Patrick Sheridan, a successful serial entrepreneur, shares advice on how to build culture in a distributed team. PEOPLE Guest: Patrick Sheridan, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Modus Create Host: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup Sidekick TAKEAWAYS Your work is your speech (e.g. what did you produce yesterday, what are your plans for tomorrow) Every company should play to their strengths (e.g. access to talent) Map out your employee journey, from onboarding to termination; support them with tools, processes, policies, systems Business don’t fail because of remote work but what’s already ..read more

Learn about the inner workings of Senpex, an on-demand local delivery service operating in several states in the US, with insights from Anar on how he manages his company and personal life. PEOPLE Guest: Anar Mammadov, Founder & CEO of Senpex  Host: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup Sidekick TOPICS 00:00 – Introduction. 02:11 – Genesis of Senpex. 03:52 – Validating the idea. 06:19 – Funding Structure.  07:28 – Company Structure. 09:06 – Revenue Model. 10:22 – Target Market. 12:03 – Acquisition Strategy.  14:17 – Metrics and Analytics 15:42 – Software Development. 17:59 ..read more

Listen to insights from Ron Moravek, co-founder at SportNinja, a mobile first statistics platform for amateur sports. Ron is an experienced entrepreneur with three startup exits and former executive at  large video game companies such as EA Sports. PEOPLE Guest: Ron Moravek, Founder & CEO of SportNinja  Host: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup Sidekick TOPICS COMPANY: Genesis of idea, target market, revenue model, customers acquisition, tracking metrics, and product development. PERSONAL: Finding solutions to challenges, getting help, constant learning, founder networks, dai ..read more

Learn about the inner workings of TagHawk, a mobile resale marketplace app, with insights from Ding on how he manages his company and personal life. PEOPLE Guest: Ning Ding CEO & Founder, TagHawk Host: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup Sidekick TOPICS COMPANY: Genesis of idea, target market, revenue model, customers acquisition, tracking metrics, and product development. PERSONAL: Finding solutions to challenges, getting help, constant learning, founder networks, daily tools, work-life balance, and lessons learned ..read more

Learn about the inner workings of Allobee, a one stop virtual business solution for entrepreneurs and small business owners, with insights from Markevicius on how she manages her company and personal life ..read more

Learn about the inner workings of 360Converge, a text message marketing automation solution for automotive dealerships, with insights from Smith on how he manages his company and personal life. PEOPLE Guest: Todd Smith, Founder & CEO of 360Converge Host: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup Sidekick TOPICS 02:20 – 360Converge’s value proposition 06:12 – Genesis of 360Converge idea 09:47 – Validating the idea with customers 11:28 – Team structure 12:26 – Funding structure (bootstrapped with some investors) 13:00 – Target market 13:42 – Competition 14:30 – Revenue model (SaaS) 16:57 – Custo ..read more

Learn about the inner workings of Salesflare, an award-winning CRM startup, including revenue model, customer acquisition, metrics, product development, overcoming challenges, and much more. PEOPLE Guest: Jeroen Corthout CEO & Founder, Salesflare Host: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup Sidekick TOPICS COMPANY: Genesis of idea, target market, revenue model, customers acquisition, tracking metrics, and product development. PERSONAL: Finding solutions to challenges, getting help, constant learning, founder networks, daily tools, work-life balance, and lessons learned ..read more

Masavage provides practical tips on how and where to tap into a global talent pool. PEOPLE Guest: Shaun Masavage, CEO & Founder, Edge Tech Labs Host: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup Sidekick TAKEAWAYS Start with Upwork — it provides lots of tools to make it easy (e.g. screenshots). Don’t judge people too harshly just by their ratings — give them a chance. Stay away from ones charging too much or too little. Use PayPal if you’re hiring someone who is not on Upwork; the fee is totally worth the insurance for any disputes. Google Translate works well if there’s a language barrier ..read more

Batsaikhan provides advice on how to use your company mission to drive your product vision and development roadmap. PEOPLE Guest: Nomin Batsaikhan, CTO & Cofounder, Flickonic Host: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup Sidekick TAKEAWAYS Who you work with is very important, so choose your cofounder(s) wisely. Define what you’re working towards and ensure you 100% believe in this vision, since startups can become a 24/7 passion project; just wanting to be an entrepreneur isn’t enough because you can easily get discouraged along the way. NOTES 00:53 – Can you provide us an overview of Fl ..read more

Bohlmann provides an overview of UX along with practical tips on how to leverage it for your organization. PEOPLE Guest: Elisabeth Bohlmann, VP of Client Strategy, December Labs Host: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup Sidekick TAKEAWAYS Don’t get scared by potential challenges of UX, since there’s a way to do UX for everyone to get value. UX can provide a great return on investment; e.g. saving users time every day or freeing customer support teams from repeat issues.  Never lose the focus on building products that solve a user’s problems; UX can help you guide the way. NOTES 01 ..read more