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The Growth and Scaling Podcast with Todd Westra

Join us in this insightful episode as Todd Westra sits down with Tom Schwab, the father of podcast interview marketing. Discover how Tom's innovative approach to leveraging podcast interviews can transform your brand and business. From building trust to finding your ideal audience, Tom shares his journey and the strategies that have propelled Interview Valet to success. Whether you're ...

The Growth and Scaling Podcast with Todd Westra Join us for an insightful conversation with Michel Langois, a seasoned executive from Silicon Valley, as he shares his journey through the tech industry. Discover how Michel's leadership at companies like Cisco, Juniper, and Calix has shaped the commercial internet landscape. In this episode, Michel discusses the challenges and triumphs of building a market-dominant company, the impor...

The Growth and Scaling Podcast with Todd Westra In this insightful video, Todd Westra shares his expert knowledge on how to make capital raising a seamless process. Discover the strategies and techniques that can transform your approach to securing funds, making it less daunting and more efficient. Whether you're a startup founder or an established business leader, these tips will help you navigate the complexities of capital raisi...

Rebecca Cassava — CEO & Co-founder of Dealmaker

Dealmaker is a digital fundraising platform that allows founders to easily raise capital by building an online investor funnel—making selling shares as simple as selling products online.

⭐ What We Discuss in This Episode

1. What Dealmaker Actually Does

A platform that lets founders set up an online storefront to sell equity

Helps founders drive traffic to their investment...

In this episode, Todd sits down with Thiago Mayor, CEO and founder of EasyOps Cloud, the largest cloud and DevOps outsourcing agency on Upwork. Thiago shares his remarkable journey from working as a cloud engineer in Brazil to building a 70+ person engineering organization serving startups across the United States.

With more than 600+ completed DevOps projects, EasyOps Cloud helps SaaS companies and tech startups build secure, scala...

• 0:00 - Introduction and Welcome
• 0:52 - Company Background and Services
• 1:30 - Unique Technology and Approach
• 3:39 - Targeting Ideal Clients
• 6:49 - Advertising Delivery Methods
• 8:30 - Performance and Results
• 11:08 - Growth Journey and Partnership
• 18:19 - Overcoming Challenges
• 27:20 - Mentorship and Inspiration
• 31:49 - Advice and Closing Thoughts

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Eli Portnoy is a serial B2B tech founder focused on solving business problems through customer insight. He’s the CEO of BackEngine, a SaaS platform that uses AI to analyze customer conversations and deliver real-time feedback to teams, such as marketing, product, and customer success.

Eli emphasizes the power of customer insight to drive B2B growth. As CEO of BackEngine, he leverages AI to transform customer conversati...

Andrew Hartman, founder and CEO of TimeBoss, is a former COO who turned his personal battle with overwhelm into a solution for leaders and teams. Through group coaching, workshops, and one-on-one sessions, TimeBoss helps them achieve results without burnout.

Andrew highlights his TimeBoss method: treating time as a valuable asset, cutting multitasking, and using weekly planning, prioritizing, and time-blocking for deep work. His sys...

Bertus/Bert Albertse, CEO and President of JETSET Pilates, is driving the company's growth with a focus on fitness, health, and wellness. Under his leadership, JETSET Pilates has reached 100 units in development in just three years. The brand offers a modern, accessible Pilates model centered on small-group fitness, appealing to new business owners and experienced investors.

Bert's leadership focuses on building a stro...

Nick Raschke is the Co-Founder & COO of Doe Media, a company specializing in paid marketing and advertising. With a strong entrepreneurial background, Nick has extensive experience scaling e-commerce and tech companies. 

Nick highlights Doe Media's growth, aiming to lead paid marketing by improving strategies for successful brands. During the pandemic, they helped small businesses thrive and launched a mask business that made over $...

Ana-Paula Issa is the CEO of Encycle, a company she founded nearly 15-16 years ago. Originally a salesperson, she transitioned into energy entrepreneurship, driven by her passion for sustainability and energy management.

Ana-Paula highlights that Encycle's technology, inspired by emergence theory and nature's collaborative systems, helps businesses optimize energy usage by reducing energy consumption in heating and coo...

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Nahed Khairallah is the founder and host of the Organized Chaos Podcast and an HR consultant who helps seven-figure companies scale to nine figures by transforming HR into a key growth accelerator. He views HR as a critical catalyst for success, driving growth by aligning people, processes, and infrastructure.

Rather than focusing solely on opera...

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Welcome back to The Growth and Scaling Podcast! 

Join us as ⁠Scott Hayford⁠, Founder and CEO of ⁠BlackHays Group⁠, discusses how his firm helps tech startups secure government contracts with a focus on sustainability and long-term relationships. From a solo venture to a team of 22, his approach has helped clients secure $15-$17 million in awards while extending the...

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Asim Razzaqis the Co-founder and CEO of Yotascale, a tech entrepreneur focused on solving critical problems. He believes in creating "painkiller" solutions—essential products customers can’t live without—rather than nice-to-have features. Asim advises founders to target a niche, ensure demand, and focus on execution, avoiding distractions like competition or ...

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Rajiv Jadhav is the founder and CEO of R Squared Media Inc., a company focused on online reputation management. He helps individuals and businesses, especially high-net-worth clients, remove harmful content from search engines like Google to rebuild and protect their online reputation.

Rajiv highlights his career by founding R Squared Media in 20...

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Christian Brown, 26, is the co-founder and CMO of Glewee, a platform that connects small to mid-sized businesses with influencers on social media. He oversees SEO and platform management, simplifying influencer marketing. Christian started at 17 with e-commerce projects and co-founded Glewee with his friend Dylan during COVID-19 to create a user-friendly solution fo...

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Join in as Ken Gavranovic, CEO of Product Genius, shares his journey from self-taught coder to founding Interland, which grew to $200 million and went public with Microsoft backing. He’s also led transformations at Cox Communications and advised a Fortune 20 healthcare company on cloud strategies.

Ken’s latest venture, Product Genius, uses AI to supercharge customer ...