A Fly On The Call

In this episode, we talk mostly about the icky practice of engagement pods and then we talk a little about the old school nature of some social media practices and how you can't scale everything.

For more information on the podcasts: http://aflyonthecall.com/

For more information on the hosts:

Adam Gautsch https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgautsch/ https://twitter.com/agautsc

What happens when a company you're coaching is thinking about shutting down? How much of should you try to coach them up and get them going again? It's not always easy either way, but we talk about that for a while on this call.

For more information on the podcasts: http://aflyonthecall.com/

For more information on the hosts: Monique Mills https://www.linkedin.com/in/moniquemills/ https://twitter.com/MoniqMills

Adam Gautsch https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgautsch/ https://twitter.com/agautsc

You really do get to be a fly on the call as we talk about a potential new company to the ATDC portfolio. We talk about what we like about the company and some of the struggles we might see going forward. As always, the name of the company is not mentioned to protect the innocent :)

After that, we talk about the business of a college education in 2020. Is it worth the money? Should you drop out to start a startup? We don't know the answers, but we talk about some of that stuff all the same. 

For more information on the podcasts: http://aflyonthecall.com/

For more information on the hosts: Monique Mills https://www.linkedin.com/in/moniquemills/ https://twitter.com/MoniqMills

Adam Gautsch https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgautsch/ https://twitter.com/agautsc

We start off talking about juggling babies and jobs (but not about juggling babies) and then we dive into managing your early set of hires and end by discussing how it's difficult to fire an intern you're not paying. 

It's a fun, honest, and random episode. 

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For more information on the hosts:

Adam Gautsch

It's okay to be proud of what you do. On this week's podcast, we talk about that novel idea and other ways you can be humble, but a successful entrepreneur.

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For more information on the hosts:

Adam Gautsch

On this episode, we talk about how some of the big tech companies partner with startup incubators and accelerators, how a startup can use those services, what lessons they can learn by doing sales like Amazon or Hubspot, and end the podcast talking about marketing versus sales (one of our favorite topics :) )

We continue our conversation on the importance of taking care of your mental health as a startup founder. In this episode, we touch on the importance of not comparing yourself to the success of others, stepping away from the business books, and making time for things that are important. 

This we talk about motivating your employees and yourself while working on a startup in crazy times. Also, we put our flag in the ground on the side of it being okay to work IN your business when you're small. 

This week Monique and Adam talk mostly about the pitfalls of comparing your entrepreneurial story to others. You don't know what everyone has in their secret stack so it's not worth comparing their business or life to yours.

Music by Yung Kartz

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yung_Kartz

More information about Monique, Adam, and the podcast at http://aflyonthecall.com/

There are thousands of books and triple that of coaches selling fool-proof sales and marketing cadences. In our conversation,  we talk about it being more important to have a regular cadence than finding the perfect one. When in doubt, just make one up.