Forging Ahead

We talked about the origin story of ScholarJet, having tough discussions with your parents, and the grind of entering and WINNING pitch competitions as a way to get funding. Lot of great stuff in here for early stage founders or people that are thinking about starting a business. 

Check out ScholarJet here: https://scholarjet.com/

Joe's linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephalim/

Zoe has been at Yesware for 7 years. She started in sales ops before moving over to run people ops. 

We talk about recruiting, hiring, culture, and more.

I wanted to rush to publish this one ASAP because there is timely information for People Ops leaders on how to deal with the current panic over covid19. 

There is a great message on how to LEAD during this time at the end of the pod. Worth sticking around for it.

Zoe's linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-silverman/

My guest is Emma Brudner, the Dir of People Operations at Lola.com.  We talk about how she ended up in People Operations. We talk about recruiting, hiring, and the difference between HR and People Ops. 

If you are in People Ops and looking for some tips and tricks on how to be successful, it doesn't sound like there are any shortcuts. Emma talks about actually caring, empathy, being human, listening etc. These are not life hacks. 

Emma shares some thoughts on 1 on 1's. ***Listen closely for her favorite question to start a 1 on 1. 

There's so much in here and if you give a shit about people, please check this one out.

Michelle and I talked about the "right" way to start a business. My words, not hers. I think they did it right. Pay attention to how she transitioned from her full time job to full time entrepreneur. Michelle's family story is amazing. Michelle talks about letting the customer show you what your business is. She truly embraces a customer first mindset. Thanks, Michelle!

Chris and I spent 30 minutes together. This is a bit shorter than our usual format. Chris and I talked about his experience leading startups. We hit: go to market strategy, course corrections, partnerships, and why everyone should have a list of 5 companies that they want to buy and 5 companies that they'd like to be bought by. Thank you, Chris!

A fun chat with Bryce. We talked about:

- Bryce's path

- What is Customer Success?

- What's going on in Boston?

- We talked about Bryce's role at Underscore VC

- Being a Dad in today's startup world.

Matt and I chatted about:

- The path he took to start his CBD wellness company, Beam!

- Matt have me the 101 on how to think about CBD. Oil for your engine!

- The importance of branding.

- Influencer marketing

- How to approach partnerships in business. 

- The early days of lugging around tables to different fitness facilities in Boston. Selling hand to hand.

- Visit beamtlc.com for more info!

What a fun chat!

We talked about:

- Dave's professional poker days

- How he ended up in commercial real estate

- We get into some detail about how he started his team in Toronto. From 2 people to 8!

- Dave is incredibly thoughtful about prospecting and partnerships. I think there is a lot of value for brokers in this section. #cbreforward.

- Dave provides actionable tactics around opening your first office.

- Find David Cairns on LinkedIn. He is great at it. https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-cairns-5644a233/