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Chad and Lindsey catch up with Alasdair McLean-Foreman, CEO & Founder of Teikametrics, as they head into the second half of the year discussing finding balance (especially when you love your work), examining 'what's our role' to make an impact in responding to national and global events, the importance of exercise in his life, and staying engaged with the product even as one's focus shifts more broadly in the company. This episode is brought to you by ScoutAPM. Give Scout a try for free today and Scout will donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy! Teikametrics The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business- Patrick M. Lencioni Measure What Matters- John Doerr Alasdair on LinkedIn Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Special Guest: Teikametrics.Sponsored By:Scout: Give Scout a try for free today and Scout will donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Lindsey and Chad discuss work-life flow, both in general and during quarantine, their schedules, hobbies, and methods to preserve personal time like time-boxing, prioritization, and calendar blocking. This episode is brought to you by ScoutAPM. Give Scout a try for free today and Scout will donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy! We need to stop striving for work-life balance. Here’s why Calendly AllTrails Dungeons & Dragons Online table.party Pivoting to Antiracism Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Sponsored By:Scout: Give Scout a try for free today and Scout will donate $5 to the open source project of your choice when you deploy.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad and Lindsey are joined by Michael Sheeley, founder & CEO of Nurse-1-1, to discuss prioritizing revenue, their revenue models, why sales at their stage is more like business development, and considering your first 'sales' hire. Nurse-1-1 Utilization Management White Paper Michael on Twitter Special Guest: Nurse-1-1.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad and Lindsey talk with Courtney & Tye Caldwell, Co-founders of ShearShare, about all the different forms that sales can take, their revenue model, the importance of personal outreach, and building trust through content marketing. ShearShare ShearShare - Build My Business ShearShare on Instagram Special Guest: ShearShare.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad and Lindsey talk with Alasdair McLean-Foreman, CEO & Founder of Teikametrics, about product-led direct-to-consumer as the future of sales, capturing multiple market segments, and sales structure within Teikametrics. Teikametrics Facebook Shops Alasdair on LinkedIn Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Special Guest: Teikametrics.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad and Lindsey discuss thoughtbot's ideology around sales, the sales process & cycle, identifying your ideal customers, and fostering real relationships with customers. GitHub is now free for all teams a16z Podcast Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

We’re pushing out our next episode in the Giant Robots startup series. We want to pause to acknowledge, reflect, and take action against injustices against the black community. thoughtbot stands with the black community. We’re outraged by the systematic racism and violence in the US. George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, and too many other members of the black community have lost their lives due to racial injustice. It needs to end. We recognize we haven’t been doing enough to fight this injustice and need to be active in anti-racism. Our D&I council and many others on the thoughtbot team are discussing how we can do more and are working on new initiatives to better support our black colleagues, friends, and beyond - far into the future. We're looking to do things both large and small. For example, this week we changed our conference reimbursement benefit to only be applicable to conferences that have a diverse speaker lineup and a code of conduct. We hope our efforts will be useful to others as well, and plan to make them available to other companies to work from. In the meantime, we’re going to link to a reading list that we recommend. Today we’re resharing a past episode that features a black voice in the tech community that we look up to and you should know - Shelly Bell. Shelly is the founder of Black Girl Ventures, an organization that creates access to social and financial capital for Black and Brown women founders. She’s been named in the Top 100 Power Women by Entrepreneur Magazine and has a fantastic story you don’t want to miss. Stay safe and see you soon. 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice How To Be An Antiracist- Ibram X. Kendi Behind By Design So You Want to Talk About Race- Ijeoma Oluo Save the Tears White Guyde To The Galaxy Black Tech for Black Lives Original Notes from Giant Robots Episode 354 Shelly Bell, CEO & Founder of Black Girl Ventures, discusses working to open up your messaging, what makes for a good pitch, and the current state of the investment landscape. Black Girl Ventures Ragbaby Exchange BEACON "Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs — and It Affects How Much Funding They Get"- Harvard Business Review SheRaise Shelly on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad and Lindsey are joined by Michael Sheeley, founder & CEO of Nurse-1-1, to discuss feeling disconnected from the team during quarantine, evaluating for communication skills during the interview process, how communication standards differ in the medical field, and avoiding AI & automation within patient conversations. Nurse-1-1 Michael on Twitter Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Special Guest: Nurse-1-1.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad and Lindsey talk with Courtney & Tye Caldwell, Co-founders of ShearShare, about being founded as remote company, their communication tools and methodologies, interview process, and messaging implementation. ShearShare Notion ShearShare Business Learning Portal ShearShare on Instagram Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Special Guest: ShearShare.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad and Lindsey talk with Alasdair McLean-Foreman, CEO & Founder of Teikametrics, about Teikametrics' guiding principles, Zoom fatigue, rethinking stances on remote work, the value of a peer group, and how retail is adapting during Covid-19. Teikametrics Coinbase planning and response to COVID-2019 Amazon '6 Pager' Methodology Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell- Eric Schmidt Good to Great- Jim Collins Alasdair on LinkedIn Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Special Guest: Teikametrics.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots