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Don't crush it alone

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

Don't crush it aloneSep 30, 2019

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

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 guest of the season, we have Andrew Reiner. Andrew is the co-founder at Grapevine.ai, a voice-activated networking assistant that personalizes your relationships by remembering the details that matter.

Connect with The Mad Optimist: https://www.themadoptimist.com/

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Apr 05, 202034:53
S2: The Founders Handbook: Andrew talks to us all about bootstrapping and seeking funding for your startup

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 guest of the season, we have Andrew Reiner. Andrew is the co-founder at Grapevine.ai, a voice-activated networking assistant that personalizes your relationships by remembering the details that matter.


Connect with Andrew: https://grapevine.ai/

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Jan 24, 202033:28
S2: The Founders Handbook: Why validating your idea can make all the difference with Justin Potts (2/2)

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 guest of the season we have Justin Potts. Justin is the co-founder of Avenify, a smart networking tool 

Connect with Justin

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Nov 21, 201912:31
S2: The Founders Handbook: How a background in CS and Business helped Justin Potts launch a startup. (1/2)

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 guest of the season we have Justin Potts. Justin is the co-founder of Avenify, a platform helping students attend and earn their college degree debt-free through income share agreements.

Connect with Justin


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Nov 19, 201912:04
S2: The Founders Handbook: What's a typical day like for a digital founder? with Masha (Part 5/5)

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 episode to kick off the season we have Masha a.k.a Coding Blonde. Masha is an entrepreneur and the founder of Coding Blonde, a brand that empowers women to break into tech.

Connect with Masha

Coding Blonde

Influencer business https://mashazvereva.com/

This is just part 5 of 5 so keep listening and sign up below to get notified as we release more episodes from Masha and our future guests. Thanks for giving us a listen!

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Oct 07, 201906:00
S2: The Founders Handbook: Using blogging to grow an audience for your product or business with Masha (Part 4/5)

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 episode to kick off the season we have Masha a.k.a Coding Blonde. Masha is an entrepreneur and the founder of Coding Blonde, a brand that empowers women to break into tech.

Connect with Masha

Coding Blonde

Influencer business https://mashazvereva.com/

This is just part 4 of 5 so keep listening and sign up below to get notified as we release more episodes from Masha and our future guests. Thanks for giving us a listen!

Follow us on Twitter, our website or Instagram.

Sep 30, 201905:21
S2: The Founders Handbook: How to close that deal with a client or investor with Jaap Vergote (Part 4/4)

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 episode to kick off the season we have Jaap Vergote. Jaap is the Executive Sales Manager at ViaBill and the founder previous co-founder of CAMPO.

Connect with Jaap

This is just part 4 of 4 so keep listening and sign up below to get notified as we release more episodes from Jaap and our future guests. Thanks for giving us a listen!

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Sep 25, 201907:17
S2: The Founders Handbook: Discover your "why" before you start your product or business with Masha (Part 3/5)

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 episode to kick off the season we have Masha a.k.a Coding Blonde. Masha is an entrepreneur and the founder of Coding Blonde, a brand that empowers women to break into tech.

Connect with Masha

Coding Blonde

Influencer business https://mashazvereva.com/

This is just part 3 of 5 so keep listening and sign up below to get notified as we release more episodes from Masha and our future guests. Thanks for giving us a listen!

Follow us on Twitter, our website or Instagram.

Sep 23, 201907:17
S2: The Founders Handbook: Do founders need to know how to code to launch a startup? with Jaap Vergote (Part 3/4)

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 episode to kick off the season we have Jaap Vergote. Jaap is the Executive Sales Manager at ViaBill and the founder previous co-founder of CAMPO.

Connect with Jaap

This is just part 3 of 4 so keep listening and sign up below to get notified as we release more episodes from Jaap and our future guests. Thanks for giving us a listen!

Follow us on Twitter, our website or Instagram.

Sep 18, 201906:07
S2: The Founders Handbook: Meet Masha (Part 2/5)

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 episode to kick off the season we have Masha a.k.a Coding Blonde. Masha is an entrepreneur and the founder of Coding Blonde, a brand that empowers women to break into tech.

Connect with Masha

Coding Blonde

Influencer business https://mashazvereva.com/

This is just part 2 of 5 so keep listening and sign up below to get notified as we release more episodes from Masha and our future guests. Thanks for giving us a listen!

Follow us on Twitter, our website or Instagram.

Sep 16, 201909:27
S2: The Founders Handbook: How you can hack social media to leverage your product or brand with Masha (Part 1/5)

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 episode to kick off the season we have Masha a.k.a Coding Blonde. Masha is an entrepreneur and the founder of Coding Blonde, a brand that empowers women to break into tech.

Connect with Masha

Coding Blonde

Influencer business https://mashazvereva.com/

This is just part 1 of 5 so keep listening and sign up below to get notified as we release more episodes from Masha and our future guests. Thanks for giving us a listen!

Follow us on Twitter, our website or Instagram.

Sep 16, 201908:22
S2: The Founders Handbook: Meet Jaap Vergote (Part 2/4)

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 episode to kick off the season we have Jaap Vergote. Jaap is the Executive Sales Manager at ViaBill and the founder previous co-founder of CAMPO.

Connect with Jaap

This is just part 2 of 4 so keep listening and sign up below to get notified as we release more episodes from Jaap and our future guests. Thanks for giving us a listen!

Follow us on Twitter, our website or Instagram.

Sep 12, 201904:27
S2: The Founders Handbook: Sell it before you make it with Jaap Vergote (Part 1/4)

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 ensure you have your bases covered as you begin to ideate on your startup idea or prepare to launch.

On this first episode to kick off the season we have Jaap Vergote. Jaap is the Executive Sales Manager at ViaBill and the founder previous co-founder of CAMPO.

Connect with Jaap

This is just part 1 of 4 so keep listening and sign up below to get notified as we release more episodes from Jaap and our future guests. Thanks for giving us a listen!

Follow us on Twitter, our website or Instagram.

Sep 12, 201916:42
3 Ways to Become a Better Product Manager in 2019

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 started to build a strong system to include Engineers in customer conversations which leads to building better products.

Check out the full show notes here along with links mentioned in the recording! Please subscribe, rate and review this show! Thanks for listening. 

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Jun 29, 201926:07
The life of an IBM Watson Product Manager
May 31, 201923:38
When Product Meets a Scientific Approach with Holly Hester-Reilly
Apr 05, 201928:07
Iteration is key with Brittany Cheng
Mar 29, 201923:18
Building the 'why' with Zack Naylor
Nov 05, 201830:37
Design thinking from a young age with Iiro Isotalo
Sep 24, 201818:32
When a rejection turns into a stunning career with Morgan Meredith

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 where you want to be.

Morgan went from  studying hearing science and sound acoustics to working at Yello in  Chicago, IL and now leading the Release Management team at Jellyvision.  She gave awesome thoughts around overcoming imposter syndrome and  building up her technical skills.

Our Highlights

  • How to go from a non-traditional major (Speech Acoustics) to becoming a Release Manager for a team of 2. 
  • Ways to "zoom out" in a new role and find pain points you can work  to solve, whether that's through new processes or clearer structure and  expectations.
  • Where do you go after being a Release Manager? For Morgan, that's  developing her programming skills to one day land in a Dev Manager role.  It's all about initiative. 
  • How 'imposter syndrome' is real pain in the tech industry and ways to overcome it. 


Find Morgan
Blog
https://www.morgan-made.com/
Twitter @mo_leigh

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Twitter @elevatdlife
Instagram @elevatdlife

Jul 28, 201821:56