Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel

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Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel episodes

October 25, 2016 40: How To Price Your Product
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David shares a story about getting bills from two products (Slack and Trell), his reaction to both, and what it made him think about pricing.
We talk about how we're thinking about pricing at Drift and aligning our incentives with our customer's success, plus David shares what he's learned about pricing over the years.
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13 min
October 20, 2016 39: Books That Have Had The Biggest Impact On Us
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. --- We each share three books that have had the biggest impact on us. It was hard to get David to narrow his list down to three, but we made it work for this episode :) Here are all of the books we mention on this episode: Walden - Henry David Thoreau (1:40) Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson (3:00) Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger - Peter Bevelin (5:00) Managing Oneself - Peter Drucker (6:40) Bold - Peter Diamandis (8:30) Ogilvy on Advertising - David Ogilvy (10:00) PS. In a few weeks we’re launching David's book about the customer-driven revolution and his story -- with learning from Performable to HubSpot to Drift. Be the first to know + get a sneak peek: http://drift.com/hypergrowth Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio.
16 min
October 20, 2016 39: Books That Have Had The Biggest Impact On Us
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We each share three books that have had the biggest impact on us.
It was hard to get David to narrow his list down to three, but we made it work for this episode :)
Here are all of the books we mention on this episode:
Walden - Henry David Thoreau (1:40)
Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson (3:00)
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger - Peter Bevelin (5:00)
Managing Oneself - Peter Drucker (6:40)
Bold - Peter Diamandis (8:30)
Ogilvy on Advertising - David Ogilvy (10:00)
PS. In a few weeks we’re launching David's book about the customer-driven revolution and his story -- with learning from Performable to HubSpot to Drift.
Be the first to know + get a sneak peek: http://drift.com/hypergrowth
Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.
Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio.
16 min
October 12, 2016 38: Product Managers, CEO’s, And A Book Preview
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. --- This week on Seeking Wisdom, we’re talking about why David doesn’t agree with the phrase “product managers are CEO’s of their products” -- plus a quick book preview and a salute to our friends at MailChimp. Here’s the link to the MailChimp story in the New York Times that we mentioned about their revenue and growth: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/technology/mailchimp-and-the-un-silicon-valley-way-to-make-it-as-a-start-up.html?_r=3 PS. In a few weeks we’re launching our first book -- and just like all of our content at Drift, it’s going to be 100% free. If you’re on our email list at Drift, you’ll be the first to read it (all about the customer-driven revolution and why it’s the only way to build a business today). Be the first to know right here: go.drift.com/newsletter Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.
16 min
October 12, 2016 38: Product Managers, CEO’s, And A Book Preview
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This week on Seeking Wisdom, we’re talking about why David doesn’t agree with the phrase “product managers are CEO’s of their products” -- plus a quick book preview and a salute to our friends at MailChimp.
Here’s the link to the MailChimp story in the New York Times that we mentioned about their revenue and growth: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/technology/mailchimp-and-the-un-silicon-valley-way-to-make-it-as-a-start-up.html?_r=3
PS. In a few weeks we’re launching our first book -- and just like all of our content at Drift, it’s going to be 100% free. If you’re on our email list at Drift, you’ll be the first to read it (all about the customer-driven revolution and why it’s the only way to build a business today).
Be the first to know right here: go.drift.com/newsletter
Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio.
Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.
16 min
October 03, 2016 37: Why I'm Working On Drift
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 tells us why he made the decision to start Drift. We thought we'd rewind back this week to tell the backstory on Drift and the connect between all of David's previous companies. PS. In a few weeks we’re launching our first book -- and just like all of our content at Drift, it’s going to be 100% free. If you’re on our email list at Drift, you’ll be the first to read it (all about the customer-driven revolution and why it’s the only way to build a business today). Be the first to know right here: go.drift.com/newsletter Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. drift.com
18 min
October 03, 2016 37: Why I'm Working On Drift
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David tells us why he made the decision to start Drift.
We thought we'd rewind back this week to tell the backstory on Drift and the connect between all of David's previous companies.
PS. In a few weeks we’re launching our first book -- and just like all of our content at Drift, it’s going to be 100% free. If you’re on our email list at Drift, you’ll be the first to read it (all about the customer-driven revolution and why it’s the only way to build a business today).
Be the first to know right here: go.drift.com/newsletter
Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio.
Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.
drift.com
18 min
September 27, 2016 36: How To Work
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. --- There's one thing no one tells you about your career: how to work. So, this week on Seeking Wisdom we're going to talk about how to work. We talk about how to run your 1:1's, managing up, and the importance of proactively communicating and showing your work. You could call this Carry The Water Pt. 2 (Episode 19; go back and listen). Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.
17 min
September 27, 2016 36: How To Work
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There's one thing no one tells you about your career: how to work.
So, this week on Seeking Wisdom we're going to talk about how to work. We talk about how to run your 1:1's, managing up, and the importance of proactively communicating and showing your work.
You could call this Carry The Water Pt. 2 (Episode 19; go back and listen).
Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio.
Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.
17 min
September 22, 2016 35: People Don’t Care About Your Product
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. --- People don’t care about what your product does. They care about what they can do with your product. This week on Seeking Wisdom, we’re talking about how to get people to care with your product — and why it all starts with understanding that people don’t care. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.
14 min

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