Podcast appearances and mentions of jeff goldenberg

One out of every four Medicare patients in the hospital is the victim of a medical error. Over the past 20 years, a growing number of hospitals have adopted practices that discuss medical mistakes and offer support to the people who must cope with the often tragic consequences. We examine why experts are calling on the Biden Administration to make patient safety a national priority. Guests:Jack Gentry, patient Naomi Kirtner and Jeff Goldenberg, patient's family and Founders of Talia's VoiceTom Gallagher, MD, Director, UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and SafetyStephen Kuracheck, MD, Former Chief of Critical Care and Medical Director of Quality at Children's MinnesotaJulie Morath, RN, Member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology's Working Group on Patient SafetyLearn more and read a full transcript on our website.Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news.Support this type of journalism today, with a gift.Follow us on Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One out of every four Medicare patients in the hospital is the victim of a medical error. Over the past 20 years, a growing number of hospitals have adopted practices that discuss medical mistakes and offer support to the people who must cope with the often tragic consequences. We examine why experts are calling on the Biden Administration to make patient safety a national priority. Guests:Jack Gentry, patient Naomi Kirtner and Jeff Goldenberg, patient's family and Founders of Talia's VoiceTom Gallagher, MD, Director, UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and SafetyStephen Kuracheck, MD, Former Chief of Critical Care and Medical Director of Quality at Children's MinnesotaJulie Morath, RN, Member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology's Working Group on Patient SafetyLearn more and read a full transcript on our website.Support this type of journalism today, with a gift, which for a limited time will be matched!We're also excited to share that you can now find Tradeoffs on YouTube! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's take a trip through Cannabis & Psychedelic Marketing. Join two experts who've been building brands during prohibition, Peter Reitano & Jeff Goldenberg, the Co-Founders of Abacus, as well as Gwella Mushrooms & High12 Cannabis.We'll dive into why great brands are *never* built in boardrooms, what marketing a prohibition product means, what the landscape may look like in 10 years, how to build a brand that's exclusive and for everyone at the same time .. and lots more. As always on the recipe we've got Michelin-star marketers sharing their secret ingredients for growing great brands, so don't miss it! 

Learn how to build a Cannabis brand that succeeds. Join our guest Jeff Goldenberg as we dive into how to create a winning brand in a highly regulated and ever changing marketplace. Jeff is Co-Founder of Abacus, ADCANN's Cannabis Agency Of The Year and has worked with brand like Tweed, Aurora, Riff, Blissed, Kingsway, Color, Ace Valley and most recently, the launch of Marshawn Lynch's Dodi Blunts. We discuss why the best brands are never built in boardrooms, how to connect with real customers and cut out the noise and where the Cannabis market will be in 5 years. Want to learn more? Visit us at https://abacus.agency and let's talk.

In this episode, John speaks with Jeff Goldenberg of Abacus Agency and High 12 Brands, to discuss the launch of his newest venture with Marshawn Lynch this 420, Dodi Blunts! Take a dive into Jeff's history and background, leading into the launch of his social justice and Oakland culture focused cannabis brand with one of his favorite athletes of all time. Follow Dodi Blunts on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dodioakland/ Learn more about the PufCreativ Podcast and their cannabis marketing services by visiting: https://pufcreativ.com/

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Jeff Goldenberg, the founder of 2nd and Goal Ventures. Goldenberg’s company recently announced the launch of a cannabis brand with former NFL star Marshawn Lynch – Dodi Blunts. BofC connected with Goldenberg to talk about how the brand came to be, the uniqueness of Lynch’s personal brand and how Dodi Blunts will come to market.BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.Learn more about Dodi Blunts.

Pioneer in lifestyle and apparel marketing Bryon Sheng joins our co-founder Jeff Goldenberg for another live discussion At The Table with Abacus. Bryon Sheng has held multiple executive positions in the sportswear and tech industries at Nike, Adidas, And 1, Chronicled and Monster Products. Muhammad Ali, Shaquille O'Neal, Cristiano Ronaldo, Meek Mill, and Swizz Beats are a few of the athletes and artists he has worked with over his career.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector. On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Jeff Goldenberg of Abacus and High 12 Brands. As a co-founder of both an agency and a cannabis brand company, Goldenberg's experience, insight and approach to the cannabis sector is unique. He shares the background about how he and his team built the kingsway cannabis brand of High 12 Brands.

In this episode of The Breakout Growth Podcast, Sean Ellis interviews Aryal Smith, Marketing Director at AfterShokz, makers of innovative headphones that are ideal for athletes who need to stay aware of their surroundings. Joining Aryal for the interview is Jeff Goldenberg, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Abacus, a leading performance digital agency that has been working with AfterShokz for over two years. Since 2015, AfterShokz’s annual revenue has grown by 2000% and its monthly output of headphones now exceeds 200,000 units. AfterShokz headphones use bone conduction technology which enables them to offer situational awareness and a great listening experience. In the interview, Aryal and Jeff share their insights into what is driving AfterShokz breakout growth. They cover a broad range of topics including: The challenge of communicating how a physical product offers a unique experience Some of the challenges of a multichannel approach to growth How to effectively use video in online advertising How a digital agency works effectively with a high growth client How they used a grassroots approach to gain traction and continue to drive growth Challenges of marketing a very innovative consumer electronics product See detailed growth studies on companies interviewed for the Breakout Growth Podcast at https://growthhackers.com/growth-studies Learn more about Aryal Smite at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aryal-smith-8a552770/ Learn more about Jeff Goldenberg at https://www.linkedin.com/in/goldenbergjeff/ Learn more about AfterShokz at www.aftershokz.com Learn more about Sean Ellis at www.seanellis.me

In this episode of The Breakout Growth Podcast, Sean Ellis interviews Aryal Smith, Marketing Director at AfterShokz, makers of innovative headphones that are ideal for athletes who need to stay aware of their surroundings. Joining Aryal for the interview is Jeff Goldenberg, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Abacus, a leading performance digital agency that has been working with AfterShokz for over two years. Since 2015, AfterShokz’s annual revenue has grown by 2000% and its monthly output of headphones now exceeds 200,000 units. AfterShokz headphones use bone conduction technology which enables them to offer situational awareness and a great listening experience. In the interview, Aryal and Jeff share their insights into what is driving AfterShokz breakout growth. They cover a broad range of topics including: The challenge of communicating how a physical product offers a unique experience Some of the challenges of a multichannel approach to growth How to effectively use video in online advertising How a digital agency works effectively with a high growth client How they used a grassroots approach to gain traction and continue to drive growth Challenges of marketing a very innovative consumer electronics product See detailed growth studies on companies interviewed for the Breakout Growth Podcast at https://growthhackers.com/growth-studies Learn more about Aryal Smite at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aryal-smith-8a552770/ Learn more about Jeff Goldenberg at https://www.linkedin.com/in/goldenbergjeff/ Learn more about AfterShokz at www.aftershokz.com Learn more about Sean Ellis at www.seanellis.me

As a business owner, you know you need commercial insurance protection. But do you know exactly what kind of coverage you need for your business? In this episode of "Let's Make Work Optional", Brian Paulsen talks to Jeff Goldenberg, a commercial insurance broker with Assured Partners. You'll learn about liability insurance, cyber security insurance and social engineering fraud insurance plus a lot more. Also learn the differences between an insurance agent and a broker on this episode of "Let's Make Work Optional".

When Peter Reitano and Jeff Goldenberg, founders of Abacus Agency, (Toronto, Canada and New York City) an Ad Tech/agency hybrid that specializes in Facebook and Instagram advertising, they saw problems in the traditional agency model. They reverse engineered their organization from a vision of what a future agency would be like, noting that, in today's fast-paced technology world, you can't build for today, because, by the time you get the work done, what you have will be out of date—you need to look ahead 3 or 4 years and design for the future.   Abacus targets better ROI/conversion on Facebook and Instagram advertising spend for large brands or Series A tech companies. They maintain a tight focus on this market segment because they believe that this enables them to be extremely good at that one thing and provides the flexibility of being able to refer as needed to other agencies specializing in areas outside their area of expertise. This collaborative synergy works because partner companies provide referrals to Abacus, knowing that Abacus doesn't want all the business and won't cannibalize referred clients.   Peter and Jeff expect the future integration of more personal “smart devices” and the rise of increasingly choice-driven content (e.g., Netflix, Facebook, Amazon, Google vs. traditional broadcasters) will bring greater personalization of advertising content. In particular, they predict that smartphone advertising will increase due to the pervasiveness, the highly personal nature, and the amount of time people spend looking at these “second screens ”—and a high percentage of social is mobile.   Peter and Jeff can be reached on their company website at: abacus.agency, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. They have a great blog on their website and can be reached by email at: hello@abacus.agency.

This week, Ideasex mixes it up a bit and Jeff and Ian interview each other to give you the background on Abacus and the idea behind Ideasex itself.

Ever wonder what marketing will look like in 2020? Jeff Goldenberg, Chief Strategy Officer at Abacus Agency and Former Head of Growth at Borrowell, dishes out his thoughts on machine learning, attribution, data, accountability and more. He also shares with us the difference between “champion” and “challenger” campaigns and how to split your marketing budget between the two.

Today I'm joined by 2 marketing veterans who have joined together to create a VC-backed Facebook-first performance marketing agency and ad-tech hybrid. Welcome to DMR, Peter Reitano & Jeff Goldenberg. [you can find these chaps over at Abacus.agency.] On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss how to optimize your Facebook ads, with topics including: Why Facebook advertising? What’s your second favourite online advertising network after Facebook? Can you talk me through how you go setting up a new campaign on Facebook? How do you target who sees the ad? What’s a great call to action? Are Facebook ads getting more expensive? What are the unique skills required for Facebook advertising compared with other paid networks? Why do people fail at Facebook ads? What’s in development - what’s the future of Facebook ads? [Tweet ""Too many founders think by selecting a niche...they're limiting their business" @jeff_goldenberg"] Software I couldn't live without What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success? Workplace [Facebook internal management tool] Google Docs [Online docs] DaPulse [Task management] What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future? General discussion around chatbots My number 1 takeaway What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses? Too many founders think by selecting a niche to nail at the beginning, they're limiting their business, when really when selecting a niche to nail at the beginning, they're setting their business up for future success. So a couple of ways to look at that - the first is like a video game. I think that startups are like a video game, and you have to pass each level concurrently to set you up for the next level... pick a small niche to nail at the beginning and trust that that is going to lead to bigger things down the road.

Co-Founders of Abacus Agency Peter Reitano, CEO, and Jeff Goldenberg, CSO, join the Content Pros Podcast to share how they squeeze every dollar out of Facebook using dynamo content. Special thanks to our sponsors: Oracle Marketing Cloud Uberflip Convince & Convert: The Business of Story In This Episode Why creating a successful Facebook advertising campaign means spending less money on boosting and more time on content How smart use of Facebook tools leads to conversion rates and data that can magnify the impact of your content marketing strategy Why being a successful content marketer today means marrying new data to new creativity How succeeding at one point of the Facebook Ads Triangle leads to amazing click-through rates Resources Peter Reitano on Twitter: @digidharma Jeff Goldenberg on Twitter: @jeff_goldenberg Abacus Agency The Facebook Pixel Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology Visit ContentProsPodcast.com for more insights from your favorite content marketers.

Jeff Goldenberg is a serial entrepreneur who has previously launched a number of startups in different industries. These include SchoolSupplies.com, Top Chef University as well a couple of brand extensions in the entertainment space: World Series of Poker and PokerStars. In addition to running his companies, he is also a part-time professor at Seneca College where he teaches entrepreneurship and digital marketing.

Jeff Goldenberg is a serial entrepreneur who has previously launched a number of startups in different industries. These include SchoolSupplies.com, Top Chef University as well a couple of brand extensions in the entertainment space: World Series of Poker and PokerStars. In addition to running his companies, he is also a part-time professor at Seneca College where he teaches entrepreneurship and digital marketing.

¡Estrenamos técnico de sonido! Miquel Ángel Cabrera se ha estrenado hoy al control de la nave y lo ha hecho a las mil maravillas. El tema de hoy ha sido la concentración y hemos hablado del libro "Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World" de Cal New Port. Concentración [Blog] Fitness Revolucionario - Olvida las dietas, escapa del gimnasio. [Episodio] ZT 47 Música, suriCata de cervezas y filosofía de estar por podcast con Uri Nieto y Daniel Bolsa Novedad, novedosa: Carles Caño empezará próximamente el podcast de Presentástico. Los primeros episodios los colaremos como extraballs. A ver qué os parece. Será un podcast de entrevistas con expertos en comunicación y buenos comunicadores. Podéis sugerir a Carles a personas para que entreviste en su flamante podcast. También os invita a entrar al grupo de Telegram “Presentásticos“ si os interesa el mundo de la comunicación en público. Estos son los libros que ha leído Carles Caño la semana pasada: [Libro] "Present-acción. Mejora tus presentaciones a partir de la técnica teatral" de Fermí Casado. [Libro] "Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World" de Cal New Port. [Libro] "Cómo Hablar y Presentar en Público: Consejos que funcionan desde el primer minuto" de Carlos Salas. Estos son los libros que ha leído Marc Alier la semana pasada: [Libro] "The View From The Cheap Seats" de Neil Gaiman. [Libro] "Catch-22" de Joseph Heller. Estos son los libros que ha leído Daniel Amo la semana pasada: [Libro] "Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World" de  Michael Hyatt. [Libro] "Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight" de Piyanka Jain. [Episodio] Jordan Harbinger on social influence - The Tonny Robbins Podcast. [Episodio] ZT 48 Hábitos y “Conversaciones cruciales” de Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan y Al Switzler Dani Amo nos habla del concepto Growth Hacker y nos invita a que lo descubramos con los siguientes libros: [Libro] Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising de Ryan Holiday. [Libro] Growth Hacking: Silicon Valley's Best Kept Secret de Raymond Fong y Chad Riddersen. [Libro] The Growth Hacker's Guide to the Galaxy: 100 Proven Growth Hacks for the Digital Marketer de Mark Hayes y Jeff Goldenberg. [Libro]

Having automation and data is no good if you don't have an exciting way to position your creative work to the right people. In the re-run of this classic short action episode, serial entrepreneur and business founder, Jeff Goldenberg, shares 3 actionable tips you can try today to start growing your creative business quickly and effectively. In episode 171, Jeff described what he learned having interviewed very successful business people for his new book “A Growth Hackers Guide To the Galaxy.” Jeff is a serial entrepreneur based in Toronto and the co-founder of a digital marketing consultancy which specialises in business development and growth hacking. http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

In this content-rich repeat episode of Inspirational Creatives, serial entrepreneur, Jeff Goldenberg, reveals how he raised over $10,000 USD to publish his new book, The Growth Hackers Guide To the Galaxy, using Kickstarter. Co-authored with Mark Hayes (CEO of Tiger Tiger, and founder of one of the world's first growth hacking agencies) his book was written, and is being independently published, via the Kickstarter platform, with colleagues across shifting time-zones. Jeff is a serial entrepreneur based in Toronto and the co-founder of a digital marketing consultancy which specialises in business development and growth hacking. Having successfully launched a number of start-ups, and as the Head of Growth of a Canadian loans company, Borrowell.com, Jeff shares what he knows about the reality of being an entrepreneur and how to get started with growth hacking. You'll learn why you don't have to be a coder to get started. http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/171-jeff-goldenberg

On today’s episode, I discuss the steps to producing a successful Kickstarter campaign, as well as methods for self-publishing. My guest is Jeff Goldenberg, a startup vet and growth marketer who co-authored the book, “The Growth Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. Jeff is currently the head of growth and development at Borrowell, an online marketplace for personal loans. His experience co-authoring and self-publishing his book is sure to prove him a useful resource for listeners looking for further insight into becoming self-starters. Listen in as he breaks down exactly what made his Kickstarter campaign and ensuing product such successes. Episode Highlights: Reasons for self-publishing Figuring out how to successfully self-publish Making connections Kickstarter and the pressure to perform Why Kickstarter vs. other fundraising platforms Steps to launching a Kickstarter Campaign The need for a back-up plan Resources: Jeff Goldenberg’s Blog Borrowell Jeff on Twitter Camptech

Ep 176 Jeff Goldenberg, the head of growth at Borrowell a leading Canadian online marketplace lender. Listen as Nathan and Jeff talk about the concept of Engineering as Marketing and the trickiness of growing a loan related business. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: bit.ly/1SynoAg Top Entrepreneurs join Nathan Latka daily inspired by, Art of Charm, Pat Flynn, John Dumas, Entrepreneur on Fire, Chalene Johnson, Lewis Howes, School of Greatness, HBR Podcast, the StartUp podcast, Mixergy, Andrew Warner, AskGaryVee, and the great hosts of BiggerPockets! 3 Key Points: Engineering as Marketing is a concept in which a service or product is provided for free and in turn is used as a lead generator. Borrowell keeps the loans it processes off its books as it’s only a marketplace for buying and selling loans – not processing the loans themselves. Like in the case of Borrowell, growing a business is never straightforward – Burrowell has to examine all its loans carefully so they don’t pay the price. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:40 – Jeff joins the show. 01:50 – Borrowell is a marketplace lender. They offer online loans to high credit Canadians. 03:37 – Customer acquisition cost is Burrowell’s key metric when measuring their progress. 04:42 – Borrowell isn’t bootstrapped – they’ve raised 5.4 million by the end of last year. 05:31 – Jeff talks about loan capital and equity in Borrowell. 06:22 – Borrowell is only a marketplace in which people buy and sell loans. Investors such as banks provide loan capital. 08:46 – Growth is tricky because Borrowell doesn’t want to process unreliable loans quickly that might sink them in the future. 09:36 – Jeff is available on Twitter: @jeff_goldenberg. 10:05 – Borrowell is closing in on half a billion loan applications in Canada. 11:04 – Jeff’s favorite growth tool is known as Engineering as Marketing. Which is when a service or product is made free and used as a lead generator. (Dropbox, Hubspot) 13:00 – Borrowell takes a percentage of each loan between 1-5%. 14:51 – They are raising below 20 million in a Series A. 16:53 – Famous Five Resources Mentioned: Edgar – Nathan uses Edgar instead of other scheduling tools for Twitter because Edgar cycles through content over and over (buffer/others you have to re-input content over and over – time consuming). In the last several months, Edgar has driven Nathan over 3728 clicks that he didn’t have to work or pay for. Here isNathan’s Edgar Content Calendar:     Growth Hacker’s Guide to The Galaxy – Growth hacks for the Digital Marketer @jeff_goldenberg – Jeff’s Twitter LinkedIn – Jeff’s LinkedIn Zapier – Jeff’s favorite online tool Traction and Choose Yourself – Jeff’s favorite business books Elon Musk – CEO Jeff follows  Bio Jeff Goldenberg is the Head of Growth at Borrowell, a leading Canadian online marketplace lender.  He is a sought after expert and speaker in the areas of digital marketing, growth hacking and business development for innovative, high-growth companies. He is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at MaRS Discovery District as well as a mentor at the TechStars/Startup Next accelerator. Famous 5 Favorite Book?- Traction and Choose Yourself What CEO do you follow?— Elon Musk What is your favorite online tool?— Zapier Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?— You don’t have to jump on a concept with two feet – you can test the waters first. Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.   Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

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On this episode of Out of Scope Brian Cristiano, CEO of BOLD Worldwide talks about growth hacking. He speaks with the authors of the new book "The Growth Hacker's Guide to the Galaxy". Mark Hayes, CEO of Rocketshp and Jeff Goldenberg, Head of Growth at Borrowell. Brian Mark and Jeff talk about where the book originated from, where it will be available and specific growth hacks for marketers. The book has over 100 growth hacks as well as case studies of leading startups, including BOLD Worldwide. Which is why you should definitely go buy the book. The Growth Hacker's Guide to the Galaxy: http://growthhackerguide.com/ (0:57) What inspired the book Growth Hacker's Guide to the Galaxy? (2:19) Why was the blog post a good idea for a book? (4:54) When & Where can people find Growth Hacker's Guide to the Galaxy? (5:29) Where did the growth blog originate? (7:20) Are you growth hacking the book? (9:07) Explain your SlideShare success (10:33) What growth hack was surprising? (14:50) Who should read this book? (16:27) What is your best hack for marketers? Subscribe to the YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1YlyOc5 Brian Cristiano: http://www.briancristiano.com Bold Worldwide: http://www.boldworldwide.com

In this episode of H&C Radio, Evan & Chad sit down with Jeff Goldenberg, Head of Growth at Borrowell, to discuss Borrowell, Startup Growth in B2B & B2C settings, and Jeff's book "The Growth Hacker's Guide to the Galaxy".

In this episode we chat with Jeff Goldenberg, co-author of The Growth Hackers Guide to the Galaxy, about growth hacking as a business growth strategy. 

This is the fifty-eighth episode of Hack To Start. Your hosts, Franco Varriano (on Twitter @ FrancoVarriano) and Tyler Copeland (on Twitter @ TylerCopeland), speak with Jeff Goldenberg (on Twitter @ Jeff_Goldenberg), the co-author of The Growth Hacker's Guide To The Galaxy & Head of Growth at Borrowell. Jeff has an unmatched talent for marketing & growth. He’s launched some impressive businesses ranging from fantasy poker camps, to a Top Chef cooking university and more. He’s also the co-author of The Growth Hacker’s Guide To The Galaxy. Jeff joins us to share his story, what lead him to becoming a tech entrepreneur & growth hacker, some of the biggest lessons he's learnt over the years, how to build partnerships when you have no leverage, and much more!