REFLECTION AND IMPROVEMENT – Bringing Agile Principles To All Functions With Eric Weiss – Bonus Episode
Episode Summary Systematic self improvement and self reflection are two aspects of entrepreneurial development that often get glossed over, and historically don’t exist outside of engineering teams. Bringing these Agile principles into other departments has helped Eric’s clients reach outcomes that previously seemed unattainable.
LEVERAGE IS KEY – Growing Your Business Through Self Development With Serial Entrepreneur JJ Parker, Part 2
Episode Summary Something that most entrepreneurs learn through trial and error is the importance of leverage and efficiency. While it’s completely normal to attach yourself to every process in your company at the early stages, it’s highly inefficient to do so and will often lead you off the growth path. The sooner you learn how […]
BUSINESS MEETS ART – How To Build Multiple Successful Businesses with Serial Entrepreneur JJ Parker, Part 1
Episode Summary JJ took an unconventional path to entrepreneurship. He’s an art and design graduate who noticed a market gap in early tech back in the 90’s. Early in his career, JJ had to train school employees how to use video bulletin software, which is when he realized that the true problem behind why people […]
SQUARE PEG + ROUND HOLE – How Technical Founders Should Approach Go-To-Market with Eric Weiss – Bonus Episode
Episode Summary Many founders build their technology and only then try to figure out what industry it’s best applied to. In the case of Davit, they had 24 different use cases they were trying to present to the market, which caused them to struggle with their business model.
NEXT GEN TECH – Scale By Innovating Your Tech with David Baghdasaryan, Co-Founder & CEO of Krisp, Part 2
Episode Summary Krisp has grown significantly throughout COVID and beyond. They saw a huge market opportunity with call centers where the issue of noise cancellation is truly prevalent and expensive, which helped them grow through word of mouth. Throughout this growth spurt they’ve been able to add a plethora of new features, and now they’re […]
TAKING THE RISK – Choosing Entrepreneurship Over Millions With Davit Baghdasaryan, CEO of Krisp, Part 1
Episode Summary Davit’s background is in engineering. If you asked Davit if he plans to become an entrepreneur a year prior to founding Krisp, he would have said – no way. But when he took the plunge, it didn’t take long for him to fall in love with it and unlock his hidden calling.
BUILDING HUGE PLATFORMS – How To Approach Building the Next Salesforce or Airtable with Eric Weiss – Bonus Episode
Episode Summary During those two episodes, Eric and Jan discussed what it takes to truly grow a platform business. Many founders want to go after a broad market and grow their company into an industry staple. As a startup, the likelihood that you’ll succeed increases if you find a narrow market and focus on an […]
SCALE BY INNOVATING – How To Build a Platform That Wins with Jan Arendtsz, Founder of Celigo, Part 2
Episode Summary In the previous part we established the story of how Celigo had to make some hard decisions that were ultimately for the best. In more recent history, they had to pivot to a new product even after they found what was supposedly working. Jan’s reason is simple – the Total Addressable Market(TAM) was […]
FROM CONSULTING TO SaaS – Pivoting From Service To Software with the Founder of Celigo, Jan Arendtsz, Part 1
Episode Summary Jan’s path to entrepreneurship began with him working as a software engineer for a couple of years and quickly realizing that it’s not his true calling. He chose to stick with it for a while to build a solid technical background, after which he joined a consulting firm to learn a bit more […]
ARTICULATE YOUR VISION – AI is Disrupting How We Build UI with Eric Weiss – Bonus Episode
Episode Summary AI is currently disrupting how we approach building UI by increasing the speed at which we’re able to articulate an idea and build the first model. These prototypes also enable us to get to the feedback stages much earlier in the process and with much less waste.