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Each week I’ll be bringing you interviews with people who worked for some of the most well known startups ever, lessons learned from their time at said companies, and tips and tricks you can steal to get some of the most sought after jobs.

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  1. 21.10.2020

    From 0 to $15M ARR in One Year... This Company is going to be Hiring Big

    Interview with Doug Ludlow of Mainstreet

    27 мин.

  2. 11.06.2020

    Lessons from the 10th Employee at Venmo Matt Hamilton

    On this episode we talk to Matt about his time at Venmo. Going through two acquisitions, competing against Cash App, how he would make Venmo better today and much more! 3:00 - What made you decide to join Venmo? 5:55 - What was the hiring process like at Venmo? 7:45 - What was it like being at Venmo when they were being purchased by Braintree? 10:45 - How did being acquired by Braintree effect your equity? 12:05 - How was it like being acquired by Ebay? 19:00- What do you think makes someone successful at a startup? 21:24 - Why do you like working at a startup? 23:40 - How big was Stash when Matt left? 27:20 - What was it like when CashApp came out 30:00 - What would you add to venoms social feed if you were still involved with the product? 34:35 - What is Stash? 36:30 - why did you leave stash? 38:00 - what is novo and why did you go? 44:00 - How does Novo make money? 47:30 - How large is Novo? 48:30 - What position are you hiring for today?

    52 мин.

  3. 01.06.2020

    #4 - Pete Caputa, # 15 Employee at Hubspot and The CEO of DataBox, Talks About How His Tenacity Shaped His Success

    In this episode we talk to Peter Caputa about how he went from struggling entrepreneur to Hubspot VP to CEO of a multimillion dollar ARR business! 2:00 - Why did you decide to join hubspot? 4:45 - The reason you joined hubspot was because of the financial benefit or something else? 6:27 - What started your idea of creating the hubspot partner program? 10:45 - Why did he continue to push hubspot partner program after being told no so many times? 12:00 - How old were you when you were creating hubspot partner program? 13:20 - What are the characteristics of someone who is successful at a start up? 15:00 - Do you think joining a start up is the right way to get rich? Or why should people join a startup? 16:20 - How to see a rocketship company 18:00 - How did you negotiate for more equity over time? 19:11 - How Pete won 50,000 shares of hubspot stock 23:15 - How do you view the long term goal of Databox? 26:51 - What was the ARR when you joined Databox? - few thousand dollars. - 1.1M in july 2018 - jan 2019 1.7M - 2.8M Arr - check blog post called how to manage performance during crisis 28:00 - How COVID-19 has effected Databox. 32:00- How to make your SEO better using Databox 34:00 - Why did he choose the go to market strategy that he chose for Databox 41:00 - Does Databox have direct sales reps? 43:20 - Is Databox hiring? 45:00 - Databox on remote working

    47 мин.

  4. 25.05.2020

    #3 The Day Dollar Shave Club Knew They Would Be Huge with Cassie Lawrence, the 10th Employee

    On this episode we talk to the 10th employee at Dollar Shave club, Cassie Lawrence. She discusses how she joined DSC, when she knew it was going to be successful, advice to other startup employees and much more! Cassie Lawrence 1:00 - Were you there for the video? 2:45 - The CEO of Dollar Shave clubs advice to Cassie about her career. 4:42 - What was her first day at Dollar Shave Club like? 5:55 - 3 Pieces of advice to somebody joining a fast growing company? 9:22 - When did she know Dollar Shave clubs was going to be huge 12:50 - Did Dollar Shave give equity to early stage companies? 13:15 - Why Cassie decided to go to a small agency instead of a fast growing company 17:02 - How is PR doing during COVID-19 18:30 - Cassies advice to graduating college students

    21 мин.

  5. 12.05.2020

    #2 - Growing a Business from $10k a month to Over 8 Figures with Adam Ryan of The Hustle

    Adam Ryan is the President of The Hustle. He has been with the company since they were doing $10k a month in business to now doing over 8 figures a year. Adam joined the company to be the first sales person but now runs the complete day to day operations. In this episode, he talks about moving up quickly in the company, what it takes and what he recommends to anyone else who wants to move up fast at a startup. He also speak about how things are going at The Hustle during this crazy time, a few tips on how to get an interview and how to get a job at The Hustle. Show Notes: 2:50 - Spiceworks taught him how to go from 1-100M 3:30 - Why Adam left under armor to joint the hustle 5:20 - Why Adam doesn’t love big companies 6:38 - 10K a month when he joined to $1.5M in a year. 8:17 - What made them change business model 8:57 - What it felt like to go from if to when 10:30 - What Adam uses weeks and nights to keep up with the growth of The Hustle 13:30 - How to be successful at a fast growing company (Adams first question he asked when hiring) 14:40 - Advice to people joining start ups 15:20 - How they’re handling corona. Contingency plans, etc. 17:20 - Is the hustle currently thinking about Layoffs 17:50 - Tools that will not get cut? Sales force and another big name 19:30 - Startups that stand out to Adam 20:40 - Adams billion dollar idea 23:00 - 100 million dollar ideas 24:20 - What Adam looks for in separating yourself as an employee 25:00 - How to get in the door about a company 26:20 - Positions The Hustle is hiring for

    28 мин.

  6. 04.05.2020

    E1: Dave Gerhardt Explains What It's Like to Work at and Join a Hypergrowth Start Up!

    3:10 - How he decided to leave Hubspot and go to another company 5:12 - Why he decided to join Drift 7:10 - How having a side project helped set himself a part from other people interviewing at Drift 8:50 - What every marketer should do to get started 9:30 - How Dan, an employee of his separated himself from others. 10:00 - How to think about equity, cash & learning when joining a start up 12:20 - How joining a start up put him in the best position to be a CMO at 32 13:30 - Would Dave go to a start up now? 16:00 - Other startups Dave think is doing a great job today! 19:00 - What is Privy? 22:00 - Marketing people Dave likes

    24 мин.

  7. 05.04.2020

    Introducing The Riding a Rocket Podcast

    Hey and welcome to the Riding a Rocket podcast. This show is to help you become an expert in picking startups so you work for the right company, gain a ton of experience, earn a lot of money and live the life that you want. Each week I’ll be bringing you interviews with people who worked for some of the most well known startups ever, lessons learned from their time at said companies, and tips and tricks you can steal to get some of the most sought after jobs.

    2 мин.
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Each week I’ll be bringing you interviews with people who worked for some of the most well known startups ever, lessons learned from their time at said companies, and tips and tricks you can steal to get some of the most sought after jobs.

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