Maker 2 Market

On this episode of the podcast, Amanda George interviews Jonathan Paine, an artist with a diverse background in puppeteering, illustration, animation, and toy sculpting. Payne shares his journey from childhood surrounded by art to working for Disney and Pixar, and eventually starting his own business producing vinyl monster bath toys. He discusses the challenges he faced and how he overcame them, including using a 3D printer to create prototypes and seeking guidance from industry contacts.

On this episode of Maker To Market, Zoran Kovacevic, founder and CEO of Toymint, talks about NFT toys and the Metaverse. Discover how NFTs are revolutionizing the digital art space and their potential use cases in gaming and commerce. Learn about Zoran's journey from working casinos on a cruise ship to creating NFT toys that teach children responsibility and craftsmanship.

On this episode of Maker 2 Market, Amanda George interviews George Goodall about the challenges of producing innovative services and products for clients in the IT industry. They discuss the transition to hybrid work and the importance of social engagement in a remote work environment. They also touch on the challenges of digitizing the onboarding process and the need for HR to work with other departments to ensure new hires are onboarded accordingly.

It’s a lot of work keeping up with advances in technology, and the rate of advancements seems to be speeding up. The latest hot topic is the use of Artificial Intelligence. How will that affect marketing in the future? And are we doing enough to educate the rising generation about search engines? Host Amanda George discusses these topics (and more!) with Scott Maloley, President and Founder of Digital Clicks Marketing. Scott also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his new startup company.

Digital marketing is an investment. You’re spending money to make more money. But there are so many agencies out there, all essentially using the same tools, and the quotes can vary significantly. How can you make sure the agency you hire is going to get you that ROI? In this Episode, host Amanda George sits down with Scott Maloley, President and Founder of Digital Clicks Marketing, to discuss how digital marketing has changed in recent years, how it may change in the future, and how to find an agency that’s right for your company.

There’s never enough time or money to do everything we want, which means we all have to learn to prioritize—all the time. Host Amanda George chats with Shane Harris, Senior Director of Product Management at Egnyte, to discuss how to differentiate product strategy by customer needs. Shane shares his approach to balancing important priorities, communicating, and getting complete teams involved.

Amid the sea of data we swim in, we often overlook the time-tested navigation wisdom of ancient mariners. Our guest in this episode is not at all ancient, and he may or may not be a Mariners fan, but he definitely has some lessons from the past that will shed new light on important topics. Host Amanda George sits down with Shane Harris, Senior Director of Product Management at Egnyte, to discuss the processes and tools he has used to guide his efforts and move forward with building them.

Change. We might fear it or crave it—maybe both simultaneously. In the field of Information Management, you’d better make friends with it. In this premiere episode, host Amanda George chats with guest Chris Wynder, Director of Marketing for OpenText. They discuss past, present, and future changes in technology, frameworks, people they work with, and teams they work with. For example, pressure used to come from the top downward, but now that the mindset is much more customer centric, users tell the organization what makes sense and what products are best. That shifts the dynamics a lot!