Mads Singers Management Podcast

Whether you run a small business or heading multiple businesses, there would always be several activities going on every time, and there would always be numerous changes happening simultaneously. These realities pose a challenge to handle at once and not let work become chaotic. 

This is why to stay on top of things, Matt Mower, a software builder, and developer advocates the use of an effective software tool designed for every business need. 

Joining me on this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is no less than Matt himself to talk about how meaningful and useful software can be used in businesses regardless of the organizational size.

Matt’s background involved building software as he worked in software companies for years, including software building mostly in the world start-ups and SMEs. 

Over the years, Matt gained a profound understanding of HOW software usage makes a significant business impact once tools are identified to focus on clarifying how an investment could then turn to a relevant output. 

This approach involves enabling people to become agents of change complemented with the targeted tool or software to solve the problem instead of just presenting the software as it is. 

Key Learning Points:
1. Matt Mower’s Least Liked Experience in Building Software - 1:42

2. Matt Mower’s Challenges & Strategies in Software Building - 3:52, 6:05, 6:57

3. Matt Mower’s Headstart Tip For Non-Tech People (Start-Up) - 17:40 

4. Matt Mower’s Approach for Large Business on Software Building - 21:46, 23:04

5. Matt Mower’s Pro-Advice To Get Started in Software Building - 30:23 

Resources Mentioned:
1. Mullin’s Seven Domain Model
2. Assumption Mapping by David Bland
3. Impact Mapping by Gojko Azdic
4. Testing Ideas
Author: Author: David Bland

Connect with Matt Mower on the following online handles:
1. Website
2. Linkedin
3. Twitter
4. E-mail: [email protected]

To lead a team nowadays requires collective synergy among the people involved in the team - this is what Quentin de Pret is preaching as aa Transformation Advisor and Coach. 

Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Coach and Advisor from Mango Chutney, Quentin. 

Quentin had a chance to explore the field of collective intelligence and participatory management, which in essence helps to build peoples’ sense of community and belonging in a remote workspace so people will feel engaged despite the complex work dynamic. 

He also built a company called Mango Chutney, which takes care of small and medium businesses in organizing daily life like how to be efficient yet stimulate engagements considering the modern workspace involved. 

For Quentin, participatory leadership is essential for adapting to change and innovation. It uses available knowledge and involvement to achieve the common good on any issue as it allows them to deal with issues by using the collective intelligence of people concerned. 

Key Learning Points:
1. Quentin de Pret’s Management Philosophy - 4:26

2. Quentin de Pret’s Management Model - 10:00, 17:18

3. Quentin de Pret’s Insight on Culture Transformation in Organization and Peer Communities - 22:16, 32:47

Connect with Quentin de Pret on the following online handles:
1. Website 

2. Linkedin 

3. E-mail: [email protected]

Goal Alignment and People Management to be complimentary involves laying out the business goals and figuring out top-down what needs to be done on a team/individual level to get there. At the same time, this the same idea also involves complementing what each person’s personal goals are. This mix of insights separates good from great. 

Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is the CEO and Founder of Tangent Solutions, JH Media Group, BrainLeaf, and Sensible Surveys, Jason Long. 

Jason Long is an entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in business building. His businesses include Tangent Solutions, which owns a portfolio of software services, product services, and outsourcing companies.  Likewise, he also owns JH Media Group, which is a Saas Consulting Company. 

In the course of his business growth, Jason has had ups and downs, but, he paved his way through it by learning through it. One of which made a significant impact on his views about recruitment. 

On the same note, Jason also subscribes to the view that effective management from the top level is all about having the right people on board. Otherwise, disaster may most likely strike. 

Jason does not put a person’s ability in a “box” but pushes the new hire around based on the potential he saw, which could eventually fire all cylinders.

Key Learning Points: 

1. Jason Long’s Management Philosophy - 4:19, 34:19
2. Jason Long’s Insight on Goal Alignment - 5:00
3. Jason Long’s Important Business Management Lesson - 13:40
4. Jason Long’s Approach to Hiring - 22:37

Connect with Jason Long on the following online handles: 

1. Linkedin
2. Twitter
3. JH Media Group (SaaS Consulting, Planning, & Build)
4. BrainLeaf (Scope of Work Process Optimization)
5. Sensible Surveys (Complex surveys made sensible. Specializing in Wage and Benefits Surveys)

Sustainable Digital Entrepreneurship may vary from one entrepreneur to another, and that’s OKAY. In a world of possibilities presented by new media and internet technologies, its success may be measured through a lot of ways and methods. 

Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is an SEO Strategist and Founder of Flow SEO, Viola Eva. 

Viola Eva runs a Digital Marketing Agency called Flow SEO, where they specialize in search engine optimization for digital businesses. She travels around the world to talk about SEO, including content management. 

Digital entrepreneurship has been one of her passions and hobby on top of the digital agency she currently runs. In her body of work that circulates around SEO, she ensures that their approach is data-driven, transparent, and sustainable. 

The main thing that Viola encourages with her team to succeed is being proactive, which she compliments with intensive feedback. 

As dynamic and engaging as she is, she ensures that she gets everyone onboard effectively and efficiently.

Key Learning Points:
1. Viola Eva’s Insight on People Management - 10:42
2. Viola Eva’s Take on Content Creation - 21:30
3. Viola Eva’s Pursuit of Overcoming Initial Obstacle in Digital Entrepreneurship - 30:34 
4. Viola Eva’s thought in Data and Insight Difference - 36:24
5. Viola Eva’s Insights on E-commerce and SEO - 40:54 

Resources Mentioned:
1. Stealing Fire
Author: Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal

Connect with Viola Eva on the following online handles:
1. Linkedin
2. Flow SEO

3. E-mail: [email protected]

The effects of COVID-19 came as a shock to everyone. A lot of organizations have turned to new work-from-home policies to keep employees safe while at the same time following the rules rolled out by the government. 

Fortunately, the impact for businesses wherein working-from-home became a norm is less vulnerable, but by “less vulnerable,” it does not mean that these businesses are not exempted. People Management just became a little even more creative. 

Erick Rodriguez, the founder of Virtuous Imports, joins me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast to talk about his successes at a young age and how efficiently he handles remote management, most importantly in today’s pandemic. 

Erick Rodriguez is a 25-year-old Colombian-American who resides in Manila, Philippines. Erick’s expertise includes working with virtual assistants and e-commerce. He had over 40 Filipinos and 2 Americans working for him. 

Erick shares how his views about People Management in effect impacts positively in today’s pandemic. Erick subscribes to the belief that for the set up to work positively, “effective communication” plays a considerable role in sustaining business continuity at the same time getting everyone on board.

For Erick, Remote Management requires a unique approach to every employee, considering that the business set up entails a lot of intricacies.

Key Learning Points: 

1. Erick Rodriguez’s General Insights about Remote Management in times of COVID-19 - 1:13
2. Erick Rodriguez’s Critical Team Dynamics - 12:36, 16:08
3. Erick Rodriguez’s Shares Unique Expertise on Remote Management - 19:59
4. Erick Rodriguez’s on People Management - 24:11

Resources or Applications Mentioned: 
1. Slack
2. Hubstaff

Connect with Erick Rodriguez on the following online handle(s):
1. Linkedin
2. E-mail: [email protected]

Passionate about building businesses that would exemplify his wealth, Dane Maxwell truly exemplifies how he can make great deals with the businesses that he has so far ventured in. 

Joining us in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is no less than, Dane Maxwell, owner of a low-multi million dollar SaaS business and an author himself. 

Dane’s journey started when he started building software in service companies. He acknowledges the fact that although his businesses began with 16 different ideas, 11 of which failed while 5 of it succeeded. Dane attributed its success when he started to listen and embrace to his customers’ ideas. 

Dane himself is spontaneous that he likes to build businesses with rapid speed, and he does it by finding a market, finding the first opportunity, and putting an expert in place to solve an issue.

Dane knows what he aims for and what his real goal s are. It is with those “end in mind” that he systematically plans and executes the by-products of what he aims for. 

Key Learning Points: 

1. Dane Maxwell’s Entrepreneurial Mindset - 4:24 
2. Dane Maxwell’s Biggest Business Challenge - 22:50 
3. Dane Maxwell’s Golden Nugget - 45:00

Resources Mentioned:
Book: Start from Zero: Build Your Own Business and Experience True Freedom

Author: Dane Maxwell

Resource: Wealth Dynamics
Author: Roger Hamilton

Connect with Dane Maxwell on the following online handles: 

1. Website
2. E-mail: [email protected]

In essence, business is equivalent to generating revenue alongside with its all other essential components to succeed.

Damian Thompson, Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Salesability joins me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast to tell us how he redefines sales in this age and time.

Damian Thompson is the co-founder of the company called LeadFuze and, at the same time, the Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Salesability, which helps start-up entrepreneurs and business owners scale-up their sales through team-driven sales techniques.

Damian’s journey started when he was selling software in the mid-90s and then worked for a company called Symantec and McAfee. He traveled around the globe to set up the sales team, which eventually led him to learn enterprise sales first.

As time went on and had his own business, his approach became specific and targeted. As a business owner himself, he emphasizes the relevance of hiring the right people for the right positions.

He knows the businesses he could help scale-up and the companies he couldn’t. With this, he acknowledges the fact that SALES itself is a process, and in one way or another, there are new and different ways of doing things.

Key Learning Points: 

1. Damian Thompson’s Tips for Starting Entrepreneurs - 13:52 
2. Damian Thompson’s Three (3) Essential Categories of Sales People - 15:06, 19:44
3. Damian Thompson’s Interview Process - 22:42
4. Damian Thompson’s Take on Onboarding - 26:48

Resources Mentioned:
Book: First Break All The Rules
Author: Marcus Buckingham 

Connect with Damian Thompson on the following online handles: 
1. Salesability
2. Linkedin
3. Twitter 
4. E-mail: [email protected]

Nowadays, marketing is diversified. Diversified in the sense that Artificial Intelligence could make or break your marketing strategy and customer experience journey. 

Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Jerry Abiog, Co-founder and CMO of a company called Standard Insights, an AI Growth Marketing Platform. 

Jerry’s journey started 25 years ago when he first landed his steps in the corporate world. He then realized that he could do better on his own, which eventually led him to become the co-founder of Standard Insights, an AI Growth Marketing Platform. 

Standard Insights help businesses execute the data-driven campaign, and omnichannel campaigns, which later enables them to monetize their data on Facebook, and what this does is, it helps them target the right person with the right product and service at the right time. Standard Insights enable companies to be more competitive in a data-driven world. 

In the manner that Jerry manages his people, Jerry checks upon himself now and then that he is not micro-managing and instead empowers his people by proving them access or liberty to work on the output they all agreed on. Considering that Standard Insights is a start-up company, letting his people believe in the mission and vision that they do is the challenge that Jerry undertakes each day. 

For Jerry, AI is never a static state as it is data-driven. As data changes and moves, so is data, but this is not an excuse for Jerry’s mission to help his clients prioritize and execute smartly. 

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Key Learning Points: 

1. Jerry Abiog’s Co-Foundership Experience - 4:21
2. Jerry Abiog’s Management Philosophy - 6:46
3. Jerry Abiog’s Most Difficult Experience in People Management - 8:02
4. Jerry Abiog’s Significant Mistake from a Business Perspective - 8:53
5. Jerry Abiog’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) Platform - 10:28, 13:04, 16:10

Connect with Jerry Abiog through the following online handles: 

1. Website 
2. Linkedin
3. Twitter 
4. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

The principle of business process management is that processes are critical to the success of an organization or of a business. How an organization or business repeatedly and sustainably transform its business processes from X to Z is the essence of the organization.

Joining me in today's episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Kieran Browning, Business Optimization Consultant. Kieran joins us today to impart to us how he is working with Agency Owners to streamline their processes so they can grow without the owner's constant involvement. 

Kierran Browning works directly with agency owners to streamline their operations and scale their business without the stress. 

Kieran's philosophy in process management is that problems must not repeat over and over again. Otherwise, the process does not work, or the process is not enforced. 

For Kieran, the process and the people must work for the organization. 

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Key Learning Points: 

1. Kieran Browning'sBrowning's Process in Streamlining Businesses - 1:08, 2:25
2. Kieran Browning'sBrowning's Roadblocks in Business Process Management - 3:42
3. Kieran Browning'sBrowning's Learnings from a Management Standpoint - 12:35
4. Kieran Browning'sBrowning's Tips on Process and Task Management - 19:57

Connect with Kieran Browning on the following online handle(s):

1. Website: www.KieranBrowning.com
2. Linkedin
3. E-mail Address: [email protected]

By definition according to Small Business site, Business networking is defined as the process of establishing a mutually beneficial relationship with other business people and potential clients and/or customers. The primary purpose of business networking is to tell others about your business and hopefully turn them into customers.

This definition is probably the most common known knowledge to people who are new in the industry. Our guest in today’s podcast episode reshapes it.

Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is, Frank Agin, a Professional Networking Expert to tell us more about how he scales networking connections. 

Frank Agin is an Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Author who advocates networking out of its common notion. 

He runs an organization in the United States called AmSpirit where it focuses on helping entrepreneurs and business owners to become successful through networking.

Frank has always believed that Networking is about giving to the world and finding something that a person is passionate about and eventually finding other people who happen to have the same interest as you.

Key Learning Points:
1. Frank Agin’s Networking Model - 10:57
2. Frank Agin’s Tips on Entrepreneurs about Networking - 14:57, 15:24, 39:23
3. Frank Agin’s Technique about Structured Meetings on Networking - 27:56, 35:10

Resources Mentioned:
Book: All You Have To Do Is Ask 

Author: Wayne Baker 

Connect with Frank Agin on the following online handle(s):
1. AmSpirit
2. Linkedin
3. Twitter
4. E-mail: [email protected]