Last week we had some of our remote team come to the office in Fargo to work with us. Josh and Erick recorded this episode of From Idea to Done prior to our team week to discuss goals and plans they wanted us to achieve.

We talk about another good read on this week’s episode, Giftology by John Ruhlin. The book notes that giving an everyday use gift to a person’s inner circle will have a greater impact on your relationship. We also chat about planned randomness in giving, taking time to give personal presents, and team gifting.

On this week’s episode we review No Man’s Land: Where Growing Companies Fail by Doug Tatum. We talk about the four M’s featured in the book; Market, Management, Money, and Model. We also discuss how culture can help teams get through rough or slow patches, driving forward motion.

Our featured guest this week is Tom O'Neil, cofounder of Parallax. Tom shares how and why Parallax came into existence. Josh also asks Tom how the transition was going from a large dev shop to smaller startup. Tom and Erick discuss how to build and maintain the unique company culture based around software engineering. They also chat about keeping connected while teams are working remotely.

Josh and Erick are back to discuss Parallax, a software used by Codelation to help plan out projects and track time. They discuss how it helps the team and how some integrations work with other tools like Harvest and Hubspot. Learn more about Parallax here: https://www.getparallax.com/

In this week's episode Josh and Erick talk about Codelation's recent team integration of Harvest, a time tracking software. They discuss the benefits of not only being able to track billable hours, but also being able to see where gaps need to be filled by hiring extra team members. Learn more about Harvest here: https://www.getharvest.com/

Jake Joraanstad of Bushel is our awesome guest this week. He shares how Bushel came to be and gives pointers on raising funds. Erick and Jake chat about keeping company culture strong as you increase your team. Jake highlights the big question of “Why Fargo?” in terms of serving as a home base for Bushel and other companies. Learn more about Bushel here: https://bushelpowered.com/

This week’s podcast features Michael Zuercher from Prismatic. We discuss his past venture, Zuercher Technologies, and how they took on a merger and eventual exit. Erick asks about how their company culture evolves while the company scales. Jake also shares some advice for new entrepreneurs.Learn more about Prismatic here: https://prismatic.io/

Matt Paulson, entrepreneur and author, is our guest on this week’s episode. Erick and Josh ask about MarketBeat and his book Email Marketing Demystified. Some of the topics covered this episode include platform risk and tips for email list marketing.Learn about MarketBeat here: https://www.marketbeat.com/Get the book Email Marketing Demystified here: myemailmarketingbook.comLearn more about Matt here: https://www.mattpaulson.com/

Josh and Erick talk with a master of SaaS marketing, Sujan Patel! He touches on the topics of understanding what your customers value, growth from word of mouth, and making sure you hire the right people for your team. Learn more about Mail Shake here: https://mailshake.com/ Learn more about Sujan here: https://sujanpatel.com/