7. Ask Me Anything (AMA) Special

It's hard to scale down an hour long conversation, followed by an evening of written Q&A on Reddit into a ~20 minute show, but tonight I tried.

On this special episode of the show I have experimented with a different format – with three questions from the AMA, and a summary of my answers. Hope you enjoy the episode!

In this episode I share my answers to:

• How has working with the team changed over the years?
• How have we managed to get publicity for GoSquared over the years?
• What advice would I give to my 20 year old self?

Actions / take aways

• As a CEO, a lot of your job is to: give direction, unblock, and communicate with your team.
• Don't purely focus on the marketing that is measurable – take risks, experiment, be bold. Do things that are impossible to measure.
• With your marketing – make time for responding and reacting to news-worthy events in your industry. Newsjacking is a thing!
• Be clear with what you want from life, from your business, from your team. It will make a lot of things easier.
• Find a coach to help you make time for yourself and clarify your thoughts. You'll be glad you did.

Links and further reading

• Ch Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chddaniel
• Simple Ink – Ch Daniel's product: https://simple.ink
• Reddit AMA with yours truly: https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/p31kiy/ive_spent_half_my_life_15_years_building/
• Timeline of GoSquared history: https://www.gosquared.com/about/timeline/
• Newsjacking: https://amzn.to/3AzNeht

Thanks, and see you next time!

P.S. I'm on Twitter https://twitter.com/jamesjgill

Music: Jakarta by Bonsaye, provided by https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/yjub4r