Chaos To Clarity
by Full Cycle Executive Coaching
With growth comes growing pains. Every great leader has faced turmoil, setbacks, and the overwhelming stress of holding together a growing company as it nearly comes apart at the seams. You are not alone. Listen in as we share the stories and guidance from entrepreneurs, executives, and thought leaders who have walked the path from chaos to clarity.
Episodes
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Inside Techstars San Diego: How Misti Cain Builds High-Caliber Startups
In this episode of Chaos to Clarity, Eric Weiss sits down with Misti Cain, the Managing Director of Techstars San Diego powered by SDSU, to unpack what makes this accelerator one of the most selective and impactful pre-seed programs in the world. With more than 1,300 applicants and only six...
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Building Painkillers, Not Vitamins: How Daniel Marashlian Scaled Drata to 700 Employees
In this episode of Chaos to Clarity, Eric Weiss sits down with Daniel Marashlian, Co-Founder and CTO of Drata, one of San Diego’s fastest-growing SaaS startups. Daniel shares his 20-year founder journey, from building early web systems after the dot-com crash to co-founding Drata, a company now...
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Scaling Product-Led Growth to $300M with ClickUp COO Gaurav Agarwal
In this episode of Chaos to Clarity, Eric Weiss sits down with Gaurav Agarwal, COO of ClickUp, to unpack how one of San Diego’s biggest SaaS success stories built a $300M ARR business by putting product, speed, and customer obsession at the center of its strategy. Gaurav shares how ClickUp...
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When Success Means Life or Death: Ryan Rusnak’s Journey Building Airspace
In this episode of Chaos to Clarity, host Eric Weiss sits down with Ryan Rusnak, Co-Founder and CTO of Airspace, one of San Diego’s fastest-growing logistics tech companies. Ryan shares how Airspace built a $100M business around time-critical shipping, moving everything from organs for transplant...
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Building AI Startups with Andy Ballester, Co-Founder of GoFundMe and EyePop.ai
Episode Summary: In this episode, Eric Weiss sits down with Andy Ballester, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of GoFundMe and EyePop.ai, to unpack the highs, lows, and lessons of building category-defining startups. Andy shares how an early college job at a software startup sparked his passion…
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Scaling up to $100M with Afif Khoury, CEO of Soci
Key Takeaways Finding conviction when the market says no. SOCi was built for multi-location brands that initially rejected the idea of managing thousands of local pages. Afif explains how he stayed the course, found early adopters, and survived until the market caught up. Scaling through pressure...
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Neal Bloom on Building San Diego’s Startup Ecosystem
They dive deep into: The evolution of the San Diego startup scene since 2013 The power of founder-led communities and grassroots events Why curated connections matter more than vanity metrics Lessons from Startup Week, EvoNexus, and Startup San Diego The rise of angel investing groups like...
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AI POWERED ASSISTANTS - What’s Next For AI Assistants with Jason Corso, Co-Founder of Voxel51, Part 2
This episode continues the conversation with Jason Corso - Professor of Robotics and EECS at University of Michigan and Co-Founder/Chief Science Officer at Voxel51 - a Series A AI software company that enables machine learning and computer vision scientists to rapidly curate and experiment with...
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AI DATA ACCURACY - How To Approach Working With Datasets with Jason Corso, Co-Founder of Voxel51, Part 1
Today’s episode welcomes Jason Corso - Professor of Robotics and EECS at University of Michigan and Co-Founder/Chief Science Officer at Voxel51 - a Series A AI software company that enables machine learning and computer vision scientists to rapidly curate and experiment with their datasets in…
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REGULATING AI - Discussing the Implications of Readily Available AI with the CEO of SingleStore, Raj Verma, Part 2
This episode continues the conversation with Raj Verma, CEO of SingleStore - a Series F startup that provides a cloud-native database built with speed and scale to power real-time applications. Eric and Raj discuss the implications of openly available AI. On one hand, a ton of good will be…
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DEMOCRATISING DATA - Using AI To Leverage Data with the CEO of SingleStore, Raj Verma, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by Raj Verma, CEO of SingleStore - a Series F startup that provides a cloud-native database built with speed and scale to power real-time applications. Raj speaks on their journey of finding the problem in their market. They saw how inefficient it is to navigate...
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THE TRUSTED CHOICE - How To Build Trust In Your Business with Eric Weiss - Bonus Episode
Today’s bonus episode follows the 2 part episode with Shaun Savage, San Diego based Founder and CEO of GoShare - a cloud based logistics platform that connects truck owners with businesses and individuals to provide on-demand delivery & moving services. An organisation with a high level of trust...
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FUNDRAISING IN 2024 - How GoShare Secured $8,000,000 In Venture Capital with their Founder and CEO Shaun Savage, Part 2
This episode continues the conversation with Shaun Savage, San Diego based Founder and CEO of GoShare - a cloud based logistics platform that connects truck owners with businesses and individuals to provide on-demand delivery & moving services. Shaun and Eric discuss the importance of customer...
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THE LOGICAL CHOICE - Building the Uber of Heavy Deliveries with the Founder and CEO of GoShare Shaun Savage, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by Shaun Savage, San Diego based Founder and CEO of GoShare - a cloud based logistics platform that connects truck owners with businesses and individuals to provide on-demand delivery & moving services. Shaun’s entrepreneurial journey began when he started a house...
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REFLECTION AND IMPROVEMENT - Bringing Agile Principles To All Functions With Eric Weiss - Bonus Episode
Today’s bonus episode follows the 2 part episode with JJ Parker, a serial entrepreneur who runs Tightrope Media Systems, Carousel Digital Signage and most recently Screenweave, a company that unblocks work by empowering people to communicate asynchronously with video. Systematic self improvement...
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LEVERAGE IS KEY - Growing Your Business Through Self Development With Serial Entrepreneur JJ Parker, Part 2
This episode continues the conversation with JJ Parker, a serial entrepreneur who runs Tightrope Media Systems, Carousel Digital Signage and most recently Screenweave, a company that unblocks work by empowering people to communicate asynchronously with video. Something that most entrepreneurs…
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BUSINESS MEETS ART - How To Build Multiple Successful Businesses with Serial Entrepreneur JJ Parker, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by JJ Parker, a serial entrepreneur who runs Tightrope Media Systems, Carousel Digital Signage and most recently Screenweave, a company that unblocks work by empowering people to communicate asynchronously with video. JJ took an unconventional path to...
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SQUARE PEG + ROUND HOLE - How Technical Founders Should Approach Go-To-Market with Eric Weiss - Bonus Episode
Today’s bonus episode follows the 2 part interview with Davit Baghdasaryan, Co-Founder & CEO of Krisp - a software tool that maximizes the productivity and impact of every conversation by eliminating noise distractions,increasing the fidelity of voice communication, and transcribing and...
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NEXT GEN TECH - Scale By Innovating Your Tech with David Baghdasaryan, Co-Founder & CEO of Krisp, Part 2
This episode continues the conversation with Davit Baghdasaryan, Co-Founder & CEO of Krisp - a software tool that maximizes the productivity and impact of every conversation by eliminating noise distractions,increasing the fidelity of voice communication, and transcribing and synthesizing the…
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TAKING THE RISK - Choosing Entrepreneurship Over Millions With Davit Baghdasaryan, CEO of Krisp, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by Davit Baghdasaryan, Co-Founder & CEO of Krisp - a software tool that maximizes the productivity and impact of every conversation by eliminating noise distractions,increasing the fidelity of voice communication, and transcribing and synthesizing the most relevant...
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BUILDING HUGE PLATFORMS - How To Approach Building the Next Salesforce or Airtable with Eric Weiss - Bonus Episode
Today’s bonus episode follows the 2 part episode with Jan Arendtsz, Founder & CEO of Celigo - an iPaaS platform that simplifies the integration of business applications and data sources in the enterprise. During those two episodes, Eric and Jan discussed what it takes to truly grow a platform...
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SCALE BY INNOVATING - How To Build a Platform That Wins with Jan Arendtsz, Founder of Celigo, Part 2
This episode continues the conversation with Jan Arendtsz, Founder & CEO of Celigo - an iPaaS platform that simplifies the integration of business applications and data sources in the enterprise. In the previous part we established the story of how Celigo had to make some hard decisions that were...
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FROM CONSULTING TO SaaS - Pivoting From Service To Software with the Founder of Celigo, Jan Arendtsz, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by Jan Arendtsz, Founder & CEO of Celigo - an iPaaS platform that simplifies the integration of business applications and data sources in the enterprise. iPaaS stands for Integration Platform as a Service, which is a new term for an industry that’s been around…
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ARTICULATE YOUR VISION - AI is Disrupting How We Build UI with Eric Weiss - Bonus Episode
Today’s bonus episode follows the 2 part episode with Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel - a Series D startup that provides the developer experience and infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized Web. AI is currently disrupting how we approach building UI by increasing the...
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THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GAP - Discussing The Problem With AI Tools w/ Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel, Part 2
This episode continues the conversation with Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel - a Series D startup that provides the developer experience and infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized Web. Eric and Guillermo discuss the benefits of using AI as part of the support...
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DEVELOPER PRODUCTIVITY + AI - How AI is Changing App Development with Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel - a Series D startup that provides the developer experience and infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized Web. At the start of his career, Guillermo taught himself Javascript which led him to receive...
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BUILD YOUR PRODUCT RIGHT - How To Prioritise The Right Things with Eric Weiss - Bonus Episode
Today’s bonus episode follows the 2 part episode with Mikael Dia, Founder and CEO of Funnelytics - a software that allows you to visually map and analyze how people flow through your marketing funnels. Eric speaks on how to prioritise the right things when building your product. Although user...
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BUILD YOUR MARKETING PRODUCT - Finding Product-Market Fit Through Product-Led Growth with the CEO of Funnelytics, Mikael Dia, Pt. 2
Today’s episode continues the conversation with Mikael Dia, Founder and CEO of Funnelytics - a software that allows you to visually map and analyze how people flow through your marketing funnels. An extremely difficult puzzle that any SaaS company has to solve is finding product-market fit. To...
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LIFE’S TOO SHORT - Becoming a Serial Entrepreneur with the CEO of Funnelytics, Mikael Dia, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by Mikael Dia, Founder and CEO of Funnelytics - a software that allows you to visually map and analyze how people flow through your marketing funnels. Mikael’s background is in Civil Engineering, where he would spend 8 hours a day making autocad drawings - which he...
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I Asked 5 SaaS C-Suite Executives About Their Leadership Principles
I Asked 5 SaaS C-Suite Executives About Their Leadership Principles.. This episode is a quick recap of parts of the conversations we've had on Chaos To Clarity over the last year. Now we're moving into a new season, focused on Series A and Series B founders and the pivotal moments that took their...
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Common CEO Roadblocks and How To Overcome Them with CEO Coach/Advisor, Katy Trost, Part 2
In this episode, Eric continues the conversation with Katy Trost, CEO Coach/Advisor at Katy Trost, Founder of PeraCEOs, and CEO Coach and Board Member of many other ventures. Katy works with CEO’s on not only their business strategy, but also their personal brands. One of the common…
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Become an Exceptional CEO with CEO Coach and Advisor, Katy Trost, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by Katy Trost, CEO Coach/Advisor at Katy Trost, Founder of PeraCEOs, and CEO Coach and Board Member of many other ventures. Katy moved to the United States from Germany 7 years ago and started her US coaching career in New York. She found herself working in the…
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It’s Never Too Early To Measure Customer Success - Bonus Episode
In this solo episode, which follows the two-part interview with Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer at Pendo.io, Eric talks about the fact that it’s never too early to measure customer success. Too many startups are so laser focused on building products that they end up disregarding customer…
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Create the Ultimate Customer Experience with the Chief Product Officer of Pendo.io, Trisha Price, Part 2
In this episode, Eric continues the conversation with Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer of Pendo.io. Pendo.io is on a mission to elevate the world’s experiences with software, and so far they’ve raised a total of $469.5 million in funding, and have amassed a team of 800+ members. Continuing the...
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Focus on Measuring Outcomes with the Chief Product Officer of Pendo.io, Trisha Price, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer of Pendo.io Pendo.io is on a mission to elevate the world’s experiences with software, and so far they’ve raised a total of $469.5 million in funding, and have amassed a team of 800+ members. Trisha’s journey to becoming the…
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Fear of Failure Kills The Innovators Mindset - Bonus Episode
In this solo episode, which follows the two-part interview with Chandika Jayasundara, Co-Founder and CEO of Creately. In this episode Eric talks about the importance of not being afraid of change, and pursuing innovation at all cost. Denying the necessity of adaptation when all signs show that…
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Taking Risks to Stay Relevant with the Co-Founder and CEO of Creately, Chandika Jayasundara, Part 2
In this episode, Eric continues the conversation with Chandika Jayasundara, the Co-Founder and CEO of Creately. Creately is a visual collaboration platform that helps teams ideate, plan and execute on an infinite workspace, and as of August 2023 they have reached over 10 million users. During the...
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Too Many Features Isn’t a Good Thing with the Co-Founder and CEO of Creately, Chandika Jayasundara, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by Chandika Jayasundara, the Co-Founder and CEO of Creately. Creately is a visual collaboration platform that helps teams ideate, plan and execute on an infinite workspace, and as of August 2023 they have reached over 10 million users. Chandika’s founder's journey...
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The Dangers of Sunk Cost Fallacies - Bonus Episode
In this solo episode, which follows the two-part interview with Krish Ramineni, Founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai, Eric discusses the perils of sunk-cost fallacies and the ultimate consequence of over-investing in unfruitful projects: driving your business into the ground. All too often, founders...
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Eliminating Friction Through Product-Led Growth with CEO of Fireflies.ai, Krish Ramineni, Part 2
This episode of Chaos to Clarity continues the conversation with Krish Ramineni, the Founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai. Krish's approach to pricing stems from Atlassian, Calendly, and other product-led giants. The goal is to avoid wasting time on negotiations and keeping pricing transparent to make...
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From Product Management to Entrepreneurship with the Founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai, Krish Ramineni, Part 1
In this episode, Eric is joined by Krish Ramineni, the Founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai. Fireflies allows you to record, search, & collaborate across all your meetings in one central place. Krish shares his journey into product management, starting from his college days to working with startups…
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Bridging the Gaps of Documentation with the CEO of Tango, Ken Babcock (ex-Uber)
In this episode, Eric is joined by Ken Babcock - Co-Founder and CEO of Tango. Tango takes the pain out of documenting processes by automatically generating how-to guides while you work. Ken’s career started in consulting and took a quick turn when he joined Uber in 2014, where he stayed for 4...
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How to Fix Your Pricing Models with the Founder and CEO of PRICING I/O, Marcos Rivera
In this episode of Chaos to Clarity, Eric is joined by Marcos Rivera, Founder and CEO of PRICING I/O - a company that assists growth-stage B2B SaaS companies in designing the ideal pricing model for scaling up. Marcos' approach to determining the optimal pricing strategy for your product or…
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Making the Right Data-Driven Decisions with the Chief Strategist of Google, Neil Hoyne
In this episode of Chaos to Clarity, Eric is joined by Neil Hoyne, Chief Strategist at Google. Neil is an expert at combining data with customer insights to form the ultimate approach for revenue teams. In this episode, Neil provides tactical advice on how you can apply data and metrics correctly...
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Building Remote Company Culture with CEO and Co-Founder of Airspeed, Doug Camplejohn
On this episode Eric is joined by Doug Camplejohn - CEO and Co-Founder of Airspeed Doug is a veteran in the Tech space - starting his career in Apple, and moving up the ladder to becoming an executive at Salesforce and LinkedIn. Doug is also a serial entrepreneur, having founded 4!!! companies. 3...
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User Experience as your Ultimate Competitive Advantage the Co-Founder of UserZoom, Alfonso de la Nuez
In this episode Eric is joined by Alfonso de la Nuez - Co-Founder of UserZoom and Board Member of UserTesting, and the Author of The Digital Experience Company Both companies famously merged in April of 2023 to Help Organizations Build Human-Centered Experiences for All. With how easy it’s become...
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Personal Branding Playbook with Sujan Patel
In this episode joining Eric is Sujan Patel - Co-Founder of Mailshake. Sujan is a serial entrepreneur, who typically oversees Product and the GTM motion within the companies he launches. While Sujan typically wears many hats in his ventures, the ace up his sleeve is his personal brand - 40k+...
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How to Fix Measurement of Developer Teams with Abi Noda
Today joining Eric is Abi Noda, CEO & Co-Founder of DX - The developer insights platform designed by researchers. Abi was a developer for 6 years prior to moving into management and truly experiencing the friction between dev teams and management. The problem we discussed is that development…
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How to Fundraise during an Economic Meltdown with Jasmine Ober
This episodes guest is Jasmine Ober, CEO of Pitch Genius. Jasmine started Pitch Genius based on the difficulties she saw companies face when pitching for investment. To attempt to fill this market gap, she started a service that helps startups nail their pitch and land the ever elusive capital...
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Embracing Agility in Marketing and Product Management with Brett Barlow
On this episode of the Chaos to Clarity podcast, host Eric Weiss chats with tech entrepreneur Brett Barlow, CEO of Everee. Originally on a sports marketing path, Brett's unexpected detour into advertising taught him valuable lessons about the unpredictable world of startups and the importance of...
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With growth comes growing pains. Every great leader has faced turmoil, setbacks, and the overwhelming stress of holding together a growing company as it nearly comes apart at the seams. You are not alone. Listen in as we share the stories and guidance from entrepreneurs, executives, and thought leaders who have walked the path from chaos to clarity.
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