Here are some relevant links from the conversation: 

  • Andy Raskin on LinkedIn
  • Andy Raskin on Medium (lots of great articles here, including the one linked below)
  • The Greatest Sales Deck I've Ever Seen by Andy Raskin
  • The Bigger Narrative (Andy's podcast on strategic narrative)
  • Chill Beefs (Andy's podcast celebrating pet peeves)
  • Victoria Zenoff (Andy's career coach)

Show notes: 

  • 2:02 Chill Beefs - Andy's new podcast
  • 3:39 The many roles Andy has had
  • 4:13 Getting interested in Japan
  • 6:06 Working for Apple in Tokyo in the 90s
  • 9:36 Miso soup
  • 10:50 Lucky socks, lucky underwear
  • 11:43 Becoming a writer
  • 13:20 Interviewing Marc Benioff
  • 16:10 Product Manager at Skype
  • 19:51 Moving into product marketing
  • 23:43 Free agent
  • 28:02 Feeling nervous before a new engagement
  • 30:32 Productizing your offering as a consultant
  • 32:42 The sales deck is the story
  • 34:38 The Bigger Narrative podcast
  • 37:47 How Andy came up with the intro sequence
  • 41:03 The next season (coming out soon)
  • 42:17 Why Andy invests in a career coach
  • 44:13 20 years with his career coach