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With over 30 years in the industry, Daren Lauda is a highly accomplished and versatile professional with a rich background in the technology and business sectors. Daren began his career as an Infantry Team Leader in the US Army. Leveraging his military experience, he transitioned into the corporate world and made a lasting impact in senior leadership roles at Fortune 500 technology companies like Fortive, PTC, and Salesforce. He also helped grow notable start-up companies, including Arbortext, Tririga, Mavenlink, and DispatchTrack. He is also the Founder of two companies, Outset and Second Step. Daren holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from Pepperdine University. He also has an MBA from California State University at Long Beach. Daren is married with two children and lives in Southern California. -- Critical Mass Business Talk Show is Orange County, CA's longest-running business talk show, focused on offering value and insight to middle-market business leaders in the OC and beyond. Hosted by Ric Franzi, business partner at REF Orange County.

Alex Manwaring is the Director of Sales at Privy. He has 6+ years of sales experience, and 3+ years of sales management experience. Prior to Privy, he worked at Mavenlink and Datadog. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his fiancée Brittany and their goldendoodle Daisy.     Contact Alex: LinkedIn

This week our host Brandi Starr is joined by not one but two experts to discuss Finding Your Circle - The Importance of Community for Personal Growth. Who better to discuss this topic than Matt Heinz of CMO Coffee Talk and Mike Rizzo, the Community-led Founder of MO Pros? Matt Heinz has 15 years of marketing, business development and sales experience from a variety of organizations, vertical industries, and company sizes. Hi career has focused on delivering measurable results for his employers and clients in the way of greater sales, revenue growth, product success and customer loyalty. Mike Rizzo is also the founder of MarketingOps.com and with his extensive background in marketing Mike helped build, launch, manage and optimize Mavenlink's first-ever user community and Client Advisory Board programs. He is the founder of MO Pros - The Community for Marketing Operations Pros that is growing with an average of 110 new members every month and he is also the co-host of the podcast called Ops Cast by MO Pros. Listen in to Brandi, Matt and Mike discuss the hows and whys of Community for CMOs and marketers and the importance of Finding Your Tribe. Links: Get in touch with Matt Heinz On Linkedin On Twitter Get in on the conversation with the Sales Pipeline Radio podcast hosted by Matt Get in touch with Mike Rizzo On Linkedin On Twitter Instagram Join the Mo Pros Community Get in on the conversation with the MarketingOps Podcast More info on the Marketing Pros website Subscribe, listen, and rate/review Revenue Rehab Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts , Amazon Music, or iHeart Radio and find more episodes on our website RevenueRehab.live.

John Ragsdale, Distinguished Researcher and VP of Technology Ecosystems at TSIA, joins Matt once again to talk about the key elements every Professional Services Organization should be focusing on moving into the new year. The conversation includes:“Go Live” numbers and automation of the “Quote to Cash” cycleThe shift from financial charters to driving customer adoptionThe new concept of customer success in cloud technologyProgress on agencies adopting an end-to-end customer experience strategyThe ongoing event of onboardingChief Customer OfficersThe need to look at your technology and resource budgetsIf you would like to explore this topic more, head over to the Mavenlink blog for a whole host of articles about client satisfaction. 

Special guest host and industry insider, John Ragsdale from TSIA sits down with Michael Speranza. It was announced on Wednesday that Michael will be the new CEO of the company formed by the Mavenlink and Kimble merger. In this special episode we explore Michael's background and answer key questions regarding the merger and the competitive advantage that it will create in the industry. The conversation includes:Michael's interesting technology background and the career path that lead him to this roleWhat the merger means for ongoing and future product development plansThe day 1 advantage and significant growth opportunity that this merger will facilitate How this helps expedite global business solutions and great customer experiences  Michael's top priorities and his positive feelings on the future of how the merger will impact customers

In this episode of Making Sense of Martech, I'm joined by Mike Rizzo. He's the founder of the online community dedicated to marketing operations - Mo Pros. Mike has a long and interesting career across marketing technology and growth marketing management. Mike recently left his role with Mavenlink overseeing community and loyalty programs to dive into Mo Pros full time as the community has grown significantly over the past four years. We talk about the need for independent online communities that support professionals, why Mike founded Mo Pros to support the marketing technology industry, the role of mentorship and peer learning in a marketing technologist's career, and how education is changing in the industry. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Google, and everywhere else. You can find Mike Rizzo on LinkedIn and Twitter. You can find the Mo Pros community here. --- Subscribe to The Martech Weekly newsletter here: www.themartechweekly.com Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Follow Juan on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Host Matt Finch sits down with Distinguished Researcher and Vice President of Technology Ecosystems at TSIA John Ragsdale to talk about current trends in the tech industry and the importance of a strong freelance culture. The conversation includes:John's perspective and definition of the liquid workforce Trends shaping emerging digital talent platformsHow COVID accelerated already established trends and behaviors of younger workersThe shift to more fixed-price predefined projectsHow to remain a competitive employer in a tough hiring marketHow rising cost of living in coastal cities may be contributing to younger workers wanting to move to this new modelSolutions to allow both distance work and in person collaborationThe risks and rewards of using contract workersWhy middle managers will be so important during this shiftProject based hiring best practicesJohn's advice around challenging the traditional hiring and career mindset for young workersTo learn more about this topic download Mavenlink's recent research report, The Changing Face of the Modern Workforce.

To kick off the first episode, host Matt Finch sits down with the founders of Mavenlink, Ray Grainger, Roger Neel, and Sean Crafts, to discuss some of the current challenges and future trends in the services industry! Their conversation includes:The powerful forces reshaping the services industryGetting the right talent at the right place at the right time in order to meet client needs The emerging employee-first culture The current subcontractor landscape The pitfalls of tribal knowledgeHow digital transformation and technology are evolving the industryThe role of Covid globalization and the appeal of a liquid workforce to both organizations and employeesThe importance of a centralized resource management functionApplying a supply chain methodology to your services business

Casey Armstrong is the Chief Marketing Officer at ShipBob, a global logistics platform that fulfills ecommerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands. It is the leading cloud-based platform aimed to provide small to medium-sized companies access to best-in-class supply chains and fulfillment capabilities. Casey has worn various hats throughout his career, starting in the real estate industry and traveling the world. He eventually landed in the marketing space when he worked in Growth and Marketing for Mavenlink, and he went on to organize and build various startups. Before joining ShipBob, Casey was the VP of Marketing at BigCommerce. In this episode… How important is the connection between ecommerce and logistics? Are there different strategies logistics companies take depending on the size of a brand? How can you avoid crumbling under the weight when scaling? Casey Armstrong can tell you. Casey Armstrong has been working in marketing and ecommerce for over 11 years and is an expert in logistics. He's helped countless ecommerce companies grow and thrive as Chief Marketing Officer at ShipBob, and is here to share his expertise with you. On this episode of the eCommerce Profits Podcast, Joshua Chin talks with Chief Marketing Officer at ShipBob, Casey Armstrong, about everything you need to know about logistics. They discuss the role of logistics in the ecommerce space, why ecommerce brands need to prepare for scaling, the future of logistics, and much more. Stay tuned!

#agile #tools #forecastRunning an #agile team effectively is nearly impossible without the right software #1 – MONDAY.COM REVIEW — THE BEST FOR #AGILE BEGINNERS Monday.com has quickly become one of the most popular #agile project management #tools on the market today. It's trusted by 100,000+ organizations worldwide, including some big names like Coca-Cola, Adobe, Hulu, and the Discovery Channel. #2 – VIVIFYSCRUM -REVIEW — THE BEST ALL-IN-ONE #AGILE MANAGEMENT TOOL VivifyScrum is a versatile #agile management solution. It's trusted by small teams and large organizations alike. Regardless of your team size and project complexity, this tool can help manage everything from a single platform. #3 – #FORECAST REVIEW — THE BEST COLLABORATION FEATURES #forecast is an all-in-one project management and resource management solution. It's built for project-driven companies that want to empower teams, automate operations, and unite all projects into a single tool. With #forecast, you can automate tasks for project planning, resource allocation, and more. The software is powered by AI technology to help simplify monotonous tasks. #4 – MAVENLINK REVIEW — THE BEST FOR #AGILE MANAGEMENT AT SCALE Mavenlink is another all-in-one solution for project management and resource management. It's a modern way for teams to collaborate from anywhere, which is perfect for remote work. In addition to improving your team's productivity on the operational end, Mavenlink provides deep insights into the financial performance of your projects and business as well. #5 – JIRA REVIEW — THE BEST #AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT TEAMS Jira by Atlassian is a bit unique compared to some of the other #tools on my list. This #agile project management software is built specifically for software development projects. With Jira, software teams of all sizes can plan, track, and release exceptional products. #contentmarketing #digitalmarketing #digitalmarketing #marketing #socialmediamarketing #socialmedia #business #marketingdigital #branding #seo #instagram #onlinemarketing #advertising #digital #entrepreneur #contentmarketing #marketingstrategy #digitalmarketingagency #marketingtips #follow #smallbusiness #design #bhfyp #love #webdesign #like #photography #graphicdesign #content #art #fashion #bhfyp --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iidmusa/message

Discover what it takes to grow revenue 15x in three years and parlay a successful sales career into a CEO position. Hear about the processes and approach that enabled Craig Harper to lead winning sales teams at BMC Software and ServiceNow and helm the CEO role at Cherwell Software. Legends of Sales and Marketing is produced by People.ai.

Catalyst recently released The Great CS Debate which had CS leaders vote on the top 10 most controversial topics in Customer Success. This episode features a friendly debate between two experienced CS leaders; Scott Dzialo, Director of Customer Success, Enterprise & Strategic Accounts at Braze and Sabina Pons, Vice President of Client Success, Support & Community at Mavenlink‪. During this episode, these CS masters found themselves on opposing sides of the issue: Who should own renewals, Sales or CS?

Re-releasing one of the top-rated Accelerate Show episodes: Ray Grainger from Mavenlink.He is the founder and CEO of Mavenlink, a fast-growing software company in the services business management and collaboration space.  He’s also a graduate of highly distinguished school, Harvey Mudd College, where he’s been a trustee now for many years.He was a Managing Partner at Accenture for nearly 20 years before starting Mavenlink, and that experience provided much of the idea kernels for starting the company.Ray started Mavenlink in 2009, and over the last 10 years has had an amazing run in building Mavenlink, headquartered here in Orange County.  I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Ray nearly the entire time he’s been on this journey and have been so impressed with his leadership and energy, and his support of the OC tech community along the way.Ray has built an amazing team and company, and is doing his part to Accelerate OC!Great quote he shared from Ernest Shackleton: "By endurance we conquer."  Such a powerful message! 

  Join the 30-DAY CHALLENGE: "You Don't Know JS Yet" In this episode of Ruby Rogues, James Thompson, a Software Architect at Mavenlink, delves into how to address errors in a service-based system and how to prioritize what errors to fix. He goes into how to recognize the errors when they are creeping in and so much more. Panel Dave Kimura John Epperson Matt Smith Luke Stutters Guest James Thompson Sponsors Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout Rails Remote Conf 2020 Links Bugsnag OpenTelemetry Application Monitoring and Error Tracking Software | Sentry SignalFx smartinez87/exception_notification: Exception Notifier Plugin for Rails Errbit Picks James Thompson: Follow James on Twitter @plainprogrammer, Website The Annotated American Gods Luke Stutters: raggi/async_sinatra Dave Kimura: Rubidium Slim Gemfile for increased application maintainability John Epperson: Sharing puzzles with your friends so you can do puzzles during the current stay-at-home era Matt Smith: Pulumi - Modern Infrastructure as Code Follow Ruby Rogues on Twitter > @rubyrogues

  Join the 30-DAY CHALLENGE: "You Don't Know JS Yet" In this episode of Ruby Rogues, James Thompson, a Software Architect at Mavenlink, delves into how to address errors in a service-based system and how to prioritize what errors to fix. He goes into how to recognize the errors when they are creeping in and so much more. Panel Dave Kimura John Epperson Matt Smith Luke Stutters Guest James Thompson Sponsors Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout Rails Remote Conf 2020 Links Bugsnag OpenTelemetry Application Monitoring and Error Tracking Software | Sentry SignalFx smartinez87/exception_notification: Exception Notifier Plugin for Rails Errbit Picks James Thompson: Follow James on Twitter @plainprogrammer, Website The Annotated American Gods Luke Stutters: raggi/async_sinatra Dave Kimura: Rubidium Slim Gemfile for increased application maintainability John Epperson: Sharing puzzles with your friends so you can do puzzles during the current stay-at-home era Matt Smith: Pulumi - Modern Infrastructure as Code Follow Ruby Rogues on Twitter > @rubyrogues

  Join the 30-DAY CHALLENGE: "You Don't Know JS Yet" In this episode of Ruby Rogues, James Thompson, a Software Architect at Mavenlink, delves into how to address errors in a service-based system and how to prioritize what errors to fix. He goes into how to recognize the errors when they are creeping in and so much more. Panel Dave Kimura John Epperson Matt Smith Luke Stutters Guest James Thompson Sponsors Scout APM | We'll donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy Scout Rails Remote Conf 2020 Links Bugsnag OpenTelemetry Application Monitoring and Error Tracking Software | Sentry SignalFx smartinez87/exception_notification: Exception Notifier Plugin for Rails Errbit Picks James Thompson: Follow James on Twitter @plainprogrammer, Website The Annotated American Gods Luke Stutters: raggi/async_sinatra Dave Kimura: Rubidium Slim Gemfile for increased application maintainability John Epperson: Sharing puzzles with your friends so you can do puzzles during the current stay-at-home era Matt Smith: Pulumi - Modern Infrastructure as Code Follow Ruby Rogues on Twitter > @rubyrogues

Some people invest in managed funds, some work as a fundie. A few brave souls create their own fund from the ground up. In this episode we hear from Matt Joass as he shares his insights into the inner workings of the industry, fast-growing kiwi start-ups and traps to watch out for. Matt’s ideal investment is a small, fast-growing business, that is capital-light, with demand- and supply-side competitive advantages, high returns on incremental invested capital, little analyst coverage, deeply aligned management (typically founders), and that are top-dogs or first-movers in an emerging and important industry. Lastly, the company must be trading at a discount to Matt’s estimate of intrinsic value.Link to the blog post https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/mavenLink to Maven Funds Management - https://www.mavenfunds.com.au/Got something to say? Join the discussion on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/sharesforbeginners/Before investing in any financial product you should read the Product Disclosure Statement and seek advice from investment and taxation professionals to determine if the product is appropriate for your needs.Sharesight is the best portfolio tracking tool in the known universe - and they are pleased to extend a SPECIAL OFFER to listeners of this podcast: 4 months free on an annual premium plan! Click here and sign up now for a 7 day free trial.Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation. Thanks to Christopher Soulos for music production out of Garlic Breath Studio https://www.facebook.com/GarlicBreathStudio. Remember music flows when the money don’t.

David Forsythe, Product Documentation Manager at Mavenlink joins us to discuss his journey into documentation, as well as Mavelink's documentation process, David provided his most important factors when creating documentation...

Mavenlink is a modern software platform for professional and marketing services organizations. It is the only solution that helps services firms establish an operational system of record that facilitates their business lifecycle, including key capabilities like resource management, project management, collaboration, project accounting, and Business Intelligence. Roger Neel, co-founder and CTO of Mavenlink for over 11 years, is an accomplished web designer, Ruby on Rails engineer, thought leader in agile software development, mentor to startup founders and software developers, and a strong advocate for pair programming. There are a lot of people working from home at scale at the moment, and many people will not be able to switch off and overcompensate. Roger joins me on Tech Talks Daily to explore the topic of burnout. Roger states that "one of the major factors that contribute to overwhelmed staff members is a lack of focus of vision from management - resulting in too many conflicting projects and priorities. For example, if you give someone 20 tasks and say they're all critical, they'll be overwhelmed. If instead, you're more focused and do a better job prioritizing, people are less likely to wind up overwhelmed with their task list."

How well have you explored online communities? Learn how cross-functional they are by tuning into this podcast. Grazitti brings to you another episode of Community Talks. This time we have Mike Rizzo from Mavenlink, who is building a community for client success operations at Mavenlink. Catch the two community mavens, Mike Rizzo and John Summers from Grazitti Interactive, joining together on a dialogue on the cross-functionality of online communities.

Paulette Luftig is a Senior Software Engineer, two-time team lead, and manager at Mavenlink. She is a former counselor and small business owner who transitioned into tech after attending Dev Bootcamp in 2014. In addition to coding, Paulette enjoys coaching others to develop their leadership skills.   Amanda is a Senior Software Engineer, team lead, and manager at Mavenlink. She has a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering and a Bachelor’s Degree in Web Design and Engineering. A true unicorn of tech, Amanda has a broad and valuable range of skills, and is always willing to tackle any project, from designing a team logo to migrating an app to run on Kubernetes.

It was a great pleasure to welcome Ray Grainger to Accelerate OC. He is the co-founder and CEO of Mavenlink, a fast-growing software company in the services business management and collaboration space.  He’s also a graduate of highly distinguished school, Harvey Mudd College, where he’s been a trustee now for many years.He was a Managing Partner at Accenture for nearly 20 years before starting Mavenlink, and that experience provided much of the idea kernels for starting the company.Ray started Mavenlink in 2009, and over the last 10 years has had an amazing run in building Mavenlink, headquartered here in Orange County.  I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Ray nearly the entire time he’s been on this journey and have been so impressed with his leadership and energy, and his support of the OC tech community along the way.Ray has built an amazing team and company, and is doing his part to Accelerate OC!Great quote he shared from Ernest Shackleton: "By endurance we conquer."  Such a powerful message! 

Ray Grainger is the co-founder and CEO at Mavenlink which provides a modern software platform for professional and marketing services organizations. The company has raised so far $111 million from investors like Goldman Sachs or Carrick Capital Partners. Prior to Mavenlink, Ray Grainger was the Global Managing Partner at Accenture and also had a leadership position at InQuira.

Ray Grainger is the co-founder and CEO at Mavenlink which provides a modern software platform for professional and marketing services organizations. The company has raised so far $111 million from investors like Goldman Sachs or Carrick Capital Partners. Prior to Mavenlink, Ray Grainger was the Global Managing Partner at Accenture and also had a leadership position at InQuira.

Catherine Meyers is an Opera Singer turned Software Engineer who currently builds cool stuff with Ruby on Rails and React at Mavenlink, a professional services platform focused on resource planning and project management. Previously, she worked at Red Antler, a branding agency in Brooklyn, where she built and maintained fully responsive websites for a varied and diverse clientele. Catherine is a graduate of The Flatiron School Web Development Immersive Program. In 2017, Catherine co-founded Women Level Up, a monthly meetup aimed at empowering female developers through education, networking, and mentorship. She has also spoken at numerous conferences, including RubyConf, RubyHack, and ForwardJS. She is currently a co-host for the podcast Ruby Rogues. NOTES: Women Level Up: http://womenlevelup.com/ (http://womenlevelup.com/) Ruby Rogues podcast: https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues (https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues) Talk on the parallels between music and code: https://youtu.be/n1U1rcThnzw (https://youtu.be/n1U1rcThnzw) CONTACT: Twitter: @ccmeyers324 (https://twitter.com/ccmeyers324) Website: http://catherinecodes.com/ (http://catherinecodes.com/) BONUS: Click on this link and Help support this podcast becuase I love puppies : ) https://www.patreon.com/advanceyourart (https://www.patreon.com/advanceyourart) This podcast is brought to you by Audible. I have used Audible for years, and I love audiobooks. Click on the link to get a 30-day free trial, complete with a credit for a free audiobook download Audible.com (http://www.audibletrial.com/Yuri) QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.

Chris and special guest Bobby Brown, Software Engineering Team Lead at Mavenlink dig into some of the planning steps, strategies and systems that lead to a successful product feature launch. Featured Links Visualize Github Branches in Google Sheets

Panel: Charles Max Wood Dave Kimura Eric Berry David Richards Special Guests: Catherine Meyers In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel discusses music, musicians, and programmers with Catherine Meyers. Catherine is a software engineer at Mavenlink in San Francisco and is a co-organizer of a meet-up called Women Level Up. Before getting into coding, she was actually an opera singer. They talk a lot about why she decided to change her career and how she came to be a successful coder after being a singer for many years. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Check out React Dev Summit Catherine intro Previously an opera singer How did you decide to get into programming? Who she performed for and where she performed Her friends suggested she start coding Tips to help those not interested in coding give it a chance Coding is like solving a puzzle Coding boot camps to facilitate a career change HTML Flatiron School The importance of resilience Ruby Conf The ability to communicate with many different typed of people Patterns Do musicians have an advantage as a developer? Patterns in Rails How can music make you a better coder? Your brain as a musician Is there a correlation with brain activity and listening to music? Different music affects different people And much, much more! Links: React Dev Summit Mavenlink Women Level Up Flatiron School Ruby Conf Rails Ruby Hack Conference @CCMeyers324 CatherineMeyers.com Picks: Charles The Greatest Showman React Round Up React Dev Summit Views on Vue Elixir Podcast coming soon Dave Heat Shrink Tubing Heat Gun Eric Pastel de Nata The Expanse Consensys David Marconi Union – Weightless Wintergatan - Marble Machine Catherine Public School Music Education Base.cs Ruby Under a Microscope by Pat Shaughnessy

Panel: Charles Max Wood Dave Kimura Eric Berry David Richards Special Guests: Catherine Meyers In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel discusses music, musicians, and programmers with Catherine Meyers. Catherine is a software engineer at Mavenlink in San Francisco and is a co-organizer of a meet-up called Women Level Up. Before getting into coding, she was actually an opera singer. They talk a lot about why she decided to change her career and how she came to be a successful coder after being a singer for many years. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Check out React Dev Summit Catherine intro Previously an opera singer How did you decide to get into programming? Who she performed for and where she performed Her friends suggested she start coding Tips to help those not interested in coding give it a chance Coding is like solving a puzzle Coding boot camps to facilitate a career change HTML Flatiron School The importance of resilience Ruby Conf The ability to communicate with many different typed of people Patterns Do musicians have an advantage as a developer? Patterns in Rails How can music make you a better coder? Your brain as a musician Is there a correlation with brain activity and listening to music? Different music affects different people And much, much more! Links: React Dev Summit Mavenlink Women Level Up Flatiron School Ruby Conf Rails Ruby Hack Conference @CCMeyers324 CatherineMeyers.com Picks: Charles The Greatest Showman React Round Up React Dev Summit Views on Vue Elixir Podcast coming soon Dave Heat Shrink Tubing Heat Gun Eric Pastel de Nata The Expanse Consensys David Marconi Union – Weightless Wintergatan - Marble Machine Catherine Public School Music Education Base.cs Ruby Under a Microscope by Pat Shaughnessy

Panel: Charles Max Wood Dave Kimura Eric Berry David Richards Special Guests: Catherine Meyers In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel discusses music, musicians, and programmers with Catherine Meyers. Catherine is a software engineer at Mavenlink in San Francisco and is a co-organizer of a meet-up called Women Level Up. Before getting into coding, she was actually an opera singer. They talk a lot about why she decided to change her career and how she came to be a successful coder after being a singer for many years. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Check out React Dev Summit Catherine intro Previously an opera singer How did you decide to get into programming? Who she performed for and where she performed Her friends suggested she start coding Tips to help those not interested in coding give it a chance Coding is like solving a puzzle Coding boot camps to facilitate a career change HTML Flatiron School The importance of resilience Ruby Conf The ability to communicate with many different typed of people Patterns Do musicians have an advantage as a developer? Patterns in Rails How can music make you a better coder? Your brain as a musician Is there a correlation with brain activity and listening to music? Different music affects different people And much, much more! Links: React Dev Summit Mavenlink Women Level Up Flatiron School Ruby Conf Rails Ruby Hack Conference @CCMeyers324 CatherineMeyers.com Picks: Charles The Greatest Showman React Round Up React Dev Summit Views on Vue Elixir Podcast coming soon Dave Heat Shrink Tubing Heat Gun Eric Pastel de Nata The Expanse Consensys David Marconi Union – Weightless Wintergatan - Marble Machine Catherine Public School Music Education Base.cs Ruby Under a Microscope by Pat Shaughnessy

Over the last few months, I have noticed an apparent move away from full-time staff and the 9-5 worker and a move towards contractors and flexing towards resources as and when it is needed. One of the bigger problems of the digital transformation for mature businesses is their culture and processes are firmly rooted in the analog world.Whereas the digital world demands that businesses are more agile, efficient and most importantly quicker off the mark. If they carry on with the old way of doing things, guess what? A startup will remove the pain points and disrupt your business. But what is the future of the workforce and why are businesses are relying on and hiring contractors to meet their company's bottom line.  I invited Ray Grainger, the CEO of Mavenlink, a cloud-based project management firm. Mavenlink partnered with researchers at Gigaom, and together they interviewed 480 executives in the IT, marketing, and business/management sectors. Mavenlink and Gigaom found that today we are working in a project-based economy, being run by freelancers. Mavenlink put all their findings in a new report titled, “2017 State of Services Economy.” Mavenlink and Gigaom predict that 40% of American workers will be contractors, service providers, and freelancers by just 2020.

We're happy to announce that our guest Sean Ellis released his new book today, covering customer activation amongst many other growth hacking tips and stories. If you like what you hear in today's podcast, we encourage you to check out “Hacking Growth,” now available for purchase on Amazon! This week, the Bowery Capital team hosted Sean Ellis, CEO and founder of GrowthHackers, to discuss “Optimizing Your Team for Customer Activation.” GrowthHackers helps companies achieve sustainable customer and revenue growth. The business has multiple dimensions, spanning content, community, training and software. GrowthHackers.com, since its launch in 2013, has grown into the foremost online community for the “growth hacking” movement. Now a well-known destination, the site offers an impressive trove of growth hacking resources both proprietary and user-submitted. All content is surfaced, commented on, and filtered by the community of GrowthHackers members, now hundreds of thousands strong. Last year, Sean and his team dramatically expanded the scope of GrowthHackers’ offerings by releasing “Projects,” a purpose-driven software to help teams achieve and manage their growth objectives. This year, the team launched formal consulting and training offerings for companies seeking to adopt key growth hacking techniques and concepts. In our episode today, Sean discusses a concept he sees as fundamental to the future of growth hacking: customer activation. Customer activation is best described as that “a-ha!” moment when a customer experiences a product’s true value for the first time. Customer activation, in other words, is a proxy for that “first taste” of product-market fit. Importantly, achieving customer activation is a cross-functional effort: sales, marketing, customer success, and even product must all be aligned and communicating in order to understand what that “a-ha” moment is and how to optimize for it. If your teams and objectives are too siloed, you run the risk of missing this critical org-wide goal. In today’s episode, Sean explains how startup leaders should think about structuring their teams to ensure that customer activation is front and center. He shares several examples of how he helped companies like Dropbox and LogMeIn find and maximize product-market fit by testing for customer activation. Make sure to subscribe to the Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast for a new episode every week!   Sean Ellis is the CEO of GrowthHackers. He founded the business in 2010, the same year in which he coined the term “growth hacker” (in this blog post). Sean was also the founder and CEO of Qualaroo, a SaaS voice-of-customer solution serving large companies like Uber, Starbucks, Spotify, Burger King and Intuit. Qualaroo was acquired 2016. Prior to founding Qualaroo in 2012, Sean served as a key early growth / marketing executive at a range of technology businesses including Dropbox, Eventbrite, Lookout, LogMeIn, and Uproar. Sean is also a longtime angel investor, has formally advised many startups (including, most recently, Mavenlink), and has served as a Guest Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Sean holds a BA from the University of California, Davis, and lives in Newport Beach, CA. I also wanted to share a few resources for anyone that would like to learn more about Sean, GrowthHackers, or the growth hacking strategies they have developed. As mentioned above, we encourage you to check out Sean's new book, released just today: “

We're happy to announce that our guest Sean Ellis released his new book today, covering customer activation amongst many other growth hacking tips and stories. If you like what you hear in today's podcast, we encourage you to check out “Hacking Growth,” now available for purchase on Amazon! This week, the Bowery Capital team hosted Sean Ellis, CEO and founder of GrowthHackers, to discuss “Optimizing Your Team for Customer Activation.” GrowthHackers helps companies achieve sustainable customer and revenue growth. The business has multiple dimensions, spanning content, community, training and software. GrowthHackers.com, since its launch in 2013, has grown into the foremost online community for the “growth hacking” movement. Now a well-known destination, the site offers an impressive trove of growth hacking resources both proprietary and user-submitted. All content is surfaced, commented on, and filtered by the community of GrowthHackers members, now hundreds of thousands strong. Last year, Sean and his team dramatically expanded the scope of GrowthHackers’ offerings by releasing “Projects,” a purpose-driven software to help teams achieve and manage their growth objectives. This year, the team launched formal consulting and training offerings for companies seeking to adopt key growth hacking techniques and concepts. In our episode today, Sean discusses a concept he sees as fundamental to the future of growth hacking: customer activation. Customer activation is best described as that “a-ha!” moment when a customer experiences a product’s true value for the first time. Customer activation, in other words, is a proxy for that “first taste” of product-market fit. Importantly, achieving customer activation is a cross-functional effort: sales, marketing, customer success, and even product must all be aligned and communicating in order to understand what that “a-ha” moment is and how to optimize for it. If your teams and objectives are too siloed, you run the risk of missing this critical org-wide goal. In today’s episode, Sean explains how startup leaders should think about structuring their teams to ensure that customer activation is front and center. He shares several examples of how he helped companies like Dropbox and LogMeIn find and maximize product-market fit by testing for customer activation. Make sure to subscribe to the Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast for a new episode every week!   Sean Ellis is the CEO of GrowthHackers. He founded the business in 2010, the same year in which he coined the term “growth hacker” (in this blog post). Sean was also the founder and CEO of Qualaroo, a SaaS voice-of-customer solution serving large companies like Uber, Starbucks, Spotify, Burger King and Intuit. Qualaroo was acquired 2016. Prior to founding Qualaroo in 2012, Sean served as a key early growth / marketing executive at a range of technology businesses including Dropbox, Eventbrite, Lookout, LogMeIn, and Uproar. Sean is also a longtime angel investor, has formally advised many startups (including, most recently, Mavenlink), and has served as a Guest Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Sean holds a BA from the University of California, Davis, and lives in Newport Beach, CA. I also wanted to share a few resources for anyone that would like to learn more about Sean, GrowthHackers, or the growth hacking strategies they have developed. As mentioned above, we encourage you to check out Sean's new book, released just today: “

Rob MacLeod is founder of Neoscape, a one-stop shop for clients including real estate developers, architects, designers, and corporations for everything from 3-D renderings, imaging, filmmaking, animation, interactive development, branding, and strategy. Rob was a full-time carpenter and went to school for architecture before founding Neoscape twenty-one years ago.   In this episode, Rob talks about:   Virtual reality, including where Rob sees the field going and how Neoscape’s clients use the technology   What Rob’s hiring process looks like and what characteristics he looks for   Failures, specifically a quote by Rob where he says, “Failure is necessary for a company and for personal or employee growth.” (Article linked below)   How Rob stays excited by the industry for being in it for over twenty years and how he stays hungry to pursue new technology and techniques   Links from today’s episode:   Neoscape   “If I Knew Then…” –Rob MacLeod   Magic Leap   Mavenlink   Soldier Design   Gary Vaynerchuk Blog   Wired   Good to Great   The One Minute Manager   If you liked this episode:   Follow the podcast on Twitter   Subscribe on iTunes or your podcast app and write a review   Get in touch with feedback, ideas, or to say hi: nic {AT} startupbostonpodcast [DOT] com   Music by: Broke For Free  

Rey Grainger, founder and CEO of Mavenlink, where he’s leading a mission to re-invent the way businesses do work. Ray brings over 25 years of experience in software and technology consulting to Mavenlink. He also invests in several technology companies through Accenture technology ventures including enterprise knowledge manager vendor InQuira. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Good to Great What CEO do you follow? –  Marc Benioff Favorite online tool? — Evernote Do you get 8 hours of sleep?—  I don’t If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “That I would actually end up achieving what I have setup to do”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:24 – Nathan introduces Ray to the show 02:28 – Ray likes corporate world more 03:00 – How Accenture invested in AI Technology 03:20 – Ray left Accenture in 2005 when InQuira started to get into the market 03:48 – Ray already had an idea for Mavenlink 04:45 – Mavenlink is SaaS business management solution 05:09 – Mavenlink is a subscription based business model 05:50 – First year revenue is zero 06:08 – Product development was in February 2009 06:25 – Began monetizing at the beginning of 2010 06:40 – Mavenlink was bootstrapped 07:05 – Before starting Mavenlink, Ray sold some of his stocks of Accenture 07:40 – Before they were able to monetize, Ray and his team already spent almost a million dollar 08:03 – Mavenlink has a broad customer base in over a 100 countries 08:13 – From SMB to large public companies 08:55 – Mavenlink has an inside sales team for each deal 09:30 – Mavenlink partnered with Google 09:38 – Google promoted Mavenlink in their marketplace 10:45 – “The amount of money you have in your bank account influences you” 11:16 – Ray had to look for creative ways to acquire customers 11:41 – Mavenlink sponsored 2 technology conferences 12:35 – It is difficult to say  how much one is willing to spend to acquire a business 13:30 – “You have to manage it by channel and see what you’re going to get for the payback” 13:48 – Gross monthly customer churn 13:52 – “We offer a solution that directly impacts the profitability of the company” 14:18 – Clients who stay with Mavenlink continues to grow 15:41 – The upsell part of Mavenlink 16:06 – Mavenlink target seat price 16:29 – Mavenlink has taken a substantial amount of venture capital starting in 2011 16:52 – Team size 17:18 – Follow Ray on Twitter and LinkedIn 18:56 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: The amount of money you have in your bank account influences you. Corporate life can hone great entrepreneurs. Achieve what you have set up to do and aim for the big one.   Resources Mentioned: 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  developers. Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible. Freshbooks – The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts. Leadpages  – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+ Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books. Assistant.to – The site Nathan uses to book meetings with one email. 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. @mavenlink – Ray’s Twitter handle LinkedIn – Ray’s business LinkedIn account Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

We’ve gone through all of the bonus episodes from WMC fest, and starting this Friday we’re moving full time into two full episodes a week. Today, I sit down with my friend Alex Lazaris, At the time we recorded this he was the lead visual designer for Mavenlink but has since moved on to Twitch.tv. We talk about growing up in Texas, he's adrenaline fueled hobbies, mentoring other designers, and more.

In Part 2 of the interview by Kathy Hahn CTO Roger Neel describes Mavenlink customization and list integration with QuickBooks. He talks about the setup and mapping of names within the various lists

In a recent interview by Kathy Hahn with CTO Roger Neel (Chief Technology Officer) and Co-Founder of Mavenlink, Roger describes how Mavenlink provides for project management for service orientated companies, and an integration for Mavenlink with QuickBooks use is available

Curtis Hughes, Managing Partner of C5 Insight and Karen Morris, Vice President of Talent Acquisition for Mavenlink share their thoughts on talent, leadership and company culture.