[Episode 12] Growing oDesk to become the market leader in online work (Part...
Gary Swart joined oDesk in 2005 as CEO and led the company for over 8 years, turning into the market leader in the online work industry. It was the first workplace to reach $1 billion in work, and has...
View Article[Episode 13] The Path to 1 Million Users. Twice.
Theban Ganesh has built and sold two different businesses that have attracted over 1 million users. In today’s conversation, we cover the rise and exit of his two startups, why he chose to go back to...
View Article[Episode 14] – Engineering a New Fashion Category with Ministry of Supply
Aman Advani co-founded Ministry of Supply while at business school at MIT. He helped define the performance professional category – business professional attire that’s actually comfortable. You can...
View Article[Episode 15] How to build a business that lands $725,000 on Shark Tank
Brittany Hodak is co-founder of ZinePak, a company that creates custom, interactive publications for super-fans. They partner with top brands and entertainers (e.g., Taylor Swift) to elevate regular...
View Article[Episode 16] Rand Fishkin on how to focus your online marketing efforts
Rand is known as the Wizard of Moz – the godfather of SEO and all around highly respected online marketing thought leader. He’s the founder of Moz, a suite of popular tools to help build and manage...
View Article[Episode 17] The Rand Fishkin Case Study on How to Build an Online Presence
We continue our conversation with Rand Fishkin this week and dive into the details of how to build an online presence – even if you’re starting from scratch. We started with search engine strategy and...
View Article[Episode 18] How to systematize and productize a services business
Rachel Rodgers started the Rodgers Collective, a cool, innovative take on a law firm. She has grown the company over the past 5 years or so, and has lot to share, including a great way to think...
View Article[Episode 19] A customer acquisition strategy to grow from 2 to 27 employees
Randy Rayess is co-founder of VenturePact, a technology services firm that matches companies with talented application development teams from around the globe. He has also written in publications...
View Article[Episode 20] How to Use a Relationship Map to Create a $4 Million Company
This week I interviewed Tamara Nall, Founder of The Leading Niche, a global consulting firm that offers strategic and operational consulting to large companies and the federal government. Nall shared...
View ArticleOur Top 5 Episodes from Season 1
As we prepare for Season 2, we paused to take a look back on the top episodes over the past several months. Check out our Top 5 Podcast Episodes: [Episode 18] How to systematize and productize a...
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