Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel

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#49: How To Overcome Self Doubt Dec 22, 2016

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Self doubt is something that we all struggle with every day. So that's what we're talking about on this episode of Seeking Wisdom. How to overcome self doubt (and how to use haters to your advantage). Two Ways To Support The Show 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how to leave a review: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only Connect With Us Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

#48: Goals Dec 12, 2016

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Everyone is in planning mode for 2017, so we thought it would be good to sit down and talk about goals. -- Two Ways To Support The Show 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how to leave a review: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only Connect With Us Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

#47: Management & Career Growth Dec 06, 2016

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- You hear it all the time: startups are all about the people. But there's one topic that people don't talk about a lot: bringing on the *right* people at the *right* team. So that's what we're talking about today -- when to bring on a management team at a startup, and as an individual, progressing your career at a startup. From David: "One of the top hiring mistakes that people make is that they are usually good at screening people for culture fit and skill set -- but they aren't good at making sure that person matches the current stage of the company." Two Ways To Support The Show 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how to leave a review: http://bit.ly/5-Stars-Only Connect With Us Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

#46: Lunch With Mark Roberge Nov 30, 2016

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Mark Roberge came by Drift earlier in the month to hang out and have lunch with our team — so we figured we would record it and turn it into a conversation for Seeking Wisdom. Mark helped HubSpot grow basically from day one (as SVP of Worldwide Sales and Services and then Chief Revenue Officer) and now spends his time as a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School. Two quick highlights you don't want to miss: - 22:00 Mark’s thoughts on the shift from the PQL model to the MQL model and how it’s changed sales - 39:00 Mark walks through his interview technique Follow Mark on Twitter twitter.com/markroberge Connect With Us: Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

#45: Our Approach To Content Marketing Nov 22, 2016

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Some quick thoughts on our approach to content marketing at Drift. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Connect With Us: Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

44: How To Prioritize Nov 15, 2016

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Prioritization. Focus. Whatever you want to call it. Figuring out where to spend your time can be one of the hardest parts of working at a startup. David shares his approach to prioritization and why it might be time to accept that you will have more than one priority at a time. Two resources we mention on this episode: Stephen Covey's "Big Rocks" http://bit.ly/2fV188c The One Thing (one of our favorite books): http://amzn.to/2eXrB0q Connect With Us: Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

43: Slack, Microsoft, and Shoe Dog Nov 09, 2016

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Last week Slack took out a full-page ad in the New York Times to "welcome" Microsoft to their market ahead of announcing Microsoft Teams. Most of the Twittersphere and press weren't fans of the ad, but we had a little bit of a different take: competition is good. So we talk about that -- plus we revisit a few lessons from Shoe Dog, a book by Nike founder Phil Knight. Here's a link to the Slack announcement if you missed it: http://bit.ly/2fCXSfx Here's a link to Shoe Dog on Amazon: amzn.to/2fmxeGB We appreciate all of the love and support for the podcast. Here's a link that David mentioned on the show about how to leave us a five-star review on iTunes: bit.ly/2fmvP31 Connect With Us! Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

42: Is It A Company Problem Or A Customer Problem? Nov 03, 2016

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- One of the best questions you can ask when you're building a product, selling a product, or marketing a product: "is this our problem? or our customer's problem?" Who is this a problem for? Plus Dave shares what its like getting hard feedback from David. Connect With Us Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

41: A Quick One On Gratitude Oct 27, 2016

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- A quick a lesson from David on gratitude and his daily practice. Connect With Us Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

40: How To Price Your Product Oct 25, 2016

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- David shares a story about getting bills from two products (Slack and Trell), his reaction to both, and what it made him think about pricing. We talk about how we're thinking about pricing at Drift and aligning our incentives with our customer's success, plus David shares what he's learned about pricing over the years. Connect With Us #seekingwisdom Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Come hang out with us at seekingwisdom.io and on Twitter @seekingwisdomio. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com

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