Podcast appearances and mentions of sean boyce

Train With Duane!This week on Geek Off The Street, we have our pal Sean Boyce on the show to discuss Fantastic 4: First Steps! We talk about the setting, the family dynamic and the characters but we also discuss whether or not there was much character development and a strong story! All that and so much more on this week's exciting episode of the GOTS Official Podcast!Podcast Timecodes![3:45] What are we drinking this week?[5:55] What Got Sean Into Geek Culture and how has it changed? [12:50] Opening Thoughts and Facts[23:20] Positives[45:15] Negatives[1:23:45] Rating[1:30:30] What Are We Into This Week?[1:37:35] Rapid FireCheck Out These Books!When The Frog and the Snake Meet: A Killing Love! by J. Leroy Tucker!Wilbur Mckesson's Retribution!Greg Sorber's Mechhaven!Pax Machina Audio Book!Join Us In The Discussion!Email: thegeeksoffthestreet@gmail.comInstagram: @thegotspodSubscribe on Youtube!Like Our Facebook! Twitter: @thegotspodTrent Personal: @trentctuckerMusic: @erictucker__Stuff We Mentioned!Chikara Ramen!Trent Tucker Vlogs!Happy Gilmore 2!Piece By Piece!Yacht Rock!People We Mentioned! Tree of Dreams Music@chikara_ramen@badicalradness@lights.camera.rant@thenerdlounge2.0@gregerationx@author_wilbur_m@mcpodcast@z_daughter_of_light@mindmattermystery

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In this episode, I was lucky enough to interview Sean Boyce, founder of Nxt Step Consulting.Sean reflects on his roots in Philadelphia, the impact of his education and network on his entrepreneurial spirit, and the lessons learned from his early attempts at business. Sean talks about his first business, an endeavor aimed at solving issues in the recruiting industry, and the pivotal lessons he gained from its relative lack of success.Sean shares insights into the common mistake of not focusing on product-market fit and emphasizes the importance of falling in love with the problem rather than leading with the solution. Sean also shares the evolution from unsuccessful ventures to the successful launch of Staff Geek, a B2B SaaS product addressing workforce-related challenges. He highlights the prevalence of these challenges among entrepreneurs and provides valuable advice on avoiding pitfalls. In addition, Sean's current focus is on podcasting through his service, Podcast Chef, and his involvement in innovative projects to support and guide early-stage founders in bringing their products to market.Join us in another exciting episode of The First Customer as Sean Boyce's entrepreneurial journey reveals insights and lessons to inspire your own success story!Guest Info:NxtStep Consultinghttps://nxtstep.ioPodcast Chefhttps://www.podcastchef.com/Sean Boyce's LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-boyce/Connect with Jay on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jayaigner/The First Customer Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@thefirstcustomerpodcastThe First Customer podcast websitehttps://www.firstcustomerpodcast.comFollow The First Customer on LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/company/the-first-customer-podcast/

In this episode, Brian Casel, founder, and CEO of ClarityFlow, discusses the benefits of asynchronous messaging for coaches and the recent rebranding from Zip Message. They also talk about the importance of name changes and pricing strategies for SaaS startups, and ClarityFlow's success with their demo-led approach and upcoming updates, including mobile apps, courses, community spaces, and payments integration. Lastly, Casel emphasizes the value of sales calls for research and development.Brian Casel is a software company owner and founder known for his expertise in software product design and web development. He is the mastermind behind ClarityFlow (formerly ZipMessage), a popular asynchronous messaging tool for professionals in coaching, consulting, and remote teams. With a successful track record of founding and operating businesses like ProcessKit, Audience Ops, and Productize, Brian's vast experience also extends to his roles as a designer, web developer, and podcast host. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: Clarity Flow is growing to include payments for coaches, personalized coaching programs, and community spaces for coaching groups Castle and his team are 100% asynchronous and use tools like Slack and GitHub to collaborate effectively Names can affect the success of a product and the perception of its direction. Customer research, both live and asynchronous, can provide valuable feedback for naming and strategy decisions. Analyzing usage data and creating custom reporting can also help identify a target audience and pricing strategy. Inbound demo requests have become a preferred way for some coaching businesses to evaluate the product The success of a demo-led approach influences product development, marketing materials, and customer success Resources: ClarityFlow NxtStep Podcast Chef Connect with Brian Casel:LinkedInConnect with the host: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email Quotables: 02:59 – “My team and I, we literally don't have calls live, like live calls. We're a hundred percent asynchronous. And it's weird, it's a little bit weird, but I'm not exaggerating. Like we literally just have, we use Slack and we use GitHub issues and stuff like that when we're working on stuff. But we do have like video meetings where they're seeing my face, they're seeing my screen, I'm seeing their response. We're collaborating together on things, but we're doing it across the world, across time zones and spread out at a time that makes sense” 03:38 – “But we can really still have the same level of collaboration as if we're on a live call together. I actually would even argue that it's better because we have space in between our collaboration. So I could ask something and then my marketing assistant can think about it and do some work and jot down some notes and then get back to me with her thoughts and then I digest that and I get back. So, I really think that communicating asynchronously and having these meetings at like a slower, more spread out pace really, really helps a lot.” 04:41 – “I can't help but think sometimes nowadays when I'm on one-to-one meetings, or even worse if I'm in a group setting at so many meetings and so much time and effort and energy is largely wasted because yeah, only one person could be talking at a time, right? So if you've got a meeting with like 10 people on it or grows even larger than that, just the, the cost to hold that session when most people aren't really doing much. It's asynchronous for the win all day there.” 11:229 – “So if you look at our site now, it's like, yeah, we're still like an async conversation at the core, but we're building into more of a platform to run an entire coaching business. So I got to really understand exactly what they're trying to do, and then that informed all the features that we're rolling out now.” 19:18 –  “I think especially when you start to gain traction with your product, right? Prioritization becomes critically important because if you put the wrong step in front of a step that should have been prioritized. Like you said, you could pause something that's really important for a really, really critical moment, like an inflection point.” Free Email CourseHow to Build a Profitable AI-Powered B2B SaaS Business for Less Than $750Notes generated by Podcast Show Notes  (podcastshownotes.ai)

On this episode of the Scouting For Growth podcast, Sabine VdL talks Sean Boyce, an expert product builder who helps companies, large and small, realise their vision when developing and owning world class SaaS products without needing to make all the mistakes that are typically made by most product companies. Sean has successfully scaled his own product companies including StaffGeek and Podcastchef. Today though NxtStep Sean helps B2B SaaS businesses to build the products that matter most for their target audiences. On this episode the pair discuss: FinTech trends, automation, and Chat GPT, market challenges and what is happening within current capital access needs, why it's essential to democratise access to drive financial inclusion, and Sean will share some thoughts on how to build good SaaS-based B2B product offerings.   KEY TAKEAWAYS          I've always been involved with and fascinated by technology, both hardware and software, but I got very excited about the possibilities of software earlier on in my career, particularly automation. It has the possibility to out the people in the process in a better position to be able to leverage the technology and software to make incredible leaps forwards in progress. I worked in corporate and startups, building companies of my own in tech and finance. I like to spend time diving deep into industries, spending time with subject matter experts and better understanding from them the progress they're trying to make and what's holding them back from making that progress. Usually there's a bottleneck in the process somewhere, and I look to try to figure out what is the fastest, most cost-effective way that I can leverage technology or put a strategy in place which enables them to make considerable progress in a shorter period of time, much more cost-effectively than however they're trying to solve that problem today. Chat GPT is pretty remarkable and has made its way round the world relatively quickly since they released some of their latest updates. That's really interesting in terms of what that product is capable of. I think we're going to see a new ‘gold rush' leveraging tools like that based on what people have been able to see it's capable of in order to use as a tool, or a component to build other tools and resources for people to get a lot of value out of. One of the most revolutionary elements of Chat GPT is that it's a leap forwards in progress in how we access information – or it's going to be, as it get continually polished – as opposed to most people's current strategy, which is to leverage a search engine like Google where I'm presented to a list of results after I ask my question, some of which may or may not get what I'm looking for based on how I asked the question and whether or not that information is out there and available yet. You have to update and evolve your strategy for innovating and investing in your company based on the implications of global changes are for your organisation. As money is no longer as accessible or cheap as it once was, fundraising and gaining access to the capital you might need to do what it is that you want will probably be a bit more difficult which raises the bar for who is going to receive capital and when, making competition more fierce. Try to make as much progress on your own with the resources you have, if you can. It will usually end up being advantageous in the future.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I've always looked to automate the time-consuming but error-prone elements of any processes that we might need to do so that people can leverage the technology in a better and more empowering way, so they can make considerable progress with a lot less resources much, much faster.'‘I've seen Chat GPT being used in everything from automating significant, time-consuming elements of content creation and copywriting all the way through to using it to write code for you to build applications and building blocks as opposed to writing anything in a customer fashion.'‘Whenever possible, making processes that are really important simpler ultimately makes them more effective.'‘.' ABOUT THE GUEST Sean Boyce helps SaaS businesses realize your vision of owning a world-class software product WITHOUT needing to make all the mistakes that typically sink most product companies. Sean has already made those mistakes as he has successfully been able to scale his own product companies (staffgeek.com and podcastchef.com). Sean loves to received questions on how he can help founders and their products. Just email him at sean@nxtstep.ioor booking time to discuss whether it would make sense to work together using the link below. https://nxtstep.io/ ABOUT CONNECTIV Connectiv is a live events studio that for the past decade has dedicated itself to creating industry-leading gatherings. Our passion and our expertise are owning and operating at scale, vertical-specific conferences. The events we have created attract more than 15,000 people each year. In 2021 we will be bringing to market two new vertical shows including Manifest - the future of logistics. Where industry transformation is front and center, while the change in industries is inevitable what will never change is our mission to help facilitate face-to-face interactions. We believe the in-person experience is the best way to push conversations forward as well as discover disruptive trends that are changing content consumption and consumer behaviour. Website: https://connectiv.com/ ABOUT THE HOST Sabine is a corporate strategist turned entrepreneur. She is the CEO and Managing Partner of Alchemy Crew, a venture lab that accelerates the curation, validation, and commercialization of new tech business models. Sabine is renowned within the insurance sector for building some of the most renowned tech startup accelerators around the world working with over 30 corporate insurers and accelerating over 100 startup ventures. Sabine is the co-editor of the bestseller The INSURTECH Book, a top 50 Women in Tech, a FinTech and InsurTech Influencer, an investor & multi-award winner.  Twitter: SabineVdL LinkedIn: Sabine VanderLinden Instagram: sabinevdLofficial Facebook: SabineVdLOfficial TikTok: sabinevdlofficial Email: podcast@sabinevdl.com Website: www.sabinevdl.com  This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

This episode, Co-Founders of Latte Michael Martin and Timothy Wu talk about their video production software that combines AI and social media, how they grew the Latte platform so quickly, and the future of video editing technology.Michael Martin built the world's largest student media platform with 10 million subscribers, 4 billion annual video views, and 3 million monthly web visitors. During this time he developed an understanding of community building, marketing, and how consumers think and behave.Timothy Wu is an ex-cryptocurrency trader, lawyer, and self-taught programmer, with experience working across multiple domains and cognitive modalities.Timothy and Michael are the Co-Founders of Latte, an online platform that makes short-form video editing effortless with AI. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: Combing social media and AI. Creating an automatic highlight extraction engine for video content. How to choose a product's name. How ChatGPT affected other AI companies. Why startups need to be able to adapt quickly. Ways to promote a product pre-launch. How to grow a platform. The importance of building the right type of customer base. The future of video editing technology. Resources: Social Chain Latte NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Michael Martin:LinkedInConnecting with Timothy Wu:LinkedInConnecting with the host: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email Quotables: 11:28 - “The best way to promote podcasts possibly one of them there is to create these short engaging snippets to post on multiple social media accounts so that's where this current version of Latte came from but we've since realized there's a lot of problem with video itself and there is a lot more to be solved.” 19:27 - “They're not going to post one video, they're not going to use Latte post one video and then suddenly they're viral on social they have to do it consistently over a period of weeks and months and years and this is something that's quite hard for most creators, for the majority of creators who are just doing it for fun and just doing it for a hobby they're just doing it for a passion and don't want to turn it into a job and by subscribing to software that they have to pay for it becomes not aligned for why they're doing it.” 21:43 - “The problem we're solving was personal branding on Twitter and Linkedin and so we thought the best way to market this product was by embodying the product and so every single post we did we created with Latte itself and so we stuck to this and we made hashtag made with Latte and we teased the product before it was launched we started to hint towards things and then when it was out we were posting about it we were creating posts about Latte that were made with Latte.” 24:01 - “So creating several videos on TikTok one of them gained thirty thousand views in the space of a week and then this resulted in a spike of seven hundred users in a week which is very exciting but it led to a lot of problems people found out about the product who didn't have the best intentions and they started essentially manipulating the product they found some vulnerability in our system and basically they were getting unlimited videos for free so we had to act quickly on that we had a very large power bill the following week.” 25:12 - “What we've realized from our previous founder experience and what's the proper way to build a company is don't kid yourself focus on the key metric which is revenue and are people going to pay for it now.” 28:07 - “A special property of early stage tech startups is that you're always rehoning your focus at every step of the way you always receive new information from different stakeholders different parties different customer bases and you just have to try and make the best decision you can in light of imperfect information.” Free Email CourseHow to Build a Profitable AI-Powered B2B SaaS Business for Less Than $750Notes generated by Podcast Show Notes  (podcastshownotes.ai)

This episode, Co-Founder of Check Jacob Jolibois talks about building trust with B2B businesses, the importance of properly understanding pricing, and how to price a SaaS B2B product.Jacob is the co-founder and Chief of Product at Check, an early-stage SaaS company helping home service operators streamline and automate their business.Jacob brings together the business, technical, and customer objectives to build a product Operators love to use, improving the quality of life for them and their users.Jacob has spoken on stages around the world from TEDx to Web Summit, the world's largest tech conference, bringing awareness to the power and impact of design. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How to build trust with B2B businesses. The benefits of a sales-led approach. The best way to communicate with your clients. How to price a SaaS B2B product. The scaleability of sales teams. How to understand pricing. The process of creating a successful newsletter. The benefits of writing a newsletter.  Resources: Check Founding Sales ProfitWell Arc Browser Making Product Sense NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Jacob Jolibois:LinkedInConnecting with the host: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email Quotables: 03:35 - “You're inserting yourself into the core of their business in a way that is incredibly dangerous if you do it wrong because you can screw up a lot of things in their business and so you have to build trust there and marketing is a slower way to build trust than direct sales, when you build that relationship it changes the game.” 05:30 - “You're not charging enough for the value you provide these people are relying on you to run their business you provide extreme value there charge what you're worth if you're not charging what you're worth it's going to have a long hard road ahead.” 11:10 - “A lot of Founders have the tendency to underprice and the reason is it's scary to hear no and so you want to make it a no-brainer yes and so you will classically undercharge, what the experts will tell you if you start talking to folks who have been there and gotten the t-shirt is when you raise your prices you're raising the perceived value of your product as well and so oftentimes your conversion rates go up your loyalty goes up your retention it really does craft a different message.” 16:33 - “You should be trying something every quarter, if you're not adjusting pricing or adjusting packages or adjusting the frequency of charging whether it's per month, per year, quarterly whatever then you're not experimenting enough because you've got to dial it in over time you're not going to get it right out of the gate.” 1:39 - “I started a newsletter called Making Product Sense and I write to about 3000 readers from basically every tech company you can imagine and try to break down learnings from building products and companies from some of the folks who do it best.” Free Email CourseHow to Build a Profitable AI-Powered B2B SaaS Business for Less Than $750Notes generated by Podcast Show Notes  (podcastshownotes.ai)

This episode, CEO of Memrise Steve Toy talks about the most important aspects of learning a language, the different ways AI can be used in language learning, and how Memrise differentiates itself from other language learning applications.Steve Toy is a Senior Leader experienced in driving organizational change and managing high-growth agendas, who has spent his career bringing technology to life, leading digital strategy across multiple channels, transforming ideas that have led to multi-million-dollar businesses, and executing the profitable deployment of new technologies across multiple industriesSteve is currently the CEO of Memrise and has over 25 years of experience as CEO, General Manager, V.P, and board director in publicly traded and private companies with up to 250,000 staff and annual revenues of over $15 Billion. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: The most important aspects of learning a language. How Memrise differentiates itself from other language learning applications. Different ways AI can be used to learn a language. The key principles to learning a language. Why you need a customized approach to learning another language. The unique language learning problems AI can solve.. The impact scale can have on both a company and its users. The global trends in language learning. Important principles CEOs need to lead a company. Resources: Memrise Italki NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Steve Toy: LinkedIn Email Twitter Connecting with the host: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email Quotables: 03:27 - “Most people are kind of reluctant to speak when they're learning a language because they're worried they're going to sound like a 5-year-old because they're going to sound like a 5-year-old. That judgment that fear of judgment is what stops people but when you're in a country if you want a sandwich if you want a beer if you want a train ticket, you're going to have to use the language.” 15:48 - “Businesses that need to continually improve the English skills of their customer support group can actually have lessons made from the customer support videos that they have in their business and so now the users, their employees, will be learning the words and memorizing the words that they use in their day-to-day life, they will be hearing the words from the videos that talks about their very business, learning the product as well along the way and they can practice with a bot that is trained to be a customer that doesn't know how to use the product that the company sells, that's how tightly we can train these products.” 19:03 - “A taxi driver in Hungary makes more money when they speak English, a waiter in Caracas makes more money when they speak English.” Free Email CourseHow to Build a Profitable AI-Powered B2B SaaS Business for Less Than $750Notes generated by Podcast Show Notes  (podcastshownotes.ai)

In this episode, Founder of GrowthMentor Foti Panagio talks about the importance of having a mentor, the difference between a mentor and a consultant, and how to grow a business without any additional funding.Foti Panagio is a full-stack growth marketer with over a decade of experience in growth with a unique overlap into the world of InfraOps.Foti is the Founder of GrowthMentor where he provides Founders and Marketers one on one advice from vetted startup mentors. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How GrowthMentor helps Founders and Marketers. Why having a mentor is so important. The difference between a mentor and a consultant. How the amount of content you consume affects your productivity. The value of verbalizing your thought process. The difference between passively consuming media and personalized coaching. How to tackle imposter syndrome. The dangers of following vanity metrics. How to grow a business without raising funds. Resources: GrowthMentor The Lean Startup DigitalOcean Acquire NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Foti Panagio:LinkedInConnecting with the host: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email Quotables: 04:05 - “There's certain mistakes and failures you need to make to grow my favorite analogy here is you go to the gym and how do you grow muscle you break it first and it rebuilds but go with the wrong form into the squat rack you put way too much weight and you're going to be out of action indefinitely and it's these sort of mistakes that are really unnecessary and that's where mentorship can come into play just learning from other peoples fuckups.” 09:01 - “As awesome as it is to ingest content via podcast at the end of the day everybody's situation is completely unique, so I have my industry I have my specific situation going on it's so nuanced so the advice I'm going to give to you is completely different to somebody else based on the context and that's lost when you're just consuming content.” 10:54 - “The way I describe mentorship is it helps you connect the dots that you didn't even know existed so many times I'll talk to somebody hey I need some help with my Facebook ads or SEO or whatever and zoom back and there's another channel potentially they want to look at or another approach or a slight little tweak it's like a chiropractor in a sense you go that little snap and you see things differently or the neurons transmit in a more efficient way.” 14:59 - “A lot of people shy away from that what do you mean a lifestyle business don't you want to get rich? And I'm like well it's nothing to be ashamed of you want to life your life and style it the way you want so it's a lifestyle business.” 20:34 - “If you want the most efficient honest-to-God truth of how to avoid funding just learn how to do more jobs yourself and then you don't have to hire other people, it's pretty simple.” Free Email CourseHow to Build a Profitable AI-Powered B2B SaaS Business for Less Than $750Notes generated by Podcast Show Notes  (podcastshownotes.ai)

In this episode, Jose speaks to Adrienne C. Moore and Sean Boyce Johnson, two of the stars of Black Odyssey. The duo talks about the genius of playwright Marcus Gardley, share tips for beginner actors who want to try out working in different mediums, and comment on fearlessness and the importance of saying yes to things that scare you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Boyce, Rosslare Harbour Friends of Ukraine group.

Ciara Phelan, Political Correspondent with the Irish Examiner, Sean Boyce, Chairman of the Rosslare Harbour Friends of Ukraine Michael Vaughan, Hotelier, Seamus Boland, CEO of Irish Rural Link

Mike Benson built and grew Warmup Inbox from the ground up, a product that is used by thousands of companies and was acquired by private equity for millions of dollars.Following his successful exit, Mike now searches for gaps in markets that venture capitalists won't touch and builds sustainable profitable businesses within them. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: The process of bootstrapping a SaaS company. How to know if a product is scaleable. The biggest challenges in the SaaS industry. How to find out if your product will succeed online. Early signals that a SaaS website will be succesful. How to know which search words to rank in. Resources: Dabble Ventures TransPerfect Sticky Warmup Inbox Lemlist Google Optimize NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Mike Benson:LinkedInConnecting with the host: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email Quotables 08:24 - “I said ok can I make the product better, just like a checkbox of is this product better? And then can I make it 10 times cheaper and one thing that I didn't realize people would write in for Warmup Inbox and be like why is this so cheap is this legit? And that would be a customer support question that would come in a lot and I'm realizing that if you can actually get people to ask that question you are on to something.” 09:02 - “One of the biggest issues in SaaS right now is it's truly a race to the bottom like you might see on Twitter people saying hey you copied my idea or I can't believe there are so many copycats it's really because these products are so simple to make.” 11:54 - “If you make it a goal for someone to ask you why this is so cheap, you're clearly onto something because without probably knowing it what they're giving away is that basically, I need this and I can only find it elsewhere much more expensive so they're almost underscoring for you, there's a huge opportunity here I just need a quick sanity check before I dive in.” 21:34 - “It can't hurt to try to start a company for a couple of weeks and just see what roadblocks you run into.” Free Email CourseHow to Build a Profitable AI-Powered B2B SaaS Business for Less Than $750Notes generated by Podcast Show Notes  (podcastshownotes.ai)

Brian Casel is a software company owner and founder with a background in software product design and web design. Brian has found, operated, and sold 4 different businesses and is now focused on his company ZipMessage, a tool for swapping video, audio, or text messages with clients and customers asynchronously.Brian started out as a professional designer for the web, offering this as a consultant to a variety of businesses before leveraging these skills to design and build products that power businesses he starts up and operates.Brian also regularly hosts podcasts where he shares notes about his work in the software and design industry, and hosts conversations with friends in this industry. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: The decision process involved in selling a business. How to work on multiple businesses at the same time. The differences between working on multiple businesses compared to a single business. The benefits of working on multiple different businesses. How coaches can automate their workflows. Different approaches to finding a product market fit. How to research your ideal client profile. The problems with real-time meetings. Resources: ZipMessage Bootstrapped Web Audience Ops Restaurant Engine Slack NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Brian Casel:LinkedInConnecting with the host: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email Quotables 05:02 - “In 2021 I essentially sold 6 different businesses but some of them were tiny just a couple of thousands of dollars, others hundreds of thousands of dollars so that was over the course of 5 or 6 months there I exited everything other than ZipMessage.” 13:08 - “You'll hear a lot of advice out there like yes you have to just focus on a single business and even though that's what I'm doing today I don't necessarily agree that's the right advice for most people in their career especially if you're earlier in your career I think you're actually much better off doing multiple things whether they're small products or service business, plugin products, SaaS products, courses you gain so much experience and just chops when it comes to copywriting, or putting up websites, or talking to customers, or doing sales, these are skills you're going to need no matter what business you settle into.” 14:22 - “I've really enjoyed being able to experience working on multiple things because it enables me to make progress more quickly and figure out the right overlap of passion proficiency demand of what it is I really want to focus on so like you said as you get a little bit older and little bit more experience that stuff starts to become clear and then you can always focus from there but you've got that experience and a lot of these skills are really important in product.” 22:19 - “I do research in a number of different ways and sometimes it's different at different phases of the business and I've launched multiple new businesses over the last 10 years and at the very beginning when it's a brand new business may be in a pre-launch mode before the product is even ready I usually start with a landing page that has an email capture for an early access and after they enter their email it goes straight to a survey with a bunch of detailed questions where I'm asking them to freeform write and after reading every one of those survey responses I usually invite people to interviews based on their responses to the survey and that's usually how I start with early market research for a new potential product.” 27:00 - “There's a bigger benefit to using asynchronous, it's not just that it's more convenient and we can do it across time zones and things like that it's also having space in between our messages gives us that space to prepare notes, I often put a list of talking points on the screen before I hit record, we have the ability to pause and continue, we have the ability to edit a message before sending it back, you can discard it and re-record it if you want to say it a little bit tighter, I'll receive a customers question or some feedback and then I'll go take a walk or maybe respond the next morning so I'm coming back to them with a much higher value response and I'm getting the same back from them.”

Liam O'Dwyer, Secretary General of the Red Cross, Sean Boyce, Chairman of the Rosslare Harbour Friends of Ukraine

Sean Boyce, Chairman, Rosslare Harbour ‘Friends of Ukraine'

Derek Osgood is a trained brand marketer with an entrepreneur's mindset who is experienced in leading teams in the startup growth trenches. Derek is both a marketing executive and consultant and has consistently delivered double-digit monthly growth across a variety of markets and business models. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How to define product marketing and why it's in such high demand.  Different strategies for launching a product.  Common pitfalls companies fall into during their product launch.  How indirect and direct marketing complement each other.  How to know if you have a product that will be successful. When you should start shipping a product.  When to start charging for your products and how to price them.  Resources: Ignition Product Marketing Alliance NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Derek Osgood:LinkedInConnecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Scott Leigh is a lawyer by trade and an entrepreneur at heart, founding several businesses throughout the years while practicing law at the same time. After being involved in the legal industry for over 10 years, Scott leveraged his experience to buildAltFee. While Digby Leigh brings his 15 years of entrepreneurial and marketing background to the legal industry to provide a fresh strategic perspective to the traditional legal model. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode: What AltFee is and how it helps law firms The key features of AltFee that help law firms successfully transition away from hourly billing The traction AltFee has experienced since launch What a firm looks like before and after implementing fixed price and value based pricing models How the industry is transitioning away from hourly billing Resources: AltFee - Website AltFee - Resources AltFee - LinkedIn Connecting with Scott Leigh:LinkedInConnecting with Digby Leigh Jr:LinkedInConnecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Sean Boyce, Chairman of Rosslare Harbour 'Friends of Ukraine'

Caleb Avery has worked in the payments industry for nearly a decade and with the problems that he encountered, he decided to build his own solution, thus the birth of tilled.com. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss in this episode: Caleb discusses his background and how he got to where he is today. What is PayFac-as-a-Service What was life in the world like for tilled.com customers and how is that different today. Tilled.com's growth progress, where they were, where they're at, and where they're heading. Strategy in scaling clients and moving upstream. Resources: Tilled.com Twitter Instagram Connecting with Caleb Avery:LinkedInConnecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Rebecca Block is an experienced leader focused on continuous learning and innovation grounded in meaningful measures of success, data-informed decision making, and appreciative inquiry practices.Rebecca has built departments from scratch, managed small and large teams, and navigated a variety of environments from established institutions to the innovative chaos of social entrepreneurship.Rebecca served as the VP of Research and Evaluation at The Future Project, founding their R&E department and launching new impact evaluation tools, before joining Springboard Collaborative as their Assistant Vice President of Innovation and Improvement. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: Who Springboard Collaborative is and how they help children. The innovative strategies Rebecca uses to scale Springboard's impact. The role of software and technology in scaling accessibility. The ways funding can limit innovation and how to reduce this.  How to present future forecasts while still leaving room for future innovation. Resources: The Future Project Springboard Collaborative Strategyzer Lean Impact The Lean Startup Equity Meets Design Daniel Stillman NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Rebecca Block: LinkedIn Email Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

NxtStep Consulting founder Sean Boyce identifies the key point at which growing firms need to change how they operate, or risk stagnating, and shares what the key issues they need to deal with.

Lindsay Tabas is a public speaker and workshop leader at Tabas Consulting and has worked with over 100 startups & investors over a span of more than 15 years. She has worked with both Fortune 500 firms and early-stage tech startup founders, where she assists organizations to work with software developers in the best possible way.Lindsay also has experience working with investors, where she performs due diligence and provides industry insights so they make educated investments. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How Lindsay helps startups bring in revenue without hiring software developers. Common mistakes startup founders make. The problem with the term UX and what user experience is really about. How to know if your user experience fully compliments your product-market fit. The importance of having an easy user experience. The different UX for commonly used actions and advanced features. How UX design has evolved over the years. Resources: Labs Product Market Fit ebook The Design of Everyday Things How to Apply UX to Receive the Best Outcomes with Tim Eulie Clubhouse Q&A NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Lindsay Tabas: LinkedIn Website YouTube Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Linda Wittich has over 20 years of experience in the fintech industry and is currently the FinTech Advisor & Consultant at Top Line Focus where she helps B2B fintech CEOs focus on their top line activities, increasing sales into banks and wealth management firms and accelerating user adoption. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How Linda helps B2B fintech organizations work out how they can grow faster. Common challenges growing fintech organizations face. The process Linda goes through when working with her clients. The importance of focusing on the right metrics when optimizing your sales process. Difficulties products have that aren't positioned correctly in the market. The power of carrying out analysis on your wins and losses. Resources: Top Line Focus Ikigai Crossing the Chasm Ascend Your Start-Up NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Linda Wittich: LinkedIn Email Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Dans le sud de l'Irlande, le port européen de Rosslare est le deuxième point d'accueil des réfugiés ukrainiens après l'aéroport de Dublin. 17 000 Ukrainiens sont arrivés dans le pays depuis le début du conflit. Le bateau est notamment le mode de transport choisi par ceux qui voyagent avec leur voiture ou leurs animaux. C'est un chamboulement de plus dans ce port qui a déjà été transformé par le Brexit. Les 450 réfugiés ukrainiens hebdomadaires arrivent justement sur ces nouvelles liaisons ajoutées avec Cherbourg, en France. Le voyage leur est offert par la compagnie Stena Line et ils sont accueillis par 200 bénévoles qui se relaient sur place.  De notre correspondante à Dublin, Un énorme ferry de la Stena Line vient d'accoster au port. L'homme qui court partout, le téléphone à l'oreille s'appelle Sean Boyce. Ce natif de Rosslare coordonne l'aide humanitaire pour les 37 réfugiés Ukrainiens à bord ce matin. « C'est la fin d'un long périple et le début d'un autre voyage émotionnel. Ils sont dans un nouveau pays, l'adrénaline disparaît et on est comme une pause pour eux », dit Sean. Des panneaux traduits en ukrainien indiquent un énorme chapiteau où les réfugiés peuvent se servir en vêtements, en couches, en sous-vêtements neufs, croquettes pour chien, 30 000 euros de dons au total. « On est un village portuaire, on voit de nouvelles personnes tout le temps. Et c'est aussi notre histoire en tant qu'Irlandais. On a un passé difficile et il y a cette volonté en nous d'aider. » ► À écouter aussi : L'Irlande s'organise pour l'accueil des réfugiés ukrainiens Avec son gros sac sur le dos, Natalia se sert de quelques conserves pour plus tard. Le sol d'une église, un hôtel, une famille. La suite du périple est encore inconnue pour cette jeune enseignante et sa fille. « Je viens de Mykolaïv, dans le Sud. C'était un long voyage… Nous sommes parties le 10 mars », explique-t-elle. Elle a laissé de nombreux proches derrière elle. « Ma mère, mon fils à Odessa. Mon grand-père et mon oncle », ajoute Natalia. Elle a choisi l'Irlande « parce qu'[elle] parle anglais et parce que les gens sont gentils et ouverts, un peu comme chez [eux]. »   « On fait au jour le jour » Sean montre une photo de son chiot Ted à la fille de Natalia qui vient de se choisir un chien en peluche dans l'air de jeu. « Tu peux l'appeler Ted aussi peut-être ? » La fillette acquiesce. « Elle a 6 ans et demi », dit Natalia. « Je ne lui ai pas expliqué qu'on est en guerre. Je dis qu'on est en voyage, elle comprend. On fait au jour le jour. »  Beaucoup de ces réfugiés ne parlent pas anglais. Dimitri est un traducteur ukrainien installé en Irlande depuis 20 ans. Il enchaîne les petites nuits pour aider ses compatriotes sur son temps libre. « Je leur montre comment le système fonctionne pour l'éducation, pour les enfants, comment remplir les formulaires… Vous imaginez si votre maison était bombardée sous vos yeux ? Le plus important, c'est qu'on les comprenne et qu'on les accueille avec le cœur. Le reste suivra. »  Ici, les réfugiés reçoivent une carte SIM et un numéro PPS pour travailler. De nombreux employeurs de la région se sont déjà manifesté pour recruter ces Ukrainiens dans leurs entreprises.

Oliver Carroll, Correspondent for The Economist, Alex Thomson, Chief Correspondent Channel 4 News, Brian O'Connell Reporter, Brian Killoran is the CEO of the Immigrant Council of Ireland, Sean Boyce, Rosslare Harbour Friends of Ukraine

Tim Eulie is an experienced creative consulting partner working with businesses in wellness, lifestyle, culinary fields, and healthcare to strategically develop their visual assets.Tim works at all stages of UX right from the conceptual stage, creating an idea, coordinating the hardware and talent, and overseeing production to its final stages. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How Tim started working in UX. What UX is and its purpose. Why a company needs to have solid UX. How to effectively apply UX to receive the best outcomes. The difference between UI and UX. How to react to user error issues. What makes a good UX process. Resources: The Design of Everyday Things Ruined by Design The Storm of Creativity NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Tim Eulie: LinkedIn Website Instagram Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Nick Yarnall is a Univesity Professor, President and CEO of Potestiam, and a serial entrepreneur.Nick is a big believer in incorporating your hobbies and your work life so that you're working on something you love. Through doing this Nick was able to conceptualize, design, manufacture, and successfully launch a technology accessory in just 4 weeks. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How Nick found his passion for 3D printing. The unique docking stations Nick designed for retro handheld gaming devices. How Nick engaged with his target market to gain discovery feedback. The power of Reddit and how Nick used it to generate hype. How to gain international status with a new product. The advantage of working on a product that you're really passionate about. Resources: Reddit Retroid Pocket DOCK YouTube Potestiam NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Nick Yarnall: LinkedIn Email Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Jason Pratt is an innovative leader with over 15 years of experience in Management, Operations, Marketing, Consulting and Talent Acquisition.As President of the Life Solutions Group, Jason is responsible for the management of the firm's carrier and strategic alliance partnerships and works closely with each one to ensure the best service and outcomes possible. Jason works closely with the firm's team of professionals and helps to mentor and manage their practice.Jason also runs his own Financial practice with a focus on Retirement Planning and Tax Advantage Strategies. Jason is a member of GAMA International and is a 2016 Frontline Leader Award winner and 2011, 2012, and 2013 GAMA Recruiting Specialist Award winner. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: The benefits of being a self-financed financial planning and business consulting firm. The increasing popularity of Index Universal Life insurance policies. How the revenue model for Jason's productized services works. The living benefits of having life insurance. How life insurance can work as an alternative investment vehicle. How organizations can use life insurance products to retain staff. How Life Solutions Group is looking to expand over the next few years. Resources: Life Solutions Group Tax-Free Millionaire The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Jason Pratt: LinkedIn Phone (9786055204) Email Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Sean Boyce has run his own consultancy firm NxtStep Consulting for over 10 years and has founded multiple other companies at the same time. He's extremely experienced in working with B2B SaaS product businesses and is well-known for having a big impact on the businesses he's worked with. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: Creative ways to scale your company besides hiring. Why you should map out your growth trajectory. Common traps companies fall into when in a growth phase. The ways problems can snowball. Different types of growth. Why not all growth is good growth. Resources: Blog post: How to scale your firm without hiring NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email

Sean Boyce together with the Rosslare Harbour Developement team, Rosslare Rangers and St Marys GAA have come together to form Rosslare Harbour Friends of Ukraine to assist people in "organising the rest of their lives"

RJ Grimshaw is the Chief Executive Officer and President of UniFi EF and a Board Member of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. He is a Corporate Strategy & Development Specialist, with a consistent record of delivering extraordinary results in growth, revenue, operational performance, and profitability. Known for having a strong orientation in operations and finance, RJ drives operational initiatives, including infrastructure design, process reengineering, turnaround management, and reorganization. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How Rob became the CEO of a financing company. What intrapreneurship means and why it's useful for locating new opportunities. How an intrapreneurship mindset helps speed up product development. The value proposition Rob has for his new app that he's bringing to market. The difficulty of measuring impact or ROI in online marketing. The difference between vital and functional employees and why both are necessary. Resources: FedFis Fintech Cowboys UniFI EF Staff Geek NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with RJ Grimshaw: LinkedIn Website Twitter Email Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Sean Boyce has run his own consultancy firm NxtStep Consulting for over 10 years and has founded multiple other companies at the same time. He's extremely experienced in working with B2B SaaS product businesses and is well-known for having a big impact on the businesses he's worked with. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: What a growth trap is and when it starts to affect businesses. Why so many firms fall into a growth trap. What a healthy growth trajectory looks like. The issue of focusing on the wrong set of metrics. Why profit is more important than revenue. How to avoid your professional services firm falling into a growth trap. Resources: Blog post: How to avoid the growth trap when trying to scale your professional services business Blog post: Scaling services starts with the bottleneck NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with the host: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email

Dave Banerjee has been the CEO of RND Resources for over 37 years, where he provides outsourced regulatory compliance consulting to Broker-Dealers, Registered Investment Advisers, FCM, Banks, and Insurance agencies. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How RND Resources helps financial service companies. The fundamental basis of investment markets. The increase in innovative activity in financial engineering products. The different types of people involved in new digital elements. How Bitcoin started and the validity of the idea behind it. NFTs, digital autonomous organizations, and how financial service companies are innovating in this space. The difference between regulations in the institutional and retail space. The level of commitment required to pass the regulatory process. Different policies around cross-currency transactions. The difference between minimizing taxes and tax avoidance. How the world of finance will change in the future. The issues with blockchain technology. Resources: RND Resources  FCC NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Dave Banerjee:LinkedInConnecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Sean Boyce has run his own consultancy firm NxtStep Consulting for over 10 years and has founded multiple other companies at the same time. He's extremely experienced in working with B2B SaaS product businesses and is well-known for having a big impact on the businesses he's worked with. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How to prepare your service firm to be ready for growth with scalable services. Common ways people try to scale services. Why hiring extra people is an inefficient way to scale your service. The value of making your operations more efficient. The importance of focusing on profit rather than revenue. Why it's necessary to chart your growth trajectory and how to do it. What a value map is and what it needs to include. How to identify bottlenecks in your growth trajectory. How you can improve operational efficiency through creating repeatable processes. Resources: Blog post - Scaling services starts with the bottleneck NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with the host: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email

Nik Shah is an investor, entrepreneur, and Founder & CEO of Home.LLC where he helps people buy their first house and build wealth.Nik sold his first startup in his freshman year of college and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a focus in Business & AI/ML. He has been a management consultant to Fortune-100 clients at Ernst & Young and built a $250M innovation fund as Chief of Staff at Ernst & Young. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: What Home.LLC is and how they help people buy their first home with minimal savings. The huge amount of demand there is in the housing market. What makes a business model sustainable. How to identify pain points that people are willing to pay for. How to get authentic feedback and reliable data. How to measure product-market fit. Ways to build more momentum in your startup. Why the name of your company is not important. Resources: Home.LLC The Mom Test Superhuman NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Nik Shah: LinkedIn Email Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Sean Boyce has run his own consultancy firm NxtStep Consulting for over 10 years and has founded multiple other companies at the same time. He's extremely experienced in working with B2B SaaS product businesses and is well-known for having a big impact on the businesses he's worked with. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How to avoid making assumptions in the sales process. Why repeatability needs to come before scaleability. How to create a hook in your sales process. The power of running a podcast. How podcasting can help you connect with new prospects. Resources: LinkedIn Sales Navigator How to Build a Sales Process for Your Product StaffGeek People Analytics The Consulting Trap NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Evan Linhardt is a former nonprofit leader and public service executive and is now the Vice President and Financial Advisor for Bernstein Private Wealth Management. He now serves non-profits, foundations, and families to design investment strategies that align and allow them to fulfill their missions to maximize impact.Evan is a Board Member and Treasurer at LiveWell Foundation, a Board Member at Sow Good Now, an Advisory Board Member at Community Foundation of South Jersey, and an Advisory Board Member at the Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, as well as holding Corporate Responsibility at AllianceBernstein. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How Evan went from working in nonprofits and charities to being VP in a Private Wealth Management firm. How Evan helps individuals build investment portfolios that align with their goals and beliefs. The challenges in growing and scaling nonprofits fundraising campaigns. How nonprofits can combat the power imbalance they have with their key donors. How donors and fundraisers can build strong trusting relationships with each other. How investors can invest for impact as well as profit. Resources: Philadelphia School Partnership Bernstein Private Wealth Management Lean Impact NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Evan Linhardt: LinkedIn Email Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Sean Boyce has run his own consultancy firm NxtStep Consulting for over 10 years and has founded multiple other companies at the same time. He's extremely experienced in working with B2B SaaS product businesses and is well-known for having a big impact on the businesses he's worked with. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: The difference between hunting and farming.  The pros and cons of both hunting and farming.  How to make your sales effort and your marketing effort complement each other.  The importance of making your product sales process repeatable.  Why you should build the product sales process before you start to leverage help from others.  When you should invest in market activities and what that can do for you.  The problem with random acts of marketing.  The dangers of delegating your marketing to others too early on. Resources: Free templates NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Rob Fitzpatrick has been running small businesses for over 13 years and has written multiple books about what he's learned along the way, including ‘The Mom Test'.His first company was a scalable startup that went through the Y combinator accelerator and Rob is now building software to support indie nonfiction authors. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How Rob found out what he was doing wrong in his sales pitch. How Rob wrote his book ‘The Mom Test'. Why any sales pitch needs to start with a problem. Why you need to know your customer like you know your best friend. The goals you should focus on in any customer conversation. Why customer research is so important and when you should be doing it. Common objections to doing customer research and why they're not valid. Resources: The Mom Test The Goal The Phoenix Project The Four Steps to the Epiphany Songkick Never Split the Difference This is Marketing NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Rob Fitzpatrick: LinkedIn Website Twitter Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Sean Boyce has run his own consultancy firm NxtStep Consulting for over 10 years and has founded multiple other companies at the same time. He's extremely experienced in working with B2B SaaS product businesses and is well-known for having a big impact on the businesses he's worked with. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: Why sales should be seen as a process. The importance of repeatability when creating a sales process. The steps you need to take to set yourself up for large scalability. How to know when you've achieved a problem-solution fit. Why building a product sales process in a repeatable way is the most cost-effective way to sell a product. How to achieve scalability while maintaining quality.  How to help prepare a sales team and some assets that are helpful with this. How to handle common objections. How to measure the performance of your product sales process. Resources: How to build a sales process for your product blog post Running Lean The Lean Startup StaffGeek Free Templates NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with the host: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Sean Boyce by Email

Francisco Lopez has over 20 years of experience in financial institutions and is the Chief Operations and Innovation Officer at DreamSpring and is a Board Member at EBA Fund.Amber Kani is the Director Of Communications at DreamSpring and has diverse experience in marketing, fundraising, corporate social responsibility, operations, employee engagement, project management, impact measurement, and strategic growth. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: The products and services DreamSpring offers and how they help fund businesses. The small businesses and entrepreneurs that DreamSpring tends to work with. How DreamSpring was able to scale up and reach more clients. The value of investing in your own technology and platforms. How DreamSpring sources new clients. What DreamSpring's future goals are and how they determined these. Resources: DreamSpring NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Francisco Lopez:LinkedInConnecting with Amber Kani: LinkedIn Website Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Brian Casel is a web developer, freelancer, and founder of multiple productized services and internet-based businesses. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How Brian transitioned from freelance web design to building internet-based businesses. Why Brian got into freelancing and how he got the idea to start his own productized service business. The value of building a productized service that can run without continuous input. The challenges of building a productized service business. The benefits of using a productized service business model. Where your product ideas should come from to lead to a successful business. How to determine where to dedicate your time while building your product business. The importance of having deep knowledge of the niche you are working in. What it takes to manage multiple businesses at the same time. Resources: Process Kit Audience Ops Restaurant Engine Woo Themes StudioPress Press75 Productize Bootstrapped Web Podcast NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Brian Casel: LinkedIn Website Twitter Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Mary Sheehan is the Head of Product Marketing at Adobe Advertising Cloud, the host of the Women in Product Marketing Podcast, and has been a product marketing leader focused on B2B tech and SaaS companies for over 12 years. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: How Mary became the Head of Product Marketing at Adobe Advertising Cloud. The product marketing skills Mary has learned throughout her career. What product marketing is and how it's different from a traditional CMO. How product marketing has changed in the last decade. What effective product marketing looks like. What's next for product marketing and how aspiring PMM's can make an impact. Why Mary started her own product marketing podcast. The importance and benefits of diversity. Resources: Women in Product Marketing Podcast SocialChorus The Social Dilemma Marcus Andrews Product Marketing Experts Sharebird (podcast hosting) NxtStep Podcast Chef Connecting with Mary Sheehan:LinkedInConnecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

For as long as he can remember, Sean Boyce has been passionate about products. From taking apart widgets as a kid (most of which went back together) to building and launching software product companies, Sean has always been fascinated about products. That's why he founded NxtStep Consulting to help companies bring a product to life. NxtStep Consulting supports customers with creating a product roadmap, selecting and prioritizing features, engineering an effective user experience, and executing effective product marketing.

John Jonas is an outsourcing pioneer, virtual work guru, and Founder of onlinejobs.ph. He's been helping small businesses outsource their tasks for over 15 years so they can focus on running their own company. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of Product Launch: Why John made a job board for finding virtual workers in the Philippines. The issues with outsourcing on platforms like Upwork. What makes the talent pool in the Philippines so good. How John has optimized his website to encourage organic growth. John's push to educate employers about the benefits of hiring online. How to find problems that really need solving. Why John focuses his work on automation. Resources: OnlineJobs.ph One VA Away Upwork Basecamp Snagit Podcast Chef Connecting with John Jonas: LinkedIn Website Connecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Lindsay Patton is a trained journalist turned content geek and the Principal at Blackstar Communications. Lindsay is passionate about storytelling and helping people, brands and organizations find their voice through digital strategy. Here are a few of the topics we'll discuss on this episode of People Analytics: Lindsay's background in marketing and journalism. The internship programs Lindsay has launched. The best types of questions for HR professionals to ask in interviews. What ‘people analytics' means and how this can help HR professionals. How using data can help you empower your employees. The importance of having a positive company culture. Resources: Harvard Business Review SHRM Connecting with the hosts: Sean Boyce on LinkedIn Lindsay Patton on LinkedIn