Powers Hour

With over 15 years in technology, former developer, business analyst, and then project manager, Dan is now involved in helping startups and middle market companies solve complex technical problems by applying DXY Solutions' design first strategies to break apart business needs and putting them back together again in a usable manner. In this podcast we concentrate on how a solution will interact with then key users even before the development process begins. You can connect with Dan via his website: https://www.dxydoes.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DXYdoes/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theonedannelson and Twitter: https://twitter.com/theonedannelson For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

SC Moatti is a technology visionary, venture capital investor, and bestselling author of mobilized, an insider’s guide to the business and future of connected technology. While serving as an executive at mobile pioneers like Facebook, Trulia and Nokia, SC launched and monetized mobile products that are now used by billions of people and have received prestigious awards, including an Emmy nomination. Today, SC is the managing director of The Angels' Forum, an early-stage hybrid venture fund, and the founder of Products That Count, a community of 12,000+ product managers and innovators that produces a popular speaker series on product design. She also serves on boards of both public and private companies, including mobile technology giant Opera Software (OPERA:Oslo). SC frequently gives keynote on the business of innovation and is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review. She lectures at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she earned her MBA and has a Master of Science in electrical engineering. For more information, visit scmoatti.com. You can connect with SC at Scmoatti.com, or on twitter @scmoatti. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

SC Moatti is a technology visionary, venture capital investor, and bestselling author of mobilized, an insider’s guide to the business and future of connected technology. While serving as an executive at mobile pioneers like Facebook, Trulia and Nokia, SC launched and monetized mobile products that are now used by billions of people and have received prestigious awards, including an Emmy nomination. Today, SC is the managing director of The Angels' Forum, an early-stage hybrid venture fund, and the founder of Products That Count, a community of 12,000+ product managers and innovators that produces a popular speaker series on product design. She also serves on boards of both public and private companies, including mobile technology giant Opera Software (OPERA:Oslo). SC frequently gives keynote on the business of innovation and is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review. She lectures at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she earned her MBA and has a Master of Science in electrical engineering. For more information, visit scmoatti.com. You can connect with SC at Scmoatti.com, or on twitter @scmoatti. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

Kate Drane is Indiegogo’s Senior Director of Outreach for Tech and Hardware. Her favorite thing to do is democratize access to resources, and considers herself as a VC of the people. Since starting at Indiegogo in July 2012, she's empowered more than 500 entrepreneurs to collectively raise over $80M on the Indiegogo platform, including Canary, Misfit, and Skulpt. For more information on Indiegogo go to www.indiegogo.com or connect with Kata on Twitter @katedrane. We met at the Industry conference in Cleveland http://indsum.com/. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers. Laura also is now taking pre-orders for her new book Supernatural Survival Guide! You can get order the book and get great perks at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/supernatural-survival-guide-book/x/2967887#/.

Kate Drane is Indiegogo’s Senior Director of Outreach for Tech and Hardware. Her favorite thing to do is democratize access to resources, and considers herself as a VC of the people. Since starting at Indiegogo in July 2012, she's empowered more than 500 entrepreneurs to collectively raise over $80M on the Indiegogo platform, including Canary, Misfit, and Skulpt. For more information on Indiegogo go to www.indiegogo.com or connect with Kata on Twitter @katedrane. We met at the Industry conference in Cleveland http://indsum.com/. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers. Laura also is now taking pre-orders for her new book Supernatural Survival Guide! You can get order the book and get great perks at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/supernatural-survival-guide-book/x/2967887#/.

Jason Treu is a top business and executive coach and author of the book Social Wealth: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships by Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Lead and Network. He's a leading expert on human behavior, influence, sales, networking and leadership. At the heart of his strategy is the understanding that people and your relationships are your true "wealth." Everything we accomplish in life is with or through other people. We discussed how to build quality relationships. For more information on Jason, you can go to his website www.BeExtraordinary.tv For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

Jason Treu is a top business and executive coach and author of the book Social Wealth: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships by Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Lead and Network. He's a leading expert on human behavior, influence, sales, networking and leadership. At the heart of his strategy is the understanding that people and your relationships are your true "wealth." Everything we accomplish in life is with or through other people. We discussed how to build quality relationships. For more information on Jason, you can go to his website www.BeExtraordinary.tv For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

In this interview, Laura talks with Troy Devolld, author of Reality TV: An Insider’s Guide to TV’s Hottest Market. Troy DeVolld is widely regarded as a leading authority on the reality television storytelling process, and regularly speaks to students and media groups from Los Angeles to London to Tel Aviv about what it takes to create engaging content. We discussed reality tv, and what to do and what not to do if you are interested in reality television. For more information on Troy, you can go to his website realitytvbook.com. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

In this interview, Laura talks with Troy Devolld, author of Reality TV: An Insider’s Guide to TV’s Hottest Market. Troy DeVolld is widely regarded as a leading authority on the reality television storytelling process, and regularly speaks to students and media groups from Los Angeles to London to Tel Aviv about what it takes to create engaging content. We discussed reality tv, and what to do and what not to do if you are interested in reality television. For more information on Troy, you can go to his website realitytvbook.com. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

In this interview, Laura talks with Jacquie Jordan, an Emmy nominated producer and NY Times Best-Selling Publisher of the book Heartfelt Marketing: Allowing the Universe to be Your Business Parter & Get on TV and TV Guestpert. Jacquie talked about media responds not to the person but to the story. Some suggestions for people who are interested in getting booked on TV is to start local to get your chops wet. The industry likes to work with people who are teachable. Do you have enough to say and do you respond well to direction? It’s important to have a storytelling bio (not academic). To get onto a bit show you need tape and metrics, they will probably not book you if you haven’t done smaller shows first. Reach out to a local TV Station with a bio, a pitch, and a story. She also discussed that when you are dealing with gatekeepers, handle with certainty and know what you have to offer. If you get a no, try again the next day. You might get someone different when you call back. She also suggests looking at the credits to look for particular titles or people and then ask to speak with them – this is discussed in the book Get on TV so you know which titles to look for. We also discussed the importance of getting your website, social media, and communication strategies ready so that if you do get a booking, you and your business and media are ready for the traffic. Jacquie also addressed the importance of on camera training because the goal of this is to get more than one booking and in order to that, you need to do well and have practice. If you just have a one-off, it doesn’t have lasting power. Laura talked about playing the long game versus giving up if you do not have traction or success quickly. You can find out more about Jacquie and TV Guestpert on their website www.tvguestpert.com. You can also email [email protected] and follow Jacquie on twitter @TVguestpert. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.