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Ben McCarthy joins to talk about how to start a Salesforce consultancy. Ben is Founder & Co-Editor at SalesforceBen.com, and Co-founder & Chier Revenue Officer at Nymble. Main Points Ben’s self-introduction Ben’s prior working experience before How and when did Ben receive the managing director role of the UK in the company? The importance of industry focus The importance of engaging with Salesforce How to hire and keep talent in the company? Why does Ben think the company culture is the most important point for a successful consultancy? The difference between Intrapreneurs and building up a company from scratch? Links Ben’s Twitter

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Joey Chan, who joins to talk about contributing back to the Salesforce community, is ranking #1 in AppExchange developers, Philippines User Group Leader, Founder and Solutions Architect of Cloud Jedi Solutions Limited. Main Points Joey ranks 1st in AppExchange developer community Is Joey paid to contribute to the community? Why does Joey contribute while knowing it is unpaid work? What benefit did Joey receive in the first couple of years? Joey’s 5-year goal after college graduation and how did he achieved the goal How did Joey attract his first customer? How do Joey and his team work for the customers

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Ines Garcia joins to talk about Agile Software Development. Ines is a London-based Salesforce MVP, Agile Coach, Scrum Professional. Main Points Agile has the concept of continuous improvement and Kaizen, why is this so similar to DevOps? Is agile here to replace the waterfall model? What is agile, how to define it? Introduction about the agile card game developed by Ines Explanation about the four principles from Agile Manifestos Typical frameworks used in Agile Links Ines’ LinkedIn Ines’ Twitter Agile card game developed by Ines Agile Manifesto Video Teaser On Agile Software Development The YouTube Video URL Outro Music Dream

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Lorenzo Frattini, who joins to talk about Salesforce technical debt, is a London-based Salesforce CTA and the founder of Clayton, a code analysis SaaS that specializes in vulnerability scanning and code quality for Salesforce. Main Points Lorenzo’s self-introduction and his play-by-play video What is the content of the technical debt handbook released by Clayton? Why is it difficult to have technical debt under full control and what shall we developers do about it? Number 1 cause of technical debt – Test data factory – according to the handbook  Number 2 cause – dummy tests The risk factors for accumulating technical

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Ankit Taneja, who joins to talk about Salesforce freelancing, is the content producer at Forcepreneur.com, founder of BlazeNewTrail.com, an active trailblazer in the Ohana, and of course a Salesforce freelancer. Main Points Ankit’s self-introduction Ankit shares What freelancers actually do in their jobs How to start as a freelancer job? What Skillsets are required for freelancers? Why would Ankit want to be a full-stack freelancer? When is it a good time to be a freelancer? How to acquire clients at the beginning? How to excel and stand out in the freelancing competition? What are the pros and cons of a

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Aidan Harding joins to talk about Nebula Core, a Salesforce Apex functional programming Library, an open-source project published by Nebula Consulting company. Aidan is a senior Salesforce consultant and developer. Main Points Aidan’s self-introduction and the Nebula core open-source library including Salesforce functional programming feature Feature 1 – Cached way to retrieve record type information Feature 2 – the functional programming part in the lazy iterator  Feature 3 – the lazy part in the lazy iterator  Feature 4 – Sobject index Feature 5 – Custom metadata type-driven logger Links Aidan’s Twitter Aidan’s LinkedIn Nebula Core repository Blog thread about Feature

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Mohith Shrivastava, who shares Salesforce managed package challenges, is a Salesforce MVP, 3-Salesforce-book Author, Lightning Champion, Trailhead TrailBlazer,20X Salesforce Certified, active contributor at stack overflow Main Points Mohith’s self-introduction Comparing developing solution for one org and creating Salesforce manage package How does the CPU governor limits impact ISV packages? How do other governor limits impact ISV packages? How do ISVs debug issues in the customer’s environment?  What are the several fundamental ISV design principles according to Mohith? Namespace challenges 2nd Generation Packaging for both consulting firms and ISVs Links Mohith’s Twitter Mohith’s LinkedIn Mohith authored three Salesforce books! Video Teaser

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Anup Jadhav joins to talk about Salesforce governance and change management in Salesforce. Anup is a Salesforce Developer MVP, Co-founder of London Salesforce Developer User Group, Technical Architect. Main Points Anup’s self-introduction Anup and Francis hosting podcast – Salesforce Posse Governance and change management in Salesforce is critical What is governance and what is change management Technical process part The non-technical business process part In Anup’s opinion, the key is alignment and autonomy Links Anup’s LinkedIn Anup’s Twitter Anup’s blog Salesforce Posse Podcast Video Teaser on Salesforce Governance The YouTube Video URL

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Johan Karlsteen, joins to talk about the pet project. Johan, running top trailblazer site, is a Software Engineer living and working in Stockholm, Sweden. Johan has been working with Salesforce since 2012 and is currently a Salesforce consultant. Main Points Johan’s introduction We talked a little bit about Computer Bible Books – TAOCP and SICP How did Johan start his pet project – top trailblazers? How was top trailblazers technically implemented? Who are using top trailblazers? What is the purpose for Johan of having this pet project? What advice would Johan give to listeners in terms of pet projects? Why

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Eric Dreshfield, who guests to talk about Salesforce Community-Led Events, is a Salesforce MVP, the founder of Midwest Dreamin’, the leader of Southern Indiana Salesforce Administrators Group Work-wise, Eric is the VP-Delivery at ITequality. Main Points Eric’s introduction, which I did on his behalf 🙂 How did Eric come up with the idea of hosting Midwest Dreamin’ What has Eric experienced by arranging the first event What is the difference between Salesforce running and community-let events? What is Salesforce company’s role in the community-led events? The detailed schedule of the recent Midwest Dreamin’ event The effort Eric is spending on

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