19 min

Scaling a Niche Product | Josh Colter The Inflection Podcast

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Josh Colter is the CEO of CardBoard. With over 15 years of experience building comprehensive and strategic marketing programs in competitive markets, Josh is motivated to lead teams with a solid strategic narrative. Josh is skilled in areas such as Strategic Product Analysis, Business Operations Analysis and C-Suite Level Consulting.



Listen to this episode if you want to learn:


How conducting surveys and analyzing user feedback can lead to more effectively serving customers
How to lead a tech company through various stages of growth and the strategic decisions
How to identify a product's most engaged and loyal users



This show is brought to you by Eikon Labs. To learn more, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.eikonlabs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.



Links:

Josh Colter, Guest

LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/joshcolter/

CardBoard - https://cardboardit.com/

To email Josh your feedback on CardBoard, contact him at: josh.colter@cardboardit.com



Anebi Agbo, Host

LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/anebiagbo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Twitter - @A15o_o



Timestamps for Episode:

00:00:00 - Introduction and Guest Background00:00:21 - Origin Story of CardBoard00:01:05 - Venture Funded Companies and Acquisition Growth00:01:27 - Introduction to SEP and CardBoard Acquisition00:02:07 - Challenges and Lost Momentum at CardBoard00:03:06 - Strategic Missteps and Market Focus00:03:48 - Regaining Momentum and Surfing Analogy00:04:15 - User Stickiness and Platform Loyalty00:05:18 - Revitalizing CardBoard and Customer Engagement00:06:01 - Customer-Centric Product Development00:07:26 - Engineering Focus and Customer Outcomes00:08:09 - Growth and User Feedback00:09:11 - CEO's Multifaceted Role and Empathy00:10:04 - Customer Centricity and Product Challenges00:11:08 - Empathy for Product Teams and Engineers00:12:39 - AI and Tech Innovations at CardBoard00:13:59 - AI Integration and Product Development00:15:09 - Advice on Acquiring and Scaling a Company00:17:42 - Expectations After Acquisition00:18:26 - Rapid Fire Word Association00:18:44 - Engaging with CardBoard and User Feedback00:19:20 - Closing Remarks and Contact Information


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inflectionpodcast/message

Josh Colter is the CEO of CardBoard. With over 15 years of experience building comprehensive and strategic marketing programs in competitive markets, Josh is motivated to lead teams with a solid strategic narrative. Josh is skilled in areas such as Strategic Product Analysis, Business Operations Analysis and C-Suite Level Consulting.



Listen to this episode if you want to learn:


How conducting surveys and analyzing user feedback can lead to more effectively serving customers
How to lead a tech company through various stages of growth and the strategic decisions
How to identify a product's most engaged and loyal users



This show is brought to you by Eikon Labs. To learn more, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.eikonlabs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.



Links:

Josh Colter, Guest

LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/joshcolter/

CardBoard - https://cardboardit.com/

To email Josh your feedback on CardBoard, contact him at: josh.colter@cardboardit.com



Anebi Agbo, Host

LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/anebiagbo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Twitter - @A15o_o



Timestamps for Episode:

00:00:00 - Introduction and Guest Background00:00:21 - Origin Story of CardBoard00:01:05 - Venture Funded Companies and Acquisition Growth00:01:27 - Introduction to SEP and CardBoard Acquisition00:02:07 - Challenges and Lost Momentum at CardBoard00:03:06 - Strategic Missteps and Market Focus00:03:48 - Regaining Momentum and Surfing Analogy00:04:15 - User Stickiness and Platform Loyalty00:05:18 - Revitalizing CardBoard and Customer Engagement00:06:01 - Customer-Centric Product Development00:07:26 - Engineering Focus and Customer Outcomes00:08:09 - Growth and User Feedback00:09:11 - CEO's Multifaceted Role and Empathy00:10:04 - Customer Centricity and Product Challenges00:11:08 - Empathy for Product Teams and Engineers00:12:39 - AI and Tech Innovations at CardBoard00:13:59 - AI Integration and Product Development00:15:09 - Advice on Acquiring and Scaling a Company00:17:42 - Expectations After Acquisition00:18:26 - Rapid Fire Word Association00:18:44 - Engaging with CardBoard and User Feedback00:19:20 - Closing Remarks and Contact Information


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inflectionpodcast/message

19 min