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393: How to Communicate with Engineers with Sean Porter

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Are you a product or design person that has a hard time communicating your vision to a developer? Well today’s guest shares the core skills of a good product manager and how to properly communicate to engineers. Also, listen to the story of how a dinner with another founder led to him selling his company to that founder’s business.

Sean Porter is VP of Product & Engineering at FullContact.

Sean Porter
https://twitter.com/seannui

FullContact
https://www.fullcontact.com/

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391: The Analysis You Should Do Before Building Your Product with Keith Casey

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If you’re like me you just go from idea to building without thinking through the whole idea. Well, I think that’s a big mistake and today’s guest tells us that development is the easiest part of the process and shares the analysis that we should do before we actually build the product. Also, listen to the way that he frames the questions that he poses to potential customers to get to the heart of the problem that makes it easier to make the sale.

Keith Casey is the Director of Product at Clarify, Inc.

Keith Casey
https://twitter.com/caseysoftware

Clarify.io
http://clarify.io/

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390: How to Promote Yourself Properly with Aliza Sherman

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Do you have difficulty with writing a bio or trying to sell yourself? Well today’s guest talks about how to properly promote yourself and hook people from the start. Also, if you are looking to speak at conferences then listen to her tips about how to find conferences and sell yourself as a speaker.

Aliza Sherman is a Digital Marketing Strategist, Motivational Speaker, Author, Freelance Writer at Mediaegg LLC.

Aliza Sherman
https://twitter.com/mediaegg

Mediaegg
https://mediaegg.com/

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389: How a Pitch Competition Turned into a VC Investment with Jon Frangakis

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You will hear a story of how this entrepreneur immediately joined the Marines after the 9/11 tragedy and how that has shaped his entrepreneurial career. Also, listen to how a pitch competition was the big breakthrough he needed to get VC investment. And lastly, he gives us his advice on how to present to investors.

Jonathan Frangakis is CEO and Co-Founder at Mira.

Jon Frangakis
https://twitter.com/jonfrangakis

Mira
https://mira.co/

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388: How to Get Started in App Development with David Fisher

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Want to become an rockstar iOS developer? Well today’s guest is a professor of app development and talks about the exact structure that you should use to learn iOS development. Also, if you want to speaking at conferences or teaching, then listen to the part of the show where he shares his tips on how to keep an audience engaged.

David Fisher is a Professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering.

Rosebotics
http://www.rosebotics.org/

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387: How to Interview Your Customers with Lance Jones

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You know how people always say talk to your customers well frankly I have no idea what I’d ask them. That’s why I brought on today’s guest to talk about the questions that he likes to ask and how he uses that data. Also, listen to the part of the show where he shares how to use Amazon reviews to come up with the right words for your marketing copy.

Lance Jones is Chief Marketing Officer at Flow.

Lance Jones
https://twitter.com/userhue

Flow
https://www.getflow.com/

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