16 episodes
Out of the Woods Michael Martocci
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- Business
The startup game has changed and Only the most agile will make it to the other side. Out of the Woods is a show where we interview top startup founders, executives, and investors to hear how they are navigating the rapidly changing economic environment.
We'll share real time insights, strategies, and stories from those in the trenches, with the goal to help as many teams level up their execution and make it out of the woods.
Hosted by Michael Martocci, Founder of SwagUp - a platform that has done over $100m in revenue helping companies create and distribute swag globally
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Treading The Uncommon Path To Growth In Ecom w/ Adam Robinson @ Retention.com - Out of the Woods Ep 16
In this episode, our founder Michael sits down with Adam Robinson, the Founder and CEO of Retention.com. Adam is a former finance professional at Lehman Brothers. Inspired by his roommates who had created Vimeo in their shared apartment, Adam embraced his inner marketing wizard and set his sights on a new adventure, launching Robly, an email marketing company. With no prior tech background, he grew the bootstrapped startup to $5M in revenue in just two years.
With an 8-figure exit, he founded GetEmails in late 2019, later rebranding it as Retention.com, an industry-leading Shopify e-commerce solution for increasing revenue.
Connect with Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/retentionadam/
Check out Retention: https://retention.com/
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Out of the Woods is hosted by Michael Martocci, the Founder, CEO of SwagUp, the leading Swag Management Platform that has empowered over 5000 companies to manage the creation and distribution of branded merchandise globally.
The goal of Out of the Woods is to help as many startup teams make it to the other side of these uncertain economic times by arming them with insights and tactics from those on the front lines.
About Michael Martocci - Michael is a lifelong entrepreneur, first selling groceries at the foot of his driveway at the age of 5. Since then Michael has launched countless businesses. Michael is a dropout of The College of William & Mary where he studied finance, before ultimately starting SwagUp in 2017, which he's led to over $100m in revenue in 5 years while bootstrapping the majority of the way
About SwagUp - SwagUp is an API-first platform that empowers companies to create and distribute branded merchandise at scale globally to connect with their employees, customers, partners, and prospects! SwagUp works with over 5000 of the top companies around the world with a focus on high-quality products and a seamless experience.
Learn more at www.swagup.com -
Building a Modern Sales Motion w/ Numentum CEO, Dan Swift - Out of the Woods Ep 15
In this episode, our founder Michael sits down with Dan Swift, the CEO of Numentum (formerly Empire Selling), a buyer experience consultancy that helps B2B organizations go to market faster, bigger, and more effectively without needing an expensive and time-consuming overhaul of existing processes and systems. They partner with CEOs, CMOs, CROs, and CHROs to develop customized training programs that integrate brand, sales, and marketing to deliver accelerated revenue momentum.
By focusing on the buying experience, they advance the skills, information, and interactions sales professionals must deploy to effectively engage with today’s hyper-informed buyers.
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjswift/
Check out Numentum: https://www.numentum.com
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Out of the Woods is hosted by Michael Martocci, the Founder, CEO of SwagUp, the leading Swag Management Platform that has empowered over 5000 companies to manage the creation and distribution of branded merchandise globally.
Out of the Woods aims to help as many startup teams make it to the other side of these uncertain economic times by arming them with insights and tactics from those on the front lines.
About Michael Martocci - Michael is a lifelong entrepreneur, first selling groceries at the foot of his driveway at the age of 5. Since then, Michael has launched countless businesses. Michael is a dropout of The College of William & Mary where he studied finance, before ultimately starting SwagUp in 2017, which he's led to over $100m in revenue in 5 years while bootstrapping the majority of the way
About SwagUp - SwagUp is an API-first platform that empowers companies to create and distribute branded merchandise at scale globally to connect with their employees, customers, partners, and prospects! SwagUp works with over 5000 of the top companies around the world with a focus on high-quality products and a seamless experience.
Learn more at www.swagup.com -
From D2C to B2B: How to shake up your industry w/ Lawrence Hanley - Out of the Woods Ep 14
In this episode, our founder Michael sits down with Lawrence Hanley, founder & CEO of Desk Plants, America's Leading Plant Supplier in Promotional Products.
Desk Plants is a niche promotional products company supplying unique, branded gifting solutions your team will love.
With a background in tech sales, Lawrence started Desk Plants in 2018. Since then, Desk Plants has served over 40,000 customers and has become the leading plant supplier in the United States for the Promotional Products Industry.
Connect with Lawrence on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencehanley/
Check out Desk Plants: https://deskplants.com/
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Out of the Woods is hosted by Michael Martocci, the Founder, CEO of SwagUp, the leading Swag Management Platform that has empowered over 5000 companies manage the creation and distribution of branded merchandise globally.
The goal of Out of the Woods is to help as many startup teams make it to the other side of these uncertain economic times by arming them with insights and tactics from those on the front lines.
About Michael Martocci - Michael is a lifelong entrepreneur, first selling groceries at the foot of his driveway at the age of 5. Since then Michael has launched countless businesses. Michael is a dropout of The College of William & Mary where he studied finance, before ultimately starting SwagUp in 2017, which he's led to over $100m in revenue in 5 years while bootstrapping the majority of the way
About SwagUp - SwagUp is an API-first platform that empowers companies to create and distribute branded merchandise at scale globally to connect with their employees, customers, partners, and prospects! SwagUp works with over 5000 of the top companies around the world with a focus on high-quality products and a seamless experience.
Learn more at www.swagup.com -
Unforgettable Team Building Experiences w/ Confetti Founder, Lee Rubin - Out of the Woods Ep 13
In this episode, our founder Michael sits down with Lee Rubin, the CEO and Founder of Confetti, an online platform that helps companies plan amazing social gatherings using multiple vendors, in just a few clicks.
From online games and hosted game shows to shippable experiences, Confetti's platform contains dozens of interesting and unique virtual experiences to support their customers’ desire for fresh and fun ideas.
The platform is already loved by 2,500+ companies such as Google, Facebook, Spotify, and many other startups, firms, and agencies.
Connect with Lee on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubinl/
Check out Confetti: https://www.withconfetti.com/
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Out of the Woods is hosted by Michael Martocci, the Founder, CEO of SwagUp, the leading Swag Management Platform that has empowered over 5000 companies manage the creation and distribution of branded merchandise globally.
The goal of Out of the Woods is to help as many startup teams make it to the other side of these uncertain economic times by arming them with insights and tactics from those on the front lines.
About Michael Martocci - Michael is a lifelong entrepreneur, first selling groceries at the foot of his driveway at the age of 5. Since then Michael has launched countless businesses. Michael is a dropout of The College of William & Mary where he studied finance, before ultimately starting SwagUp in 2017, which he's led to over $100m in revenue in 5 years while bootstrapping the majority of the way
About SwagUp - SwagUp is an API-first platform that empowers companies to create and distribute branded merchandise at scale globally to connect with their employees, customers, partners, and prospects! SwagUp works with over 5000 of the top companies around the world with a focus on high-quality products and a seamless experience.
Learn more at www.swagup.com -
Empowering the next-gen of collectors w/ OnChain Studios CEO, Will Weinraub - Out of the Woods Ep 12
In this episode, our founder Michael sits down with Will Weinraub, the CEO, and co-founder of OnChain Studios, where they are building a digital toy and gaming platform called Cryptoys.
William advises companies such as Usko, CryptoLeague, and The Tick3t. He invests in startups as an angel investor and via a VC Syndicate called Flamingo Capital, which he runs with his friends Chris Adamo and Adam Garfield.
On top of that, Will co-founded The Local Leaders Collective, an organization that provides peer group support for entrepreneurs. He's also a co-host for The Miami Tech Pod.
Connect with Will on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willweinraub/
Follow Will on Twitter: https://twitter.com/willweinraub
Check out OnChain Studios: https://twitter.com/OnChainStudios
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Out of the Woods is hosted by Michael Martocci, the Founder, CEO of SwagUp, the leading Swag Management Platform that has empowered over 5000 companies to manage the creation and distribution of branded merchandise globally.
Out of the Woods aims to help as many startup teams make it to the other side of these uncertain economic times by arming them with insights and tactics from those on the front lines.
About Michael Martocci - Michael is a lifelong entrepreneur, first selling groceries at the foot of his driveway at age 5. Since then Michael has launched countless businesses. Michael is a dropout of The College of William & Mary where he studied finance, before ultimately starting SwagUp in 2017, which he's led to over $100m in revenue in 5 years while bootstrapping the majority of the way
About SwagUp - SwagUp is an API-first platform that empowers companies to create and distribute branded merchandise at scale globally to connect with their employees, customers, partners, and prospects! SwagUp works with over 5000 of the top companies around the world with a focus on high-quality products and a seamless experience.
Learn more at www.swagup.com -
Disrupting the eCommerce landscape w/ The Snow Agency CEO, Dan Snow - - Out of the Woods Ep 11
In this episode, our founder Michael sits down with Dan Snow, co-founder, and CEO of The Snow Agency, a performance and social media marketing agency that is disrupting the eCommerce landscape for DTC brands.
Daniel is a proven expert having launched and scaled numerous viral eCommerce brands himself over the course of 3.5 years, generating close to $50M in revenue, without ever receiving funding or a loan. This entrepreneurial foundation is what inspired Daniel to launch The Snow Agency.
Having an inherent understanding of what clients want, because he was once in the same position, is the unique perspective that gives The Snow Agency its competitive edge. After spending tens of millions of dollars of his own money on marketing Daniel has experienced the ins and outs of operating a successful eCommerce business and is now focused on bringing this knowledge to his clients.
To date, The Snow Agency has spent $75M+ across Facebook, Instagram, and Google and has generated $250M+ in revenue across all of its clients.
Daniel is also the Founder of RAPTV, a passion project for him, which is the largest hip-hop community in the world. RAPTV has reached viral status with over 8M followers across owned channels and generating 150M impressions a week on social media alone. RAPTV builds awareness and cultivates massive followings for large and small hip-hop artists alike.
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielsnow24/
Follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamdansnow
Check out The Snow Agency: https://thesnowagency.com/
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Out of the Woods is hosted by Michael Martocci, the Founder, CEO of SwagUp, the leading Swag Management Platform that has empowered over 5000 companies manage the creation and distribution of branded merchandise globally.
The goal of Out of the Woods is to help as many startup teams make it to the other side of these uncertain economic times by arming them with insights and tactics from those on the front lines.
About Michael Martocci - Michael is a lifelong entrepreneur, first selling groceries at the foot of his driveway at the age of 5. Since then Michael has launched countless businesses. Michael is a dropout of The College of William & Mary where he studied finance, before ultimately starting SwagUp in 2017, which he's led to over $100m in revenue in 5 years while bootstrapping the majority of the way
About SwagUp - SwagUp is an API-first platform that empowers companies to create and distribute branded merchandise at scale globally to connect with their employees, customers, partners, and prospects! SwagUp works with over 5000 of the top companies around the world with a focus on high-quality products and a seamless experience.
Learn more at www.swagup.com