This episode features Frost Li. Frost is a former Head of Growth at Wish, Advisor at Y combinator, and Growth Advisor to Lyft/Pinterest. After 10+ years in the e-commerce space, Frost has created the platform Social Chat as a solution for online merchants to interact with customers as if they are shopping in-store, and to provide real-time suggestions and recommendations via live chat.

Frost Recommends these Resources:

The Privacy Sandbox (Google’s tool you can see how the tracking is restricted, and their advice on how you deal with it)

Social Chat 

This episode features John Uke. John is a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur who moved to Ukraine 6 years ago to bootstrap his gamer recommendation app startup, GameTree, that now has 450,000 users. He attended Babson, the top entrepreneurship college in America. He has since started Success Cards, architected two coding bootcamps, mentored a hundred people around the world on how to code, and has done psychological optimization consulting for high-level teams.

John Recommends these Resources:

Success Cards

GameTree

512 Types Test (coming soon)

This episode features Kevin Marvinac. Kevin leads Partnerships at ShipBob, a global logistics platform that fulfills e-commerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands. Previously, he led the Growth and Product teams at ShipBob and worked in growth marketing and operations at Tide Cleaners (formerly Pressbox) and Airbnb. He is a certified specialist in wine and lives in Northern California.

Kevin Recommends these Resources:

Measure What Matters

Radical Candor

Talking to Humans

This episode features Peter Shankman. Peter is the top keynote speaker in marketing, brand building, social media, and customer service. The New York Times has called Peter Shankman “a rock star who knows everything about social media and then some.” He is a 5x best-selling author, entrepreneur, and corporate in-person and virtual keynote speaker, focusing on customer service and the new and emerging customer and neuroatypical economy. With three startup launches and exits under his belt, Peter is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about the customer experience, social media, PR, marketing, advertising, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), and the new Neurodiverse Economy.

Peter Recommends these Resources:

Faster than Normal Official Website

Faster than Normal Podcast

This episode features Dr. Adam Zeman who's an expert in cognitive and behavioral neurology. He first coined the term Aphantasia to describe the inability to visualize back in 2015 and is considered one of the world's foremost experts on imagery extremes. In this episode, he lays out to David– who has Aphantasia– what he’s learned and what he still doesn’t know about how human create images in their minds.

Dr. Adam Zeman Recommends Resources:

• Adam's Article in American Scientists
• Eye's Mind Website

This episode features Valon Xhafa the Founder of Behamics. Valon previously worked as an AI scientist at Google and at other research institutes, developing advanced AI approaches and algorithms. At Behamics, Valon is constantly working on finding new ways in applying AI to take the online shopping experience to the next level.

Valon Recommends these Resources:

• Behamics Official Website 
• Behamics Blog

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This episode features Burc Tanir, the CEO & Co-Founder of Prisync, which helps e-commerce companies from all around the world automatically track their competitor prices and dynamically reprice their products on the fly. He has a background in industrial engineering and is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Before founding Prisync, Burc held marketing and sales roles for a number of companies. He co-founded his first business, a multi-platform enterprise IM app called BizCorner, in 2012. Now, he utilizes his professional experience to continue to grow and scale Prisync.

Burc Recommends These Resources:

• Smart Pricing Tactics (E-book from Prisync)
• Crossing the Chasm
• The Economist
• Harvard Business Review
• Prisync Official Website
• Prisync - Dynamic Pricing on Shopify App Store 
• Offer: Prisync offers up to a 50% discount for your first 3 months.

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Alicia Recommended Resources:

• MGR360 App for Microsoft Teams
• MG360 1-on-1 Meeting Cards
• The Manager’s Playbook
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team



This episode features Alicia Thrasher, the Co-Founder, and CEO of MGR360, a leadership development and software company based in Austin, Texas. She is the co-author, with Joel Trammell, of The Manager’s Playbook: Make Exceptional People Management Your Competitive Advantage.

With more than 20 years of management experience in the information technology and consulting space, Alicia understands what it takes to manage people effectively, even through the most complex situations. Before becoming CEO of MGR360, she brought her leadership, vision, and strategic oversight to many executive positions, including leading programs for eBay/PayPal, Google, and Anheuser-Busch.

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Kari’s Podcast and Recommended Resources:

• The Workationing Podcast
• The Content Factory
• Rise and Convert Training Course
• Sisters in SEO Facebook Group
• How to Write a HARO Pitch That Works (+ Pitch Template) 
• The Only Guide to Keyword Research You'll Ever Need
• How to Write a Blog Post that Ranks & Converts
• How to Write Link Bait

This episode features Kari DePhillips is the CEO of The Content Factory, a digital PR agency that specializes in SEO and social media marketing. She started The Content Factory in 2010 with $500 and some SEO skills, and the company is now one of the top SEO agencies in the English-speaking world. Thrive named Kari a "limit-breaking female founder" who’s become an evangelist for the work-from-home (or anywhere) lifestyle, particularly for women. She is also a co-host of The Workationing Podcast, which documents her full-time digital nomad life.

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Lesley Hensell's Recommended Resources and Websites: 

• AZ Seller Kit
• Riverbend Consulting
• Surge Summit

Lesley Hensell is the Co-Founder of Riverbend Consulting, whose 50 plus employees solve critical problems and offer effective growth strategies for sellers on Amazon and other e-commerce platforms. Currently, Lesley oversees Riverbend's client services. She has also personally helped hundreds of third-party sellers get their suspended Amazon accounts back up and running. Lesley leverages two decades as a small business consultant and Amazon seller herself to address the underlying business issues in e-commerce operations, resulting in improved efficiency and profitability. 

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Blair Williams Recommends:

• WPBeginner – Beginner’s Guide to WordPress
• MemberPress – The “All-in-One” Membership Plugin for WordPress
• MemberPress on Youtube

This episode features Blair Williams, a software developer, entrepreneur, and creator of MemberPress, the world's most popular membership plugin for WordPress. Over the years, he's developed countless large-scale web apps for all kinds of businesses. He’s also the creator of the popular, pretty links and easy affiliate WordPress plugins.

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Travis Rosbach Encourages Entrepreneurs to check out Tumalo

• Tumalo Official Website

This episode features Capt. Travis Rosbach has spent the last thirty years studying and practicing all things business. He is the founder of Hydro Flask and other highly successful business endeavors. In addition, he spent the past ten years as an advisor, consultant, and speaker to countless industries, celebrities, individuals, and even countries. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Travis Rosbach was a SCUBA dive Master/Instructor (PADI 158190), US Merchant Marine Boat Captain (50 Tons), Commercial Airline Pilot (ATP), and is a world explorer.

This episode features Gen Furukawa, the Co-Founder of www.prehook.com, an app that helps Shopify merchants create amazing shopping experiences through quizzes and product recommendations. The interactive quizzes give shoppers an engaging experience and help merchants create personalized recommendations as they generate more leads and a higher conversion rate. He brings in 10+ years in digital marketing, from bootstrapped SaaS to venture-backed SaaS and e-Commerce companies.

This episode features Gill Hasson. She has 20 years of experience teaching and writing about personal and professional development, mental health, and wellbeing. She is the author of more than 22 books plus other books on the subjects of resilience, communication skills, and assertiveness.

This episode features Alex Glenn, a proud dad, and founder of Partnerhub.app—a unique new marketplace and partner management solutions built for digital agencies to find, vet, manage and enable their partners. Alex dedicated his career to helping founders and teams to build and execute creative growth systems. Now, he’s helping digital agencies find strategic and referral partnerships using our community and Partnerhub.app

This episode features Trent Dyrsmid, a serial entrepreneur, husband, and father. He is the founder of BrightIdeas.co, Flowster, and a 7-figure eCommerce business. With almost ten years of experience with digital marketing and eCommerce, Trent eagerly shares his knowledge with others. Currently, he is helping founders, executives, and managers to create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), workflows, and automated processes so that hiring, onboarding, and delegation become dramatically easier and less expensive.

This episode features Jeff Rosenblum, an advertising agency founder, and documentary filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the leading innovators in the field of digital marketing and has worked on teams that have helped revolutionize market research, publishing, sports broadcasting, and interactive advertising. As the Founding Partner of Questus, a digital marketing agency, he worked with some of the world’s most influential brands, including American Express, Bloomberg, Capital One, Discovery Channel, Disney, Driscoll’s, General Mills, Ford, ESPN, Suzuki Motorcycles, The NFL, Universal Orlando, Verizon and more.

This episode features Aron Croft. He is an ADHD Coach at Hidden ADHD helping ADHDers not to hate work. His coaching helps them get promoted, identify better careers, or start side hustles, so they enjoy their work and live their best life.

This episode features Rai Cornell, who studied Psychology and Human Behavior for ten years, intending to work as a therapist in the California prison system. Over time, her interests, and talents took her on a very different path. Today, she uses her thorough understanding of human emotions, reactions, and thought patterns to drive sales and engagement for top brands. Together with her team, she guides subscription brands to target audiences through every stage of resistance by answering all of their questions and objections before they even recognize them.

This episode features Chris Hood, a passionate digital strategist, podcast host, and writer. He is the Head of Business Innovation & Strategy at Google. His thought leadership and strategic insights on digital and business transformation have fueled countless enterprises’ digital success. He keeps his pulse on the media and entertainment industry with strategic participation in our industry solutions and developing incredible digital experiences across all the mediums. He’s the host of That Digital Show, a weekly business podcast for Google Cloud, and his very own podcast, The Chris Hood Show.