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Most of us are hovering around week 5 of the quarantine. How are you holding up?

Today we’re talking about the lack of barbers and salons, the state of the economy, trends in our businesses and what we’ve seen in the market, the latest news on Carta, and updates on our businesses. We also address our thoughts on the future of e-commerce economy.

Here are today’s conversation points:

• Who is going to be giving you a haircut during the quarantine?
• The current state of the economy
• Brian talks about his company’s stats during the quarantine
• Carta’s 15% layoffs
• It’s always a bull market, you just have to find where.
• Jordan’s work on management at Carthook (and asking for help)
• ProcessKit new feature: automated KanBan view/options
  • Defining audiences and how they will each see the KanBan feature
• Onboarding processes and going back to square one with potential customers
• Branding Productize, AudienceOps, and ProcessKit to be visually similar
• Is our fate tied to Shopify’s fate?
• Investments and stocks
• Publishing content for Productize

Resources/Links:

YouProbablyNeedAHaircut.com

“Carta’s COVID-19 Layoff” and all-hands meeting, Henry Ward

Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott

SunriseKPI

Productize

Audience Ops

ProcessKit

Carthook

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This is four weeks in a row now. Quarantine life is conducive to podcasting. Coronavirus has put people into precarious positions right now. What should be on our priority lists? How do you handle traumatic or dramatic events during a global crisis like Coronavirus? Especially while we’re all working remotely.

Today we’re talking about what’s going on behind the scenes at Carthook, Brian’s sense of Coronavirus urgency, and personnel and communication issues within a company (where to draw boundaries, what expectations are, and good practices), the Seder, shopping in masks, and being protein-driven.

Here are today’s conversation points:

• Some happenings inside Jordan’s business
• Coronavirus urgency and self-imposed pressure
• Managing Jordan and managing chutzpah
• Communication issues
• How to heal from a work issue when working remotely
• Negotiating between things you want to do versus time
• ProcessKit Implementation Service
• Ordering in versus Shopping In-Person

Resources/Links:

SunriseKPI

Productize

Audience Ops

ProcessKit

Carthook

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It turns out when we work from home and we’re under quarantine, we can upload pretty consistently. Welcome back to the podcast, everyone. Things are still weird out there with COVID-19 and we’re just trying to take things day-by-day. Everything is so unstable and unpredictable. We’ll share fears and commiserate together.

Today we’re talking about how everything is connected, how the quarantine is affecting everything, the CARES Act for small businesses, and we’ll talk about more updates on what’s going on with Productize, ProcessKit, and CartHook.

Here are today’s conversation points:

• Jordan talks about how the quarantine is affecting everyone (podcasts/podcasters, family, business owners, etc.)
• The stimulus AKA the PPP Loan CARES Act
• Who should get the money? Should some businesses not get the money?
• The importance of not getting comfortable with any current success
• Brian’s Productize and ProcessKit progress
• ProcessKit Implementor
• Jordan’s marketing and product progress
• Powered by Search marketing agency
• SEO, improving content, and quality over quantity for Productize
• “Memories” of the glass wall

Resources/Links:

MicroConf PPP Overview

Gusto (All-In-One People/Payroll Platform)

Ben Horowitz: Peacetime vs Wartime CEO, YouTube Video

Simon Sinek’s All-Hands Zoom Meeting Video

Powered by Search B2B Marketing Agency

SunriseKPI 

Productize 

Audience Ops

ProcessKit  

Carthook  

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Brian and Jordan are holed up in their houses, podcasting in the time of Corona. There were pre-Corona episodes, and now our first post-Corona episode. Having heard some of our colleagues’ podcasts, it is apparent when these episodes were recorded: pre-Coronavirus and post (or in the time of) the Coronavirus. 

We’re not just talking about the virus itself during this episode, however. This week, we’re talking about our laundry list of things we need to juggle, what good can come from this, what will the coronavirus do to the economy and what has it already done, and what will this mean for consumerism? We also go over Brian’s other podcast and Jordan’s biggest worries about Carthook and the coronavirus.

Here are today’s conversation points:

• What good can come from this?
• “On a scale of 1 – 10, how worried are you?”
• When the reality of the virus hit us and our families
• How has ProcessKit and Carthook done in the midst of the virus
• Trends we have seen so far
• The future of (Brian’s) online communities and online courses
• The Product Highs Podcast and looking for a podcast producer
• Jordan’s biggest worries about the coronavirus
• Acknowledging the downside while pursuing the upside
• How Brian juggles multiple projects.
• The perks of diversification
• What will happen to these habits after the Coronavirus goes away?
• What does that mean for consumerism?
• What sorts of leaders we need in this type of crisis
• Wash your hands people. Stay inside.

Resources/Links:

The Daily Podcast, The New York Times

PodcastMotor

LemonPie.fm

SunriseKPI 

Audience Ops

ProcessKit  

Carthook  

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Two weeks in a row! How much can happen in a week? We’re back behind the mic today and we’re talking all about marketing and company culture. We talk about how straight forward the eCommerce marketing pitch used to be and about word-of-mouth marketing and what that can mean about your product. We also cover different company culture styles and what’s healthy when it comes to personnel changes, group lunches, and talking about the boss behind his back. 

Here are today’s conversation points:

• Sharing information with investors
• Leadership within a company and the changing of roles
• The advantage of positioning
• Training new members of the team and personnel changes
• Word-of-mouth marketing
• “What playbook are we supposed to follow?”
• What the paid media cost structure looks like
• ROI promises and faith
• The sales and marketing relationship in a business
• Various marketing techniques
• The new AudienceOps sales role
• Sales as a skillset and thinking like an owner
• Sports team versus family-style company culture
• How transparent should you be in a company when it comes to letting personnel go?

Resources/Links:

SunriseKPI 

Audience Ops

ProcessKit  

Carthook  

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