Episodes
Tuesday May 21, 2024
The Stool of Innovation: An Acquired Taste Ep. 16
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Just like a stool needs at least three legs to be, well, a stool... Your innovation culture needs these three "legs" as well. Listen in for how to build a scalable and stable innovation cycle in your organization.
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Behavior is More Important than Experience When Hiring for your Startup
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Past behavior is the best predictor of future performance. So why are we still using resumes to judge talent? In this episode, we talk about focusing on a person’s key behavioral attributes and how that approach attracts talent that is more likely to be successful.
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
It's hard to be a founder. You're making important decisions every day about how to move your company forward. In this episode, we discuss common strategy mistakes founders make. Listen until the end for a suggestion that can help your strategic capacity scale more quickly.
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Why a Lack of Self Awareness may be Holding You Back - AAT Ep 13
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
It feels like our collective self-awareness is at an all-time low… In this episode we talk about some real-world examples and the consequences of that behavior. Plus, the benefit of having people in your life that will call you out when you deserve it.
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
When Keeping it Real Goes Right : Nate Schmidt - THTW S2 Ep. 10
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Nate joins the show and talks about his startup journey, what went right, what went wrong and how he views his experience as a founder, investor, mentor and community-builder. Nate keeps it 100 (as the kids say) so don't miss this episode.
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Ditch the Pajama Pants and Get Back to the Office: An Acquired Taste Ep. 12
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
If fully-remote work is more important to you than having the best opportunity to advance your career, best of luck. Why fully remote work is probably killing your career and the data proves it.
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
When Ambition Meets Execution- Brooke Gillis : THTW S2 Ep 9
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Brooke shares what her team has accomplished over the last year at the Innovation Depot, why community building around density has been key to the Depot's renaissance and her vision for fostering the growth of Birmingham's startup ecosystem
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Bottom up selling doesn't work and top-down takes too long. In this episode, we discuss why "middle-out" selling may be the best way to sell into enterprise-level customers.
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Ian talks about how he sets direction for his growing team, how to utilize guerilla tactics to generate user adoption and why customers breaking your product can be the fastest way to product market fit.
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
You're Bad at Networking (and may not even know it) AAT Ep. 10
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
For many people, their network will be key in finding their next job, mentor, biz dev opportunity or investor. Networking is important for everyone but people have gotten lazy, sloppy or even disingenuous in their networking behavior. Listen in for the cardinal sins to avoid and how keeping the "old school" touches can improve and strengthen your network.