Eric Friedman is Head of Expa Labs, an early stage accelerator program for companies to get the right start, help they need, and time to build. Prior to Expa, Eric was Global Senior Director of Sales and Revenue Operations at Foursquare. He joined as Foursquare first got started, focussed on growing the merchant community, and was responsible for the first scalable revenue, first sales teams, and the ad tech product Pinpoint. Eric has combined his entrepreneurial interests and experience in product management, finance, marketing, and account management in his work. Eric has a BBA from George Washington University. www.expa.com — Credits — This episode of Giants & Crowns is hosted and produced by Nsi Obotetukudo. Editing by Duncan Gerow, Joe Fuller, and Nsi Obotetukudo. Special thanks to Isabelle Thenor-Louis, Joan De Jesus, Sunny Ou, Hannah Anokye, & Kiera McBride. — Sponsors — www.taskbullet.com?aff=tbgiantsandcrowns www.breather.com www.claralabs.com — Giants & Crowns — www.giantsandcrowns.com www.instagram.com/giantsandcrowns The Giants & Crowns Podcast is an interview driven series focused on unearthing stories from industry/cultural leaders while unpacking their learned lessons involving people, product, and process.