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In this show we're talking about the area of digital transformation, or how you can use the abundance of great services out there to streamline your business processes.
In this episode we talk about the stresses, both good and bad, involved in starting a business.
This episode talks about the first of three core areas that we are looking at (Product, Customers and Commercial) on the journey of scaling from $0-£1m ARR.
This episode discusses some of the very early challenges that we faced when we first launched ScreenCloud and started getting paying customers.
Matt talks shares how he ended up being fascinated by the ways in which the physical world connects to the digital one and the sorts of businesses R/GA look for to join their ventures initiative.
Entrepreneur and journalist Haje Jan Kamps discusses the difficulties of creating an effective Founding Team.
In this episode, we talk about how we got our first beta customers and how we effectively scaled beyond that.
We discuss if exercise should be high on your list of priorities when you're launching a start-up. Is exercise a nice-to-have, or is it a vital part of preparing you and your team for greatness?
In this final part of the "Scaling from $0 - $1m Annual Recurring Revenue" episodes, we focus on commercials.
It's not easy when you feel as if no matter what you do, you can't make a dent on your to-do list and you end up doing lots of things badly. David and Mark talk about what they do when it happens to them.
In this episode, we talk about some of the mistakes we've made in business, investment and staffing, and what we learnt from them.
We talk about the good, bad and the ugly of working out your Reseller Strategy in the early stages of a SaaS business's evolution.
In this episode, David and Mark talk about how ScreenCloud communicates with its investors and why it's worked for them.
How do you manage the demands of growth and efficiency? And might you veer towards being too risk averse at a time when you should be pushing harder? Mark and David discuss how they've dealt with this from their perspective.
We talk about why storytelling is a great tool within a business for solving problems and communicating with your team.
Most SaaS people are a little obsessed by numbers. But do they really matter that much and do we run the risk of focusing on the wrong things if we ignore our gut? Mark and David take opposing sides on the debate.
In this episode we discuss why we made the decision to re-engineer ScreenCloud despite this going against best practice startup advice.
In this episode, David and Mark discuss their experience of implementing ScreenCloud's employee challenge, where an employee goes under the hood of the product, in a real-life scenario, with a real customer.
There’s often no off-switch when you run a startup and that can lead to the temptation to be working all of the time. But if all you think about is work, does that make you better or worse than someone who has a more multifaceted life?
In this episode we talk to Kristian James, Founder of recruitment consultancy Hawkwood Partners about what startups can do to attract the best talent they can afford.
In this episode, we discuss what having your CoFounders spread across different continents has meant for ScreenCloud, how this affected some of the initial decisions we made about team and product setup, and what the value of hindsight has taught us.
In this week’s episode we discuss the consequences of hiring specialists too early and why generalists are often your best first hires, when the priority is getting the product out the door.
Mark and David are joined by Paul Joyce, Founder & CEO of digital dashboard tool Geckoboard. They discuss how SaaS has changed since the first wave in 2011 and why sometimes it’s best to not take advice, even if that means living through failure.
In this episode Mark and David discuss what restructuring a company looks like as you move upstream and how to split out responsibilities so that you grow, work and hire more efficiently.
Mark and David talk about when the going gets tough and how important it is as a leader to keep your personal insecurities in check to avoid causing panic and paralysis. And what to do if panic sets in anyway.
Mark and David discuss the dangers of businesses racing towards digital transformation without a strategy or an idea of best practices.
Mark and David talk about the events that led them to hire their first Head of People at ScreenCloud, and how Mark skilled up on his interviewing technique for this very important senior role.
In today's episode: why cracks tend to appear when a startup nears 50 employees, and how HR might seem like an expense at first but soon turns into a cost saving thanks to things like excellent onboarding and career development, which improve people retention.
Sofia Quintero talks about the challenges of raising capital and the level of confidence it takes, especially as a woman pitching to mostly men, the importance of finding investors who are aligned with your vision, and why skateboarding is a lot like running a business.
In our first ever podcast episode, we explain how we transitioned from a digital agency into a product company.
In this episode we’re having a bit of fun and talking about some of the things that really wind us up.
In this episode Mark and David discuss what they believe is the most important factor of managing a company together: shared Founder values.
In the summer of 2019, we decided to travel from London to the west coast of the U.S. to meet ScreenCloud customers for a case study tour. Here’s what we learned.
We went from having a few screens showing content to a full company and remote-employee rollout. Here’s what we learned.
At our SaaS product ScreenCloud we’ve been “blogging” consistently for three years. Here’s what we’ve learned, and what we’d advise to others looking to set off on a content marketing journey.