The Drops Podcast

In part 3 of our conversation with Matthew Tumbleson, CMO for New Brands at P&G. We continue to talk about what it takes to create a product that customers love?

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In part 2 of our conversation with Matthew Tumbleson, CMO for New Brands at P&G. We continue to talk about what it takes to create a product that customers love?

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Matthew Tumbleson, CMO for New Brands at P&G, gets candid about product-market fit for consumer packaged goods. In this episode of the podcast, Matthew outlines his definition of product-market fit and explains why it’s so important in today’s competitive landscape.

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Continuing on in our Product-Market Fit series, we revisit Uber and the ways in which it makes sense and where it will need to change. Most importantly, we throw out our predictions for the future of Uber.

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Would it really be a series on product-market fit, if we didn't also highlight the products that will win? We get into exactly what sets Youtube apart in terms of monetizing the creator economy and being the preferred destination of Gen Z.

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This week we continue our series on Product-Market Fit and why some companies fail. This week the spotlight is on Clubhouse and how it has fared since its meteoric rise in the early days of Covid in 2020. When you really think about it, is Clubhouse a product or a feature? Tune in as we answer that question.

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You asked, and we answered! Today's episode is the first in a series that will explore product market fit and specifically why some companies fail and others win. 

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This week's guest is David Beazley. David is the founder and managing partner for Purple Arch Ventures, a part of Alumni Ventures, one of the most active VC firms in the United States, and he has more than 25 years of private investment experience.

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This week we speak with Lexi Butler, a chief of staff at Twitter and founder of Sista Circle Black Women in Tech. Tam and B. discuss the complexity of mitigating risk and ensuring compliance within corporations. Lexi reminds us about the importance of asking why.

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We're back this week with an episode discussing the age-old question of how to spot a scam. This time the topic is squarely centered on crypto and other fintech startups and whether the recent implosion was predictable.

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This week we discuss the rampant layoffs across tech and what it means from an economic and value perspective for tech moving forward.

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This week we interview our first guest, Brooke Skinner Ricketts. In her own words, Brooke Skinner Ricketts is a billion-dollar revenue generator. She is also the former CMO of Cars.com and has held executive roles at Twitter, Avant, and FCB. She also serves on the board of directors of the University of Phoenix and HyreCar. Brooke is currently the President of Beyond Barriers. Beyond Barriers helps organizations win the war for talent and build inclusive cultures that spark innovation. Their platform is the “Peloton of Professional Development,” democratizing access to leadership coaching, high-performance training, and community engagement — at scale. The flagship 6-month Accelerator empowers mid-career women to step into leadership opportunities by learning strategies to remove hard-and-soft skill barriers and become future-ready leaders. They work with the world’s leading brands, and our clients report a measurable increase in employee retention, performance, and advocacy. And their NPS has consistently been over 95%!

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In this week's episode, Tam and B. discuss the new normal where companies like Uber, Instacart, etc. can no longer afford to subsidize their services with the drying up of widely available VC funding. VCs now have a new task of nurturing the babies they make.

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This is the very first episode of the Drops Podcast with B. Pagels-Minor and Tamarly "Tam" Danier.

In this episode, Tam and B. discuss the $100 million deal to purchase Justin Timberlake's catalog. Is it really a good value?