Published: Jan. 5, 2017, 5:18 a.m.
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Shawn Livermore. He\\u2019s an author and technology consultant and more recently, the founder and CEO of tech startup Ziptask which has generated nearly $2M in revenue. He has raised 4 rounds of funding and closed it down to take on new opportunities.
Famous Five:
- Favorite Book? \\u2013 Tipping Point
- What CEO do you follow? \\u2013\\xa0 Mark Fields
- Favorite online tool? \\u2014 Acuity Scheduling
- Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014 No
- If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? \\u2013 \\u201cCalculate risk carefully\\u201d
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Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 02:00 \\u2013 Nathan introduces Shawn to the show
- 02:30 \\u2013 Ziptask is a fully-managed outsourcing with a progressive effort to fix the problem of outsourcing technology projects
- 03:23 \\u2013 \\u201cWe succeeded in the goal, but we failed as a company\\u201d
- 03:31 \\u2013 Shawn raised 4 seed rounds
- 04:18 \\u2013 Shawn also had his day-time clients as a technology consultant
- 04:50 \\u2013 Ziptask dissolved in September 2016, and was launched in 2010
- 05:05 \\u2013 Ziptask\\u2019s MRR was $107K
- 05:30 \\u2013 Shawn shares why they shut down Ziptask
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- 06:59 \\u2013 Shawn launched Ziptask prematurely
- 08:35 \\u2013 Shawn also did NOT try to sell the business
- 09:30 \\u2013 Shawn is now working with Carvana
- 10:00 \\u2013 Connect with Shawn through Twitter. Medium and email
- 10:15 \\u2013 Shawn is currently working on a book called Obscurity
- 12:45 \\u2013 The Famous Five
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3 Key Points:
- The time will come when you have to pull the plug \\u2013 and when it happens, just do it.
- Reaching your goal is NOT the peak of success.
- Calculate risk carefully.
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Resources Mentioned:
- Acuity Scheduling \\u2013 Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments
- Drip \\u2013 Nathan uses Drip\\u2019s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel
- Toptal\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan found his development team using Toptal for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn\\u2019t have to hire a co-founder due to the quality of Toptal
- Host Gator\\xa0\\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.
- Audible\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he\\u2019s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books.
- The Top Inbox\\xa0 \\u2013 The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens and follow-up with email sequences
- Jamf \\u2013 Jamf helped Nathan kept his Macbook Air 11\\u201d secure even when he left it at the airplane\\u2019s back seat pocket
- Carvana \\u2013 Shawn\\u2019s current employer
- @shawnypants \\u2013 Shawn\\u2019s Medium handle
- @shawnypants \\u2013 Shawn\\u2019s Twitter handle
- ShawnLivermore@gmail.com \\u2013 Shawn\\u2019s email address
- Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives
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