The Start-Up (R)evolution

Ancient wisdom in modern companies - Kat Gordon

Kat's journey began with a mission to positively impact our global food and soil system, a journey that led to steeping in the wisdom of the Sacred Valley of Peru for nearly a decade, learning from the land, herbalists, sacred medicines and ancient wisdom holders. Kat chose the path of the heart, valuing social and environmental impact over profit. 
 
 Kat realized that to show up for the well-being of our communities and environment, we must first show up for ourselves. 
 
Kat spends much of her time weaving with the sacred, serving as a bridge between ancient wisdom holders and the modern world through ceremonies, ritual co-creations with nature, and plant dietas/immersions with everyday plants and herbs.
 
Let's Dive in!
 
Kat's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-gordon-a6043b15/
Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/the_startup_revolution/ 

Entrepreneurship on hard mode - Shane Melaugh

The voice you are hearing is Shane Melaugh. Shane is the founder of WordPress company Thrive Themes and personal development company Ikario.
 
We met a few years ago at a conference and became friends when creating an SEO online course together. The course was two weeks of intense video recording and Shane teaching me about how to outline a course, structure my thoughts and speak to the camera. In the end, more than 2.000 solopreneurs studied with us.
 
Shane is known as a successful entrepreneur and inspiring marketer. I invited Shane to the show because he is a great teacher and mentor, too. Whether it is marketing, working effectively, or taming your own mind, he is a large resource of frameworks and practices. His online classes & experiences help people unlock their potential, level up their life and give them the power to live life exactly how they want to.
 
In this personal conversation, we go deep into shifting your state to experience more flow, the building blocks of personal productivity and why we do want to play entrepreneurship on hard mode. What we mean by that is - not just considering finances and revenue but the well-being of the company and everyone in it holistically.
 
Let's dive in!
 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-melaugh-a3559318/ 
 
And follow our podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_startup_revolution/ 

Career achievements and failures - Luanne Tierney

My guest today is Luanne Tierney. Luanne has been a marketing executive in Silicon Valley for the last 20 years. Not only has she constantly developed and progressed in her own career, she has also contributed to the leadership development of many women along the way.
 
We first met in 2020 and have since then collaborated on SEO projects for a variety of startups. Luanne currently works as a fractional CMO - she advises companies on their marketing on a consulting basis. She is also a board member for an AI company, a CPG company and one privately held marketing agency. 
 
But why I really wanted to speak with her is that she is also a strong advocate for women in tech and mentor to many.
 
You will drop into our conversation as we quickly touch on web 3. Though, this is not a crypto episode - it is an episode about staying relevant, advocating for yourself and being part of the  conversation.
 
We will discuss the crucial habits of successful people:
Excellent communication skills to rally people behind your vision.
Building a personal brand and showing up authentically.
Defining success by your own standards.
Finding mentors and supporters for you and your goals.
 
Lastly, you will also learn about trust and appreciation at work - and what we can do as leaders for our team to feel appreciated as well as safe enough to share their failures. So, stay tuned and you will know why “experience is simply the name we give to our mistakes.”.
 
Let’s dive in!
 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luannetierney/
 
And follow our podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_startup_revolution/ 

Embracing flow states in business - Dr. Brent Hogarth

Our guest today is Dr. Brent Hogarth. He is a leader in the field of high-performance psychology and the Head Coach at the Flow Research Collective. 
 
The Flow Research Collective is the organization of bestselling author Steven Kotler, Rian Doris and Conor B. Murphy. Which is where we met! 
 
As you can guess from the name of my own company, Flow SEO, I am a big believer and seeker of flow states. That whimsical state of being in the zone where we feel our best and perform our best. 
 
And guess what - flow and peak performance is what we will discuss today. We talk about flow in the office - and home office - and how to get more of it.
 
But it is not all sunshine and roses, we also discuss the dark side of flow - and the danger of becoming a flow junkie.
 
To contextualize our conversation: Brent helps leaders overcome stress, overwhelm, and burnout in order to feel and perform at their best. He has earned his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and completed a Masters in Sport Psychology. His passion is helping sport and corporate athletes live in alignment with their values and to execute on their highest and hardest goals.
 
Let’s dive in!
 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brent.t.hogarth/
Website: https://www.brenthogarth.com/ 
 
And follow our podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_startup_revolution/

Feelings in the workspace - Kevin Indig

Welcome, Kevin Indig. His official title is director of SEO for Shopify. But he really has two roles: Leading the SEO and secondly, leading the organic growth mission at Shopify, which is a cross functional team of about 100 people. Interestingly enough, Shopify decided to go 100% remote forever, when the pandemic broke out.
 
Now, I knew I wanted to have Kevin on the show after we met at a panel about SEO. And don’t worry this episode is zero about SEO and all about conscious leadership. Which is what we realized at the panel: We both share that passion and curiosity!
 
And guess what, we talk about trust and feelings at work. Why they matter and why you need to factor them in.
 
I love Kevin’s perspective on leadership, he said: One is to inspire a team or organization to go after a shared goal. And the second one is to foster maximum trust within the team. I think that all of leadership really comes down to two of those two things.
 
Kevin is a clear thinker and very insightful. I know you will love this episode. Enjoy. 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kevin_Indig
Website: https://www.kevin-indig.com/ 
 
And follow our podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_startup_revolution/ 

Good intentions, trade-offs and second-order effects - Season Trailer

You know all the current hot trends in startup culture. You truly believe that mental well-being belongs in the boardroom, breathwork and ice baths in our team retreats and the 4 day work week rolled out across your company.  
 
Yes, we are excited to change the world of startups for the better and yet - our team ended up burnt out from deadlines, project management tools and video calls. 
 
Turning our good intentions into reality has proven to be more complicated than expected. 
 
Big words, best practices and easy solutions have crept in. And somehow, the right thing to do became hard and messy.
 
It is dawning on you that being a good leader is less about having that one big idea, then it is about the difficult decisions, trade-offs and second-order effects you encounter whilst executing it.
 
On the show “The Startup Revolution”, we talk with a guest about how they turned their vision of “doing the right thing” into reality. The struggles, push-backs and contradictions as well as the creative new ways of thinking it took to overcome them.
 
You are not alone! Let’s stop talking about big ideas and start implementing a new way of working!