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Title Agents PodcastTitle Agents PodcastNavigating Real Estate Tax Complexities: Ross Litkenhous’ Expert Guide for Title AgentsThe intricacies of real estate tax often trip up investors and title professionals alike. Join us for this expert-led episode with Ross Litkenhous, where he explains how property tax management tools and technology can revolutionize property portfolios and streamline processes. This episode is perfect for industry leaders ready to maximize profitability and stay compliant, so tune in!     What you’ll learn from this episode Key challenges and lessons learned from building a business at scale How Taxonix is demystifying property tax complexities for commercial and residential real estate The importance of AI as a...2024-11-1930 minVenture with GraceVenture with GraceAmit Vasudev: Earl Grey Capital MP, Backing API-First Startup Innovators🚀 This episode is brought to you by LG NOVA. 🚀 Amit Vasudev is the Managing Partner of Earl Grey Capital. Earl Grey Capital is an early-stage venture fund run by Amit Vasudev, Alex MacCaw, and Matt Sornson. They were part of the founding team at Clearbit. Clearbit helps companies create, capture, and convert demand from ideal customers — all from one powerful and flexible go-to-market platform. It was acquired in 2023 by HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS). Earl Grey Capital invests in companies that make it easier to build things on the internet. They believe the future of venture is founders backing founders and have had...2024-09-251h 00Coder RadioCoder Radio532: Take It to the LimitMike hits the limits of ChatGPT's knowledge, a chat about editors and what we'd do for a living if it had to be outside of tech.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on the Podcast Index.Berlin with Brent, Fr...2023-08-2354 minLatent Space: The AI Engineer PodcastLatent Space: The AI Engineer PodcastCursor.so: The AI-first Code Editor — with Aman Sanger of AnysphereThanks to the almost 30k people who tuned in to the last episode!Your podcast cohosts have been busy shipping:* Alessio open sourced smol-podcaster, which makes the show notes here! * swyx launched GodMode. Maybe someday the Cursor of browsers?* We’re also helping organize a Llama Finetuning Hackameetup this Saturday in anticipation of the CodeLlama release. Lastly, more speakers were announced at AI Engineer Summit! 👀~46% of code typed through VS Code is written by Copilot. How do we get closer to 90+%? Aman Sanger says we need a brand...2023-08-2259 minIndie HackersIndie Hackers#280 – Replacing Yourself as CEO, Living on a Boat, and Crowdfunding to Survive with Alex MacCaw of ReflectAlex MacCaw (@maccaw) talks living on a boat, quitting his own 7-figure company, starting over with a lifestyle business, whether free will exists, crowdfunding from your own customers, and gaining a foothold in a crowded market with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).2023-05-2052 minVenture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/AccVenture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital | Eu/AccAlex MacCaw - From 50M ARR B2B SaaS to 20k MRR B2C, Hacking the first sales, The beauty of mom-and-pop tech shops, Stepping down as a CEO, Relationship with moneyAlex MacCaw is the founder and CEO of Reflect app. The note-taking tool that allows you to take notes the same way you think — by associating notes through backlinks. Prior to Reflect he built and ran Clearbit a venture-backed 50M Eur annual recurring revenue B2B saas company. During this episode we discuss about his journey with Clearbit from hacking the first sales to using the SaaS sales playbook, the differences between building a B2B and a B2C company, and the power of a committed community. He is currently sailing around th...2023-05-1136 minIf you see this contact Andrew: andrew@mixergy.comIf you see this contact Andrew: andrew@mixergy.comAlex-MacCaw-Clearbit-on-Mixergy05232023-04-2859 minThe MethodThe MethodAlex MacCaw On Why He Replaced Himself as CEOMatt and Alex MacCaw (Founder & CEO of Reflect) talk about handing over the role of CEO, how to pick that person and what are the traits to look for. Alex speaks from his experience as the Former CEO & Founder of Clearbit and the shift he made when stepping down from his role. If you like conversations like this, we have an excellent team of coaches working with dozens of world-class tech companies.  They will be able to help you implement the Mochary Method customized for your company. If you are interested to find out more abo...2023-04-2726 minConfessions of a B2B EntrepreneurConfessions of a B2B EntrepreneurHow Clearbit Grew with Alex MacCaw of Clearbit & ReflectFollow Alex on LinkedInFollow Alex on TwitterCheck out The Manager's Handbook Check out The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company BuildingCheck out ReflectCheck out ClearbitCheck out our awesome sponsor HockeyStackCheck out our awesome sponsor SaaStockConfessions of a B2B Entrepreneur is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soCheck out our five most downloaded episodes:How To Start A Movement with David Heinemeier Hansson of 37signalsChris Walker Rants On Dark Social, Creating Demand & Company BuildingCEO Spends 70% Of Time On His Personal Brand? Guillaume Moubeche Shares AllOLD WAY/NEW WAY with Adam R...2023-04-1332 minIndie BitesIndie BitesFrom $50m VC-backed to $20k MRR notes app - Alex MacCaw, Reflect (prev. Clearbit)Alex MacCaw is the founder of Reflect, a note taking app which he’s grown to $20k MRR with a team of 4. Previously, he was the co-founder of Clearbit, a VC-backed company that scaled to $50m in revenue. After stepping down as CEO of Clearbit, he decided to focus on doing the stuff he enjoys. So he’s sailing around the world building an app that gets him excited every day.👉 My side project, Whitstable Craft Co.What we covered in this episode:Why Alex dropped out of schoolCoding without a CS degreeBeing unemployableStarting Clearbi...2023-03-1016 minBuild Your Thing – The Podcast For Content CreatorsBuild Your Thing – The Podcast For Content CreatorsHow to Supercharge Your Note-Taking With Reflect With Alex MacCawThis is an exclusive interview with Reflect App Founder Alex MacCaw As content creators, we all know the importance of jotting down our ideas. In fact, taking notes is at the core of my content creation process. It allows me to come up with better ideas, to create content faster, to find new connections between my ideas to rediscover those that I may have forgotten. And today, I'm talking to the founder of an amazing notetaking app called Reflect. His name is Alex MacCaw. We'll to dig deeper into...2023-03-0700 minMake Work Count – Moderne Unternehmensführung, Leadership & New WorkMake Work Count – Moderne Unternehmensführung, Leadership & New Work#4 Von 0 auf 100 in 5 Jahren – People Growth meisternWie meistert man People Growth in der heutigen Zeit? Wir selbst sind mit Circula in den letzten 5 Jahren auf über 100 Mitarbeitende gewachsen. Allein in den letzten 12 Monaten haben wir uns fast verdreifacht. Alle ins Boot holen, Entscheidungen treffen, einen gemeinsamen Rhythmus finden, die Kultur voranbringen – das war alles andere als einfach. Für mich als Co-Founder bedeutete es vor allem, Verantwortung abzugeben und neue Strukturen zu schaffen. In der Podcast-Folge teile ich mit euch, was meiner Meinung nach die Basis für Wachstum ist und was mir bei der internen Umstellung geholfen hat. Ihr bekommt auch...2022-11-1714 minModel FA PodcastModel FA PodcastBecoming Omnipresent with Robert SofiaRobert Sofia is the Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Snappy Kraken. This marketing automation advertising service helps financial advisers track marketing campaigns and various business processes to expand their market share. Robert's recent accomplishments include leading his team to win the Best Places to Work in FinTech Award and Best Overall Content Marketing Company for four straight years. He is also the author of Blend Out: From Ordinary to Irresistible: How Advisors Can Market Like the Greatest Brands in the World, which divulges marketing secrets meant to disrupt the status quo and get you noticed.    Ro...2022-08-2931 minThe Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceThe Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceBuilding Reflect at sea (Interview)This week we’re talking with Alex MacCaw — he’s well known for his work as founder and CEO of Clearbit. In May of 2021, Alex shared a personal update with the world on his blog. After much reflection, he decided to step down as CEO of Clearbit to go back to his roots. In his words, “I love the early stages of company building. Hacking together code, setting up the Stripe account, getting the first customer. That’s my jam.” We talk with Alex about this portion of his journey at Clearbit, the Catamaran he bought in South Africa...2022-08-281h 24Changelog InterviewsChangelog InterviewsBuilding Reflect at seaThis week we’re talking with Alex MacCaw — he’s well known for his work as founder and CEO of Clearbit. In May of 2021, Alex shared a personal update with the world on his blog. After much reflection, he decided to step down as CEO of Clearbit to go back to his roots. In his words, “I love the early stages of company building. Hacking together code, setting up the Stripe account, getting the first customer. That’s my jam.” We talk with Alex about this portion of his journey at Clearbit, the Catamaran he bought in South Africa...2022-08-281h 24Changelog Master FeedChangelog Master FeedBuilding Reflect at sea (The Changelog #503)This week we’re talking with Alex MacCaw — he’s well known for his work as founder and CEO of Clearbit. In May of 2021, Alex shared a personal update with the world on his blog. After much reflection, he decided to step down as CEO of Clerabit to go back to his roots. In his words, “I love the early stages of company building. Hacking together code, setting up the Stripe account, getting the first customer. That’s my jam.” We talk with Alex about this portion of his journey at Clearbit, the Catamaran he bought in South Africa...2022-08-281h 24How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.Ep. 243 How I Raised It with Richard White of Fathom.videoProduced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with Richard White, CEO of Fathom (www.fathom.video), an app that plugs into Zoom and helps you recall and share important moments from your meetings. In this episode, we talk about his previous company Uservoice, the pros and cons of strategic investors (in his case, Zoom invested in Fathom), why he raised funds from 90 investors over multiple smaller rounds with no lead investors, why he decided to go through Y Combinator even though...2022-08-2533 minThe VergecastThe VergecastWork from anywhere: sailboats, solar generators, and StarlinkDavid Pierce hosts a special "work from anywhere" episode of The Vergecast while he is on vacation.02:33 - CEO of Rove Jonah Hanig chats about his approach work-friendly travel. Reflect's Alex MacCaw shares his experience working from a sailboat in the middle of the ocean.17:12 - Verge deputy editor Thomas Ricker talks about his review of the Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Pro, as well as his experience of working remotely in Europe.36:28 - Verge policy editor Russell Brandom and senior reporter Loren Grush discuss the state of using satellites like Starlink to access the...2022-08-031h 03Fantastic FrameworksFantastic FrameworksZone of Genius Alex MaccawA strength is anything that gives you energy. A talent is an innate ability that can’t be taught. For example, a love of numbers. A skill is a competency that can be taught. For example, knowing Excel back to front. When all three are aligned, we are in our Zone of Genius.2021-01-0402 minThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastInformation SharingEpisode 6 is about information sharing, which gets trickier as a company grows its team. Matt and Alex discuss rules for using tools like Slack, email, Asana, and Chorus, and share how Notion houses Clearbit’s Areas of Responsibility and internal wiki. Clearbit’s wiki has inspired many other leaders, and in this chapter of the Manager’s Handbook, you’ll get a look under the hood too. Employees don’t want to drink from a firehose, but they do want transparency. If information is organized and easy to find, everyone can work efficiently, get inspired to solve prob...2020-11-2300 minThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastCreating & Achieving GoalsIn Episode 5, Matt and Alex discuss how clear company goals and objectives can prevent all sorts of communication problems. They share Clearbit’s approach to OKRs and annual planning, as well as their top management myths about delegation, trust, and measuring targets.We believe great management makes the world a better place. At Clearbit, we’re writing a handbook to train our managers, and we’re sharing it online at themanagershandbook.com. Each episode of this podcast accompanies a chapter of the book, and we get on the mic to discuss it in-depth, covering topics from hiring to con...2020-11-1000 minThis New WayThis New WayHow to Find Your Zone of Genius with Alex MacCaw, CEO at ClearbitIn Episode #13, Alex MacCaw describes the frameworks and best practices that managers should adopt to constantly improve their leadership skills.  We also talked about Clearbit’s impeccable agreements and how they can help you improve communication and collaboration across departments. Clearbit is a San Francisco-based business intelligence company that has raised more than 17 million dollars in funding – and serves as the data backbone to thousands of businesses such as Slack, Stripe, Intercom, and Adroll. As the co-founder and CEO, Alex puts an immense focus on leadership and personal development. In fact, he recently announced Clearbit’s mission to beco...2020-08-1341 minSquare One: Conversations with the Best in BusinessSquare One: Conversations with the Best in Business63: Alex MacCaw, Founder and CEO of ClearbitManagement principles are some of the easiest topics to discuss, but some of the most challenging to put into practice. The best managers and leaders have an art in making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive, that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. This week I was excited to have one of tech’s best thinkers on management principles come on the show. Alex MacCaw, CEO of Clearbit, has recently put out a book titled The Manager’s Handbook - in it he takes his experience as one of the first employees at Twit...2020-07-3050 minThe MethodThe MethodSid Sijbrandij (CEO of GitLab) describes why your company needs a handbookIn this episode, GitLab's CEO Sid Sijbrandij talks about why GitLab's Handbook is the best knowledge management tool he has ever worked with and why Wiki's won't scale. GitLab is a web-based DevOps life cycle tool that provides a Git-repository manager with wiki, issue-tracking, and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipeline features, using an open-source license, developed by GitLab Inc. Sid Sijbrandij is the cofounder and CEO of GitLab, world’s largest all-remote company and the single application for the DevOps lifecycle. Nothing about Sid’s career path falls in the traditional category. When he saw the fi...2020-07-2710 minThe MethodThe MethodSid Sijbrandij (CEO of GitLab) describes the best way to collaborate in a remote companyIn this episode, GitLab's CEO Sid Sijbrandij breaks down why collaboration works better in an entirely remote format. GitLab is a web-based DevOps life cycle tool that provides a Git-repository manager with wiki, issue-tracking, and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipeline features, using an open-source license, developed by GitLab Inc. Sid Sijbrandij is the cofounder and CEO of GitLab, world’s largest all-remote company and the single application for the DevOps lifecycle. Nothing about Sid’s career path falls in the traditional category. When he saw the first Ruby code in 2007, He fell in love and he tau...2020-07-2410 minThe MethodThe MethodSid Sijbrandij (CEO of GitLab) describes the dangers of running a remote hybrid companyIn this episode, GitLab's CEO Sid Sijbrandij talks about the challenges leaders face when running an entirely remote company, and the strength in building strong team relationships. GitLab is a web-based DevOps life cycle tool that provides a Git-repository manager with wiki, issue-tracking, and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipeline features, using an open-source license, developed by GitLab Inc. Sid Sijbrandij is the cofounder and CEO of GitLab, world’s largest all-remote company and the single application for the DevOps lifecycle. Nothing about Sid’s career path falls in the traditional category. When he saw the first...2020-07-2217 minThe MethodThe MethodSid Sijbrandij (CEO of GitLab) describes how he built a completely remote companyIn this episode, GitLab's CEO Sid Sijbrandij talks about how he pivoted into forming his company as an entirely remote business. GitLab is a web-based DevOps life cycle tool that provides a Git-repository manager with wiki, issue-tracking, and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipeline features, using an open-source license, developed by GitLab Inc. Sid Sijbrandij is the cofounder and CEO of GitLab, world’s largest all-remote company and the single application for the DevOps lifecycle. Nothing about Sid’s career path falls in the traditional category. When he saw the first Ruby code in 2007, He fell in lov...2020-07-2012 minThe MethodThe MethodWade Foster (CEO of Zapier) describes geo adjusted pay, worldwide talent and working from homeIn this episode, Zapier CEO discusses the worldwide talent pool accessible to remote companies. He talks about whether adjusted pay is applicable and suitable for your company. Zapier has been remote since its inception in 2011 during its YC days. The company now has over 300 employees, thriving strong under the 100% remote structure. In the next few episodes, Zapier’s CEO Wade Foster will share what he knows about how to run an all-remote company effectively. Wade Foster is the cofounder of Y-Combinator startup Zapier. Zapier lets users create integrations that allows communications between hundreds of best-in-breed web...2020-07-1708 minThe MethodThe MethodWade Foster (CEO of Zapier) describes why hybrid companies may accidentally exclude employeesIn this episode, CEO of Zapier Wade Foster, talks about how companies may be overlooking one of the biggest drawbacks to running a remote hybrid company, promoting individuals seen by management more actively. Zapier has been remote since its inception in 2011 during its YC days. The company now has over 300 employees, thriving strong under the 100% remote structure. In the next few episodes, Zapier’s CEO Wade Foster will share what he knows about how to run an all-remote company effectively. Wade Foster is the cofounder of Y-Combinator startup Zapier. Zapier lets users create integrations that allo...2020-07-1510 minThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Remote Series with Wade FosterWelcome to The Remote Series, where CEOs of remote-first companies share guidance on how to lead an organization when everyone’s working from home. The Remote Series is hosted by Alex MacCaw, CEO at Clearbit, and coach Matt Mochary, author of The Great CEO Within.In Episode 2 of The Remote Series, Zapier’s co-founder and CEO Wade Foster discuss hiring, feedback, and cultivating authentic relationships in a digital-first company. COVID-19 pushed CEOs and their teams to turn remote, and even though plenty of people are willing to go back to the office, the experience will never be t...2020-07-1400 minThe MethodThe MethodWade Foster (CEO of Zapier) describes the loneliness problem of remote work and how to solve itIn this episode, Zapier CEO Wade Foster, explains how he and his team approach the problem of growing loneliness faced by remote workers, and how to build a strong team bond. Zapier has been remote since its inception in 2011 during its YC days. The company now has over 300 employees, thriving strong under the 100% remote structure. In the next few episodes, Zapier’s CEO Wade Foster will share what he knows about how to run an all-remote company effectively. Wade Foster is the cofounder of Y-Combinator startup Zapier. Zapier lets users create integrations that allows communications betw...2020-07-1316 minThe MethodThe MethodWade Foster (CEO of Zapier) describes the importance of feedbackIn this episode, CEO of Zapier Wade Foster, breaks down the importance of providing and receiving quality feedback for and from your team. Zapier has been remote since its inception in 2011 during its YC days. The company now has over 300 employees, thriving strong under the 100% remote structure. In the next few episodes, Zapier’s CEO Wade Foster will share what he knows about how to run an all-remote company effectively. Wade Foster is the cofounder of Y-Combinator startup Zapier. Zapier lets users create integrations that allows communications between hundreds of best-in-breed web applications without having to w...2020-07-1013 minThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Remote Series with Sid SijbrandijWelcome to The Remote Series, where CEOs of remote-first companies share guidance on how to lead an organization when everyone’s working from home. The Remote Series is hosted by Alex MacCaw, CEO at Clearbit, and coach Matt Mochary, author of The Great CEO Within.In Episode 1 of The Remote Series, Matt and Alex sit down with GitLab’s co-founder and CEO Sid Sijbrandij, as well as Darren Murph, GitLab’s Head of Remote. They chat about remote team bonding, collaboration, and the challenges companies will face if they reopen offices and go hybrid-remote. Love it or hat...2020-07-1000 minThe MethodThe MethodAlex MacCaw (CEO of Clearbit) describes why your company should have a wikiIn this episode, Clearbit's CEO Alex MacCaw explains why your company should have a Wiki from the very beginning. Alex MacCaw is CEO of Clearbit, a premier data-powered marketing suite allowing businesses and professional marketers to drum up demand with targeted advertising. Clearbit detects consumer intention by monitoring site traffic and provides the best data available for all your marketing needs.Mochary Method: https://www.mocharymethod.org/Clearbit: https://www.clearbit.com/Managers Handbook: https://themanagershandbook.com/Follow Alex: https://tw...2020-07-0812 minThe MethodThe MethodAlex MacCaw (CEO of Clearbit) describes how the Mochary Method helped himIn this episode, Clearbit's CEO Alex MacCaw talks about how Matt helped him turn his into an even more efficient organization. Alex MacCaw is CEO of Clearbit, a premier data-powered marketing suite allowing businesses and professional marketers to drum up demand with targeted advertising. Clearbit detects consumer intention by monitoring site traffic and provides the best data available for all your marketing needs.Mochary Method: https://www.mocharymethod.org/Clearbit: https://www.clearbit.com/Managers Handbook: https://themanagershandbook.com/Follow Alex:...2020-07-0616 minThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastWorking as a TeamEpisode 4 is all about strong teams and the importance of trusting each other. At Clearbit, we prevent trust from falling apart by using “impeccable agreements” between team members to get things done. Matt and Alex also talk about meetings, which should be regulated (and justified) to prevent time waste. Get the most out of meetings by structuring them and by writing things down to speed up information transfer and decision making.We believe great management makes the world a better place. At Clearbit, we’re writing a handbook to train our managers, and we’re sharing it online a...2020-06-1100 minThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastCoaching and FeedbackEpisode 3 covers coaching and feedback. Matt and Alex discuss the Zone of Genius framework, and how it can help managers and teammates from burning out. They also talk about how to get the most out of one-on-one meetings, through structure and pre-preparation. Finally, they discuss Clearbit’s culture of feedback -- viewing feedback as the only way to achieve true personal growth. Matt and Alex share their frameworks for giving and receiving feedback in a productive way and demonstrate some examples.We believe great management makes the world a better place. At Clearbit, we’re writing a hand...2020-05-0600 minThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastHiring & OnboardingEpisode 2 is all about hiring and onboarding. Matt and Alex discuss different techniques for sourcing candidates, how they screen and interview candidates with their topgrading process, how to close candidates, and how to effectively onboard new hires. We believe great management makes the world a better place. At Clearbit, we’re writing a handbook to train our managers, and we’re sharing it online at themanagershandbook.com. Each episode of this podcast accompanies a chapter of the book, and we get on the mic to discuss it in-depth, covering topics from hiring to conflict resolution to deve...2020-04-0100 minThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastManaging yourselfIn Episode 1, Matt and Alex talk about managing *yourself* when you’re a manager. Designing your time and getting curious about your inner experience increases the capacity to manage others well. This episode discusses recommendations for task management, mental health, working with fear, and more.We believe great management makes the world a better place. At Clearbit, we’re writing a handbook to train our managers, and we’re sharing it online at http://themanagershandbook.com/. Each episode of this podcast accompanies a chapter of the book, and we get on the mic to discuss it in-depth, coveri...2020-03-0300 minThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastThe Manager’s Handbook PodcastTrailerThe Manager’s Handbook Podcast is hosted by Matt Sornson (CMO) and Alex MacCaw (CEO) of Clearbit.We believe great management makes the world a better place. At Clearbit, we’re writing a handbook to train our managers, and we’re sharing it online. Each episode of this podcast accompanies a chapter of the book, and we get on the mic to discuss it in-depth, covering topics from hiring to conflict resolution to developing consciousness as a leader. Support the show (https...2020-02-2000 minVillage Global PodcastVillage Global PodcastThe Art of Great Management with Alex MacCawAlex MacCaw (@maccaw), founder and CEO of Clearbit, joins Erik on this episode. He is a co-author of the book The Great CEO Within.They discuss:- The power of good management and the lack of a modern handbook for managers.- Why and how they treat interviewing and hiring as a science experiment.- What to know for a great reference check.- Managing conflict effectively.- Why you only really close a hire after the first ninety days of them working at your company....2020-02-1152 minMission DailyMission DailyEntrepreneurship as a Path Towards Self Actualization with Alex MacCaw, CEO of ClearbitToday, Chad is joined by Alex MacCaw, founder and CEO of Clearbit. Alex’s road to entrepreneurship was anything but conventional. Having taught himself programming at a young age, he dropped out of high school at the age of 17 to pursue a full-time career as a software engineer. Living in the London, Alex had intentions to get his visa and move to San Francisco to start his own company. But when he encountered a few roadblocks along the way, he took the opportunity to travel through south-east Asia and South America and wrote two successful books on programming along th...2019-11-2150 minThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The PitchThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Clearbit Founder Alex MacCaw on How To Successfully Negotiate with Investors, What Value-Add Do VCs Really Bring & Why You Should Only Have Operators on Your BoardAlex MacCaw is the Founder & CEO @ Clearbit, the marketing data engine for all of your customer interactions, from customer understanding to prospect identification to personalising every sales and marketing interaction. To date, Alex has raised $17m in financing from some incredible people including Geoff Lewis @ Bedrock, Ash Fontana @ Zetta Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Battery Ventures and then former guest Ilya Sukhar, Naval Ravikant and Josh Buckley. Prior to founding Clearbit, Alex spent time in the engineering teams at both Twitter and Stripe. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Alex made his way from...2019-09-1331 minIndie HackersIndie Hackers#015 – Data-Driven Marketing and Sales with Alex MacCaw of ClearbitAlex MacCaw started Clearbit.com as a solo founder, and he's since grown it to millions of dollars in annual profit. Learn the marketing and sales techniques he's used to reach over 1000 customers.2017-05-2456 minThe Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsThe Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 084: Why Personalisation Is The Future Of Sales, The Benefits Of An Engineering Led Sales Team & Why Customers Pay A Premium For Predictability with Alex MacCaw, Founder & CEO @ ClearbitAlex MacCaw is the Founder & CEO @ Clearbit, the startup that is building a suite of business intelligence APIs to help companies find more information on their customers in order to increase sales and reduce fraud. They have backing from some of the best early stage investors including the likes of First Round Capital, SV Angel, Intercom’s Eoghan McCabe, Hubspot’s Dharmesh Shah and many more incredible investors. As for Alex, as well as being a fellow Brit who loves tea, he also worked at the likes of Twitter and Stripe prior to founding Clearbit. In Today’...2016-12-1917 minThe Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsThe Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 084: Why Personalisation Is The Future Of Sales, The Benefits Of An Engineering Led Sales Team & Why Customers Pay A Premium For Predictability with Alex MacCaw, Founder & CEO @ ClearbitAlex MacCaw is the Founder & CEO @ Clearbit, the startup that is building a suite of business intelligence APIs to help companies find more information on their customers in order to increase sales and reduce fraud. They have backing from some of the best early stage investors including the likes of First Round Capital, SV Angel, Intercom’s Eoghan McCabe, Hubspot’s Dharmesh Shah and many more incredible investors. As for Alex, as well as being a fellow Brit who loves tea, he also worked at the likes of Twitter and Stripe prior to founding Clearbit. In Today’s Epis...2016-12-1917 minSaaS Open Mic by ChartMogulSaaS Open Mic by ChartMogulSaaS Open Mic 06: Alex MacCaw - CEO, ClearbitSince launching in 2015, Clearbit has gone from strength-to-strength in their quest to be the definitive Business Intelligence infrastructure for businesses. In this chat, co-founder and CEO Alex MacCaw talks about his career in tech and engineering, including working for Stripe in the "early" days and travelling the world whilst writing his book on Javascript. 2016-02-2241 minWe Build SG LIVEWe Build SG LIVE004 JavaScript programming language and organizing awesome tech conferences with Thomas GorissenJavaScript programming language IE4 Mozilla Firefox ECMAscript 5 Brendan Eich Netscape Unreal Doom Silverlight JQuery MVC Backbonejs ASP.net mvc First class function Asynchronous this Class Object.observe Singaporejs V8 Nodejs npmjs socketio express deployd meteorjs Organizing tech conferences jsconf.asia jscamp.asia Alex Maccaw Michal lxjs Nest ==> Listen up for a special discount code for jsconf.asia ticket sale on 8 Oct 3pm! I/O Polling audience questions Twitter jsconf.asia Codecademy SingaporeJS Nodejs singapore Melbourne js Atlassian Espruino jsconf eu numbers video angularjs emberjs Firefox OS Chrome OS Rapid Fire questions!2013-10-0400 minAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tv077 JSJ Monocle with Alex MacCawPanel Alex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:13 - Going Rogue Video 02:12 - Alex MacCaw Introduction 029 JSJ Bower.js with Alex MacCaw and Jacob Thornton JavaScript Web Applications: jQuery Developers' Guide to Moving State to the Client by Alex MacCaw The Little Book on CoffeeScript: The JavaScript Developer's Guide to Building Better Web Apps by Alex MacCaw 02:44 - Monocle Alternative for Hacker News 03:39 - Speed Alex MacCaw: Time to first tweet sinatra MVC Fr...2013-09-2750 minAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tv077 JSJ Monocle with Alex MacCawPanel Alex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:13 - Going Rogue Video 02:12 - Alex MacCaw Introduction 029 JSJ Bower.js with Alex MacCaw and Jacob Thornton JavaScript Web Applications: jQuery Developers' Guide to Moving State to the Client by Alex MacCaw The Little Book on CoffeeScript: The JavaScript Developer's Guide to Building Better Web Apps by Alex MacCaw 02:44 - Monocle Alternative for Hacker News 03:39 - Speed Alex MacCaw: Time to first tweet sinatra MVC Fr...2013-09-2750 minJavaScript JabberJavaScript Jabber077 JSJ Monocle with Alex MacCawPanelAlex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:13 - Going Rogue Video 02:12 - Alex MacCaw Introduction029 JSJ Bower.js with Alex MacCaw and Jacob Thornton JavaScript Web Applications: jQuery Developers' Guide to Moving State to the Client by Alex MacCaw The Little Book on CoffeeScript: The JavaScript Developer's Guide to Building Better Web Apps by Alex MacCaw 02:44 - MonocleAlternative for Hacker News 03:39 - SpeedAlex MacCaw: Time to first tweet sina...2013-09-2750 minAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tv076 JSJ Meteor.js with Marcus Phillips and Fred ZirdungPanel Marcus Phillips (twitter github) Fred Zirdung (twitter github) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:30 - Marcus Phillips and Fred Zirdung Introduction Hack Reactor 03:31 - Experience with Meteor 05:45 - Intro to Meteor Client-side Environment Tethered Queries minimongo 09:56 - Websockets 11:29 - Deployment Support 14:51 - The Cloud 16:43 - Meteor and Server-side JavaScript Engines Meteor Devshop 7 - LIVE 19:48 - Meteor and Windows 22:43 - Package Management System 23:49 - Building Meteor Apps 29:04 - Meteor Methods 33:02 - Open-Source Meteor Apps 34:15 - Hack Reactor Education Training Developers Removing Complexity Picks ...2013-09-2050 minAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tv076 JSJ Meteor.js with Marcus Phillips and Fred ZirdungPanel Marcus Phillips (twitter github) Fred Zirdung (twitter github) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:30 - Marcus Phillips and Fred Zirdung Introduction Hack Reactor 03:31 - Experience with Meteor 05:45 - Intro to Meteor Client-side Environment Tethered Queries minimongo 09:56 - Websockets 11:29 - Deployment Support 14:51 - The Cloud 16:43 - Meteor and Server-side JavaScript Engines Meteor Devshop 7 - LIVE 19:48 - Meteor and Windows 22:43 - Package Management System 23:49 - Building Meteor Apps 29:04 - Meteor Methods 33:02 - Open-Source Meteor Apps 34:15 - Hack Reactor Education Training Developers Removing Complexity Picks ...2013-09-2050 minJavaScript JabberJavaScript Jabber076 JSJ Meteor.js with Marcus Phillips and Fred ZirdungPanelMarcus Phillips (twitter github) Fred Zirdung (twitter github) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:30 - Marcus Phillips and Fred Zirdung IntroductionHack Reactor 03:31 - Experience with Meteor 05:45 - Intro to MeteorClient-side Environment Tethered Queries minimongo 09:56 - Websockets 11:29 - Deployment Support 14:51 - The Cloud 16:43 - Meteor and Server-side JavaScript EnginesMeteor Devshop 7 - LIVE 19:48 - Meteor and Windows 22:43 - Package Management System 23:49 - Building Meteor Apps 29:04 - Meteor Methods 33:02 - Open-Source Meteor Apps 34...2013-09-2050 minAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tv029 JSJ Bower.js with Alex MacCaw and Jacob ThorntonPanel Alex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Jacob Thornton (Fat) (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Discussion Bower.js (web) Bower.js (twitter) Bower.js (github) SXSW Package managers ender-js BPM hem Benefits Small components Yeoman.io Browserify Dependencies Segmenting the community Transports Mozilla (github) Commands Building an actual package manager node.js Moving parts of a package manager Events Challenges Ember.js Mobile web application development Google Chrome apps Desktop apps in JavaScript Picks Kershaw Ke...2012-10-0247 minJavaScript JabberJavaScript Jabber029 JSJ Bower.js with Alex MacCaw and Jacob ThorntonPanelAlex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Jacob Thornton (Fat) (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) DiscussionBower.js (web) Bower.js (twitter) Bower.js (github) SXSW Package managers ender-js BPM hem Benefits Small components Yeoman.io Browserify Dependencies Segmenting the community Transports Mozilla (github) Commands Building an actual package manager node.js Moving parts of a package manager Events Challenges Ember.js Mobile web application development Google Chrome apps Desktop apps in JavaScript PicksKershaw Ken On...2012-10-0247 minAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tv029 JSJ Bower.js with Alex MacCaw and Jacob ThorntonPanel Alex MacCaw (twitter github blog) Jacob Thornton (Fat) (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Discussion Bower.js (web) Bower.js (twitter) Bower.js (github) SXSW Package managers ender-js BPM hem Benefits Small components Yeoman.io Browserify Dependencies Segmenting the community Transports Mozilla (github) Commands Building an actual package manager node.js Moving parts of a package manager Events Challenges Ember.js Mobile web application development Google Chrome apps Desktop apps in JavaScript Picks Kershaw Ke...2012-10-0247 minTechZingTechZing171: TZ Discussion - Interview with the UnicornJustin and Jason discuss how Justin's apartment almost burned down and how he sold his house in the UK, the television shows Fringe, Prophets of Science Fiction, Bloomberg Game Changers and the movie Limitless, the progress being made on AnyFu and the challenge of recruiting well-known experts, listener questions, the story of what happend to Jason's movie idea, the possibility of recurring donations and winning the iTunes review war with Startups for the Rest of Us, effective criticism, Alex MacCaw's new Ace framework (think Sinatra for Node.js), insight from Uber's most successful driver, the risk of premature generalization, how...2012-02-221h 49TechZingTechZing169: TZ Interview - Alex MacCawJustin and Jason talk to Alex MacCaw, author of JavaScript Web Applications, The Little Book on CoffeeScript, Spine.js and a bunch of other cool stuff.2012-02-081h 00The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceThe Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceSpine and Client-Side MVC (Interview)Wynn caught up with Alex MacCaw to talk about Spine, CoffeeScript, writing books, and working at Twitter. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Alex MacCaw – Website, GitHub, XWynn Netherland – GitHub, XShow Notes: Alex MacCaw, O’Reilly writer and open source developer now working on the front-end for Twitter. Spine Lightweight MVC library for building JavaScript applications, inspired by Backbone. Spine is written in CoffeeScript Eco is Alex’s favorite client-side templating engine. Alex sug...2011-12-2023 minChangelog InterviewsChangelog InterviewsSpine and Client-Side MVCWynn caught up with Alex MacCaw to talk about Spine, CoffeeScript, writing books, and working at Twitter. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Alex MacCaw – Website, GitHub, XWynn Netherland – GitHub, XShow Notes: Alex MacCaw, O’Reilly writer and open source developer now working on the front-end for Twitter. Spine Lightweight MVC library for building JavaScript applications, inspired by Backbone. Spine is written in CoffeeScript Eco is Alex’s favorite client-side templating engine. Alex sug...2011-12-2023 minChangelog Master FeedChangelog Master FeedSpine and Client-Side MVC (The Changelog #71)Wynn caught up with Alex MacCaw to talk about Spine, CoffeeScript, writing books, and working at Twitter.2011-12-2000 min