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Listen Closely to Seasoned Amy Millard the CMO at VTS who has navigated several downturns on how to handle the unknowns that 2020 presents and her guidance for ensuring your team stays unified.  https://rockettalent.co/podcasts/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

In this episode the founder and CEO of Rocket Talent, Jonathan Spiess, sits down with the CRO at Charitybuzz, Ben Erwin.  Charitybuzz is a leading online auction hub that utilizes celebrities and high end brands to raise funds primarily for nonprofit organizations.  Ben enlightens us with how Charitybuzz has continued to fundraise and magnify Charitybuzz’s proposition all while maintaining, improving, and strengthening the Charitybuzz team dynamic during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Ben gives us insight on how the team has adapted and managed its operations remotely in a very successful manner. Listen in to hear how Ben has found new innovative ways to position Charitybuzz while keeping in mind how consumers behavior has drastically changed in response to the pandemic.  During the pandemic Ben and the Charitybuzz team have effortlessly worked to continue the company’s selfless and  important mission. For All episodes please tune in here: https://rockettalent.co/podcasts/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption to the country, and many companies in the D2C (Direct to Consumer) Industry. Executive leadership needs to step up to the plate now more than ever. Growth Marketing & Digital Marketing Leaders need to be especially nimble when uncertainty is the rule and not the exception. All businesses, whether D2C or B2B growth companies, are facing a slew of new challenges. For this new special edition podcast series, we’ve spoken with hundreds of Growth Marketing Leaders to discuss what it means to lead as a growth marketing executive in the face of adversity and the new COVID 19 norm. With this series, we hope to help other marketing executives and growth marketing leaders navigate these unprecedented times. How can a Growth Marketing Executive ensure that everyone stays calm and connected, and that revenue/growth objectives are still met? In this next episode releasing Wednesday, Rocket Talent CEO Jonathan Speiss speaks with Miriam Kendall, SVP of Marketing at full-service storage tech startup Makespace. She has nimbly worked through economic catastrophes in the past and is showing remarkable leadership as she guides Makespace through these uniquely challenging times. Miriam shared with us how Makespace has adapted its operations to the new normal, with promising results for other Marketing D2C leaders to take note. Listen in to hear how Miriam has found new customers as a result of the pandemic, adapted to these unprecedented challenges to manage her team remotely and reshaped the company's marketing message. to check out more podcasts please visit us at https://rockettalent.co/podcasts/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

EQ is easy to overlook in tech, but for a PM, it can be the difference between a standout product and, well, a mediocre one. Take it from, Vivek Bedi, Head of Consumer Experience, Digital Products, at Northwestern Mutual. In this episode, Vivek chats with Jonathan about how cultivating the softer side of your skills, navigating work with empathy, and showing, not just telling, your ideas can help you build the relationships and trust needed to build great products. As a product manager, you have to balance a number of opinions from stakeholders across the organization while finding a way to move the project forward. Having buy-in is important, but how do you ensure that all of the people associated with a project are invested in it? By building relationships and trust. Vivek Bedi, Head of Consumer Experience, Digital Products, at Northwestern Mutual, chats with Jonathan about his journey cultivating the softer side of his skills—empathy, active listening, and storytelling—and why EQ is a must-have for product managers. In this episode, Vivek also talks about the value of embracing vulnerability as a leader and why showing, not telling, is the best way to get more established companies onboard with innovative product decisions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

Want to go from being the engineer who builds the product to being the product manager who makes decisions around the product? Nate Stewart, VP of Product at Cockroach Labs, has done it. In this episode, Nate talks to Jonathan about his experience breaking into product management, leading product organizations and shares his tips how to get to the top as a product leader.     It’s one thing to decide that you want to make the switch from being the engineer who builds the product to being the product manager who makes decisions around the product. Figuring out the best way to make that career transition...that’s a whole different beast. So how do you do it? Nate Stewart, VP of Product at Cockroach Labs, walks Jonathan through his experience breaking into product management after working as an engineer at Bloomberg—and how systems thinking, communication and relationship-building skills, and a genuine passion for product management can help you succeed as a Product Management Leader (no MBA necessary). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

Getting your app featured in the Editors’ Choice section of Google Play is a developer’s dream. It’s the difference between having close friends and family members download your app and having anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of strangers discover your work.  But how exactly do you get featured? Stanojko “Tancho” Markovich, former Head of Android at Dashlane, talks to Jonathan about his experience building one of the best apps on Google Play with minimal support and no marketing—and shares how a passion for making great apps can help you land that coveted spot.  www.rockettalent.co/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

Fintech Isn’t All About Making More Money. It’s About Creating Wealth Fintech companies present interesting challenges for software engineers, but they often get written off as engines for the perpetuation of wealth. But Cliff Hazelton, VP of Engineering at STASH, reminds us that it doesn’t need to be this way. STASH is focused on helping average, first-time investors manage their money, facilitating the democratization of wealth in society in the meantime. It’s a great example of how there’s more to some Fintech companies than meets the eye, and that there are opportunities to combine the thrill of overcoming challenging technical problems with the joy of helping regular people live better lives. Cliff’s path was a challenging one, but it was defined by growth and learning. Join us and on this episode of the Rocket Talent podcast to hear about Cliff’s journey and to learn how some of the challenges he faced and the lessons he learned early in his career prepared him to jump on the right opportunity when it finally came his way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

On this episode of the Rocket Talent podcast, Alexandre Agular, VP of Engineering at Socure, talks about his journey from being a coder to a manager. Listen to him discuss the challenge of making systems safe in a world where most people, even Kanye West, still use 0000 as their phone password. He also talks about his personal experience shifting to management, and how becoming an engineering leader required him to think more about delegating, solving problems and building better processes more than he ever had to before. Links: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

Could frenzied Times Square be the best place in the world to learn how to meditate? In Episode 5 of the Rocket Talent podcast, Kunal Gupta, CEO of Polar.Me, aB2B marketing Saas startup, discussed how it just might be. Listen to hear him talk about how meditation and mindfulness can be used to navigate the stressful, sometimes scary world of tech startups, and about how controlling your emotions might be the key to success. In today’s world, the journey to professional success and personal growth is more fierce than ever. Competition is high, and stress levels can be extreme. But you can't get to the top fighting fire with fire. You need to stay calm and in control of your emotions. Listen to the episode to learn how incorporating mindfulness and meditation into your life can make you more personally and professionally successful. To Learn more about Kunal Check out his Blog: http://findfocus.today/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

This is my best podcast yet! Learn how to grow from just a data grunt to a true strategic partner that is respected by the business. If your in tech or specifically a Data Analyst and want help evolving to the next level you must listen to this interview! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

Introduction to Product EQ with Kate Leto, the former Head of Product at Moo.com and Executive Product/Career Coach. Kate has been featured many times in MindTheProduct.com. Listen as we Discuss Emotional Intelligence, Product EQ and the importance of being self aware as a Product Manager. Emotional Intelligence is heavily discussed by Daniel Goleman featured in Harvard Business Review. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

Rocket Talent Episode 2 with CTO John Pavley on our deep dive on how to become an Engineering Leader. John Pavley is the SVP of Engineering of Viacom and former Engineering Executive at Spotify, Huffington Post, Apple and Limewire. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message

The very first episode of Rocket Talent! We do a deep dive with CTO Seth Purcell from SignPost and discuss his tips and tricks to becoming a top Engineering Leader --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rockettalent/message