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Traction: How Startups Start | NextView Ventures — 59 episodes
The Idea Maze: Five Key Takeaways from Year 1
Bonus Episode: The Idea Maze with Mike Salguero of Butcherbox
NextView All-Hands: Redesigning the Everyday Economy
Powerful Mental Models for Product-Market Fit & Beyond (Andy Rachleff, Wealthfront)
#46: Starting Your Influencer Marketing
#45: How to Grow a Growth Team (Fareed Mosavat, Slack)
#44: Thinking Bigger, Better, and Bolder (Shan-Lyn Ma, Zola)
#43: Vetting & Working with Cofounders (Wayne Chang, Jeff Seibert)
#42: Hacking Growth with the Right Process (Sean Ellis & Morgan Brown)
#41: Finding Brilliant Engineers in Unconventional Places (Christina Sass, Andela)
#40: Science, LeBron James, and Long Sales Cycles (Will Ahmed, WHOOP)
#39: Building Something Special in Somewhere Crowded (Ellen Chisa, Lola)
#38: The Coming Ubiquity of Voice (Adam Marchick, VoiceLabs)
#37: Bucking Trends Instead of Following Them (Chad Laurans, SimpliSafe)
#36: Hiring Tech Talent as a Non-Tech Founder (Dan Reich, Troops)
#35: Biz Dev Roles - What the Actual Heck? (Kristen Craft, Ovia Health)
#34: Growing the Supply Side of a Marketplace [Mike Russell, Paintzen]
Gotham Alpha #5: NYTech's Diversity Gap and How To Fix It (Alex Qin, Skillshare)
#33: How to Build a Marketing Team from Zero (Mike Volpe, Cybereason)
#32: Where Brand Marketing Fits (Nancy Go, Wayfair)
#31: The Meta Ep (Jay Acunzo, NextView + Jenny Jao, HBS)
#30: Working IN vs ON Your Startup (James Reinhart, thredUP)
#29: Disrupting Disruptors (Matt Ruby, Vooza)
Arguing with VCs with the CEO of Mattermark [Rebroadcast]
Gotham Alpha #4: Shai Goldman, SVB NYC
#28: The Shape of Traction (Rob Go, NextView cofounder)
Gotham Alpha #3: Eli Bronner, Growth at AngelList
#27: The Biggest Reason Startups Fail (Reboot Series)
#26: Unspoken Cofounder Issues (Reboot Series)
#25: The Technical Side (Yoav Shapira, CTO/Investor)
NYC Tech Series #2: Pillar Tech Companies
#24: What's the Problem? (Nadia Boujarwah, Dia&Co)
#23: Make a Life, Not a Living (Jesse Middleton, WeWork)
NYC Tech Series #1: Melting Pot Problems
#22: Landing Pages That Convert (Oli Gardner, Unbounce)
#21: How Startups Sell to Main Street (Angus Davis, Upserve)
#20: How Startups Sell to the Enterprise (Joe Coleman, Contently)
#19: Rebranding a Startup (Liz Wessel, WayUp)
Special Edition: The State of NYC Seed (Rob Go & Tim Devane)
#18: Skype-Side Chat - Content First, Product Second (Joe Pulizzi, CMI)
#17: Go Home, Clickbait, You're Drunk (Tony Haile, Chartbeat)
#16: Building Startups City-by-City (Justin Robinson, Drizly)
#15: Skype-Side Chat on Data Science & Inventing the Future (Hilary Mason, Fast Forward Labs)
#14: How Hardware Startups Get Traction (Ben Einstein, BOLT)
#13: More Women. Fewer Trolls. Better Internet. (Sandi MacPherson, Quibb // 50/50Pledge)
#12: The Book of Traction (Gabriel Weinberg, Duck Duck Go)
Up Next, More Exciting Things...
#11: Arguing with VCs (Danielle Morrill, Mattermark)
#10: Can't Code? Smart Ways to Execute Regardless (Vin Vacanti, Yipit)
#9: How a Paper Product Sparked a Digital Movement (Scott Belsky, Behance & Adobe)
#8: CEO of the Newest Unicorn Startup on Their Tough Start & Fast Rise (Jason Robins, DraftKings)
#7: Traction by a Thousand Cuts (Kathryn Minshew, The Muse)
#6: Leaving Google & Using a PDF to Bootstrap a SaaS Startup (Patrick Campbell, Price Intelligently)
#5: A Career Rocketship, Sexy Shakespeare, & Fixing Boston Tech (Dennis Keohane, Pando Daily)
#4: Chicken, Egg or Farm? An Unusual Launch Problem (Brad Hargreaves, General Assembly)
#3: Stalkers at Whole Foods, Sneaky Products & Inventing a Brand (Ken Chen, NatureBox)
#2: Founding LinkedIn, Elon Musk & Ancient Silicon Valley (Lee Hower, NextView)
#1: Revenue Before Product, Living Forever & Clever Origins (Fred Shilmover, InsightSquared)
Coming Soon: Creative & Unusual Ways Startups Start