Growth Show

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with the Daniel Foley, who is behind an independent SEO Consultancy for more than 20 years. He has seen it all - the raise and fall of search engines. Back in the days he has done search engine optimization for Lycos - a search engine (that oddly still exists) not many will remember. Daniel shares with us how marketers and business owners can identify great SEO professionals, how brand building impacts local SEO, how to create great content and much more! More about Daniel: Daniel Foley is a self-taught – self acclaimed SEO with over 20 years SEO experience. Unlike traditional SEOs, Daniel followed a testing methodology over conventional “SEO knowledge building” using online resources. Daniel Foley is an independent SEO consultant although has owned and built agencies over the years including Assertive Media.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with the Steve Toth, who is behind SEOnotebook.com and a seasoned SEO expert. Steve shares with us, how his journey with SEOnotebook.com started and especially how he got 2700 subscribers with an Evernote notebook in 8 months (today he has more than 4600 subscribers). In this episode there are lots of SEO gems hidden like how to develop a domain authority, competitor SEO and how podcasts can help with SEO. Also, resources for other SEO marketers as well as insights on how to start with SEO. More about Steve: Steve has spent the last 10 years constantly updating his SEO knowledge, but regards the last three years to be the most eye-opening. After heading up SEO Strategy at FreshBooks (a 350-person SaaS in Toronto) for 2 years, Steve turned them into his client, so he could focus on his freelance SEO consultancy for medium-to-large size companies. He’s put his SEO knowledge to work for major brands including Porter Airlines, Toyota, KPMG, Intercom, Mejuri, EMI and of course FreshBooks, but also spent 7 years working on SMB clients like dentists, lawyers, plastic surgeons, trades, etc. In July 2019, Steve started seonotebook.com which has grown to 2700 subscribers in 8 months. Every week, Steve emails one page of his SEO strategy notebook out to his list. His notebook is loaded with actionable, modern SEO strategies that you are not going to find on any mainstream blogs. By putting what he’s learned into practice, He has been able to rank #1 for money keywords with over 300,000 searches per month and while quintupling FreshBooks’ organic traffic with a blogging custom strategy he developed.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with the Founder of podcast hosting service bcast and media company SaaS Marketer Tom Hunt. We are talking with Tom about how he started with Virtual Valley and how easily he solved the chicken egg problem of this marketplace, one of his favorite SaaS growth strategies from SaaS Marketer (spoiler: it has something to do with videos), the growth strategy he likes to use for bCasts growth, when a SaaS company should think of a deal plattform like AppSumo and how bCast leverages the growth coming from AppSumo and much much more. More about Tom Hunt: Tom Hunt builds and grows Software Businesses. Before that he studied Chemistry at Imperial College London and followed the herd to a management consulting job in the City Of London. Eventually he got bored and built a marketplace connecting online entrepreneurs and virtual assistants from scratch whilst travelling the world and sold 90% of it. Today he is Managing Director of bCast a Podcast hosting service for marketers by marketers, writes SaaS growth case studies at SaaS Marketer, helps other SaaS businesses grow with a very specific podcast process and is a business angel in several startups like an AirBnB for Storage, an automation tool, a blockchain startup and much more.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with serial founder Sujan Patel. Sujan is founder of companies such as Mailshake, Right Inbox, Norbert and WebProfits. Sujan is sharing with us his greatest learning as entrepreneur, the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs and marketers do, how to 10x a SaaS business and what 10x businesses have in common, strategies on customer retention, why it’s important to speak the language of the customer and much much more. More about Sujan Patel: Sujan Patel is the founder of Mailshake, a sales engagement software used by 20,000 sales and marketing professionals. He also owns 8 other SaaS companies under the Ramp Venture brand. Sujan has over 15 years of marketing experience and has led the digital marketing strategy for companies like Salesforce, Mint, Cafepress and many other Fortune 500 caliber companies.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with serial entrepreneur Zia Nadjib. We are talking with Zia about how he and his team build a strong fitness brand, how GymJunky interacted with customers, how Zia did build a growing personal brand, why Zia was also known as Larry within one of his early ventures, and much more. More about Zia Nadjib: Zia Nadjib joined multiple startups since he has moved from Los Angeles to Hamburg, Germany. He is the founder of Boost Bastards Clothing as well as Gymjunky sportswear’s where he was also the CEO until the beginning of this year. Zia led the company to 7 figures in revenues within 4 years and was responsible not only for its marketing but also for its designs and sourcing of production facilities. After selling Boost Bastards in early 2020 and leaving Gymjunky Sportswear as CEO Zia has focused on many more new StartUps which we are very keen on seeing rise. He just started an agency focusing in influencer marketing called social moose and he is also the CEO and owner of 22 LBLS a Hamburg based textile manufacturer. Prior to his time in Hamburg Zia studied Business Commerce in Los Angeles where he has also joined his older brother in their family business. He started his very first and own company by the age of 18 and decided to become an entrepreneur at young age looking up to this father. 

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with Chuck Muth, who is the Chief Growth Officer of Beyond Meat. We are talking with Chuck about going up the career ladder from a truck driver to a top level executive in big brands like Honest Tea, Coca Cola and currently Beyond Meat; the story how he was convinced by the story of Beyond Meat to leave his early retirement; his daily routine and advices for entrepreneurs to find the right people and much more. More about Chuck Muth: Chuck Muth joined Beyond Meat, Inc. as the Chief Growth Officer in May 2017. Muth leads the company’s growth initiatives and has been instrumental in building a high performing sales and commercial organization. Under Chuck's leadership, the company has rapidly grown Net Revenues by expanding distribution into approximately 111,000 retail, restaurant and foodservice outlets in more than 83 countries worldwide. Prior to joining Beyond Meat, Chuck had a long career in the beverage industry. Chuck Muth is a senior leader with strong background in building winning organizational cultures with both large and small companies. From 2014 to 2016, he led the creation of a new entrepreneurial sales/commercial organization within the Coca-Cola Company called Venturing & Emerging Brands (VEB) as Senior Vice-President with revenue increases of over 200%. From 2010 to 2014, he was Vice President of Sales at the Honest Beverage Company after its acquisition by Coke growing revenues from $35 million to over $230 million. From 2004 to 2010 Chuck was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Prior to 2004 he served as the Vice President/General Manager of Joseph E. Seagram’s global non-alcoholic beverages business unit. Chuck began his career as a Route Salesman for The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York where he progressively advanced his career with promotions to District Sales Manager, Division Sales Manager, Director of Brand Management and Branch General Manager.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with Lomit Patel, VP of Growth at IMVU and bestselling author of Lean AI, which is part of Eric Ries’ „The Lean Startup“ series. We are talking with Lomit about... ... his greatest AHA moment as professional in growth marketing, his craziest campaign so far, the greatest challenges in reaching multiple million dollar in annual subscription business at his former growth marketing job at Texture, Leadership and of course sneak peek into his book Lean AI as well as growth metrics that matter for founders and much much more. More about Lomit Patel: Lomit Patel is the Vice President of Growth at IMVU. Prior to IMVU, Lomit managed growth at early-stage startups including Roku (IPO), TrustedID (acquired by Equifax), Texture (acquired. by Apple) and EarthLink. Lomit is a public speaker, author, advisor, and recognized as a Mobile Hero by Liftoff. Lomit’s new bestselling book Lean AI, is part of Eric Ries’ “The Lean Startup” series, now available at Amazon.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with Jonathan Miller, who is a conflict transformation coach. We are talking with Jonathan about: the inspiring story why he became a conflict coach real life conflict examples by Jonathan and how he resolved themmethods to solve conflictshow to tackle conflicts with a lot of emotional involvementand much more More about Jonathan Miller: Jonathan is a speaker, facilitator and conflict transformation coach, specializing in working with entrepreneurs to be powerful in the face of conflict. He believes in the power of honing one's communication skills to not just "deal with" conflicts, but to transform them into powerful partnerships that serve one's business and their lives. His programs draw heavily from his extensive training in several communication systems including Nonviolent Communication, the Harvard Negotiation Project, Landmark Worldwide, and more. His methodology is also heavily influenced by his Vipassana meditation practice, of which he has spent over 2,000 hours practicing.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with Bobby Östberg, Founder & CEO of fashion tech company ZyseMe. We are talking with Bobby about: his learnings from being an athlete to being an entrepreneurhis ventures after being a consultant at McKinseythe fashion tech industry and ZyseMehow ZyseMe convinced H&M to be a clientand much more More about Bobby Östberg: Having grown up in a sporty and entrepreneurial family Bobby’s childhood was much about sports and small own ventures. After spending years pursuing a career as a cross country skier he founded a start-up incubator at the age for 22. After studying Engineering and business he joined McKinsey & Co where he was an Associate Partner in the New York office. Bobby has dedicated the last 8 years to customization and on demand produced fashion. Today he is the founder of ZyseMe, an end-to-end technology connecting real consumer demand to brands' production machinery. ZyseMe’s technology empowers brands to produce clothing made to each customer’s unique size and style. By enabling brands to only produce what is sold and thereby help them– cutting overproduction, waste and returns.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with Lina Wüller, Co-Founder of Ovy - a female health company. We are talking with Lina about: the beginning of her journeyhow she and her sister developed and tested the healthcare producthow they marketed Ovy and skyrocketed user growththeir strategies to retain usersand much more More about Lina Wüller: Lina founded the Female Health Company Ovy with her sister Eva back in 2016. Their mission is to help women live healthyly and without hormones. Together with their team, they develop medical apps and products e.g. a Bluetooth hardware for women who want to get pregnant or on the contrary prevent a pregnancy. From very early on they could win investors to support their vision. Ovy products are available online and in different stores. Lina founded her first marketing firm at the age of 25. 

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with Anna Rauch & Alex Tymann, both Co-Founders of Hēdoïne, a DTC (direct to consumer) fashion brand for tights. We are talking with Anna & Alex about: the beginning of her journey and why they decided to reinvent tightstheir biggest challenges in building a fashion brandhow Hēdoïne markets itself and how Anna & Alex built the brand itselfhow their work changed in times of the pandemic Covid-19and much more More about Anna Rauch: 10 years in banking at UBS, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup in Frankfurt, Singapore and London with roles across COO Office, Product Management and the Innovation Lab. Exit to run EMEA Partnerships & Enterprise Suppliers for FinTech scale-up C2FO helping companies optimize their working capital and driving marketplace expansion. More about Alex Tymann: 5 years restructuring consulting at PwC assessing distressed companies business models and helping turnaround.  Exit to become the CFO of a tech startup, later venture building experience as VP Strategy & Operations for an incubator helping startups to build business models, strategy and raise funds.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with Roman Kirsch, a Berlin based entrepreneur by day and an investor by night. We are talking with Roman about: his greatest AHA momentthe growth story of LesaraLeadership challenges and managing 300+ employeeshis investment approach as business angeland much more More about Roman Kirsch: Roman is a global entrepreneur (Casacanda, Fab, Lesara, Amorelie) and investor in 25+ companies (including Fitvia, Flowerchimp, SevenSenders, PlusDental, MoBerries). Roman started his first company at the age of 15, selling Hanseatic clocks to souvenir shops. After studies at WHU Otto Beisheim and the London School of Economics, Roman started his first tech company Casacanda, a European online destination for home & decor products in 2011. The company was sold to Fab.com after only 7 months. From 2012 onwards Roman co-founds and invests in many successful consumer internet companies through his private internet holding company Rapid Pioneers Group. The portfolio of over 25 companies raised more than $300m in follow-on capital and employs over 1.000 people.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with Olga Andrienko, who is Head of Global Marketing at SEMrush – a SaaS for online visibility and marketing analytics. We are talking with Olga about: How to leverage social media & brand reveal for customer successTactics on ranking optimization for established companies as well as startupsWhy SEO might be easier for startupsThe smart SEO strategy of a dentistry The global marketing day that brought SEMrush 55k leads The challenges of a 24 hours conferenceOlga’s Leadership Adviceand much more More about Olga Andrienko: Olga Andrienko is the Head of Global Marketing at SEMrush. Together with her team, she has built one of the strongest international communities in the online marketing industry. Olga has expanded SEMrushs brand visibility worldwide, bringing >90% YoY growth from the top 10 new markets. She currently leads all SEMrush branding across over 50 countries, ensuring marketers all over the world have access to the best software to run effective online marketing campaigns.  In 2018 Olga was mentioned among the 25 most influential women in digital marketing by TopRank. She speaks at major marketing conferences and her quotes on online user behavior appear in media such as Business Insider and Washington Post.

In this episode of the Growth Show we have the pleasure to talk with Alice Default, who is CEO & Co-Founder of Double – a modern executive assistant service. We are talking with Alice about: How she experienced the acquisition of Sunrise Calendar by MicrosoftHow to win users by offering a free tool close to your product (with an example from her time at Front App)How her journey with her startup Double started and what its USP isHow Double wins Executives as clients and how she got her first clientsWhy it might be a great idea to grow slowly to validate and develop a product furtherHow Alice saves time on a daily basis and much more More about Alice Default: Alice Default has spent over 6 years building productivity tools to help people work better at companies including Microsoft, Sunrise, and Front.  Since 2018, she and her team have been laser-focused on helping CEOs and their teams get more done with Double, a modern executive assistant service that sources experienced US-based assistants and empowers them with great tech. Doubles are incredibly talented at handling your calendar, inbox, travel, admin, and anything else on your to-do list and the company is already helping hundreds of executives nationwide.  Alice is Forbes 30 Under 30 and has just completed a $6 million raise for Double led by angel investing powerhouse Index Ventures.

It’s time for season 2! But let's recap season 1 first: In this episode the hosts of the Growth Show podcast Sebastian Kunz & Serhat Kaya share their favorite episodes of Season 1. Of course it's not easy to choose a favorite episode amongst so many amazing best. But here are their highlights: Sebastian's Favorite Episodes #12 with Lennart Rieper of STRYVE #15 with Global Keynote Speaker Coach Peter Hopwood #16 with Johannes Kliesch of SNOCKS Serhat's Favorite Episodes are: #02 with Michael Asshauer of TALENTE #08 with Robin Himmels of eatclever #09 with Jan Sapper of PaperLike Tune in and hear more about the reason these episodes impressed them the most so far.