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Julia DeBari shares her experience as a design recruiter,  how to navigate compensation and benefits, and what to ask to work out if a role is right for you. Highlights include: Why are recruiters told not to disclose salary ranges? When and how should you bring up compensation? Why should you invite doubt into a hiring conversation? What do designers need to know about recruitment? Why ask interviewers what makes them proud of their company? ====== Who is Julia DeBari? Julia is the head of design operations for the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, where she's busy helping the design practice to be more effective and efficient. Before joining the Institute, Julia worked as a freelance design program manager focused on improving onboarding and education. Her clients included the Interaction Design Foundation, LinkedIn and The Hired Guns. Julia's career in UX began at the dawn of the millennium, as an interaction designer for a Dutch company called Internovation. Since then, she has worked across startups, enterprise, and agency, including at Adobe, MRM Worldwide, Razorfish, Sapient, and Dell. One of Julia's great passions is design education and most recently she was the lead design educator at Flatiron School. Across the years she's also been a design educator at Product School, UC Berkley Extension, Design Assembly and GrowthX Academy. ====== Find Julia here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliadebari/ Website: https://www.juliad.com/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/ Website: https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

In this episode, Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner of U.plus and co-founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, discusses topics such as intrapreneurship, digital innovation, and business leadership. He talked about how he bridges the gap between ideas and revenue.  Sean shares his entrepreneurial journey and how his accelerator program is innovative and effective. Sean's favorite book is “Good to Great by Jim Collins “, have you read it? Check out all our guests book top book recommendations here” and let us know your favorite.   https://theleaneffectpodcast.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheLeanEffectPodcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/272448766629082/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-lean-effect-podcast/ Insta: @theleaneffectpodcast Twitter @EffectLean Guest: Sean Sheppard https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansheppard/ sean@u.plus Host: Mark Dejong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-de-jong-investor-lean-advisor-0288695/ Mark@4ppartners.ca https://www.4ppartners.ca Phone: 1-778-807-9691

Derric Haynie is the Chief Ecommerce Technologist for EcommerceTech.io. After seeing a disconnect between ecommerce teams and the tools they were using, Derric started his company to help these businesses find the right technology for them. He has years of experience in marketing, technology, and ecommerce and is a renowned expert in Shopify applications and tech.  Before starting EcommerceTech.io, Derric held executive roles at a number of ecommerce and marketing companies, including Gorgias, BoxyCharm, and Vulpine Interactive. Outside of work, he volunteers for GrowthX Academy, where he mentors and advises students interested in becoming expert growth hackers. In this episode… Ecommerce is constantly changing. Anyone in the industry will be quick to tell you how fluid and uncertain the market can be — especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. So much is still unknown, especially for smaller digital brands. Is your company prepared for the coming tides of the online marketplace? No one can truly know what the future of ecommerce will hold, but there are people who are plugged into the latest trends and challenges impacting the industry. Derric Haynie, a Shopify expert and ecommerce wizard, is one of those people. He works with digital tools and brands every day, giving him a keen insight into what is on the horizon. So, what are Derric's predictions? Guillaume Le Tual invites Derric Haynie, the Chief Ecommerce Technologist at EcommerceTech.io, back to the show to discuss his thoughts on the future of ecommerce. Together, they talk about the current problems and pain points in the marketplace and how they might be improved. They also dive into the trends affecting manufacturing, the importance of diversifying the supply chain, and how AI can be used to improve your online store. Hear it all on this episode of the Ecommerce Wizards Podcast. 

An interview with Sean Sheppard. Sean is the Founder of GrowthX & GrowthX Academy. He is a globally recognized thought leader in sales, marketing, innovation and education with over 20 years of experience bringing new products to market, including as a five-times sales founder. In addition to helping dozens of startups find product-market fit and predictable revenue models, Sean helps global multinationals to identify new applications for their existing technology portfolio, bring new products to market with profitable business models, and organize and train self-managing early product-stage sales and marketing teams (including for Bridgestone, Canon, Faurecia, Clariant, and others. Oh and he's a great guy too. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinnovators/message

Derric Haynie is the Chief E-commerce Technologist for ecommercetech.io. After seeing a disconnect between e-commerce teams and the tools they were using, Derric started his company to help these businesses find the right technology for them. He has years of experience in marketing, technology, and e-commerce and is a renowned expert in Shopify applications and tech.  Before starting EcommerceTech.io, Derric held executive roles at a number of e-commerce and marketing companies, including Gorgias, BoxyCharm, and Vulpine Interactive. Outside of work, he volunteers for GrowthX Academy, where he mentors and advises students interested in becoming expert growth hackers.  In this episode… How do you choose the right platform for your e-commerce business? The answer may be more complex than you think. Your e-commerce platform significantly impacts your bottom line, ability to scale, and how much you can customize, among others. While each platform has its own pros and cons, finding the right one can make the difference between a thriving company and a struggling one.  Derric Haynie built his business, EcommerceTech.io, around finding the right tools for e-commerce companies. He is an expert on Shopify, one of the leading platforms on the market. Now, he's here to discuss the burning question: how exactly does Shopify compare to Magento, an e-commerce platform known for its ability to handle complex marketplaces? And, which of these two platforms is best for your business? On this informative episode of the Ecommerce Wizards Podcast, Guillaume Le Tual sits down with Derric Haynie, the Chief E-commerce Technologist at EcommerceTech.io, to discuss the benefits and limitations of Shopify versus Magento. Together, they talk about the target demographics for both platforms, the differences in customization, and the exciting impacts of AI integration. They also dive into which new extensions are going to help your e-commerce business thrive. Tune in for more!

Sean Sheppard understands the marketing problems associated with the tech industry and aims to solve them by providing a market acceleration program to help entrepreneurs find the right market fit for their products. Support the show (https://jeffmendelson.com/onebigtip)

When launching a product to a new market, think of your company as a stranger entering into a strange world, talking to other strangers about strange things. In short, you have a lot to learn. Sean Sheppard, Founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, has over 20 years of experience bringing new products to market, and has started and sold 5 businesses. Through his work with GrowthX, Sean helps entrepreneurs find product-market fit and grow a profitable business.

Ever wondered why one start up fails but another succeeds?What is the formular for success?In this episode of the Pocket Mastermind Podcast, Silicon Valley veteran Sean Sheppard shares his experience and advice from years in the start up world on some of the fundemental rules that can increase your chances of success.Sean is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully grown dozens of early-stage companies across a wide variety of products and markets and Founding Partner, GrowthX and Co-Founder, GrowthX Academy

Sean Sheppard joins me on the podcast to talk about maintaining a competitive edge in today's innovation economy.You’ll Learn:When do you have product-market fit?Why can "founder bias" be so harmfulMaintaining a competitive edge in the innovation economyAbout Sean SheppardSean is a serial entrepreneur VC and co-founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, with three successful exits, who has successfully grown dozens of early-stage companies across a wide variety of products and markets. He was recently named the #2 Online Sales Influencer and contributor at The Huffington Post. He’s now committed to working with countries, companies, entrepreneurs and those who want to work with them on building startup ecosystems and developing the next generation of leaders for the innovation economy.

How To Find Product-Market Fit With Sean SheppardConnect With Sean: growthx.comgxacademy.comwww.linkedin.com/in/seansheppard@seansheppardAbout Sean:Sean is a serial entrepreneur VC and co-founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, with three successful exits, who has successfully grown dozens of early-stage companies across a wide variety of products and markets. He was recently named the #2 Online Sales Influencer and contributor at The Huffington Post. He's now committed to working with countries, companies, entrepreneurs and those who want to work with them on building startup ecosystems and developing the next generation of leaders for the innovation economy.Resources:Come Join Our Community of Titans At: theluckytitan.com/tribeCheck out the TOP TOOLS AND TRAININGS ENTREPRENEURS ARE USING TO WIN IN THE ONLINE MARKET: https://theluckytitan.com/resources

Sean is a serial entrepreneur VC and co-founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, with three successful exits, who has successfully grown dozens of early-stage companies > What can we expect to happen in the next few months > The opportunities & challenges for eCommerce companies > The main mistakes of eCommerce managers these days All episodes: eCommerce Growth Show Episode notes: How to make the shift to the new normal Follow Omniconvert on: FacebookTwitterLinkedinYouTube

Why do startups fail? What is product-market fit? Ways to find the right poduct-market fit Role of the market developer in product's success ________ Check out our #limitless webinar series: https://www.hippovideo.io/webinars.html Learn more about Hippo Video: www.hippovideo.io Visit: https://www.hippovideo.io/podcasts/listen-now.html to get updates on the upcoming episodes and share what we're learning on your social handles. Tweet us @thehippovideo

In this episode we take a deep dive into starting a business with Innovation Rodeo keynote speaker and best selling author Melinda Emerson and Bow Valley College's Chiu School of Business Entrepreneur-in-Residence Craig Elias.Melinda and Craig will share their insights on business: how to start one, pitch one, build networks/supports and move toward success. BiosMelinda F. Emerson twitter.com/SmallBizLadyMelinda, “SmallBizLady” is America's #1 Small Business Expert. She is an internationally renowned keynote speaker on small business development, social media and content marketing. Melinda is also the president of the Quintessence Group, an award-winning marketing consulting firm based in Philadelphia, PA, serving Fortune 500 brands who target small business market. LinkedIn named her a Top Voice for 2019 in Small Business and Entrepreneurship.  In addition to being a former NY Times columnist, she is frequently quoted by media organizations including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, MSNBC, CNBC and Fox News. She is the host of #Smallbizchat LIVE and The SmallBizChat Podcast. Forbes magazine named her the #1 woman for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. A prolific writer, Melinda has published more than 5000 articles on her blog www.succeedasyourownboss.com. Her small business advice is widely read reaching more than 3 million entrepreneurs each week online. She is the bestselling author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, 2nd Edition, the ebook How to Become a Social Media Ninja and her latest book is Fix Your Business, a 90 Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos in Your Business.  She is graduate of Virginia Tech and received her Executive MBA from Drexel University.Melinda is speaking at this year's Innovation Rodeo, Monday, July 6 at 3:15. Buy your ticket now!Craig Eliasca.linkedin.com/in/craigeliasCraig's first startup won a global billion-dollar pitch idea competition and was twice chosen by Dow Jones as one of the 50 most promising startups in North America. Craig is now a Startup Mentor for the, B2B focused, Alchemist Accelerator, a Scaleup Mentor for the GrowthX Academy, on an advisory board for SXSW and is the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Bow Valley College in downtown Calgary.Craig is also the lead organizer for the Innovation Rodeo, a five day (mornings) entrepreneurial extravaganza featuring an array of speakers and presenters running July 6-10, 2020. Alberta Innovates is proud to be a founding partner of the Innovation Rodeo. Register now!

In this week's podcast we talk to Sean Sheppard. Sean is a serial entrepreneur VC and co-founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, with three successful exits, who has successfully grown dozens of early-stage companies across a wide variety of products and markets. He was recently named the #2 Online Sales Influencer and contributor at The Huffington Post. He’s now committed to working with countries, companies, entrepreneurs and those who want to work with them on building startup ecosystems and developing the next generation of leaders for the innovation economy.

Sean Sheppard is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy. He is also a Huffington Post contributor, mentor and guest lecturer. Sean has been named a “Top 20 Sales Influencer” and has successfully grown dozens of early-stage companies across a wide variety of products and markets. Sean came from humble beginnings. His father was in the military during the Vietnam War and he was born while his parents were stationed in Naples, Italy. He moved all over the world during his formative years which he credits for his ability to quickly adapt to any environment. Colleagues say that Sean is the purest example of both an entrepreneur and a leader. He is known as someone with deep experience and valuable insights across multiple industries. He is said to bring a rare charisma and positivity to any room. He is on a mission to create a better future, empower others, and help everyone grow in order to serve others to the best of their abilities. On this episode of Sales Secrets From The Top 1%, Sean explains his top secrets to sales success and how to start implementing them in your career immediately!

Today we are talking with Sean Sheppard the Founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy! We are here to talk about the future and philosophy of growth hacking, why it is important, and what new workers in the tech field can do to be more innovative! ## Links: https://twitter.com/seanasheppard https://gxacademy.com/people/sean-sheppard/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansheppard/ https://www.instagram.com/seanasheppard/ ### GrowthX Academy http://www.growthx.com/ http://www.gxacademy.com/ http://gxacademy.com/blog/ https://twitter.com/growthxvc https://www.linkedin.com/company/growthx/ https://www.facebook.com/GrowthX/ ## Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:10 Freedom is like a product to market 3:00 Find a product that will go at timely fashion you'd win 5:00 "I think that long form podcasting is the new great content marketing channel" #FTW 7:15 The Ability to engage in deep thought... has been lost 9:00 Sides sides sides... How do you interact with other people? 10:00 "It's really possible to disagree with somebody, and still like them!" 11:15 What is Growth Hacking to Sean? 13:45 The skill of learning rapidly 14:30 Entrepreneurship 17:00 "Learn how to build. design, and deploy things" #ZerotoOne 19:00 Foray into entrepreneurship 21:40 MINDSET 24:00 Knowledge Levels #expert 25:00 Knowledge, skills, and behaviors 26:00 Expanding people's perceptions 26:30 What is a polymath to Sean? 28:00 Learn to fail 29:45 How do you define the person you are trying to solve a problem for? 32:00 Growth Mindset 33:25 Hypothesis vs Assumption 34:20 - 36:38 I don't know, what I don't know. 38:00 Mutually beneficial outcomes 38:40 GrowthX 40:45 A lack of stage relevant talent 43:00 Wide ranging reach of growth 44:00 A hub of innovation 46:00 - 47:40 [MC] The Five Skills to Win in the Innovation Economy 48:00 Last Mover advantage https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lasting-mover-advantage-sean-sheppard/ 50:00 - 51:00 [MC] Digital transformation 54:00 Innovation Economy 56:00 Where can you find Sean? 57:00 Outro We matched as PolyCast host, and guest on matchmaker.fm ! If you have a show, or want to be on this one, then go check out the awesome site!

I really enjoyed my conversation with Sean. He shared some amazing insights and wisdom on product to market fit. I also learned the formula F=E-R. Frustration Equals Expectations Minus Results. In addition to his extensive work here in the Silicon Valley, Sean is a guest lecturer at Vanderbilt University in the School of Entrepreneurship in Nashville. Sean is a globally recognized sales and marketing thought leader. He was named as One of the Top Sales Influencers You Should Be Following On Social Media, as well as Top 20 Inside Sales Influencers. Sean is a former professional golfer, PGA certified golf instructor, and an active mentor, advisor and guest lecturer at global startup accelerators, innovation conferences, and colleges and universities including Galvanize, Alchemist, GSVLabs and the London Business School. Sean is a Founding Partner of GrowthX. He has over 20 years of experience bringing new products to market, including as a five-times sales founder. Sean’s deep expertise has been codified into a proprietary market acceleration program and entrepreneurial sales training curriculum. In addition to helping dozens of startups find product-market fit and predictable revenue models, Sean helps global multinationals to identify new applications for their existing technology portfolio, bring new products to market with profitable business models, and organize and train self-managing early product-stage sales and marketing teams. Sean’s successful corporate advisory track record includes work for Bridgestone, Canon, Faurecia, and Clariant. About GrowthX GrowthX provides seed-stage venture capital and market development expertise to a select group of startups seeking product-market fit and predictable revenue. Our focus is on helping the entrepreneur make money - not raise money - and we've got it down to a science. Products and markets are unique, but the path to product-market fit and sustainable growth is not. To see if GrowthX is right for you, learn more at GrowthX.com or gxAcademy.com Connect on LinkedIn: @SeanASheppard

The world may never be the same after the global pandemic of 2020. We have Sean Sheppard from GrowthX on the show to talk about product-market fit, pivoting in the post-pandemic, and how entrepreneurs can protect and even grow in the new economy. GrowthX: https://growthx.com/ GrowthX Academy: https://gxacademy.com/ Digital Marketing Masters: https://hookseo.com/podcast

Today joining me is Sean Sheppard of growth X I brought Sean on to the show to discuss How to generate revenue right now. Sean lays out 6 steps to getting organized and fixated on generating revenue. Unique Growth Strategy: How to generate revenue now Orient yourself around the problem right now first What do I need to do to survive? Put together a market milestone – reverse funnel Build an initial customer profile for right now on a use case you can crush right now – focus on fit – do they have the need – focus on the problem 25 words or less, can you construct a value hypothesis around that problem in repeatable way. Tell me what you think? Less work How to monetize it? Fastest and easiest way to do business together. Make it as easy as possible – reduce funnel friction and keep it easy Outreach and execution – construct a campaign – target people at the top of your funnel – email, phone scripts and talking scripts and other channels. Two Final Questions: What is the hottest digital marketing technology that you are using or want to use? Xfinity video search   Who is the most influential person in Sales or Marketing Today?  Dr. Neil Rackham – Andy Paul’s James Clear, Ryan Holiday To hire Sean or his team to help commercialize new innovations or find product - market fit, email him at sean@growthx.com   Bio: Sean is a serial entrepreneur VC and co-founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, with three successful exits, who has successfully grown dozens of early-stage companies across a wide variety of products and markets. He was recently named the #2 Online Growth Marketing Influencer and contributor at The Huffington Post. He lectures at London Business School and The Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt among others. He’s now committed to working with countries, companies, entrepreneurs and those who want to work with them on building startup ecosystems and developing the next generation of leaders for the innovation economy.

On today's episode of the podcast, John has a conversation with a serial entrepreneur VC named Sean Sheppard, who is currently the Co-founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy. He is also the lead instructor at the latter. Sean's storied career in tech makes for an insightful conversation with Papola, in which they discuss everything from Sean's time spent as a “teenage arms dealer”, to his current role training future tech workers. They even touch on Sean's stint as a professional golf player. More from our guest: Twitter GrowthX Academy Bio Crunchbase Bio References from this episode: Atomic Habits by James Clear The Challenger Sale by Matthew Dixon & Brent Adamson Unlimited Wealth by Paul Zane Pilzer

Has successfully grown dozens of early stage companies across a wide variety of products and markets, As founding partner, I currently lead market development strategy for the GrowthX portfolio of companies. GrowthX provides seed-stage venture capital and market development expertise to a select group of startups seeking product-market fit and predictable revenue. Our focus is on helping the entrepreneur make money - not raise money - and we've got it down to a science. Products and markets are unique, but the path to product-market fit and sustainable growth is not. GrowthX Academy trains individuals and their companies in the skills needed in the innovation economy. Programming areas include Market Acceleration, Entrepreneurial Selling, Growth Marketing and UX Design. https://growthx.com https://gxacademy.com https://twitter.com/growthxvc

Andrew is a Founding Partner of GrowthX. He has been in the technology sector since 1998, based in New York City, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Palo Alto. Andrew began his career in technology as a lawyer for the early Internet pioneers in Search (Alta Vista and Yahoo), AdTech (DoubleClick), SaaS (Salesforce) and others while practicing law. He left private practice at Skadden Arps to join DoubleClick leading up to the Google acquisition. Andrew then joined Thomson Financial where he co-founded their financial news business leading to the acquisition of Reuters. At Thomson Reuters, Andrew served as Publisher of Reuters News, where he worked on innovation and design-thinking with nearly 3,000 journalists based in 200 countries worldwide. He then became Co-Founder and Managing Director of the company’s legal media business in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. After 6 years in Asia, Andrew returned to the U.S. and returned to helping early-stage companies. In Silicon Valley, Andrew was early at Guidespark, an employee communication SaaS platform, and BrightTalk, a content marketing SaaS platform and professional community. He then co-founded GoodMoney to democratize high-performance, values-based investing. During that “wonderful learning opportunity,” Andrew met his current partners and co-founded GrowthX. Andrew is a Kauffman Fellow, Trustee at the Nashville Children’s Theatre, Founding Organizer of Nashville Entrepreneur Week, Regional Board Member of Venture for America, and a proud Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator in Palo Alto, Matter in San Francisco, WeWork in Nashville, and, nationally, at Galvanize. Andrew received his undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati and his law degree from Georgetown University. GrowthX provides seed-stage venture capital and market development expertise to a select group of startups seeking product-market fit and predictable revenue. Our focus is on helping the entrepreneur make money - not raise money - and we've got it down to a science. Products and markets are unique, but the path to product-market fit and sustainable growth is not. GrowthX Academy trains individuals and their companies in the skills needed in the innovation economy. Programming areas include Market Acceleration, Entrepreneurial Selling, Growth Marketing and UX Design. https://growthx.com https://gxacademy.com https://twitter.com/growthxvc

Cities across the world are attempting to replicate the environment that has allowed Silicon Valley to flourish as a hub for business, technology, and innovation. But, according to Sean Sheppard, they all miss the mark on some of the most important cultural and environmental factors. Sean is a founding partner of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy. Through his work with GrowthX, Sean has learned a lot about what kind of environment businesses flourish in while funding start-ups across the globe. In this episode, he sits down with Ian to share the lessons he’s learned from traveling around the world and what cities can do to foster an innovative environment. 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!

This is one of those conversations that you think will go one way and it turns out to take many unexpected twists and turns that will make your head spin and have you see Venture Capital completely differently than you ever did! Silicon Valley has transformed the World of Venture Capital, but what the real cost of receiving VC, and is venture capital the way to go for your organization?All to often even people in the VC world can’t be clear about answering those questions. But, if you want to know who can?Stay tuned because you are about to find out. Our guests on this episode are Andrew Goldner & Sean Sheppard.Andrew Goldner & Sean Sheppard are the Founding Partners of GrowthX. Andrew has been in the technology sector since 1998, based in New York City, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Palo Alto.Andrew began his career in technology as a lawyer for the early Internetpioneers in Search (Alta Vista and Yahoo), and others while practicing law. He has served as Publisher of Reuters News and then Co-Founder and Managing Director of the company’s legal media business in Asia Pacific and the Middle East.He then co- founded GoodMoney to democratize high performance, values-based investing.During that time Andrew met his current partners and co-founded GrowthX.Sean Sheppard is a Serial tech entrepreneur and currently a founding partner at GrowthX.As a serial entrepreneur Sean Sheppard has successfully grown dozens of early-stage companies across a wide variety of products and markets. He was recently named the # 2 Sales Influencer online and contributor at The Huffington Post. As co-founder of Silicon Valley based Seed-Stage Venture Capital Fund and Market Development Accelerator GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, he’s now committed to working with countries, companies and startups on developing the next generation of entrepreneurs, innovators and sales leaders on how to execute in the innovation economy.On this episode we dive into:Why Venture Capital need innovationWhy 70% of funded companies fail, and what needs to changeWhy there's a different set of Leadership skills needed for the Innovation EconomyFounders shouldn’t have to leave their homes to build great companiesWhy the best people for founders to raise money from are their customersThe imperative of governments to retrain their workforce for the innovation economyAndPersonal Vs Professional DevelopmentFacing and dealing with Self DoubtFake NewsPromises from a deathbedShould we place the individual over the group or the group over the individual"Faithfulness" has it been vilified? To find out more about Andrew Goldner & Sean Sheppard and GrowthX: http://Growthx.com Twitter @SeanaSheppard @AGoldner To find out more about hiring Dov Baron as a speaker or strategist for your organization: http://fullmontyleadership.com/consulting or http://fullmontyleadership.com/speakingRemember you can now also find us on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or wherever you tune into podcastsAnd on traditional radio stations across the US every Monday and Thursday on: 99.5 FM & 1520 AM Las Vegas102.1 FM & 1640 AM Lancaster, Philadelphia87.9 FM & 810 AM Macon, Gorgia 92.1 FM & 1630 AM Tampa, Florida97.7 The Villages, Florida96.3 FM Boulder, Colorado90.3 FM Milwaukee, Wisconsin 94.7 FM Pittsburg, Philadelphia87.9 FM Colorado Springs, ColoradoAlso look for us on ROKU TV where there’s 100K subscribers. If you are a regular listener, then a big thank you to you for making us the #1 podcast Globally for Fortune 500 listeners! And with a potential reach of 2.5 to 3 million listeners for every show, we’re honoured and grateful to be cited in INC.com as The #1 Podcast To Make You a Better Leader. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Some of you have been asking for an entrepreneur episode so here it is!! :) This episode is for both entrepreneurs, and those at crossroads in their career journeys. Sean Sheppard goes into depth on how to make smart, practical decisions that bring real meaningful impact to your career and others.

In this episode of Marketing Trends, we explore sales and marketing alignment. We brought in Sean Sheppard, a sales expert, to help explain how organizations can better align the two. Sean is the founding partner of GrowthX and Co-Founder of GrowthX Academy. He is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully grown dozens of early-stage companies. In addition to his experience as a multi-time founder, Sean ran the sales and business development track at Tradecraft and co-founded the Professional Sales College. In this interview, Sean breaks down the x's and o's of how to get marketing and sales to work together. 2:00 - How to make marketing and sales collaborative rather than competitive. 9:20 - Why marketing should get messaging from sales. 17:00 - Creating product-to-market teams. 23:40 - How to handle product launches. 31:05 - Why SaaS should be service as a software. 37:20 - Evolving compensation plans for marketing and sales teams. 46:50 - How to make sure your star marketers can rise to the top. 55:05 - Best team-building exercises for marketing and sales. Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world's #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Derek Wyszynski, Mentor at GrowthX Academy, Founding Member of Sales Enablement Society, and until recently, Chief Sales Hacker at ZynBit, joins me on this episode.

On this special edition of the Predictable Revenue podcast, host Collin Stewart invites GowthX co-founder Sean Sheppard into the Predictable Revenue office for a live, wide-ranging chat on sales fundamentals. Sheppard is a San Francisco-based veteran sales leader, investor, writer, mentor...and former professional golfer (the man has done it all). Currently, Sheppard is co-founder and lead instructor at GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, an early-stage venture capital fund and training ground for tech sales, marketing and design professionals. Throughout this episode, Collin and Sean discuss the importance of market development, being a human on sales calls and elevating the status of the sales professional. Highlights include: Sheppard's definition of market development vs. customer development (6:35), different buyer types (21:14), and Sheppard's investigative questioning framework (25:38).

On this special edition of the Predictable Revenue podcast, host Collin Stewart invites GowthX co-founder Sean Sheppard into the Predictable Revenue office for a live, wide-ranging chat on sales fundamentals. Sheppard is a San Francisco-based veteran sales leader, investor, writer, mentor...and former professional golfer (the man has done it all). Currently, Sheppard is co-founder and lead instructor at GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, an early-stage venture capital fund and training ground for tech sales, marketing and design professionals. Throughout this episode, Collin and Sean discuss the importance of market development, being a human on sales calls and elevating the status of the sales professional. Highlights include: Sheppard's definition of market development vs. customer development (6:35), different buyer types (21:14), and Sheppard's investigative questioning framework (25:38).

Wayne Neale is the Co-Founder of GrowthX Academy, a 12-week, onsite, immersive, full-time educational experience program focusing on careers in Sales, Growth Marketing, and UX Design. The academy was born out of the need for more non-technical roles in the tech space. Prior to this, Wayne was an operator at several companies. He started his own design consultancy and got several degrees including a Doctorate in UX Design. Originally from Ohio, Wayne currently lives in Phoenix and today, he shares with us his insightful perspectives on the current state of alternative educational programs as well as how you can break into nontechnical roles at startups.

Yuriy Timen, Head of Growth and Marketing at Grammarly, has taken a writing improvement tool and bootstrapped consumer SaaS company to eight million active users over the past five years, making it among most popular and fastest growing Google Chrome extensions. They also an in-browser text editor and desktop app. Prior to Grammarly, he ran marketing for DriversEd.com, founded an online dating portal, and started his own full-service digital marketing consultancy. In addition to running the marketing efforts at Grammarly, Yuriy is a contributor at Marketing Land, speaker at Affiliate Management Days, and mentor at GrowthX Academy. He is also an advisor and investor for a number of startups. The topics discussed in this episode include sequential advertising, emotional vs. informational messaging, and the importance of quality content.

In a special episode focused on the nuts and bolts of growth hacking, Josh and Brian sat down with Sean Sheppard, a founding partner at GrowthX Academy, to get his perspective on what works when starting a corporate accelerator. He emphasized "growth hacking," which is sometimes overlooked or misunderstood by corporate and startup innovators alike. So, Josh and Brian also talked to Steve and Brian (from Seed Sumo) to discuss and advocate for growth hacking as a very important skill for anyone interested in innovation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy