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In the podcast interview with Matt Watson, Founder, CEO, and CTO of Full Scale. Matt grew up around entrepreneurial parents who ran a flea market business, he gained early exposure to the world of business and sales. His first venture, Venn Solutions, stemmed from a serendipitous encounter with a car dealer needing software assistance. This initial success led to the growth of Venn Solutions, which was later sold to Auto Trader.Following the sale of Venn Solutions, Matt ventured into founding Stackify, a company that addresses software development challenges. Despite initial hurdles, Stackify grew into a successful venture, eventually being acquired by Netro. Matt's entrepreneurial spirit didn't stop there. He stumbled upon the idea for Full  Scale while seeking cost-effective software development solutions for Stackify. Leveraging his experience and network, Matt established Full Scale, offering offshore development teams to startups and scale-ups, emphasizing long-term partnerships built on trust and reliability.Matt highlighted the importance of trust in business transactions, emphasizing the value of relationships and referrals. Full Scale's approach is grounded in this principle, offering offshore development services and a trusted partnership for companies seeking sustainable growth and scalability.Experience the entrepreneurial odyssey with Matt Watson and explore the evolution of Full Scale in this enlightening episode of The First Customer!Guest  Info:Full  Scalehttps://fullscale.ioMatt Watson's  Linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwatsonkc/ 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/

Join Matt Watson and Jason Taylor, Founder and CEO of Matchless Cabinet, as they discuss building a 7-figure side hustle. With a shared history from their Stackify days, Matt and Jason easily connect over the art of tech professionals excelling in business ownership.  Jason recounts how his passion for home remodeling and DIY projects left him frustrated when he couldn't get exactly what he wanted for his own home. His research into led him to get into custom cabinets' intricate technology and logistics.  Matt leaves no stone unturned, grilling Jason on his ingenious go-to-market strategy, transforming a humble side hustle into a colossal success story. The conversation revealed some surprising strategies that many entrepreneurs would do well to adopt for their own side hustles.  Tune in to the episode to learn more about unlocking the potential for your own incredible side hustles!   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   Visit the Matchless Cabinet website:  https://matchlesscabinet.com   Learn more about Jason Taylor https://www.linkedin.com/in/jataykc  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fun fact: Companies that outsource to the Philippines can cut labour costs by 70% Approximately 1,000,000 Filipinos work outsourced jobs, an industry that's worth close to $27 million. Are you exploring global outsourcing? Matt Watson discusses this in our latest podcast episode, plus the ingenious ways software developers are harnessing the potential of Generative AI.  Meet Matt Watson Matt's Role as a Software Leader at Full Scale Matt Watson is the Co-founder of Full Scale, an innovative technology services company located in the Philippines. At Full Scale, with a dedicated team of over 300 professionals, they assist businesses in assembling teams of skilled software engineers. Their mission revolves around simplifying the process of discovering and retaining highly seasoned software engineers, making it both swift and cost-effective. Matt's Other Work in Technology and AI Over the past two decades, Matt has established himself as a serial entrepreneur, successfully founding 3 tech companies, including VinSolutions which was exited for $150M in 2011. His brainchild, Stackify, was acquired by Netreo in 2021, creating a powerful suite of tools designed to aid developers in monitoring and troubleshooting their applications. Currently, Matt is also the co-host of the Startup Hustle podcast - a top 100 podcast about entrepreneurship - as well as the founder of At Capacity. At Capacity is a smart ads platform for home services that turns search ads off when their customers have full schedules. Additionally, Matt is the EVP of Software Development at CAMP Digital. Outsourcing, Software Developers, and Generative AI In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Matt shares: His experience winning awards like Ingram's 40 Under 40 and Techweek 100 His current role as the Co-Founder of Full Scale Hiring software developers outside of the United States How his team is trying out Generative AI and coding co-pilots Whether he has concerns about his business being impacted by Generative AI like ChatGPT Communicating to his team the value they bring in a world with AI How AI and analytics are currently being used to monitor the performance of his software developers His advice for anyone seeking to outsource engineers globally The common challenges people face that cause them to switch from platforms like Upwork to Full Scale Navigating local labour laws and regulations If you are a software professional or leader looking to outsource and navigate the impact of Generative AI on your team, this is the episode you do not want to miss. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/analyticsshow/message

On today's episode, we have tech expert, entrepreneur and founder of three successful tech companies, Matt Watson.  As a technical and product-focused founder, Matt has a unique talent for balancing technology and business goals and knows what it takes to sell his business when the time is right. Matt built the largest automotive focused CRM platform in North America called VinSolutions, and he sold it to Autotrader for $150 million in 2011.After selling his second technology company, Stackify, Matt is now focused on building out his current software development firm Full Scale, leveraging all of his experiences and expertise. Matt is also the host of the Startup Hustle Podcast, where he shares insights, tips and stories from his own entrepreneurial journey and from some of the most successful business leaders in the world.In today's conversation, we talk about being open minded to either raising capital or selling your business to enable the next stage of growth. Matt also shares how important it is to understand how your transaction earnout is achieved when you are no longer making all the decisions. A few episode highlights:4:38 - A car dealer walks into Sears to buy a computer...  7:15 - I'm your Zuckerberg to your Winklevoss8:21 - The hustle to get VinSolutions off the ground12:17 - The strategic advantage that created a SaaS rocket ship 18:10 - The pros and cons of taking venture investment to handle exponential growth22:14 - The Autotrader acquisition, and how it almost didn't happen26:44 - The "Rule of 40" in valuing the business39:05 - The potential pitfall of selling to the wrong Private Equity groupI hope you enjoy my conversation with Matt Watson.

Matt Watson was a two-time software company with two successful exits before he was 40 years old. He started his first company, VinSolutions, in his basement in Kansas City in 2006. VinSolutions started by helping auto dealers upload photos of their cars to sell in the popular Autotrader catalog and website. Matt was the first developer and product visionary who lead a team that build their popular CRM and lead management system to help those dealers manage internet leads and sell cars faster. Their revenue doubled every year as they grew to eventually serve thousands of auto dealers with their pioneering web-based software.VinSolutions didn't raise any venture capital or private equity investment as they grew to over 300 employees. In 2011, VinSolutions was acquired by Autotrader.com itself for a reported $150 million.  Matt started Stackify in 2012 as the CEO funding the startup with his own money. Stackify is a tool for software developers using cloud platforms to manage and optimize application performance, a problem Matt had experienced at VinSolutions. Stackify grew slowly and struggled at first before it grew steadily. Stackify was acquired by Netreo in 2021.  In this episode, Matt explains: How they started by taking photos of cars for auto dealers to sell those cars online, then bootstrapped a CRM software product to help dealers manage internet leads What it was like to be the CTO of a pioneer in web-based software with a recurring revenue business model back in 2008 when the auto industry was in a massive recession The benefits and drawbacks of growing a large vertical software company in Kansas City Why they tried to raise capital but started the process to sell the company instead Why Matt started a new company called Stackify as the CEO with a different customer focus, technology stack, and different sales model than his previous company Why did he self-funded Stackify and then raised venture debt as they grew, but didn't raise big VC funding What it is like to be a two-time founder of software companies with successful exits before he was 40 years old Find out more at practicalfounders.com.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt & Matt welcome Jasmin Young, CEO of Netreo, and Andrew Anderson President of Netreo for a special announcement: Matt Watson's Stackify has been acquired by Netreo.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is powered by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Learn more about Netreo: https://www.netreo.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt & Matt discuss Stackify's recent acquisition, and what happens to Stackify once the deal wraps up.  Learn more about the acquisition here: https://fullscale.io/blog/stackify-acquired-by-netreo/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Hear what the Startup Hustle TV cast has to say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCfYZoVuudc Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is powered by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 12 of "How to Start a Tech Company" while they discuss how to access working capital. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Payoneer: https://www.payoneer.com/funding/ Learn more about Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 11 of "How to Start a Tech Company" as they discuss how to best find your startup's path to revenue. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Gusto: https://gusto.com/startuphustle Get three months free when you run your first payroll. Learn more about Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 10 of "How to Start a Tech Company" while they discuss how to determine if your plan is wrong. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 9 of "How to Start a Tech Company" while they discuss tips to a successful business plan. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 8 of "How to Start a Tech Company" while they discuss planning tips for startups. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 7 of "How to Start a Tech Company" while they discuss how to find startup cofounders.  Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank: https://www.svb.com/ Learn more about Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 6 of "How to Start a Tech Company" as they discuss how to best set up and valuate your company's equity. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by OurCrowd: https://www.ourcrowd.com/startuphustle Learn more about Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 5 of "How to Start a Tech Company" while they discuss why Startups fail. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank: https://www.svb.com/ Learn more about Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and Matt Watson talk about their experiences as entrepreneurs and now also as angel investors. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by OurCrowd: https://www.ourcrowd.com/startuphustle Learn more about Full Scale: http://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 4 of "How to Start a Tech Company" while they discuss how to determine if your idea is any good. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 3 of "How to Start a Tech Company" as they explore the traits of successful founders.  Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt for Part 2 of "How to Start a Tech Company" as they discuss what you should expect as a startup founder. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and Matt Watson discuss the reasons why you would want to start a startup. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We did it! We made it to 500 episodes! Join Matt, Matt, Lauren and Andrew as they go over some highlights from the first 500 episodes, and discuss what to expect for the future of Startup Hustle. Thanks for listening! Here's to 500 more! Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle Learn more about Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Learn more about InnovateHER: https://www.innovateherkc.com/ Learn more about Marknology: https://www.marknology.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you need to improve your company's sales process? If the answer is yes, then this episode of Startup Hustle is for you. Matt DeCoursey sits down with Marc Bernstein, the CEO and Founder of Balto, a cutting edge software platform that helps salespeople and customer support reps improve their overall performance. Balto was recently named as one of Startup Hustle's Top Saint Louis Startups as well. Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Balto: baltosoftware.com GigaBook: https://gigabook.com   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg   Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt and Matt sit down with Mark Josey, the founder of Social Apex Media to discuss the best approach for crafting your marketing messages.  During this episode, they discuss the right way to approach various forms of marketing.  If you're interested in leveling up your approach to marketing or maybe just getting some validation that what or how you're doing stuff is on point, then this episode is for you! Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Social Apex Media www.socialapexmedia.com Kansas City Pioneers https://www.kcp.gg This episode is sponsored by, Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Leave us a video message: https://app.videopeel.com/kctqvmc7 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Find Startup Hustle on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/startuphustlexyz/ Visit Our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Suggest a Guest: https://fullscale.io/contact-us/ Learn more about: Social Apex Media www.socialapexmedia.com Kansas City Pioneers https://www.kcp.gg Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Zach interviews serial entrepreneur Matt Watson. Matt was the Co-Founder and CTO of Vin Solutions CRM which was an automotive SaaS company he bootstrapped and sold for over $135M to Cox Automotive.Episode Highlights: 1) Matt and Zach go deep into the journey of building a fast scaling SaaS company while bootstrapping 2) Balancing customer requests and product feedback in a CRM (complex product) 3) Matt's experience with Tesla and thoughts on online car sales 4) His journey building his new company Stackify based on problems from Vin Solutions 5) What's next in the auto industry, a futures discussion

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 14th to 15th - register now! Matt Watson is the CEO and Founder at Stackify. This episode dives into his thoughts and approach to devops, application management, and performance using cloud native tools including Kubernetes. Panelists Charles Max Wood Tyler Bird Guest Matt Watson Sponsors Educative.io | Click here for 10% discount Gremlin | Chaos Engineering Platform CacheFly _______ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ______________________________________ Picks Tyler Bird: CNCF Cloud Native Interactive Landscape GitHub CLI Charles Max Wood: Clean Coders Podcast Interview Cake Matt Watson: Stackify Kubernetes

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 14th to 15th - register now! Matt Watson is the CEO and Founder at Stackify. This episode dives into his thoughts and approach to devops, application management, and performance using cloud native tools including Kubernetes. Panelists Charles Max Wood Tyler Bird Guest Matt Watson Sponsors Educative.io | Click here for 10% discount Gremlin | Chaos Engineering Platform CacheFly _______ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ______________________________________ Picks Tyler Bird: CNCF Cloud Native Interactive Landscape GitHub CLI Charles Max Wood: Clean Coders Podcast Interview Cake Matt Watson: Stackify Kubernetes

Nearly every company I know wants to have customer service excellence. You may look at brands like The Ritz-Carlton or Zappos to model what real customer service excellence is. The truth is it is not technology or even flawless processes. The secret to customer service excellence is putting employees first. My guest today is Matt Margolis, CEO of Stackify. His company was ranked #379 in the 2019 Inc 5000 list. We look at what customer service excellence is. Matt and I talk about why putting employees first is what drives customer service excellence. Get the show notes for Employee First Drives Customer Service Excellence with Matt Watson at Stackify Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank featuring Matt Watson at Stackify with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/MattWatson #CustomerServiceExcellence #Leadership #GHepisode518 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!  

In today’s innovative economy, education becomes even more important in growing the next generation of innovators and creative thinkers. The school system must focus on contributing immensely to the development of young minds.   In this episode of the Startup Hustle, the Matts talk about education and innovation with their guest, Katie Boody, CEO and founder of LEANLAB Education.   LEANLAB Education is an organization that builds communities and launches transformational innovations into K-12. They immerse innovators into the communities they serve, surrounding them with the tools they need to create effective solutions to endemic problems in education.   Learn more about:   Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ LEANLAB Education: https://leanlabeducation.org/ GigaBook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

The Matts celebrate out 200th episode with a trip down memory lane and talk about how Full Scale got started and the challenges they faced.   Matt DeCoursey was starting his ticketing business and needed some PHP developers; however, the US has a developer shortage. This prompted him to go searching for the finest experts in the field. One of his friends advised him to look into finding PHP developers in Cebu.    Meanwhile, Matt Watson, the founder of Stackify, lost his key developers to competitors. The two would meet in 2016 when DeCoursey interviewed Watson for his book, Million Dollar Bedroom. They started Full Scale with the tagline: “We help you grow your development team quickly and affordably.”   Full Scale now has over 180 employees that started from 5 employees in 2017 helping their clients grow their business. Listen to this episode and others and learn about Full Scale’s services!     Learn more about:   Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/   Stackify: https://stackify.com/   GigaBook: https://gigabook.com   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg   Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle 

Matt Watson is founder of the company Stackify.  They were named in the Inc 5000 fastest growing companies in August 2019, ranked 379. He sold Vin Solutions for $147M to Autotrader. Stackify has about 25 employees in KC, and 20 in the Philippines. They built a tool that helps software developers understanding how they are performing and have over 1100 customers all over the world. He and Matt DeCoursey founded Full Scale.  They also host the podcast "Startup Hustle" and regularly bring entrepreneurs together at concert and sporting events in their "Suite and Greet" networking events in  Kansas City." Matt attended Devry but did not finish school and obtained his degree later.  He tells kids to look at college as an ROI. He can be reached at mwatson@stackify.com  

Some say learning music at a young age is beneficial and critically important to a child's growth. Meyer Music has provided musical equipment to schools in the Kansas City area for over 60 years.   Matt and Matt sit down with Mike Meyer, 2nd generation owner of Meyer Music, to talk about the struggles of maintaining a music retail store. Listen as Decoursey reminisces about his past involvement in the music industry.   Meyer elaborates on the everchanging environment in the music retail industry because of the growing dependency that society has on the internet. He talks about the changes that his business needed to make in order to stay ahead of the game and why Meyer Music survived where others failed.   Learn more about:   Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Meyer Music: https://www.meyermusic.com/ GigaBook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle  

Athletes have a certain drive that pushes them to go above and beyond and reach astonishing goals. This passion is an invaluable tool that helps them achieve their dreams but that same drive can also tear them down. Matt and Matt are joined by Chris Smith, founder of Athlete Network, to talk about the struggles of being an athlete, who is transitioning into a post-athletic world. Listen in as they discuss what tools Athletes have at their disposal to thrive in this world. Smith founded Athlete Network 10 years ago with the hope of helping athletes thrive and use their mindset to their advantage in their post-athletic life. Athlete Network helps connect athletes together in an environment that promotes success with an athletic mindset without being in the athletic world. Sometimes it is difficult to get things off the ground and it doesn't hurt to have some help along the way. Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Athlete Network: athletenetwork.com Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Matt is the Founder & CEO of Stackify. He has been a developer/hacker for over 15 years and loves solving hard problems with code. While working in IT management he realized how much of his time was wasted trying to put out production fires without the right tools.

Matt Watson is the founder of Stackify and FullScale.io. He is a software engineer and entrepreneur who likes solving problems with technology. Before Stackify, he founded VinSolutions and then sold it to AutoTrader.com in May 2011 for $150 MM. There’s a lot of things to learn about content marketing and sales strategies in this episode, so go check it out!

Matt Watson began his entrepreneurial journey when he co-founded his first company at age 22, which he went on to sell for $150 million. He is now the Founder & CEO of Stackify.   In this episode we discuss Matt's entrepreneurial story, what made his first startup so marketable, what to look for in a co-founder, and his advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.    Links: https://stackify.com/ https://fullscale.io/

On today’s Just the Tips, we talk with Matt Watson, who had enormous success early in life as co-founder of Vinsolutions, and after selling that company for $150 million, started Stackify to solve the biggest problems he had at Vinsolutions. Matt tells us about his early days, how he sort of fell into work on Vinsolutions and how it went from side hustle to major hustle. And he shares his unique insights as a developer and an entrepreneur, and how his parents’ entrepreneurial spirit inspired him as a kid. He’s no Dean “Pigeon Man” Holland, but Matt has a great story to tell. The “back of a napkin” story come to life Matt’s story as an entrepreneur literally starts with the apocryphal “back of a napkin” at Applebees. Matt was selling computers at Sears in the early aughties when a customer came in and asked if anyone could help him with a software solution. Matt volunteered and became a de-facto cofounder. After two years of getting Vinsolutions off the ground, he was able to quit his job, and then after another six years sell it for nine figures. It’s something of a meteoric rise, but it also speaks to Matt’s work ethic and eye for solving a market’s problem. And one of the fascinating things he says on this episode of Just the Tips is how they never got into a “startup” mindset. They were just running a business. Solve the problem you see in front of you Matt’s time at Vinsolutions let him peak behind the curtain a bit, and see what problems both businesses and developers were wrestling with. And so that’s how he started Stackify, which essentially lets businesses see how well their applications are performing. In other words, if you go to a restaurant’s website and order food, and the application you’re ordering through is slow or crashes, you’ll likely lose that customers. So Stackify lets a business see how well an application is running, how satisfied customers are, etc. It’s a really savvy approach, one forged in the fires of running a large business. How do you decide when to add features and when to focus on stability? One of the interesting things about the software space right now is that there’s huge pressure to constantly add features and iterate. As Matt says, agile development is the name of the game right now, but it can be a difficult balance to strike between having a stable software solution and adding more bells and whistles to it. As Dean says, he’s dipping his toe into software development, and has really tried to focus on having the software just do one thing, so it stays as simple as possible. And as Matt says, that’s very important when you go to market. Why Matt invested in content marketing One of the problems Matt discovered with Stackify was that it was really difficult to reach his target audience. Senior software developers tend to use ad blockers and other means to avoid being marketed to. So his company released a free tool for developers that became popular and served as a calling card, and then he also turned to content marketing. And he has a very unique way of going about content marketing. He calls it a three-pronged approach. What are they? You’ll have to tune into this week’s episode of Just the (Prong) Tips to find out. Outline of This Episode [3:00] How Matt got started with VinSolutions in 2003 [8:12] How Vinsolutions didn’t operate like a startup [10:05] What is Stackify? [12:48] How do you decide when to add features and when to focus on stability? [15:30] Why Matt invested in content marketing [18:34] Content marketing is a long game [21:30] SEO is really about creating quality content [24:20] Matt’s advice for people starting a business [28:38] What Matt has learned not to do Musicfor “Just The Tips” is titled, “Happy Happy Game Show” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Resources Mentioned VinSolutions Stackify Startup Hustle Connect With James and Dean James P. Friel: AutoPilot Entrepreneur Program: www.jamespfriel.com/autopilot Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/autopilotentrepreneur Site: www.jamespfriel.com Dean Holland: Blog: www.DeanHolland.com FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/DeanHollandHQ Digital Business Entrepreneurs: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DigitalBusinessEntrepreneurs/

There seems to be a wide definition about what a startup really is?  During this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt and Matt talk about the different definitions and parameters that define what a startup really is. Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

One thing is certain in business and that is ALL businesses have problems.  So how do you identify and deal with those problems?  Hopefully this episode of Startup Hustle can help you figure that out! Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Do you, or do you want to sell more on Amazon?  If so, it's possible that you might be me making some common errors associated with brand positioning. On this episode of Startup Hustle, Marknology Founder, Andrew Morgans sits down with Matt DeCoursey and drops some knowledge related to properly positioning your brand and products on Amazon! Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Marknology https://marknology.com Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Out of the Million Dollar Bedroom and into the Million Dollar Basement, Matt has the next idea for the company's future and learns how a dog covered with soapy bubbles can help you create the future vision of your next company. Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

The conclusion of the Million Dollar Bedroom series where you can learn how to dip your toe in the pool, plan for a business, seek funding and learn more about how to properly get your message in front of the right people. Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Join Matt DeCoursey and Darrell Blackburn as they tell the story related to Matt's book, Million Dollar Bedroom. Learn about the story, how it all got started and how the early days of small business ownership can go. Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Learn more about how the Million Dollar Bedroom story came to be, this is Matt DeCoursey's favorite part of the story. Hear about the ups and downs associated with online marketing, how a Google penalty nearly killed the business and then how leveraging credit cards pushed the business into a permanent state of profit! Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Bad business partners are something every entrepreneur hopes to avoid, many hope to get rid of and most should learn to avoid! During this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt and Matt discuss many things to consider, look for and avoid when it comes to taking on a business partner. Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

In this episode of Startup Hustle we discuss the importance of learning from those that have been there before... and because we like watching TV and movies, why not do it through watching documentaries and movies! If you want to prepare for our upcoming discussions about some of Matt DeCoursey's picks, here's the list. Business Documentaries or Movies Henry Ford: American Experience Enron, Smartest Men in the Room Jiro Dreams of Sushi Silicon Cowboys (the Compaq story) Wall Street vs. Wolf of Wall Street Something Ventured Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

With Matt Watson's nomination as a Master Entrepreneur in Kansas City we felt that is was important that review his 10 tips for finding success, showing leadership and building a business. Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

On this episode of Startup Hustle we host Matt Moody, the CEO and Founder of Bellwethr, a machine learning and artificial intelligence software platform designed to help businesses of all sizes retain their recurring revenue. Learn all about how that works, whether or not any of the Matts on this episode think AI will take over the world and then more about why Matt Watson is still insisting on being called Master Watson. Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Bellwethr: https://www.bellwethr.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

If your startup builds software then you need to listen to this episode of Startup Hustle with special guest Ray Levi of Stackify.  Learn some great secrets about how Matt Watson and Ray Levi have scaled the team and software platform at Stackify.  Also learn why Matt Watson believes he should be called, Master Watson as well as his attempt to finally win a single match of Roshambo! Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Matt Watson, is an American entrepreneur and the current CEO of Stackify LLC, a technology company based in Leawood, Kansas. In 2003, Watson co-founded and served as CTO of VinSolutions, a developer of online CRM and lead management software for auto dealerships. In 2011, VinSolutions was sold for $135 million to AutoTrader.com. Then Watson founded Stackify in January 2012 to assist software developers in troubleshooting and support with a suite of tools including Prefix and Retrace. Watson has credited his experience at VinSolutions for the skills necessary to build Stackify. During the same period, he also launched the Watson Technology Group to support other entrepreneurs via angel investing.   Connect Twitter – https://twitter.com/mattwatson81?lang=en    Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwatsonkc/ Website – https://stackify.com/   People Mentioned Mark Zuckerberg Elon Musk – https://twitter.com/elonmusk   Resources Slack – https://slack.com/  

On this episode of Startup Hustle we discuss Matt Watson's return from yet another trip to the Full Scale office in Cebu City, as well as what the future holds for upcoming episodes of the show! Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Matt DeCoursey returns from Cebu and tells the story of what it's like to lease a floor of a skyscraper!  Learn about how much it costs, the parts that are pain in the butt and quite a very other details! Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Remember back in the day when you saw your first QR code?  It was quite possibly on a tabletop promotion being run by FrontFlip.  On this episode of Startup Hustle, we sit down with Chris Horsefield and talk about what made him want to start to FrontFlip as well as how it went! Learn more about: Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Gigabook: https://gigabook.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Learn more about the Oklahoma native Matt Watson who started and subsequently sold VinSolutions for $147,000,000 to AutoTrader. During this portion of the interview, Clay asks Matt what how he decides what to say no to, how he organizes his day and his vision for the future of his next venture, Stackify.

Learn how the 22-year-old Oklahoma native Matt Watson started VinSolutions out his home and later sold it for $147,000,000 to AutoTrader. In this far-ranging interview, Clay and Matt discuss how to start a business out of your home, working with family, firing people, why Stackify’s office is built out of Lego parts, why college doesn’t help most coders and more.

On this episode Ben interviews Matt Watson. He’s been an entrepreneur since he can remember selling his first business at 29 for over 140 Million dollars. He now runs Stackify, Fullscale.io as well as few other side project and joined Ben to share some of his challenges in building the businesses and how marketing played it’s role. Notes and links available on https://ratherinventive.com/blog/interview-stackify-with-matt-watson/

Matt Watson is the Founder & CEO of Stackify. He has been a developer/hacker for over 15 years and loves solving hard problems with code. He sold his first startup, VinSolutions, for $150 million and started Stackify to solve the biggest challenge he had as the CTO of VinSolutions. Matt is skilled at SEO, blogging and content marketing. Stackify receives hundreds of thousands of monthly visits as a result of Matt’s successful content marketing. Visit Stackify: Application Performance Monitoring for Developers

Matt Watson is the Founder & CEO of Stackify. He has been a developer/hacker for over 15 years and loves solving hard problems with code. He sold his first startup, VinSolutions, for $150 million and started Stackify to solve the biggest challenge he had as the CTO of VinSolutions. Matt is skilled at SEO, blogging and content marketing. Stackify receives hundreds of thousands of monthly visits as a result of Matt’s successful content marketing.

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Starting a business can result in one of two things, you either make money or lose it. Matt Watson has experienced both with his own company but that didn’t deter him from working on improving his product. His experiences taught him how powerful online advertising can be. He shares how startups can efficiently get on the first page of Google when people are searching for answers. As the Founder of Stackify, Matt has proven that consistent content marketing is a fast and efficient way to gain exposure and traction. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Your First Thousand Clients Community today: mitchrusso.com Mitch Russo LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starting a business can result in one of two things, you either make money or lose it. Matt Watson has experienced both with his own company but that didn’t deter him from working on improving his product. His experiences taught him how powerful online advertising can be. He shares how startups can efficiently get on the first page of Google when people are searching for answers. As the Founder of Stackify, Matt has proven that consistent content marketing is a fast and efficient way to gain exposure and traction.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join Your First Thousand Clients Community today:mitchrusso.comMitch Russo LinkedIn

Matt Watson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwatsonkc/) is our special guest on today's episode of Traffic and Leads Podcast (http://trafficandleadspodcast.com/best-offline-marketing-strategies/). He is the owner of the developing software Stackify (https://stackify.com/), shares with us the best marketing strategy for software companies, as well as the importance of blogging and how he is getting the traffic and leads to sticking with the right traffic generation tricks. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: * Who Matt Watson is, and what exactly it is that Stackify does. A software made for hardcore developers, Matt explains that they have customers all over the world that use their tools, and use them to know when their applications aren’t performing. What sets them apart from the rest is what they’re software is dedicated to. Stackify is more focused on developers and what they want to do, while other products are born out of monitoring production servers. * Matt shares with us his organic traffic generation, and the best traffic and leads generation strategies he’s developed over the years of trial and error. Their customers are software developers, and Matt struggled on how to reach them and make traffic and leads. In the end, they decided to create a free tool called Prefix, one of the features of their paid product and made a free product out of it. Because of it, over the last 18 months, they’ve had 20,000 people download that tool through organic growth! * From there, Matt explains to us the kind of content marketing he uses in order to successfully execute his software marketing strategy. His customers all have one thing in common, which is the fact that they use Google for their problems. So, his construct was understanding that persona, and learning how to reach them. While it’s a trial and error process, they still hold themselves to what the customer acquisition cost is, and make sure everything meets that criteria. Overall, it’s about understanding what the ideal customer looks like. When they do advertising, they make sure to tailor those things in order to get the highest conversion rate. * Matt explains the importance of blogging and explains for him, his best traffic generation tricks come from the success of their blog posts! They publish new blog posts every single day, started by a blog post made nearly a year ago that gave them 40,000 visitors a month. After that, they doubled down on it, putting an enormous amount of effort into blogging. That work turned 40,000 people a month into 500,000 people a month. * While they still make sure their blogs are optimized, Matt specifically states that everything they do is still based on organic traffic generation. He says that they don’t want to publish content that doesn’t drive traffic organically to the website. They, instead, want ongoing traffic, and evergreen traffic. Through that mindset, they only keep content that gives them the traffic they’re looking for and removes the content that does not work for them.

Matt Watson is the Founder & CEO of Stackify based right here in Kansas City. He has been a developer and hacker for over 15 years and loves solving hard problems with code. He sold his first startup, VinSolutions, for $150 million and started Stackify to solve the biggest challenge he had as the CTO of VinSolutions.   Matt is highly skilled in the areas of SEO and content marketing.  Stackify receives hundreds of thousands of monthly visits as a result of Matt and his team’s successful content marketing. Learn Matt Watson's story and some of the awesome digital marketing he and his team are doing at Stackify.    

How to Prepare to Sell Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Matt Watson Podcast Transcript My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Matt Watson. He has been a developer for over 15 years and is the founder and CEO of Stackify. He started the company to solve the biggest challenge he had at his first company, VinSolutions, which […]

Matt and Jason discuss Stackify's free developer tool, Prefix. Launched 18 months ago, it has now been downloaded by 20,000 developers in 140 countries. Prefix helps developers find and fix bugs in their code while they are writing it.

How does DevOps relate to small development teams? Stackify doesn't have an IT operations team. Do we still have a DevOps culture? Matt & Jason discuss how Stackify's development team monitors and manages Microsoft Azure.

Megan is in charge of customer support at Stackify. She discusses her journey to working in IT and many of the challenges faced by women in technology.

Matt Watson and Jason Taylor discuss what Stackify does and the benefits it provides for developers. Stackify's application performance monitoring solution helps developers monitor the performance of their applications in a world where servers are becoming more and more irrelevant.

In this episode we talk to Matt Watson of Stackify, about... Stackify! http://cynicaldeveloper.com/podcast/54/

Ready to move to .NET Core? Carl and Richard talk to Stackify's Matt Watson about their efforts to migrate their applications to the RTM editions of the .NET Core and ASP.NET Core. For better or worse, there have been a number of major changes between the two RCs and the RTM. But this is the version to stick to, so if you haven't started to move, now is a great time. Matt also talks about the challenges of losing certain libraries - projects that haven't been migrated to the Core editions yet.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Ready to move to .NET Core? Carl and Richard talk to Stackify's Matt Watson about their efforts to migrate their applications to the RTM editions of the .NET Core and ASP.NET Core. For better or worse, there have been a number of major changes between the two RCs and the RTM. But this is the version to stick to, so if you haven't started to move, now is a great time. Matt also talks about the challenges of losing certain libraries - projects that haven't been migrated to the Core editions yet.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

What is slowing your web site down? Carl and Richard talk to Matt Watson, CEO of Stackify, about their free product called Prefix. Method profiling has been around for awhile, but it takes a lot of time and tuning to get right - and running profilers on production servers can be a career limiting behavior. Prefix runs on your development workstation so that you can see what parts of your code are taking time - including how much is involved in communications time, query processing, and so on. Take a look!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

What is slowing your web site down? Carl and Richard talk to Matt Watson, CEO of Stackify, about their free product called Prefix. Method profiling has been around for awhile, but it takes a lot of time and tuning to get right - and running profilers on production servers can be a career limiting behavior. Prefix runs on your development workstation so that you can see what parts of your code are taking time - including how much is involved in communications time, query processing, and so on. Take a look!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Matt Watson CEO & Founder of Stackify.com says entrepreneurs are successful when solving problems. Learn about how Matt bootstrapped his first startup which reached $30m annual revenue and he sold it in 2011. Also, discover what Matt looks for as an Angel Investor.

We talk with Matt Watson about Prefix and Stackify. The complete specs for the HoloLens. And we discuss the cool in Azure Cool Blob Storage.

So how are you instrumenting your applications? Carl and Richard talk to Jason Taylor of Stackify and Michael Paterson of Carbonite about the power of great instrumentation to make awesome software. Stackify provides a set of free tools if you're working in Azure. And speaking of Azure, Carbonite lives on Azure and uses Stackify for instrumentation. Michael talks about how Stackify helped Carbonite understand performance problems and errors that were occurring in production that were very hard to see from logs or customer service requests - deeply instrumenting their application made all the difference!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

So how are you instrumenting your applications? Carl and Richard talk to Jason Taylor of Stackify and Michael Paterson of Carbonite about the power of great instrumentation to make awesome software. Stackify provides a set of free tools if you're working in Azure. And speaking of Azure, Carbonite lives on Azure and uses Stackify for instrumentation. Michael talks about how Stackify helped Carbonite understand performance problems and errors that were occurring in production that were very hard to see from logs or customer service requests - deeply instrumenting their application made all the difference!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Entrepreneur and angel investor Matt Watson started a side business in 2003 helping car dealers get pictures online. 8 years later he sold VinSolutions for $135 million dollars to AutoTrader. Now he’s working on his new business, Stackify and investing in new Kansas City startups. In this episode we talk about the history of VinSolutions, creating a environment for growth, bootstrapping vs funding, helping his Dad at the flea market, Kansas City’s entrepreneurial community and a lot more.Listen now: (function() { $('#audio294658 audio').mediaelementplayer({ features: ['playpause', 'current', 'progress', 'duration', 'volume', 'popup', 'download'] }); }).call(this); Links:VinSolutionsStackify