Startups with Niall Maher: Recent Episodes
Niall Maher
Welcome to Startups with Niall Maher.
This show is to going give you tips, strategies and advice to grow your business and hopefully entertain you along the way.
Niall will introduce experts and resources that he is always learning from.
It’s all about sharing that experience with YOU.
Niall has worked in nearly every corner of technology businesses; Lead Developer, Software Architect, Product Manager, CTO and now happily a Founder.
You’ll also get to hear live calls with special guests (such as founders, authors and experts).
Thanks for listening and let’s grow together.
Today's guest is a handsome fellow called Simon Curran.
He is a founder and the CEO of an app building platform called Noloco. Noloco helps you instantly create customer portals, partner apps and internal tools from your air table or Google sheets.
Noloco has one of the most beautiful and simple interfaces on the market for building a data driven app with no code. They have been through Y Combinator and are growing their team. So Simon is full of useful advice around building products, no code and pivoting business ideas.
Try Noloco here
https://noloco.io
Twitter & LinkedIn for Noloco
@NolocoHQ
Twitter Simon
@simonalexcurran
Book pick
Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull
Software Pick
Loom
Get a job with Careers at Noloco
Remote Working, Algorithms and Naked Nomads
Remote working is here to stay. People demand a better work life balance, and companies can achieve a competitive edge by leaning into the changes.
In this episode, I have Liam Martin of Running Remote sharing some of his research and insights on remote working and will give you the confidence in the remote working model if you are on the fence.
Links:
- Running Remote
- Running Remote book
- Time Doctor
Liam on the web
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/liamremote
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liammcivormartin/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RunningRemote
Book picks:
- Zero to One
- The Chrysalids
Software pick:
- Google Apps
- Oculus Quest 2
Today's guest is from Flipdish, Head of Product Chris Dermody. From Startup to its current Unicorn status, Chris was there to see it all, and it's a fascinating conversation about the shifting skill changes.
Tips for founders, product nerds and people curious about scaling a business in this one. ❤️
Product Management is complex, even harder when strapped to a rocketship!
Stay tuned!
Links from the show:
Noloco
Quattro Woodfire Pizza
Ken Sandy - https://influentialpm.com/
Book picks:
Inspired
Empowered
The 48 Laws Of Power
Software picks:
Figma
Notion
Noloco
Chris on the web:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cderm
Website/Blog: http://chrisdermody.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdermody/
Want to work with Flipdish?
Use this referral code so they know who sent you: https://t.co/z8eqQ4YCr3
Do you want to create good habits?
In this episode, I share the different steps that will help you turn your goal of creating a habit into reality. It's not easy, but it is doable! And with some of the research, I found it might even become intuitive.
Maybe not just an episode for founders (even though habits are what build our businesses). whether you're trying to get fit, be more productive, or just be a better person altogether, these tips will help!
Supercharge your life.
- Duke University study - https://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/545/docs/Wendy_Wood_Research_Articles/Habits/Neal.Wood.Quinn.2006_Habits_a_repeat_performance.pdf
- B.J Fogg, Tiny Habits - https://amzn.to/3Idvzzi
- Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit - https://amzn.to/34IRCAt
- James Clear - “Master one thing” - https://jamesclear.com/master-one-thing
- Claudia Mueller and Carol Dweck reference from The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/14/science/praise-children-for-effort-not-intelligence-study-says.html
- Locus of control - https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-locus-of-control-2795434
- Improvement Pill, The Locus Rule - https://youtu.be/8ZhoeSaPF-k
Josh Ho, the founder of Referral Rock, joins me to talk about all things SaaS and how to think about adding referrals into a software business.
If you're looking for a way to grow your SaaS business, I recommend that you check out this episode.
Links Josh
Referral Rock
Books
Artemis Fowl
Obviously Awesome
Extreme Revenue Growth
Tools
Project Management with Asana
Alan McDonald, one of the founders of Unbanx joins me to talk about building a WEB3 business and giving passive income from transaction data.
WEB 3.0 is all the rage on the internet right now. But is there more than stoned apes?
Alan gives me some insights on how he is using WEB3 and advice for founders in the space.
We learn about WEB3, data unions, DAO's, legal issues and the community in this episode.
Section with video on “Wait what the f*ck is Web3?”
- https://www.getrevue.co/profile/niall/issues/web-3-0-and-crazy-nft-valuations-967681
Unbanx
- https://unbanx.me/
- https://twitter.com/Unbanx_app
Follow Alan everwhere
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanmcdonald1/
- https://twitter.com/Alanmdonald
Book picks
- Banking on It - https://amzn.to/3p6zqaS
Software Pick
- Canva - https://www.canva.com/
James Church, the best selling author of Investable Entrepreneur, joins me to talk about how to fundraise for your startup successfully.
This episode is packed with value because James and his business, Robot Mascot, have been helping companies be "40 times more likely to get investment".
Links to James Church:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescchurch/
- https://twitter.com/jameschurch88
- https://www.robotmascot.co.uk/
Recommended Books:
- Key Person of Influence
- Oversubscribed
Tools to try from the show:
- https://zapier.com/
Pitch Ready - Benchmark if your business would catch an investor's interest and money.
- https://pitchready.co.uk
Curious about if a community could help you grow your business?
Major brands worldwide are investing in communities, but you don't need a big budget to start.
This week, Matt Studdert will chat about building a massive community that drives his business and allows him to scale with a small team.
Links from this show
State of startups:
https://stateofstartups2019.firstround.com/
Matt Studdert Links
https://www.frontendmentor.io/
https://twitter.com/_mattstuddert
https://twitter.com/frontendmentor
Matt's recommended books:
Shoe Dog
The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant
Company of One
The Minimalist Entrepreneur
Lost and Founder
Matt's recommended tools:
Fathom Analytics
Chargebee
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