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Episode 342 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Matt Weinberg, Partner at Max Ventures. Did you know that there are a ton of resources available for startups from the government including non-dilutive funding? I'm talking billions of dollars are allocated to hundreds of startups every year. This is a topic that has never been discussed on The VentureFizz Podcast and Matt is uniquely qualified to speak about this topic based on his experience in the public sector, including his time at the Small Business Administration's Office of Investment and Innovation. Matt shares some very useful information about the pros and cons of exploring this potential funding path which includes information from organizations like the National Science Foundation's SBIR program. Today, Matt is in the private sector as a Partner at Max Ventures, an early-stage venture firm based in New York City with a global reach and a primary focus on digital health, SaaS, and digital commerce. The firm has also co-founded 8 venture backed companies. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * Matt's background story and getting his career started in government under the Obama administration. * How his various positions in the public sector helped him take his career into venture capital. * Joining Max Ventures in the early days of the firm and how it differentiates from other VC firms in terms of both investing and incubating its own companies. * The details about The Post and Elion, two of the companies it has launched. * How to get on Matt's radar and what he expects to get out of a first meeting. * The benefits of small group dinners and some tips for success. * And so much more.
In this episode of the Design Systems Podcast, we discuss the evolution of design systems with special guest Matt Weinberg, Senior Product Designer at Angi. Matt has a passion for empathy-driven design solutions and shares his unconventional career path that led him to tackle the challenge of refining and improving the design systems at Angi. He reveals how he approached the initial state of the design system, identified user needs, and implemented incremental improvements. Matt also shares the importance of gathering user feedback, conducting usability tests, and embracing a collaborative approach between designers and engineers. His insights provide a valuable roadmap for anyone navigating the complex world of design systems.View the transcript of this episode.Check out our upcoming events.GuestMatt Weinberg is a systems-specialized product designer from Brooklyn, NY, currently working on design systems for Angi. He is largely focused on design system ergonomics, designer-engineer collaboration, tooling + workflows, accessibility, and keeping systematic UI creative + fun.HostChris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of Knapsack, host of @TheDSPod, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as @chrisstrahl and on LinkedIn.SponsorSponsored by Knapsack, the design system platform that brings teams together. Learn more at knapsack.cloud.
Professionals can use storytelling to understand, strategize and facilitate their careers. Matt Weinberg, a former Hollywood executive turned entrepreneur and now executive coach believes we are the protagonists in our own stories and we can learn and thrive by viewing our professional lives through this lens. He joins podcast host Jaclyn Beck for an insightful conversation about his desire to help others reach their potential by building on a foundation of trust and accountability. He helps his clients develop a heightened sense of self-awareness and emotional intelligence.Connect with Matt on LinkedInLearn more about Created By… LeadershipConnect with Jaclyn Beck on LinkedIn, follow along on Instagram @jaclynbeckconsulting and check out Jaclyn Beck Consulting for strategic advisory and/or executive coaching inquiries.
Ryan is joined in this episode by co-founder and president of Happy Cog, Matt Weinberg. Matt founded his company in high school alongside a friend and they ‘bootstrapped' their way to huge profitability. They now serve a variety of high value clients and are also one of the fastest growing private companies in the US. Matt talks to Ryan all about what it took to build the company, what they do there and why their ethos of simply keeping their clients happy is how they have achieved their extraordinarily high referral rate! KEY TAKEAWAYS Happy Cog's go-to-market strategy is heavily weighted to referrals. They have lots of happy clients and they are happy to recommend them time and time again. Happy Cog are full service interactive agency, they help companies solve all their digital needs. Their core services are web development, native app development, software integration, design, content strategy and marketing including seo, paid media and everything that goes along with it. Sometimes clients hire them for just one thing but many times they hire for a multitude of solutions. Matt and his friend started their first business in high school, it developed into them going into offices and helping them set up hardware and software and offering business solutions. They quickly realised that the internet was growing like crazy, that this would be the future and so started helping small businesses with the online world. They both went to college and got ‘normal' full time jobs but they would work on their business on the side, as the business got bigger they quit their day jobs and the rest is history! Part of dealing with the growth Matt has seen in the business is having to do continual process changes. As the company and operations have got bigger, things have had to change to keep the clients happy. Constantly re-evaluating how good a job they are doing to keep the clients happy is why they have such a high referral rate. Happy Cog are in the clients service business. Their job is to help their clients achieve their business goal. They need to help their clients create more value than what they are paying them otherwise there is little point in hiring them. They align themselves alongside their clients' business goals to create ultimate success and client satisfaction. When you are talking about creative work, it's hard to separate emotion from logic. It's important to understand your clients emotions towards things especially surrounding decisions. Listen to your clients and be transparent about what you believe will and won't work for them and then show them why. Happy Cog's goals for the future is to stay sustainable, by doing great things for their clients, for their employees and remaining cash flow positive so they can continue to grow and do great things. BEST MOMENTS “Our development department is about 65% of our revenue” “If we make our clients happy, I strongly believe they will tell their friends about us and we'll get more business” “What's valuable for them [the clients], what makes it a success?” "if we do great things for our clients, for our employees and we're cash flow positive then we can have a sustainable business" Do You Want The Closing Secrets That Helped Close Over $125 Million in New Business for Free?" Grab them HERE: https://www.whalesellingsystem.com/closingsecrets Ryan Staley Founder and CEO Whale Boss 312-848-7443 ryan@whalesellingsystem.com www.ryanstaley.io EPISODE RESOURCES https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewweinberg/ ABOUT THE SHOW How do you grow like a VC backed company without taking on investors? Do you want to create a lifestyle business, a performance business or an empire? How do you scale to an exit without losing your freedom? Join the host Ryan Staley every Monday and Wednesday for conversations with the brightest and best Founders, CEO's and Entrepreneurs to crack the code on repeatable revenue growth, leadership, lifestyle freedom and mindset. This show has featured Startup and Billion Dollar Founders, Best Selling Authors, and the World's Top Sales and Marketing Experts like Terry Jones (Founder of Travelocity and Chairman of Kayak), Andrew Gazdecki (Founder of Micro Acquire), Harpaul Sambhi (Founder of Magical with a previous exit to Linkedin) and many more. This is where Scaling and Sales are made simple in 25 minutes or less. Support the show: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-staley/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Week 4 is finally here and the 4 The Win crew presents their Week 4 Fantasy Football preview. On this episode, Max and Garrett bring on special guest Matt Weinberg! Matt has been in their fantasy football league for the past couple of years and brings his expertise to this weeks episode. Please make sure to follow us on instagram @4thewinpodcast!
Matt Weinberg is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. His primary research interest is in Algorithmic Mechanism Design: auction design, cryptocurrency, voting system, and more.
We’re hearing stories of people getting this coronavirus, recovering, and then getting it again. So what’s going on: Does getting this virus give you immunity or not? To find out, we talk to virologist Dr. Kirsty Short of the University of Queensland and Dr. Robin Berzin of Parsley Health. Here’s a link to our transcript: https://bit.ly/3ajK5om This episode was produced by Meryl Horn, Wendy Zukerman, Michelle Dang, Rose Rimler, Sinduja Srinivasan and Laura Morris. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell and Caitlin Kenney. Fact checking by Michelle Harris. Mix and sound design by Emma Munger. Music written by Peter Leonard, Emma Munger, and Bobby Lord. A big thanks to all the researchers we got in touch with for this episode, including Dr. Marion Snyder, Professor Ann Sheehy, and Dr. Helen Petousis-Harris. Thanks also to Kyle Gunderson, Nora McKenna, Mike Pendleton, Hannah Wei, and Matt Weinberg. And special thanks to the Zukerman family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson.
Ep #20 - Matt Weinberg, the President of Happy Cog (formerly Vector Media Group), joins me on the show for an interview to discuss his experience scaling his digital design & marketing agency to 8-figures and hitting the Inc 5000 List seven consecutive times from 2013-2018. Happy Cog did $13M in revenue in 2018 with 51 employees. The company was founded when Matt and his co-founder were still in high school. In today's conversation, we get into Matt's strategy for building a digital agency model during a time when companies like Squarespace and Wix have made website creation easier than ever for people. You'll hear Matt's business philosophies, the market segment that Happy Cog serves, and nuggets of wisdom he's learned through his journey. You won't want to miss this. Learn More About Matt Weinberg and Happy Cog: Visit the Happy Cog website at: https://www.happycog.com/ Follow Matt Weinberg and Happy Cog on Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewweinberg/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/happycog Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happycog/ Please remember to rate, review and subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any future episodes. Your support and reviews are important and help us to grow and improve the show. Follow Charles Gaudet on Social Media: Facebook: Facebook.com/PredictableProfits Instagram: Instagram.com/PredictableProfits Twitter: Twitter.com/CharlesGaudet LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/CharlesGaudet Visit Charles Gaudet's Wesbites: www.PredictableProfits.com www.Beyond7Figures.com Get a copy of Charles Gaudet's book, "The Predictable Profits Playbook," at: www.PredictableProfitsPlaybook.com
Lee Goldberg is President at Happy Cog, an award-winning, full-service digital agency which he runs with his childhood friend, Matt Weinberg. Lee shares some golden nuggets about conversion rate optimization. Lee and Matt were close friends since they were five. They went to elementary school together, grew up in the same town, and before they graduated high school, they had already started their business. They tried to juggle the business with their post-graduation full-time jobs, but ultimately decided “to hell with it.” With no formal business plan, they went all out, and haven’t looked back since. Their success has been purely organic: they realized that happy clients breed more happy clients, and they’ve been holding the same philosophy since. Today, Happy Cog offers web development, design & branding, and digital marketing services. Tune in to hear Lee’s conversion rate optimization tips and where many businesses go wrong with their sales funnels. Key takeaways: Every business and industry is different, but the fundamentals of business and marketing success are the same. At its core, conversion rate optimization is about removing doubt at every stage. It is possible to compete against the big players, but only with the right strategy. Content is still king and one of the best ways to reach users at the top of the funnel. Start by fixing the leak at the bottom of the funnel and work your way up. Resources: https://www.happycog.com/
Matt Weinberg, SVP of Consumer Experience at Drive Motors, joins the PaschOn podcast to discuss their technology and field experience with helping dealers create a modern retail experience. Dealers who want to increase sales and reduce online roadblocks which discourage in-market shoppers should listen to our conversation on digital retailing in the automotive industry.
At the end of last year, well-renowned digital agency Vector Media Group acquired the equally-renowned Happy Cog. Why? And what does it mean for our industry? We get the details from Vector partners Matt Weinberg and Stuart Henry, who explain how the idea of an acquisition evolved over time and how quickly the deal came together once decided. They share the nuances of reassuring both clients and staff, as well as the challenges of merging processes and services. We also get their perspective on the digital agency landscape, along with advice for other agencies that are considering joining forces. < Download MP3 > < Listen on ctrlclickcast.com > Show Notes: Vector announcement Happy Cog announcement Businesswire press release Defy Ventures Make a Wish Foundation CTRL+CLICK CAST Instagram Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Review our show on Stitcher
In this episode, we have special guests Matt Weinberg from Vector Media Group and Mark Huot from Happy Cog to discuss Vector Media Group's recent acquisition of storied web agency Happy Cog.
Drive Motors is doing something special in the way they take notes from huge players in progressive industries to align dealership operations with customer experience. We took some time with their SVP of Customer Experience, Matt Weinberg, to get some insight on how customers actually view dealers and what dealers can do to start fixing it.Thanks to Matt and the team at Drive Motors for coordinating this episode with us. Visit DriveMotors.com to learn more or you can reach out to Matt directly at matt@drivemotors.com or 561.926.0455. . .pauljdaly.comConnect with Paul J Daly on LinkedInFollow along on InstagramFollow Paul J Daly on TwitterLike Paul J Daly on Facebook
Episode 4 of the Blacklines & Billables podcast: a panel discussion on callback interview tips for law students. Answering questions about Biglaw callback interviews submitted by members of the B&B community following our blog post entitled “Law Firm Interview Tips: EIW/OCI Edition” and the “Interview Q&A” Associate Intel meetup, host Christian Lang and guests Victoria Coyle and Matt Weinberg explore the dos and don’ts of Biglaw callbacks and offer opinions on common interview-related questions shaped from the experience of interviewing hundreds of candidates on behalf of top firms.Among others, the questions include:What’s the most important information to learn about a law firm before and during a callback interview?How much research about a firm should an interviewee conduct?What are the best and worst things a candidate can do in a Biglaw interview?Is it ok for a candidate to express uncertainty about his or her professional interests in the interview?Should an interviewee proactively address perceived weaknesses in one’s resume or background?What are the best/most effective questions to ask in an interview?Are there any unexpectedly inadvisable fashion or attire choices?Given the choice, should a callback interviewee always go to lunch, and—while at an interview lunch—is there anything an interviewee should not order?How can one to pick the right firm among multiple offers, including balancing a sense of “fit” with firm prestige?Should candidates send interview thank-you notes?Should candidates split their summers or pursue a summer rotation to a foreign office? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We're joined by our friend Matt Weinberg to chat about growing a large consultancy, software, hiring, and more. A lot of great insights in this one, don't miss it!
We’re joined by our friend Matt Weinberg to chat about growing a large consultancy, software, hiring, and more. A lot of great insights in this one, don’t miss it! Vector Media Group Questions for Matt from the forums Cartthrob Thanks to Linode for sponsoring this episode. Sign up today and get $20 off. Discuss on […] The post Bootstrapped, Episode 74, “Nobody ever got fired for hiring Vector Media Group” with special guest Matt Weinberg appeared first on Bootstrapped.fm.
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Matt Weinberg, CEO of Vector Media Group a company that specializes in web design, content management, and general media consulting. Listen in as Matt shares the history of his 15 year old company, how it went from a small pet project to genuine giant, and what he sees for the future of media. Bio:Matt cofounded Vector Media Group in high school, and is now its President of Development and Technology. Vector is now 32 people and has been on the Inc 5000 list of America's fastest growingcompanies for 3 years in a row. We're fully bootstrapped: we've never taken outside funding or debt and have been profitable every single month since our start. Famous 5Favorite Book? – Getting to YesWhat CEO do you follow?— Travis KalanickWhat is your favorite online tool?— WorkFlowyDo you get 8 hours of sleep?— NoIf you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Know how much harder it is to take a risk at 30 than 20. Time Stamped Show Notes:01:17 – Nathan’s introduction 01:48 – Welcoming Matt to the show02:19 – Matt has one partner (Lee)02:36 – Company founded in 200003:02 – Started ramping up to a media company in 200503:40 – They are effectively a consulting company04:48 – Web design and consulting is the biggest aspect of Vector’s business05:45 – Vector loves to get in with companies as early as possible06:44 – www.GreenTechMedia.com 07:55 – Vector bills at roughly $180/HR10:03 – Walking through the negotiation/fleshing out process11:12 – Catch problems EARLY11:28 – Vector can work on almost any budget12:00 – Ideas change DRAMATICALLY post launch12:50 – Working with the Associated Press13:41 -- @MRW 3 Key Points:Take risks before your 30…it gets harder after that birthday.Mentally and financially budget for the changes you’ll want post launch—there will be many.Don’t be afraid to price yourself as a premium product if you know you’re worth it. 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.Host Gator - Powerful web hosting made easy and affordable.WorkFlowy – The online tool Matt can’t live withoutTravis Kalanick – The CEO Matt followsGetting to Yes – Matt’s favorite business bookwww.GreenTechMedia.com – One of Vector’s clients
I had two conversations for this installment. I talked to Matt Weinberg and Anna Brown. Matt Weinberg is the Co-founder and President of Technology and Development at Vector Media Group in New York City. Matt has been working with ExpressionEngine for years and has used EE as the main technology for his client work. Anna Brown runs MediaGirl, Inc., a one-person company that does front-end and CMS implementation development for agencies. Anna plays an important role in the EE community through her help creating and advocating the ExpressionEngine StackExchange website.