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saas.unbound is a podcast for and about founders who are working on scaling inspiring products that people love, brought to you by https://saas.group/, a serial acquirer of B2B SaaS companies. In episode #48, Anna Nadeina talks with Tom, CEO of Geckoboard, a tool for building and sharing real-time KPI dashboards. --------------Episode's Chapters---------------- 00:00 - Tom's Journey to GeckoBoard 03:51 - Challenges and Skills in Leadership 06:26 -Transition to CEO at GeckoBoard 11:48 -Navigating Product and Market Strategies 15:34 -The Role of Sales in SaaS Growth 19:00 -Pricing Strategies and Market Adaptation 22:46 - The Role of Video Content 27:25 - Scaling the Company 31:00 - Hiring Challenges and Lessons 35:11 - Biggest Wins and Failures 37:56 - The Value of Coaching and Networking 41:55 - Final Thoughts and Reflections Tom - https://www.linkedin.com/in/randlete/ Geckoboard - https://www.geckoboard.com/ Subscribe to our channel to be the first to see the interviews that we publish twice a week - https://www.youtube.com/@saas-group Stay up to date: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaaS_group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/14790796

Today on the show, we have Sofia Quintero, the co-founder of Collie.In this episode, Sofia shares her journey from founding EnjoyHQ to her role in shaping Collie, a tool that integrates all engineering rituals into one platform, fostering trust and efficiency through asynchronous communication. With a rich background that includes leading growth at GeckoBoard and navigating EnjoyHQ through acquisition by UserZoom, Sofia brings a wealth of knowledge on scaling startups, product innovation, and market fit.We delve into the critical aspects of product development, from identifying genuine user pain points to creating tailored solutions that drive growth. Sofia emphasizes the significance of aligning product offerings with market demands and the dynamic process of adjusting to user feedback while staying true to the product's core value proposition.Mentioned Resources:EnjoyHQCollieGeckoboardUserZoom

This episode features Mike Harris, a Tester at Geckoboard who self-identifies as a Tester. We discuss how vital Dr. Deming's ideas are to testing, especially around the System of Profound Knowledge, with Mike, who has worked in testing for 20 years. It is another example of Dr. Deming's ideas' relevance in the modern era. Here's a summary:Introducing Mike Harris.0:02Deming's journey of profound knowledge and the importance of systems thinking.5:22How do we verify what we think we know?11:20Driving out fear in your team.17:36The tyranny of the prevailing style of management and how to break it.23:45What is agile? How did it start?29:31Words matter to Deming.37:42Do you find that most people in the testing community don't have a clear operational definition?43:30Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-harris-citp-mbcs-5a75733/https://testandanalysis.home.blog/

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #179  we welcomed Tom Randle, CEO at Geckoboard based in London, England. Originally a UX and product guy, Tom spent the early years of his career building companies like Red Gate & Huddle in London. He leveraged those learnings and findings to become an intricate part of the Geckoboard team & eventually their CEO. Geckoboard helps their customers access and understand their data. Their dashboard software integrates with over 80 data sources so your team can build real-time KPI dashboards that you can share with your team in minutes.  In this episode, Tom and Adrian chat through how he has tackled The Four CX Pillars: Team,  Tools, Process & Feedback throughout his career + shares some of the tips & tricks that have worked for him across his customer focused business leader journey.**Episode #179 Highlight Reel:**1. How UX and mechanical engineering launched Tom's customer focused journey2. Why focusing on company culture led to the creation of incredible customer experiences 3. Leveraging dashboards and display reporting to drive performance & communication4. Why emerging SaaS solutions are focused on managing & optimizing the customer journey 5. How informed customers & employees = industry leading businesses Huge thanks to Tom for coming on The CXChronicles Podcast and featuring his work and efforts in pushing the employee experience and customer success space into the future.Click here to learn more about Tom RandleClick here to learn more about GeckoboardIf you enjoy The CXChronicles Podcast, please stop by your favorite podcast player and leave us a review today. This is the easiest way that we can find new listeners, guests and future business leaders to join our customer focused community!And be sure to grab a copy of our book "The Four CX Pillars To Grow Your Business Now" available on Amazon +  check out the CXChronicles Youtube channel to see all of our customer focused business leader video content + our past podcast episodes!Reach out to CXC at INFO@cxchronicles.com for more information about how we can help your business make customer happiness a habit!Support the show

In honor of our upcoming IO2022 Innovation Accelerated Summit, which is happening September 19th and 20th in Lincoln Nebraska. Thought it'd be nice to pull some of the best interviews and sessions from our IO2020 virtual event. So, over the next few weeks, check out some of our amazing speakers and grab a ticket for the upcoming event. We'd love to see you there. Tickets and more information can be found at io2022.com. And now back to the show. Brian Ardinger: Inside Outside Innovation is a podcast to help new innovators navigate what's next. Each week, we'll give you a front row seat into what it takes to learn, grow, and thrive in today's world of accelerating change and uncertainty. Join us as we explore, engage in experiment with the best and the brightest innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneering businesses. It's time to get started.Interview Transcript with Doc Williams, Brand Developer, Founder of Brand Factory and Maker of Build With MeSusan Stibal: Doc Williams is here to show you how to best utilize this new field of building without code and what concepts, tools, and plans you need to begin creating. Doc Williams is a brand developer, founder of Brand Factory and maker of Build With Me. Doc is also an entrepreneur who has worked with everyone from ESPN to App Sumo. So, Doc, I will let you take it away. Thanks for coming. And I can't wait to hear your presentation. Doc Williams: Well, thank you so much for having me. I really do appreciate it. I'm so excited. Saw the other presenters earlier today. I'm just so excited to be here. So, I'm gonna get right into it because I'm excited about No Code. I'm gonna be talking about how I can help you. And I have a small presentation, but again, this is about how I can help you. And if you're new to No Code, if you do not know what it is or you've heard the term and you're not so familiar, we gotcha. Don't worry. We got you in this Presentation and we're going to go through this a little bit. We're going to go through this. Okay.This discussion today, we're going to be talking about an Introduction to No Code. Okay. And again, I don't want to talk about myself that much. So, I'm going to go through this very quickly. Just wanted to tell you a little bit about myself. So again, I run a six-figure consulting business and strategy. I also help startups integrate tech, so everything from telling their story to actually building that tech stack. So, I've worked from copywriter front end dev. I've been a CTO a few times. A CIO, blah, blah, blah, blah. All that kind of stuff. So more importantly, I just get to work with some great people. That's what I like doing. So, we're going to have to stop looking at my picture as I'm looking off into the sunset for a moment. We're going to be talking about the world is changing really quick. And Brian was talking about this in the intro to the Summit, and I cannot agree with that more. Right now, we see a huge shift of technology and what's going on in the world. 83.5% of small businesses experienced a negative effect with the COVID pandemic. 72% of the world startups saw that their revenue fell and 56% of the US workforce holds a job that is compatible at least partially with remote work. So, there's a lot of things happening all at the same time. And people are scrambling to come up with new ideas or to test new ideas, lean out their business, and you can be doing all of that by using the power of No Code. And so, we're going to be talking about why you need to be ready for this new age and using No Code as an innovation. So, the first question is before we even get started and how you can be using no code, it's important to understand what No Code is. So, what is it? Let's go with a definition real quick. No Code is a development platform that allows programmers and non-programmers to create apps and programs, using visual tools instead of traditional computer programming languages.Oh, that was a lot. So, the TLDR, what is it? Building visually. So, a lot of times some people are already using no code tools and they did not know that but basically allows you to do things that usually took what programmers were doing, writing code. So here are a few no code services. Now there's a whole other discussion. If you want to know the difference between no code and low code. But here are a few no code services that I use almost daily. So, there's Bubble, Air Table, IFTTT, Elementor, Zapier, Hopin, Repurpose.io. Okay. Those are a lot of different tools. Now what we're going to be talking about, this is the Intro to No Code. So instead of delving into very specific platforms, we can talk about it in the Q and A, and that's not a problem, but instead of just talking about all of these different services, what's really important is looking at areas to disrupt the industry and how it can help you figure out what you want to get done in your business. So, in the chat, please let me know.Yep. Has anyone tried Amazon's HoneyCode? Yes. I did a whole breakdown video on that about three weeks ago as well. Yes. We're going to be talking about a lot of these things. If you're thinking about like seeing the handle, not the tool. Tons of times, if you only think about the tool you're going to see, like, only if it's a hammer, you're just going to see about how you can hit nails. Right? If you've got a Catana, it's the same thing. You're just going to be slicing things up. So, instead of thinking about just the platform, think about the handle. What are you trying to accomplish? And then we can go into the right kind of platform. Now also too, just to let you know, I have a YouTube show called Build With Me.And so, I build three different businesses with one No Code tool every single Wednesday night. And also, I do tech reviews for App Sumo. So right now, I'm up to 453 tech reviews for them. And then, for the show we've done like a hundred episodes. So, we just passed 300 businesses with No Code tools. So, let's get right into it.If you are trying to use no code and you're trying to speed up your design process, no code can be perfect for this. Designing complex websites and applications, it takes a lot of time, but with no code, you can do this really quickly. So again, if you are having a problem and I want it in the chat, if you're dealing with a design problem, you need to mockup things very quickly. We got you. What about another one. Automation. Perhaps you're doing a lot of manual tasks. For example, one of our, one of the clients that we were working with, they were working with a big manufacturer, and they were manually still filling in invoices and filling in all of these different things. Well, we had a No Code tool that automatically you set up the boundaries of reading different boxes. So, when people scan their order and instead of retyping it, taking all that manual work, it just looks at the numbers, looks at the letters, and then it just automatically does everything for you. So, and it already puts it into the system. So again, what tasks are you looking to solve as well?The other one too, is architecture. So, system frameworks. If you're thinking about email marketing, SOPs, lead generation, complex, the complex tasks, we can talk about architecting a way for you to be able to solve those problems as well. That is the three main ways. And really the reason we went through the three ways, and we looked at it this way is actually even older.We talk about, a lot on the program, Leonard DaVinci, and how he broke his style up was he was an artist. He was an engineer. An architect. And that actually forms a really clear line, especially with a lot of no code tools, which bucket you want to be into. We're going to talk about those three. And before we go into it and talk from the chat. Why start now? Because you need to be saving time. You need to make sure that you are getting to your goals. You're being able to adapt and pivot in this time. So, this is the time to start. Now, how can I help? I do courses, consulting, workshops, whatever. I work with all different types of companies. I'm going to be helping you today in answering your questions, but keep in mind if you need help from me later on, go see me on YouTube. Go email me. I'll bring this up. And all of that kind of stuff from building a marketplace in less than 60 minutes, was it two months ago, we built Netflix in an hour and a half. Creating Roku channels for your companies. We just do a lot of different random stuff. Oh, building SOPs for crime scene cleaners, you know, we go on and on.So, let's get right into it. What people are trying to build. Now, let's go through a question. How do I say that first name? Petro Petro. Maybe, maybe if I butchered it, I'm sorry. I want to build a product development and project management system, basically from cradle to grave life cycle management system and seeking a platform to get started.Okay. So that's a really good question. And what I would do with that one before even answering which one to go with, I would say, are you using it for your own team first or are you trying to build it as a Micro SAAS and get other people involved? So, if you're trying to build it internally, I would first talk about, okay, do you already have your SOPs broken out and how you want your workflow before deciding on a platform?And do you want to be building on top of a platform or actually just build it from the bottom up? So, I know that's a lot of different things, but I would go with that detailed first. But I can go through a couple different platforms, how to do that. Once I get the answer or more details, I will swing back around.Lindsay brings out, build a dashboard to show business metrics. So, I've got that one. All right. So let me break out of this. Actually, I was building a dashboard yesterday. So, if you're trying to build a dashboard, let's go through a couple different options. We were doing this with a client with the NBA about three weeks ago. And people were saying, well, where is this fancy system he's going through? It's just all my Twitter thread. So, we could use DataBox or we could use GeckoBoard. Okay. So, let's bring this up. I'm going to bring up Gecko Board. So, who asked this, Lindsay asked talking about, which one, if you're trying to display your data? Even if you're using like Google sheets or whatever, you can be using that. So, DataBox or Gecko. Yeah, depending on exactly the features that you want or how often you want it to be updated or what you want it to be integrated with. But I would go with yeah. Data Box. Gecko Board. Don, I think you're asking rapid prototyping. Own team then Microsoft. Okay. Petro again, let's see my own team and Micro SAAS. Okay. So, you're trying to build out your own team and Micro SAAS. Okay. So, if I was going to do that, it depends if you want to first white label or just pull the API or something like that. But Jumple would probably do that because they're already built to be similar to like Asana or, or a Slack. It's kind of like a mixture of the two it's really focused on agencies, but they do offer you to basically just white label it. And to do custom build outs too.So, they are a marketing team and they're developers. So, they're all in house and a couple months ago, they were talking about having solutions if certain companies want to have their own platform to build it out. That's another option and you can make a Micro SAAS platform pretty easy off them. Their team is in Australia. They're really cool. So, that might be something Jen's asking Twilio. Twilio integration with no code. Yeah. So, tell me more. Yeah, I definitely agree. We've had Twilio integrations. We've had someone build out their, it's for fancy football, but they're adding Twilio with it. So, they're adding actually another filter basically, so they can run their draft on Zoom and then they're using Twilio with it.And then they're transitioning from that to build their own platform for video conferencing. But they're modeling it using Zoom. They're using all the filters and then they're building it totally out with Trello and they're doing it with 70% no code. So let me know if you are what you're looking for with that one.Carlos is talking about what are the risks and downside of using No Code? It kind of depends Carlos of what you're trying to accomplish. A lot of people, sometimes there's a feeling like, oh no codes can do everything. Well, you know, it has limitations, but it depends on what you're trying to do, Carlos. If you're trying to validate, you're going to scale to a certain point, but as long as you know, your limits and where you're trying to go, it can go pretty far.If you're either bootstrapping or if you're VC funded, but you're making it really lean before you get to the next version. I can say that there are very successful apps and very successful businesses, all built on Bubble and No Code. Most people wouldn't know unless you asked them. So, it kind of depends on the capabilities of what you're trying to do.Now on the flip side, someone asked me the other day when we did this breakdown, they're like, well, you showed me how to create Netflix, but I can't add, like, I think they wanted to add like 3000 films. And they didn't want to pay for like a server. I mean we got to be reasonable here, guys. So it depends on what you're trying to create or what you're trying to do. And hopefully that answers. Rebecca says best one that includes document generation. Hmm. I would need to know a little bit more about document generation. What do you mean by that? Good question. Legal documents. Oh, okay. So you're saying creating templates for legal documents or you're doing oh, in Word. So let me ask you this, Rebecca. So, you are a business and you're trying to either sell legal documents, like templates or to interact. I need a little bit more details. I'll, I'll find it in a second. Jason, from Fire Spring is bringing up something. Let me know what's going on with the details. Streamlining the process of creating documents. There are a couple different ones, depending, again, there's a lot. I like Taskly. I see what the logo is, but I don't know how to spell it. There are a couple different ones. I mean, if I'm looking at that, I might even go with Nucey possibly. Streamlining the process of creating a document. That's tough for me because I would want to know, do you have to have input from other people on your team? Is it just for your own workflow? If I was doing something where I'm trying to create documents, I would probably Nucey and again, this is just if I'm trying to go with clients and everything like that, and I want everything where I can have a plug and play, I build out the templates and then everyone on my team can just access and build it out afterwards.Better proposals or Nucey. I would think. Oh, other teammates and or for clients. So, if I'm doing really advanced ones, I'd probably do Better Proposal. I use both. I have more contracts with Nucey. Because it's more based on a one pager. But every single time I use Better Proposal, I always get compliment. How well it looks. I mean, this Better Proposal probably is my bet. Not only that, because you can build your own branding kit too, so everything's on point. And your team can work with it. And then your clients go right with it. Good question. Three must have no code tools. Okay, Susan. I'm glad you asked that question. It really depends. Okay. So, so if I'm trying to build out automation. I'm probably going to go with Zapier. Yeah. We could go with Integromat. And all the other ones, but like, if I'm just going to go with like general automations to save you time, I'm probably going to build out Zapier, probably going to go with that one.And that's if I'm business related. If I'm trying to figure out, just automating my life. And just things that I have to do around the house. I probably go with IFTTT because then it's allowing you to basically create different automations, like a recipe. And it's all based, it's really just really easy stuff. But I feel that Zapier is more leaning towards business.If I'm doing something where I'm just trying to automate my life as much as possible. I'm going to go with IFTTT. If, so yeah, that's where I would start. If for me personally, for my business, the one thing that I use is probably repurposed.io. They don't get talked about enough. Basically, this is when I was working with Vayner Media in the Sasha Group.So, this was broken down where we did a challenge where Gary has about 25 people working for him in building content. So, we built the Gary V Content Model 2.0 using Repurpose. So, with one person and using repurpose.io, we replace 25 people. And the way that you do this is you're plugging this in. You're live streaming. And then you're dropping timestamps and it does it automatically.Or you can set it up and you can distribute your content and it makes all of those pieces for you. So, say for instance, you make a 30-piece, 30-minute live stream. Well, I can make 37 pieces of content with automation right off the bat. So, this pretty much changed my entire workflow. And what used to take like four full-time VAs. Now it takes 20 minutes a week to do all this. And we have a podcast. We have a YouTube channel. We have all of these different outlets, and I don't think repurpose. And he's awesome. That's his company. And they just kill it. They just kill it. So again, I probably, I would spend tons of time if I did not have this.So, Repurpose is definitely up there on it. Let's see. What else do I use a lot? Again, it depends on what you're trying to do with your business, and if you're using it more for content creation or just saving time or money in your business. The other one that I really like, and although you could do it similar to like Typeform or anything like that, you can go with, my favorite is probably Paper Form.And that's because not only does Paper Form have tons of integrations, the automations are just like second to none. So, we actually built a marketplace using Paper Form and a Google Sheet and yeah. Oh it, now, if I was going to build a full, like a full marketplace, which we're getting contracted a lot to do now, I probably use ShareTribe though.I probably use ShareTribe. I pretty much use ShareTribe, maybe, seven times a week, at least. But we've spun up, built out niche marketplaces so quickly. We've built a Ikea marketplace. We've built a marketplace for App Sumo. So yeah, a lot of good stuff. That was a good question, Susan. So, I hate to be that vague, but it kind of depends on what your business strategy is or what you want.If you're trying to go for automation mockups. Oh, now if I'm trying to go up for mockups. And I'm trying to look at the most robust, No Code tool. If I'm using a mock-up, I'd probably use Sketch.com. The reason behind it is it integrates with so many other systems. I can be mapping things out, giving it to my devs.It's not a big deal at all. If I don't have that kind of team and I need to do the animation. And I need it to code in the background, Supernova. People don't talk about enough Supernova. You can build out all your animations. It writes the code. You can send it out. You'll be good to go. Are large corporations using no code or just startups? No large corporations are using it. Depends on how they're using it. Again, I don't want to generalize. I'm sure some don't if you're using Windows, we're going to have to go a different way. Y'all if you use a Mac, keep on going. Yeah. So, Susan was talking about bigger companies. I've seen bigger companies use no code sometimes to use it with smaller teams to build out ideas or build out MVPs very quickly. And then again, bring it back in house and then they'll code. Either way, but I mean, if you look at some of the bigger companies. Again, it depends on what people call no code, because some people call Shopify no code. Some of the biggest e-commerce stores online are Shopify, which would be no code. So, yeah. Good question. Really good session. Again, no code this is really just the introduction to it. There's tons and tons and tons of apps and platforms being made with no code. What I would encourage you to do is write down the functionality in what you're trying to get out of no code, and then decide to use those platforms. Because there's just, it's endless. It really is endless. Susan Stibal: Do you have any final remarks? Doc Williams: Start and just begin and start experimenting and start working on it. And if you don't know how to do it, no code community on Twitter is so vast and there's so many people trying to help. So, reach out to me, reach out to anyone that's an expert in that type of no code platform. They'll be happy to help you. And yeah, just keep building. It will be good times. For More InformationSusan Stibal: Doc, that was terrific. And if you want to see more of Doc, check out his build with me on YouTube. It's very similar to this session. So powerful, so much information that can really change the course of a startup or even intrepreneurs. So, thanks so much, Doc. Doc Williams: Definitely. Thank you so much. Bye bye.Brian Ardinger: That's it for another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. If you want to learn more about our team, our content, our services, check out InsideOutside.io or follow us on Twitter @theIOpodcast or @Ardinger. Until next time, go out and innovate.FREE INNOVATION NEWSLETTER & TOOLSGet the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HEREYou can also search every Inside Outside Innovation Podcast by Topic and Company.  For more innovations resources, check out IO's Innovation Article Database, Innovation Tools Database, Innovation Book Database, and Innovation Video Database.  Also don't miss IO2022 - Innovation Accelerated in Sept, 2022.

  Douglas Squirrel has been coding for 40 years and has led software teams for 15 of them. He is an executive coach and consulting CTO in London, making use of his extensive experience growing teams and advising startup founders and senior managers. His previous roles included founding CTO at TIM Group and VP Engineering at e-commerce startup Secretsales. He has consulted with a wide variety of London startups including Geckoboard, Lostmy.name, DueDil, Kano, and MarketInvoice. Jeffrey Fredrick is an internationally recognized expert in software development and has over 25 years' experience covering both sides of the business/technology divide. An early adopter of XP and Agile practices, Jeffrey has been a conference speaker in the US, Europe, India and Japan. Through his work on the pioneering open-source project CruiseControl, and through his role as co-organizer of the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference (CITCON), he has had a global impact on software development. Jeffrey's Silicon Valley experience includes roles as Vice President of Product Management, Vice President of Engineering, and Chief Evangelist. He has also worked as an independent consultant on topics including corporate strategy, product management, marketing, and interaction design. Jeffrey is currently Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product & Marketing in London at TIM, an Acuris Company. He also runs the London Organisational Learning Meetup and is a CTO mentor through CTO Craft.   Links https://twitter.com/Jtf https://twitter.com/douglassquirrel https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsquirrel/   Resources https://www.conversationaltransformation.com/ https://www.conversationaltransformation.com/troubleshooting-agile-podcast/ Agile Conversations Difficult Conversations The Elephant in the Room   "Tempting Time" by Animals As Leaders used with permissions - All Rights Reserved × Subscribe now! Never miss a post, subscribe to The 6 Figure Developer Podcast! Are you interested in being a guest on The 6 Figure Developer Podcast? Click here to check availability!  

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Guest Mike Harris discusses GraphQL testing, knowledge graphs, and capturing data. Listen to the podcast episode here!

Paul Joyce is the founder and CEO of Geckoboard, a SaaS product that lets businesses build and display real-time dashboards to help them focus on the metrics that matter. The Show Notes Geckoboard Citizenship in a Republic by Theodore Roosevelt Paul on LinkedIn Omer on Twitter Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Need help with your SaaS? Join SaaS Club Plus: our membership and community for new and early-stage SaaS founders. Join and get training & support. Join SaaS Club Launch: a 12-week group coaching program to help you get your SaaS from zero to your first $10K revenue. Apply for SaaS Club Accelerate: If you'd like to work directly with Omer 1:1, then request a free strategy session.

Paul Joyce is the founder and CEO of Geckoboard, a SaaS product that lets businesses build and display real-time dashboards to help them focus on the metrics that matter.The Show NotesGeckoboardCitizenship in a Republic by Theodore RooseveltPaul on LinkedInOmer on TwitterEnjoyed this episode?Subscribe to the podcastLeave a rating and reviewFollow Omer on TwitterNeed help with your SaaS?Join SaaS Club Plus: our membership and community for new and early-stage SaaS founders. Join and get training & support.Join SaaS Club Launch: a 12-week group coaching program to help you get your SaaS from zero to your first $10K revenue.Apply for SaaS Club Accelerate: If you'd like to work directly with Omer 1:1, then request a free strategy session.

Data is a crucial piece to success. And just collecting it isn't enough. You need to understand it. You need it to tell a story. To do this, you need a data dashboard tool. We've analyzed the 5 best data dashboard tools for bloggers and solopreneurs so you can start leveraging your data.We'll review:Geckoboard - https://www.geckoboard.com/Cyfe - https://www.cyfe.com/Klipfolio - https://www.klipfolio.com/Dasheroo - https://www.dasheroo.com/Google Data Studio - https://datastudio.google.com/overviewTo view a side-by-side comparison of all the tools and read the full article please visit: https://clearpath.online/resources/best-data-dashboard-tool/

In today’s episode, Mark and David are joined by Paul Joyce, Founder & CEO of digital dashboard tool Geckoboard. They discuss how SaaS has changed since the first wave in 2011 and why sometimes it’s best to not take advice, even if that means living through failure. How ScreenCloud and Geckoboard have both had to work to change the perception of data visualization, alongside topics like re-platforming, the importance of “ethical engineering” and what they view as the future of data when things become meaningful.   ---   Show notes:   Find out about ScreenCloud: screencloud.com   Find out more about Geckoboard: geckoboard.com/ Watch the video: youtube.com/screencloudio/to-do-with-data   Connect with David Hart, Mark McDermott or Paul Joyce on LinkedIn.   Get in touch: hello@screencloud.com 

Hoy analizamos Geckoboard, un servicio para crear paneles de control de tus datos clave (KPI) diseñados para ver en pantallas y monitores.

Episode 48 of the Support Breakfast podcast with: - Lisa Hunt (Geckoboard) - Dave Chapman (Buffer) - Sarah Ley-Hamilton (Timely) - Conor Pendergrast (Expensify) - Sarah Chambers (Supported Content) This week we're chatting about building and managing customer/partner/developer communities. Links mentioned: * Geckoboard Developer Community: https://community.geckoboard.com * Buffer Chat #bufferchat: https://buffer.com/bufferchat * Community.Expensify.com * GeckoBoard are hiring generally: https://www.geckoboard.com/careers/ * So are Timely: https://www.gettimely.com/careers/ * MozCon Code of Conduct: https://moz.com/mozcon/code-of-conduct * Mom Community guidelines: https://moz.com/community/blog-disclaimer * Support Driven: https://supportdriven.com/support-driven-chat/ * Job here: https://jobs.lever.co/geckoboard/d367e252-9acf-40f4-b5b2-8b9679946f49 * Ko-fi.com/supportbrekkie

Andrew Yates. He’s the CEO and founder of Artesian and they want to make sellers more effective at engaging with buyers using smart data and new techniques to create the right impact. He’s been involved in the sales and marketing for the past 25 years and is aiming to make a difference to people by creating software companies that make a meaningful dent in the universe. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Escape Velocity What CEO do you follow? – Godfrey Sullivan Favorite online tool? — Microsoft Outlook, GeckoBoard, Salesforce How many hours of sleep do you get? — 8 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “I wished I knew more how money and leverage finance works”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:13 – Nathan introduces Andrew to the show 01:46 – Artesian provides a sales acceleration platform 01:56 – With Artesian, you can track every single customer, prospect and competitor every day and manage your pipeline risk 02:11 – Artesian’s phrase is “customer curious businesses” 02:44 – Artesian combines thermographic data with the real-time contextual intelligence 02:50 – You can ask Artesian to find you a company that fits a certain profile 03:15 – Artesian has natural language processing science that scans over 10M sources of structured and unstructured data 03:47 – Artesian started providing their service in 2010 03:54 – Artesian currently has 30K paying subscribers with 100 large enterprise customers 04:09 – Artesian covers a broad sector 04:20 – Artesian’s customers are in high value, relationship-oriented, sales engagement 04:30 – Team size is 60 04:38 – Artesian’s goal is to accelerate more in 2017 04:50 – Average pay per customer is $10K to over $2M per year 04:59 – Artesian licenses to software per user, per month basis 05:04 – 68% of target ARR for 2017 has been contracted 05:38 – Before, Artesian’s licenses were cheaper 06:08 – The 30K customers are the number of seats from 120 enterprise customers 06:43 – Artesian made the decision to take down their cash burn in terms of investment 07:04 – Artesian was burning $300K-400K a month 07:15 – Artesian has raised $40M in equity and debt 07:50 – MRR is $700K 08:24 – Customer retention is around 93 and 120 in terms of net 09:10 – Artesian is now number in the GT crowd ranking in terms of the most popular and most intelligent platform 09:59 – Artesian uses a team of researchers to build deep and cool data sets 10:39 – Artesian also invites users to define their own sales triggers 11:40 – Nathan had Danielle in Episode 318 12:00 – Andrew thinks that a market consolidation practice is inevitable 12:26 – A scenario where companies could join forces to give broader reach and greater depth—a better customer experience is definitely more valuable 12:47 – Andrew also drives growth for Artesian 12:58 – It is important to spend time speaking with other companies that are active in the same space 13:14 – The companies can be quite different and quite complementary 13:29 – The last round was a bridge round 13:49 – Artesian is currently equipped to keep going, without investments, for the next 2 years 14:08 – By the middle of 2017, Artesian will be in a cash flow, breakeven profitability state 14:40 – CAC 14:41 – Artesian was tracking 1x in Year 1 15:08 – Artesian uses great people to drive adoption 15:13 – Artesian has 5 methods inside the platform 15:25 – Artesian uses customer relationship management and what the system is telling them to do 15:42 – Running 89% daily user engagement 16:15 – Artesian launched a way to build a smart calendar for each user every day 16:29 – Artesian is partnered with FullContact and others that provide social profiles 16:56 – Artesian is spending $60-70K on acquisition depending on the segment 17:20 – LTV is 5.2 years 17:30 – Artesian tracks this by looking at the average of customers they’re holding on to 17:40 – HBC is one of their customers 19:28 – Andrew would be interested in talking with Salesforce to share the value 19:38 – 50% of Artesian is owned by institutions 19:46 – Andrew has 2 co-founders 21:27 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: Companies in the same space should talk more—they can find out how they’re different and how they complement each other. Being transparent shows that you want people to see your value and learn from it. Handling your finances and controlling what you burn wisely will help your company manage without additional capital.   Resources Mentioned: 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 Organifi – The juice was Nathan’s life saver during his trip in Southeast Asia Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments 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 Freshbooks – Nathan doesn’t waste time so he uses Freshbooks to send out invoices and collect his money. 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Geckboard is not only Paul Joyce’s business endeavour but also his dream of building the work place that every employee loves. It’s real love, I mean, their employee NPS is 91! Many businesses can kill for that, because employee engagement does affect growth. So, how did Paul make sure that Geckoboard is the right place for every hire and every hire is the right addition to Geckoboard? In the following talk, Paul revealed his hiring and working philosophy that gets the right hires - those who provide ‘taps’ for a business instead of ‘drains.’ Listen to the podcast below, or read on to learn: - The kind of interviews to stay away from - How to ensure cultural fit hires - What to communicate throughout the hiring process - What fuels employees’ happiness - How to maintain culture as your team grows

## Key Quote “Generally speaking, you're not going to be looking at ordered-in food as your source of micronutrients….” ## Time-Stamped Notes - 00:10 – The second Less Doing podcast, “Optimize, Automate, Outsource,” starting September 7 - 01:05 – [Multiply Labs](http://www.multiplylabs.com/?ref=producthunt#/) - 01:15 – A customized supplement pill - 02:00 – One pill with everything you want throughout the day - 02:20 – A survey lets you know what supplements you might want to take - 03:05 – Great for someone who doesn't like to take supplements - 03:40 – How many pills do Ari and Nick take? - 06:00 – Why you should take Vitamin D - 07:20 – [Cronometer](https://cronometer.com) - 07:40 – The most detailed application to track your food and overall health - 07:55 – A micronutrient break down - 08:30 – You can determine from your food what nutrients you are lacking - 09:00 – The accuracy of food trackers - 09:25 – This app lets you get really specific with what foods you are eating - 10:30 – How to record Nick's Oxtail Stew - 11:40 – [Editorr](https://www.editorr.com/?ref=producthunt) - 12:00 – An app for an on-demand editing service - 12:25 -- $5 for 150 words - 12:45 – Average pickup time is one minute - 14:00 – [Pana](https://pana.com/), a travel agency service - 14:15 – Dashboarding tools, like [Datadeck](https://www.datadeck.com/) and [Geckoboard](https://www.geckoboard.com/) - 14:40 – [Hotjar](https://www.hotjar.com/) and [Ptengine](https://www.ptengine.com/) ------- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message

## Key Quote “I had a chicken bone broth with a raw egg and butter, and then they put it in a blender. And it was absolutely delicious.” ## Time-Stamped Notes - 00:05 – Ari introduces the new format of the podcast - 00:20 -- Get on the newsletter at [com](http://www.lessdoing.com/) - 00:40 – Does Nick like cold brew coffee? - 00:50 – Cold brew coffee is 75% less acidic than regularly brewed coffee. - 01:00 – It is also a lot stronger. - 01:25 – [Eze Cold Brew Coffee Bottle](https://www.fatherly.com/gear/eze-cold-brew-coffee-bottle/) - 01:45 – Make your coffee the night before, and you can grab it on the go the next morning. - 02:20 – Ari's minivan is getting fixed, and he is using his mother's Mini Cooper - 02:45 – [Multimac](https://multimac.co.uk/p/multimac_930_3_seater_) makes units to add more seats to small cars - 03:10 – You can have a small car but still carry around multiple kids safely. - 03:50 – [Screenful](http://screenful.com/trello/power-up?ref=producthunt) on Trello - 04:05 – Visual analytics for Trello boards - 04:30 – Automated reports - 05:05 – [Leaf](http://www.getleaf.co/?ref=producthunt) - 05:12 – Automated device to grow your own marijuana at home. - 05:35 – It is only referred to as “medicine” on the product. - 05:50 – It does all the work for you to grow your marijuana. - 06:30 – Different types of growing systems depending on what variety of plant you want. - 07:00 – An article in Tech Insider - 07:15 – [“The Two Exercises That Will Keep You Fit for Life”](http://www.techinsider.io/why-burpees-and-jumping-rope-are-best-workouts-2016-7) - 07:30 – Burpees and jump roping - 08:15 – [The Altitude Mask](https://www.amazon.com/Training-Mask-Elevation-Breathing-Resistance/dp/B008B92FLO) - 08:30 – “It's trained me to calm myself and steadily breath through my nose.” - 08:50 – [“The Biggest Productivity Myth Is That Rigid Rules Like the Pomodoro Technique Are for Everyone”](http://qz.com/740607/the-biggest-productivity-myth-is-that-rigid-rules-like-the-pomodoro-technique-are-for-everyone/) Article - 09:18 – Don't confuse productivity with effectiveness - 09:35 – Producing more in sprints doesn't mean you're more effective. - 10:55 – [Springbone Kitchen](http://springbone.com/) - 11:16 – Blended soups in New York - 12:00 – [GeckoBoard](https://www.geckoboard.com/) - 12:08 – Dashboarding tool to connect analytics from different platforms - 12:30 – [Hotjar](https://www.hotjar.com/) - 12:40 – See how people interact with your website - 13:00 – Provides useful insight and an outside perspective 13:20 – Go to [lessdoing.com](http://www.lessdoing.com/) ------- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message

In this episode, Seedcamp Partner Carlos was joined by the experienced investor and entrepreneur Christoph Janz, Managing Partner at Point Nine Capital. The result is an in-depth conversation about investing in SaaS companies and the key KPIs to have in mind for this sector. Listen to Christoph​ sharing his story​ about catching the “entrepreneurial virus” at just 12 years old​, and re-living some of the stories from his time as the co-founder of DealPilot.com(acquired by Shopping.com) and Pageflakes (acquired by LiveUniverse), as well as an investor in companies such as Zendesk, FreeAgent Central, Geckoboard and many others. If you’re a founder, operator or investor in any globally ambition SaaS business then you’ll want to hear Christop’s take on key metrics that early startups should have in mind to scale their businesses and get his thoughts on everything from customer acquisition challenges to sales pipelines. Show notes from the episode: Christoph's blog: http://christophjanz.blogspot.com Seedcamp: http://seedcamp.com Related bio links: Carlos: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal / @cee Christoph: https://de.linkedin.com/in/christophjanz / @chrija

# Episode 224 Summary: In Episode #224 Ari and Nick interview Giovanni Marsico of the [Archangel Academy](http://www.archangelacademy2017.com/), an annual gathering of the world's leading 'messengers'. The event is an intensive 2-day mastermind, designed for big entrepreneurs with big dreams to help the world. Listen as Giovanni shares his story, highlights how he not only built but branded his tribe, and why joining a mastermind is the single greatest thing you can do to help yourself as an entrepreneur. Time-stamped Show Notes - 12:45 – Ari accidentally deleted the interview - 13:50 – So today, we're getting an interview between John Bowen and Giovanni Marsico on [AES Nation](http://www.aesnation.com/) - 14:32 – Interview between John and Giovanni kicks off - 16:29 – Giovanni is the first employee of [Strategic Coach](https://www.strategiccoach.com/) to come back as a client. - 18:15 – Giovanni has generated over $100M in real estate sales - 18:44 – The ascension model of building a tribe - 21:15 – How Lady GaGa is CRUSHING it in a dying industry - - 21:40 – Lady GaGa's little monsters - 23:34 – The first thing an entrepreneur should do (if they can afford it) is join a high-end mastermind - 24:43 – [JJ Virgin](http://jjvirgin.com/) and [Joe Polish](http://joepolish.com/) - 26:52 – Start a movement versus selling a product - 27:52 – Don't obsess over making money or making a difference—find the sweet spot - 28:45 – The ONLY way to get paid as an entrepreneur is to create value - 29:40 – Giovanni's business model for his membership site - 30:57 – Don't just build your tribe, BRAND your tribe - 32:43 – Discussing Giovanni's referral strategy - 35:25 – Do NOT glorify being busy—build structure (including free time) into your day - 37:39 – You are responsible for creating your productive time. - 38:51 – Giovanni is a huge fan of WAZE - 40:26 – [Archangel.club](http://www.Archangel.club) - 41:55 – “Copy what I'm doing because it WORKS” - 45:00 – Don't _chase_ new clients, be good to your current clients and the rest will take care of itself - 47:18 – Life it too hard to do it on your own—get some good friends and work together - 48:34 – The Pomodoro Technique Key Points: 1. Don't waste your time chasing new clients—invest in giving your current clients the best experience imaginable 1. You can do IT—whatever that it may be. It won't always feel like it, but you most certainly can if you're unwilling to quit or compromise. 2. Creative time doesn't fall out of the sky, it has to be created and scheduled with purpose. Resources Mentioned: - [Zungle](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zungle/zungle-wear-the-beats) – Magic sunglasses that let you hear music without hearing it…its sorcery!—but also cool - [Time to Hire](http://timetohire.com/) – Outsource sales - [Dropbox Update](https://www.dropbox.com/productivity?ref=producthunt) – Dropbox now allows you to intelligently scan documents, create MS word docs _directly_ in Dropbox, etc. - [Trello and Slack](https://trello.com/platforms/slack?ref=producthunt) – Trello NOW has its own built in integration with Slack - [Data Deck](https://sheet.datadeck.com/?ref=producthunt) – Spreadsheets visualized - [GeckoBoard](https://www.geckoboard.com/) – Build clear, impossible to misunderstand dashboards Text DOLESS to 33733 to sign up for the Less Doing Newsletter Credits - Original Music provided by [Felix Bird](http://2014.felixbird.com/) - Audio Production by [Chris Mottram](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/christopher-mottram/96/b12/708) - Show Notes provided by [Mallard Creatives](http://www.mallardcreatives.com/Testimonials) ------- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message

This is the twenty-first episode of Hack To Start. Your hosts, Franco Varriano (on Twitter @ FrancoVarriano) and Tyler Copeland (on Twitter @ TylerCopeland), speak with Sofia Quintero (on Twitter @ Sofiaqt), an entrepreneur and the Head of Growth at Geckoboard. Sofia is from Venezuela and has launched many different startups. She was the only female skateboarded to be sponsored by Vans in Venezuela. Sofia shares with us why growth can be dangerous, but also how to leverage some of the most important (yet often forgotten) growth channels: branding and word of mouth.