Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel

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A quick lesson from DC on why fear is the thing that's holding us all back.

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Dave learned a quick lesson from David the other day, and we wanted to share it on the podcast with the Seeking Wisdom community. So here's a quick episode: be careful who you compare yourself to. Pick your role models wisely. PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

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Dave learned a quick lesson from David the other day, and we wanted to share it on the podcast with the Seeking Wisdom community.

So here's a quick episode: be careful who you compare yourself to. Pick your role models wisely.

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- David calls Mike "The Godfather of Branding." And we've been talking a lot about brand lately, so we thought it would be fun to have Mike in the office at Drift and record a podcast. Mike's the CMO at Actifio, a venture capital "unicorn" (billion dollar valuation) and he spent his early career at top New York ad agencies on brands including Coca-Cola, AT&T, and Taco Bell. We also talked about reading, some of Mike's favorite books, the power of a good sales kickoff, and the role of marketing today (hint: it's to feed sales). PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

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David calls Mike "The Godfather of Branding."

And we've been talking a lot about brand lately, so we thought it would be fun to have Mike in the office at Drift and record a podcast.

Mike's the CMO at Actifio, a venture capital "unicorn" (billion dollar valuation) and he spent his early career at top New York ad agencies on brands including Coca-Cola, AT&T, and Taco Bell.

We also talked about reading, some of Mike's favorite books, the power of a good sales kickoff, and the role of marketing today (hint: it's to feed sales).

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3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.

4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- After our podcast episode on meetings, we got a lot of questions about how we handle internal communication at Drift (from the tools we use to the guardrails we set as part of our culture). Some of the tools we mention on this episode: Email Slack Wiki (we use Confluence from Atlassian) 15Five 1:1 meetings Monday Metrics Meeting Friday Show & Tell PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

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After our podcast episode on meetings, we got a lot of questions about how we handle internal communication at Drift (from the tools we use to the guardrails we set as part of our culture).

Some of the tools we mention on this episode:

Email

Slack

Wiki (we use Confluence from Atlassian)

15Five

1:1 meetings

Monday Metrics Meeting

Friday Show & Tell

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4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Today we’re talking about two ends of the spectrum at work: being a momentum maker or being a perfectionist. Which type of person are you in your business? There’s no right or wrong answer, but you need both in order to succeed. So we’re talking about the differences between the two types of personalities, pros and cons, and why it’s so important to be able to understand each other. PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

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Today we’re talking about two ends of the spectrum at work: being a momentum maker or being a perfectionist.

Which type of person are you in your business?

There’s no right or wrong answer, but you need both in order to succeed. So we’re talking about the differences between the two types of personalities, pros and cons, and why it’s so important to be able to understand each other.

PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show:

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3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.

4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Freemium model? Or inside sales? What about outbound sales? On this episode of Seeking Wisdom we're talking about why we made the decision to "split" our sales funnel in 2017, lessons from Dropbox, and what it might mean for your business. Ways to support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.