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About Friends of Dave
Welcome to the Friends of Dave podcast, hosted by entrepreneur, executive, advisor and consultant, David A. Frankel, www.linkedin.com/in/davidafrankel/ This is an extension of my weekly email newsletter where I interview people from my network and the Friends of Dave community to learn more about them. If you are interested in joining the growing community of professionals who receive my newsletter, please visit: https://friendsofdave.substack.com/
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- David A. Frankel
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- business
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- en
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- First episode
- 16 Mar 2018
- Latest episode
- 25 Sept 2020
Latest episodes
19 episodes in the feed.
25 Sept 2020
Friends of Dave: Monica Wright
On this edition of the podcast, I have a fun time catching up with longtime friend and college classmate, Monica Wright (https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicawright/). Monica is a growth marketing guru and thought leader, devoting pretty much her entire career understanding how media and content drives engagement and conversion. She spent a good chunk of this time at Third Door Media (https://thirddoormedia.com/), publisher of global known and respected marketing news, information and resource sites such as Marketing Land (https://marketingland.com/), Search Engine Land (https://searchengineland.com/) and MarTech Today (https://martechtoday.com/). As she considers her next move, Monica is now engaged in solving a variety of company growth challenges by freelancing (https://monicawright.com/) as a fractional marketing strategist. During our chat, we cover some interesting topics such as: Her unique journey from thinking she wanted to be a doctor when she went to college into the media space How online media and publishing has evolved over the last two decades Overcoming challenges in managing her career while battling (and beating) cancer What's up next in social media and marketing Her involvement in the new organization Women Of MarTech (https://womenofmartech.com/). Monica's story is both unique and inspiring -- I think you will enjoy it.
25 Sept 2020
Friends of Dave Preview: Monica Wright -- On Vulnerability
Monica Wright (https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicawright/) is a growth marketing guru and marketing technology thought leader. For a long time she was an executive at Third Door Media (https://thirddoormedia.com/), publisher of global known and respected marketing news, information and resource sites such as Marketing Land (https://marketingland.com/), Search Engine Land (https://searchengineland.com/) and MarTech Today (https://martechtoday.com/). Today she is contributing to company growth by tackling marketing challenges as a freelance (https://monicawright.com/) marketing strategist. Monica is a cancer survivor. Here she talks about how allowing herself to be vulnerable throughout her fight helped her maintain balance and success in her personal and professional life.
25 Sept 2020
Friends of Dave Preview: Monica Wright -- On Customer Experience
Monica Wright (https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicawright/) is a growth marketing guru and marketing technology thought leader. For a long time she was an executive at Third Door Media (https://thirddoormedia.com/), publisher of global known and respected marketing news, information and resource sites such as Marketing Land (https://marketingland.com/), Search Engine Land (https://searchengineland.com/) and MarTech Today (https://martechtoday.com/). Today she is contributing to company growth by tackling marketing challenges as a freelance (https://monicawright.com/) marketing strategist. In this clip, Monica shares her thoughts on how she saw early the importance of putting the customer at the center of the equation in order to build the best customer experience.
25 Sept 2020
Friends of Dave Preview: Monica Wright -- On Keys To Her Success in MarTech
Monica Wright (https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicawright/) is a growth marketing guru and marketing technology thought leader. For a long time she was an executive at Third Door Media (https://thirddoormedia.com/), publisher of global known and respected marketing news, information and resource sites such as Marketing Land (https://marketingland.com/), Search Engine Land (https://searchengineland.com/) and MarTech Today (https://martechtoday.com/). Today she is contributing to company growth by tackling marketing challenges as a freelance (https://monicawright.com/) marketing strategist. Here she shares the three most important things that have contributed to her career success.
23 Sept 2020
Friends of Dave: Jean Donnelly
Ever catch yourself having such an easy, natural conversation with someone and then you look at your watch and time has gone quicker than you expected? That's what happens this episode. On this edition, time flies by as I chat with friend and colleague Jean Donnelly (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeandonnelly/). Through her work as founding Executive Director for FinTech Sandbox (https://fintechsandbox.org/), a Boston based non-profit focused on supporting innovation amongst data oriented startups, Jean has become well known and respected in the FinTech and data and analytics spaces. Jean has a fascinating backstory and during our time together we talk about: Her early days and the challenges she faced as a woman at a primarily male engineering college and in technology Her stints at GE and Fidelity, where, among other things, she teaches us the operational significance of the term "suck, squeeze, bang, blow" What it was like during her 6 years at FinTech Sandbox working with startups, entrepreneurs and large partner companies The post COVID environment and opportunities for innovation in FinTech What she is looking to do in her next chapter I'm sincerely grateful to have gotten to know Jean and consider her as a Friend of Dave (https://www.getrevue.co/profile/davidafrankel) in many regards. She's a wonderful person, and I really think you will enjoy getting to know her better during this episode.
22 Sept 2020
Friends of Dave Preview: Jean Donnelly -- On Her Next Challenge
Jean Donnelly (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeandonnelly/) is an operational leader, entrepreneur and a widely respected FinTech executive. Until recently she served as the founding Executive Director for FinTech Sandbox (https://fintechsandbox.org/), a Boston based non-profit focused on supporting innovation amongst data oriented startups. In this preview she reflects on what she learned from her role at FinTech Sandbox and what she is seeking from her next challenge.
22 Sept 2020
Friends of Dave Preview: Jean Donnelly -- On Success
Jean Donnelly (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeandonnelly/) is an operational leader, entrepreneur and a widely respected FinTech executive. Until recently she served as the founding Executive Director for FinTech Sandbox (https://fintechsandbox.org/), a Boston based non-profit focused on supporting innovation amongst data oriented startups. In this preview she shares her thoughts on acknowledging personal success and being content with your results, even if that contentment may be fleeting.
22 Sept 2020
Friends of Dave Preview: Jean Donnelly -- On Leadership
Jean Donnelly (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeandonnelly/) is an operational leader, entrepreneur and a widely respected FinTech executive. Until recently she served as the founding Executive Director for FinTech Sandbox (https://fintechsandbox.org/), a Boston based non-profit focused on supporting innovation amongst data oriented startups. In this preview she shares her thoughts on effective leadership, and the important role that empathy plays.
27 Apr 2020
Friends of Dave: Jonathan Brickman
Always fun catching up with people I have known from many stops along my own personal career journey. This time I had the great pleasure of speaking with serial entrepreneur, senior sales and business growth leader and advisor Jonathan Brickman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jebrickman/). He is currently running his own consulting firm called Brickseller (https://jebrickman.com/). During this fast moving discussion, we get into Jonathan's unique path that interestingly began at a nuclear power plant in Upstate NY. From there his journey included a detour to Chicago and subsequently into the data sales leadership arena. We talked about the many personal and professional challenges that go along with growing a startup to scale, selling to private equity and ultimately being rolled into a corporate parent that eventually became Ipreo (https://ipreo.com/). Additionally, Jonathan shares his insights on the importance of grit, communication and what it takes to be a great leader. If you are interested, please follow Jonathan on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jebrickman) as well. Lots of great stuff here -- enjoy!
27 Apr 2020
Friends of Dave Preview: Jonathan Brickman - On Startups
Jonathan Brickman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jebrickman/) is a serial entrepreneur, senior sales and business growth leader and advisor. He is currently running his own consulting firm called Brickseller (https://jebrickman.com/). In this preview he discusses what got him started him on his career path and the importance of sticking to your strengths and strong communication, particularly when you are scaling a startup.
27 Apr 2020
Friends of Dave Preview: Jonathan Brickman - On Leadership and Success
Jonathan Brickman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jebrickman/) is a serial entrepreneur, senior sales and business growth leader and advisor. He is currently running his own consulting firm called Brickseller (https://jebrickman.com/). In this preview he discusses his philosophy on grit, leadership, giving space while coaching and leading teams and some personal views on success.
17 Apr 2020
Friends of Dave: Ed McDonnell, EVP, Salesforce.com
I had such a great time catching up with my old friend, Ed McDonnell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardmcdonnell/) on this podcast. Ed is a commercial leader, and as executive vice president currently heads all distribution & go-to-market functions for the US National Enterprise & Canada business for Salesforce.com (https://www.salesforce.com/). On this episode, we talk about Ed's interesting journey to his current role -- a journey that has included it's share of success, setbacks, innovation, entrepreneurship, networking and perseverance. We also discuss the importance of cultural alignment between your company and your role and who you are, and how it is "okay to not be okay" sometimes. Additionally, Ed shares his philosophies for hiring and what he believes makes a great salesperson. This conversation flows quickly and is filled with lots of great nuggets of knowledge and insight. I encourage you to follow Ed on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EJM) as well. Enjoy!
17 Apr 2020
Friends of Dave Preview: Ed McDonnell, EVP, Salesforce.com
Ed McDonnell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardmcdonnell/) is a commercial leader, and as executive vice president currently heads all distribution & go-to-market functions for the US National Enterprise & Canada business for Salesforce.com (https://www.salesforce.com/). Here he digs into the three main characteristics he targets when hiring, particularly sales people. Highly recommend following Ed on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EJM).
7 Apr 2020
Friends of Dave: Joe Meyer, founder and CEO, ExecThread
On this edition of the podcast, I speak with Joe Meyer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joejmeyer/), founder and CEO of crowdsourced executive job opportunity marketplace ExecThread (https://execthread.com/). Joe is a serial entrepreneur with a track record of leading teams to positive results throughout his career. His journey has included key executive roles at eBay (https://www.ebay.com/), Quigo Technologies (acquired by AOL (https://www.aol.com/)), and HopStop (acquired by Apple (https://www.apple.com/)). During our conversation, Joe shares some of his backstory and the key lessons he learned along the way that lead him to found his current venture. He also discusses his thoughts on how executive job search has evolved and will be affected by a slowing economy. Through it all, Joe highlights grit, entrepreneurial spirit, innovation and a little bit of well timed, good fortune thrown in as keys to leading a successful effort. "Luck is the residue of hard work."
2 Apr 2020
Friends of Dave: Jamil Sheppard, Pt. 2 (2 years later)
On this episode of the podcast, we get back together with old colleague and pal, Jamil Sheppard (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamilsheppard/). Two years ago, you may recall we recorded Part 1 (https://anchor.fm/friends-of-dave/episodes/Friends-of-Dave-Spotlight-Jamil-Sheppard-e18jou/a-a2spka) of our discussion and discussed what it was like to leave a company he had been at for 16 years, FactSet Research Systems (https://www.factset.com/), and venture into startup land. I caught up with him recently, almost exactly two years to the day since we had that chat, and things have changed pretty dramatically for him since then. Jamil shares his insights on what he learned over that time, and how he came to understand what was really important to him both personally and in his career. If you enjoyed the first podcast with Jamil, you will absolutely like hearing this update.
26 Mar 2020
Friends of Dave: Meg Murphy
On this episode of the Friends of Dave podcast, we catch up with Meg Murphy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/megalegamurph/). Meg is an expert marketer originally from the East Coast but took a risk and moved to Chicago with a career move. After a recent job elimination, Meg decided to do something radical: she started her own network and support group for similarly displaced professionals in her area. Called "Chicago Superstars (https://www.megalegamurph.com/chicagosuperstars)," Meg's efforts and website quickly gained traction and garnered national attention from online publications like Crunchbase and Business Insider. We caught up with Meg and talked about her career, about the challenges she faced that lead to starting Chicago Superstars, and her insights into what she believes it will take for she and others to continue their career growth in the months ahead.
20 Mar 2020
Friends of Dave: Bill O'Herron
Bill O'Herron (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-o-herron-3ab0bb1/) is currently Director of Capital Markets at Cygnus Capital Real Estate Advisors (https://cygnuscapital.com/). Perhaps more interesting, his passion is his side gig as a licensed therapist and counselor (https://wholecounseling.com/). I've known Bill for a long time and it's never a dull discussion. Not surprisingly, we had a pretty wide ranging conversation, covering topics such as making a big lifestyle move mid career stream, the role of emotional intelligence (EQ) in business and the power of vulnerability. Lots of book references as well -- links provided below. I think you will find Bill to be a pretty cool, enthusiastic, relatable guy on a number of levels. Hope you will take some time to listen to his story and get to know him. Also, check out Bill's book out October 22, 2020 called "Waking Up Marriage: Finding Truth Inside Your Partnership (https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Up-Marriage-Finding-Partnership/dp/1649218680)" Books mentioned in this episode: 1776 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FMVXDZK/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_o59CEbSNG75SF ) by David McCullough Alexander Hamilton (https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Hamilton/dp/B0007OB58A/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=alexander+hamilton&qid=1584651986&sr=8-2) by Ron Chernow (I mistakenly reference it as a McCullough book) Team of Rivals (https://www.amazon.com/Team-Rivals-Political-Abraham-Lincoln/dp/B00518Z5DS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24PMOJ69CFJR4&keywords=team+of+rivals&qid=1584652045&s=audible&sprefix=team+of+rivals%2Caudible%2C1240&sr=1-1) by Doris Kearns Goodwin The Plot Against America (https://www.amazon.com/Blackstone-Audio-Inc-Against-America/dp/B01DWNZADI/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2SU2B6EMEE9OO&keywords=plot+against+america+phillip+roth&qid=1584652114&s=audible&sprefix=Plot+agai%2Caudible%2C227&sr=1-1) by Phillip Roth Autobiography of a Yogi (https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-of-a-Yogi/dp/B0006IU7LS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2R8Y8S1E10K13&keywords=autobiography+of+a+yogi&qid=1584652187&s=audible&sprefix=autobio%2Caudible%2C402&sr=1-1) by Paramahansa Yogananda Power of Now (https://www.amazon.com/Unknown-The-Power-of-Now/dp/B00005AAPL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19IS9HU9P0BDQ&keywords=power+of+now&qid=1584652342&s=audible&sprefix=power+of+now%2Caudible%2C184&sr=1-1) by Eckhart Tolle
30 Mar 2018
Friends of Dave: Jamil Sheppard, Pt 1 (2018)
Great conversation with Jamil Sheppard, head of sales at a FinTech startup called Cyndx. We cover a lot of ground: feelings about leaving a company you have been at for a long time, what it is like to join a startup, we discussed the impact on his family, and thoughts about writing his "next chapter." Enjoy. XOXO Dave
16 Mar 2018
Friends of Dave Spotlight: Kellianne Frankel
Episode .9: Dave talks to his wife to try to test out Anchor as a podcasting platform. And to confirm that she is mildly interesting.
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