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In this episode, we dive into the world of generative AI with May Habib, co-founder of Writer, a platform transforming enterprise AI use. May shares her journey from Qordoba to Writer, emphasizing the impact of transformers in AI. We explore Writer's graph-based RAG approach, and their AI Studio for building custom applications. We also discuss Writer's Autonomous Action functionality, set to revolutionize AI workflows by enabling systems to act autonomously, highlighting AI's potential to accelerate product development and market entry with significant increases in capacity and capability. Writer Website - https://writer.com X/Twitter - https://x.com/get_writer  May Habib LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/may-habib X/Twitter - https://x.com/may_habib FIRSTMARK Website - https://firstmark.com X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/FirstMarkCap Matt Turck (Managing Director) LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/turck/ X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/mattturck This session was recorded live at a recent Data Driven NYC, our in-person, monthly event series, hosted at Ramp's beautiful HQ. If you are ever in New York, you can join the upcoming events here: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/firstmark-capital-2215570183 (00:00) Intro (01:47) What is Writer? (02:52) Writer's founding story (06:54) Writer is a full-stack company. Why? (07:57) Writer's enterprise use cases (10:51) Knowledge Graph (17:59) Guardrails (20:17) AI Studio (23:16) Palmyra X 004 (27:18) Current state of the AI adoption in enterprises (28:57) Writer's sales approach (31:25) What May Habib is excited about in AI (33:14) Autonomous Action use cases

May Habib is the co-founder and CEO of Writer, a full-stack generative AI platform built for enterprises. The model is trained on a customer's own data to create content that is consistent with their brand style and voice. Writer recently raised $100M at a valuation of around $500M. Prior to Writer, May co-founded Qordoba, an AI writing assistant. —  In today's episode, we discuss: Advice for AI founders in 2024 Why it's difficult to scale AI products for enterprise The secret to finding champions Signs of a healthy co-founder relationship The future of agentic AI —  Referenced: Accenture: https://www.accenture.com ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/ Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com Goldman Sachs: https://www.goldmansachs.com/ Grammarly: https://www.grammarly.com Jill Kramer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-kramer-64230840/ L'Oreal: https://www.loreal.com/ Northwestern Mutual: https://www.northwesternmutual.com/ Palmyra: https://writer.com/blog/palmyra/ Retrieved Augmented Generation: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/what-is-retrieval-augmented-generation/ United Healthcare: https://www.uhc.com/ Vanguard: https://global.vanguard.com/ Waseem Alshikh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waseemalshikh/ Writer: https://writer.com/ —  Where to find May Habib: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/may-habib/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/may_habib —  Where to find Todd Jackson: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddj0/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/tjack —  Where to find First Round Capital: Website: https://firstround.com/ First Round Review: https://review.firstround.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/firstround YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRoundCapital This podcast on all platforms: https://review.firstround.com/podcast —  Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (02:34) Writer's origin story (06:30) Building a full-stack generative AI platform for enterprise (11:56) The #1 challenge building Writer (15:41) Writer's approach to finding champion customers (20:29) How Writer is winning the enterprise space (27:11) Signs Writer found product-market-fit (29:26) Scaling LLMs for specific use cases (31:53) Writer's goals for 2024 (33:57) Advice for 0 to 1 founders (35:53) Creating a culture of “connect, challenge, and own”

Full episode transcript: https://www.unusual.vc/post/writers-product-market-fit-journey Started in 2020, Writer is an enterprise-grade generative AI platform for larger, security-conscious companies. Writer has over 150 customers, including teams at UnitedHealthcare, Uber and Accenture. Last valued at over $500M, Writer makes it easy for enterprises to build internal apps that generate a variety of content from sales enablement to blog posts.  In this episode, Sandhya Hegde joins Writer's co-founder and CEO May Habib to discuss the company's path to product-market fit. Join us as we discuss: 1: 30 The origin story behind the founding of Writer 5:11 The early product vision for Writer 10:02 The transformation of the enterprise AI buyer 14:49 Security and compliance in AI models 17:27 Writer's approach to addressing hallucinations  21:35 Why May and the Writer team had deep conviction in Enterprise AI 24:43 The next big horizon for Gen AI and Writer 27:50 May Habib's journey as a CEO 29:18 Building a culture of curiosity at Writer Sandhya Hegde is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures, leading investments in modern SaaS companies with a focus on AI. Previously an early executive at Amplitude, Sandhya is a product-led growth (PLG) coach and mentor. She can be reached at sandhya@unusual.vc and  May Habib is the CEO and co-founder of Writer, a generative AI platform for the enterprise. Before Writer, she co-founded Qordoba.  Unusual Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm designed from the ground up to give a distinct advantage to founders building the next generation of software companies. Unusual has invested in category-defining companies like Webflow, Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Robinhood, and Harness. Learn more about us at https://www.unusual.vc/.Further reading from Unusual Ventures: Build conviction in an early stage startup Understanding the enterprise buyer LLMs in security

AI turns every marketer into a creator. Kipp and Kieran are joined by May Habib (CEO and Co-Founder of Writer) to dive into the transformative impact that AI has on marketing and content creation. Learn more on how to win in the new era of AI, how content marketing has evolved (and turned marketers into creators), what early adopters of AI have in common, and the new breed of marketers. About May Habib May Habib is CEO and co-founder of Writer, a generative AI platform for the enterprise. With proprietary foundation models and a customizable application layer, Writer supports generative AI use cases across marketing, support, product, HR, and more.  May has worked in NLP and ML for 10 years, and before Writer she founded and built Qordoba, a machine translation and localization software company. She is an expert in AI-driven language generation, AI-related organizational change, and the evolving ways we use language online. She sits on the board of TechWadi, an organization that bridges MENA-based entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley-based VC and talent networks, and is a MELI Fellow with the Aspen Institute Mentions Zapier https://zapier.com/  Writer https://writer.com/  HubSpot https://hubspot.com/  Scott Belsky's newsletter https://www.implications.com/ Forbes AI 50 2023 https://www.forbes.com/lists/ai50/?sh=133b35e4290f We're on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg  Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod  Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain! Don't forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934   If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends. We really appreciate your support. Host Links: Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar   Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat  ‘Marketing Against The Grain' is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

In 2020 when today's guest founded her company the transformer architecture was relatively new and OpenAI was a science experiment funded by Elon Musk to ensure that AGI benefits all humanity. She and her team commercialized an early version of a co-pilot for writing content long before we appreciated the value of next-word prediction.Since then, May Habib and the team have raised $21M from an exceptional group of investors including Insight Partners and Gradient Ventures. Today, Writer helps company authors comply with style and brand guidelines and also ensure grammatical accuracy. It's used by an amazing list or organizations including Spotify, Intuit, and Uber.Prior to Writer, May co-founded Qordoba and was a Global Shaper for the World Economic Forum after graduating from Harvard with a BA in Economics.Listen and learn...How May got her start in NLPWhat enterprise leaders don't understand about the current state of generative AIHow to speak to your data using LLMs Why Writer uses graph databases instead of vector databases for generative AIHow Writer mitigates the impact of bias, copyright infringement, and halluciations when using LLMsHow AI is being used to replace tasks people hate... without eliminating jobsHow AI helps users with neurodiversity issues like ADHDHow May navigated a tough company pivotReferences in this episode...Mona Akmal, Falkon CEO, on AI and the Future of WorkAlex Capecelatro, Josh.ai CEO, on AI and the Future of WorkMaking the web more accessible with AI for those with disabilities

Novel ini berkisah tentang masa dimana Islam di Andalusia ditaklukkan oleh Isabella dan Ferdinand. Peristiwa itu menyebabkan muslim terusir dari negerinya. Namun takdir tidak berhenti sampai di situ. Seorang pemuda yatim piatu penghafal Qur'an terakhir di Andalusia bernama Rammar Ibnu Baqar kelak berjuang di jalan Allah menegakkan tauhid di atas kedzaliman yang ada, pembuktian sebuah ramalan yang penuh misteri berikut teka-teki cincin dan kotak rahasia. Perjalanan Hanum dan Rangga menelusuri jejak Rammar dimulai dari email yang dikirim seorang tak dikenal bernama Yaseen dari negeri Qordoba. Kisah mereka bersilang selimpat dengan perjuangan muslim Andalusia. Akankah kematian atau kebangkitan yang menanti di akhir cerita? Simak insight selengkapnya di episode ini. Music by pixabay.

Every company goes up market eventually, especially in B2B. Most do so by expanding their offering, few actually make the leap from abandoning the low end of the market and going right at the enterprise instead. So how do you get there? Transitioning from the startup market to the enterprise world requires strategic pivoting and a proactive group effort. May Habib has witnessed this first hand, as she played a pivotal role in the market transition of content intelligence platform Qordoba. May oversaw a considerable transformation with Qordoba, moving from the low end of the market as a content localization product to selling to giant enterprises like Marriott, Visa, and Condé Nast. She's steadfast in the mindset that training is everything, and you must prioritize heavy coaching, transparency, and feedback in the process. Listen here to see how she did it so successfully.Topics covered in this episode: Transitioning markets (from startup to enterprise) through strategic pivoting Training your team for proactivity through heavy coaching The value of transparency and feedback in your process of transition This is a ProfitWell Recur Studios production—the first media network dedicated entirely to the SaaS and subscription space.

While making the transition to product-led growth can be very beneficial, it can also be tough. In today’s show, we talked to May Habib, Qordoba’s co-founder and CEO and found out what their experience has been like. Qordoba manages over 2 billion words every day for customers including Sephora, Conde Nast, GitHub, and the NBA. In this episode, May shared how she got everyone onboard the product-led bus, how the transition has affected their approach to selling, and her advice for those who would like to make the switch.  Show Notes [00:34] Why she decided to found Qordoba [01:21] Problem they’re solving [03:55] How they traditionally made sales and why they decided to offer free trials [06:46] Where the fork in the road came for them [08:36] First steps they did to ensure what they want to do is viable [10:51] How she got everyone on the product-led bus [13:36] How their whole approach to selling has changed  [16:56] When their sales team steps in [21:31] Why they end up going down the path of usage-based free trial [24:07] Her thoughts on the cost of a free user [26:10] The benefits she’s seeing  [27:39] Her one tip for founders and companies that are making the switch  [32:50] Where people can find her if they want to know more About May Habib May Habib is the co-founder and CEO of Qordoba, a machine-learning based solution designed to help brands define and scale a consistent brand voice. Qordoba’s platform also integrates with over 100 marketing and development companies and fits them seamlessly into the developer stack. Based in San Francisco, the company is backed by Rincon Venture Partners and Upfront Ventures. To date, Qordoba has helped companies like VISA, Marriott, Postmates, GitHub, and Sephora optimise and release new product copies across marketing, product, and customer support. Links JPMorgan ChaseHow Qordoba launched a successful free trial by May Habib Profile QordobaQordoba 14-Day TrialMay Habib on LinkedInMay Habib on TwitterMay Habib's Email Address: may@qordoba.com

One of the most common problems I see in fast-growing companies is the consistency of tone and voice across publishing content. In this episode of the GrowthTLDR, we talk to May Habib, co-founder, and CEO of Qordoba, a company focused on helping brands solve that problem. We talk to May about her thoughts on remote work and how they've changed during the COVID crisis as her entire company has been working from home. We also talk about customer acquisition for Qordoba, the difficulties of marketing a product with a broad set of use-cases, and how to decide between a free trial and freemium.

May Habib is the Founder & CEO @ Qordoba, the platform that helps everyone at your company write with the same style, terminology and voice. To date, May has raised over $21M in funding with Qordoba from the likes of Upfront Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Bonfire Ventures and Michael Stoppelman to name a few. Before entering the world of SaaS, May was a vice president at one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, where she was the first employee on the technology investment team, building a portfolio now worth over $20B. Before that, May started her career in the New York Office of Lehman Brothers raising capital for software companies.   In Today’s Episode We Discuss: How May made her way into the world of startups and SaaS from being a VP at one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East? How does May think about and assess operational survival in times of such uncertainty? Why does this downturn feel so different to prior downturns? Operationally, what needs to fundamentally change about your processes? How does May think about when is the right time to engage with pre-emptive burn cuts? Where does one look first in the organisation when making these cuts? How does one structure those discussions? What is the right way to do it? What is the right way to communicate the cuts to the team, customers and investors?  How does one keep the existing teams spirits high when they have just seen many of their friends be released? What is the right way to manage those discussions? What can founders do to build unity in their team now everyone is WFH? What has worked well for the Qordoba team? Where do many go wrong here?        May’s 60 Second SaaStr: What is the most challenging element of May’s role with Qordoba today? What does May know now that she wishes she had known at the beginning? If May could change one thing about the world of SaaS, what would it be and why? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr May Habib

There comes a time when a company faces big issues that really reflect the way they want to speak to their audience. For example, are you a company that says, “Hey, guys,” or should ‘guys’ be considered a sexist term and that’s the company stance. How does the team know? It might be in a style guide somewhere but it’s not used. That’s the problem today’s guest recognized and she created a company to solve it. May Habib is the co-founder of Qordoba, an AI that helps everyone at a company write with the same style, terminology, and brand voice. May Habib is the co-founder of Qordoba, an AI that helps everyone at a company write with the same style, terminology, and brand voice. Sponsored byToptal – Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on demand. Toptal serves thousands of clients, including Fortune 500 companies and innovative startups, delivering expertise and world-class solutions at an unparalleled success rate. With elite freelancers in over 100 countries, Toptal connects the world’s top talent with leading companies in days, not weeks. Plus, every new engagement begins with a no-risk trial period, so clients only pay if satisfied with the work. Get started hiring with Toptal today. HostGator – Ready to take your website to the next level? Whether you’re a first-time blogger or an experienced web pro, HostGator has all the tools you need to create a great-looking website or online store. A wide range of options includes cloud-based web hosting, reseller hosting, VPS hosting and dedicated servers. Founded in 2002, HostGator is the perfect web partner for business owners and individuals seeking hands-on support. Visit www.hostgator.com/mixergy to see what HostGator can do for your website. More interviews -> https://mixergy.com/moreint Rate this interview -> https://mixergy.com/rateint

Joining me is someone who was a Mixergy listener and whose software runs our entire booking process for guests. I love what he built for so many reasons but about a year ago I read that he sold it to Squarespace! He bootstrapped the company so I want to find out his motivations for exiting. I asked him to come back to the podcast to tell me how he grew since the last time we talked, how the sale went down, and how his life has changed after the sale. Gavin Zuchlinski is the founder of Acuity Scheduling, online appointment scheduling software. Sponsored byToptal – Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on demand. Toptal serves thousands of clients, including Fortune 500 companies and innovative startups, delivering expertise and world-class solutions at an unparalleled success rate. With elite freelancers in over 100 countries, Toptal connects the world’s top talent with leading companies in days, not weeks. Plus, every new engagement begins with a no-risk trial period, so clients only pay if satisfied with the work. Get started hiring with Toptal today. Qordoba – Qordoba is the leading AI writing assistant built specifically for business needs in mind. These days, everyone within a company writes content, and because of this, it’s hard for everyone to stay aligned and maintain consistency. With Qordoba, you can customize writing guidelines to your unique brand and get everyone at your company to write with the same style, terminology, and brand voice. For Mixergy listeners, Qordoba is providing a 25% discount off the first year of their Starter plan. You can sign up for a free trial and get this offer by visiting Qordoba.com/mixergy More interviews -> https://mixergy.com/moreint Rate this interview -> https://mixergy.com/rateint

Joining me is an entrepreneur who discovered there was no easy way to hire a scientist. If you have a company and you need a specific expertise, there’s no clear path for contacting these experts. To create a solution, she launched a marketplace where anyone could hire PhD level experts and scientists. I invited her to Mixergy to tell me how she did it. Ashmita Das is the co-founder of Kolabtree, a freelance platform for scientists. Ashmita Das is the co-founder of Kolabtree, a freelance platform for scientists. Sponsored byToptal – Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on demand. Toptal serves thousands of clients, including Fortune 500 companies and innovative startups, delivering expertise and world-class solutions at an unparalleled success rate. With elite freelancers in over 100 countries, Toptal connects the world’s top talent with leading companies in days, not weeks. Plus, every new engagement begins with a no-risk trial period, so clients only pay if satisfied with the work. Get started hiring with Toptal today. Qordoba – Qordoba is the leading AI writing assistant built specifically for business needs in mind. These days, everyone within a company writes content, and because of this, it’s hard for everyone to stay aligned and maintain consistency. With Qordoba, you can customize writing guidelines to your unique brand and get everyone at your company to write with the same style, terminology, and brand voice. For Mixergy listeners, Qordoba is providing a 25% discount off the first year of their Starter plan. You can sign up for a free trial and get this offer by visiting Qordoba.com/mixergy More interviews -> https://mixergy.com/moreint Rate this interview -> https://mixergy.com/rateint

This week on Product Love, I talk to May Habib, CEO, and co-founder of Qordoba, about emotional resonance.

May Habib played a pivotal role in the market transition of content intelligence platform, Qordoba. She's steadfast in the mindset that training is everything, and you must prioritize heavy coaching, transparency, and feedback in the process.

This week on Product Love, I talk to May Habib, CEO, and co-founder of Qordoba, about emotional resonance.

As a Partner at Upfront Ventures, Kara Nortman focuses on the human element of venture capital. In conversation with host Ben Perreau, Kara explains what she looks for in founders, and how she is helping to increase female representation in the venture capital industry through All Raise, an initiative to accelerate the success of female funders and founders. Kara maintains a portfolio of companies including Qordoba, Parachute, Stem, and Fleetsmith. Before joining Upfront Ventures, Kara co-founded Moonfrye, a children’s e-commerce company. Prior to Moonfrye, Kara spent close to seven years at IAC where she acted as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Urbanspoon and Citysearch. She was also a seed investor and advisor to Tinder.

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Kye Hohenberger This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kye Hohenberger. Kye is a senior front-end engineer at Gremlin, where they do chaos as a service and break your stuff on purpose so that you can fix it and it hopefully won’t happen again. He also created the Emotion library, which is a CSS-in-JS library. He first got into programming because his Grandpa was always working on computers and Kye was curious about how they worked. They talk about how he got into JavaScript, what he's built in JavaScript that he’s proud of, what he’s working on now, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 286 Kye intro Works at Gremlin as a front-end engineer How did you first get into programming? Always had a burning curiosity for computers Worked on HTML first Worked with flash in High School Tried to major in Computer Science and dropped out of it Job in IT Wordpress maintenance Hooked on wanting to learn more Python with Django What was it that caught your attention? How did you get into JavaScript? Job at cPanel What led you to build something like Emotion? Didn’t like having to use the Sass compiler What problem were you trying to solve? Have you worked on anything else in JavaScript that you’re proud of? What are you working on now? APIs from Java to Node Wrote Qordoba apps for 2 years What made you switch from Angular to React? Learning WebPack And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 286 Emotion Wordpress Python Django JavaScript cPanel Sass Node Angular React WebPack @tkh44 Kye’s GitHub Kye’s Medium Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Charles Home Depot Tool Rentals Framework Summit Podcast Movement Kye The Console Log Brian Holt on Frontend Masters Emotion Team

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Kye Hohenberger This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kye Hohenberger. Kye is a senior front-end engineer at Gremlin, where they do chaos as a service and break your stuff on purpose so that you can fix it and it hopefully won’t happen again. He also created the Emotion library, which is a CSS-in-JS library. He first got into programming because his Grandpa was always working on computers and Kye was curious about how they worked. They talk about how he got into JavaScript, what he's built in JavaScript that he’s proud of, what he’s working on now, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 286 Kye intro Works at Gremlin as a front-end engineer How did you first get into programming? Always had a burning curiosity for computers Worked on HTML first Worked with flash in High School Tried to major in Computer Science and dropped out of it Job in IT Wordpress maintenance Hooked on wanting to learn more Python with Django What was it that caught your attention? How did you get into JavaScript? Job at cPanel What led you to build something like Emotion? Didn’t like having to use the Sass compiler What problem were you trying to solve? Have you worked on anything else in JavaScript that you’re proud of? What are you working on now? APIs from Java to Node Wrote Qordoba apps for 2 years What made you switch from Angular to React? Learning WebPack And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 286 Emotion Wordpress Python Django JavaScript cPanel Sass Node Angular React WebPack @tkh44 Kye’s GitHub Kye’s Medium Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Charles Home Depot Tool Rentals Framework Summit Podcast Movement Kye The Console Log Brian Holt on Frontend Masters Emotion Team

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Kye Hohenberger This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kye Hohenberger. Kye is a senior front-end engineer at Gremlin, where they do chaos as a service and break your stuff on purpose so that you can fix it and it hopefully won’t happen again. He also created the Emotion library, which is a CSS-in-JS library. He first got into programming because his Grandpa was always working on computers and Kye was curious about how they worked. They talk about how he got into JavaScript, what he's built in JavaScript that he’s proud of, what he’s working on now, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 286 Kye intro Works at Gremlin as a front-end engineer How did you first get into programming? Always had a burning curiosity for computers Worked on HTML first Worked with flash in High School Tried to major in Computer Science and dropped out of it Job in IT Wordpress maintenance Hooked on wanting to learn more Python with Django What was it that caught your attention? How did you get into JavaScript? Job at cPanel What led you to build something like Emotion? Didn’t like having to use the Sass compiler What problem were you trying to solve? Have you worked on anything else in JavaScript that you’re proud of? What are you working on now? APIs from Java to Node Wrote Qordoba apps for 2 years What made you switch from Angular to React? Learning WebPack And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 286 Emotion Wordpress Python Django JavaScript cPanel Sass Node Angular React WebPack @tkh44 Kye’s GitHub Kye’s Medium Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Charles Home Depot Tool Rentals Framework Summit Podcast Movement Kye The Console Log Brian Holt on Frontend Masters Emotion Team

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: TJ VanToll This week on My Angular Story, Charles speaks with TJ VanToll. TJ is a front-end developer that currently works for Progress and spends his time working with NativeScript. He first got into programming in middle school when he built a Final Fantasy fan site back in the time when GeoCities was popular. He then in high school helped run the school’s website and in college majored in computer programming. They talk about how his journey to get to where he is today has influenced his life and what his day to day life looks like now as a developer advocate. In particular, We dive pretty deep on: Adventures in Angular Episode 90 Adventures in Angular Episode 148 React Native Radio Episode 4 JavaScript Jabber Episode 186 NativeScript Building native apps and native user interfaces How did you get into programming? Started in middle school GeoCities Went to college for Computer Programming His JavaScript journey Using JavaScript out of necessity originally jQuery when mobile started to take over Really interested in Android and iOS development React Native Using JavaScript to build iOS and Android apps Qordoba JavaScript is approachable to use How has you journey been? His job is to help recommend which technology people should use What does your day look like now? Job as a developer advocate What’s the coolest thing that you’ve built? And much, much more! Links: Progress Adventures in Angular Episode 90 Adventures in Angular Episode 148 React Native Radio Episode 4 JavaScript Jabber Episode 186 NativeScript JavaScript jQuery React Native Qordoba @tjvantoll TJ’s GitHub TJVanToll.com Sponsors: FreshBooks Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Taking some time off Audible Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson etc. Views on Vue Adventures in Angular React Round Up YouTube Show TJ How Did This Get Made? Podcast Freakonomics Podcast

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: TJ VanToll This week on My Angular Story, Charles speaks with TJ VanToll. TJ is a front-end developer that currently works for Progress and spends his time working with NativeScript. He first got into programming in middle school when he built a Final Fantasy fan site back in the time when GeoCities was popular. He then in high school helped run the school’s website and in college majored in computer programming. They talk about how his journey to get to where he is today has influenced his life and what his day to day life looks like now as a developer advocate. In particular, We dive pretty deep on: Adventures in Angular Episode 90 Adventures in Angular Episode 148 React Native Radio Episode 4 JavaScript Jabber Episode 186 NativeScript Building native apps and native user interfaces How did you get into programming? Started in middle school GeoCities Went to college for Computer Programming His JavaScript journey Using JavaScript out of necessity originally jQuery when mobile started to take over Really interested in Android and iOS development React Native Using JavaScript to build iOS and Android apps Qordoba JavaScript is approachable to use How has you journey been? His job is to help recommend which technology people should use What does your day look like now? Job as a developer advocate What’s the coolest thing that you’ve built? And much, much more! Links: Progress Adventures in Angular Episode 90 Adventures in Angular Episode 148 React Native Radio Episode 4 JavaScript Jabber Episode 186 NativeScript JavaScript jQuery React Native Qordoba @tjvantoll TJ’s GitHub TJVanToll.com Sponsors: FreshBooks Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Taking some time off Audible Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson etc. Views on Vue Adventures in Angular React Round Up YouTube Show TJ How Did This Get Made? Podcast Freakonomics Podcast

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: TJ VanToll This week on My Angular Story, Charles speaks with TJ VanToll. TJ is a front-end developer that currently works for Progress and spends his time working with NativeScript. He first got into programming in middle school when he built a Final Fantasy fan site back in the time when GeoCities was popular. He then in high school helped run the school’s website and in college majored in computer programming. They talk about how his journey to get to where he is today has influenced his life and what his day to day life looks like now as a developer advocate. In particular, We dive pretty deep on: Adventures in Angular Episode 90 Adventures in Angular Episode 148 React Native Radio Episode 4 JavaScript Jabber Episode 186 NativeScript Building native apps and native user interfaces How did you get into programming? Started in middle school GeoCities Went to college for Computer Programming His JavaScript journey Using JavaScript out of necessity originally jQuery when mobile started to take over Really interested in Android and iOS development React Native Using JavaScript to build iOS and Android apps Qordoba JavaScript is approachable to use How has you journey been? His job is to help recommend which technology people should use What does your day look like now? Job as a developer advocate What’s the coolest thing that you’ve built? And much, much more! Links: Progress Adventures in Angular Episode 90 Adventures in Angular Episode 148 React Native Radio Episode 4 JavaScript Jabber Episode 186 NativeScript JavaScript jQuery React Native Qordoba @tjvantoll TJ’s GitHub TJVanToll.com Sponsors: FreshBooks Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Taking some time off Audible Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson etc. Views on Vue Adventures in Angular React Round Up YouTube Show TJ How Did This Get Made? Podcast Freakonomics Podcast

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Jonathan Carter This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jonathan Carter. Jonathan is a PM at Microsoft and has been a web developer for over 15 years. At Microsoft, he’s had the opportunity to work on tooling, platform pieces for JavaScript applications, and many other things. He first got into programming when his uncle let him shadow him and the IT department he had working for him, and this is where he was first introduced to software and the idea of working with computers as a career. They talk about his proudest accomplishments within the JavaScript community as well as what he is working on now. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Jonathan intro Asure How did you first get into programming? Interest in creating a website Dual enrollment in high school at local community college Started off with VB6 Uncle was very active in his programming start .net Scrappy boredom mixed with curiosity led to him actually getting into software Everyone comes into programming differently Your past is important in explaining where you have ended up Node.js on Asure How did you get into JavaScript? Worked at a newspaper in the software division Ajax jQuery Wanted to write better apps CodePush Stayed in JavaScript community because it brings him inspiration and excitement Likes to be able and look back on his past projects App development for fun Is there anything that you are particularly proud of? Profiling tools Liked building tools that meet people where they are at and simplify their jobs Qordoba React Native And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Microsoft Asure Node.js jQuery CodePush Qordoba React Native @LostinTangent Jonathan’s GitHub Picks Charles Anti-Pick: Intellibed Tuft and Needle Jonathan Notion Doomsday by Architects

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Jonathan Carter This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jonathan Carter. Jonathan is a PM at Microsoft and has been a web developer for over 15 years. At Microsoft, he’s had the opportunity to work on tooling, platform pieces for JavaScript applications, and many other things. He first got into programming when his uncle let him shadow him and the IT department he had working for him, and this is where he was first introduced to software and the idea of working with computers as a career. They talk about his proudest accomplishments within the JavaScript community as well as what he is working on now. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Jonathan intro Asure How did you first get into programming? Interest in creating a website Dual enrollment in high school at local community college Started off with VB6 Uncle was very active in his programming start .net Scrappy boredom mixed with curiosity led to him actually getting into software Everyone comes into programming differently Your past is important in explaining where you have ended up Node.js on Asure How did you get into JavaScript? Worked at a newspaper in the software division Ajax jQuery Wanted to write better apps CodePush Stayed in JavaScript community because it brings him inspiration and excitement Likes to be able and look back on his past projects App development for fun Is there anything that you are particularly proud of? Profiling tools Liked building tools that meet people where they are at and simplify their jobs Qordoba React Native And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Microsoft Asure Node.js jQuery CodePush Qordoba React Native @LostinTangent Jonathan’s GitHub Picks Charles Anti-Pick: Intellibed Tuft and Needle Jonathan Notion Doomsday by Architects

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Jonathan Carter This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jonathan Carter. Jonathan is a PM at Microsoft and has been a web developer for over 15 years. At Microsoft, he’s had the opportunity to work on tooling, platform pieces for JavaScript applications, and many other things. He first got into programming when his uncle let him shadow him and the IT department he had working for him, and this is where he was first introduced to software and the idea of working with computers as a career. They talk about his proudest accomplishments within the JavaScript community as well as what he is working on now. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Jonathan intro Asure How did you first get into programming? Interest in creating a website Dual enrollment in high school at local community college Started off with VB6 Uncle was very active in his programming start .net Scrappy boredom mixed with curiosity led to him actually getting into software Everyone comes into programming differently Your past is important in explaining where you have ended up Node.js on Asure How did you get into JavaScript? Worked at a newspaper in the software division Ajax jQuery Wanted to write better apps CodePush Stayed in JavaScript community because it brings him inspiration and excitement Likes to be able and look back on his past projects App development for fun Is there anything that you are particularly proud of? Profiling tools Liked building tools that meet people where they are at and simplify their jobs Qordoba React Native And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Microsoft Asure Node.js jQuery CodePush Qordoba React Native @LostinTangent Jonathan’s GitHub Picks Charles Anti-Pick: Intellibed Tuft and Needle Jonathan Notion Doomsday by Architects

In this episode, Allison Pickens (Chief Customer Officer, Gainsight) sits down with Emilia D'Anzica (Vice President of Customer Success, Qordoba) to discuss how find your next job in customer success, what questions to ask a potential employer and how to establish trust with your new team early on.

We went back into the archives to conversations we had around data science at OSCON 2017. We talked with Vida Williams (Data Scientist) and Michelle Casbon (Director of Data Science at Qordoba) about the social impact of open data, personal data and transparency, privacy, the big data problem of public surveillance, electronic fingerprinting, the rift between data scientists and computer scientists, natural language processing, machine learning, and more.

We went back into the archives to conversations we had around data science at OSCON 2017. We talked with Vida Williams (Data Scientist) and Michelle Casbon (Director of Data Science at Qordoba) about the social impact of open data, personal data and transparency, privacy, the big data problem of public surveillance, electronic fingerprinting, the rift between data scientists and computer scientists, natural language processing, machine learning, and more.

In this episode, you’ll hear about: -How May’s travels to Asia while living in Abu Dhabi inspired the creation of Qordoba, in addition to growing up as a non-native English speaker -Why the company is named after the historic Spanish city Cordoba during the time of the Enlightenment, and examples of how language has continually unified people -How being the oldest of eight children prepared May for being a CEO and allowed her to embrace her feminine leadership traits -Moving from Lebanon to Canada with her family at the age of five, and how her parents’ entrepreneurial behavior became second nature to May -How seeing the hard aspects of her father’s venture taught May some of the most important tenants of business -How May inspires loyalty at Qordoba among her employees, and how having an international team creates empathy At the end May shares the San Francisco startup she loves (and uses at Qordoba) and the founder she most wants to interview (hint: he’s one that crops up a lot on this show).

May Habib is the Founder & CEO @ Qordoba, the best platform for building truly localized products across apps, websites and marketing content. It is the fastest, most scalable way to grow from one market to many. We do also want to say a big congratulations to May for recently raising a fantastic Series with the likes of Upfront Ventures and Rincon Partners leading the round. Prior to founding Qordoba, May was Director of M&A at Mubadala and an investment banker at Lehmann Brothers and Barclays in New York. May has also been named to the 30 Under 30 and CEO of the Year award. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: How May made her way from North Lebanon to founding one of the hottest early stage SaaS companies on the West Coast? May has quadrupled her MRR growth since last year through ‘turning her SDR’s into the smartest people in the space’. What does this mean? How can this be done and replicated? What “SDR best practices did May follow that damaged her? May has a unique approach to scaling prospect search, how does this play out Does May agree with Mark Suster with regards to always calling high on customer outbound? Why does May think there is only value in outbound to seriously qualified leads? Why does May believe that startups are wrong to think that they have to start at SMB and then move up to enterprise? How can startups immediately start with enterprise? What advice does May have in terms of asking for those big ACV’s as a small startup? What advice did May receive during her fundraising that she found particularly jarring? What other than funds does May believe fundraising can be particularly good for?  60 Second SaaStr What does May know now that she wishes she had known at the beginning? What is May’s favourite SaaS reading material? Hardest moment in the journey with Qordoba? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr May Habib