Go And Grow Podcast - Learn How Entrepreneurs, Startup Founders, And Industry Leaders Launch And Grow Products And Companies

Our guest is Amita Patel, the Founder of Aligned Holistics, a coaching services company that empowers individuals to create a life they love from a place of self-love instead of self-discipline. As a coach, writer, and wellness expert, Amita works with individuals to break through their barriers and embrace lifestyle change from the inside-out. Amita has been featured on CBS, NBC, and the Huffington Post. Amita tells her inspiring story about how she overcame severe depression as a teenager, and how that fueled her to start Aligned Holistics and help other people become their better selves. She also provides tons of actionable tips on how she grew her email list to over 10,000 subscribers, Twitter followers to over 20,000, and had guest blog posts published on the Huffington Post. You can also access this episode at http://goandgrowpodcast.com/003

In this episode, I chat with Mack Kolarich, Co-founder and CEO of SceneSquid, and Co-founder and VP of Product of Startup Angels. Mack tells his story about how he balances his time and keeps his sanity while working on two startups, how he pivoted from one idea to launch SceneSquid, why customer discovery is so important before building anything, how he has grown the SceneSquid marketplace to multiple cities, and what he's doing at Startup Angels to increase the number of angel investors. You can also access this episode at http://goandgrowpodcast.com/002.

Jon Von Tetzchner, Founder and CEO of Vivaldi Technologies and former CEO and Founder of Opera Software, tells his story about how he launched the Opera browser, how it achieved its huge user base, and how he was able to manage a workforce of 1,500 employees across the globe. In this episode, you'll learn from Jon: Why he launched the Opera browser and how he did it with only $6,000. How setting a big growth goal led to a huge public relations event. The importance of focusing on your users and building a community. How partnerships with larger companies can spur growth, but why you need to be careful when forging these relationships. Why finding the balance between structure and autonomy is crucial when managing a large, growing company. The reason he's launching another browser, Vivaldi. The value of super-serving and building community around a niche market of power users. The future of technology and where its impact will be most felt. You can also access this episode at http://goandgrowpodcast.com/001

Hey all! Welcome to the very first episode of the Go and Grow Podcast!  This episode is simply an introduction to the Go and Grow Podcast. It outlines: What this podcast is about - speaking with entrepreneurs and industry leaders to learn how they launch and grow products and companies.  Why I'm launching it - I love launching and growing products and companies, and I want to learn, and help you learn, from people who have been doing it all their careers.  My background - I've been a consultant, marketer, and entrepreneur, and I love it! Thanks for kicking off this journey with me and I certainly hope you'll stick around! You can also access this episode at http://goandgrowpodcast.com/000