company that designs consumer tools for online safety and anti-harassment. In today's episode, we explore the marketing strategies that helped Airtable punch above its weight and build an established brand. We also dig into how Airtable was able to find its first super-users, how customer success played a key role in getting early traction, and the do's and don'ts for marketing investments. Zoelle also shares her experience working for VaccinateCA (which ended up playing a massive role in helping get people vaccinated during the pandemic) and several tips for obtaining valuable customer feedback.Find the full transcript here: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/lessons-from-airtables-unconventional-growth-strategy-zoelle-egner/#transcriptWhere to find Zoelle Egner:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/zoelle• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoelleegner/Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/Referenced:• Patrick McKenzie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/patio11• The Last of Us on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us• Airtable: https://www.airtable.com/• Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/• Block Party app: https://www.blockpartyapp.com/• Kathy Sierra's book Badass: Making Users Awesome: https://www.amazon.com/Badass-Making-Awesome-Kathy-Sierra/dp/1491919019• Gainsight: https://www.gainsight.com/• Datadog: https://www.datadoghq.com/• Notion: https://www.notion.so/• Zapier: https://zapier.com/• Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/Computing-Taste-Algorithms-Makers-Recommendation/dp/0226822974• Ancillary Justice: https://www.amazon.com/Ancillary-Justice-Imperial-Radch-Leckie/dp/031624662X/• The Happiness Lab podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happiness-lab-with-dr-laurie-santos/id1474245040• Gastropod podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gastropod/id918896288• Everything Everywhere All at Once on Showtime: https://www.sho.com/titles/3493875/everything-everywhere-all-at-once• Extraordinary Attorney Woo on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81518991• Figma: https://www.figma.com/• Webflow: https://webflow.com/• Clay: https://www.clay.com/• MKT1 Newsletter: https://newsletter.mkt1.co/• Emily Kramer on Lenny's Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/how-to-build-a-powerful-marketing-machine-emily-kramer-asana-carta-mkt1/In this episode, we cover:(00:00) How VaccinateCA helped bridge a gap in infrastructure(05:00) Zoelle's lessons from her time at VaccinateCA(18:04) How Zoelle broke into the tech industry(19:01) Flocking patterns(24:21) What Block Party does(24:32) Zoelle's storytelling(29:15) Tactics for punching above your weight as a small startup(31:30) The importance of having a highly detail-oriented person on staff(33:33) Why Airtable used billboards(36:43) Growth and marketing strategies at Airtable(42:29) Using data provided by your customers to build features that help future customers(50:59) Why customer success and marketing should be one team(52:56) Things to avoid in marketing(58:04) The power of templates(1:00:58) Why Airtable did not prioritize templates for top-of-funnel revenue (1:02:04) Why just getting PR to “get PR” is not a good strategy(1:04:57) The importance of getting customer feedback and investing in customer success(1:05:51) Simple strategies for getting customer feedback(1:07:53) Lightning roundProduction and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe
We know quality when we see it, but what makes a product truly great? And what does it take to build a great product? In this video, Gwen shares her view of what makes products great, gives examples of great products, and shares some tips on how to build one. Interested in more SaaS content? Join our Slack: https://saas-community.github.io/ Quality links: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0063HC7EQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Creating unique user experiences: https://www.amazon.com/Badass-Making-Awesome-Kathy-Sierra/dp/1491919019 Control charts, like SLO, but more flexible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_chart Statistical tools for quality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_basic_tools_of_quality
Today we have a lot of 3rd party libraries and toolkits that would help us launch an entire website in a matter of minutes. That makes our software development life easier but it feels like it created a gap between front end and backend development. With the pace of new technologies it makes it harder to keep up with everything. Joe and me are trying to address that problem. You can find Joe at: Coding blocks - https://www.codingblocks.net/ Personal website - https://joezack.com/ Developer Road map - https://github.com/kamranahmedse/developer-roadmap Books: Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Software-Development-Agile-Toolkit/dp/0321150783 Pragmatic Programmer https://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X Badass: Making users awesome https://www.amazon.com/Badass-Making-Awesome-Kathy-Sierra/dp/1491919019 Lyrics: Oh it's the Joe Zack,and he‘s guest on the show, the show, the show, the showit's the Joe Zack,he's a guest on the show, show, show, Bad code, bad code, he'll make the system lean,When it comes to clean code, he's a mean machine,also he's a talk show hostpodcast from coast to coastCoding blocks! it's the Joe Zack,he's a guest on the show Any suggestions, comments, questions and concerns? Feel free to contact me at Email - marko@backendbear.com Twitter - @backendbear Youtube - youtube.com/channel/UCb7Y9bvj4I-Rm4a-Ewmj1aA Facebook - facebook.com/backendbearpodcast
Hamid Shojaee joins the DNI team to discuss taking an SaaS idea and turning it into a profitable idea. TOPICS - Measuring the value of an idea - Use investors, Go Alone? - Does it matter if my idea is better than my competitors? - User adoption - Pricing Models - ...a whole lot more! LINKS Josey's Favourite Book for Users: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Badass-Making-Awesome-Kathy-Sierra/dp/1491919019 http://www.hamidshojaee.com/ MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John Fletcher, Patricia Edwards, ElRon XChile, Speck, alexplaysguitar Live Show Starting Soon: cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/53755 Live Show Outro: MILLENNIALS by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/57150 Special Guest: Hamid Shojaee.
Angular Remote Conf This show is based off the following listener email: “I know you've discussed a couple of times about how hard it is to set up an Angular 2 project. Whilst most of this has nothing to do with Angular itself, it's still the barrier to entry. There's no point in saying how much easier Angular 2 is than Angular 1 if you can't get it running. Even though I'd heard your previous discussions on this, in reality I was totally unprepared as to how difficult it was when I had to do it myself recently. Even the Angular 2 5 minute quick start took me a day to get my head around! I was delighted to hear the Angular team was coming up with Angular CLI. Get the mechanics out the way and lower the barrier to entry. So I typed 'ng new myapp'. Oh! Looking at the properties of the directory I saw Size: 161MB, Contains: 40,531 files, 7,226 folders. Has the JavaScript world gone completely mad? Is this really acceptable? 40,000+ files before I write my first line of code? OK, so Angular CLI has created all this stuff for me but I still have to understand what it's about, or how will I maintain it and keep it up-to-date. What happens if there's an incompatibility in one of the libraries used? It would be great to hear the members of the podcast discuss what they think needs to happen in order to simplify this. Is Angular CLI actually simplifying things, or is it just shifting the 'getting starting' problem to become a maintenance problem? Is it even possible to have a simple Angular 2 project, do we need to just accept that 161MB of disk space is a minimum? Has Angular 2 become out of reach for hobbyists, or is it the exclusive property of experts and full time client-side developers only?” 04:35 - Purpose and Value 15:32 - “Dumpster Fire” 19:01 - Capability and Complexity 26:03 - Getting Setup to Develop in Angular; Investing in Skills Angular 2 5 Min Quickstart Tour of Heroes Tutorial “Has Angular 2 become out of reach for hobbyists, or is it the exclusive property of experts and full time client-side developers only?” Lukas Reubbelke: Angular 2 with Handcrafted Tools, Century-Old Techniques and ES5 Picks Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia Martinez (Ward) Wink (Lukas) Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra (Lukas) Learning (Joe) George W. Bush in Dallas: “Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples, while judging ourselves by our best intentions.” (Joe) VidAngel (Joe) Opposing protesters meet in Dallas (Chuck) iPad Pro (Chuck) Apple Pencil (Chuck) GoodNotes (Chuck) Adventures in Angular Facebook Page (Chuck)
Angular Remote Conf This show is based off the following listener email: “I know you've discussed a couple of times about how hard it is to set up an Angular 2 project. Whilst most of this has nothing to do with Angular itself, it's still the barrier to entry. There's no point in saying how much easier Angular 2 is than Angular 1 if you can't get it running. Even though I'd heard your previous discussions on this, in reality I was totally unprepared as to how difficult it was when I had to do it myself recently. Even the Angular 2 5 minute quick start took me a day to get my head around! I was delighted to hear the Angular team was coming up with Angular CLI. Get the mechanics out the way and lower the barrier to entry. So I typed 'ng new myapp'. Oh! Looking at the properties of the directory I saw Size: 161MB, Contains: 40,531 files, 7,226 folders. Has the JavaScript world gone completely mad? Is this really acceptable? 40,000+ files before I write my first line of code? OK, so Angular CLI has created all this stuff for me but I still have to understand what it's about, or how will I maintain it and keep it up-to-date. What happens if there's an incompatibility in one of the libraries used? It would be great to hear the members of the podcast discuss what they think needs to happen in order to simplify this. Is Angular CLI actually simplifying things, or is it just shifting the 'getting starting' problem to become a maintenance problem? Is it even possible to have a simple Angular 2 project, do we need to just accept that 161MB of disk space is a minimum? Has Angular 2 become out of reach for hobbyists, or is it the exclusive property of experts and full time client-side developers only?” 04:35 - Purpose and Value 15:32 - “Dumpster Fire” 19:01 - Capability and Complexity 26:03 - Getting Setup to Develop in Angular; Investing in Skills Angular 2 5 Min Quickstart Tour of Heroes Tutorial “Has Angular 2 become out of reach for hobbyists, or is it the exclusive property of experts and full time client-side developers only?” Lukas Reubbelke: Angular 2 with Handcrafted Tools, Century-Old Techniques and ES5 Picks Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia Martinez (Ward) Wink (Lukas) Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra (Lukas) Learning (Joe) George W. Bush in Dallas: “Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples, while judging ourselves by our best intentions.” (Joe) VidAngel (Joe) Opposing protesters meet in Dallas (Chuck) iPad Pro (Chuck) Apple Pencil (Chuck) GoodNotes (Chuck) Adventures in Angular Facebook Page (Chuck)
Angular Remote Conf This show is based off the following listener email: “I know you've discussed a couple of times about how hard it is to set up an Angular 2 project. Whilst most of this has nothing to do with Angular itself, it's still the barrier to entry. There's no point in saying how much easier Angular 2 is than Angular 1 if you can't get it running. Even though I'd heard your previous discussions on this, in reality I was totally unprepared as to how difficult it was when I had to do it myself recently. Even the Angular 2 5 minute quick start took me a day to get my head around! I was delighted to hear the Angular team was coming up with Angular CLI. Get the mechanics out the way and lower the barrier to entry. So I typed 'ng new myapp'. Oh! Looking at the properties of the directory I saw Size: 161MB, Contains: 40,531 files, 7,226 folders. Has the JavaScript world gone completely mad? Is this really acceptable? 40,000+ files before I write my first line of code? OK, so Angular CLI has created all this stuff for me but I still have to understand what it's about, or how will I maintain it and keep it up-to-date. What happens if there's an incompatibility in one of the libraries used? It would be great to hear the members of the podcast discuss what they think needs to happen in order to simplify this. Is Angular CLI actually simplifying things, or is it just shifting the 'getting starting' problem to become a maintenance problem? Is it even possible to have a simple Angular 2 project, do we need to just accept that 161MB of disk space is a minimum? Has Angular 2 become out of reach for hobbyists, or is it the exclusive property of experts and full time client-side developers only?” 04:35 - Purpose and Value 15:32 - “Dumpster Fire” 19:01 - Capability and Complexity 26:03 - Getting Setup to Develop in Angular; Investing in Skills Angular 2 5 Min Quickstart Tour of Heroes Tutorial “Has Angular 2 become out of reach for hobbyists, or is it the exclusive property of experts and full time client-side developers only?” Lukas Reubbelke: Angular 2 with Handcrafted Tools, Century-Old Techniques and ES5 Picks Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia Martinez (Ward) Wink (Lukas) Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra (Lukas) Learning (Joe) George W. Bush in Dallas: “Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples, while judging ourselves by our best intentions.” (Joe) VidAngel (Joe) Opposing protesters meet in Dallas (Chuck) iPad Pro (Chuck) Apple Pencil (Chuck) GoodNotes (Chuck) Adventures in Angular Facebook Page (Chuck)
EP9 - We're on the road to somewhere What exactly is a product roadmap and why does it matter to me? How much detail should I provide when creating one? How deep do I go? Who is my audience and why do they care about it? Channeling Roman Pichler, Kim and Cory discuss (at length) what makes a useful product roadmap, how to create one and what to include. They promote simple (and free!) Roadmap creation tools and ways to make the Roadmap visible, to the team and to the stakeholders. Lastly, in this episode, the hosts discuss their 3 favorite apps (games?) and the reasons why they love them so much. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: Kathy Sierra - Badass: Making users awesome http://www.amazon.com/Badass-Making-Awesome-Kathy-Sierra/dp/1491919019 Daniel Pink - The Puzzle of Motivation http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en Roman Pichler http://www.romanpichler.com/blog/goal-oriented-agile-product-roadmap/ Free Powerpoint Tools http://www.free-power-point-templates.com/articles/free-editable-agile-roadmap-powerpoint-template/