That Worked

By Callan Harrington

Host Callan Harrington breaks down the careers of top founders and executives, pulling out the key items that led to their success. These are actual career transitions, mistakes, insights, breakthroug... more

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The podcast currently has 116 episodes available.

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January 04, 2024Rachel Olney - Founder & CEO of Geosite: Selling to Large Organizations, Obsessing Over the Problem, and Finding Your Strengths
Rachel is the Founder & CEO of Geosite. Geosite is a Y Combinator-backed start-up working to build the geospatial marketplace. Their platform sources, visualizes, and analyzes the relevant geospatial data so their customers can make informed business decisions.

Rachel is also completing her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford and was listed on the Forbes Top 30 under 30 list.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to prototype your life
How to find your strengths
The pros and cons of being a solo founder
Why you need to be obsessed with the problem
How to sell new tech to large bureaucratic organizations

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48min
December 28, 2023Amy Volas, Founder & CEO of Avenue Talent - Finding your Next Role, Hiring the Best Candidate, and Believing in Yourself (Repost)
Amy Volas is the Founder and CEO of Avenue Talent Partners, where they help grow early-stage startups through some of their most valuable assets, executive revenue leaders.

Amy is a titan in the sales community. She's sold more than 100 million in revenue throughout her sales career. She's a LinkedIn insider and top sales voice, founder, strategic advisor, and LP at Stage 2 Capital.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
The power of self-belief
What bad recruiting looks like
How to evaluate your next position
How to build your ideal candidate profile
Why you need to be crystal clear about what you’re looking for

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45min
December 21, 2023Travis Hedge - Co-founder and CRO of Vouch: Responding to Adversity, Finding Product-Market Fit, and Community-Led Growth
Travis is the Co-founder and CRO of Vouch. Vouch is the insurance company for the technology industry. Since 2019, Vouch has underwritten billions in risk on behalf of over 4,000 clients, backed by A-rated reinsurers and $165M from Ribbit, YC, Redpoint, and others.

Previously, he helped Nationwide Insurance launch Nationwide Ventures before joining Silicon Valley Bank’s Venture Capital group, where he raised over $1B from institutional investors to invest in fintech and digital health startups, including Root Insurance, Ladder Life, and Earnin.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to respond to adversity
What makes a good co-founder
How to host a small group dinner
The importance of geographic location
How to leverage community-led growth

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33min
December 14, 2023Devin Bostick - Founder of LuckyTruck: Validating an Idea, Raising Capital, and Replacing Yourself as CEO
Devin Bostick is the founder and former CEO of LuckyTruck. LuckyTruck makes commercial insurance easy for trucking companies to buy and manage commercial trucking insurance through an all-in-one digital platform.

Devin is also an active pre-seed investor through his investment fund, Paracosm Ventures, and teaches entrepreneurial design at the University of Colorado Boulder.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to validate an idea
The benefits of founder sales
Tips for building an investor deck
How to work with a virtual assistant
How to replace yourself as CEO as a founder

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48min
December 07, 2023Lissy Alden - Founder of MYNDY: Mental Wellness, Building a Category, and Balancing Gut Instinct and Objective Data
Lissy Alden is the Founder of MYNDY, a research-based mental fitness platform that offers a practical approach to mental fitness which is simple, self-directed, and focused on helping professionals get unstuck, make progress, and feel more focused and energized - daily.

Before building MYNDY, Lissy partnered with some of the world’s largest corporations, including JPMorgan, American Express, Charles River Laboratories, and the NYT. She also spent time in the startup world as a founding member of the enterprise team at General Assembly.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to build a category
How to use surveys to validate your ideas
How to balance gut instinct and objective data
Why mental wellness is the key to organizational growth
How to move with confidence when you’re uncertain about the direction

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47min
November 30, 2023Matt Farrell - COO at Niobium Microsystems: Succeeding in the Earliest Stages, Evaluating Potential Employees, and Creating Work/Life Alignment
Matt Farrell is the COO at Niobium Microsystems, a trusted hardware design company developing high-performance microelectronic components to enable the secure collection, processing, and distribution of critical data.

Matt is a multi-time founder and early-stage executive. Before the startup world, Matt was a coach for the University of Dayton Men’s basketball team and later the Assistant Athletic Director at the University of Dayton.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to create work/life alignment
How sports prepare you for startups
How to evaluate potential employees
What to expect in the earliest stages of a company
Why you need to have a bias for action in a startup

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44min
November 23, 2023Suresh Rachuri - Founder of Maven: Understanding Your Buyer, Being Relational vs. Transactional, and Removing Your Safety Net (Repost)
Suresh Rachuri is the Founder of Maven. Maven is an IT Solutions and Consulting business based in Columbus, Ohio. Maven has been solving business challenges through technology and people since 2010.

Suresh immigrated from India to Columbus, Ohio, at the age of 4 with his parents and younger brother. Suresh is an avid community leader and has spent the last 17 years volunteering as a big brother with the Big Brothers Big Sisters. He also serves on the board of the Columbus Early Learning Centers, with a mission to uplift at-risk youth.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to be a good recruiter
The benefits of being relational vs. transactional
The power of empathy when working with people
How to free yourself up to work “on” the business
The benefits of being forced to start your own business

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38min
November 09, 2023Mary Wiegand - Founder and CEO of Boon LLC: Flexible Employment, Work/Life Blending, and Freeing Yourself from Working “In” the Business
Mary Wiegand is the CEO and Founder of Boon LLC. Founded in 2017 and run by women, Boon LLC is a hands-on demand planning consultancy. They believe all product-based businesses, regardless of size, deserve access to exceptional merchandise planners.

Mary brings over 16 years of demand planning experience across many retail product types and selling channels. Before Boon, Mary worked for industry leaders such as Target and Victoria's Secret.

In this episode, you'll learn:
How to win with contractors
How to find the right partners
A better way to blend work and life
How to free yourself to work "on" the business
How to give employees flexibility in their work schedules

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45min
November 02, 2023Nick Sadler - CEO of DOmedia: Making an Impression, Staying Focused, and Getting out of the Weeds
Nick Sadler is the CEO of DOmedia. DOmedia is the out-of-home advertising industry’s largest marketplace platform for planning, buying, and selling media. The world’s leading ad agencies and media companies rely on DOmedia’s enterprise solutions, while small businesses use http://www.BillboardsIn.com to plan and execute OOH campaigns online.

Before joining DOmedia, Nick handled IT Process Improvement for Nationwide Insurance. While earning his M.B.A. in entrepreneurship at Capital University, Nick realized he had a passion for startups – and all the exciting challenges they represent. He realized he needed to move on from the corporate world and joined the DOmedia team.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
The benefits of hiring from within
How to get out of the weeds as a CEO
The benefits of using a goal-setting methodology
How to make sure you’re focused on the right things
The importance of a support system as a first-time CEO

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40min
October 26, 2023Jill Koziol - Co-Founder and CEO of Motherly: Growing to 40 Million Visitors a Month, Creating the Largest Study on Mothers, and Building a Brand
Jill Koziol is the Co-Founder and CEO of Motherly. Motherly is a wellbeing destination empowering mothers to thrive. An Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company and a Parity.org Best Company for Women to Advance, Motherly is built for mothers, by mothers.

Engaging an audience of 40 million+ readers and viewers a month, Motherly offers on-demand parent education classes, Webby-award winning videos, The Motherly Podcast, essays and articles, and a highly-engaged social media community.

Jill is also the co-author of "The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama: Redefining the Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Journey" and "This Is Motherhood: A Motherly Collection of Reflections and Practices."

In this episode, you'll learn:
How to build a brand
How to "get smart" fast
How to have a "fierce conversation"
How Motherly grew to 40 million visitors a month
How to create a statistically significant survey and study

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46min

FAQs about That Worked:

How many episodes does That Worked have?

The podcast currently has 116 episodes available.