EPISODE · Nov 18, 2018 · 51 MIN
Episode 56: Eric Groves - Co-Founder & CEO at Alignable
from The VentureFizz Podcast · host VentureFizz
Welcome to Episode 56 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights! On this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Eric Groves, Co-Founder & CEO at Alignable. Alignable is a venture-backed social network for small business owners. The company has over 2.5 million small businesses on their platform across almost 30,000 communities. Eric is also known for being a key part of the early team at Constant Contact that helped the company scale to an IPO. He joined when they had just 10 customers and $100 in revenue. Yes, you hear that right $100 in revenue. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: -His early career progression from larger organizations to internet companies like AltaVista, where he actually met the brother of Steve Wozniak. -The details behind Constant Contact’s go-to-market strategy, plus the secret behind how they converted trial users to being paid customers at mind-numbing rates. -All about Alignable, and their mission to transform the small business economy one small step at a time. -How they are building the Alignable network at a national scale all organically where they are adding over 50,000 businesses a week with a zero acquisition cost. -The one piece of advice he wishes he had when starting a company. -Plus so much more. Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!
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Welcome to Episode 56 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights! On this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Eric Groves, Co-Founder & CEO at Alignable. Alignable is a venture-backed social network for small business owners. The company has over 2.5 million small businesses on their platform across almost 30,000 communities. Eric is also known for being a key part of the early team at Constant Contact that helped the company scale to an IPO. He joined when they had just 10 customers and $100 in revenue. Yes, you hear that right $100 in revenue. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: -His early career progression from larger organizations to internet companies like AltaVista, where he actually met the brother of Steve Wozniak. -The details behind Constant Contact’s go-to-market strategy, plus the secret behind how they converted trial users to being paid customers at mind-numbing rates. -All about Alignable, and their mission to transform the small business economy one small step at a time. -How they are building the Alignable network at a national scale all organically where they are adding over 50,000 businesses a week with a zero acquisition cost. -The one piece of advice he wishes he had when starting a company. -Plus so much more. Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!
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