Podcast appearances and mentions of liza rodewald

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #256 we were live at Instant Team's Community Builders Week & CX Virtual Summit based in Southern Pines, NC at their company headquarters. Our guest interviews for this IRL (in-real life) episode included Liza Rodewald (Founder & CEO), Erica McMannes (Founder & CXO), Greg Avallone (SVP of Sales & Partnerships), Amy Price, MBA (SVP of CX), Jennifer Martin & Erica North, both military spouses themselves (Strategic Partnerships Managers), & the one, the only Nate Brown (Co-Founder at CX Accelerator & Head of CX Advisory at Metric Sherpa).   Each of the guests in this episode had unique points of view on the state of CX/CS/Customer Support & what the future of Boutique BPO's look like in today's world. And how they are building an all-in-one hiring platform leveraging the near 12 million US military spouses stationed across the globe. Instant Teams is a mission-driven company committed to supporting and employing the “force behind the force” – US military spouses. In this episode, Adrian chats with the Instant Teams crew about how they are making real social impact, finding remarkable talent, providing their customers instant access to new teammates & building flexible solutions along the way.   **Episode #256 Highlight Reel:**1. Unleashing the power of 12M+ Military Spouses2. Building bridges to companies who want access to this group3. Why Military Spouses Make For Incredible CX & Customer Care talent4. Engaging 75K military spouses ready & primed to join our workforce 5. Around the sun locations at US bases provides global support optionClick here to learn about Instant TeamsClick here to learn about Community Builders Week & CX Summit 2025 Huge thanks to everyone for joining us on this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast and featuring their work and efforts in pushing the customer & employee (agent) experience & BPO space into the future.If you enjoy The CXChronicles Podcast, stop by your favorite podcast player hit the follow button and leave us a review today.For our Spotify friends, make sure you are following CXC & please leave a 5 star review so we can find new listeners & members of our community.For our Apple friends, same deal -- follow CXCP and leave us a review letting folks know why you love our customer focused content.You know what would be even better?Go tell one of your friends or teammates about CXC's content,  our strategic partners (Hubspot, Intercom, Zendesk, Freshworks, Forethought AI & Ascendr) + they can learn more about our CX/CS/RevOps focused services & please invite them to join the CX Nation!Are you looking to learn more about the world of Customer Sales & Marketing, Customer Experience, Customer Success, Employee Experience & Revenue Operations?Click here to grab a copy of my book "The Four CX Pillars To Grow Your Business Now" available on Amazon or the CXC website.For you non-readers, go check out the CXChronicles Youtube channel to see our customer & employee focused business content. Reach Out To CXC Today!Support the showContact CXChronicles Today Tweet us @cxchronicles Check out our Instagram @cxchronicles Click here to checkout the CXC website Email us at info@cxchronicles.com Remember To Make Happiness A Habit!!

What if you could turn an overlooked asset into a thriving business that employs over 500 professionals, raises $16 million in venture capital, and lands a spot on the INC 5000 list? Liza Rodewald did exactly that with Instant Teams, a company built to connect highly skilled military spouses with remote work opportunities. In this episode of On The Homefront, Jeff Dudan sits down with Liza to break down the real journey of building a business from the ground up, navigating the challenges of fundraising, and staying ahead of the competition. This episode is packed with insights for entrepreneurs, business owners, and anyone navigating the modern workforce. Whether you're scaling a startup, looking for hiring solutions, or just need that push to chase your big idea, this one's for you.

What if you could turn an overlooked asset into a thriving business that employs over 500 professionals, raises $16 million in venture capital, and lands a spot on the INC 5000 list? Liza Rodewald did exactly that with Instant Teams, a company built to connect highly skilled military spouses with remote work opportunities. In this episode of On The Homefront, Jeff Dudan sits down with Liza to break down the real journey of building a business from the ground up, navigating the challenges of fundraising, and staying ahead of the competition. This episode is packed with insights for entrepreneurs, business owners, and anyone navigating the modern workforce. Whether you're scaling a startup, looking for hiring solutions, or just need that push to chase your big idea, this one's for you.

Hey CX Nation,In this week's CXWeekly Update we walk through some ideas, goals & CTAs to begin leveraging AI in your business to improve your customer experiences.AI has been arguably the most discussed topic in not only business but across the world over these last several years, this year specifically it became the "Forrest Gump" of Business & Global Economies. The truth is, it's been around for decades but just working behind the scenes for a handful of global companies who were all competing to understand exactly how to leverage its gains & more importantly decide whether or not everyone else should know about its powers.Don't worry we're still several years out from the "Terminator Wars", well hopefully.Use this CXWeekly update as a starting point for building out your company's goals around leveraging AI to improve your customer & employee experience. Most of the tools you are already using already have some form of AI/ML tied into their usage, you simply need to understand how to begin to leverage them. Don't worry we have a ton of amazing guest interviews coming down the pipeline over the next couple of weeks as we start to wind down 2024.Part of our goal for this year at CXC is to create more customer focused business leader content, including more short episodes like these ones that are digestible, actionable & most importantly entertaining & valuable for all of you.If you enjoy The CXChronicles Podcast, stop by your favorite podcast player and leave us a review today.You know what would be even better?Go tell one of your friends or teammates about CXC's content, CX/CS/RevOps services, our customer & employee focused community & invite them to join the CX Nation!Are you looking to learn more about the world of Customer Experience, Customer Success & Revenue Operations?Click here to grab a copy of my book "The Four CX Pillars To Grow Your Business Now" available on Amazon or the CXC website.For you non-readers, go check out the CXChronicles Youtube channel to see our customer & employee focused video content & short-reel CTAs to improve your CX/CS/RevOps performance today (politely go smash that subscribe button).Contact us anytime to learn more about CXC at INFO@cxchronicles.com and ask us about how we can help your business & team make customer happiness a habit now!Reach Out To CXC Today!Support the showContact CXChronicles Today Tweet us @cxchronicles Check out our Instagram @cxchronicles Click here to checkout the CXC website Email us at info@cxchronicles.com Remember To Make Happiness A Habit!!

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #242 we welcomed Liza Rodewald, Founder & CEO and Erica McMannes, Founder & Chief People & Community Officer at Instant Teams based in Southern Pines, North Carolina.Instant Teams leads the way as a CX talent marketplace committed to the financial well-being of military families while providing companies instant access to remarkable talent.Liza Rodewald is the Founder and CEO of Instant Teams, a CX marketplace that connects companies with military spouse talent. She is a 4x entrepreneur and software engineer with over 16 years of technical experience. Erica has been a leader in the military community for more than two decades, holding various roles within the Department of Defense and private sector. In 2016, Erica founded Instant Teams with Liza Rodewald. In this episode, Liza, Erica and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that their team thinks through on a daily basis to build world class customer & marketing focused experiences.**Episode #242 Highlight Reel:**1. Leveraging the power of USA military spouses living across the globe 2. Building a market place of CX talent & coverage across a variety of industries 3. Integrating with customer tech-stacks & building customized playbooks 4. Providing a whole new approach to BPO offerings  5. Using employee feedback as fuel to drive innovation & customer success Click here to learn more about Liza RodewaldClick here to learn more about Erica McMannesClick here to learn more about Instant TeamsHuge thanks to Liza & Erica for coming on The CXChronicles Podcast and featuring their work and efforts in pushing the marketing, customer experience & customer success space into the future.If you enjoy The CXChronicles Podcast, stop by your favorite podcast player hit the follow button and leave us a review today.For our Spotify friends, click here to make sure you are following CXC & please leave a 5 star review so we can find new listeners & members of our community.For our Apple friends, same deal -- click here to follow CXCP and leave us a review letting folks know why you love our customer focused content.You know what would be even better?Go tell one of your friends or teammates about CXC's content,  strategic partners (Hubspot, Intercom, Zendesk, Freshworks, & Ascendr) + they can learn more about our CX/CS/RevOps focused services & please invite them to join the CX Nation!Click here to grab a copy of my book "The Four CX Pillars To Grow Your Business Now" available on Amazon or the CXC website.For you non-readers, go check out the CXChronicles Youtube channel to see our customer & employee focused business content.Reach Out To CXC Today!Support the Show.Contact CXChronicles Today Tweet us @cxchronicles Check out our Instagram @cxchronicles Click here to checkout the CXC website Email us at info@cxchronicles.com Remember To Make Happiness A Habit!!

Produced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with Liza Rodewald of Instant Teams (www.instantteams.com) a talent marketplace that connects companies to military and veteran spouses. In this episode, we discuss the challenges and advantages of being a veteran / ex-military entrepreneur, how she got over 80 warm intros to investors, what it was like pitching Tiger Global, tips for sending monthly investor updates, her advice for military founders and much more. The Company most recently raised a $13 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. Other investors include Plug and Play Tech Center, The Veteran's Fund, Squadra Ventures, Brick Capital Ventures, Blue Tree Fund and Frontier Capital. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $17 Billion since 2016. If you are a startup, create a free account at www.foundersuite.com. If you are a VC or investment banker, check out our new platform, www.fundingstack.com

I'm not a financial advisor; Superpowers for Good should not be considered investment advice. Seek counsel before making investment decisions.Watch the show on television by downloading the e360tv channel app to your Roku, AppleTV or AmazonFireTV. You can also see it on YouTube.When you purchase an item, launch a campaign or create an investment account after clicking a link here, we may earn a fee. Engage to support our work.Devin: What is your superpower?Liza: I think that passion of building something that helps people has always been my superpower.In today's episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Liza Rodewald, the Co-Founder and CEO of Instant Teams, a company making a powerful impact by helping military spouses thrive professionally despite the frequent relocations that come with military life. Liza shared how her own experience as a military spouse drove her to create a solution for others facing the same challenges.Military spouses often find themselves moving every few years, making it difficult to build a traditional career. Liza understood this struggle firsthand and turned it into a business opportunity that connects military spouses with remote jobs in customer experience roles. “If I was climbing a traditional corporate ladder, I would constantly be starting over,” Liza explained. "I have a high skill set... I have a lot that I can give and contribute."Instant Teams allows military spouses to take their jobs with them when they move, offering stability in their careers. Liza's company builds entire customer experience teams for brands, providing a highly skilled workforce to companies while giving military spouses the continuity they need.The venture has grown significantly since its inception in 2016, with over 500 employees and 68,000 military spouses on their platform. Liza's innovative approach has not only solved a major problem for military families but also created a scalable business model.Her advice for entrepreneurs, especially women, is simple yet powerful: “Sizing the market upfront and telling the story along with it... made a huge difference in my personal success and being able to raise money.”Liza's work is an inspiring example of how identifying a problem close to home can lead to a meaningful, impactful business.tl;dr:Guest Introduction: Liza Rodewald, founder of Instant Teams, was featured. The company connects military spouses with customer experience jobs, helping them maintain their careers despite frequent relocations due to military life.Challenges and Achievements: Liza discussed the challenge of raising venture capital as a woman, noting that less than 2% goes to women-led companies. Despite this, she successfully raised funds and grew her company while being a military spouse.Instant Teams' Mission: Instant Teams is dedicated to building remote customer experience teams for companies, using the skills of military spouses who can work remotely and maintain continuity despite relocations.Business Model: Instant Teams works with middle-market and enterprise companies like Aflac and Expensify, offering both a marketplace and fully outsourced services. They have grown to over 500 employees and serve 68,000 military spouses.Superpower and Advice: Liza emphasized her superpower of solving problems by seeing the bigger picture. She advises women entrepreneurs to focus on building relationships, providing transparency to investors, and leveraging networks for long-term success.How to Develop Problem-Solving with Passion As a SuperpowerLiza Rodewald's superpower is her ability to step back, see the big picture, and solve complex problems. With a background in engineering, she approaches challenges by analyzing issues and finding solutions that not only address the immediate need but create lasting impact. Her deep passion for helping others fuels her drive to solve meaningful problems, particularly those affecting the military spouse community.Liza shared a moving example of how her superpower played out in real life. She opened a co-working space in Southern Pines, designed to connect military spouses with job opportunities. One day, a military spouse came in, overwhelmed and struggling with a rigid job that wasn't compatible with her lifestyle. Liza and her team were able to match her with a more flexible position that aligned with her needs. The connection transformed the woman's life, providing a sense of balance and fulfillment. This personal interaction exemplified Liza's ability to identify problems and create meaningful, life-changing solutions.Tips for Developing This Superpower:* Step Back for Perspective: Take a moment to step back from challenges and view the bigger picture. Analyze how different elements connect and where opportunities for problem-solving lie.* Lead with Passion: Fuel your efforts with genuine passion for helping others. When you care deeply about the outcome, you'll find creative and effective ways to overcome obstacles.* Build Networks: Establish and nurture relationships with people who can help you solve problems. Keep these connections warm, as they may provide unexpected opportunities for collaboration or support.* Stay Realistic: While passion drives your efforts, temper it with practicality. Make tough decisions when necessary to maintain a sustainable business model while keeping your mission intact.By following Liza Rodewald's example and advice, you can make problem-solving with passion a skill. With practice and effort, you could make it a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.Remember, however, that research into success suggests that building on your own superpowers is more important than creating new ones or overcoming weaknesses. You do you!Guest ProfileLiza Rodewald (she/her):Co-Founder/CEO, Instant TeamsAbout Instant Teams: Instant Teams leads the way as a CX talent marketplace committed to the financial well-being of military families while providing companies instant access to remarkable talent.Website: instantteams.comX/Twitter Handle: @Instant_TeamsCompany Facebook Page: fb.com/instantteamsBiographical Information: Liza is a 4x entrepreneur and software engineer. She is currently the CEO and Founder of Instant Teams and Twelve Million Plus. She has scaled the company to over 500 employees, raised more than $16M in venture capital and landed at #13 on the Inc. 5000 list for Human Resources across the nation.She is in the top 3% of graduates from the Founder Institute, alumni of the Blue Startups Accelerator named one of the Top 25 SheEO, and a published Forbes author. 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Liza Rodewald, founder of Instant Teams and 12 Million Plus, discusses her journey to entrepreneurship, challenges of being a military spouse, and projections of what is to come. Liza also discusses the hard challenge of knowing when to walk away from a business, but her story shows the benefits of closing one door and opening another. Military spouses have such a difficult time finding jobs due to the constant moves and lifestyle, but her mission and passion for serving the selfless is changing lives and given back over $40 million to military families. You can learn more at instantteams.com and @twelvemillionplus and locally to Moore County @twelvemillionplusflagship. 

In episode two, Anil is talking with Liza Rodewald, the founder and CEO of Instant Teams, a company that now has over 600 employees and counts some of the world's most prominent organizations, including Amazon and Walmart as customers. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, getting the right talent is never easy. Not only is it hard to recruit, but for certain types of roles like those in customer service and sales, it can be hard to keep them. Instant Teams is tackling this issue by providing access to a unique talent pool: spouses of members of our US military. Being a military spouse herself and a veteran entrepreneur, Liza tells us how hiring military spouses can help address a number of those issues and her journey in launching the company, which includes stepping back from her successful software consultancy.

What happens when two military spouses—a software developer and an entrepreneur—combine forces? In this episode of Women on the Move, host Sam Saperstein finds out, as she talks with Instant Teams founders Liza Rodewald and Erica McMannes. “Instant Teams is a remote team marketplace that builds remote workforces by tapping technology and the largest database of military connected workers in the industry,” Sam explains. “They are challenging the status quo and building a unique way for companies to diversify their workforce.” Common challenges Erica McMannes has been a military spouse for more than 20 years, moving 12 times in those two decades. Along the way, she experienced the challenges shared by military spouses in trying to build their own career amidst frequent moves. She eventually landed in “the Silicon Valley space” and put her varied experience to work launching start-ups. Liza Rodewald, meanwhile, had a career as a software developer before her husband decided to return to active duty military service. Like Erica, she soon understood the common challenges faced by her peers. “Every single military spouse I would meet would ask me the same questions,” she tells Sam. “How are you working from home? How have you maintained your career? And can you help me do the same?” Erica and Liza met and developed a relationship via a Facebook group, and only lived in the same place—Fort Lee, Virginia—briefly. But they kept up with each other, and when Erica came up with the basic idea of Instant Teams, she reached out Liza: “Am I crazy?” she wrote. “Is this an actual thing we could do?” Liza, who had always been a solo entrepreneur and was in the final stages of launching another business, didn't take long to get excited about Erica's idea. “It was just really clear to me that I wanted a partnership and to really do something for this [military spouse] community in the remote workspace,” she recalls. Within months, working remotely before the pandemic had made it the norm, the two were making the VC rounds and launching Instant Teams. A two-sided marketplace Liza and Erica talk about how, as a talent marketplace, they serve two clients and solve two problems: that of employers and that of employees. By focusing on skills-based hiring rather than the standard chronological résumé system, Instant Teams offers career opportunities to the military spouse community who often get overlooked because of résumé gaps and other byproducts of the military lifestyle. Employers get direct access to a pool of candidates without having to post jobs and screen candidates themselves. As a side benefit, skills-based hiring naturally promotes diversity in workplaces. “You're not just getting the same flavor of people when you're trying to hire, but you actually have diverse pipelines built in,” Liza says. Pioneering a remote work culture Erica and Liza founded Instant Teams with a focus on remote career opportunities before the pandemic even hit. As military spouses, they were both familiar with the benefits and challenges of working remotely. “I was doing gymnastics basically to try to create quiet spaces for myself, and closed one deal while I was in my car because my house was being packed up at the time,” Liza recalls. But once the pandemic normalized working from home, she says she began to realize she didn't need to be so hard on herself for every little interruption. “We all have families,” she says. “We all have doorbells that ring or a dog that barks, and to see people as humans in the workforce I think was a really positive thing that came out of the pandemic.” Erica emphasizes that fostering a positive remote work environment was also paramount at Instant Teams. “One of the first documents we ever created was called our Ethos to Remote Communication,” she says. “And this was pre-pandemic, and I look back and I think, wow, we were like pioneers, like look at us, charging ahead with remote communication.” Today, they say, they're proud of the work they've done to promote remote work opportunities to talented military spouses and others, as well as the opportunities they offer to employers to have a curated recruiting pipeline experience. “What we're building towards is something greater, not even just for the organization or for our teams or for our customers, but in a bigger sense of women in business and women in leadership,” Erica says.   Full transcript here

What do you know about remote work? Yep. Us too. We all know pretty much everything there is to know about remote work. Nothing more to learn here. But here's another question: What do you know about being a military spouse? Our guest on the podcast today is Liza Rodewald, CEO of Instant Teams. Liza is a military spouse who moved frequently with her family. She's also an accomplished software engineer who ran her own business for over a decade building custom enterprise applications for government and commercial clients. Liza and her cofounder realized there were millions of military spouses around the world just like them who were highly skilled and well qualified to work on distributed teams. And when they learned there were thousands of businesses that needed help scaling remote teams for customer support and operations, they realized they were onto something big. Liza shares her journey as an "accidental entrepreneur," and explains how she went from running her own technology consulting business to launching a venture-backed tech company. Liza shares her perspective on building a fully remote business, learning to manage a growing team, and raising venture capital. You can learn all about how Liza and her team are helping military spouses the world over find fulfilling work at www.instantteams.com, and you can follow them on Twitter @Instant_Teams.

First up we have Steve Auerbach from the University of Hawaii Office of Innovation, here to tell us about Hacking 4 Recovery, a 5-day bootcamp. Then we’re joined by Liza Rodewald from Instant Teams, Christine Guo from Wells Fargo and Richard Matsui from kWh analytics to talk about remote work ing from Hawaii. Check out … Continue reading "Episode 621: Hacking 4 Recovery + Remote Work – July 22, 2020"

Erica McMannes is the founder and COO of Instant Teams, a company that builds and manages remote teams for companies across the U.S.. She and her co-founder, Liza Rodewald, started Instant Teams out of Erica’s own experience as an Army spouse who had to get creative about finding career opportunities that could accommodate her lifestyle. At Instant Teams, military spouses can create a free profile and be matched with remote work. Instant Teams recently closed a $1.5 million round of VC funding and has been able to continue expanding even in the midst of COVID-19 losses. Erica is also a speaker and thought leader around military spouse employment and serves on the advisory board for the Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs. Though Instant Teams has lost a few clients during COVID-19, the company has also been able to bring on about 30 new employees, and they’re continuing to offer solutions for businesses that need remote work more than ever. Erica shares her optimism around the innovation that she believes will come out of COVID-19, and she explains how she’s learning to seek work-life harmony instead of balance, even in chaotic times.   In This Episode: Erica shares some of the biggest lessons she’s learned while building her company, from the importance of flexibility and remote work options to the power of networking. She also stresses the importance of staying true to yourself and your business, even when you’re a woman in a male-dominated space like venture capital.  Here are some of the highlights: Building remote solutions for clients How COVID-19 is fostering innovation in the workplace Seeking harmony instead of work-life balance Lessons Erica has learned through the fundraising process Sponsored By: This episode is sponsored by Insperity, an HR company that makes a difference. Insperity combines first class service and robust technology so you can focus on your people. 

Liza Rodewald is an entrepreneur and software engineer with over 16 years of technical experience.  She has built multi-million dollar enterprise software for government and healthcare industries. Her passion for entrepreneurship came from her desire to have a more flexible lifestyle back in 2004.  She is the Founder and CEO of Instant Teams a support team creation and management platform that fuels support teams with military-connected talent. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/therealcapitalist/message

Liza Rodewald is an entrepreneur and software engineer with 16+ years of technical experience. Since 2004, she launched 3 companies in the software and services industry. As Co-Founder and CEO of MadSkills Liza is providing flexible work options for professionals while serving middle market companies with quality virtual talent on demand. Find out how she stays on the leading edge while being an active duty military spouse and mother to four kiddos.

Liza Rodewald is an entrepreneur and software engineer with 16+ years of technical experience. Since 2004, she launched 3 companies in the software and services industry.   As Co-Founder and CEO of MadSkills Liza is providing flexible work options for professionals while serving middle market companies with quality virtual talent on demand. Find out how she stays on the leading edge while being an active duty military spouse and mother to four kiddos. 

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  We welcome Erica McMannes to the Happy Hour to talk about what it was like to launch MadSkills and how her company is changing the conversation of what remote work looks like for military spouses. This Week’s Guest: Erica McMannes, Co-founder of MadSkills In 2016 Erica McMannes launched HireMadSkills, Inc. with fellow Army spouse Liza Rodewald. […]

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20, Lindsey interviews the women behind MadSkills, a company that allows you to outsource all your business needs to highly skilled military spouses. Meet Erica McMannes and Liza Rodewald as they share how their passion of providing opportunities for military spouses led them to starting MadSkills. You’ll also learn the ins and outs on how to start a business and form a partnership that works! They have created an awesome business that not only helps military spouses, but also provides opportunities to empower them to earn income from anywhere in the world! Don’t miss this amazing episode! Important topics they discuss: [1:15] Who are Erica and Liza and what is MadSkills [2:09] Why MadSkills? [4:35] Common misconceptions about virtual and remote work [6:05] Events and Happenings that they are working on [8:14] Why business partnerships are like marriages [10:22] The future of MadSkills [13:00] Issues with candidates who work from posts [14:50] Some personal questions [17:15] Advice for fellow military spouses who want to start a business   Quote: "Spouses are a force to be reckoned with, more people should know about you all. And that was like a light bulb in my head, people need to know more about us outside the military community…"  - Erica McMannes Social: MadSkills MadSkills Facebook Page Erica’s LinkedIn Profile Liza's LinkedIn Profile