Tales From The PROS

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO and Founder, Sean Maroni about how and why he started Betabox and reinventing experiential learning for students in schools and universities, and essentially creating an entirely unique "field trip" experience. 

Sean Maroni founded Betabox in 2015 and has grown the company since its inception into a largely spoken about and funded approach to the new way of hands-on learning. Betabox was also recently a finalist at the 2017 NC Tech Awards for Most Innovative Workplace.

Sean and I discuss entrepreneurship, startups, funding, experiential marketing, hands-on learning, education, mobile technology, motives, struggles and obstacles, the Raleigh tech scene, and much more.  

Follow Sean Maroni:

Website: https://betaboxlabs.com/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3301317/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/betaboxlabs 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betaboxlabs/

Follow Michael Georgiou:

Podcast Website - https://www.talesfromthepros.com  Company Website - https://www.imaginovation.net  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TalesfromthePROS/  Twitter - https://twitter.com/MGeorgiou22   Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the_mgeorgiou/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJv9pbImovknEluSLzAPTpg/featured 

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Jim Tobin about how he grew Ignite Social Media Agency from absolutely nothing, 100% bootstrapped, into a 35+ team and winning Small Social Agency of the Year. We also discuss how to work with large brands in the digital space and the best digital marketing strategies in today's competitive market. 

Jim Tobin founded Ignite Social Media LLC in 2007 and has been its President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2007. Jim has been the President of Triangle AMA at American Marketing Association Inc. since September 2005. He has been President of Carusele, LLC since January 2015. 

Jim and I discuss entrepreneurship, bootstrapping, startups, digital marketing, social media, brands, technology, struggles and obstacles, the Raleigh tech scene, scaling a company, and much more.  

Links mentioned in this episode:

https://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/ - The best brands have trusted Ignite Social Media since their inception in 2007. Ignite has created some industry practices that are now widespread. Also, they are leading the way in content creation to community management, influencer relations to promotions, strategy to reporting, media buying to data analytics.

https://www.talesfromthepros.com - Michael Georgiou's podcast website

https://www.imaginovation.net - Michael Georgiou's company, a Raleigh based enterprise development firm specializing in custom mobile and web application development, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and video solutions. 

Follow Jim Tobin:

https://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ignitesocialmedia

https://twitter.com/ignitesma 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ignite-social-media 

Follow Michael Georgiou:

https://www.talesfromthepros.com 

https://www.facebook.com/TalesfromthePROS/ 

https://twitter.com/MGeorgiou22 

https://www.instagram.com/the_mgeorgiou/ 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJv9pbImovknEluSLzAPTpg  

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Scot Wingo about how he went from running the public company known as Channel Advisor to starting on-demand car wash tech company called Spiffy. 

Scot Wingo, now the CEO of Spiffy served as Chief Executive Officer of the public company known as ChannelAdvisor Corporation. Scot has received numerous awards including Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year and Triangle Business Journal's 40 under 40. 

Scot and I discuss entrepreneurship, startups, technology, investors, funding, Channel Advisor, struggles, today's digital age, the Raleigh tech scene, scaling a company, and much more.  

Follow Scot Wingo:  Website - https://www.getspiffy.com/  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/getspiffynow/  Twitter - https://twitter.com/scotwingo  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getspiffy/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-spiffy-inc/ 

Follow Michael Georgiou:  Podcast Website - https://www.talesfromthepros.com  Company Website - https://www.imaginovation.net  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TalesfromthePROS/  Twitter - https://twitter.com/MGeorgiou22   Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the_mgeorgiou/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJv9pbImovknEluSLzAPTpg/featured 

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Justin Miller about how he started WedPics, the process of receiving millions in funding from various investors, struggles he overcame, and how he is scaling the booming tech company for future growth.

Justin Miller, CEO of WedPics (recently sold) became key players in and around the wedding photography vertical spending more than 30X to acquire the same wedding. The app has acquired well over 6.5M users (over 1M weddings) who have uploaded 70M+ photos/videos, and stick around for 24-36mo post wedding. Justin and I discuss entrepreneurship, technology, investors, funding, Barbara Corcoran, struggles, today's digital age, the Raleigh tech scene, scaling a company, and much more.

Follow Justin Miller:

Website - https://zookiescookies.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zookiescookies

Twitter - https://twitter.com/imjustinmiller

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zookiescrit...

Follow Michael Georgiou:

Podcast Website - https://www.talesfromthepros.com

Company Website - https://www.imaginovation.net

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Talesfromthe...

Twitter - https://twitter.com/MGeorgiou22

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the_mgeorgiou/

YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJv9...