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Episode 60 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Ryan G. Smith of LeafLink LeafLink has become a major player in the cannabis space, recently raising $35M in their series B fund raise. Discover how LeafLink provides solutions in the cannabis space by streamlining the ordering, transparency, and sales rep processes with a robust online community and order management tools. Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube. In this episode, Patrick Murray interviews Ryan G. Smith on how LeafLink grew to $1B in orders on their platform, making up 16% of all B2B orders in the U.S. More at http://firstbillion.leaflink.com/. Ryan also goes over how LeafLink became the first cannabis company named on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list and Fast Company's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Enterprise and more! “The use case, real quick, is if you are purchasing manager at a dispensary, typically you would text, email, phone call 30-50 brands every week or so to stock your shelves, now you can go on LeafLink, create a multi-brand cart, hit submit, and then those invoices get sent out to all those brands, and then they have some SaaS tools which help them then manage the life cycle of the order internally all the way through to delivery.” “I’m confident about going through these processes but a lot of it is being comfortable, being uncomfortable knowing you don’t know. Those phrases that are too often used, but it’s true. If you think you’ve got it all figured out, nobody wants to deal with people like that. Everyone is just like an old baby, pretty much like an old child” - Ryan G. Smith     Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production https://hackernoon.com/  https://community.hackernoon.com/  https://contribute.hackernoon.com/  https://sponsor.hackernoon.com/  https://podcast.hackernoon.com/  https://twitter.com/hackernoon/  https://facebook.com/hackernoon/  P.S. If you dig the new Hacker Noon Podcast, consider giving us a 5 star review on iTunes. Also check out this month’s top stories, all the latest stories, and today’s homepage.  

We have an impressive guest today. Sue Bhatia is the Chairman and Founder of Rose International which is a global IT and business services provider. Sue immigrated to this country to pursue the American dream. She was happy with her job, but felt climbing the corporate ladder would take too long, so she took a big chance and founded her own company. She is now able to do that she loves and create a positive impact. She works to help promote and develop women entrepreneurs, and she is passionate about everyone finding work that they love. She has won several awards including Fast Company's Top 25 Women Business Builders in North America and Enterprising Women of the Year from Enterprising Women Magazine. She is passionate about the future of work and technology and shares why reskilling the American workforce is a must. Show Notes [03:18] Sue grew up in New Delhi, India. She came to the United States in 1987. [03:45] Her first years here were hectic. She got married and received her masters degree in management information systems. She had two children and was really happy with her job. [04:39] She thought she was living the American dream until she was offered a raise and realized that it would take forever to achieve the type of success that she wanted. [05:11] She had seen her workplace hire many temp workers, and decided to start her own agency. [06:00] In spite of naysayers, she quit her job and got to work. She got a lot of rejections and realized that it was harder than she thought. [07:08] She kept trying and got three large contracts and business began to take off. [07:16] In six months, her husband had to quit his job and join her. [07:32] He ex-boss also came and joined her. [07:44] The business has come a long way. They hired 10,000 people in 2017 and 10,000 people in 2018. [09:54] The future of work is here. A lot of skills are going away because of automation. We are going through a huge digital transformation. [10:18] Next year, there will be twenty billion Internet of Things connected devices. [11:21] There are 30 million us workers in danger of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence. 1.4 million of these jobs will be disrupted by 2026. 57% of this will affect women. [11:40] Women are in more support positions than men are, and these are the jobs that are going to be automated. [11:58] In order for people so survive in their jobs, we have to learn new skills and reskilling is. [12:16] 65% of kids in elementary school today will be doing jobs that don't even exist today. [12:24] One of the most valuable skills right now is emotional intelligence combined with artificial intelligence. [12:37] All of our jobs are being impacted by artificial intelligence, big data, and virtual reality. [12:52] We all need to be open to change and lifelong learning. [13:48] Relating to people and thriving in a team culture and being collaborative are valuable skills. [14:18] Soft skills are really going to be in demand going forward. [15:02] AI is humans coding machines to learn over time. [17:39] Colleges need to find a way to incorporate soft skills. People with STEM skills earn statistically $30,000 more. [18:45] Students need to be open to learning and not narrowly defining their goals. Be open and let the market and your internal definition of success take you in the right direction. [22:46] Sue studied architecture and then management information systems, but the skills that really helped her as an entrepreneur we're having a goal-oriented mindset and having the ability to take risk. [23:29] One of the main risks that she took was immigrating to America. She is open-minded and is willing to try things and see what happens. Flexibility has also helped her a great deal. [24:28] Having a business is like surfing. There's no firm ground under your feet. [26:14] Sue loves having the ability to make a positive impact in so many lives through her business. [28:03] People do business with people they like, so relationships are key. It's important to have a transparent honest relationship with everyone involved with the company. [29:51] With entrepreneurship, the key is to enjoy the journey, and you have to adapt and reinvent yourself over and over again. [30:55] Leading by example is very important. It's also important to create a positive work culture where people want to do their best. [31:37] Leaders are also responsible for watching the market and keeping track of the latest trends in their industry. And always leading from the heart. As well as, creating a ladder for people to move up. [32:29] Leaders also need to have the resilience to face the ups and downs. [33:51] Her most pivotal moment was starting Rose International. She also realized that she is more capable than she thought. [34:50] She saw an Iraq Vet panhandling. Which then led to starting Deployment to Employment this is a program set in place to hire veterans. They have hired 800 veterans over the last couple years. They have created a support system to help veterans find a job with resume writing workshops and more. [37:44] Stress is a part of life. Negative thoughts are part of our survival mechanism. To handle stress Sue practices mindfulness and keeps things in perspective and focuses on the positive. She also loves connecting to nature. [41:00] Define what success means to you and be clear about what you want to do and research very carefully. Links and Resources: Sue Bhatia on Twitter Rose International on Twitter Sue Bhatia on LinkedIn Rose International Website Rose International on Facebook Sue Bhatia Website

Hi everyone, today we're talking with Adam Fleischman, a self-taught food innovator and entrepreneur who's founded Umami Burger and 800 Degress Pizza, both of which I really love. (He also made Fast Company's Top 100 list for creative people in business.) Today we'll talk about the struggles Adam faced with growing his restaurant business to $70 million per year, and how he uses physics to make better business decisions. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu

Zach Supalla. He’s the CEO and co-founder of Particle, a venture backed startup that’s making it easier to build internet connected hardware and other things. Particle is the most, widely used IoT platform with a developed community of a hundred thousand users and is listed as one of Fast Company's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in 2015, of the Internet of Things. Zach has been featured on CNN, The Wall street Journal, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, Mashable and more. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Hard Thing About Hard Things What CEO do you follow? –  Jeff Lawson Favorite online tool? — Slack and Asana Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “You don’t have to be an engineer to be an engineer”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:35 – Nathan introduces Zach to the show 02:16 – Zach used to be a management consultant 02:45 – While Zach was doing his MBA, he interned in Groupon’s sales operation 03:07 – Zach did engineering 03:21 – Particle is an IoT platform 03:44 – Particle helps manufacturers connect their physical product to the internet 04:11 – Particle does the whole communication stack between the physical device and web 04:40 – Particle has raised $10M 04:50 – Particle generates revenue in 4 ways 04:55 – Particle works with large companies and sells them subscriptions, data plans, hardware, and professional services 05:24 – Main revenue stream is from the hardware 05:54 – Hardware pricing ranges from $5-50 06:09 – For Keurig, they added hardware to plug into the back of the coffee maker 06:45 – The hardware volume for Keurig is in the thousands 07:00 – Particle has customers who will be deploying millions of hardware products by 2018 07:28 – Security is part of Particle’s story 07:37 – Zach shares about the webcam botnet incident 08:09 – The Mirai botnet in Liberia explained 08:32 – Zach shares how Particle works to secure everything from the device to the in between communication 08:50 – Typical, cheap webcams that are in the market and manufactured in China are not secure 09:23 – There are products that people aren’t unplugging and are considered unsecure 09:45 – Particle started in 2012 09:59 – Zach first launched a product in Kickstarter named Spark Socket 10:07 – The product was unsuccessful 10:21 – It was frustrating, but it turned to be a huge benefit 10:51 – Zach relaunched a new product in Kickstarter, in 2013, called Spark Core 11:20 – Zach was inspired by his dad who is deaf to create the first product 12:20 – Zach shares what is important in launching a Kickstarter campaign 12:28 – Zach looks at any Kickstarter campaign as an experiment 12:33 – Zach made sure that they nailed the marketing on their first launch 13:43 – “We’re definitely advocates of the lean startup mentality” 14:13 – 2013 revenue 14:41 – 2014 revenue 15:43 – Zach shares where the scale is coming from 15:58 – When Zach launched the product, they weren’t targeting enterprise stores 16:28 – Zach was originally creating development tools then shifted to management tools 16:43 – The growth started in selling deaf kits 17:00 – They started making modules, then the software platform 17:26 – One of the challenges a hardware startup faces is going from being a product to a company 17:56 – 2017 revenue goal 18:08 – Team size is 35 18:21 – Half of the team is from San Francisco and the other half are all over 18:50 – Particle is not facing a problem yet with their people who work in China 19:03 – Zach created a program while he was in China, where he lived for 4 months 19:22 – Zach has a deep trusting relationship with their people in China 21:14 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: Solve your own problems and make the people around you, your inspiration. See the beauty in a failure – it can be a way for you to create something better. One of the most difficult challenges a hardware startup faces is going from being a product to a company.   Resources Mentioned: Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Drip – Nathan uses Drip’s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel Toptal – Nathan found his development team using Toptal for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn’t have to hire a co-founder due to the quality of Toptal Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible. Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books. The Top Inbox  – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences Jamf – Jamf helped Nathan keep his Macbook Air 11” secure even when he left it in the airplane’s back seat pocket Freshbooks – Nathan doesn’t waste time so he uses Freshbooks to send out invoices and collect his money. Get your free month NOW Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

How protected are we from invasion into our electronic personal data and what can we do to ensure that our privacy is not violated when we go online? Susan Landau, Sun Distinguished Engineer and recipient of many top Technology Awards including the 2008 Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award and recently named one of Fast Company's Top 100 Women in Technology, joins Innovating@Sun to discuss privacy, trust, and security in technology today.

How protected are we from invasion into our electronic personal data and what can we do to ensure that our privacy is not violated when we go online? Susan Landau, Sun Distinguished Engineer and recipient of many top Technology Awards including the 2008 Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award and recently named one of Fast Company's Top 100 Women in Technology, joins Innovating@Sun to discuss privacy, trust, and security in technology today.