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At the dawn of the social media era, Belle Gibson became a pioneering wellness influencer - telling the world how she beat cancer with an alternative diet. Her bestselling cookbook and online app provided her success, respect, and a connection to the cancer-battling influencer she admired the most. But a curious journalist with a sick wife began asking questions that even those closest to Belle began to wonder. Was the online star faking her cancer and fooling the world? Kaitlyn Dever stars in the Netflix hit series Apple Cider Vinegar . Inspired by true events, the dramatized story follows Belle’s journey from self-styled wellness thought leader to disgraced con artist. It also explores themes of hope and acceptance - and how far we’ll go to maintain it. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews executive producer Samantha Strauss. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Apple Cider Vinegar yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts .…
Indhold leveret af Kevin & Mike Wagstaff and Mike Wagstaff. Alt podcastindhold inklusive episoder, grafik og podcastbeskrivelser uploades og leveres direkte af Kevin & Mike Wagstaff and Mike Wagstaff eller deres podcastplatformspartner. Hvis du mener, at nogen bruger dit ophavsretligt beskyttede værk uden din tilladelse, kan du følge processen beskrevet her https://da.player.fm/legal.
Michael and Kevin Wagstaff share stories and lessons learned from bootstrapping a SaaS business from 0 to an 8-figure company in 4 years.
Indhold leveret af Kevin & Mike Wagstaff and Mike Wagstaff. Alt podcastindhold inklusive episoder, grafik og podcastbeskrivelser uploades og leveres direkte af Kevin & Mike Wagstaff and Mike Wagstaff eller deres podcastplatformspartner. Hvis du mener, at nogen bruger dit ophavsretligt beskyttede værk uden din tilladelse, kan du følge processen beskrevet her https://da.player.fm/legal.
Michael and Kevin Wagstaff share stories and lessons learned from bootstrapping a SaaS business from 0 to an 8-figure company in 4 years.
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about the tired "do this every morning to be successful" routines that in reality look a lot different for us non-billionaires. You don't have to meditate, run 10 miles and cold plunge every morning to be successful! ---------- 💡 Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com…
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about a recent Nate Barry article on ladders of wealth creation and why they chose SaaS as a business model. ---------- 💡 Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about the power of a singular focus. It's harder than ever to not chase the new, shiny object. What's the cost of spreading yourself too thin? ---------- 💡 Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com…
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) do a 2021 year in review for Spectora, what it felt like to give 175k in bonuses to the team and how talking numbers with your leadership team can help unlock their growth. ---------- 💡 Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com 🎥 We're on YouTube! Click here to subscribe to our channel and see our faces.…
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about what everyone else in the world is talking about - inflation. But more specifically the impacts on SaaS, valuations, pay and more. ---------- 💡 Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about a recent Inc article that dives into the 5 things companies can do to make the leap from 2 to 10M in annual revenue. ---------- 💡 Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about things they are doing well, and mistakes made, when building up a leadership team and culture at Spectora. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about the decision to promote from within your company vs. hiring more experienced external candidates. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about what they consider when doubling down on what's working vs. exploring other verticals and revenue streams. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about some of their life philosophies and ways of approaching life! ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about knowing when to move fast vs. move slow at all phases of your startup journey. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about self-care and wellness and how they approach it with themselves and their team. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) does a mini-episode on how he added value as a non-technical founder and a few areas you can support your technical founder in the early stages of your startup. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about aspects to consider when choosing a co-founder, deciding whether to go at it solo or not, working with family and friends, and traits of a great founding team. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com…
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about recent industry announcements that they're reacting to and about how they're dealing with recent employee turnover. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about their culture of the customer isn't always right, having vision, failure and what free throws taught Kevin about life. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about money. MONEY?! You're not supposed to talk about money! It's taboo in the workplace. It makes most of us uncomfortable. And yet, everyone needs it. Everyone wants to get clarity on it. They dive into how to have conversations with employees about money, how they internally think about money and much more. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com…
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) is flying solo this week and talks about the 5 early mistakes that founders make on the technical and engineering side. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about their process of building up leaders within Spectora. It's one of the hardest things needed to grow a company past a certain level. Getting buy-in, incentive packages, mentoring, passing along a vision. They get into specific habits they are seeing working with their young leaders. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com…
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about where Spectora is at today and how the role of a founder and CEO change over time. Hustling to get your first 100 customers all the way to recruiting and spreading your vision, and everything in between is your job as a founder. They dive into what it looked like in the first 3 phases of going from 0 to 5M in revenue. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com…
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about doing $%&@ that matters. Being a bootstrapper means being scrappy and focusing on what moves the needle for your business. That means lots of unsexy work and less time on social media. Harsh, we know. We also got to roast Kevin in the intro for his double whammy start to the episode 😂 ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com 🗣Have a startup? Have a t-shirt? Send it and Mike or Kevin will wear it (on YouTube version) and give you a shout out next episode! Email podcast@spectora.com for where to send it.…
Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) WENT TO AN IN-PERSON CONFERENCE. And it was magical. They debrief and talk about the very thing many of us have missed over the last year and half - human connection. Many of your businesses will succeed or fail based on human connection. It's all around us and drives decisions daily. Hear about their takeaways and reasons to prioritize face-to-face meetings as soon as possible. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com 🗣Have a startup? Have a t-shirt? Send it and Mike or Kevin will wear it (on YouTube version) and give you a shout out next episode! Email podcast@spectora.com for where to send it.…
Does the idea matter? Is it everything? Or nothing? Sometimes choosing the right game and rules you want to play by are everything when it comes to building a successful startup. Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about how they thought about the space they got into, why and what they didn't want to deal with on their startup journey. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com 🗣Have a startup? Have a t-shirt? Send it and Mike or Kevin will wear it (on YouTube version) and give you a shout out next episode! Email podcast@spectora.com for where to send it.…
If you're an entrepreneur that's on the fence about starting a business or you're early in your startup journey, this one is for you. Mike and Kevin dive into their backgrounds, upbringing and psychology to pull out the lessons, traits and characteristics that have led to some of their success with Spectora. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com 🗣Have a startup? Have a t-shirt? Send it and Mike or Kevin will wear it (on YouTube version) and give you a shout out next episode! Email podcast@spectora.com for where to send it.…
🎙 The first few episodes Mike and Kevin will tell "The Backstory" of Spectora - How they took an idea that they were left with from 0 to an 8-figure SaaS business in only 4 years with no outside investment or funding. ----------- In episode 3, Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) talk about year 2 where they went from 200 customers to 1000 and the challenges of 100 hour work weeks, first hires and scaling not-so-gracefully. They talk about the toll of being "all-in", how to handle a fragile customer base, being there for your first customers, imposter syndrome and all the highs and lows of growing a company from a start-up to a real small business and a team of 23. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com 🗣Have a startup? Have a t-shirt? Send it and Mike or Kevin will wear it (on YouTube version) and give you a shout out next episode! Email podcast@spectora.com for where to send it.…
🎙 The first few episodes Mike and Kevin will tell "The Backstory" of Spectora - How they took an idea that they were left with from 0 to an 8-figure SaaS business in only 4 years with no outside investment or funding. ----------- In episode 2, Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) step through a less-than-stellar launch and what the first year was like growing Spectora from 0 customers and 0 brand awareness to 200 paying customers in year 1. They dive into being "all in", having a maniacal approach to responding quickly, what customer service means, dealing with early bugs, resistance to change and showing up day after day when you still have massive imposter syndrome and don't know if you're going to make it. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com 🗣Have a startup? Have a t-shirt? Send it and Mike or Kevin will wear it (on YouTube version) and give you a shout out next episode! Email podcast@spectora.com for where to send it.…
🎙 The first few episodes Mike and Kevin will tell "The Backstory" of Spectora and how they took an idea that they were left with from 0 to an 8-figure SaaS business in only 4 years with no outside funding. ----------- In episode 1, Mike (@MikeWagstaff_) and Kevin (@kevinwagstaff3) give you the backstory of their SaaS company Spectora, from initial idea inception to launch in 2017. They dive into what it's like having co-founder differences and breakups, working a side hustle, cranking on an MVP, validating the idea and how to generate demand before you have a product. ---------- 💡Have a topic you want Mike & Kevin to dive deeper into? Send it to podcast@spectora.com 🎥 We're on YouTube! Click here to subscribe to our channel and see our faces and watch this episode. 🗣Have a startup? Have a t-shirt? Send it and Mike or Kevin will wear it (on YouTube version) and give you a shout out next episode! Email podcast@spectora.com for where to send it.…
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