

Practical Pivots
Steve Pockross
Practical Pivots is the go-to source for startup leaders and investors asking, “What do we do next?”. Each episode, we talk with a wide array of experts to guide companies to disrupt the undisruptable, turn setbacks into scale-ups, and transform plateaus into pivots.
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Nov 24, 2021 • 35min
Content as a Career and the Future of Communities with Superpath's Jimmy Daly
Superpath founder Jimmy Daly talks Slack communities, explains strategies for aligning sales and marketing, and shares lessons from the various stages of his career in content.

Nov 17, 2021 • 34min
EQ, Emails, and Curiosity as a Superpower with Kait Creamer
Lifecycle marketer Kait Creamer tells what has her hooked on email, the importance of emotional intelligence in marketing, and where she finds creative inspiration. (Hint: it's everywhere.)

Nov 10, 2021 • 37min
Goodr CEO Stephen Lease on Mentors, Spirit Animals, and Harnessing FOMO
Stephen shares the story of how Goodr took the eyewear world by storm, explains the meaning behind his title of "Chief Executive Octopus," and talks mentors, activism, and fun.

Nov 3, 2021 • 50min
Churn, Demand, and the Email to Send if You’re Raising Prices with Patrick Campbell
Profitwell CEO Patrick Campbell explains the two pieces of retention, the biggest reason you're losing customers, and how to communicate price changes.

Oct 27, 2021 • 38min
Four Day Workweeks and Hiring in the Open with Wildbit’s Justine Jordan
Wildbit's Head of Marketing Justine Jordan explains why hiring is a marketing problem, what she learned in her latest hiring experiment, and how the company functions with four day workweeks.

Oct 20, 2021 • 25min
Add Psychology to Your Toolkit: 9 Thought Leaders on Changing Behavior and Changing Minds
Rory Sutherland, Tim Riesterer, Dave Kellogg, David Cancel, Tamsen Webster, Tim Calkins, Philip Kotler, Suneet Bhatt, and Bob Kulhan share psychology-related insights from past episodes.

Oct 13, 2021 • 41min
Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning, and Brand Activism with Professor Philip Kotler
It’s not every day you get to hear from a living legend.This episode features the Godfather of modern marketing, Professor Philip Kotler. Professor Kotler has written 80 books, spent 50 years unpacking how and why marketing works, and evangelized core concepts like the 4 Ps.In addition to a masterclass in classic segmentation, targeting and positioning, in this interview Professor Kotler discusses:Why your company should have a higher purposeThe goal of his magnum opus, “Marketing Management”A personal primer to the 4 PsWhy companies should care about social problems What good brand evangelism looks likeTwo examples of great leadershipThe inside scoop on “H2H” marketing

Oct 6, 2021 • 35min
Data and Storytelling with Cassidy Shield
What does it really mean to be data-driven?Cassidy Shield has applied his training as an engineer, a general manager, and an operator to the world of marketing and sales, transforming a revenue team into a truly data-driven machine. In this interview, he shares how marketers can get the most out of their data as well as:What not to measureWhat marketing’s North Star metric should beHow you know if your organization is really data-drivenHow to understand the story the data is telling youWhen goals are more important than data

Sep 29, 2021 • 33min
Rejecting Old School Management Theory with Human Capital Strategist Jamie Bennett
Jamie explains the new rules of HR around remote work, diversity and belonging, and time off. She also tells the hardest conversation she's had with a CEO.

Sep 15, 2021 • 47min
Tony Horton on P90X, Power Nation, and Keeping Rock 'n Roll Alive
Tony shares his journey from poor high school athlete to global workout icon, how the P90X brand came to be, and the home fitness project he's working on now.


