Slicing Startups: Recent Episodes
Slicing Startups
Join entrepreneurs Calvin (Next-Gen Escape) and Tyler (Crated with Love) with weekly dissections about their unique business startups! Hear introspective discussions about their escape room and subscription date-night box startups. Expect to hear all the gritty lows and uplifting highs of what running a business is actually like!
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler discuss changes in the marketing and digital advertising landscape, including TikTok!
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler catch up after some extended time apart. They also talk about Calvin's new idea for an escape room that has never been done in the area.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler talk about adjusting to marketing trends, including Tik Tok.
On this episode of Slicing Startups, Tyler and Calvin talk about the dreaded one-star rating and how to deal with negative feedback from customers.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Tyler and Calvin talk about how to deal with increased demand, when supply is short as well as how to get employees to buy into the company.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler talk about people and how to scale their businesses by hiring more team members, with a surprise guest at the end!
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler talk about ways to diversify revenue and beat the "seasonality" of their businesses.
In the episode of Slicing Startups, Clavin talks about the outcome of his "Big Decision" how things are finally looking up.
In the episode of Slicing Startups, Tyler and Calvin talk through when it is a good time to expand the team.
On this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin talks through one of the biggest decisions he's had to make so far.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler dissect the new Next-Gen website and talk about ways to optimize for conversions.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Tyler discusses what running a business is like with an infant in the office (and a cute one, at that).
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Tyler takes a deep dive into SEO, blog writing, and how to get your site to rank on Google.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Tyler is back and welcomes his baby girl into the world. Calvin also welcomes two new additions to his home...
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler talk about how to predict shifts in their businesses and how to prepare for future changes.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Tyler and Calvin talk about how to deal with unexpected problems and some tactics they've used to react and respond to them.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler talk about their creative processes as well as some bad experiences they've had with certain service providers.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler talk about project management tools and which ones they use the most!
In this episode Slicing Startups, Tyler talks about one of the rashest decisions he's ever made as a founder.
Calvin celebrates Next-Gen's first anniversary (and getting two shutdown notices in one day - because of SEO). In this episode, Tyler and Calvin talk about the lessons learned during the first year of their respective businesses.
In this episode, Calvin and Tyler talk about the second shutdown and how it is affecting their businesses.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin gives an update on his business and his strategy for the future. Tyler and Calvin also talk about the importance of emails and CTAs (call to action).
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Tyler and Calvin continue their talk on marketing tips they wish they knew when they launched their businesses.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler talk about the best (and worst) marketing tips they've learned while starting their businesses.
In this episode of Slicing Startups, Calvin and Tyler talk about team and processes and how to build both as your business grows.
Taking a break from the COVID talk, Tyler and Calvin talk about where they see their businesses in one year.
COVID hits hard. Calvin and Tyler talk about how they are reacting to the virus and how they plan to keep their businesses going strong.
Your followers want your expertise! In this episode, Calvin and Tyler talk about how to expand revenue by offering additional products, in this case, paid emails.
We started a podcast just as a pandemic hit. How did this affect our businesses and how are we adapting?