All Episodes

#179 Focusing on the Four Main Buckets with Sara Blakely and Jesse Itzler

#178: Will Anything Top El Cap? With Alex Honnold

#176: Why Technology Isn’t the Reason You're Distracted with Nir Eyal

#175: Bridging the Gaps Between Skiing, Climbing & Filmmaking with Jimmy Chin

#174: Never Stop Iterating

#173: Replacing Yourself

#172: Brand Love with Rebecca Messina

#171: Working Backwards with Amazon's Colin Bryar and Bill Carr

#170: Avoid Consensus (Unless You Want Average Results)

#169: Introducing The American Dream with Elias Torres

#168: Seek Arbitrage Opportunities

#167: The Culture Episode

#166: Why DC Went on a News Fast and How You Can Too

#165: How We Think About Storytelling at Drift

#164: The Most Important Question to Ask as a Founder

#163: Drift Is Going Digital First!

#162: 5 Sales & Marketing Predictions for 2021

#161: Go All in with Great Opportunities (They Are Rarer than You Think)

#160: The Psychology Episode (Essential Listening for Marketers)

#159: Learning from History (AKA You Aren't Special)

#158: Prioritize the Biggest Rocks (and Don't Feel Guilty if You Never Get to the Small Ones)

#157: Scaling & Selling a $100M Company with Kyle York (Former Dyn CRO)

#156: The Optimization Trap (and How to Avoid It)

#155: The Importance of Selecting the Right Mentors (and How to Do It)

#154: Double Down on What's Working

#153: Read Every Day

#152: Seeking Wisdom Is Back: How Disruption Leads to Opportunity

A Very Special Message from DG: We're Bringing You More

#Operations 5: The Math Gives You the Data, but the Magic Comes from the People

#Growth 11: Is this the future of personalization?

#Operations 4: Metrics are Meaningless without Segments with Brett Queener, VC & Former Salesforce EVP

Growth #10: How We Think About Product Testing At Drift

#151: The Power Of Keeping A Beginner's Mindset (Bonus: Copywriting Lessons From DC & DG)

#Operations 3: What Ops Pros Can Learn from this $9 Billion Company

#Growth 9: A/B Testing & Bayesian Statistics with Intellimize's Guy Yalif

Best of Seeking Wisdom: DC’s Favorite Books

#150: Choose Wisely: You’re The Average Of The 5 People You Spend The Most Time With

#Operations 2: How to Go from MBA to VP of Operations with Drift's Will Collins

#Growth 8: How to Approach Experimentation: Bite-sized Changes vs. Big Swings

#149: The Story Behind Seeking Wisdom

#148: Getting In The Mud aka Carrying The Water 3.0

#Operations 1: Special Announcement: Introducing #Operations – Go Under the Hood of Hypergrowth Companies like Amazon, Okta & Salesforce

#Growth 7: How To Scale Data Teams The Right Way with Indigo's Lauren Moores

#147: Invert, Always Invert: A Secret to Solving the Most Difficult Problems.

#146: This Billionaire Investor Bet Big On Meritocracy (Here’s How He Did It & Why You Should Too)

#Growth 6: When & How to Make Your First Growth Hire

#145: 10 Books That Will Change How You Lead

#Growth 5: The Most Remarkable Product Onboarding I've Ever Seen

#144: Stop Waiting for Perfect

Special Announcement: The book is here 📚

#143: Did We Forget How Sales Actually Works? With Trish Bertuzzi

#Growth 4: How to Spend 10X Less But Do 10X More. Drift’s Mad Scientist & VP of Growth Weighs In On Must-Have Tools.

#142: Why Changing Your Mindset Can Change Your Life (And Our Simple Trick To Do It)

#Growth 3: The #1 Thing You Need to Make Your Experiments Successful

#141: Lever's CEO on the 3 Key Elements to Hiring for Hypergrowth

"Best Of Seeking Wisdom 2018" Part 2

"Best Of Seeking Wisdom 2018" Part 1

#Growth 2: How to Pick, Plan and Execute a Growth Experiment So You Can 10X Product Activations

#140: DC & DG Answer Your Questions Live

#Exceptions 10: Zoom's Relentless Focus on Customer Experience

#139: Slack Overload, Big Rocks, And Making Time For What Matters

#Growth 1: Choosing the Metric that Matters, Pirate Metrics & Mapping Your Funnel

Special Announcement: Meet the Brand New Podcast from Seeking Wisdom

#138: The 3 Types of Role Models Everyone Needs In Their Career

#Build 11: Julia Austin on the Making of a Great PM – Lessons from Harvard Business School, Digital Ocean, VMWare & Akamai

#Exceptions 9: The Most Crucial Leadership Principle Most B2B Brands Miss

#137: The Most Important Management Book Of All-Time

#Marketing: Lessons From The High Volume Business – Scaling Hootsuite, Vidyard & Constant Contact with Steve Johnson

#Exceptions 8: How First Round Capital Bet on Brand to Change the VC Industry

#136: How To Become A Learning Machine (And Triple The Number Of Books You Read In 2019)

#Build 10: Atlassian's Joff Redfern on Scaling Product Teams through Hypergrowth

#Marketing: 5 Lessons You Can Steal From Today's Top B2B Brands (And The Process Behind Writing A New Book)

#Exceptions 7: Creativity, Constraints and the Rebrand of Grado Labs

#135: Thinking Fast & Slow (And The Reason Why Everything Is Always On Sale)

#Build 9: Product Managers: Want To Work Better With Engineers? Here's The Secret.

#134: This Hiring Secret Can Help You Find Your Next VP

#Exceptions 6: Data, Ego, and the Search for Truth with ProfitWell

SW Classics: You Don't Need More Ideas (You Need More Execution)

#Build 8: Pluralsight’s Nate Walkingshaw on Why The Secret to Hypergrowth Is Building a Product with Empathy

#133: How to Run the Most Effective 1:1 Meetings of Your Career

#Exceptions 5: Moving From Traffic to Audience to Community: Why Buffer Treats Their Customers Like Humans

#132: Beware Of Confirmation Bias

#Build 7: 3 Questions Every Product Team Needs to Ask w/ Sandhya Hegde

#131: 3 Simple Tips To Help You Read More Books (Even If You Don't Like Reading)

#Exceptions 4: Help Scout: Defining, Defending, & Challenging an Entire Industry

#Build 6: How to Hire Diverse Product Management Teams w/ Pratima Arora

#130: Jocko, Casey, & More - It's a HYPERGROWTH East Recap

#Build 5: 4 Ways to Get Customer Feedback Any Time

#129: The Biggest Learning Mistake Most People Make

#Exceptions 3: InVision

#128: Toronto Recap, HYPERGROWTH, DC's First Concert & More

#Marketing: Why Every Marketer Should Have a Swipe File

#127: DC's Secret To Managing Your Career at a Hypergrowth Company

#Build 4: Backlogs Don't Matter

#Marketing: Coffee With a CMO w/ Jill Rowley

#126: The Education of the Young Nephew (Our Favorite Books From Summer 2018)

#Exceptions 2: Wistia

#Marketing: Coffee With a CMO - Mike Volpe

#125: DC Is Back From Sabbatical. Here’s What He Learned.

#Marketing: Coffee With a CMO - Brian Kardon

#Marketing: What Social Media Engagement Can Teach You About Your Marketing Strategy

#Marketing: Coffee With a CMO - Tim Kopp

#124: Reading, Leadership Principles, and Drift Sabbaticals w/ ET

#Marketing: Coffee With a CMO w/ Joe Chernov

#Exceptions 1: Gusto

#Exceptions: Teaser Trailer

#Marketing: A 5-Part Framework for the Perfect Presentation

#Build 3: Maintaining Autonomy w/ Martin Eriksson

#Build 2: Failure is a Part of the Process

#Marketing: The One Secret To Building A Brand You Need To Know For 2018

#Build 1: How to Get Hired by People Who Don't Want to Hire You

Introducing #Build: A New Seeking Wisdom Show

#marketing This Episode Will Help You Be More Creative In 30 Minutes

EMERGENCY PODCAST: We Just Dropped The Entire #HYPERGROWTH18 Lineup

#123: Molly Graham (Former Exec. at Facebook, Quip) on the 9 Things She Wished People Told Her About Scaling a Company

#122: The 11 Books We Keep In The Drift Lobby For Everyone

#marketing Here’s The Secret To Coming Up With The Best Content Ideas Of Your Career

#122: Comfort Is The Enemy Of Growth

#121: Play Bigger, Creating a Category, and the Bermuda Triangle

#marketing The Best Performing Marketing Channel That No One Ever Talks About

#120: #AskDC and Lessons from The Best in Retail (Amazon, Home Depot, Walmart)

#marketing The $4.6B Lead Engagement Problem (And The 2018 Drift Lead Response Report)

#marketing Podcast Gear & What We Use To Record Seeking Wisdom

#119: Super Bowl Champion & 7-Time New England Patriots Captain Jerod Mayo

#marketing This One Thing Can Change Your Career In Marketing

#marketing How We Went Viral On LinkedIn and Generated 300k Views Without Spending $

A Very Special Message From DC & DG (We're Bringing You More Seeking Wisdom)

#118: The 6 Principles Of Influence (AKA The One Book Every Business Should Know Cold)

#117: The Difference Between Pain & Discomfort with Shannon McGarity

#116: Here's Why You Need To Own Your Audience Online (And A Cautionary Tale From DC)

#114: Don't Be Scared Of A Crowded Market

#113: The Cerebral Seller & Former Salesforce Sales Scientist, David Priemer

SW Classics: Carry The Water

#112: Limiting Beliefs

#111: Why Steli Efti Thought Branding Was Bullshit

#110: Amy Chang - The CEO Who Ran Google Analytics And Is On The Board Of Cisco And Proctor & Gamble

#109: 5 Management Lessons From Peter Drucker

#108: Rich Roll & Brad Stulberg On Health, Wellness, And Mental Well-Being

#107: A Special Announcement

#106: Silicon Valley's Mad Scientist (AKA The G)

#105: Public Speaking, Pricing, & Changing How You Learn, with Patrick Campbell

#104: The Shift From Supply To Demand (And How It Will Impact Your Business In 2018)

#103: Carol Meyers Live

#102: How To Say No To Meetings

#101: The Lies We Tell Ourselves The Most

#100: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

#99: One Secret To Our Strategy At Drift

#98: Customer Experience Is The New Marketing

#97: The Science Of Sales With Shopify’s Loren Padelford

#96: The Danger Of Role Models

#95: Peak Performance And The Formula For Growth With Brad Stulberg

#94: Servant Leadership

#92: You Don't Need More Ideas (You Need More Execution)

#84: Unconventional Things We've Done To Grow Drift

#83: Lunch With The CEO

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#82: Paul English on Hiring, People, and Time Management

#81: The Reason We Started Seeking Wisdom

#80: Why DC Sent His Co-Founder to Meet Jocko Willink

#79: 3 Lessons From Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff

#78: Why We Decided To Launch A Conference

#77: Does It Matter Where You Sit At Work?

#76: Two Things That Tell You Everything During An Interview

#75: Time Management

#74 Finding Your Why

#73: The Hypergrowth Curve

#72: Leadership Lessons From A Navy Seal

#71: Secrets

#70: 5-Time Olympic Medalist Nastia Liukin

#69: Working Smarter vs. Working Harder

#68: Strengths and Weaknesses

#67: 10 Lessons From Patagonia

#66: How To Get A Promotion

A Special Offer

#65: Mike Volpe

#64: Morning Routines

#63: DC, DG, And Emmanuelle Skala From Digital Ocean

#62: Wealth And Happiness Lessons From Jim Rohn

#61: Why We Invested So Much In Our Brand From Day One

#60: Fear (Why It Holds Us Back)

#59: Be Careful Who You Compare Yourself To

#58: Talking Brand With Mike Troiano

#57: How We Do Internal Communication At Drift

#56: Momentum Makers, Perfectionists, And Founder Bombs

#55: Freemium Or Sales Reps? Here's Why We Picked Both

#54: The Power Of Peer Groups

#53: Stop Waiting For That Amazing Business Idea

#52 InVision SVP of Sales Ryan Burke

#51: How To Run A Meeting

#50: What We Learned Starting This Podcast In 2016

#49: How To Overcome Self Doubt

#48: Goals

#47: Management & Career Growth

#46: Lunch With Mark Roberge

#45: Our Approach To Content Marketing

44: How To Prioritize

43: Slack, Microsoft, and Shoe Dog

42: Is It A Company Problem Or A Customer Problem?

41: A Quick One On Gratitude

40: How To Price Your Product

39: Books That Have Had The Biggest Impact On Us

38: Product Managers, CEO’s, And A Book Preview

37: Why I'm Working On Drift

36: How To Work

35: People Don’t Care About Your Product

34: How To Stay On Point When You're Traveling

33: Why You Can't

32: Customer Feedback

31: The Score Takes Care Of Itself

30: Be Careful Who You Take Advice From [Five Minute Friday]

29: Startup Lessons From Gail Goodman

28: How To Come Up With Better Ideas

27: 3 Hiring Secrets (And Why You Need To Rely More On Your Senses)

26: The Biggest Mistakes We've Made + Some Book Recommendations

25: The One Question No One Asks Before Starting A Company

24: Why You Should Run Your Business Without Roadmaps

23: Why Great Products Don't Always Win

Ask Us Anything (We Want Your Questions!)

22: Fitness, Workout Routines, And Finding The Time To Get It Done

21: The New One Minute Manager

20: Why A Guy With 200,000 Monthly Readers Killed His Lead Forms, Too

19: Career Advice: Why Millennials Need To Carry The Water

18: The Grind: Why You Have To Put In The Work

17: Why The Early Days Of A Startup Are Like Wandering Through The Desert

16: Stopping The BS: How To Move Fast Even As You Scale

15: Do You Really Want Success?

14: Innovation, Not Invention

13: How To Set Goals For Your Startup (And The Power Of Focus)

12: The Myth Of Work Life Balance

11: Why We Killed Our Lead Forms And Gated Content

10: The Things That Don't Scale

09: Just Ship It

08: Building A Sales Team With Mark Roberge

07: Noah Kagan

06: This Is Why I Never Hire Product Managers

05: Should You Send Your Kids To College?

04: You Need More Role Models

03: Want Happier And More Productive Employees? Give Them Autonomy

02: The Secret To Becoming A Learning Machine

01: How A Modern Product Team Should Work

00: Introducing Seeking Wisdom With David Cancel