Growth Pains: Recent Episodes
Ignacio Gallegos
Honest and vulnerable conversations about the struggles we all face when working on growing a business.
We've all heard enough of Growth experts talk about their Hyper-Growth successes and their fancy tactics, but the best way to truly learn is to go in-depth in their struggles. Let's face it, startups are a mess, so why not just have honest chat about it instead of pretending we're all geniuses. We all struggle, and that's ok. Welcome to Growth Pains.
In this episode, Ignacio Gallegos chats with Lloyed Lobo, Co-Founder at Boast AI and TractionConf. We discuss pains such as dealing with failure, letting go of what others think of you, finding and bringing in senior leaders who have been there before, and Learning to delegate to move faster.
In this episode, Ignacio Gallegos chats with Khizar Naeem, Product Manager at MessageBird. We discuss pains such as balancing important/urgent and important/non-urgent work, getting lost in the details, moving fast without causing issues that will haunt you later, and innovating in highly-saturated markets.
In this episode, Ignacio Gallegos chats with Lubomila Jordanova, Co-Founder and CEO at Plan A. A Berlin-based startup that is Helping companies measure, reduce & report on their business carbon footprint using science and machine learning. We discuss pains such as disrupting industries with a traditional mindset, having more good ideas than you can implement, hiring at speed, and finding time for yourself.
In this episode, Ignacio Gallegos chats with Sançar Sahin, Co-Founder at Oliva, and previously VP of Marketing at Hotjar and Typeform. We discuss pains such as avoiding burnout when there’s always more to do, dealing with information overload, prioritizing quality over quantity in the early days, early-stage fundraising.
In this episode, Ignacio Gallegos chats with Matías Honorato, Growth Lead at Tally. We discuss pains such as influencing without authority, becoming a specialist or a generalist, communicating effectively, and positioning your business in a busy space.
In this episode, Ignacio Gallegos chats with Asia Orangio, Founder and CEO at DemandMaven. We discuss pains such as delegating effectively, allocating resources wisely, struggling with Product-Market fit, and achieving consistent results at different companies.
In this episode, Ignacio Gallegos chats with Karishma Rajaratnam, Head of Growth at ChartMogul. We discuss pains such as dealing with imposter syndrome, keeping up with social media for your career, balancing short term and long term initiatives, and measuring brand marketing efforts
In this episode, Ignacio Gallegos chats with John Almeida, Enterprise Product Lead at Miro. We discuss pains such as finding work-life balance in fast-paced environments, missing human connection while working remotely, dealing with hyper-growth expectations, and hiring well and fast.
In this episode, a chat with Sujan Patel, Co-Founder of Mailshake and Managing director at Ramp Ventures. We discuss pains such as finding time in the day to focus on hands-on work, focusing on individual contribution over admin, dealing with energy drain, and achieving healthy growth.
In this episode, a chat with Wes Kao, Marketing Strategy, and Product Launch expert. We discuss pains such as lacking discipline, over-questioning yourself creatively, communicating the value Brand Marketing to management, and setting the right expectations.
In this episode, a chat with David Ly Khim, Growth Product Manager at Hubspot. We discuss pains such as getting overwhelmed by taking on too much at the same time, how much honesty is too much at work, managing a side business that relies on freelancers, and moving from Marketing to Product.
In this episode, a chat with Patrick Campbell, founder and CEO at ProfitWell. We discuss pains such as overreacting to problems too quickly, putting work over personal life, building the right team, dealing with Cancer at a critical point for your business and Finding focus when trying to grow multiple products.
In this episode, a chat with Vasil Azarov, founder of the Growth Marketing Conference. Vasil comes clean about some of his biggest personal struggles, such as not being good with data in a data-obsessed world, struggling with creating efficient processes for his team, and being slow at learning new skills. We also dive into the impact the current economic crisis has had in the event industry and particularly in his business.
In this episode, a chat with Rand Fishkin, about a wide array of pains. From his time at MOZ to his new venture SparkToro. Dealing with organizational growth, venture capital, mental health, and launching a new startup in the middle of a global pandemic and many of the myths around startup life.