Podcast appearances and mentions of sean byrnes

Sean Byrnes is a co-founder & General Partner at Near Horizon. Sean has spent the past 20 years founding and scaling companies that have defined new categories, including Flurry—the world's largest mobile analytics platform, acquired by Yahoo—and Outlier.ai, an automated data analysis leader. At Near Horizon, Sean partners hands-on with founders, combining deep operational expertise and capital to help launch the next generation of AI-powered startups. ⭐ Sponsored by Podcast10x - Podcasting agency for VCs - https://podcast10x.comNear Horizon website - https://www.nearhorizon.vc/Breaking Point Newsletter - https://www.breakingpoint.tech/Sean Byrnes on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbyrnes/

Fr. Sean Byrnes from the Diocese of Wagga Wagga in Australia joins Jim to explore the importance of having mercy on oneself in the midst of the struggle. Self mercy is necessary to receive God's mercy  St. Augustine said "a saint is a sinner striving for holiness"  Ask the Lord to convince you, that you are more than you think you are

In this episode we dive into category creation and what it takes to win in a new category. Many startups are building products unlike anything that has existed before, but how do you build a category around it? How do you let people know it even exists? We are here to help! In this episode we answer questions including:What is category creation?How do you anticipate the need for a new category?How do you educate the market that your new category exists?How do you maintain a competitive advantage as your category grows? Sean Byrnes has co-founded, scaled, and sold multiple startups and has invested in and advised countless others. "Category creation" has been central to Sean's ability to go from 0 to 1 and beyond. Ash and Nic put Sean on the hot seat to unlock winning strategies around category creation.All of these questions were submitted by listeners just like you. You can submit questions for us to answer on our website TheStartupHelpdesk.com or on X/Twitter @thestartuphd - we'd love to hear from you!Your hosts:Sean Byrnes: General Partner, Near Horizon www.nearhorizon.vcAsh Rust: Managing Partner, Sterling Road www.sterlingroad.comNic Meliones: CEO, Navi www.heynavi.comQ0: What is category creation?If you are selling something where there was nothing like it before, it's category creation. This differs from scenarios where you are selling a product that replaces something else (a product, a person/role). In those cases, it's a replacement.Q1: How do you anticipate the need for a new category?Category creation starts with problems. For example, you may observe old problems that go from small to huge (SaaS). Another way for opportunities to emerge is from problems that arise through new technologies, markets, or changes (mobile apps).“What kinds of problems are increasing in pain but now may be solvable given this shift?” These opportunities all start with inflection points: something needs to change to disrupt the status quo.Creating new categories is usually not the best approach. Even if it is, it often takes years before people recognize that the category exists.Q2: How do you educate the market that your new category exists?While replacement products are all about competitive advantages, category creation is all about education.Most of the education is not about your product. Instead, educate your prospective customers that it's possible to solve the problem! You just want everyone to know that solutions exist. Teach people what to look for in solutions: give them criteria and teach them how to evaluate.With “education” as a central component of your strategy, you still need to stay true to your classic startup principles: validate that people have a need, show them a clear use case, and generate proof that prospective customers want it badly.Q3: How do you maintain a competitive advantage as your category grows?First mover advantage is a fantasy. You would much rather be second or third. If you do create a category, there are a few advantages you can build up:- Premium customer logos.- Create your own conferences.- Prime positioning with analysts/industry coverage.- Defining the industry standard.Treat customers like co-researchers on this emerging frontier. Earned and owned media builds trust and buy-in.Lightning RoundHow do you validate demand for this type of startup? Is it different in any way than the classic methods that startups should take?What's more important: a crystal ball type of ability to anticipate a new category of opportunity or the ability to iterate quickly when an opportunity presents itsel

summaryThe conversation explores the AI bubble and the real impact of AI in various industries. The hosts discuss their recent AI Speak Easy event and the use of AI agents in a fun and interactive way. They also touch on the regulation of AI companies and the rise of deepfakes. The interview with Sean Burns, a venture builder and entrepreneur, delves into the role of AI talent and human talent in building successful AI businesses.takeawaysThe AI bubble was real, but there is also a lot of real impact happening in various industries.AI agents can be used in a fun and interactive way, such as the AI Speak Easy event.Regulation of AI companies is becoming more important, with California introducing a bill to safeguard large AI models.Deepfakes are being used in documentaries to bring back historical figures, but ethical questions arise.AI talent and human talent are both important in building successful AI businesses, and the role of AI agents is evolving to augment human capabilities.Entrepreneurs should seek advice from those who have failed in their industry to learn from their experiences.Chapters00:00The AI Bubble: Hype vs. Reality01:49Fun and Interactive AI Agents at the AI Speak Easy08:03Regulating AI Companies: Safeguarding Large Models10:00Deepfakes in Documentaries: Ethical Considerations15:23AI Talent vs. Human Talent: Building Successful AI Businesses36:44Learning from Failure: Advice for EntrepreneursVurvey.com

In this episode we answer questions about innovation. Startups are expected to innovate, but what does that mean? What is innovation and how does it become an advantage? We are here to help! In this episode we answer questions including:What is innovation?Is there a process to innovation?What is the cost to not innovating?How do I know if I'm being innovative?All of these questions were submitted by listeners just like you. You can submit questions for us to answer on our website TheStartupHelpdesk.com or on X/Twitter @thestartuphd - we'd love to hear from you!Reminder: this is not legal advice or investment advice.Q0: What is innovation?Innovation is the process to generate a new method, idea, or product that solves a problem. Innovation is an umbrella term that includes entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, social innovation, and others.Adoption is key. The intent of innovation is to create a positive impact, not solely come up with new ideas.Q1: Is there a process to innovation?Yes! However, innovation is not a direct line process. While there are common paths and milestones, the process requires judgement and the ability to cycle backwards and iterate.Key steps include:Small teamsBe uncomfortable: short deadlines and pressurized situationsThe common start across every innovation process is to identify “the problem”. Talk to people. Don't do surveys. You need to find problems people need fixed. When you have done enough user interviews and found a problem, define it with precision.Brainstorm a variety of ways that you can solve the problem.Then, another important “judgement” moment. Amongst all of the possible ways to solve the problem, prioritize one. Figure out the solution that is closest to magic but also plausible to build.Run fast, incremental tests to try to solve part of the problem for your “true believers” – the people who feel the problem strong enough that they are willing to try your v1 solution.Collect data from your tests, iterate, and test again.Resources available online include content about Human Centered Design, Design Thinking, and more. In fact, two of our hosts have produced tons of fantastic content on the topic: Ash Rust on Medium and Sean Byrnes' The Breaking Point on Substack.Q2: What is the cost to not innovating?The cost for doing nothing can be catastrophic. A PwC survey of more than 4,700 CEOs worldwide showed that “45% of the respondents were worried that their businesses wouldn't be viable in a decade without reinvention.”Innovation is a durable skill set.Innovation is hard to learn, but it is one of the few advantages you have. Innovation is a head start. You won't win by playing by the rules, you win by creating a new game.Q3: How do I know if I'm being innovative?There is no set of rules to guarantee that you are being innovative. Your innovation success hinges upon achieving some level of adoption.That being said, if you answer “yes” to the following questions, you are on the right track:Are you talking to customers, users, and stakeholders to understand where opportunities exist?Are you describing problems with precision?Are you running fast, incremental tests then iterating on your solutions?If customers want your product or at least the idea of it, that's a good sign. Furthermore, if competitors copy your idea, that's a sign that you are bringing new value to an opportunity.

11In this episode, Jim is joined by Fr. Sean Byrnes , a priest in the Diocese of Wagga Wagga, Australia to discuss what C.S. Lewis and the Church actually say about masturbation. It keeps us in "the prison of ourselves" Our sexual desires and faculty are not the problem God's great mercy and love is invested in each one of us, even with habitual struggles

Part II is here and I've got to admit, putting together this episodes has been a real journey down the rabbit hole of AI insights.  In this episode, we explore the transformative impact of AI on marketing and technology. We discuss AI's influence on product and content marketing, its role in reshaping SEO strategies, and how Chat-GPT is changing search dynamics. We delve into the evolving digital advertising landscape, augmented analytics, and the ethical considerations surrounding AI. Tune in Now! Chapters: (00:00) Intro (02:23) How will AI impact content marketing (Derek Osgood, Founder & CEO @ Ignition) (04:16) SEO new landscape (Hikari Senju, Founder & CEO @ Omneky) (07:03) How does Chat-GPT change the SEO game? (Pascal Weinberger, Founder & CEO @ Bardeen.ai) (12:09) The new searching habits (Tom Taulli, author of "Generative AI: How ChatGPT and Other AI Tools Will Revolutionize Business") (14:43) Performance marketing in the age of AI (Hikari) (16:31) What is augmented analytics and what's happening in that space? (Sean Byrnes, Founder @ Outlier.ai and Flurry) (21:24) Are we prepared for widespread automation (Tom T.) (22:31) The potential flip side of using AI (Tony Beltramelli, Founder & CEO @ Uizard) (23:54) How AI is going to change work for the average person? (Hikari) (25:21) New work roles powered by AI (Hikari) (26:41) Who is responsible to address mass unemployment due to automation and AI (Reid Blackman, PhD, author "Ethical Machines") (32:34) Generative AI (Chat-GPT) and copyright law (Rasty Turek, Founder & CEO @ Pex) (34:53) AI Regulations (Tom T.) (36:49) Responsible AI (Yaniv Makover, Founder & CEO @ Anyword) (38:06) Are we approaching Artificial General Intelligence? (Alexander De Ridder, Co-Founder & CTO @ Ink) (40:17) When will we see the singularity? (Pascal) (41:32) Conclusion Sponsor: This podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠grwth.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Grwth offers fractional CMOs, paired with best-in-class digital marketing execution to support early-stage startup success. With a focus on seed and series-A companies, Grwth has helped a number of SaaS, digital health, and e-commerce startups build their go-to-market function and scale up. To learn more and book a free consultation, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠grwth.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get in touch with Mosheh: ⁠⁠linkedin.com/in/moshehp/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Moshehp⁠⁠⁠⁠ hello@pmfpod.com ⁠⁠⁠https://www.pmfpod.com/⁠

In this episode, Jim talks with Fr. Sean Byrnes about the draw of pornography even though we as Christians know it's objectively not good. They discuss the reasons, the triggers, and the desire for a " savior" in the tough moments of life. In a broad sense, most people understand that porn is a poor use of time  We look for deliverance from the difficult moments  There is NEVER a point where God doesn't love us

Sean founded Flurry in 2005 — building it into the most widely adopted analytics tool for mobile apps. He later went on to sell the company to Yahoo. In 2015 he started Outlier.ai, a pioneering company in the field of Augmented Analytics. That company was acquired in 2022. Sean has invested in hundreds of startups and has advised hundreds more. He has an immense wealth of knowledge and 1st-hand experience building, scaling, and exiting tech startups and he was kind enough to share those insights with us on this show. Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (1:50) Sean's background (4:05) Mistakes avoided and mistakes repeated the second time (7:56) Common mistakes of 1st time founders (12:08) Finding the right go-to-market motion for your company (17:17) Hiring for the go-to market motion and lessons learned (21:54) Sticking with your conviction despite negative signals (29:13) Experience having sold 2 companies (38:55) How should founders think about data and metrics? (43:01) What is augmented analytics and what's happening in that space? (50:05) Lightning round and final thoughts Further Reading: https://breakingpoint.substack.com/p/you-have-too-many-metrics Traction (the book): https://a.co/d/5bJ7MR9 Guest contact info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbyrnes https://twitter.com/sbyrnes https://breakingpoint.substack.com https://www.thestartuphelpdesk.com Sponsor: This podcast is brought to you by grwth.co. Grwth offers fractional CMOs, paired with best-in-class digital marketing execution to support early-stage startup success. With a focus on seed and series A companies, Grwth has helped a number of SaaS, digital health, and e-commerce startups build their go-to-market function and scale up. To learn more and book a free consultation, go to grwth.co. Get in touch with Mosheh: www.linkedin.com/in/moshehp twitter.com/MoshehP hello@pmfpod.com www.pmfpod.com

How'd you like to build a company with a 90% offer acceptance rate? With near-perfect employee retention? And with 50% of employees comprised of under-represented minorities? Sean Byrnes has done it (and the company doesn't interview candidates… at all) Based in San Francisco, he's Founder & CEO of Outlier, the VC-funded business intelligence company. His customers are large consumer-facing companies with an  immense amount of data. Outlier watches all of your business data & lets you know when unexpected things are happening, anywhere in the myriad metrics and dimensions of your data.  Outlier plugs into your business data where it lives (e.g. Google Analytics, Adobe Cloud, Salesforce, Stripe, SQL databases) and understands your business cycles, trends and patterns. Clearly, he's onto something. Outlier's investors include: SV Angel, Capital One Growth Ventures, Emergence, First Round Capital, Susa Ventures, Ridge Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and Homebrew Prior, he served as Founder/CEO of Flurry, the mobile analytics company, which was acquired by Yahoo. In this 20-minute conversation, Sean reveals how he puts a Rockstar in every seat (and how he keeps them)

Companies such as Snowflake and Palantir have been making headlines lately in the tech world as more and more industries catch on to the fact that data is king. Data-driven decision-making is the way of the future, but have you heard of Outlier.ai yet? In this episode of the UpTech Report, data analyst and CEO of Outlier.ai Sean Byrnes joins us to discuss exactly why business data analysis has been getting so much attention recently in the media. Think of it as a Data Analytics 101 crash course. First, Byrnes shares how his company sifts through mountains of data using machine learning to produce novel insights for businesses about consumer behavior and purchasing habits. Then he dives into where this fascinating technology is heading.

Sean Byrnes is a Co-Founder and CEO of Outlier, which automates business analysis for some of the largest consumer businesses in the world. Outlier was the 2017 Strata Audience Choice Award Winner and was named 2018 Cool Vendor in Analytics by Gartner. Previously, Sean founded Flurry, a leader in mobile analytics and advertising which was sold to Yahoo! in 2014. In this episode, we are going to talk with Sean about the learnings and insights that he gathered on his journey as a serial founder.

Sean Byrnes is CEO and co-founder of Outlier. He is the leading authority on automated business analysis solutions and outlier data identification. Before creating Outlier, Sean founded Flurry, a highly successful mobile-analytics and advertising platform acquired by Yahoo in 2014. Sean is a regular contributor to Forbes, Medium, and other business outlets. He’s a regular guest on entrepreneurial podcasts, helping other start-up CEOs manage through the stages of growth. He is also an advisor for, and investor in, early-stage technology companies.Sean holds a B.A. in Engineering from Dartmouth College and an M.Eng. in Computer Science from Cornell University.Outlier, based in Oakland, California, helps global consumer, retail, hospitality, financial services and other organizations identify unexpected changes within critical business data. The Outlier automated business analysis platform uncovers unexpected patterns and relationships using advanced AI and machine learning algorithms. Organizations can integrate Outlier with existing sources of data within minutes, allowing leaders to gather business insights quickly, identify potential opportunities, and address the unexpected.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BDL59C3CUWGXS&source=url)

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Sean Byrnes. Sean is CEO & co-founder of Outlier. Previously, he founded Flurry which was the leader in mobile analytics and advertising space and it was sold to Yahoo! in 2014. Sean advises some early-stage technology companies and invests in many others.In this episode;1-) The biggest challenge while scaling the company2-) How to set up a culture3-) Is it really all about the founder?4-) Having a track record or notFounder's FAQ is a book for founders and you can pre-order through the website. You can also reach us through @foundersfaq on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

In this episode of the B.Next Outbreak Analytics & Forecasting Series, Dr. Dylan George sits down with Sean Byrnes, CEO of Outlier.AI, (an In-Q-Tel portfolio company) in a discussion about looking for insights – changes, indicators – from the bottom up rather than asking questions from the top down. Outlier produces a coronavirus tracker, a daily report on Outlier's findings in the pandemic data. The company is focused on helping organizations identify unexpected changes within their critical business data. References: www.outlier.ai

Subscribe | Transcript | Comment The Episode in 60 Seconds There are important messages hidden in your data. The problem facing CMOs is no longer finding data, it’s interpreting all of the data coming at you. Sean Byrnes saw that first hand when he built Flurry, the largest advertising and analytics company during the meteoric rise of mobile a decade ago. Now, he helps marketers and customer success teams discover the questions they should be asking about their customers so they can be more efficient, grow their companies, and most importantly, serve their customers better. In Episode 15 of Studio CMO, Sean discusses: His journey to the right question to ask which led to Outlier The differences and similarities between AI 20 years ago and AI today The ever-changing customer journey The power and essential nature of marketing Not being enamored with your own tech Changes companies have made due to discoveries in their data Our Guest Sean Byrnes founded and now serves as CEO of Outlier.AI, a five-year-old company that is reinventing business intelligence. Outlier was named a 2018 Cool Vendor in Analytics by Gartner and was the 2017 Strata Audience Choice Award Winner at Strata. Prior to Outlier, he was the founder of Flurry, the leader in advertising and analytics services for mobile applications. Flurry was acquired by Yahoo back in 2014. In his free time, he advises some early stage technology companies and invests in many others. He is passionate about building great products, beautiful interfaces, and new technologies. Show Notes Get Outlier.AI’s Data-Driven Daily, a single nugget of wisdom about measuring and interpreting data delivered to your email inbox. You can also mine their archive at the same link. If your initial marketing premise is not good, if you don’t really understand your buyer, all the growth hacks in the world won’t get you anywhere. - Sean Byrnes There are some problems with A/B testing. A/B testing is a way to examine our preconceptions or our hunches, but they don’t go deep enough. If all you’re doing is looking for, say, a customer’s preference of color, you’re going to miss the most important thing: the customer’s intent. At the end of the day, all business is marketing. Because if you can’t reach your customer, then what are you selling? - Sean Byrnes Do you fully understand your buyer’s problems? It’s foundational to any successful marketing movement. Golden Spiral has developed a proprietary methodology called The Buyer MatrixTM. Content marketing has become so successful. It’s a guided tour through your product. - Sean Byrnes I’m a firm believer that the best marketing strategies come from really unexpected observations. You don’t just run the same things everybody else does. - Sean Byrnes You really prove you have a customer when they renew your product. - Sean Byrnes

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Interview with Sean Byrnes, CEO of Outlier

15 year old Sean Byrnes from Pallaskenry was born with Spina-bifida and Hydrocephalus and has no use of his lower limbs.But that has never held him back! In May, Sean began fundraising to start Limerick's first hand trike club to inspire others with disabilities and challenges to be active. 5 months later and he's already achieved his goal! Sean joins Joe in studio alongside Dad John and Mum Fiona... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sean Byrnes, co-founder and CEO of Outlier, talks data and business intelligence and why both are critical for retailers striving to not only meet customer expectations but exceed those expectations.

Sean Byrnes is the founder and ex-CEO of Flurry – a mobile analytics company that lives inside apps on billions of devices and as a result has the best understanding of mobile consumer behaviour. Having held 90% of the market share, Flurry represented “mobile strategy in a box” for Yahoo during its acquisition in 2014. On this episode of the Startup Exits Podcast, we chat with Sean about: • Preparing for a paradigm shift. • Pivoting into a smartphone era. • Finding a real, painful problem to solve. • Going against Steve Jobs. • Signs of a product-market-fit. • Diversifying your customer acquisition strategy. • Competing in an early market that’s exploding. • Data privacy in 2019. • Interpreting data for startups. • Pros and cons of being a first-time founder. • Is fear of failure a motivator or paranoia? • Factors that influence acquisitions. Sean now runs Outlier.ai – an automated business analysis platform that helps companies interpret their data to find hidden opportunities and problems. Startup Exits is brought to you by StartupSoft. New episodes every month, subscribe for more.

Brian Fanzo - How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the World Siri… begin podcast Alexa… where my Amazonians at? Cortana? You still around? Tay… why do you hate people? Friday? Jarvis? Ultron? SKYNET?!?!?!   “AI will accelerate the end of ownership.” Today, we don’t own movies or music anymore—we subscribe to Netflix or Spotify. Tomorrow, we won’t own products anymore—we’ll subscribe to them. Tien Tzuo, CEO & Founder, Zuora   We will see the focus shift from AI to 'AI-driven' results as companies look for real business impact from AI tools. The technology will be less important than the business insights it delivers” Sean Byrnes, CEO and co-founder, Outlier   I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey   What the hell does any of that even mean?   In this episode of InSecurity, Matt Stephenson has a chat with Brian Fanzo about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the larger world. That means large corporate enterprises, brands you recognized and everyday regular folks like you and me. What kind of impact is AI going to have on you? Stick around and find out.     About Brian Fanzo Brian Fanzo (@iSocialFanz) is a proud dad of three girls under the age of 10, a Pittsburgh loving sports fan, a self-proclaimed change evangelist which makes sense as the one constant in this pager wearing millennial’s career has been change. He is a proud geek that majored in computer science who then found his niche of “translating geekspeak” with a unique background that includes working 9 years for the DoD in Cybersecurity, 2 years at a booming cloud computing startup and the last 5 years an entrepreneur and CEO of iSocialFanz. Brian’s DoD career includes leading a team of 30+ developers & trainers with a mission of training, implementing and developing solutions that empowered the different branches of the military to share and collaborate leveraging social business tools their cybersecurity policies and procedures. If that doesn’t sound tough enough his role included 2 trips to Afghanistan & 3 to Iraq while also briefing the joint chiefs of staff at the Pentagon. Brian discovered his love for workshops, training and speaking while at the DoD for which he leveraged in his next job as the Technology Evangelist of a booming datacenter startup based out of Phoenix Arizona was known as IOdatacenters. Brian has a diverse background beyond the Department of Defense bit… he is currently the founder of iSocialFanz which has helped launch digital and influencer strategies with the world’s most iconic brands like Dell EMC, Adobe, IBM, UFC, Applebees and SAP.   The role of technology evangelist was one that Brian designed at pitched the CEO himself, as it was a role that two of his idols Guy Kawasaki at Apple and Robert Scoble of Microsoft, later Rackspace mastered creating cult-like followings while connecting internal and external community for the company. Brian had the luxury of reporting to the CEO with a dotted line to both the CIO & CMO where he was able to be the face of the brand speaking and evangelizing the IO data center and cloud solutions at the largest technology events in the world including Amazon ReInvent, VMworld, Gartner Symposium, CES and many more. In 2014 while still at IO Brian received his first of many social business awards as he was named Top 25 Social Business Leader of the future by the Economist and IBM. Brian leveraged the visibility and opportunities afforded to him with this award to travel to Ted Talks and the world’s largest technology events as an influencer, speaker and the personal brand of iSocialFanz.   Brian hosts two podcasts (FOMOFanz& SMACtalk), has traveled to over 70 countries and has spoken at many of the world’s largest events including SXSW, Social Media Marketing World, CES, Mobile World Congress. Oh… and… Brian is a semi-professional poker player who isn’t afraid to leverage his fast talking skills to read your body language and spot when you’re bluffing.   There’s not much we can do about that snapback hat… we’ve suggested all kinds of different fitted solutions but we still keep seeing that damn snapback.    About Matt Stephenson Insecurity Podcast host Matt Stephenson (@packmatt73) leads the Security Technology team at Cylance, which puts him in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. He is the regular host of the InSecurity podcast and host of CylanceTV   Twenty years of work with the world’s largest security, storage, and recovery companies has introduced Matt to some of the most fascinating people in the industry. He wants to get those stories told so that others can learn from what has come   Every week on the InSecurity Podcast, Matt interviews leading authorities in the security industry to gain an expert perspective on topics including risk management, security control friction, compliance issues, and building a culture of security. Each episode provides relevant insights for security practitioners and business leaders working to improve their organization’s security posture and bottom line.   Can’t get enough of Insecurity? You can find us at ThreatVector InSecurity Podcasts, iTunes/Apple Podcastsand GooglePlayas well as Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, I Heart Radioand wherever you get your podcasts!   Make sure you Subscribe, Rate and Review!

Episode 141: Calculated Risk Taking and Increasing Productivity: Your career may have been born from passion, but what will sustain your journey? Securing entrepreneurial mentors who have already ventured the road less traveled will accelerate success. In this episode, George Black and Sean Byrnes share sage advice to take smart risks and increase productivity. George Black, Author of “Dear, Mr. A” (soon to be re-titled "The Next Level Entrepreneur-Finding Direction IN Your Passions and Build a Great Company"), reveals how the 'ready, aim, fire’ concept can help you take calculated risks in your business. Next, we are joined by Sean Byrnes, Co-Founder and CEO of Outlier AI, Inc., an artificial intelligence company that helps businesses make the most out of masses of data. Listen for Sean’s top six hacks to increase productivity and make the most of your work day. • [00:00:00] Sage Advice is Invaluable in Business • [00:05:00] Achieve Success with the Fuel of Passion • [00:11:30] Navigate Your Obstacles with Strategy • [00:18:21] Don’t Let Bad Habits Get the Best of You • [00:26:28] Tips for Top Efficiency and Productivity • [00:33:21] Don’t Get Motion Confused with Progress

Episode #141: Calculated Risk Taking and Increasing Productivity Published: March 2, 2019 Your career may have been born from passion, but what will sustain your journey? Securing entrepreneurial mentors who have already ventured the road less traveled will accelerate success. In this episode, George Black and Sean Byrnes share sage advice to take smart risks and increase productivity. George Black, Author of “Dear, Mr. A” (soon to be re-titled "The Next Level Entrepreneur-Finding Direction IN Your Passions and Build a Great Company"), reveals how the 'ready, aim, fire’ concept can help you take calculated risks in your business. Next, we are joined by Sean Byrnes, Co-Founder and CEO of Outlier AI, Inc., an artificial intelligence company that helps businesses make the most out of masses of data. Listen for Sean’s top six hacks to increase productivity and make the most of your workday. [00:00:00] Sage Advice is Invaluable in Business [00:05:00] Achieve Success with the Fuel of Passion [00:11:30] Navigate Your Obstacles with Strategy [00:18:21] Don’t Let Bad Habits Get the Best of You [00:26:28] Tips for Top Efficiency and Productivity [00:33:21] Don’t Get Motion Confused with Progress

On this episode of Venture Stories Erik is joined by Sean Byrnes (@sbyrnes) and Shastri Mahadeo (@ShastriMahadeo). Sean is CEO of Outlier, a company using AI to create better business intelligence, and previously founded Flurry Analytics. Shastri is co-founder and CEO of Union Crate, a demand-planning tool for consumer packaged goods companies.Sean shares an anecdote about how when he was in grad school for machine learning 20 years ago his classmates joked that what they were learning would never be relevant. He says that two things changed to make machine learning one of the hottest technologies of today: 1. the amount of data that companies have access to has exploded, and 2. the cost of computing has gone down dramatically. He also mentions that there have been no new machine learning techniques developed in the last 20 years and that the algorithms from his printed textbook from 20 years ago still encompass the breadth of techniques that are in use today. Shastri previously ran a consumer packaged goods company for five years before founding Union Crate. He and Sean say that any company in the space needs to start with a solid value proposition that goes beyond just “AI for X.” They talk about why some of the companies in the space have failed to create real value and why Shastri pitches “ROI, not AI.” They also talk about some of the opportunities in AI and their requests for startups in various verticals, including finance and insurance, healthcare, construction, and manufacturing. Sean talks about marketing being taken over by AI over the past few years while HR is still mostly human-driven.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

On this episode of Venture Stories Erik is joined by Sean Byrnes (@sbyrnes) and Shastri Mahadeo (@ShastriMahadeo). Sean is CEO of Outlier, a company using AI to create better business intelligence, and previously founded Flurry Analytics. Shastri is co-founder and CEO of Union Crate, a demand-planning tool for consumer packaged goods companies.Sean shares an anecdote about how when he was in grad school for machine learning 20 years ago his classmates joked that what they were learning would never be relevant. He says that two things changed to make machine learning one of the hottest technologies of today: 1. the amount of data that companies have access to has exploded, and 2. the cost of computing has gone down dramatically. He also mentions that there have been no new machine learning techniques developed in the last 20 years and that the algorithms from his printed textbook from 20 years ago still encompass the breadth of techniques that are in use today. Shastri previously ran a consumer packaged goods company for five years before founding Union Crate. He and Sean say that any company in the space needs to start with a solid value proposition that goes beyond just “AI for X.” They talk about why some of the companies in the space have failed to create real value and why Shastri pitches “ROI, not AI.” They also talk about some of the opportunities in AI and their requests for startups in various verticals, including finance and insurance, healthcare, construction, and manufacturing. Sean talks about marketing being taken over by AI over the past few years while HR is still mostly human-driven.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Sean Byrnes of Outlier.ai. Outlier makes a business intelligence platform designed to monitor business data and notify customers when unexpected changes occur. Previously, Sean founded Flurry, a mobile analytics company acquired by Yahoo for $300 million. Outlier recently raised $6.4 million of Series A venture funding led by Ridge Ventures. First Round Capital, Homebrew, Susa Ventures, 11.2 Capital and SV Angel also participated in the round. In this wide-ranging interview, Sean talks about VC fund lifecycles, how the fundraising "process" has changed since his Flurry days, balancing the distraction of fundraising vs. the need for more capital, how he used the VC process as customer development, deal terms to watch out for, how to get the most out of board meetings and much more.

In the latest episode of Caveat Founder, we hosted Sean Byrnes and Edith Harbaugh. Edith and Sean discuss the importance of directly asking for money when fundraising and ponder why most founders, including serial founders, often underestimate the difficulty of getting early customers.

In the latest episode of Caveat Founder, we hosted Sean Byrnes and Edith Harbaugh. Edith and Sean discuss the importance of directly asking for money when fundraising and ponder why most founders, including serial founders, often underestimate the difficulty of getting early customers. The post Ep. #4, Featuring Sean Byrnes and Edith Harbaugh appeared first on Heavybit.

This week Byron talks to a future/past version of himself, Kelly consults a professional regarding potential extraterrestrial contact, and we review Sean Byrnes long awaited sophomore effort, 'The Devil's Candy'. Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://patreon.com/frightday or http://shop.frightday.com Follow us in the shadows at the following places: http://frightday.com http://twitter.com/frightday http://facebook.com/groups/frightday http://instagram.com/frightday http://facebook.com/ffrightdayy

Sean Byrnes is currently a founder of OutlierAI. Previously, he was a founder of Flurry. Flurry was founded during a recession and almost insolvent 3 times until 2014 when it was acquired by Yahoo for $300-$350m. Sean is now a CEO of Outlier.ai which helps businesses make better decisions using AI. Sean shares his insights on staying afloat, keeping up with trends, and his thoughts on Artificial Intelligence.Sean's twitter: https://twitter.com/sbyrnesShruti's twitter: https://twitter.com/atshruti

In this episode of To Be Continuous, Edith and Paul are joined by Sean Byrnes, CEO of Outlier.ai, and Nadia Eghbal. The group discusses open source economics, and examines several potential evolutions of adding money to the open source equation.

In this episode of To Be Continuous, Edith and Paul are joined by Sean Byrnes, CEO of Outlier.ai, and Nadia Eghbal. The group discusses open source economics, and examines several potential evolutions of adding money to the open source equation. The post Ep. #17, Open Source Economics appeared first on Heavybit.

In this episode we host Sean Byrnes, CEO of Outlier.ai, previously CEO of Flurry, and Edith Harbaugh, CEO of LaunchDarkly.Edith and Sean discuss how things have changed since Sean founded Flurry in 2005, they talk about how building a startup is just like running a marathon, and finally they share stories of just how easy it is to make the same mistakes twice.For more Caveat Founder and other Heavybit podcasts, follow Heavybit on Twitter

Edith and Sean discuss how things have changed since Sean founded Flurry in 2005, they talk about how building a startup is just like running a marathon, and finally they share stories of just how easy it is to make the same mistakes twice.

Edith and Sean discuss how things have changed since Sean founded Flurry in 2005, they talk about how building a startup is just like running a marathon, and finally they share stories of just how easy it is to make the same mistakes twice. The post Ep. #2, Featuring Sean Byrnes and Edith Harbaugh appeared first on Heavybit.