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As many have attested, there's nothing romantic about being a founder. It's about doing what has to be done. And that's what makes entrepreneurship difficult. In Episode 073 of CLIMB, Zach Coelius, Managing Partner at Coelius Capital, maintains that being a founder is 10x harder than being a VC. Talking about an investor's MO, Zach equates being in the stands, drinking a beer, with the same as being a VC and deciding which companies will survive, and which will die. Zach is known for his investments in Angel List, HelloSign, Mercury, and more, but what is lesser known about him is that before investing, Zach sold an ad-tech business to Facebook (now Meta). As if this isn't impressive enough, he also raised $33M for Coelius Capital's Fund II, that too in a record 3 weeks! In the latest episode of CLIMB by VSC, Zach and host Jay Kapoor discuss their views on:  • repeat founders versus first-time founders  • how Zach sold his company • the journey as an entrepreneur & more. Tune in to the full episode now. Connect with us on LinkedIn: Zach Coelius: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachcoelius/ Jay Kapoor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaykapoor/ Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 00:47 Zach Coelius Introduction 02:07 What does it feel like being an investor? 06:00 The three stages of being a founder 09:30 What are the common mistakes most founders make? 11:11 How do early founders navigate challenges? 12:52 It's hard for founders to find an authentic circle 13:40 How do you evaluate someone with the right mix of learning and conviction? 15:31 Which three networks stand out to Zach? 17:00 What is it about vertical software that excites you? 20:56 What gets you excited about AI? 23:10 What is the process of securing a hit deal? 24:20 You can't change your pitch every time you change a business. 27:48 How to get comfortable with uncertain opportunities? 29:25 Are there commonalities across industries? 33:21 What are the most common mistakes boards you've worked with make? 41:05 It's all about timing. 42:14 What's the flipside of being a general partner? 45:45 What's a piece of advice you give to founders that isn't taken well enough? 51:10 Episode Outro Watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/U4NFkF7jCmg

Welcome to episode 259 of the Cloud Pod podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week your hosts Justin, Matthew, and Jonathan and Ryan (yes, all 4!) are covering A LOT of information – you're going to want to sit down for this one. This week's agenda includes unnecessary Magic Quadrants, SecOps, Dataflux updates, CNAME chain struggles, and an intro into Phi-3 – plus so much more!  Titles we almost went with this week: GKE Config Sync or the Auto Outage for K8 Feature If only all my disasters could be managed The Cloud Pod builds a Rag Doll Understanding Dataflux has given me reflux Oracle continuing the trend of adding AI to everything even databases A new way to burn your money on the cloud which isn't even your fault Google Gets a Magic Quadrant Participation Trophy We're All Winners to Magic Quadrant  Don't be a giant DNAME  A big thanks to this week's sponsor: Big thanks to Sonrai Security for sponsoring today's podcast Check out Sonrai Securities’ new Cloud Permission Firewall. Just for our listeners, enjoy a 14 day trial at https://sonrai.co/cloudpod  General News  00:33 Dropbox dropped the ball on security, hemorrhaging customer and third-party info  Dropbox has revealed a major attack on its systems that saw customers’ personal information accessed by unknown and unauthorized entities.  The attack, detailed in a regulatory filing, impacted Dropbox Sign, a service that supports e-signatures similar to Docusign.  The threat actor had accessed data related to all users of Dropbox Sign, such as emails and usernames, in addition to general account settings.  For a subset of users, the threat actor accessed phone numbers, hashed passwords and certain authentication information such as API keys, OAuth tokens and multi-factor authentication.   To make things *extra* worse – if you never had an account but received a signed document your email and name has also been exposed. Good times.  Want to read the official announcement? You can find it here.  03:06 Jonathan- “It’s unfortunate that it was compromised. It was their acquisition, wasn’t it – ‘HelloSign' that actually had the defect, not their main product at least.” 05:44 VMware Cloud on AWS – here today, here tomorrow  Last week at recording time Matt mentioned the VMWare Cloud on AWS rumors on twitter that Broadcom was terminating.  Hock Tan, President and CEO of Broadcom wrote a blog post letting you know that VMWare Cloud on AWS is Here today, and here tomorrow.  He says the reports have been false, and contends that the offering would be going away forcing unnecessary concern for their loyal customers who have used the se

Zach Coelius is the founder and Managing Partner at Coelius Capital. Zach runs a VC fund, an angel syndicate & a rolling fund at the same time. Some of his popular investments include Cruise Automation, Branch, BounceX, Angellist, Booksy, HelloSign, Apprente, Mercury and 50-plus other startups. Timeline: 00:00 - Coming up.. 00:45 - Episode intro 01:51 - Sponsored by Podcast10x.com - End-to-end podcasting agency for VCs 03:32 - Zach's story & starting with a 100% success rate in startup investments 06:34 - Story of how Zach raised $33 Million fund from 60 LPs in 3 weeks over Zoom calls in 2021 09:04 - Coelius Capital 09:48 - How has Zach's investment thesis evolved over time? 14:51 - Fund positioning for LPs 17:16 - No explicit reserve strategy 18:39 - Do returns get muted in VC funds due to LP guardrails on investment thesis? 20:12 - Funding weird ideas 24:37 - What's a harder job, founder or VC? 26:49 - Syndicate vs VC fund vs Rolling fund - managing all 3 simultaneously 29:14 - Why syndicate is a superpower? 31:14 - Common thread in successful companies 33:00 - VC bull run vs now 39:03 - Biggest learning as a VC 39:52 - Rapid fire round Links- ⭐Sponsor: Podcast10x - podcasting agency for VCs - https://podcast10x.com Coelius Capital website - https://coelius.vc/ Follow Zach on X - https://x.com/zachcoelius Follow Zach on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachcoelius

Join Josh and Amelie as they continue the conversation about software recommendations that Josh and Emily started a few months ago. Recommended resources: Contracts: AdvicePay has contract signing built in. DocuSign or HelloSign (now Dropbox Sign) are other reputable signing software. Document storage: For basic numbers, a basic form on your website is fine. For clients, using your coaching software that has secure document. Don't use free software. DropBox or OneDrive could work. Data gathering: Excel spreadsheet uploaded to encrypted form/folder. Chat software on your website: Just don't do it. Communication: MessageWatcher Course creation software: Kajabi or Teachable Video creation software: Loom Task management software: Amelie likes Asana or Trello; Josh thinks it should be in your CRM or coaching software. Previous related episodes: #81: Our top software recommendations Want help building or growing a successful financial coaching business? Find resources below based on where you're at in your journey: Deciding whether Financial Coaching is right for you? Join our free Facebook Community with over 5000 current and aspiring financial coaches! https://www.facebook.com/groups/financialcoachescommunity Already decided you're going to be a Financial Coach and want to learn more? Get 30+ tips and best practices in our free 8-part email series! https://www.financialcoachesnetwork.com/pre-launch-email-series Ready to Launch your Financial Coaching business? Join FCN Launch, our step-by-step program that will help you successfully launch your business in four months and grow it to a consistent part-time income. https://www.financialcoachesnetwork.com/launch Looking for financial coaching software? Sign up for the interest list for FCN MoneyCoach, the premier cash flow analysis software for financial coaches and advisers. https://www.financialcoachesnetwork.com/money-coach Are you already coaching clients and want to grow your business to a full-time income? Join FCN Grow, our program that helps you scale your business to a full-time income. https://www.financialcoachesnetwork.com/grow

Join Nate Matherson as he sits down with Tyler Hakes for the third episode of the Optimize podcast. Tyler is the founder of Optimist, a content marketing and SEO agency focused on startups and growth-stage businesses. Tyler has worked with a number of incredible startups like Sendbird, Submittable, and HelloSign. In this episode, we explore how organic search is changing, including what Tyler has coined AI and Dark Search. Tyler and Nate dive deep into building topical authority, relevance, and Google's new Search Generative Experience (SGE). For more information please visit www.positional.com, or email us at podcast@positional.com. You can reach Tyler at www.yesoptimist.com, or connect with him on LinkedIn.

There's been a lot of buzz around PLG vs. Sales-led GTM models. Companies that started with one GTM method are exploring others. So I thought this conversation would be super interesting for many as they're thinking about a more blended approach. Sei Suriyakumar is Head of Marketing at Superhuman. Prior, Sei was Director of Product Marketing at Dropbox and prior to that he held marketing leadership positions at HelloSign (acquired by Dropbox). About Superhuman: Founded 2015 100+ people Funding: Series C ($108M total) Description: Superhuman is the fastest email experience ever made. Customers fly through their inbox twice as fast as before and save an average of three hours every week. More than half hit Inbox Zero within 4 hours of starting. They've recently expanded from an individual product (B2C) to one that's optimized for teams (B2B). In this episode we talk about: How Superhuman has a part PLG + part sales-led model; How that model started with humans and evolved over time; First 90 days at Superhuman; What's working well, what's not; Sei's thoughts on category creation; One big thing Sei learned from his experience at Dropbox that he's bringing into his role at Superhuman. You can find Sei on LinkedIn >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/seiyonne/ Check out Superhuman >> https://superhuman.com/ This episode is sponsored by 43North, a seed-stage startup accelerator that's on the hunt for its next cohort. This year, 43North will make five $1 million dollar investments, each at 5% equity. Visit 43North.org to learn more. Applications close on June 23rd, so get on it! For more content, subscribe to Modern Startup Marketing on Apple or Spotify or wherever you like to listen, and don't forget to leave a review! And whenever you're ready, there are 3 ways I can help you: 1. Startup marketing strategy, execution and advising (25+ happy clients and mentees) >> www.furmanovmarketing.com 2. Sign up to get my monthly newsletter where I'm sharing playbooks and insights and cracking some jokes that will make you smile guaranteed >> https://share.hsforms.com/1cP1V40x7RGes5gHk1XNgNw47lba 3. Sponsor my Top 5% podcast and get startup founders, marketers and VCs hearing about your brand >> https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anna-furmanov You can also find me hanging out on LinkedIn every single week: www.linkedin.com/in/annafurmanov --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anna-furmanov/message

Podcast SummaryIn this conversation with Seiyonne Suriyakumar, Head of Marketing at Superhuman, he talks about customer focus and growth. Today, you'll hear about how Superhuman has operationalized customer focus, shifting to remote-first, their growth mechanisms, and the common things that traditional B2B's get wrong with customer focus.Prior to joining Superhuman, Seiyonne served as COO at Mobitor Corp., SM of Product Marketing at HelloSign, Director of Product Marketing at Dropbox, and as Limited Partner at GTMfund.Episode Outline[03:33] Things that Superhuman did well[05:43] Customer focus[08:07] Institutionalizing learnings at scale[10:13] What keeps it all together?[12:49] Why traditional B2B's get customer focus wrong[14:42] Building growth mechanisms to focus on expansion[16:27] Emerging marketing and growth leadersSei's leader nominationsJames WinterGeorge BaierConnect with SeiWebsiteLinkedInConnect with Matter MadeMatter MadeLinkedIn (Eli)

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.We are joined by Jonathan Abrams, Co-Founder and General Partner at 8-Bit Capital. Jonathan previously was an angel investor and entrepreneur founding both Nuzzel and Friendster, the latter of which he helped grow to over 100MM users and where he met his current partner at 8-Bit, Kent Lindstrom. Jonathan also co-founded Founders Den with Zack Bogue of DCVC in 2011, which quickly became one of San Francisco's earliest and most popular startup work and event spaces.We think you'll really enjoy Jonathan's story, and how he thinks about all aspects of seed-stage investing.A word from our sponsor:Tactyc is the first software solution for venture capital portfolio forecasting and planning. The platform is rapidly increasing efficiency and data-driven decision-making for GP's and works with over 150 funds globally.Tactyc makes it easy for managers to build (and maintain) their portfolio models without dealing with complicated spreadsheets. It enables portfolio construction in minutes and for managers to share their intended fund strategy with potential investors. Post-launch, Tactyc also offers advanced analytics for GPs to optimize reserves, analyze probabilistic outcomes for their investments and extract insights for future capital deployment.Check them out at tactyc.io.About Jonathan Abrams:Jonathan is a co-founder and General Partner of 8-Bit Capital, an early-stage investing firm. He is also a co-founder and Managing Partner of Founders Den, San Francisco's favorite workspace and community for startups and investors.Previously Jonathan was the founder of the professional news discovery service Nuzzel and the pioneering social networking service Friendster, and a software engineer at Netscape and Nortel. Jonathan is an investor in over 50 startups, including AngelList, ClearTax, CoinList, Docker, Front, HelloSign, Instacart, Mixmax, Pachyderm, Republic, SafeGraph, Sense, Shortcut, Slideshare, Stream, and Zeplin. Jonathan received an Honors B.Sc. in Computer Science from McMaster University in Canada.In this episode we discuss:01:57 Jonathan's journey to creating 8-Bit Capital with Kent04:08 The opportunity they saw when founding 8-Bit06:07 How his experiences at Nuzzel and Friendster shaped his view as an investor08:20 What being founder friendly truly means11:37 Shifting from an active angel investor to a fund manager14:41 The hardest lessons leveling up from an angel investor18:14 Dealing with the deal flow noise as a team of two21:20 How to deal with conscious and unconscious bias when advising founders23:28 Jonathan and Kent's decision-making process25:02 Thoughts on scaling 8-Bit28:11 Competing against larger, later-stage funds getting into seed-stage investing31:23 Deciding on follow-on investing33:35 How they came to decide on 50-50 fund construction for follow-on35:41 Keeping and increasing their pro-rata in competitive later rounds38:19 Biggest lessons from Friendster39:49 The advice he would give himself at the start of 8-BitI'd love to know what you took away from this conversation with Jonathan. Follow me @SamirKaji and give me your insights and questions with the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you'd like to be considered as a guest or have someone you'd like to hear from (GP or LP), drop me a direct message on Twitter.Podcast Production support provided by Agent Bee Agency This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ventureunlocked.substack.com

Get the Toolbox Magazine! https://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/magazine   Guest: Nadine Heitz, Esq.   SPECIAL OFFERS for Immigration Lawyers:   Argo: Prepare for your Visa Interview with a Former Consular Officer: https://tinyurl.com/mrctra4y   Upgrade your immigration forms with Docketwise, extra 10% off annual fee w/code: Immigration Lawyers Podcast:  https://www.docketwise.com/immigration-lawyers-podcast   Time Stamps:  00:00 Intro 01:23 Docketwise.com 02:39 2023 ILT Conference 03:57 About Nadine Heitz, Esq.  05:50 Document Collection: Pipeline 07:58 Talking About Different Case Types 14:00 Plans for 2023 15:33 ImmigrationEvaluationDirectory.com 16:15 Project Management: Monday.com  19:19 Scheduling Automation: Calendly 20:14 E-Sign: Pandadoc, HelloSign 20:41 Payment Processing: Stripe 21:15 Monday.com Automations 23:19 E-Mail Marketing: Mailchimp 24:02 Online Questionnaires: Jotform 28:37 Calendly or Acuity? 29:11 Gmail Business 29:51 Outro   Audio Podcast Link: https://sites.libsyn.com/69112/271-immitech-with-nadine-heitz-esq   Itunes Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/271-immitech-with-nadine-heitz-esq/id1111797806?i=1000590916319   Share the video: https://youtu.be/Wm2Nkhb6Kso   Our Website: ImmigrationLawyersToolbox.com   Not legal advice. Consult with an Attorney. Attorney Advertisement. #podcaster #Lawyer #ImmigrationLawyer #Interview #Immigration

This is a classic rerun of my episode with Erin Gerstenznag. Erin Gerstenznag is a technology wizard and a solo criminal defense practitioner, and today she shares how she uses technology to leverage her offerings as a criminal defense attorney. We'll learn how to use technology to gain efficiency and proficiency in a solo practice, including Erin's robust and well-thought-out client intake process, which covers everything from the initial phone call to the start of a legal matter. Resources:Learn more at https://www.eringerstenzang.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ehglawfirm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eringerstenzang/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EHGLawFirm Clio: https://www.clio.com/ Typeform: https://www.typeform.com/ Zapier: https://zapier.com/ HelloSign: https://www.hellosign.com/ LawPay: https://lawpay.com/ Thank you to our sponsors!Ruby Receptionist - Virtual receptionist & live call services that will help you grow your office (and save money), one call at a time - to learn more, go to http://ruby.com/ or call 844.311.7829The Net Profit CFO - Ryan Kimler works with attorneys who want to enjoy higher net profits without working longer or harder. With just 9 Simple Numbers, Ryan will help you drive more profit to your bottom line-and he won't confuse you with all the details! Connect with Ryan at www.netprofitcfo.com.Get in touch with Neil:Website: https://thelawentrepreneur.com/Twitter:

Digital signatures are not the same as electronic signatures, but they are mostly used together. In this session, we'll delve into the legalities and practicalities of using digital signatures in your law practice.   Show Notes Link to article on E-Signatures mentioned in the show HelloSign (digital signature service) DocuSign (digital signature service) Adobe Sign (available as part of Acrobat Pro) Link to my online Knowledge Base of PDF proceduress Link to my procedure on creating a PDF signature stamp Link to my procedure on using PDF signature stamps Link to Join my LFA Inner Circle (to get access to great discussions amongst thoughtful lawyers) Working Smarter with Digital Technology (my short guide to improving your practice by using technology better) Thanks to Our Sponsors "ChatterBoss is an incredible remote executive assistant company that helps solopreneurs and small businesses grow quickly and save money. Your dedicated ChatterBoss assistant can help you with case management, billing support, email optimization, social media, process building, automation, and more. They even have on-demand paralegals and legal assistants.  The service is customized to your budget and is on-demand, so you are able to work with your assistant as much or as little as you need throughout the week. The minimum monthly spend for a dedicated executive assistant is only $200/month.   The best way to get started is to schedule a free consultation and find out exactly how the service works. Click this link to schedule a free 30-minute call, and you'll get a special 15% discount when you sign up with ChatterBoss." Smith.ai is an amazing virtual receptionist service that specializes in working with solo and small law firms. When you hire Smith.ai you're actually hiring well-trained, friendly receptionists who can respond to callers in English or Spanish.   If there's one great outsourcing opportunity for your practice, this is it. Let Smith.ai have your back while you stay focused on your work, knowing that your clients and prospects are being taken care of.   Plans start at $210/month for 30 calls and pricing starts at $140 for 20 chats, with overage at $7 per chat. They offer a risk-free start with a 14-day money-back guarantee on all receptionist and live chat plans including add-ons (up to $1000).   And they have a special offer for podcast listeners where you can get an extra $100 discount with promo code ERNIE100. Sign up for a risk-free start with a 14-day money-back guarantee now (and learn more) at smith.ai.   EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.   He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.   Find out more at EmeraldCity

“Why would someone fly you across the world to do business with them?” That powerful question from a mentor in March 2020 gave today's guest, Marquis Murray, the courage to go all-in on his passion of helping business owners create order from chaos through greater operational efficiency.  More About Marquis: Marquis Murray is the CEO and Founder of Ditto, a systems and processes consultancy for organizations who need help creating clarity around the work inside their companies. His goal is eliminating team burnout, so people can focus more on the work they do without the stress of not knowing where or how the work is happening. He is also the host of the In Systems We Trust podcast where owners and leaders of businesses talk about the systems, processes, and operational efficiency practices they use every day.

In Episode 95, Rajkumari Neogy, Executive Coach at iBelong, joins Melinda in an in-depth discussion about how exclusion and epigenetics, the study of how behavior and environment can affect the way our genes are expressed and inherited, can impact our sense of belonging. They explore meaningful practices of empathy and representation to address transgenerational trauma and recover the affected parts of our brains from discrimination, racism, and other stressors that destroy our psychological safety. Rajkumari also suggests how managers and employees can work better together to create pathways for healing and cultures of belonging in the workplace. About Rajkumari Neogy (he or she)Rajkumari has worked with organizations worldwide, including HelloSign, Slack, Glympse, Salesforce, Gainsight, Twilio, Google, Guidewire, Intera, WhiteOps, Trumaker, Stratus, Ever AI, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Wells Fargo, Cisco Systems, Facebook, United States Digital Service (USDS), Shuddle, HopSkipDrive, Autodesk, Amazon, and Adobe. In 2013, S/He founded iRestart, which provides expertise in the areas of leadership development and organizational epigenetics. S/He is the creator of the iRestart coaching framework, the Disruptive Diversity Boot Camp, and the author of The WIT Factor: Shifting the Workplace Paradigm by Becoming Your Optimal Self.Possessing a rare blend of techno-babble and touchy-feely, Rajkumari brings my keen insight and systems-thinking perspective to provide holistic and integrative solutions when addressing complex problems. S/He believes that the qualities of passionate self-reflection and dedicated curiosity (two sides of the same coin) define true leadership.Find Leading With Empathy & Allyship useful? Subscribe to our podcast and like this episode!For more about Change Catalyst, and to join us for our monthly live event, visit https://ally.cc. There, you'll also find educational resources and highlights from this episode.Connect With Rajkumari Neogy On SocialLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rneogyConnect With Us On SocialYouTube: youtube.com/c/changecatalystTwitter: twitter.com/changecatalystsFacebook: facebook.com/changecatalystsInstagram: instagram.com/techinclusionLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/changecatalystsProduction TeamCreator & Host: Melinda Briana EplerCo-Producers: Renzo Santos & Christina Swindlehurst ChanCreative Director @ Podcast Rocket: Rob Scheerbarth[Image description: Leading With Empathy & Allyship promo and photos of Rajkumari Neogy, a French-Canadian/East Indian nonbinary person with short salt and pepper hair and a navy blue button-down with a black suit jacket; and host Melinda Briana Epler, a White woman with red hair, glasses, and orange shirt holding a white mug behind a laptop.]Support the show

I never know what to write in these boxes, so I'll braindump. I came up with this idea to limit myself to 30 days of micro-podcasts, each day slowly dispensing information regarding my business design process. From Start to Exit. Costa Rica was a travel destination coming up in May. This gave me a goal line. Keep each video under 15 minutes (I admit, I talk a lot; so some are closer to 25 minutes), and drive it home. Practical takeaway from each 15 minute micro-podcast. No bullshit. Companies/services referenced: Shure (https://shure.com) @Shure #shure Google Workspace (https://workspace.google.com/business/) @Google Workspace #googleworkspace Slack (https://slack.com) @Slack #slack Monday.com (https://monday.com) @monday.com #monday Xero (https://xero.com) @Xero Accounting Software #xero Quotient (https://quotientapp.com) @Quotient #quotient Shopify (https://shopify.com) @Shopify #shopifyDocuSign (https://docusign.com) @DocuSign #docusign HelloSign (https://hellosign.com) @HelloSign #hellosignStripe (https://stripe.com) @Stripe #stripeCalendly (https://calendly.com) @Calendly #calendly HubSpot (https://hubspot.com) @HubSpot #hubspotUpwork (https://upwork.com) @Upwork #upwork Ready to move from business operator to business OWNER? Head over to http://theautomatedmethod.com or email start@theautomatedmethod.com to get started. ✔ Subscribe to never miss a new video. ► Follow me on: Spotify: https://spotify.theautomatedmethod.comTikTok: @jasonmgrant Instagram: @jasonmgrantcom Twitter: @jasonmgrant LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmgrantFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasonmgrant #optimization #efficiency #saas #operations #process #business #technology #realtime #digital #automatic #automation #businessautomation #automated #theautomatedmethod #theperfectbusiness #frankensystem #agile #digitaltransformation --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theperfectbusiness/message

Mai Ton oversees the development and execution of Fabric's people strategy. She has over 20 years of leadership experience in tech startups and has helped various companies through IPOs and M&A transactions. She has built the entire people function at every company she has worked and has won over 14 awards for her previous companies. She formerly led the People teams at White Ops, HelloSign, Onelogin and Trulia. Instead of helping one company at a time as an internal HR leader, Mai Ton formed her own consulting business, EMP HR Consulting, where she contributes her knowledge to help many companies simultaneously. Mai's services provide companies a clear people strategy with core structures like performance management, compensation frameworks, remote strategies and benefits programs which increase employee engagement and retention. She was named to the list of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology in 2019. Mai is a Board member of LEAP.org a non-profit organization that helps Asian Americans break the bamboo ceiling. She is an advisor to some of the newest HR technology software companies and shares her knowledge with others by speaking at various HR conferences. She received a BA in Sociology from the University of Texas, Austin.   She wrote a book called: Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley   You can find her on Twitter and Instagram.   The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here.    Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.  

I had a great conversation with Elizabeth about her personal journey and her experience reentering a career. There are so many great tips in this conversation that applies not only to folks reentering the workforce but also for people that are making career shifts.  We also chatted about our time working together at HelloSign, our experiences working together, and a few fun other things!

Links and vulnerability summaries for this episode are available at: https://dayzerosec.com/podcast/stealing-dropbox-google-drive-tokens-a-gitlab-bug-and-macos-powerdir-vulnerability.html Kicking off the week with some discussion about DOJ's policy change before getting into some vulnerabilities: "powerdir" a macOS TCC bypass, an integer overflow on the web, and another attack against HelloSign and their Google Drive integration [00:02:12] DOJ's New CFAA Policy is a Good Start But Does Not Go Far Enough to Protect Security Researchers [00:11:02] macOS Vulnerability "powerdir" could lead to unauthorized user data access [00:17:17] Arbitrary POST request as victim user from HTML injection in Jupyter notebooks [00:21:44] [Glovo] Integer overflow vulnerability [00:25:11] Stealing Google Drive OAuth tokens from Dropbox [00:29:46] Privileged pod escalations in Kubernetes and GKE The DAY[0] Podcast episodes are streamed live on Twitch (@dayzerosec) twice a week: Mondays at 3:00pm Eastern (Boston) we focus on web and more bug bounty style vulnerabilities Tuesdays at 7:00pm Eastern (Boston) we focus on lower-level vulnerabilities and exploits. The Video archive can be found on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/dayzerosec You can also join our discord: https://discord.gg/daTxTK9 Or follow us on Twitter (@dayzerosec) to know when new releases are coming.

Cloud Security News this week 09 February 2022 - https://cloudsecuritypodcast.tv/cloud-security-news/ Brought you by JupiterOne - Find out more about them at https://jupiterone.com/csp Google Cloud has released the Virtual Machine Threat Detection tool as part of their Security Command Center for Premium customer. According to Google's blog this “is a first-to-market detection capability from a major cloud provider that provides agentless memory scanning to help detect threats like cryptomining malware inside your virtual machines running in Google Cloud.” For those familiar with AWS Guardduty, how does this compare - share with us on linkedin, twitter or on our website. You can read Google Cloud's announcement here. Being a Cloud Security Enthusiast, you are probably familiar with the Cloud Security Alliance, they are well known for defining standards, certifications, and best practices for security cloud environments. This week they have released DevSecOps - Pillar 4 Bridging Compliance and Development as part of the DevSecOps Six Pillars series. This document focuses on how compliance can be automated and better relate to security requirements. You can access the full document here. We would love to hear your thoughts about this pillar, so please share your views on www.cloudsecuritypodcast.tv Security Researcher Harsh Jaiswal received a bounty award of $17,576 for whats been described as a “pretty simple” but critical SSRF related to HelloSign's Google Drive Docs export feature.You can read more about the security team's response here and the vulnerability report here. Cloudflare, a Silicon Valley provider of content delivery network (CDN) and DDoS mitigation services has launched a public bug bounty program, further to their invite-only program in place since 2018. You can find out more about the program here Tenable, a popular product for vulnerability scanning, has announced new features to their cloud native application security program, Tenable.cs. You can find our more about tenable and tenable.cs here. Amazon GuardDuty now protects Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service clusters. You can read more about this here Podcast Twitter - Cloud Security Podcast (@CloudSecPod) Instagram - Cloud Security News

In October of 2021, Gumroad Founder Sahil Lavingia sat down with High Alpha Partner Kristian Andersen to discuss the framework from his new book, The Minimalist Entrepreneur, and his entrepreneurial journey. Before founding Gumroad at the age of 19, Sahil was a part of the founding team of Pinterest and built over 20 smartphone apps. Sahil is also an angel investor in startups like Clubhouse, Lambda School, Figma, Notion, and HelloSign. In this episode, we revisit Sahil's Speaker Series, where you'll learn: Sahil's career in tech and journey as a young entrepreneur His simple framework for owning your own business His predictions for the rise of the creator economy Gumroad's historic crowdfunding on Republic.co Themes from his new book, The Minimalist Entrepreneur  If you've ever thought, "maybe I should start my own business," only to stall when complications pop up, then this episode is for you.

Following on from our look inside marketing design at Dropbox, in this episode we zoom in on HelloSign and learn how it functions as part of Brand Studio after being acquired, as well as the things Berenice has learned from the acquisition. Plus, we learn about how the HelloSign team uses our season sponsor Webflow for their marketing site, and why the switch to Webflow is one of the projects Berenice is most proud of.This season is proudly sponsored by Webflow! Try out the no-code site building tool for yourself right here: http://charli.link/imdpod-webflowLINKSFollow Berenice on TwitterAnd on InstagramBerenice's siteCheck out Hello SignListen to/watch the Dropbox episode!TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Introducing HelloSign1:55 - The early days of design at HelloSign5:50 - Design at helloSign after the acquisition7:55 - How Berenice and HelloSign fit in to the Brand Studio team13:20 - Creative review meetings & design collaboration17:30 - The HelloSign brand20:10 - Project planning & kickoff25:20 - The landing page design process29:00 - Using Webflow for the marketing site31:00 - Collaboration with Marketing34:25 - How Berenice's role has changed over the years37:15- Metrics & responsibilities41:20 - Advice for a designer getting acquired44:45 - Moving the HelloSign site to Webflow50:00 -  Do me a favor?

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In this episode of Profits + Prosecco Podcast, I am going to be talking about the monthly recurring revenue you get from having a bookkeeping business. It truly goes on with no end in sight and once you book out, you'll continuously have a steady income. To hear what the regular operating expenses are in a bookkeeping business and how to think about your profitability, keep reading!  Some of the topics we go over include: Expenses in a bookkeeping business.  Software expenses and why they matter.  My annual expenses as a bookkeeper.   I hope this episode helps you understand all the expenses it takes to start a bookkeeping business and why each one is so important to your growth. If you have been waiting to start your bookkeeping journey, then go ahead and apply for Become A Bookkeeper! If you have enjoyed this episode of the podcast, take a screenshot, head on over to Instagram and share your IG stories and tag me, @orderlyaccountingbykatie   CONNECT WITH KATIE: Website: https://www.katieferro.com/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/orderlyaccountingbykatie The Bookkeepers' Corner Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebookkeeperscorner/ Become a Bookkeeper: https://www.katieferro.com/become   EPISODE RESOURCES: GSuite: https://referworkspace.app.goo.gl/JiqX Calendly: www.calendly.com Zoom: www.zoom.us HelloSign: www.hellosign.com Canva: https://partner.canva.com/c/2274223/647168/10068 DropBox: www.dropbox.com Kajabi: https://app.kajabi.com/r/K2WSUjRh Podcast Episode on Kajabi:  https://www.katieferro.com/blog/grow-your-bookkeeping-business-16 Voxer: www.voxer.com Bobby's Legal Template: https://members.bobbyklinck.com/accessallyref/a28c2358f/ Bobby's Podcast Episode: https://www.katieferro.com/blog/legal-side-running-a-business-5

Vous aussi, vous vous êtes retrouvés avec une pile de contrats qui ne pouvaient pas passer en signature le mardi 17 mars 2020 ? La crise sanitaire a déclenché une véritable prise de conscience vis-à-vis de la dématérialisation des processus contractuels et en premier lieu en matière de signature électronique. ➡️ Pour ce deuxième hors-série de Paroles de Juristes, nous sommes allés à la rencontre de notre partenaire, Yousign, une solution de signature électronique 100% française qui, avec 7000 clients, 130 collaborateurs et une récente levée de fonds de 30 millions d'euros, ambitionne de devenir le leader français et européen sur ce marché. Pour en savoir plus sur la signature électronique et répondre aux questions que se posent les équipes juridiques à ce sujet, nous avons reçu Lucie Greiveldinger, Alliance Manager chez Yousign.

“Software telemetry is what you use to figure out what your production systems are doing. It's all about shortening that feedback loop between the user experience and the engineers who are writing the user experience." Jamie Riedesel is a Staff Engineer at Dropbox working on the HelloSign product and also the author of “Software Telemetry”. In this episode, Jamie shared an overview of software telemetry and explained why it is important for us to understand how our production systems are behaving by using those telemetry data. She also explained different software telemetry types, concepts such as observability and cardinality, and shared some software telemetry best practices. In the second part of our conversation, Jamie opened up and shared her own personal experience dealing with toxic work environments. She emphasized the importance of self-awareness and psychological safety, as well as went through the five key dynamics to a successful team based on Google's re:Work blog post. Listen out for: Career Journey - [00:05:15] Software Telemetry - [00:07:22] Knowing Your Production System - [00:12:13] Types of Software Telemetry - [00:16:45] High Cardinality - [00:22:34] Observability & Buzzwords - [00:27:08] In-House vs. SaaS - [00:30:04] Some Telemetry Best Practices - [00:32:35] Toxic Workplace - [00:38:45] Identifying Your Toxicity - [00:44:18] Psychological Safety - [00:49:02] Identifying a Person's Baggage - [00:53:52] Who is On The Team Matters Less - [00:58:09] 3 Tech Lead Wisdom - [01:01:49] _____ Jamie Riedesel's Bio Jamie Riedesel has over twenty years of experience in the tech industry, and has spent her time as a System Administrator, Systems Engineer, DevOps Engineer, and Platform Engineer. She is currently a Staff Engineer at Dropbox, working on their HelloSign product. Jamie's blog at sysadmin1138.net has been there since 2004 and survived the apocalypse of Google Reader shutting down. Jamie is the author of “Software Telemetry” through Manning Publications, and also has a deep interest in reforming team cultures to be less toxic. Follow Jamie: Blog – https://sysadmin1138.net/mt/blog/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/sysadm1138 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-riedesel-983773b Our Sponsor Are you looking for a new cool swag? Tech Lead Journal now offers you some swags that you can purchase online. These swags are printed on-demand based on your preference, and will be delivered safely to you all over the world where shipping is available. Check out all the cool swags by visiting https://techleadjournal.dev/shop. Like this episode? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app and submit your feedback. Follow @techleadjournal on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Pledge your support by becoming a patron. For more info about the episode (including quotes and transcript), visit techleadjournal.dev/episodes/57.

En nuestro trabajo del día a día, contar con las herramientas y recursos adecuados para facilitarnos el trabajo y el manejo de nuestros proyectos es básico. Los artistas no son la excepción, porque más allá de su trabajo creativo, debe encargarse de mil y un tareas relativas con la operación, administración y manejo de su carrera. No hablaré aquí de herramientas directamente relacionadas con la creación de música o producción, sino de apps y servicios que viven en el entorno digital, y que de uso general, pero que para músicos, como para casi todo tipo de profesionales, son de gran utilidad. En este programa revisamos las siguientes apps y servicios: Creatividad y diseño: Canva Comunicación, colaboración y manejo de proyectos: Slack, Telegram, Todoist, Asana, Trello, Calendly Servicios varios: Fiverr Digitalización, hosting (hospedaje) & email marketing: HelloSign, Scannable, Bluehost Email marketing: Mailchimp & Mailerlite Almacenamiento en la nube: Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive, iCloud Programación en redes sociales: Hootsuite & Buffer ENLACES a apps/servicios (algunos con enlaces de afiliado): Canva https://bit.ly/CANVA_UM (https://bit.ly/CANVA_UM) Slack https://slack.com/ (https://slack.com/) Telegram https://telegram.org/ (https://telegram.org/) Todoist https://todoist.com/ (https://todoist.com/) Asana https://asana.com/es (https://asana.com/es) Trello https://trello.com/ (https://trello.com/) Calendly https://calendly.com/ (https://calendly.com/) Fiverr https://bit.ly/FIVERR_UM (https://bit.ly/FIVERR_UM) HelloSign https://app.hellosign.com/ (https://app.hellosign.com/) Scannable https://apps.apple.com/app/evernote-scannable/id883338188 (https://apps.apple.com/app/evernote-scannable/id883338188) Bluehost https://bit.ly/BlueHost_UM (https://bit.ly/BlueHost_UM) Mailchimp https://mailchimp.com/ (https://mailchimp.com/) Mailerlite https://bit.ly/MailerLite_UM (https://bit.ly/MailerLite_UM) Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/home (https://www.dropbox.com/home) Hootsuite https://www.hootsuite.com (https://www.hootsuite.com)/ Buffer https://buffer.com/ OTROS RECURSOS:

The power of failure, the unique financial struggles of military service members, finding your financial coaching niche — co-hosts Rebecca Wiggins and Dr. Mary Bell Carlson cover it all with guest Lacey Langford, AFC®.Lacey is the creator and host of the Military Money Show, a podcast that's dedicated to helping the military community make, save, and invest money wisely. She's also a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and the founder of Laceylangford.com, a personal finance blog and coaching practice specializing in the unique world of the United States Military.In this episode, Lacey talks about barriers that are actually business opportunities in disguise, her unconventional career journey to a career in helping military members, and her favorite resources for entrepreneurs. If you run your own financial business — or are thinking about taking the leap to start a private practice — you don't want to miss this episode of Real Money, Real Experts.      Show Notes:00:52 Lacey's Introduction01:36 Lacey's Journey to the Field and the AFC®05:27 Financial Challenges of Active-Duty Service Members07:56 Financial Challenges and Barriers of Active-Duty Military Spouses11:35 Resources for Service Members and Souses in Transition14:00 The Evolution of Lacey's Private Practice17:06 The Power of Having a Niche20:04 Diversifying your Income24:53 Advice for Private Practitioners30:00 Resources for Entrepreneurs35:42 Lacey's Two Cents Show Note links:Connect with Lacey!Website: https://laceylangford.com/Instagramː https://www.instagram.com/laceylangfordTwitterː https://twitter.com/FinanceLaceyLinkedInː https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceylangfordYouTubeː https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0oGyS_Pwtig0iecEQ_PW2gFacebookː https://www.facebook.com/TheMilitaryMoneyExpertMilitary ResourcesVeterati: https://www.veterati.com/Military OneSource: https://www.militaryonesource.mil/Hiring Our Heroes: https://www.hiringourheroes.org/ Entrepreneurial ResourcesFinancial Coaching Business Builder: https://programs.laceylangford.com/courses/fcbbAirtable: https://airtable.com/ Calendly: https://calendly.com/ Grammarly: https://www.grammarly.com/Meet Edgar: https://meetedgar.com/HelloSign: https://www.hellosign.com/Thinkific: https://www.thinkific.com/Lead Pages: https://www.leadpages.com/Blue Host: https://www.bluehost.com/#

The world is moving to the “anywhere economy” where workers have the option to do anything from anywhere, and a key capability enabling this megatrend is the use of digital agreements and e-signatures. This week, we deep dive into DocuSign. Already the global leader in e-signatures, DocuSign are expanding their capabilities to support the entire life cycle of a digital agreement with their 'Agreement Cloud' suite of services. The digital transaction management market is currently estimated to be worth $50B, and DocuSign has 70% of the e-signature market. Research has shown that on average $36 is saved per agreement just from using e-signatures. Digital signatures are more secure and are easier to prove authenticity. Digital documents are easier to store, organise, search and analyse. Customers who see the benefits of having their agreements signed and managed digitally are unlikely to go back to paper. And with over 350 integrations with other systems, such as Microsoft, Google and Salesforce, customers can more easily integrate DocuSign into their existing processes and workflows. With their 'Agreement Cloud', DocuSign aims to support the entire lifecycle of digital agreements, from preparation to signing, execution and ongoing management. Strategic acquisitions have bolstered their capabilities in each of the stages. The acquisition of Seal Software in 2020 brought in the use of AI to analyse digital contracts; LiveOak in 2020 brought in online notarization, a service they released earlier this year; DocuSign also acquired Clause in 2021, with the aim of enhancing digital contracts into “living documents” with interactivity and digital functionality. DocuSign has grown its paying customers from 54,000 in 2012 to 892,000 by the end of 2020, representing a CAGR of 42%. They now have over one million paying customers with over one billion users in over 180 countries. Customers come from a wide range of sectors, from financial services and real estate to life science and government, with over 90% of Fortune 500 companies using DocuSign. Competitors in the e-signature space such as Adobe Sign and HelloSign (owned by DropBox) have largely stayed out of the market of contract lifecycle management. Adobe in particular has stated they do not want to be the system of record for documents. DocuSign is betting that businesses see value in having an ecosystem for digital agreements. The company has grown from a $4.4B market cap to $54B in just over three years, suggesting that they're on the right track. CEO, Dan Springer estimates that the company is still less than 10% penetrated in its market. Their Q1 revenues for this year reached $469M, 7.6% higher than their own estimates just a few months ago, indicating higher demand for their products than even they expected. Full-year revenues are expected to reach $2B this year. GAAP gross margin increased 75% in the same period last year to 78%, while the dollar-based net retention rate (DBNRR) was 125%, demonstrating the value they are adding for existing customers. DocuSign raised $690M through a sale of convertible senior notes earlier this year, strengthening its cash position to $876M. The following companies are mentioned in this episode: DOCU, ADBE, DBX ----- If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing at https://telescopeinvesting.com/subscribe/ Or you can contact the hosts: LukeTelescope AlbertTelescope

Talent intelligence platform provider Eightfold AI, which helps enterprises recruit the right talent, has raised $200M in Series E round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. With this round, its total funding goes over $400M, and valuation shoots up over two times since it achieved a $1B valuation and unicorn tag during its Series D funding last October.Time is Ltd, a SaaS provider for improving workplace productivity and collaboration within teams, has raised $5.6M in a late seed funding round led by Mike Chalfen and others. Ulf Zetterberg will now join the startup as president and co-founder. SurveyMonkey is rebranding itself as Momentive, an agile experience management company. Momentive will allow decision-makers to respond with speed and agility by using SurveyMonkey's experience. IBM, KLM, LG Electronics, Nasdaq, and PUMA are among the company's 8,800 enterprise customers. The company's wholly-owned subsidiary, SurveyMonkeys Inc., will begin operating under the name Momentive Inc. in 2021.PostHog, an open-source product analytics provider, has raised $15 million in a Series B round from Y Combinator's Continuity Fund and GV, Google's venture capital division. The firm said that the funds would be used to meet increased demand for its product, with ambitions to quadruple its personnel by the end of this year and then again by 2022.Osome, a digital business assistant, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round. Target Global, AltaIR Capital, and Phystech Ventures were among the returning investors; new investors include S16VC and venture capitalist Peng T. Ong, who joined as an angel investor. Its Series A will be utilized to expand internationally and integrate products. Yousign, a provider of electronic signatures, has secured $36.6 million (€30 million) in a Series A fundraising round headed by Lead Edge Capital. Yousign intends to compete in Europe with DocuSign, Adobe Sign, SignNow, and HelloSign, all located in the United States. In 2020, the business grew from 35 to 120 employees.Balderton Capital, the European VC firm, has launched its dedicated growth fund of $680M to help tech companies emerging out of Europe. The launch comes amid its predictions of $50 billion growth potential in Europe over the next three years. It will invest in about 15 companies, both in primary and secondary investments, ranging between $25 to $50 million in each. Recorded Future, a threat intelligence organization, is launching a $20 million Intelligence Fund. Startups who have already obtained venture capital investment will be eligible for seed and Series A investment from the fund. Insight Partners, a private equity fund, bought Recorded Future in 2019 for $780 million.TestBox, the startup which helps enterprises solve software buying problems by aiding in decision-making through its product, has launched its product today, raising a $2.7M seed fund from SignalFire, Firstminute Capital.Seven Seven Six, a venture capital firm, has announced that it has raised $150 million for its first fund, said its founder Alexis Ohanian. Seven Seven Six has equity and inclusivity in its DNA. Women make up half of the firm's limited partners, while Black or indigenous people make up 15%. One distinguishing feature of Seven Seven Six is introducing a 2% “Growth and Caregiving Commitment.”Slintel, a buyer intelligence platform, has netted $20M in a Series A investment led by GGV Capital amid a rapidly increasing digital transaction in B2B businesses. Slintel's tools, with the help of data, helps businesses understand buyer intelligence. It aims to emerge as a leader in this market.Fuel Ventures has announced an early-stage VC fund to invest in 60 tech companies in the UK, having high-growth potential, in the next 12 months. Since its founding in the UK, Fuel Ventures has focused on technology companies, marketplaces, SaaS startups, and platforms, identifying investments in seed and growth stages.

No PodCafé da TI desta semana, batemos um papo do mais alto nível  com João Dobbin diretor de Ti da Rock Content, falamos sobre a cultura de assinatura eletrônica e as principais vantagens e benefícios da implantação do HelloSign na Rock Content. De o play e jogue fora a caneta!Conheça a HelloSign: https://www.figoinc.com/PodCafé da TI é um podcast da ACSoftware seu parceiro ManageEngine no Brasil.https://www.acsoftware.com.br/manageengine

Amy and James finish their discussion on freelancing in part 2. This episode covers journey maps, project discovery, vetting clients, submitting estimates and contracts, project management, finances, and business insurance.SPONSORSPathwire / Mailgun / MailjetPathwire is a powerful email API and intuitive email marketing solution that delivers over 250 billion emails a year for 400,000 companies around the world.You can sign up now and try Mailgun or Mailjet for free today. Mailjet offers a trial that allows you to send 6,000 emails per month for free, forever. Mailgun offers a 3 month trial for 5,000 emails per month after which you only pay for what you send.For more information, simply visit Pathwire.comVercelVercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.For more information, visit Vercel.comZEAL is hiring!Zeal is a computer software agency that delivers “the world's most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.Zeal believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, Coding Zeal looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.For more information visit their site.Show Notes0:00 Intro0:50 Sponsor: ZEAL1:40 What we've been up to this past week4:15 Creating a Customer Journey MapDesign the process so that you're truly leading a clientOutline touchpoints6:09 Sponsor: Pathwire7:14 Discovery ProcessDetermining the work that needs to be done.7:46 Scheduling initial phone call with Calendly8:42 Vetting the clientWant to make sure that the client will be good for you, too.Template Questionnaire12:20 Creating Estimates and ContractsEstimate through Harvest - https://www.getharvest.comContracts through HelloSign - https://www.hellosign.com/Accepting online payments and paying Stripe fees is part of the cost of doing business13:25 Project Management SystemBasecampAsanaTeamworkNotion13:52 Sending out a welcome documentInclude a handwritten note and a bag of [Ugly Mug coffee](http://uglymug.com15:29 Managing your Finances* Separate bank account* [QuickBooks}(https://quickbooks.intuit.com/)* Freshbooks18:39 Sponsor: Vercel19:32 Two types of expenses (1) stuff for everyday business and (2) items purchased specifically for a client21:54 Legal SideLLC and whyOther options: C Corp and S Corp25:06 Creating ContractsDan Mall's Contract from Superfriend.ly - http://agreement.superfriend.ly/28:19 Business Insurance29:46 Grab Bag Question #1 - How do you make yourself job-ready? When you're constantly preoccupied with an existing work schedule? @theBlackkSkyLearn on the jobTake advantage of free content onlineLearn in public, Twitter Hashtag #100DaysOfCodeLearn Build Teach Discord Community33:02 Grab Bag Question #2 - For maintenance, do you hand it off to someone else? have a grace period where you maintain it as part of your project or contract? Or offer a support plan with a retainer fee? Zach from LaunchCode34:45 Grab Bag Question #3 - Why do coding interviews suck? - @misterhtmlcss on Discord37:46 Amy's Pick: Shoe Dog by Phil Knight38:15 Amy's Plug: SelfTeach.me on YouTube 38:48 James's Pick: SanDisk Portable SSD 40:01 James's Plug: James Q Quick on YouTube and Learn Build Teach Discord Community

Quentin Clark, Managing Director @ General Catalyst shares how to get your career unstuck at different scales & stages! You’ll learn different frameworks you can use to benchmark your growth and identify where you might be stuck. Plus different approaches you can take to get your company and the people you lead, unstuck at scale! "The specifics of the framework are not as important as having one at all. Create some ruler... Like if you're a snail and you're trying to inch your way towards the head of lettuce, and you're trying to measure whether or not you're making progress every day... It doesn't actually matter whether or not you're using an imperial tape measure with inches or the metric system and a yardstick... You can make up your own ruler! As long as that ruler is consistently being used over and over again. This is why I say it's important for people to have A framework... not necessarily any one framework. And that they come back to it.” QUENTIN CLARK, MANAGING DIRECTOR @ GENERAL CATALYST Quentin is a product and systems technical leader with broad experience in the enterprise space. Incepted, built, and delivered successful products over many years - from servers to SaaS platforms and applications. He will be joining General Catalyst in January as a managing director. Prior to embarking on a career in investing, Quentin was the CTO at Dropbox, where he led all of engineering, product, design, and growth. He worked with them through its IPO, its pivot to Dropbox Spaces, and drove the portfolio expansion starting with the acquisition of HelloSign. He was at Microsoft for 20 years, most of that time focused on innovation - creating new products and value. The last decade of his time at Microsoft, Quentin was responsible for the high-growth data platform business, including SQL Server. There he worked for Satya Nadella leading the whole data platform business into the cloud. After Microsoft, Quentin was at SAP for two years, first as CTO then as Chief Business Officer where he led strategy and product direction for the platform and ultimately for the whole company. Before joining Dropbox he spent a year angel investing and exploring the VC world. He currently serves on the boards of Coda, Highfive, and Minio, and has been investing and advising very early-stage companies. SHOWNOTES What does it mean to get “unstuck?” (2:55) How do you get unstuck? (5:32) How to divide your time between growth, grunt work, & what you’re good at (7:06) Where engineering leaders get stuck + how to benchmark your growth using the 6 areas of competency (10:42) How to get people unstuck at scale (15:55) Why it’s important to have a framework to benchmark your growth (21:22) Quentin’s story of getting unstuck in his career (25:20) “Give up” what got you stuck by changing your goals & intention (31:20) How to get your company and culture unstuck (37:15) Quentin’s podcast “Equivalent to Magic” (44:20) Takeaways (45:58) Quentin's Podcast - Equivalent to Magic: https://spoti.fi/3ulOVwc Looking for other ways to get involved with ELC? Check out all of our upcoming events, peer groups, and other programs at www.sfelc.com! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/engineeringleadership/message

When it comes to business, we hear a lot about revenue and income - but what about our expenses? I wanted to share the things I spent money on in 2020 and why to give you a behind-the-scenes insight into running my business.Links mentioned:Squarespace*: squarespace.syuh.net/rj713Godaddy domains: https://www.godaddy.com/ICO (UK GDPR compliance for website owners): https://ico.org.uk/feeIubenda (Privacy & Cookies policies) - get 10% off your first year*: http://iubenda.refr.cc/9M2BKKSTeachable (course hosting): https://teachable.com/AXA Business insurance: https://www.axa.co.uk/Trello project management: https://trello.com/Hellosign (digital signature software): https://www.hellosign.com/Dropbox*: https://db.tt/OaeHKTcbGSuite/Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/Quickbooks (bookkeeping software): https://quickbooks.intuit.com/uk/Zapier (automation software): https://zapier.com/Tailwind (Pinterest marketing)*: https://www.tailwindapp.com/i/thecornishlifeLater (Instagram marketing): https://later.com/^ Learn how to use Later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IspdNf7KRP4&t=11sFlodesk (email marketing) - get 50% off with this link*: https://flodesk.com/c/00G2QH+ learn more about Flodesk here: https://www.byrosanna.co.uk/flodesk Veed.io (video conversion + caption software): https://www.veed.io/Deadline Funnel (evergreen deadline software)*: https://www.deadlinefunnel.com?lmref=13wXOQTubebuddy (YouTube marketing)*: https://www.tubebuddy.com/byrosannaCanva: https://www.canva.com/Adobe*: http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p(265883)a(2965959)g(22913796)Microsoft 365: https://www.office.com/Creative Market (digital design assets): https://creativemarket.com/Moo.com (business cards etc.): https://www.moo.com/us/*Indicates affiliate link

Quentin was CTO of Dropbox, a company that's brought millions of consumers, teams, and business onto the cloud. As CTO, he was integral to taking the company public, leading the engineering, product, design, and growth teams throughout the process. Quentin also helped broaden the company's portfolio with the HelloSign acquisition and the recent launch of their new team-oriented collaboration product, Dropbox Spaces. Prior to Dropbox, Quentin spent nearly two decades with Microsoft, starting as a software engineer, then product manager, and eventually leading the entire family of data products — from Microsoft SQL Server, the BI products, no-SQL, and ML capabilities on-prem and in Azure. After Microsoft, Quentin joined SAP and helped to build the company's growth strategy, first as their CTO, then leading strategy, corpdev, M&A and strategic partnerships. As a part of that role, he helped SAP spin-up an emerging business unit with a venture mindset for working directly with the startup community. On This Episode: Learn how crucial a clear vision is to your career path. Discover the importance of becoming. self-aware of your own limitations. Hear the key philosophies to building high-performing teams. Get a few helpful interview questions to ask potential team members. Quentin shares how he chooses what founders he makes bets on. Key Takeaways To be a full-stack leader you must possess the following qualities: Vision Strategy Leadership Management Technical Accuity Business Accuity Tweetable Quotes: It's very easy to mask people dysfunction with short-term success.

In the first episode, we host Sahil Lavingia. Sahil is the founder and CEO of Gumroad. He also runs a successful $7 million a year early-stage fund. The fund typically writes $100,000 to $250,000 cheques and has invested in HelloSign, Movable Ink, Lambda School, Figma, Clubhouse, and Haus. Sahil is interviewed by Iyin 'E' Aboyeji, the founder of Future Africa and co-founder Andela and Flutterwave. Invest In The Future is a live fireside chat series by Future Africa to learn from prolific angel investors who have invested in and built some of the world's most impactful technology companies. Future Africa is a platform for mission-driven innovators and investors turning Africa's biggest challenges into global business opportunities. Learn more about Future Africa at www.future.africa

Discover the keys to negotiating your pay while avoiding conversations that could deter you from earning a higher potential salary. Join me, Pratima Gluckman, in this conversation with Nadia De Ala, Leadership & Negotiation Coaching for Women of Color in Tech, on this episode of Getting to 50/50: Conversations to Bridge the Gender Gap. ____________________________________________________________Leadership and negotiation coach who specializes in helping women of color in technology thrive and elevate pay, positions, and purpose. Her mission is to close the leadership and wage gap for women of color, one bad-ass leader at a time. Nadia earned a Co-Active Coach Certification from the Coaches Training Institute through one-on-one, group coaching and workshops. She empowers her clients to activate their voices, fully negotiate their value, and get excited about their careers again. Previously, she was an audio engineer and in senior tech sales for thriving enterprise corporations and rapid growth startups like Booking.com and HelloSign which were acquired by Dropbox. Through her practice today, she has helped women of color leaders navigate, grow, and thrive at companies like Expedia, Google, and Lift.

Neste episódio de PodCafé vislumbraremos um mundo sem papel, salvando árvores e assinando seus documentos eletronicamente. Com a presença de nossa convidada Nathalie True da HelloSign/Dropbox, dê o play para um bate papo divertido sem gastar nenhuma folha de papel. https://podcafeti.com.br/Figo INC seu parceiro Dropbox Business no Brasilhttps://www.figoinc.com/PodCafé da TI é um podcast da ACSoftware seu parceiro ManageEngine no Brasil.https://www.acsoftware.com.br/manageengine

Sahil Lavingia is the Founder and CEO @ Gumroad, the company that helps creators do more of what they love. With Gumroad, Sahil has raised funding from an all-star list of investors including Accel, Kleiner Perkins, First Round and then Max Levchin, Chris Sacca, Ron Conway and Naval Ravikant on the individual side. However, most recently Sahil has made waves launching one of the first rolling funds on AngelList with his being $6M per year. In the past, Sahil has backed the likes of Lambda School, Figma, HelloSign and Haus to name a few. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Sahil make his way into the world of startups and angel investing? What were his biggest takeaways from being employee #2 at Pinterest? How did that experience impact his mindset? 2.) Why did Sahil decide to make his new fund an AngelList rolling fund? How is it structured? Does Sahil think this will represent a seismic shift in early stage investing? Is this a game of the 1%? Why does Sahil think early-stage remains so undervalued? How will this impact Series A pricing? 3.) How does Sahil assess his own price sensitivity today? How does Sahil think about the right way to turn down a founder? Where do many go wrong? How does Sahil feel about the rise of pre-empted rounds? How does Sahil advise seed founders with offers from multi-stage firms? 4.) What does Sahil believe founders care most about today in their investors base? How does Sahil think about investor brand and distribution? How does Sahil analyse the pros and cons of party rounds? How does Sahil advise founders on constructing their early cap table? 5.) How does Sahil think about his relationship to risk and to money? How did Sahil deal with it when his investors wrote off his company? How did Sahil feel about the weight of expectation placed on his shoulders at such a young age? How did he deal with this? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Sahil’s Fave Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

Hello, Insiders today I want to talk about Amazon reviews, Hellosign, are you anonymous when you use TOR? Best place and worst pensions in the world.1:00 - Introduction1:09 - What do you know about Amazon reviews?3:50 - China digital currency play4:24 - Will the American dollar get dethroned by digital currencies7:44 - China has taken the lead with digital currency8:00 - Hellosign; here is your legally binding document11:00 - TOR and being anonymous online. TOR means The Onion Router.12:00 - What is the difference between using TOR and using a virtual private network (VPN)16:50 - Gamers are going to cloud services19:47 - Pensions; which countries have the best pensions.25:15 - 9,444 Cyber Security jobs are listed on Monster.com.

Hello, Insiders today I want to talk about Amazon reviews, Hellosign, are you anonymous when you use TOR? Best place and worst pensions in the world.1:00 - Introduction1:09 - What do you know about Amazon reviews?3:50 - China digital currency play4:24 - Will the American dollar get dethroned by digital currencies7:44 - China has taken the lead with digital currency8:00 - Hellosign; here is your legally binding document11:00 - TOR and being anonymous online. TOR means The Onion Router.12:00 - What is the difference between using TOR and using a virtual private network (VPN)16:50 - Gamers are going to cloud services19:47 - Pensions; which countries have the best pensions.25:15 - 9,444 Cyber Security jobs are listed on Monster.com.

Just last week, Zach Coelius successfully announced his first Venture Capital fund, Coelius Capital with $45 million in new assets. Based in San Francisco, Zach has been an angel investor for years, backing hot startups such as Cruise Automation (which was acquired by General Motors for $1 billion, Branch Metrics, and HelloSign. Plus two dozen other companies. Earlier, Zach was Co-Founder of advertising technology startup Triggit. Now, he invests across sectors such as SaaS and Consumer Technology. In this 20-minute conversation, Zach shares how small companies can scale fast by putting a Rockstar in every seat.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to start your own business? Chris did. Then he started his own, so if you're curious, he's sharing a few quick tips and highlights on how to get your own self-run business off the ground and running on this weeks' episode. ********** Chris's recommended Business Apps: Wave Invoicing (www.waveapps.com), Self-Employed (Quickbooks mobile app family), HelloSign (www.hellosign.com), Dropbox (www.dropbox.com). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/housebound/message

What's it like to reenter the workforce in the tech industry after a nearly two decade gap on your resume? Elizabeth shares her story in this episode of Getting to 50/50 where she and Pratima discuss the challenges of agism and of being a female in the workforce. Find out how persistence impacted her, and take away a few key pieces of advice for any age woman in the workforce.______________________________________Elizabeth Andrew is a top-producing technology sales executive, startup advisor, and TEDx speaker, who has established herself as a leader, motivator, and role model with her inspiring story of career reentry by breaking barriers into the San Francisco technology space – at over 50 years old, after a 17-year career break. She had a great run as a top-producing sales leader and senior manager at HelloSign, where she broke sales records and was the lead contributor to the rapid revenue growth of the company which led to the $230M acquisition by Dropbox. Elizabeth is an Advisory Board Member for several startups, serves as an advisor to Women Serve On Boards, and was selected for The CLUB of Silicon Valley's 2016 Incubator leadership program. In her early career, Elizabeth was a VP and Director with Wells Fargo Asset Management, where she opened up the New England Region as a Mutual Fund Wholesaler and grew territory assets from $0 to $70 million.

A sense of belonging is a human need. People need personal connections to feel accepted and supported. Without it, the feeling of exclusion can create toxic environments at home and at work.   According to my guest, the key to these personal connections to feel accepted and supported can come from the traits, tragedies, and traumas of our ancestors for over 200 years in our cellular biology.   Rajkumari Neogy is an epigenetic coach and executive consultant who approaches belonging from a neurobiological view - how getting in touch with any deep-rooted trauma can help dismantle toxic work cultures.   Rajkumari has worked with my organizations worldwide, including HelloSign, Slack, Salesforce, Gainsight, Twilio, Google, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Wells Fargo, Cisco Systems, Facebook, United States Digital Service (USDS), Shuddle, HopSkipDrive, and Amazon.   In 2013, s/he founded iRestart, which provides expertise in the areas of leadership development and organizational epigenetics.   Rajkumari is also the creator of the iRestart coaching framework, the Disruptive Diversity Boot Camp, and the author of The WIT Factor: Shifting the Workplace Paradigm by Becoming Your Optimal Self.   Rate, Review, & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts   "Love Molly's podcast in both style and substance. She is emblematic of what every public relations leader should hope to be: completely in command of her subject matter and bold / brave in the way she conveys her wisdom ... A regular must-listen on my list of favorite podcasts."   Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’m also adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out.   Subscribe now.   Links mentioned in this episode: The Biology of Belonging (6-week boot camp) Epigenetics with Rajkumari Neogy Safe and Sound Protocol Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations and Exercises to Engage Your Brain's Capacity for Healing. Book by Sarah Peyton   © Molly McPherson 2020

Contract Canvas is the easy way for creative professionals to create and e-sign client agreements. This platform for creative professionals, makes contract language, humans can read. Create, preview, e-sign, and save. That’s all there is to it. Take a listen to this very refined pitch from #legaltech founder, Chris Brown. How does it work? Here are the steps outlined on the Contract Canvas website: 1. Tell them about your project: their user-guided contract wizard will ask you to provide the important details about your project–payment terms, termination rights, ownership of work product, and more. 2. Preview your contract: All Contract Canvas contracts include a summary designed for humans not lawyers and also a legal version designed for lawyers and judges. You can preview your contract, return to the wizard to make changes, and edit as much as you’d like. 3. Send your contract to your client: Next, click “Send to Client” and we’ll email your client a secure link where they can access your contract online. 4. Client preview: Your client can securely review both the human summary and the legal terms on our platform. If they have questions or changes, they can email you directly. 5. Client e-signs: Once approved by your client, they can easily provide their e-signature using our platform (through an integration with HelloSign). 6. You e-sign: We’ll let you know as soon as your client e-signs your contract. After they sign, you can e-sign too (again, using an integration with HelloSign). 7. We share the final contract: After you e-sign, we will save the final, fully-signed contract to your dashboard. We’ll also send a PDF copy of the contract to both you and your client via email. Check out the episode. You'll see that Chris Brown knows his product inside and out. Also, a special thanks to Katia Alcantar for co-hosting this episode, her first, with Nick Rishwain. More About Chris Brown & Contract Canvas: Chris Brown on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/csbcounsel/. Chris Brown on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSBCounsel. Contract Canvas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ContractCanvas. Contract Canvas Website: https://contractcanvas.com/. More About Katia Alcantar & Fast Expunge: Katia Alcantar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katianalc.... Katia Alcantar on Twitter: https://twitter.com/katiainpdx. Katia's Company: https://www.fastexpunge.com/. Katia is also the COO of Text A Lawyer: https://textalawyernow.com/. More episodes available on https://legaltechlive.com/. #startups #founder   Category Science & Technology

Garry Tan (@garrytan) is a designer and engineer turned early stage investor as a Managing Partner and co-founder at Initialized Capital. While recording from our coronavirus bunkers, Garry and I chatted about building the world you want to live in, how refugee ancestors has influenced his worldview, navigating the idea maze as a founder, his $200M mistake and how parenthood has changed his life. In 2019, Tan was listed at #21 on the Forbes Midas List having invested in Instacart, Coinbase, Flexport, Plangrid, Hellosign and many others. Prior to founding Initialized, Garry was a partner at Y Combinator for nearly five years where he advised and funded over 600 companies and more than a thousand founders. He was cofounder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous (Top 200 Quantcast site, acquired by Twitter in 2012). Before that he was employee #10 at Palantir, where he was a founding member of the engineering team for Palantir's financial analysis product, and also designed Palantir's logo. He has a BS in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford and you can find him on his weekly startup vlog on YouTube and Instagram and his videos are packed with valuable advice for entrepreneurs. Garry is incredibly talented and insightful and I think what struck me most about our conversation is how humble, thoughtful and empathetic he is. Hope you enjoy this episode with Garry Tan.

In this episode, I do 3 things:I detailed special offerings from tech giants Microsoft, Google, SAP, Salesforce, Dropbox, Hellosign and Asana for their clients during this difficult time. I do a recap on the past podcast episodes in 6 topics: Building a consulting firmSolo consultingLeadershipGovernment contractingVirtual business Diversity and inclusionThe future of the podcast, mostly in Q2 2020.Call-to-action:leave your e-mail for our brand new newslettersend your comments about what you think of the podcast and send topic recommendationslisten to previous podcast episodes by doing https://consultinglifestyle.fm/x with x being the number of the episode.Resources: Google hangout meetshttps://cloud.google.com/blog/products/g-suite/helping-businesses-and-schools-stay-connected-in-response-to-coronavirusMicrosoft Office 365 E1 (including teams)https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans?activetab=tab:primaryr1Dropbox and HelloSignhttps://go.dropbox.com/en-us/covid19-donation-programAsana https://form.asana.com/?hash=5ac886806772beaa2a04b5e77c31579b5cd0b953c8286a2d9b9f4bf94f37f497&id=1165895410278852Salesforce Care for small businesseshttps://essentials.salesforce.com/salesforce-care-for-small-business/?d=7010M000000ZWcd&utm_medium=partner&utm_source=dropbox&utm_campaign=salesforce%20careSlack for non profit, educational and medical institutionshttps://slack.com/intl/en-ca/resources/using-slack/covid-helpSAP supply chain planning & supply continuity pulse with Qualtricshttps://news.sap.com/2020/04/sap-offers-for-covid-19-supply-chain-disruptions/Leave your e-mail in order to get the newsletter at : https://consultinglifestyle.fm

Ravi Viswanathan is the Founder and Managing Partner @ NewView Capital, launched in 2018 with their $1.35Bn Fund I, they have already set themselves as leaders in the world of growth funding with 3 massive exits in less than 2 years in the form of Plaid, sold to Visa for $5.3Bn, Acquia, sold to Vista Equity for $1Bn and then Scout, sold to WorkDay for $540M. Prior to founding NewView Ravis spent 14 years at one of the largest venture firms in the business, NEA where he co-led their venture growth equity practice and in 2016, became COO @ Nea. Before the world of venture, Ravi spent 4 years as a VP @ Goldman Sachs and before that was at McKinsey & Co. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Ravi made his way into the world of venture from investment banking and how that led to his founding the monster $1.35Bn Fund I for NewView Capital? 2.) Given the first fund being $1.35Bn, how did Ravi find the fundraising process for NewView? On reflection, what did he and the team do well that they would do again? What did they not do well that they would alter? What advice would Ravi give to first-time fund managers raising today? 3.) Would Ravi agree with Bill Gurley, "the biggest challenge today is the sheer quantum of capital flowing into the industry"? What does Ravi make of the rise of private equity (PE) houses entering the venture landscape? How does it change the exit landscape? 4.) How does Ravi think about the right way for funds to navigate and approach the secondary market? What advice would he give to emerging managers? How does Ravi feel about founder secondaries? What framework does he use to determine whether the amount is reasonable? 5.) How does Ravi think about what it take to truly win the best deals in competition today? If one does not have the budget of a16z, how does one build a venture platform? Where do the majority of investors make mistakes when it comes to VC value add? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Ravi's Fave Book: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE, Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Ravi’s Most Recent Investment: Plaid As always you can follow Harry, Ravi and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Businesses are always looking for ways to shorten their sales cycles. HelloSign provides secure, effortless eSignatures proven to speed up contract signing by 80%. Most clients go from a multi-week turnaround to a multi-hour one. They’re an industry leader and have been voted #1 for Ease of Use two years in a row on G2 Crowd. Don’t let pen and paper processes slow you down. Click Here to join the millions of users already using HelloSign to close more deals faster!

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Todd Jackson is First Round Capital's newest Partner (announced today) having spent the last 2 years as a Founder-in-Residence working with the FRC portfolio. Prior to his time in venture, Todd spent close to 3 years at Dropbox as VP Product & Design. Before that he was with Twitter as Director of Product Management, following his startup, Cover, being acquired by Twitter in 2014. Before founding Cover, Todd was a Product Manager @ Facebook where he helped lead major redesign of Newsfeed. Finally, Todd started his career at Google as a Product Lead taking Gmail from 0 to 200m users in 4 years. Todd is joined today by his Partner @ First Round, Phin Barnes. Phin also writes the most fantastic blog, sneakerheadVC, that really is a must-read. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) Phin, what is the exclusive news you would like to break on the show today? Todd, taking one step back, how did you make your way to this stage, what was your entry into technology and how did you come to be a Partner @ First Round Capital today? What were Todd's biggest takeaways from working on some of the most transformative social products in Gmail, Twitter, Newsfeed @ Facebook and Dropbox? 2.) What advice does Phin have for Todd when it comes to entering a venture partnership? Where do many people go wrong in their first year in venture? What should Todd be optimising for in the partnership? In terms of measurement, how does one measure success of the first year of work as a Partner? 3.) Todd, making the move from angel to institutional VC is a mindset shift, how does Todd think his investment mentality will be impacted by the shift from angel to institutional VC? Having raised funding as a founder, what type of founder experience and investor does Todd want to be and bring? 4.) Phin, it has been a long time since FRC added a Partner, walk me through the recent changes at the top of FRC? What are the most important qualities for First Round when adding a Partner? What are the biggest tips to doing generational transition well? Where do many firms go wrong in generational transition? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Todd’s Fave Book: Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs, Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Handbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell Todd’s Most Recent Investment: Papaya Payments, Snackpass As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Todd on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Businesses are always looking for ways to shorten their sales cycles. HelloSign provides secure, effortless eSignatures proven to speed up contract signing by 80%. Most clients go from a multi-week turnaround to a multi-hour one. They’re an industry leader and have been voted #1 for Ease of Use two years in a row on G2 Crowd. Don’t let pen and paper processes slow you down. Click Here to join the millions of users already using HelloSign to close more deals faster!

Having a grand vision doesn’t mean anything if you don’t have the right people to execute your ideas. Whitney Bouck, the COO of HelloSign, joins Cameron Herold this episode to discuss her experiences from all the companies she’s been with and has helped grow. She talks about company culture in its entirety, and how practicing the right … The post Ep. 82 – Building The Right Team And Company Culture With HelloSign COO, Whitney Bouck appeared first on COO Alliance.

In this episode we talk about how to automate your business. You’ll learn how to have as many of your admin tasks that drain your time and energy fully automated, so that you invest that time in getting your business set up in the first place, and it runs itself with minimal or no effort from you.  What You Will Learn In This Episode: How to automate your list building and data collecting with an effective CRM system Using social media scheduling tools for planning and automating your posts What are some great tools for automating your diary and scheduling calls and interviews Automating your payments and contracts If you want to find out more about how all of this works, check out my membership program at https://annaparkernaples.co.uk/getvisible/ . Links and Resources: CRM systems: Mailchimp, https://mailchimp.com/  and Active Campaign, https://www.activecampaign.com/  Social Media Scheduling Tools: Hootsuite, https://hootsuite.com/  Buffer, https://buffer.com/ , Planoly, https://www.planoly.com/  Calendar automation: Calendly, https://calendly.com/  and Acuity, https://acuityscheduling.com/  Payments automation: Paypal, https://www.paypal.com/ , Stripe https://stripe.com/ , ThriveCart, https://thrivecart.com/  Contracts automation: HelloSign, https://www.hellosign.com/ , 17hats, https://www.17hats.com/ 

In this episode, we are getting a behind the scenes look into the thought process of a VC. This is the perfect episode for young entrepreneurs and startup founders. Today we have Semil Shah, the founder of Haystack a seed stage VC fund. Semil was an early investor in DoorDash, Instacart, HelloSign, Giphy and others. He’s also known for being a prolific writer, sharing his thoughts on VC and tech. During this interview we dig into what he looks for in startups & founders. And some of his successes and some investments that didn’t pan out. If you’re a founder, this one’s for you. Enjoy.

Shownotes: http://fizzleshow.com/341 Welcome to Part 2 of our Fizzle Friday show with Brendan Hufford. In this episode, we have several questions for Brendan to follow up from last Friday when we discussed SEO, so if you haven't listened to that episode yet, make sure you do! Brendan fields a bunch of our questions, from the team and the Fizzle audience, about link-building, Google algorithm changes, and keyword funnels. Trust us you are not going to want to miss this essential exploration of SEO from a true expert! Today on the show we are also joined by Fizzle regulars, Jen Rao and Joe Kerns to take part in the Q&A, so it promises to be a jam-packed show, full of learning. The conversation also covers building real and beneficial business relationships, growing a podcast audience and much more! Tune in to get it all! Key Points From This Episode: Explaining link-building and why it is still important today. [0:02:30.5] How Brendan thinks about linking between websites. [0:06:03.7] Using real relationship and friends to build up a network of links. [0:10:20.1] Updates on Google's recent algorithm changes and the effects to average sites. [0:14:23.3] General strategies for staying on the right side of Google! [0:20:15.7] Bottom of funnel keywords and how valuable they can be to your ranking. [0:24:01.4] Brendan's advice for growing a podcast audience through SEO and engagement. [0:27:09.2] And much more! Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Fizzle — https://fizzle.co/ Brendan Hufford — https://brendanhufford.com Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com Neil Patel — https://neilpatel.com Brian Dean — https://backlinko.com Ultimate Sales Machine — https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Sales-Machine-Turbocharge-Relentless/dp/1591842158 Pat Flynn — https://www.smartpassiveincome.com Chris Ducker — https://www.chrisducker.com World Domination Summit — https://worlddominationsummit.com ConvertKit Conference — https://conference.convertkit.com/ Fiverr — https://www.fiverr.com/ 100 Days of SEO — https://100daysofseo.com Article Marketing Robot — http://www.articlemarketingrobot.com The Best Spinner — https://thebestspinner.com/v4/ Ruebn Gamez — https://www.linkedin.com/in/rugamez Docsketch — https://www.docsketch.com/ HelloSign — https://www.hellosign.com DocuSign — https://www.docusign.com Drift — https://www.intercom.com/ Intercom — https://www.intercom.com/ Vegetarian Zen — https://www.vegetarianzen.com Breakthrough Advertising — https://www.breakthroughadvertisingbook.com Side Hustle School — https://sidehustleschool.com Fizzle Goals Course — https://fizzle.co/courses/goals Fizzle on Twitter — https://twitter.com/fizzle Fizzle Just Ship It Challenge — https://app.fizzle.co/just-ship-it-challenge Fizzle Sparkline — https://fizzle.co/sparkline Fizzle Journaling Course — https://fizzle.co/courses/journal Fizzle Essentials of Web Design Course — https://fizzle.co/library/essentials-of-website-design-for-business-builders Fizzle Website Tune Up Curse — https://fizzle.co/courses/tuneup Fizzle 80/20 Copywriting Guide — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/writing-copy-for-web Fizzle Toolkit — https://fizzle.co/toolkit Fizzle Craft + Commerce — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/craft-commerce Fizzle Project Management for Entrepreneurs — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/project-management-for-entrepreneurs Fizzle Hosting — https://fizzle.co/hosting Fly Wheel — https://getflywheel.com Matt Giovansci — https://www.moneylab.co/ Joe Kerns — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/author/joekerns Jen Rao — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/author/jenrao Corbett Barr — https://corbettbarr.com

Whitney Bouck is the Chief Operating Officer of HelloSign, a tool that lets users sign documents with legally binding e-signatures. As COO, Whitney is responsible for leading the sales, marketing, customer operations, and business development team. However, she wasn’t always a COO, in fact, she came from the marketing world. She served as SVP of Global Marketing at Box and, prior to that, was Chief Marketing Officer for EMC. For Whitney, the transition from marketing to operations was natural. "I discovered that I like telling stories and helping turn on light bulbs for people. I like learning what their priorities are and helping to problem-solve with them. And those are really a lot of the essentials behind marketing." On this episode, Ian and Whitney discuss everything from how her past work experience in marketing led her to want to become a COO, her three keys to working well with CIOs, and how to market a technical product. — P.S. Thanks to our partner, b8ta, this week we will be giving away three Simple Being Weighted Blankets. Enter the giveaway here for a chance to win! — 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!    

Recently, one of our team members here at Array Digital sent an email to a new client with the contract attached, as we have all done before. In episode 230 of Journey to $100 Million, listen in to Erik as he explains how electronic signature systems can help streamline your contract signing process. When you send a contract attached as an email, the prospect has to print the contract, physically sign it, scan it back to their computer, and then email it back to you. This is a very long, tedious, and sometimes confusing process when you are trying to sign a client quickly. Luckily, there are electronic signature systems, such as DocuSign and Hellosign, that can help you take the friction out of this process. With electronic signatures, a prospect is able to click the contract link in an email, then simply click another button to sign. We have adopted this electronic signature process into contracts within our company as it simplifies the signing process for prospects. HelloSign is the software we currently use, which has a free version. If you would prefer a paid plan, the prices range from $10 to $20 dollars per month. We would highly recommend switching over to electronic signatures as it creates less of a hassle for new prospects. Here at Array Digital, we want to make it as easy as possible to turn prospects into new clients - electronic signatures are one way to do this! — Erik J. Olson is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. The Founder & CEO of Array Digital, he is also the host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — Kevin Daisey is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. He started his first company when he was just 23, and is the Founder & CMO of Array Digital. Kevin is also the co-host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the co-organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — For more information on the show, and to check out past episodes, go to journeyto100million.com!

Whitney Bouck is the COO @ HelloSign (now a part of Dropbox). For those that do not know, HelloSign is the company reimagining how you approach your most important business agreements with their award-winning e-Sign solution. As for Whitney, she directly leads the organization's go-to-market efforts, including sales, marketing, business development and customer operations. Whitney is also an advisor to companies funded by the YC Continuity Fund, focusing on enterprise strategy, go-to-market strategy, leadership and execution. If that was not enough, Whitney is also on the board of Ekata, building the global standard in identity verification. Finally, prior to HelloSign Whitney spent close to 5 years at Box where as SVP Global Marketing & GM Enterprise she took on all of marketing globally for Box and was responsible for reshaping the company brand from SMB to enterprise.  In Today’s Episode We Discuss: How Whitney made her way into the world of SaaS originally with Box and how that led to her coming one of today’s leading COOs with HelloSign? What were Whitney’s biggest takeaways from seeing the hypergrowth of Box? How did that change her operating mentality? What does truly successful exec leadership look like in Whitney’s mind? When is the right time for founders to think about building out their first exec team? What common mistakes do they make in the process? What can founders do to attract seasoned SaaS execs to their early-stage company? What are the questions that suggest an individual has a startup culture to them? What are the indications that they are a “big company” person?   What does Whitney believe is the new role of the CIO? What has changed about their tole and what has driven this change? With their coming front and centre in the org, how does that change both the reporting and operating structure of the business? What are the nuances and intricacies of this role that many do not often consider?  COO is thrown around as a term today, what does it really mean to Whitney? What does Whitney believe separates good from great when it comes to COOs? When is the right time for founders to start looking for their first COO? What should they look for in their first COO? What is the optimal onboarding process for any new COO?  Whitney’s 60 Second SaaStr: What does Whitney know now that she wishes she had known at the beginning? What makes for the optimal relationship between COO and CEO?   What is the most challenging element of Whitney’s role with HelloSign today? Read the full transcript on our blog. If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Whitney Bouck Ever feel like you can’t really connect with prospects or have an organized workflow to get deals closed? Outreach.io, the leading Sales Engagement platform, supports sales reps and their managers by making it simple to humanize and personalize communication at scale; automating the soul-sucking manual work; and dramatically increasing the productivity and efficiency of all revenue-generating teams. You can check them out at outreach.io/saastr to chat with them and receive a free copy of their new book -- Sales Engagement: How The World's Fastest-Growing Companies are Modernizing Sales Through Humanization at Scale.  

Are marketers technologists? According to Whitney Bouck, COO of HelloSign, they ought to be. Whitney has spent years marketing to CIOs, and she thinks that marketers need to be just as much of technology junkies as the people they market to. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Whitney explains how to make that idea a reality. She also talks about her current work at HelloSign, why she decided to become a COO after a career in marketing, how to market highly technical products, and much more. Links: Full Notes & Quotes: http://bit.ly/2KNNxgh Whitney’s LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2Z9fDM2 Whitney’s Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Z1qsMl Hellosign: http://bit.ly/2Z2o8o3 5 Key Takeaways: - Marketers who want to be successful need to be technology junkies, especially if they're selling to CIOs. - One of the keys to developing a great relationship with a CIO (or any executive) is listening more than you talk. -  When marketing a technical product, it's very important to focus more on the user experience than on the technology itself. - As a leader, you need to to find great partners who can act as sounding boards and take your ideas and push them to new limits. - Marketers succeed the most when they make their customer the hero. Bio: Whitney Bouck is the COO of HelloSign where she leads the Sales, Marketing, Customer Operations, and Business Development Teams. Whitney also serves as an advisor and mentor to numerous startups, including LogDNA and Ekata. Previously, Whitney has held senior marketing roles with Box, EMC, and Oracle, among other technology companies. --- 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.

Before we get ahead of ourselves, let's start where everyone does... the beginning.The top 20 questions I first get from people when they first start out20. Should I name my business my own name, or should I create a separate company name for it?The short answer is, will this company be intertwined (and reliant on) your own identity, or can it live outside of you. Also, will you ever sell your company. I can't answer this for you, but this will help you come to a more solid conclusion.4:32 -- 19. Incorporate vs. Sole Prop etc...Depends on the business structure, but basically stay as a sole prop until you earn more money than you need to live. That way, when you are making more money, you can incorporate, but you can start as a sole prop TODAY. The caveat is that if it's a highly-liable company, you may consider incorporating earlier to cover yourself from a legal perspective.We'll dive into this in 2 later episodes, one focussed around Canadian companies and taxes, and the second around American.6:16 -- 18. Do I need a website with a portfolio.Not necessarily. Most of your first clients will come from word of mouth, so they will hire you for you. Don't let lack of portfolio stop you from looking for new clients. The reality is, people make decisions from feeling, not necessarily from an intellectual place so instilling confidence in your clients, that you are right for the job is much more important than your portfolio when first starting out.7:38 -- 17. Do I charge my client tax right away?This will depend on the region you live in, so be sure to check with your local tax laws. In general, if it's optional in your region, I would suggest registering a tax number right away and charging clients. It adds to your professionalism, will allow you more "write offs" (which we'll cover in another episode), and you can claim that to get back anyways.9:12 -- 16. Do I need a contract and what should it say?Legally, the answer is yes. However, you can get some contracts online that will cover you until you until you start diving into deeper waters.I would say, it's worth investing in a lawyer to draw you up a contract after you've made your first 20K or so. That's not a rule, but let's just say if you're making 90K per year, you should probably be seeking some legal counsel to make sure your business is protected.10:35 -- 15. What does a proposal look like, and what should it include?Use a PDF or Google Doc to stat. Include the following-- Intro to project-- Breakdown of phases-- Cost breakdown-- Social Proof (optional)-- Payment schedule12:47 -- 14. Do I need project management softwares?There are sooo many! If you're just starting out, I would suggest a simple setup of Google docs and folders to get you started with a folder for client to upload image assets, and website copy.Keep a Google sheet of timeline and payment schedule in there for bonus points.13:44 -- 13. What do I charge?There are soooo many answers to this question, but here are some initial steps.1. Find out what your competitors are charging to get a ballpark2. Decide on an hourly rate, and price projects using the estimated hours x 30% buffer. You don't need to show clients that calculation, but you can use it for your own references as a starting place. 3. Value pricing: it's very difficult to value price from day 1, so we'll get into that at a later date.16:24 -- 12. How do I get referrals and testimonials for my future clients?Ask them!This might seem very awkward at first, but here's a quick script to help you along. Also, make sure to ask the verbally first towards the end of their agreement.When you start the conversation, ask...How was everything for you?How was it paced out?How was my communication?then follow up with,Hey _______,That's amazing! I would love other people to have the same experience as you, do you mind putting ________ in writing, I'd love to feature you on my site.Take the feedback, both good and bad and either turn it into a testimonial, or implement the improvements in your process.It's important to take the negative feedback as well as the positive to make changes and grow as a company.17:53 -- 11. What happens when a project goes south?Sometimes this happens. Sometimes it's your fault, and sometimes it's the clients fault. Without placing blame, it's in your best interest to go back to the contracts and proposals to gain clarification.I always give the client the benefit of the doubt, so if there was something in my contract that could be mis-interpreted, I take the hit, make the corrections, move forward and re-word + revisit my policies moving forward.The key is be present, be empathetic, be proactive, and err on the side of clarity.19:52 -- 10. How do I invoice and collect payment?There are so many optins now!For accounting purposes, I would suggest using software like Freshbooks, WaveApps, FreeAgent, Xero, Harvest or Quickbooks as you can take payment (for a fee) directly through the application. Alternatively, you can bill through either Stripe or PayPal. Truthfully, clients have their own preferences, so I actually take all of the following.-- Interac e-transfer-- Overseas wire transfer-- Venmo-- Stripe-- PayPal-- Cheque (oldschool)-- Quickbooks online paymentI would suggest having at least one way they can pay via bank (e-transfer, or cheque), and one way they can pay via credit card (PayPal or Stripe). Yes, there are fees associated with credit card payments, but those are the cost of doing business.22:58 -- 9. How do I find well paying clients?Go check out the previous episode "How to find clients"23:37 -- 8. What's the difference between a Proposal, a Contract and and Invoice? Do you need all 3?Yes, you do need all 3, however you can combine the proposal and contract together if you like.Proposal: Project outline, scope, timeline and payment schedule outlineContract: Legally binding agreement of terms signed by both parties. Contains agreement of proposal.Invoice: Payment request, methods of payment accepted, and when payment is dueOnce the contract is approved, you can use companies like HelloSign, Adobe, and Docusign to get their signatures digitally.25:44 -- 7. What is a Niche? Do I need to specialize my services?A niche is something that you're good at, or a certain customer you wish to serve that differentiates you from your peers. Serving a niche is serving a narrower group of people. Some people get freaked out when you suggest to narrow their focus, but I'm telling you, you will attract more of the right people, be able to charge more, and have less stress is you get REALLY good at just one, or a few key things.Episode on niching coming soon...27:39 -- 6. Do I need to run ads to promote myself?No! i go over so many FREE ways to get clients in the previous episode, go listen... now.28:02 -- 5. What should I have in place to look like a professional?Even though I highly encourage you to be yourself in every capacity, there are a few things you should brush up when you are looking to present yourself to clients.Here's a few:-- Make sure there's nothing incriminating on your FB and IG feeds-- Update your skillsets on LinkedIn, and have people vouch for you-- Be aware of publicly visible photographs on your profiles.29:22 -- 4. Do I have to work for Free?In my unpopular opinion, yes.If you love the project, and are invested absolutely. Don't take free jabs because you think you should, do it because you want to.30:27 -- 3. How do I respond to family and friends when they want my services for a "deal"?Generally, I don't do work for friends and family. I refer them out. However, I did in the beginning because they were projects that were close to me, and they were projects that I believed in. Also, I only do projects for FREE on my own terms, or I charge full price. I never charge discounted rates. Period.32:44 -- 2. How do clients typically pay? How many increments do you divide it into?This is typically how my payment plans work out. Feel free to swipe!> $1000 -- Everything is paid at the end of a project$2000 - $7000 -- Split into 2 payments. 50% initially, 50% on deployment$10,000 + -- 3 to 4 payments, generally spanning monthly payments. I allow some flexibility with clients, which they appreciate. I rarely split into more than 4 payments.35:10 -- 1. When does a project end? Do you offer packages? Do you need to offer support?The project for me ends when it it deployed to the final URL. This should be made clear in the contract terms.I do offer 14 - 30 days of support following deployment, and this is included in the project. You also need to make this clear, that no new features will be added during this time, but it is used to improve existing functionality, iron out bugs and general troubleshooting of existing features, as well as training.You don't need to offer any packages beyond that, but many developers offer maintenance packages that allow continuous updates to the site, usually for a monthly fee.That's it!Reach out if you have any Q's (at symbol)margreffell everywhere. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to episode 11 of This Is My Side Hustle, a podcast that discusses how to make more money, how to start a business, online marketing, lifestyle design, and optimization of your life in the present and for the future. In this episode, I share a presentation on how to "Systematize Your Business". I gave this presentation in partnership with IVAA (International Virtual Assistants Association) on May 7th, 2019 and have included the full video below and access to the slides. Learn the ins and outs of HOW and WHY you should create systems in your business and for your clients if you're a virtual assistant or online business manager. Have something to add to this conversation? Comment below or be a guest on the show! Please subscribe and leave a comment about tips you'd like to hear about! Right-click here and save as to download this episode. Watch the video below:   The links and resources mentioned in the episode are below: Download the Powerpoint slides for this presentation iAssist Virtually The E-Myth Revisited New Client Assessment Form (Don't fill this out, but feel free to steal my questions for your own Google Form!) G Suite 14 Day Free Trial Dropbox Box.com OneDrive JotForm Docusign Asana Teamwork Basecamp Dubsado LastPass Slack Voxer Canva Toggl Zapier IFTTT Hiscox Business Insurance Total Quality Management - The Deming Management Method Zoom IVAA (International Virtual Assistants Association) Square Invoicing - Pay NO fees on your first $1000 in invoicing! HelloSign 17 More Virtual Assistant / Service Business Forms Trello  Shop our new MERCH! Please visit iAssistVirtually.com/systems to download a free guide on how to systematize your business.

Zach Coelius is Managing Partner @ Coelius Capital and in his own words, "a pretty eclectic investor who loves to see just about any deal". To date, Zach has made investments in the likes of mParticle, Cruise Automation, Branch Metrics, SkySafe, ProsperWorks and more. In addition, Zach is or has been an advisor to LiveRamp, Hellosign, Art19, Loom.ai, Survata and StartGrid just to name a few. Prior to his investing career, Zach was CEO @ Triggit, an online adtech company which he raised over $18m for and was ultimately acquired in 2015. If that was not enough, Zach is also a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Co. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Zach made his way from the world of operating and adtech to investing and advising startups today? When does Zach feel the ecosystem really started to take him seriously as an investor? What did Zach learn from being in the adtech space that he has applied to his investing today? 2.) The Future of Venture: Naval has previously said we will see "the unbundling of VC", does Zach agree with this view? Why does Zach feel we are seeing both the bundling and the unbundling of venture platforms? What unique challenges does this pose for both sides of the equation? How should entrepreneurs evaluate the different options, bundled vs unbundled? 3.) Portfolio Construction: Why does Zach believe that portfolio construction is fundamentally inefficient? What 2 core areas of venture does portfolio construction cause issues for? When does Zach view to be the ideal insertion point if optimising for absolute returns and not following portfolio construction? 4.) Reserve Allocation and Pricing: Why does Zach think that the current mechanism for reserve allocation is broken? Why is it a fundamentally bias process? What does the optimal investment decision-making process look like to Zach? How does Zach think about the asymmetric information that is gained from being early into a company? How can investors really use it to their advantage? Why do they not? 5.) Why does Zach compare being an entrepreneur to being a gladiator and a rocketship? Why does Alex believe the transition from space articulation to product articulation is the most important thing an entrepreneur can do? What is the true sign of this transition in customer interactions? Where do many entrepreneurs make mistakes here? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Zach’s Fave Book: The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life Zach’s Most Recent Investment: MudWtr As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Zach on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

As soon as I get a lead I follow up with an email that includes my credentials and I provide links to reviews I’ve received from previous jobs. The construction industry is competitive so you have to find a way to stand out. When it comes to hiring we have found success through strategic partnership. That way I benefit from others who have been in the industry a long time and they get a steady stream of new jobs. I try to post on social media at least once a day. I like to post about projects that are going on, a recent review we received from a client, or educational information about different aspects of the services I provide. When business is slow I jump into my Thryv and look for leads I haven’t talked to in a while and start reaching out to them. The way I look at it is I’ve already paid for the marketing that drove that lead so I want to go back and follow up with anyone that still might need our services.Resources Shared: South Edge ConstructionThryvThumbtackQuickBooksHelloSign

Erin Gerstenznag is a technology wizard and a solo criminal defense practitioner, and today she shares how she uses technology to leverage her offerings as a criminal defense attorney. We'll learn how to use technology to gain efficiency and proficiency in a solo practice, including Erin's robust and well-thought-out client intake process, which covers everything from the initial phone call to the start of a legal matter.   Resources: Learn more at https://www.eringerstenzang.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ehglawfirm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eringerstenzang/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EHGLawFirm Clio: https://www.clio.com/ Typeform: https://www.typeform.com/ Zapier: https://zapier.com/ HelloSign: https://www.hellosign.com/ LawPay: https://lawpay.com/   If you've enjoyed the podcast, please head to iTunes and leave a rating & review for the show! It only takes a moment, and really helps me to reach new listeners. You can also head to the website at TheLawEntrepreneur.com for more information on the podcast and my legal services.   --   Thank you to our sponsors! Juris Diction - Next Level Law Practice is Juris Diction's new training program for estate planning attorneys that want to start or grow profitable and streamlined businesses. Use code TLE150 for $150 off of your course registration at http://thrivejd.com/ (thrivejd.com). Ruby Receptionist - Virtual receptionist & live call services that will help you grow your office (and save money), one call at a time - to learn more, go to callruby.com/lawentrepreneur or call 844.895.7829 Daylite by Marketcircle – business productivity apps specifically for Apple products, with cloud syncing between your Macs, iPhones, & iPads Spotlight Branding – Web presence and branding for law firms - Get a FREE web assessment at spotlightbranding.com/tle The Law Entrepreneur is produced by Podcast Masters

The legal side of running a business can be confusing. As TpT sellers there are a lot of questions about what we should be doing and shouldn't be doing that come up in our Mastermind Group. We are addressing those today and if you want to continue the conversation at www.growwithusmastermind.com. We know the legal side of running your business is a heavy and serious topic. But, we also know it's so important to help you grow your business that we address these types of topics. So, we brought a guest on our podcast to help answer all our TpT seller legal questions. Brittany Ratelle is an attorney who helps creative entrepreneurs build more confident businesses. She provides 1:1 custom legal services and digital products/education to help creative entrepreneurs get a handle on the business side of their growing empires. She believes in the power of cute office supplies AND good contracts and hosts a weekly podcast, Law & Wit: Creative Counsel for Entrepreneurs, with business tips and inspiring founder stories. Brittany lives with her husband and four kiddos in her beautiful hometown of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and loves to rock out in her minivan, knit, sew, ski, and issue empty threats to her sewing machine. What we love about Brittany is that her whole focus is creative entrepreneurs and because of that she gets the unique situations of TpT sellers and bloggers. So many times it seems like it's impossible to find professionals in the legal and financial world that really "get"what it is that we do, but she's definitely one of them. Are there DIY Legal Templates I can use? April actually found Brittany because on her website she has an incredible library of DIY legal templates in her store. As an attorney she knows exactly what business owners need. But, she also knows that many that are starting out in the creative entrepreneur world don't have the budget to run out and pay an attorney to draft up every document, contract, and legal website wording that they need to have. Her templates are created to help for those that can't afford that one-on-one service. The templates are made to be do-it-yourself and are super easy to fill out. It doesn't take a lot of your time and won't leave you feeling confused. And, they are GDPR compliant, so you don't need to worry about that hype either. How do I handle customer testimonials? Using customer testimonials isn't as simple as slapping a quote, image, and link of someone up on your website. You want to make sure you have their permission to do so. The last thing you want is someone that loved your products or service to feel caught off guard because they saw themselves on your website unexpectedly. Right now, April is gathering testimonials herself and using one of Brittany's templates. This way she'll know that everyone has signed off and she can move forward. To make it easy, she's uploading the template in HelloSign so it's easy to send electronicall

From large law firm lawyering to legal coworking to blockchain lawyer, this week's guest, Yev Muchnik, has a really cool perspective on future-forward law practice.  Yev makes some great points about how the traditional law practice model isn't working for many attorneys in 2019 and how coworking spaces focused on legal can help solve this issue.  Ethics of legal coworking:  Many state bar associations have decreed that coworking is ethical for lawyers and law firms to do. Make sure conference rooms are enclosed and bring your own white or blue noise machine to keep conversations private.  Blockchain Lawyering: Currently focused on securities and corporate law 'Smart contracts' Engaging in a new practice area and becoming the go-to expert:  Meetups Collaboration & 'distributed lawyering' Conferences within that niche Speaking engagements Facebook groups, Slack channels, etc Stay away from being 'salesy' and focus on providing information or being a resource. In this practice area and moving into the legal world in general, clients are looking for tech-savvy lawyers. Yev is using security and technology to be an asset for her clients, instead of a burden. MyCase, case management software HelloSign, to be a remote office Signal, a secure phone app for texting and phone calls Zoom, for video conferencing with clients Yev works with Citizn Company which uses smart contracts to help customers become more aware of what they are signing. They discuss the ethics of AI and smart contract readers. Technology makes us more efficient, accountable, and provide better service for clients. As Yev says, technology = superpowers. Legal consumers are beginning to have expectations that their lawyers will be technologically aware. Yev's mission of Access To Justice with the Colorado Bar Association and how unbundled services will allow clients better access to legal services. Which means there is also a place in the market for lawyers who are willing to unbundle their services and gain more market share. Find Yev at Yev@launch-legal.com or her website at techlawstartup.com.    

We're talking all about mastering your onboarding process today. I get more compliments from my clients about the level of service I provide than the fact that they hit 6 and 7 figures in one launch using my sales pages. What you can take away from this is that I believe that designers and creatives who provide a higher level of service will be the ones to stand out, get more referrals, more clients and more sales. So in this episode, I break down my exact onboarding process that I use for my sales page clients. Here are the steps: I say thank you when I get an inquiry and send them to my sales page for sales page design. If they're interested, they can fill out my inquiry form. These are the questions that I use in mine:   First and Last Name *                Email *                Phone *                Location City *                State *                Country *                What is your website URL? *                Facebook page URL? *                What is the name and cost of your product or service? *         How much revenue has this course, product or service generated for your business? *                What is your sales goal for your next launch? *                What is your business revenue goal for the current year?          How many people do you have on your success team? A virtual assistant? An online business manager? A copywriter? Even if you use different contractors at different times, I'd like to know who they are! *                What is your biggest pet peeve about your current sales page? (Share the link here if it's live)*                What do you love about your current sales page? *                How many customers has your business served? *                What are the specific dates of your launch? (Include cart-open dates, cart-close dates, webinar dates, video launch dates or any other important dates related to your launch.)                 What is the dream date that your sales page 100% finished? *            Do you prefer to develop your Sales Page on a WordPress template and/or theme? Or would using good old fashioned HTML be okay? ( Development using HTML is quicker and you'd most likely need to rely on a developer to make changes after the project is complete. WordPress gives you the option to make changes if you needed to easier, but can take longer to develop depending on the length of your page! ) *                Do you have a preferred copywriter that you'd like to work with? ( I have a rolodex of preferred copywriters I work with and can bring my copywriter on for the project at an additional cost. We'll discuss the best possibilities for your sales page during our initial call together. ) *                Sometimes my clients need support making changes to their sales page during high-touch promos like launches or as it closer to their live events. Will you need any design, copy or developmental changes made to your sales page after we finish your sales page? *                What's your budget for this project? The minimum investment for a long-form sales page design with me is $3500. Everyone who fills out this form gets an invite for a complimentary call with me - so I encourage you to connect!         Anything else I should know? *                  How did you hear about me? *                The client fills out the form. The form automatically sends them an email. I invite them to schedule a call with me using Calendly. I remind them about the call. On the call, we talk about their business, their process, their goals, their product, my process, who's on their team, the results my clients have gotten, and show them samples of my work. If they want to work with me, I create a proposal from a template I already have. (Join my community for a free template - or join The Design Business Accelerator when it's open to get access to all of my templates!!) Once they say yes, I draw up a contract for the client to electronically using HelloSign and send over the first invoice (I make them in Illustrator!). I truly believe creating better experiences for my clients is what sets me apart from most designers out there, so you should do it too! Links mentioned: My sales page for sales page design The Design Business Accelerator My Designer Community (it's FREE) HelloSign Calendly   Like what you heard? Click here to get on the waitlist for The Design Business Accelerator Click here to subscribe + leave a review on iTunes. Click here to join the free community! Let's connect on Instagram!  

A bunch of app news, including Xero’s “improved” bank feeds sign up process, Dropbox acquiring HelloSign, a pet services app merger, and Stripe raising more money. Former SBA head Karen Mills’ thinks that small business banking is going to get a lot better (but it might not be the traditional banks that make that happen). Humans triumph over robots at the “world’s first robot hotel.” Why tomorrow's best paying and most secure jobs will require “hybrid” skills that use both the left and right brain. Finally, why leaders shouldn’t worry about absenteeism because it costs a lot more than “presenteeism."

Show: 384Description: Aaron talks with Harry Sverdlove (@TheSecureWord, Founder & CTO Edgewise Networks) about the evolution of security to embrace both a micro-services and multi-cloud world.Show Sponsor Links:Datadog Homepage - Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsTry Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today. Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirtLiquid Technology - IT Value RecoveryTry CloudLast Service, get a free t-shirt and chance at Amazon Gift CardCloud News of the WeekDropbox picks up HelloSign for $230MBosch investing 4 billion euro to accelerate building out their autonomous car divisionCisco has announced ACI extensions into AWS and Azure as a “data center anywhere” solutionVC funding in 2018Show Interview Links:Edgewise websiteHarry on TwitterTopic 1 - Briefly Introduce yourself and tell everyone a little bit about your background.Topic 2 - The topic of security historically has been a weakness for Brian and I, let’s start at the start and cover a few base topics first. What are some of the big challenges customers are facing today in hybrid and public cloud?Topic 3 - I came from the “secure the perimeter” world back in the day. How has this concept evolved and does it still apply to operations today?Topic 4 - Are we evolving into an anomaly detection mindset going forward? How does AI/ML assist (if at all) in this area vs. historical trends and pattern matching?Topic 5 - As applications move to more cloud native architectures joined with a loose coupling of microservice, how does this change play into approaching the problem?Topic 6 - Last question, what implications does multi-cloud present?Feedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet and @theserverlesscast

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we recorded as a trio: Connie Loizos holding down the studio with our guest, the ever-present Jeff Clavier of Uncorked Capital. I dialed in from the what was the East Coast, back before it froze over.

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we recorded as a trio: Connie Loizos holding down the studio with our guest, the ever-present Jeff Clavier of Uncorked Capital. I dialed in from the what was the East Coast, back before it froze over.

Agents around the nation are reporting major slowdown in their markets. On today’s State of the Market podcast, we discuss what could be causing home sales to slow and ways to predict whether or not things will worsen. We also cover Keller Williams’ controversial new plan to launch an iBuyer program. Other news highlights include Fannie Mae stock soaring amid plans for its release from government control and Dropbox’s acquisition of HelloSign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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En este episodio de Startup News, hablamos de: DropBox y HelloSign, Sapphire Sports, y Scribd Juan Acosta es el Director de Draper U e Inversionista con Draper U Ventures

In this episode of Startup News: Dropbox acquires HelloSign, Sapphire Sports betting on sports startups, and Scribd reached 1M subscribers. Juan Acosta is the Director at Draper University and investor with Draper U Ventures

LISTENER SURVEY  www.bit.ly/gwl2019 We appreciate your feedback! Complete our survey for a chance to win one of 2 $50 Amazon gift cards. _________________________ Thank you to our show sponsor Lexis Nexis.  From predictive analytics to research solutions, legal tools from LexisNexis can help you research more thoroughly, work more efficiently and build stronger strategies. Visit http://lexisnexis.com/podcast and see how you can get a custom solution tailored precisely for your budget. About our guest David Bitton:  As a best-selling author, CLE speaker, and founder of PracticePanther.com, David is obsessed with automating law firms with the help of today's technology. He's revolutionizing the legal industry by helping lawyers get more done in less time using PracticePanther's law practice management software. What You'll Learn in this Episode: How to automate and make your business and law practice efficient Automating social media Schedugram Hootsuite Using Upwork to find a content marketer / copywriter Email campaigns automated with mailchimp or infusionsoft or lawmatics How to make your day more efficient ABC of time management David Allen's 2 minute rule Touch it once philosophy Get in early, or stay late Automating your practice, scaling up without losing quality of service without having to bring on other full time employees Live chat Virtual Receptionist lawPay, automated payment plans, invoice reminders Lawmatics – Automated email campaigns Acuity or Calendly for calendars or ai Calendar deadlines Docusign,  AdobeSign, HelloSign, Lawmatics Lastpass Solo practices using excel/word and want to move to a docketing system, what are best practices to using a pr mgmt. software. Setting up businesses for success for 2019. Setup processes and procedures Setup intake forms, doc templates, and workflows  Contact Information: david@practicepanther.com Resources 1 Month free trial to practice panther if you email David at david@practicepanther.com https://www.upwork.com/ LawPay.com Lawmatics.com  Thanks for Checking Out the Show Notes and for Listening! I really hope you enjoyed this episode. I would really appreciate it if you shared this episode with a friend who could benefit from listening to this particular episode.  A special thanks to our sponsor Lexis Nexis.   From predictive analytics to research solutions, legal tools from LexisNexis can help you research more thoroughly, work more efficiently and build stronger strategies. Visit http://lexisnexis.com/podcast I would really appreciate it if you shared this episode with a friend who could benefit from listening to this particular episode. If there is any topic you'd like us to cover or guest you'd like us to have on the show, you can email me at: karima@genwhylawyer.comAlso, don't forget to subscribe to the GWL Podcast in Apple Podcasts or in Stitcher Radio. That way, every time I prepare a new episode for you, it'll automatically show up in your phone.  

Ron Bouganim is the Founding Partner @ Govtech Fund, the first-ever venture capital fund dedicated to government technology startups. To date, he has backed some incredible category leaders including mark43, Neighbourly, MindMixer and SeamlessDocs just to name a few. Prior to GovTech, he was Accelerator Director @ Code for America and was an active angel investor and advisor working with more than twenty startups including ShareThrough, HelloSign, PagerDuty, and Close.io. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Ron made his way into the world of technology and startups and became angel investing? How that led to the founding of Govtech and the belief in the space today? 2.) There is the notion that there many challenges to investing in Govtech and scaling companies in the space, how does Ron respond to the suggestion the sales cycles when selling to government are too long for startups to navigate successfully? How does Ron respond to the suggestion that the growth rates in the space are to low for venture returns? How does Ron respond to the suggestion that founders in the space are inherently older as only they have experienced the problems of government tech? 3.) Why does Ron believe that a vertically focused fund is the right strategy is creating a massively outperforming fund? How does Ron respond to the possibility of missing moonshots in alternate categories? What does Ron most look for in the co-investors that he invests with? What do they bring to the table? 4.) What does Ron believe are the 2 fundamental roles of a seed investor today? How does that differ from previous generations of seed funds? Why does Ron believe that fundraising and hiring help is now merely table stakes? What else can seed investors do to meaningfully move the needle for their portfolio? 5.) Why does Ron advocate for a highly concentrated portfolio? How does Ron respond to LP concerns around a lack of diversification? Does Ron believe that you can grow ownership of your best companies over subsequent rounds? What is the sign of success for Ron when the founder comes back for re-financing? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Ron’s Fave Book: Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson Ron’s Most Recent Investment: Sema: Automated Code Maintenance As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Ron on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

eSignatureGuarantee’s Chairman and President Seth Farbman joins New To The Street live in studio to discusses how necessity and demand inspired him to create the eSignatureGuarantee company that now helps shareholders by providing a unique, patent pending online platform, which allows stockholders to obtain a Signature Guarantee for the transfer of securities. Seth discussed the “RegTech” era, a partnership with HelloSign and API integration and how technology can add value for investors and public companies.

If you feel like you never have enough time in the day to get things done - or you’re not running your business nearly as efficiently as you’d like - then maybe the right productivity tool will give you the breakthrough you need.     In my last show, I shared the first half of my 20 Favorite Tools That Are Absolute Game Changers That’ll Make You More Productive And Add Hours To Your Day.    In this show, I’ll finish up the second half of the list. Just as a reminder, I’ve broken these tools down in 4 categories:  Communication tools to help your productivity Marketing tools to increase your productivity Admin tools to make you more productive and save you considerable time Creativity tools that will make you more productive   I covered communication, marketing, and half of the admin tools in the last show. So, I’ll finish up admin tools as well as some of my favorite creativity tools.   There's a few tools that I’ll cover today that you’ve likely never heard of. But if you use these tools, I GUARANTEE they'll increase your productivity and level up your business.    Topics 00:52 The topic of today's episode 02:37 Definition of productivity hacks 03:06 6th admin tool: LastPass 04:52 7th admin tool: Genuis Scan 05:40 8th admin tool: HelloSign 06:34 9th admin tool: Airtable 08:54 10th admin tool: Calendly 09:45 4th category of productivity tools: CREATIVITY TOOLS 10:03 1st creativity tool: Evernote 10:53 2nd creativity tool: Workflowy 12:12 3rd creativity tool: Xmind 12:49 4th creativity tool: Draw.io   Quote: "Sometimes, just writing things out isn't good enough to convey your ideas. That's when you might need to use the right tool to get your point across to your team."   Sponsor: The Virtual CEO Academy - Check out my FREE Webinar "How To Stop Doing Time-Sucking Work, Get 2x As Much Done, And Only Focus On Money-Making Tasks, WITHOUT An Expensive Staff and Costly Overhead! ...And How a VIRTUAL ASSISTANT Can Make That Happen While Saving You At Least 5 HOURS of Your Valuable Time PER DAY!”   Resources: Level Up Your Business show notes   ADMIN TOOLS LastPass - Stores all of your passwords so that whenever you visit a site, it will log you in without the need to enter your username and password. Genius Scan - A mobile scanner in your pocket, allowing you to quickly scan your documents on the go and export them as JPEG or multi-page PDF files. HelloSign  - A cloud-based electronic signature tool that enables users to sign, fill out, send, retrieve, and save documents paperlessly. Airtable  - Software that uses a spreadsheet format which makes it incredibly easy to organize stuff, people, ideas and anything else you can imagine with your team.   Calendly  - Helps you schedule meetings without the hassle of back-and-forth emails.   CREATIVITY TOOLS Evernote  - allows you to collect and share ideas across desktop and mobile platforms so your thoughts are always accessible and always in sync.  WorkFlowy - Organizational tool that helps break big ideas into manageable pieces so you can focus on one piece at a time.  XMind - Mind mapping and brainstorming software that allows you to capture ideas, clarify thinking, manage complex information, and promote team collaboration for higher productivity. Draw.io - Free online diagram editor built around Google Drive that enables you to create flowcharts, network diagrams, mockups and more.   OTHER LINKS Episode 3 - 5 Free Tools To Run Your Real Estate Business Using Virtual Assistants Episode 8 - Pt. 1: 20 Life Changing Productivity Tools To Add More Hours To Your Day

In this episode I'm going to pull back the curtain on my real estate business and share with you how I've been running my business for almost a decade primarily with virtual assistants. My ultimate goal with this episode is to get your wheels turning and give you some ideas on how you can use virtual assistants in your real estate business to be a lot more productive and efficient - regardless if you're in the beginning stages of thinking about using a virtual assistant, or if you have a virtual assistant now, but you're looking to get better results. Resources: Best Real Estate VA Services - Affordable virtual assistants for real estate entrepreneurs Ryan's Website for Real Estate Entrepreneurs Line2 - Business phone service that lets you talk and text with the simplicity of an app Zipforms - Fillable online real estate forms for real estate professionals HelloSign - Easily send documents for eSignatures Viber  - Make calls, send messages and much more - freely and securely Zoom - The #1 video conferencing and web conferencing service on the web Asana - Asana is the easiest way for teams to track their work—and get results Calendly - Calendly helps you schedule meetings without the back-and-forth emails To get access to the full show notes and links mentioned, visit Level Up RSJ

Chris Paul from HelloSign discusses his tips for new managers, going back to being an individual contributor and psychological safety,

  (Aragon Live Podcast) – In this episode, CEO and Lead Analyst of Aragon Research, Jim Lundy and Chief Operating Officer of HelloSign, Whitney Bouck, discuss a more intelligent way to create and move content in the workplace. Listen to this Aragon Live episode to learn how a new category called Workflow and Content Automation is

In our 16th Overtime episode, Dan chats with Danielle Evans—a visual artist, letterer, and designer from Columbus, Ohio. Back in 2013, she combined lettering, photography, and dad jokes to start food typography. Since then she's been doing amazing stuff with food and real life objects to create lettering masterpieces. She's worked with incredible companies like Target, Disney, American Greetings, Parade, Conde Nast, and more. This episode is brought to you by HelloSign—the most powerful platform for your business agreements. With HelloSign's API, you can collect eSignatures right from your own interface. That's great for all us product folks interested in building seamless useful experiences right in our own products. Start using HelloSign to embed documents directly on your website with just a few lines of code! In this episode, Danielle recounts starting a design career during the recession and how she got the idea for food typography. Dan and Danielle also talk about talks about how she prepares for her food lettering pieces, the value of community, the temporary nature of her work, learning other skills like photography to support her work, and more. Dribbble Shots: Spread the Love Ice Queen 420 Broccoli Branded Food Type Case Study Links Mentioned in Overtime: Danielle Evans on Dribbble Food Typography Danielle's website Danielle on Twitter Danielle's latest project KANYEGG

In our 16th Overtime episode, Dan chats with Danielle Evans—a visual artist, letterer, and designer from Columbus, Ohio. Back in 2013, she combined lettering, photography, and dad jokes to start food typography. Since then she's been doing amazing stuff with food and real life objects to create lettering masterpieces. She's worked with incredible companies like Target, Disney, American Greetings, Parade, Conde Nast, and more. This episode is brought to you by HelloSign—the most powerful platform for your business agreements. With HelloSign's API, you can collect eSignatures right from your own interface. That's great for all us product folks interested in building seamless useful experiences right in our own products. Start using HelloSign to embed documents directly on your website with just a few lines of code! In this episode, Danielle recounts starting a design career during the recession and how she got the idea for food typography. Dan and Danielle also talk about talks about how she prepares for her food lettering pieces, the value of community, the temporary nature of her work, learning other skills like photography to support her work, and more. Dribbble Shots: Spread the Love Ice Queen 420 Broccoli Branded Food Type Case Study Links Mentioned in Overtime: Danielle Evans on Dribbble Food Typography Danielle's website Danielle on Twitter Danielle's latest project KANYEGG

Even if you're a one-person freelance biz, there are a lot of moving parts to get the job done. Our success depends on being able to meet deadlines and take care of loose ends. If you're just starting out, your business has expanded or you've gone through a change like a move or having a new baby, it's easy to get overwhelmed. In this episode, we'll be talking about ways to get organized in your freelance business.  Workflow -       Write out everything you do from story idea (or photo shoot concept, logo design, social media goal) to completion and payment. o  Kate found herself getting lost using multiple notebooks. Now, she types her idea on a Word doc, creates a new folder for the idea and puts it in the main folder for the magazine she think best suits that pitch. Then, when she pitches it & the idea is accepted, she adds the due date to the front end of the folder to put it in her date workflow. -       Take a look at your the steps—where can you consolidate? Delegate? Simplify? Rearrange? o   Kate simplified by keeping one spreadsheet for assignments and expenses. Then, notes per assignments are kept in a Word doc. (Sign up for our newsletter to get both of our spreadsheets for your own use! ) Keeping it organized -       Find a system that makes sense to you. Abigail does best with notebooks, a planner and a few spreadsheets: o   A spreadsheet with every assignment and all the information about it. (Sign up for our newsletter to get both of our spreadsheets for your own use! ) o   A small notebook with a page for every story she's working on. She has the due date, magazine, topic, and every step for that story lined out. o   A small notebook with every item on her to-do list for the week, organized by “podcast” “work” “personal” o   A planner. Abigail's is the Brilliant Business Mom planner.  o   Kate uses her calendar for EVERYTHING. She also marks items with a “persona” or “work” color. -       Files organized on computer: Documents > AB Comm > Magazine (or Word content, photography) > Each magazine's name > Each story or series > ALL related content. -       Kate has the same setup, but within each pub or client's folder, her assignment folders start with the date. She had three articles due yesterday, and all those article folders started with 05.17 – month and year. This also really helps keep her organized timeline wise and in her backup harddrives. -       All of Kate's photos are on an external HD, sorted by year and shoot. o  Abigail downloads from the camera ASAP. o   Cull in Photo Mechanic. Sometimes she make notes on which photos she wants for editorial o   Pull all the files in Lightroom, but she only imports the ones she plans to use. o   Edit in LR, pull to Photoshop for some images o   Export with proper file name into same photo file (processed) -       Kate edits only in PS. But she adores PhotoMechanic. It is cheap, easy to use and allows for batch renaming, photo sort with color coding or rating, and you can take a screen shot of a contact sheet of sorts to send quick photo looks to editors or clients. -       When sending assignment to editor, Abigail usually makes a new folder in the same folder in Documents that includes the article, photo guide and chosen images. She'll either upload this to FTP or copy to Dropbox to share. -      Kate sends editors links to download the photos via Google Drive. She has a folder within the client folder for ALL the article docs and photo images. Then she has a folder call “Turning In” where she drops the invoice, article and photos selected to print. She emails the editor the article + invoice with the photo link, AND on the email she includes the comp address for the source. Photo shoots? -       Abigail keep this info on her master spreadsheet – client, date photos are due, rate, etc. o   Kate is just starting to do more portrait sessions, but they are on her master spreadsheet. -       All of Kate's photo files start with the date, the session type (Equine or Family or Commercial) then the client last name or company name. That info is also how she names a photo. So her photo file names are: 170427_Family_Byars_#. She keeps RAW and the edited JPG. Back it up twice! -       Abigail uses Hellosign for contracts. She was using PayPal for payment, but just switched to Quickbooks. -     Kate has a word doc of all the text from emails Bookkeeping – This will be its own episode with our “setting up biz” expert coming soon, but if you're just starting out and want some quick ideas on starting to track expenses, we will share what we do. -       Spreadsheet for income and expenses. o   KEEP RECEIPTS! Kate puts them in a sandwich baggie and label the trip or client and month/date. -       Invoices – Abigail has made them in Adobe Illustrator for years. o   Kate uses Word and makes a PDF from the easy to edit doc. o  Kate has a tax guy because taxes are just something I don't want to work with! -       Mileage – apps like MileIQ. Abigail saved photos of my mileage and put on a spreadsheet, but has just switched to MileIQ Abigail has learned that the more organized she gets, the more productive she is, and the less stressed she is, with less procrastination. Keeping track of assignments early on, even if you only have one or two every month or so, is a great way to get in a process that will be easy to add work to in the future. Kate looks at her assignment spreadsheet every few days because with all the interviews, transcribing and writing, she forgets where she is or what day it is, but she refuses to miss a deadline! We hope this talk has sparked some inspiration for y'all. Find a method that works for you, get yourself organized, and rock it! We'd love to hear about the systems you've put in place, and what planner gets you going—jump in to our Facebook group where we'll be talking about the episode! If you haven't signed up for our email newsletter, NOW is the time! We've sent our Remuda links to the spreadsheets we live and die by. Sign up to download for your own use! Sign up *This post contains some affiliate links

www.signnow.com is integrated with Google Drive and other free services I use are Dochub.com, HelloSign.com.  Your goal should be to lock it up “contracts” “deals” “offers”. Be fast, in the cloud, and in love with google drive. Create templates have an audit trail and so much more.  Tech to share go to this link ask.savvylandlord.me or go to www.savvyradioshow.com and leave a voicemail now!

Joseph Walla, CEO and co-founder of a San Francisco based startup, HelloSign. The company launched in 2012 and it provides the easiest way for businesses to sign and collect legally binding documents online. The idea behind HelloSign was sparked by Joseph’s first successful product alongside his co-founder, Neil O’Mara, of HelloFax. HelloFax launched in 2010 after attending the prestigious startup accelerator Y Combinator. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – High Output Management What CEO do you follow? –  Bill Walsh Favorite online tool? — Google Apps Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Joseph wished he had moved to the valley earlier   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:40 – Nathan introduces Joseph to the show 02:30 – Joseph first worked in HelloFax which is an on-the-go fax machine 02:43 – HelloSign has premium products and free products 03:00 – Pricing plans starts at $15 03:12 – API pricing plans differs by bucket 03:40 – HelloSign is cash flow positive in 2014 and 2015 03:50 – Total of $3.5M raised 04:24 – Joseph has been very disciplined with how they spend their money 05:15 – 2016 MRR 05:36 – HelloSign has 47,000 paying customers 05:46 – HelloSign has a 5-6M user base 06:05 – People convert from free to paid because of the volume of their transactions 06:54 – HelloSign team’s operation 07:30 – Average salaries in the valley 08:45 – Total headcount expenses with 16 employees 09:35 – Average MRR from Nathan 10:00 – Average customer churn 10:55 – HelloSign is mainly in the SMB space but they also have some big clients 12:20 – Standard gross churn 12:40 – The amount HelloSign is willing to spend for a new user 12:49 – HelloSign doesn’t spend much for a new user, but spends for a new paid user 12:55 – Joseph read an article on ForEntrepreneurs.com about SaaS metrics and acquiring customers that was beneficial for him 13:35 – HelloSign’s CAC ratio 14:53 – Connect with Joseph through LinkedIn and Twitter 16:23 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: Don’t wait for a job or overcomplicate the process of getting started—get out there and figure it out as you go. Make that investment to turn a new user into a paid new user.  Don’t just sit and wait for something to happen, take action!   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 @JosephWalla – Joseph’s Twitter handle LinkedIn – Joseph’s LinkedIn account Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Jonathan Abrams is the founder & CEO of the social news service Nuzzel.  Jonathan is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Founders Den, a shared office space and private club for experienced entrepreneurs and their friends. Previously, Jonathan was the founder & CEO of Socializr, Friendster, and HotLinks, and a software engineer at companies such as Netscape and Nortel. Jonathan is a board member at Girls in Tech, an advisor to CodeNow, and has previously been a mentor in Steve Blank's entrepreneurship classes at Stanford and Berkeley, a top-rated mentor at The Founder Institute and a member of the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs. Jonathan is also an angel investor in over 50 startups including AngelList, Docker, Front, HelloSign, Instacart, Sapho, Seed, Slideshare, Socialcam, and Vouch.   Click To Play   In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Jonathan make his way into tech and come to found the likes of Friendster and Nuzzel? What were his biggest lessons from working at Netscape? 2.) How can founders determine the customer stickiness and value proposition in the early days of product testing with friends and family? 3.) How does Jonathan view the competitive landscape for news aggregation? Why is consumer app such a competitive space? 4.) Question From Matt Mazzeo: How does Jonathan compare this moment in time to previous points in the innovation curve? 5.) Having worked with both the old and the new guard of VC, how does working with Lowercase, Homebrew and Softtech compare with the old guard of Benchmark and Kleiner Perkins? Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: Jonathan's Fave Book: Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure, Jerry Kaplan As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Jonathan on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!   The Twenty Minute VC is brought to you by Leesa, the Warby Parker or TOMS shoes of the mattress industry. Lees have done away with the terrible mattress showroom buying experience by creating a luxury premium foam mattress that is order completely online and ships for free to your doorstep. The 10 inch mattress comes in all sizes and is engineered with 3 unique foam layers for a universal, adaptive feel, including 2 inches of memory foam and 2 inches of a really cool latex foam called Avena, design to keep you cool. All Leesa mattresses are 100% US or UK made and for every 10 mattresses they sell, they donate one to a shelter. Go to Leesa.com/VC and enter the promo code VC75 to get $75 off!

This week, Dave interviews Craig Shapiro, the founder and managing partner of Collaborative Fund. In this episode, Craig talks about his views on the future of consumption, how to court and land awesome LPs like Pharrell, and how your company's values can be used as a weapon. Collaborative Fund is centered on two macro themes: the growth of the creative class and the concept of collaborative consumption. Their portfolio companies include AngelList, Codecademy, Earnest, Grand St, HelloSign, Kickstarter, Lyft, Maker Studios, Reddit and TaskRabbit. In addition to those, Dave and Craig discuss a few other portfolio companies in depth on today's episode, including Hampton Creek, Walker & Co and AltSchool.

p Time Robot< Today we hear a snippet from the Ask the Podcast Coach show where my co-host Jim Collison talks about an interview he did with the folks from Up Time Robot. This is a completely free tool that will check your website and let you know if it goes down. I believe I've used them in the past, and its awesome (and you can't beat the price). You can hear Jim's interview at theaverageguy.tv   Hello Sign Need a legally binding signature, check out Hello Sign. I've not used this service yet as the person who needs the signature, but I was on a podcast and used it as an end user and it was sweet. It's also free for 3 signature a month.

John Nemo former Associated Press Reporter, Author, Award-Winning PR Director and Social Media Consultant. He is the creator of LinkedIn Riches, an online training program that helps individuals, brands and businesses leverage LinkedIn to instantly generate more leads, clients and revenue. John has generated more than $135,000 of revenue in just 90 days using LinkedIn, all of it within a tiny niche and all of it without meeting any of his clients in person Bob Willis has been the Executive Director for BNI for 14 years in Cleveland, Ohio. Over that time, he has grown the organization from 3 chapters to 50 chapters. This year, BNI members in NE Ohio will pass over $40 million in business to each other  Joseph Walla CEO of HelloSign, which lets you fill out and sign documents online  

2:05- Are you born with talent? 5:45 - Valuing effort, not ability 9:20 - Getting into the discomfort zone 13:30 - Do you need talent to become great? Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 24:15 - 10,000 hours research 26:50 - Practice theories 30:00 - Practice by writing small methods Brian Merick: “Programming with that Disreputable Part of Your Brain” from Rocky Mountain Ruby 2013 Kathy Sierra 35:35 - Developing intuition in programming 41:00 - How to start learning something new (and determine what to learn) 49:30 - Making mistakes 53:00 - Strategies for learning by reading “Teach Yourself a New Programming Language in 21 Minutes (Or 2-3 Years, It Depends)” by David Brady 72:00 - Memorization 77:20 - “If you want to learn something, give a talk on it” Picks: Mastery by Robert Greene (Katrina) The Five Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward D. Burger and Michael Starbird (Katrina) So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport (Katrina) “The First 20 Hours- How To Learn Anything” TEDx Talk by Josh Kaufman (Katrina) “The Making of an Expert” by Ericsson (Katrina) Photoreading Personal Learning Course by Paul Scheele (David) How to be Twice as Smart by Scott Witt (David) Make the Most of Your Mind by Tony Buzan (David) Mind Hacks by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb (James) Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (James) Jam Plus Bluetooth Speaker (Charles) Lifehacker standing desk (Charles) Vegasaur (Avdi) HelloSign and HelloFax (Avdi) LastPass (Avdi)

2:05- Are you born with talent? 5:45 - Valuing effort, not ability 9:20 - Getting into the discomfort zone 13:30 - Do you need talent to become great? Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 24:15 - 10,000 hours research 26:50 - Practice theories 30:00 - Practice by writing small methods Brian Merick: “Programming with that Disreputable Part of Your Brain” from Rocky Mountain Ruby 2013 Kathy Sierra 35:35 - Developing intuition in programming 41:00 - How to start learning something new (and determine what to learn) 49:30 - Making mistakes 53:00 - Strategies for learning by reading “Teach Yourself a New Programming Language in 21 Minutes (Or 2-3 Years, It Depends)” by David Brady 72:00 - Memorization 77:20 - “If you want to learn something, give a talk on it” Picks: Mastery by Robert Greene (Katrina) The Five Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward D. Burger and Michael Starbird (Katrina) So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport (Katrina) “The First 20 Hours- How To Learn Anything” TEDx Talk by Josh Kaufman (Katrina) “The Making of an Expert” by Ericsson (Katrina) Photoreading Personal Learning Course by Paul Scheele (David) How to be Twice as Smart by Scott Witt (David) Make the Most of Your Mind by Tony Buzan (David) Mind Hacks by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb (James) Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (James) Jam Plus Bluetooth Speaker (Charles) Lifehacker standing desk (Charles) Vegasaur (Avdi) HelloSign and HelloFax (Avdi) LastPass (Avdi)

2:05- Are you born with talent? 5:45 - Valuing effort, not ability 9:20 - Getting into the discomfort zone 13:30 - Do you need talent to become great? Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 24:15 - 10,000 hours research 26:50 - Practice theories 30:00 - Practice by writing small methods Brian Merick: “Programming with that Disreputable Part of Your Brain” from Rocky Mountain Ruby 2013 Kathy Sierra 35:35 - Developing intuition in programming 41:00 - How to start learning something new (and determine what to learn) 49:30 - Making mistakes 53:00 - Strategies for learning by reading “Teach Yourself a New Programming Language in 21 Minutes (Or 2-3 Years, It Depends)” by David Brady 72:00 - Memorization 77:20 - “If you want to learn something, give a talk on it” Picks: Mastery by Robert Greene (Katrina) The Five Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward D. Burger and Michael Starbird (Katrina) So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport (Katrina) “The First 20 Hours- How To Learn Anything” TEDx Talk by Josh Kaufman (Katrina) “The Making of an Expert” by Ericsson (Katrina) Photoreading Personal Learning Course by Paul Scheele (David) How to be Twice as Smart by Scott Witt (David) Make the Most of Your Mind by Tony Buzan (David) Mind Hacks by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb (James) Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (James) Jam Plus Bluetooth Speaker (Charles) Lifehacker standing desk (Charles) Vegasaur (Avdi) HelloSign and HelloFax (Avdi) LastPass (Avdi)

Google and several other companies have recently convened the Paperless Coalition [http://paperless2013.org] to help you "take the paper out of 'paperwork!'" In this episode, learn about the Paperless 2013 and go paperless in 2013!According to their website:Why should you go paperless?If you do the quick math, that's conservatively two billion sheets of paper used every year just in the United States! We know better and we can do better...and the benefits are great for us...greater efficiency and higher productivity at work and at work.It just takes small decisions and workflow changes. Using tools like Google Drive, HelloSign, and Nitro (which is a PDF creation tool) changes the print and paper chase of working to seamlessly collaborating and sharing documents and file without a single fiber of tree having to be used. On the flip side, the companies like Lemon Digital Wallet, ShoeBoxed.com and Fujitsu's ScanSnap help you turn paper into digital files so that you can defeat the paper monster once and for all. The efficiences that can be found by having all your documents in one central, digital repository (even if you do keep the physical paper around for tax, legal, financial or other logical safekeeping).While not a Paperless Coalition member, I am a big fan of Evernote and use that to capture my paper notebook pages after I go to a meeting so that even though I like the kinesthetic benefits of handwriting notes, I can still go paperless quickly and easily. With the Google Drive smartphone application, you can snap a photo and upload it directly to a Notebook folder as well.You can find them at paperless2013.org where you can sign up for their monthly e-newsletter with tips and tools. I hope this sparks your interest in going paperless and gets you started toward a Paperless 2013.According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the average US office worker uses 10,000 sheets of copy paper each year. In 2010, the amount of paper recovered for recycling averaged 334 pounds for each person living in the US, according to the American Forest & Paper Association.