Talking Too Loud with Chris Savage

Victoria started her digital marketing career at some bigger shops like ESPN and CBS Sports. In her conversation with Chris, she also digs into the challenges Resy and the broader restaurant industry faced during the pandemic, the brand’s American Express acquisition, and the hopes of returning to indoor dining.

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In 2009, Ben launched Zeo at Brown University. He helped invent a technology that measured sleep with a headband. However, he soon discovered people did not want to wear headbands to sleep. The project then evolved into Change Collective, which later became Ten Percent Happier.

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In 2011, Sahil left his job as the second employee at Pinterest to work on Gumroad. He wanted to sell an icon he designed in Photoshop to his audience on Twitter and Dribble, but realized there was no easy way for him to do it. Prior to founding Gumroad, Sahil was a designer and engineer at the virtual DJ website, Turntable.

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Gumroad’s Website

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In 2010, Jesse and his wife, professional runner Lauren Fleshman, co-founded Picky Bars from their hometown of Bend, Oregon. Previously, Chris interviewed Lauren as a guest on Brandwagon. Last year, Picky Bars eclipsed $4 million in revenue. What’s unique about their business is they’re 90% direct to consumer, which is a pretty big number on the direct to consumer side versus the vast majority of competitors. They contract manufacture all of their products to about four different facilities in the Pacific Northwest, and they have 10 employees fulfilling all of their shipments in-house out of Bend.

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Picky Bars’ Website

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Jim McKelvey is the Founder of Invisibly, a platform helping folks control their online data and identity. He’s also running a nonprofit called LaunchCode, which teaches folks how to code, land a job, or hire tech talent. What about his other hobbies? He’s passionate about glass-blowing, and even has a book about it!

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Jim’s book The Innovation Stack

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Julia Austin is an executive coach with a focus on the engineering process, staffing, and functional operations. Along with being an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, she’s a board member, advisor, and angel investor. Prior to her current endeavors, Julia was the CTO at DigitalOcean, VP of Innovation for VMware, Inc., the VP of Engineering at Akamai Technologies, and has held technical management and consulting positions at several other startups and mature companies.

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Andrew Mason got a degree in music and never intended on becoming an entrepreneur originally. Since he’s been in business, he’s always felt a little bit like an outsider. He’s helped grow a few different startups, finding their unique brand and feel.

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Kim Scott has also been a CEO coach at Dropbox, Twitter, Qualtrics, and other tech companies. She was a member of the faculty at Apple University and before that led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google. Kim managed a pediatric clinic in Kosovo and started a diamond-cutting factory in Moscow. She lives with her family in Silicon Valley.

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Here are Sylvie and Chris’s full gift lists for you to check out!

Sylvie's List:

• Tramontina 10-inch Non-Stick Frying Pan
• Chess set
• Moleskine Classic Notebook
• Cocktail shaker
• Paddywax candles

Savage's List:

• Oculus Quest 2
• Cometeer coffee
• Future Fit subscription
• Lutron Caséta light switches
• Awair air quality monitor

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Chris Savage on Twitter

Chris Savage on LinkedIn

Sylvie Lubow on Twitter

Sylvie Lubow on LinkedIn

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Formerly, Phil was the CEO and co-founder of Evernote, the popular note taking tool that helps executives, entrepreneurs, and creative people arrange their ideas. Currently, his startup, All Turtles, is based in San Francisco, Paris, and Tokyo, but every position they have available is global. Phil discusses the early days of Evernote and how All Turtles came to be.

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Phil on Twitter

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