Success Story with Scott D. Clary

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Freshworks' Journey to India’s First SaaS IPO #scottsthoughts Oct 22, 2021

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Freshworks (@FreshworksInc) (formerly Freshdesk) has long been the leading light in India's SaaS industry. It was India's first SaaS unicorn, not only achieving massive success, but also ushering in a second wave of new SaaS firms, while on their path to becoming India’s SaaS superpower.

Today I'll break down how they grew to a 12.2b dollar valuation company & became India's first unicorn and SaaS IPO.

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Miko Matsumura, General Partner with Gumi Ventures | How De-Fi is Changing the World Oct 15, 2021

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Miko is a General Partner with Gumi Ventures, a US $30M investment fund focused early stage blockchain startups and a cofounder of crypto exchange Evercoin, Miko fell in love with open source software 25 years ago as chief Evangelist for the Java Language and Platform at Sun Microsystems.

Since then he has been building open source software startups in Silicon Valley including raising over $50 million in venture capital for developer platform companies such as Gradle and financial infrastructure companies like Hazelcast and has participated in multiple exits including INFRAVIO, webMethods, and Db4O.

He is an advisor in successful startups like Celsius (CeFi Lending), Idle Finance (DeFi Yield Aggregator), Pundi X (Payments), and KEYLESS (ID infrastructure). He has been an investor with Focus Ventures, a firm with over $800M under management, 9 IPOs and 44 exits and blockchain firm Pantera Capital. He holds a Master’s degree in Neuroscience from Yale University where he worked on abstract computational neural networks.

➡️ Talking Points

00:00 - Intro.

08:02 - Blockchain.. breaking away from institutional systems.

15:42 - Crypto hacking.

20:21 - Questioning people’s motives.

26:09 - What is De-Fi?

32:10 - Blockchain & Crypto adoption.

46:11 - How De-Fi is changing lives.

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If You Want Success, Get After It w/ Better Call Daddy & Reena Friedman Watts #scottsthoughts Oct 15, 2021

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Today, you'll hear me on the 'Better Call Daddy' podcast, hosted by Reena Friedman Watts. We chat about sales & marketing, side hustles and ambition.

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Aaron Marino, Alpha M & Serial Entrepreneur | How to Launch Multiple Businesses Off a Personal Brand Oct 14, 2021

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For almost 15-years, Aaron Marino has worked with thousands of men from around the world, helping them with their personal style, grooming, fashion, image, wardrobe, and even dating.

Aaron Marino has not only expanded his reach with his viral videos but also with a variety of products such as the now-retired style system that was featured on the ABC’s Shark Tank.

He had a second appearance on Shark Tank with his men’s grooming company, Pete & Pedro. Other companies that he owns include Tiege Hanley, MENfluential Media, and ENEMY.

➡️ Talking Points

00:00 - Intro.

11:15 - On pursuing opportunities.

19:29 - Building a personal brand from scratch.

24:10 - The Shark Tank experience.

30:32 - On connecting with the right people.

39:31 - From 2x Shark Tank, to building multiple brands.

49:42 - Why you have to keep moving forward.

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Bridging the Sales & Marketing Gap w/ Jod Pod & James O'Donnell #scottsthoughts Oct 13, 2021

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Today, you'll hear me on the 'Jod Pod' podcast, hosted by James O'Donnell. We chat about sales & marketing strategy and bridging the sales & marketing gap.

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How Netflix Multiplied Its Value By 500x #scottsthoughts Oct 10, 2021

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This story dates back to 1997, beginning with the failure of the highly popular Blockbuster. For those too young to remember, Blockbuster was a movie rental service with physical stores of DVDs all across the United States.

The general American tradition back then was you rent a movie on a Friday and then give it back on a Monday. Back in 1997, Blockbuster was a billion-dollar company with more than 6000 stores in the US alone, having revenue of 391 billion dollars.

But the problem was that 16% of that revenue came from late fees, which was annoying millions of its customers. One of the customers got fined an excessive amount of $40 in late fees. It annoyed him so much that he went on to start a company of his own.

This man was none other than Reed Hastings, and the company he founded is what we know as Netflix today.

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Andrew Frawley, Andrew Yang's CMO | How to Market a Presidential Campaign Oct 10, 2021

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➡️ About The Guest

Andrew Frawley joined Andrew Yang in his bid for president in December 2017 when, at the time, the operation was running out of Yang’s mother’s apartment as a team of only three. Frawley worked in a myriad of catch-all roles until he was entrusted to found and build the campaign’s marketing team from just himself to over a dozen. In his role as Director, Frawley created the well-popularized "MATH" hat, directed the campaign's social media team which saw growth of 375,000%, developed the awarded "best in politics" merchandise, and raised tens of millions of dollars fueling the organization’s growth to 300+ staffers.

Andrew Frawley is a marketer and business builder by trade. Frawley has worked on a dozen startups (and now political operations) from Silicon Valley to New York City to Richmond, Virginia. He received a B.A. in Brand Management, and certificates of Venture Creation & Product Innovation from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2016. Frawley has been writing for his blog for the past six years and has contributed works to The Guardian, Inc, Huffington Post, Thrive Global, and LifeHack. His writing on the popular question and answer forum, Quora, has been viewed over two million times.

➡️ Talking Points

00:00 - Intro.

10:58 - Self worth and career.

15:19 - Getting started in marketing.

25:05 - Introduction to Andrew Yang.

35:31 - How to get on Joe Rogan.

42:28 - The MATH hat.

48:25 - Life as a marketer after a presidential campaign.

57:06 - Marketing insights that transcend industry.

1:02 - Using alternative media for marketing.

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How to Podcast w/ S2 Show & Stephanie Saunders #scottsthoughts Oct 06, 2021

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Today, you'll hear me on the 'S2 Podcast' podcast hosted by Stephanie Saunders. We chat about some strategies for starting and growing a podcast.

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How Grab Became The Super App Of Southeast Asia #scottsthoughts Oct 05, 2021

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In the last few years, Southeast Asia has seen a rapid increase in ride-sharing apps. One of these companies is Grab (@grabsg). This company saw an opportunity and took it by storm, quickly becoming one of the most successful startups in history.

Grab even beat Uber as the top ride-sharing app in Southeast Asia and has gone beyond being a “Decacorn” — a company worth more than 10-billion dollars. This breakdown will explore how they did it and what you can learn from their success story.

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Alexandra Fasulo, Full Time Digital Nomad | How to Make 7 Figures Freelancing on Fiverr Oct 05, 2021

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Alexandra is a Florida-based full-time digital nomad, Fiverr PRO freelance writer, and Fiverr millionaire. Gaining international attention in June 2018 for her feature on CNBC “How to Make 6-Figures on Fiverr,” everything changed that day for Alexandra. She was then featured on the likes of MSN, AOL, Business Insider, and Yahoo Finance, with dozens of people writing in every single day to learn about how they can earn a 6-figure income working from home.

➡️ Talking Points

00:00 - Intro. 10:42 - How did you grow your freelancing business?

12:24 - How to start freelancing.

15:57 - Some things to be aware of when starting your own business.

17:50 - Should you jump into a side hustle full time?

21:15 - How do you price your services as a freelancer?

24:28 - How to scale yourself as a freelancer.

29:45 - How to deal with online haters.

45:09 - How to manage your social presence.

48:21 - How do you excel in a remote/digital nomad environment?

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