189: Meaningful Recognition: How to Show Your Employees That You Care

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Kevin Yip, COO & Co-Founder at Blueboard, an employee recognition company he founded after working 100-hour weeks without appreciation. Join us for a frank conversation about recognizing your employees’ achievements and rewarding them with experiences that matter.

What You’ll Learn 

1. The rich reward of giving your employees personal experiences
2. Building a company out of joy
3. Learning what you’re good at as an entrepreneur
4. Scaling to offer a community 

Show Agenda and Timestamps 

1. About Kevin Yip & Blueboard [2:20]
2. How burnout led to Kevin’s entrepreneurship [5:00]
3. The surprising things about running a startup [12:25]
4. How to scale sales & marketing [15:15]
5. A philosophy for finding and keeping talent [19:00]
6. Paying it forward [23:00]
7. Sam’s Corner [26:20]

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