Creating a Customer-Centric Business with Danielle Gillespie

Danielle Gillespie founded CorkGuru, a digital wine platform. After selling the company, she began working as a consultant helping startups create products that customers really want.Danielle’s guiding principle is that big ideas are secondary when it comes to the success of a new company. In her podcast, Ideas Last, Danielle interviews startup founders whose success comes from focusing on superior idea execution.During the interview, we discuss…how focusing too much on a big idea can cause problemswhy a leader needs to do more than be passionate about ideashow to bridge the gap between engineers and everyone elsehow the informal rules of communication in the tech startup world differ from other industriesone piece of advice Danielle would give anyone thinking of founding a startupAfter the interview…Connect with Danielle on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellegillespieRead Danielle’s articles on Medium https://medium.com/@dgillespie_irlVisit Danielle’s consulting company https://www.daniellegillespie.netVisit CorkGuru, a company Danielle founded that is “defining the intersection between technology and the wine industry” http://www.corkguru.comVisit Thankr Ventures, a company Dannielle advises that helps users “send a quick, personalized thank you to anyone any time!” https://www.thankrapp.comClaim Your Free Gift!We’re giving away a one-year membership to the world’s #1 business book summary service for leaders! Our gift will help you stay on top of the latest ideas, decide which books to read next, and engage your teams.To get your gift:Leave a rating or review on your favorite listening channel.Take a screenshot of your review.Share the screenshot on LinkedIn, and mention either “Allison Dunn” or “Deliberate Directions” and the “Deliberate Leaders Podcast”.=============Allison DunnExecutive Business CoachDeliberate Directions + Executive Business Coaching + Training Center3003 W Main Street, Suite 110, Boise ID 83702(208) 350-6551Website https://www.deliberatedirections.comLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisondunnPodcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deliberate-leaders-podcast-with-allison-dunn/id1500464675 Think First