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54. Built An App, Now What?

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Built An App, Now What?

54. In Built An App, Now What?, host William Glass shares the priorities of a startup preparing to launch their app into public beta. Specifically, there are three priorities that have come into focus: 

1. Growing The Team

2. Increasing Creative Connections

3. Branding and Aligning Your Content Strategy

If you’d like to dive deeper into the content of the episode, you can find the written version of this podcast here.

If you’d like to dive deeper into the content of the episode, you can find the written version of this podcast here. 

About William Glass

William Glass is the Co-Founder & CEO of Ostrich & host of the Silicon Alley Podcast. His mission is to improve financial well-being globally. Ostrich’s mobile app addresses financial literacy deficits by creating game-like social community and accountability around money – think saving & investing with friends. In addition, William hosts the Silicon Alley Podcast providing a platform for entrepreneurs from all industries and backgrounds to tell their stories. William owns rental property and was a successful tech sales rep before starting his own business. Prior to sales, William was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship where he taught English in rural Thailand for 14 months. William is originally from Alabama, graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and now resides in New York City.

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Ostrich

Ostrich is a personal finance app that curates information specific to you and uses the power of positive social accountability to help you define, set, & achieve your financial goals.

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53. Talking is Easy, Podcasting is Hard

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Talking is Easy, Podcasting is Hard

53. In Talking Is Easy, Podcasting is Hard, host William Glass discusses 7 lessons learned from the first year of podcasting, 3 big mistakes, and some fun podcast analytics. This episode marks a full-year since the Silicon Alley Podcast launched its first episode and has been appearing in your podcast feeds every Friday morning since. 

If you’d like to dive deeper into the content of the episode, you can find the written version of this podcast here. 

About William Glass

William Glass is the Co-Founder & CEO of Ostrich & host of the Silicon Alley Podcast. His mission is to improve financial well-being globally. Ostrich’s mobile app addresses financial literacy deficits by creating game-like social community and accountability around money – think saving & investing with friends. In addition, William hosts the Silicon Alley Podcast providing a platform for entrepreneurs from all industries and backgrounds to tell their stories. William owns rental property and was a successful tech sales rep before starting his own business. Prior to sales, William was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship where he taught English in rural Thailand for 14 months. William is originally from Alabama, graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and now resides in New York City.

Connect with William Glass

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Ostrich is a personal finance app that curates information specific to you and uses the power of positive social accountability to help you define, set, & achieve your financial goals.

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48. Competing When You Have Nothing to Lose with Tom Libelt

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Competing When You Have Nothing to Lose with Tom Libelt

48. Competing When There’s Nothing to Lose, host William Glass sits down with Tom Libelt, founder of Smart Brand Marketing. Tom dives into the concept of building an antifragile business that not only survives during uncertain times but thrives. He also gets into the benefits of being lazy and spending more time thinking versus spending all of your time hustling. One example of that approach is him sitting down on the podcast today. In addition, Tom opens up about the power of niches and how finding a small group of motivated customers is one of the best ways to build a business.

The notion of building an antifragile business comes from Nassim Taleb a famous writer who specialized in risk analysis. 

About Tom Libelt 

Tom Libelt learned from a young age how to sell and negotiate business by getting haggled by Russian vendors. His family moved from Poland to the US to escape communism, and his parents took any job they could to survive. Seeing all this as a young man motivated him to never want a job and keep moving forward as an entrepreneur, publisher, salesman, and one of the top Polish hip hop artists.

Tom spends most of his time in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He runs Smart Brand Marketing and We Market Online Courses. He has helped published around 5000 Kindle books, built a successful SEO & online course marketing business, partnered with a Muay Thai champion, owned a coffee shop, a retail store, a record label, created a documentary, and released two albums with five hits on top ten Polish radio. All of it was bootstrapped and done with zero outside funding.

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Ostrich is a personal finance app that curates information specific to you and uses the power of positive social accountability to help you define, set, & achieve your financial goals.

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47. Solving Financial Literacy with William Glass | The Bacon Bits ‘n’ Bytes Podcast

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Solving Financial Literacy: Guest Appearance on the Bacon Bits ‘n’ Bytes Podcast

47. Solving Financial Literacy, host William Glass is interviewed on The Bacon Bits ’n’ Bytes Podcast by Karen Swyszcz. Together they discuss why financial well-being and financial literacy are so important as well as the vision for Ostrich.

On that note, Ostrich is approaching a public beta release and will of course give early access to Silicon Alley listeners who want to be the first to join the Flock! Be on the listen for further updates in the coming weeks about how to get that VIP early access.

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Ostrich is a personal finance app that curates information specific to you and uses the power of positive social accountability to help you define, set, & achieve your financial goals.

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#37 Seven Lessons From The First Year of a Startup

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Seven Lessons From The First Year In Business

#37 In this episode, Seven Lessons From The First Year In Business, host William Glass shares 7 key lessons he’s learned through the first year of building Ostrich. Glass provides concrete examples of what has worked well for him and what has not. You’ll hear from past guests that embody the lessons learned from Andrew Holliday and William Glass’s first-year starting up Ostrich.

The 7 lessons are:

  1. Expect the unexpected – Steve Hoffman, Founder of Founders Space, Investor & Entrepreneur – Episode #26
  2. Build a team with the right partners – Yotam Hadass, VP of Engineering at Electric.ai – Ep #22
  3. Have cash reserves – Steve Hoffman, Founder of Founders Space, Investor & Entrepreneur – Ep #26
  4. Build conviction
  5. Develop a strong routine and accountability system* – Jeff Wald, Founder of WorkMarket – Ep #31
  6. Explain what you are doing and then explain some more – Sophia Sunwoo, Founder of Ascent Strategy – Ep #32
  7. Get lots of constant feedback – Ben Sampson, Founder of WeHero – Ep #33

* To learn more about the accountability tracker you can listen to Ep #8 or read the post. To download the tracker go here.

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Ostrich is a personal finance app that curates information specific to you and uses the power of positive social accountability to help you define, set, & achieve your financial goals.

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#34 How To Go From No Industry Experience To Sales Management In Under 2 Years: Over Quota Guest Appearance

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How to Go From No Industry Experience to Sales Management in Under 2 Years

Now on today’s episode, How to go from no industry experience to sales management in under 2 years, I sit down with Jay Webb on his podcast Over Quota. If you remember Jay was on episode #29 Flipping the Script: Sell Your Way Out of Anything. Jay probes deep into my backstory and we talk about all things sales. You’ll get actionable advice on how to set goals and overachieve your sales targets. William left his lucrative sales career to start Ostrich a FinTech platform whose mission is to improve financial well-being globally.

Jay Webb’s Bio

Jay Webb is the Founder of the j. David Group,  which helps rapidly growing software companies hire sales leaders and salespeople.  He’s also the host of “Over Quota”, which is a podcast that features his exclusive interviews with CEO’s, Sales Leaders, and top Enterprise Software Salespeople about the keys to their success and what, in their opinions, separates the best salespeople from everybody else.

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Ostrich

Ostrich is a personal finance app that curates information specific to you and uses the power of positive social accountability to help you define, set, & achieve your financial goals. Additionally, check out Ostrich’s Shares for Shares program where you earn shares of Ostrich stock for sharing the platform with your network.

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#20 Finances in a Feverish Time with Andrew Holliday, CSO of Ostrich

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Episode 20 of the Silicon Alley Podcast, Finances in Feverish Times, Andrew Holliday Cofounder of Ostrich sits down with host William Glass to discuss the impact of COVID-19. Andrew discusses how Coronavirus disrupted his travels through South America and the importance of being prepared. Andrew and William discuss strategies on how you can weather the storm and discover the hidden lessons in the crisis. 

This episode is a bit of departure from the typical Silicon Alley Podcast shows you are used to it is much needed right now to discuss COVID-19 and how to make the most out of this tragic situation.

Andrew’s Ostrich Backstory

Andrew first heard about the idea of Ostrich late in 2017 from William, whilst still working in Private Equity in New York City. Two years later, he decided to leave that world behind – literally. Andrew left NYC, set course for South America, and has since been putting his financial knowledge towards helping more than just the wealthiest members of society.

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#9 If You Don’t Think Big, You’ll Never Get There with Andrew Holliday

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In episode 9 of the Silicon Alley Podcast, If You Don’t Think Big, You’ll Never Get There, you’ll hear the second part of my conversation with Andrew Holliday Co-Founder of Ostrich.  This wide-ranging conversation covers Andrew’s experience working in finance, his personal relationship with money, co-founding Ostrich, and much more.

Andrew’s Ostrich Backstory

Andrew first heard about the idea of Ostrich late in 2017 from William, whilst still working in Private Equity in New York City. Two years later, he decided to leave that world behind – literally. Andrew left NYC, set course for South America, and has since been putting his financial knowledge towards helping more than just the wealthiest members of society.

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#8 The Roaring ’20s Are Back – Goal Setting to Start the Decade Right

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In episode 8 of the Silicon Alley Podcast – The Roaring ’20s Are Back – Goal Setting to Start the Decade Right, is a special episode focused on helping you get your mindset right to start the 2020s right. Your mind is an incredibly powerful tool that you must utilize. Goal setting is an important component of training your mind and helping you achieve your dreams. 

This episode discusses the importance of getting your mind right, how to set SMART goals, and ensuring you take action! Get excited to start achieving your dreams! 

Dream Accountability Calendar – This is the tool that host William Glass developed as a way to keep track of his goals and reflect daily.

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#7 What Sort of Lifestyle Do You Want? With Andrew Holliday

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In episode 7 of the Silicon Alley podcast – What Sort of Lifestyle Do You Want, Andrew Holliday the Co-Founder of Ostrich talks about the trip of a lifetime and how it fits in with entrepreneurship.   This wide-ranging conversation covers Andrew’s experience working in finance, his personal relationship with money, co-founding Ostrich, and much more.

Andrew’s Ostrich Backstory

Andrew first heard about the idea of Ostrich late in 2017 from William, whilst still working in Private Equity in New York City. Two years later, he decided to leave that world behind – literally. Andrew left NYC, set course for South America, and has since been putting his financial knowledge towards helping more than just the wealthiest members of society.

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