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Don't crush it alone

by Irma Mesa

A seasonal podcast sharing the fundamentals of starting a business, freelancing, working in tech and more. Think of it as your personal handbook and guide all in podcast form. The podcast host is Irma Mesa (https://twitter.com/_justirma)

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Episodes

  1. S2: The Founders Handbook: How 3 friends tested, branded, and launched a quirky and profitable soap business

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. For our third...

  2. S2: The Founders Handbook: Andrew talks to us all about bootstrapping and seeking funding for your startup

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. For our third...

  3. S2: The Founders Handbook: Why validating your idea can make all the difference with Justin Potts (2/2)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. For our third...

  4. S2: The Founders Handbook: How a background in CS and Business helped Justin Potts launch a startup. (1/2)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. For our third...

  5. S2: The Founders Handbook: What's a typical day like for a digital founder? with Masha (Part 5/5)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. On this first...

  6. S2: The Founders Handbook: Using blogging to grow an audience for your product or business with Masha (Part 4/5)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. On this first...

  7. S2: The Founders Handbook: How to close that deal with a client or investor with Jaap Vergote (Part 4/4)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. On this first...

  8. S2: The Founders Handbook: Discover your "why" before you start your product or business with Masha (Part 3/5)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. On this first...

  9. S2: The Founders Handbook: Do founders need to know how to code to launch a startup? with Jaap Vergote (Part 3/4)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. On this first...

  10. S2: The Founders Handbook: Meet Masha (Part 2/5)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. On this first...

  11. S2: The Founders Handbook: How you can hack social media to leverage your product or brand with Masha (Part 1/5)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. On this first...

  12. S2: The Founders Handbook: Meet Jaap Vergote (Part 2/4)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch. On this first...

  13. S2: The Founders Handbook: Sell it before you make it with Jaap Vergote (Part 1/4)

    Welcome back to Season 2 of the Don’t Crush It Alone podcast. We did go through a name change due to the direction the podcast was heading and now we have a way more fitting name. This season is all about founders! Take a listen to each episode to get advice, learn from different perspectives and...

  14. 3 Ways to Become a Better Product Manager in 2019

    Our Guest On episode 7 of Elevatd Life, we have Beau Blinder. I found Beau after his post on Medium titled "3 Practical Ways To Become A Better Product Manager" and we were able to have a really insightful conversation about those 3 core ways he talked about in his post and how he’s proactively...

  15. The life of an IBM Watson Product Manager

    Our Guest On episode 6 of Elevatd Life, we have Zia Mohammad. Zia is a talented Product Manager at IBM working with the Watson Premium product. Check out the full show notes here along with links mentioned in the recording! Please subscribe, rate and review this show! Thanks for listening.

  16. When Product Meets a Scientific Approach with Holly Hester-Reilly

    Our Guest On episode 5 of Elevatd Life, we have Holly Hester-Reilly. Holly is the Founder & CEO of H2R Product Science where she works with product leaders and teams to develop their product growth strategy. View full show notes here.

  17. Iteration is key with Brittany Cheng

    Our Guest On episode 4 of Elevatd Life, we have Brittany Cheng - Product Manager at Seesaw Learning (a platform for student engagement). Brittany grew up in the Bay area and has been surrounded by tech from childhood. She previously worked at Yelp focusing on the international product and search....

  18. Building the 'why' with Zack Naylor

    Our Guest On episode 3 of Elevatd Life, we have Zack Naylor CEO and co-founder of Aurelius Lab a platform for tracking user research insights. He's built a product-driven team from the ground up, comes from a heavy UX background is one of the first CEO's that I've met that consistently interacts...

  19. Design thinking from a young age with Iiro Isotalo

    Our Guest On episode 2 of Elevatd Life, we have Iiro Isotalo the Director of Product Management at BetterDoctor, which was recently acquired by Quest Analytics. Iiro has an interesting background in engineering, product design and product management. We chat about his transition from engineering…

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  20. When a rejection turns into a stunning career with Morgan Meredith

    Our Guest On episode 1 of Elevatd Life, we have Morgan Meredith a Senior Release Manager at Jellyvision! This episode really dives in to how careers can take many twists and turns but at the end of the day if you keep working at your craft and constantly apply yourself you can jump and right…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A seasonal podcast sharing the fundamentals of starting a business, freelancing, working in tech and more. Think of it as your personal handbook and guide all in podcast form. The podcast host is Irma Mesa (https://twitter.com/_justirma)

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