Growth Manifesto Podcast

You’re listening to the Coronavirus Marketing Series on The Growth Manifesto, a Zoom video series brought to you by Web Profits where we talk about how to drive business and marketing success through the covid-19 pandemic. Today we interview Noah Kagan, #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint, and founder of Sumo.com.

In this episode we talk about how to scale a business. We cover everything from challenges with scaling, understanding when it’s the right time to scale, and whether you can grow too fast.

In this episode, we interview Gil Snir. Co-founder and chief commercial officer at Bench, one of Australia’s fastest-growing programmatic advertising companies. This episode is all about programmatic advertising - how it works, how to use it in your business, and where it’s going in the future.

In this episode, we interview Ruth Trewhella. Chief operating officer of LJ Hooker. One of Australia’s best known real estate brand. We talk about managing change, leading a team and what it’s like to manage the digital transformation of a 90-year-old brand with more than 600 offices.

In this episode we interview Tomer Garzberg, CEO & Co-Founder at Gronade - an A.I. solutions company the solves real world problems for data-rich companies. He’s also done a TED talk on data and A.I. for the future of work. In this episode we define A.I., we talk about how it works, we go into how businesses can start using it, and we really take the time to answer all the questions that most businesses have around A.I. Plus we talk a bit about the preparation that goes into a TED talk.

Today we interview Sonny Webster, Olympic weight lifter and Founder of the Sonny Webster Academy - a premium online community for weight lifters, cross fitters and fitness enthusiasts. After competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sonny went on to grow his Instagram following to more than 200,000 followers and then leveraged that to grow a business he can run from anywhere in the world. We talk about failure, mindset, growing an online business, and how to produce content like a pro.

Today is a bit of a different episode, where Tony and Alex discuss how to build trust in the digital world. They talk about authenticity, adding value, and why content is the best way to position your business in the hearts and minds of your audience.

In this episode, we interview Dr Melinda Muth, Managing Director of Streamwise Learning, Facilitator, Board Advisor and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Director of the Harvard Club Australia and author of the book “Setting the Tone from the Top: How director conversations shape culture”. We talk about leadership, culture and how to build highly effective teams.

In this episode, we interview Chris Hexton, CEO and co-founder of Vero, a Customer Messaging Platform for SaaS companies and ecommerce stores. After bootstrapping Vero for 5 years, they raised $4m from Square Peg Capital in 2017 to accelerate their growth. We talk about the importance of a strong customer experience, how to develop a good software product, why you need mentors, and how to scale a software business after it gets funded.

In this episode, we interview Sarah Liu, Founder and Managing Director of The Dream Collective, a corporate training organisation that empowers women leaders and encourages diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Sarah is an international thought leader, speaker, trainer and facilitator on next-generation leadership, diversity and inclusion and the future of work. We talk about unconscious biases in the workplace, women in leadership, and why companies need to embrace diversity to drive growth.