Best Ej Lawless Podcasts (2025)

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Alex Coleman - On boarding people into the Trades 34:47

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3y ago34:47

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Alex Coleman dives into building a future-of-work startup that on boards more people into the trades. He disputes the notion of the top-of-funnel problem and discusses his customer discovery path. In this episode we dive into: What Alex started Faraday How Faraday picked HVAC as a place to start A unique set of customer targeting related to recent …

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Retail robotics and reducing labor shortages with Brad Bogolea from Simbe Robotics 42:57

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-Background of Simbe Robotics and Tally -Robotics industry changes in mobile compute, batteries -Robots as a power tool to help workers -Who are the buyers of robots with an org -The benefits of robots-as-a-service to the robotics company and the buyers -Addressing inventory management and data challenges in retail -The unexpected data opportunity …

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Talent Guide with Bryce Keithley - Recommended TA software, learning new trends, talent as a service 41:47

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A look at HR Tech from the point-of-view of TA! This episode covers:-Talent-as-a-service, what it is, when to consider it-Building out at TA tech stack and recommended tools -Unsolved issues in TA and thoughts on LinkedInBryce Rattner Keithley operates Great Team Partners (greatteam.partners), a talent advisory service, and advises several startups…

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Investor Guides - Investing in the Work Revolution with Caroline Yeager from Vitalize 36:43

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-What Vitalize looks for in a seed stage investment-How to reach out to Vitalize to pitch your company-What is the work revolution and what exemplifies those types of companiesBy EJ Lawless

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A new way of working with Ricky Yean from Flow Club 37:16

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Flow.club is a new way of working that helps connect high achievers that want to get things done. This network is currently invite only with entrepreneurs, academics, and venture capitalists. We cover how Ricky and his co-founders worked towards a social product, solving the zero user utility problem in a work context. What keeps users coming back …

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Masters of Spend Teaser 0:59

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A teaser trailer for the upcoming 'Masters of Spend' that presents a deep dive on performance marketing at scale.By EJ Lawless

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Masters of Spend Teaser 0:59

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A teaser trailer for the upcoming 'Masters of Spend' that presents a deep dive on performance marketing at scale.By EJ Lawless

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Making $1M as a marketer with Chris Toy from MarketerHire 56:34

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Chris and I discuss:-How Chris's marketing background led to deep customer empathy-How marketers can get wide skill exposure through MarketerHire-Making $1M a year as a marketer through MarketerHire-The power of that one instagram adBy EJ Lawless

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Adewale Yusuf - AltSchool Building a school for 700 38:33

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We cover a variety of topics, including, but not limited to:-The world's largest young population in Africa with 700M people-The power of building an audience-The key of consistency in building that audience -Tying IRL events with an audience -The competitive advantage AltSchool with have versus other ed tech companies-Why companies outside of Afri…

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Joshua Lapidus - Ideal DAO use cases, Getting Involved, and more Part II of II 40:24

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Topics covered include:-Ideal use case for a DAO (and how people feel about HOAs)-Getting involved in web3 and DAOs-Compensation setting in DAOs-DAO operational security (protect your identity and your tokens)-How to scale DAO management-DAO talent management-Co-marketing and partnerships in DAOs-Structural benefits of Opolis over Gusto for DAO con…

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Joshua Lapidus - Building community and sales in DAOs 44:04

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Joshua covers a range of topics in this two part episode diving deep on DAOs. Topics include:-How to get paid to attend a conference (in crypto, of course), with an eth Denver highlight-Colorado Limited Cooperative Associations that underpin DAOs-Getting the first customers for DAOsBy EJ Lawless

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Sumir Meghani - Instawork 44:49

3+ y ago44:49

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We discuss Instawork, on demand hiring for hourly workers. We cover Sumir's entrepreneurial origin stories, key insights into the hourly worker market, and the initial steps in bringing Instawork to work.By EJ Lawless

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Alex Kracov - Dock, Founder & Former VP Marketing of Lattice 42:37

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Alex covers community building, building the marketing funnel, finding the ideal customer profile, and prioritizing time as a founder. The power of community building Leveraging Linkedin with lower cost social platforms Building audience with twitter and podcasting Using partnerships and novel ways to promote events How to do partner marketing when…

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Jason Corsello - Acadian Ventures Seed Investing in Future of Work 42:43

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Where Acadian Ventures invests The 4 investment themes they follow Ideal profile of a company to follow them Quick thoughts on chatbots and automation Thoughts from raising from a strategic investor from a former corporate venture person Thoughts FOR corporate venture firms Looking to raise? And a good fit? - reach out to Jason dot Corsello at Acad…

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Rebranding in the middle of a pandemic with Olga Kazakova 28:57

3+ y ago28:57

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-Bundling the hiring stack -Reaching skilled laborers -What to think about when re-branding -Just generally Olga being great!By EJ Lawless

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Solving the SMB hiring challenges with WizeHire 43:44

3+ y ago43:44

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Creating an ideal customer profile with Sid Upadhyay from WizeHire How deep verticalization leads to great NPS and high gross margins Successful go-to-market levers North star metrics Surviving the pandemic shut down and a great book recommendation Hamilton Helmers' 7 Powers (see https://7powers.com/); he calls the moat discussed "process power". H…

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Micah Green - Maidbot 34:50

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Maidbot: the commercial cleaning robot. How Micah decided on maidbot and how he's launching it.By EJ Lawless

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The marketplace for American talent - Joyce Zhang Gray 37:57

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Hiring go-to-market talent in the US, for global companies. Flipping the script on the offshoring of US jobs, Alariss helps global companies find the right go-to-market talent to enter the US market effectively. Alariss connects early and late stage companies with the best go-to-market talent through their marketplace. Joyce covers her own go-to-ma…

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Rapid Reskilling with Ruben Harris - CEO of CareerKarma 47:44

3+ y ago47:44

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Discuss how CareerKarma's product and go-to-market emerged as part of the lived experience of Ruben Harris. How Ruben used his music promotion skills to build awareness and a community for career karma The value of community -- and audio -- in rapid reskilling How CareerKarma is going to use their latest round of funding to invest in CareerKarma's …

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Anil Dharni - SenseHQ 46:42

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Discuss bringing SenseHQ, a recruitment automation platform, to market. We cover: Why SenseHQ focused on creating delightful experiences for job applicants The robust thought process that led Anil to SenseHQ The value of a delightful experience in creating brand value for staffing agencies Compare and contrast the value propositions that resonate w…

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Finding non-technical web3 work with Dariya Khojasteh, founder of Layer3 53:02

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We cover: Whether DAO contributors will have holidays On boarding challenges in DAOs and how layer3 helps solve this issue How to build decentralized, task verification on scale The origin story of layer3 How bounty boards address information asymmetry Where DAOs will thrive compared to companies and non-profits Whether anyone changed their babies …

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Building the legal marketplace with Raad Ahmed, founder of Lawtrades 43:44

3+ y ago43:44

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This episode with the founder of Lawtrades, Raad Ahmed, covers building out a vertical labor marketplace focused on the legal industry. It covers a number of topics, including, but not limited to: Iterating to find the right target market The value of a verticalized offering in terms of retention How network effects work in vertical labor marketpla…

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Mike Slagh From Shift - Helping with career transitions 40:40

3+ y ago40:40

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This episodes dives into Mike Slagh's launch and iterations through Shift.org, a company that helps military members transition into the civilian workforce. Career transitions will likely happen to nearly everyone in the labor force today. Companies that help facilitate the transition will be in demand. Both because employers need to hire more work…

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Exploring web3 work with Aleksi Loytynoja from Kleoverse 32:09

4y ago32:09

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Exploring what work looks like on web3, connecting with DAOs, and wallets as proof of work.By EJ Lawless

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Deciding between channel partners and sales as a go-to-market 29:57

4y ago29:57

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Sam Fitzroy, a nearly 15 year veteran of the HR tech space, discusses his experience co-founding Dalia. How they acquired their first customer and their transition from channel partnerships to sales. He also covers his 8 years working at Indeed and 2 years at The Muse. He compares and contrasts technical partnerships focused on integration versus m…

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Why raise an extra million 45:22

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The first HR Tech GTM market podcast! What Chris has learned taking 3 different HR Tech products to market, two as startups and 1 at Indeed.com. Learn how much to raise for your HR startup and why!By EJ Lawless