On this edition of the podcast, I have a fun time catching up with longtime friend and college classmate, Monica Wright.  

Monica is a growth marketing guru and thought leader, devoting pretty much her entire career understanding how media and content drives engagement and conversion.  She spent a good chunk of this time at Third Door Media, publisher of global known and respected marketing news, information and resource sites such as Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and MarTech Today.  As she considers her next move, Monica is now engaged in solving a variety of company growth challenges by freelancing as a fractional marketing strategist.

During our chat, we cover some interesting topics such as:

Monica's story is both unique and inspiring -- I think you will enjoy it.

Monica Wright is a growth marketing guru and marketing technology thought leader.  For a long time she was an executive at Third Door Media, publisher of global known and respected marketing news, information and resource sites such as Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and MarTech Today.  Today she is contributing to company growth by tackling marketing challenges as a freelance marketing strategist.

Monica is a cancer survivor.  Here she talks about how allowing herself to be vulnerable throughout her fight helped her maintain balance and success in her personal and professional life.

Monica Wright is a growth marketing guru and marketing technology thought leader.  For a long time she was an executive at Third Door Media, publisher of global known and respected marketing news, information and resource sites such as Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and MarTech Today.  Today she is contributing to company growth by tackling marketing challenges as a freelance marketing strategist.

In this clip, Monica shares her thoughts on how she saw early the importance of putting the customer at the center of the equation in order to build the best customer experience.

Monica Wright is a growth marketing guru and marketing technology thought leader.  For a long time she was an executive at Third Door Media, publisher of global known and respected marketing news, information and resource sites such as Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and MarTech Today.  Today she is contributing to company growth by tackling marketing challenges as a freelance marketing strategist.

Here she shares the three most important things that have contributed to her career success.

Ever catch yourself having such an easy, natural conversation with someone and then you look at your watch and time has gone quicker than you expected?

That's what happens this episode.

On this edition, time flies by as I chat with friend and colleague Jean Donnelly.  Through her work as founding Executive Director for FinTech Sandbox, a Boston based non-profit focused on supporting innovation amongst data oriented startups, Jean has become well known and respected in the FinTech and data and analytics spaces.

Jean has a fascinating backstory and during our time together we talk about:

I'm sincerely grateful to have gotten to know Jean and consider her as a Friend of Dave in many regards.  She's a wonderful person, and I really think you will enjoy getting to know her better during this episode.

Jean Donnelly is an operational leader, entrepreneur and a widely respected FinTech executive.  Until recently she served as the founding Executive Director for FinTech Sandbox, a Boston based non-profit focused on supporting innovation amongst data oriented startups.

In this preview she reflects on what she learned from her role at FinTech Sandbox and what she is seeking from her next challenge.

Jean Donnelly is an operational leader, entrepreneur and a widely respected FinTech executive.  Until recently she served as the founding Executive Director for FinTech Sandbox, a Boston based non-profit focused on supporting innovation amongst data oriented startups.

In this preview she shares her thoughts on acknowledging personal success and being content with your results, even if that contentment may be fleeting.

Jean Donnelly is an operational leader, entrepreneur and a widely respected FinTech executive.  Until recently she served as the founding Executive Director for FinTech Sandbox, a Boston based non-profit focused on supporting innovation amongst data oriented startups. 

In this preview she shares her thoughts on effective leadership, and the important role that empathy plays.

Always fun catching up with people I have known from many stops along my own personal career journey.

This time I had the great pleasure of speaking with serial entrepreneur, senior sales and business growth leader and advisor Jonathan Brickman.  He is currently running his own consulting firm called Brickseller. 

During this fast moving discussion, we get into Jonathan's unique path that interestingly began at a nuclear power plant in Upstate NY.  From there his journey included a detour to Chicago and subsequently into the data sales leadership arena.

We talked about the many personal and professional challenges that go along with growing a startup to scale, selling to private equity and ultimately being rolled into a corporate parent that eventually became Ipreo.   

Additionally, Jonathan shares his insights on the importance of grit, communication and what it takes to be a great leader.

If you are interested, please follow Jonathan on Twitter as well.

Lots of great stuff here -- enjoy!

Jonathan Brickman is a serial entrepreneur, senior sales and business growth leader and advisor.  He is currently running his own consulting firm called Brickseller.

In this preview he discusses what got him started him on his career path and the importance of sticking to your strengths and strong communication, particularly when you are scaling a startup.