Episode 606 | The Podcasting Landscape, Keeping Your Saw Sharpened, and Scaling Your Team with Craig Hewitt
In episode 606, Rob Walling chats with Craig Hewitt, the founder of Castos. They talk about company building, staying up to speed when you are no longer doing the day-to-day tasks as well as their thoughts on a recent string of acquisitions happening in the podcast ecosystem. Topics we cover: [1:24] 2 MicroConf Local events happening in Chicago and Denver [3:50] The pros and cons of Spotify acquiring a couple of podcast analytics platforms [7:51] The specific challenges with podcast analytics [12:39] Spotify vs. Apple [16:31] Staying up to speed as CEO once you have a team doing the day-to-day tasks [28:32] Implementing OKRs at Castos [33:07] Castos’ Mission Links from the Show: Craig Hewitt (@TheCraigHewitt) I Twitter Castos MicroConf Local Seeking Scale Rogue Startups Bootstrapped Web Tempo I Castos If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you. Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher
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Show Notes
In episode 606, Rob Walling chats with Craig Hewitt, the founder of Castos. They talk about company building, staying up to speed when you are no longer doing the day-to-day tasks as well as their thoughts on a recent string of acquisitions happening in the podcast ecosystem.
Topics we cover:
[1:24] 2 MicroConf Local events happening in Chicago and Denver
[3:50] The pros and cons of Spotify acquiring a couple of podcast analytics platforms
[7:51] The specific challenges with podcast analytics
[12:39] Spotify vs. Apple
[16:31] Staying up to speed as CEO once you have a team doing the day-to-day tasks
[28:32] Implementing OKRs at Castos
[33:07] Castos’ Mission
Links from the Show:
- Craig Hewitt (@TheCraigHewitt) I Twitter
- Castos
- MicroConf Local
- Seeking Scale
- Rogue Startups
- Bootstrapped Web
- Tempo I Castos
If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you.