39: Reed Flesher | President and Head of Product at Thrive

Thrive creates talent relationship management and recruitment software solutions. #Timestamp 00:45- Big Bowl of Pasta, Lot's of Carbs 01:20- Introduction 04:10 - 13:00- How To Get More People Interested About Their SAAS Company (IF YOU HAVE A SAAS COMPANY, YOURE GOING TO WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS.) 13:00- Habits as an Entrepreneur 17:10- Go With Your Gut, Network, and Watch Your Competitors Go With Your Gut If you're starting something new, but sometimes you have that gut feeling you may need to pivot. Go with that gut feeling, sooner than later. Otherwise, you will be hurting yourself while working on something that isn't profitable. Sometimes you have to pivot to open that market. If it's software and you have this new bar soap, it's all about user testing in the beginning, if you develop something and you're not testing, then suddenly go to market, you should do beta testing. Network Whether its a conversation with someone in the same industry, you can pick so much up from that one conversation. Thrive also has tools to manage your talent networks. You might have imported a profile from Linkedin, but it also has tools for networking to add fields to help you make notes on specific details about the individual. Watch Your Competitors Keep a close eye as to what they are doing and where they are going. Reed Flesher Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reedflesher Twitter: https://twitter.com/reedflesher Website: http://thrivetrm.com __________ Techie, Millennial Author, WWE Fan, Podcaster. Philadelphia native, Johnathan Grzybowski started his career at 14 mowing lawns. Over 5 businesses later, Johnathan has a deep passion on bettering the lives of millennials and helping them execute their ideas into profitable businesses. It’s never been easier to start a business, but how do you make it successful? Constantly millennials are claiming to be entrepreneurs, but may not truly know what it takes to either become one or last long enough to succeed at being one. By listening/viewing The Blind Entrepreneur, we are determined to help those who are “blind” see the true struggles of business, successes, and the grind it took these millennials to succeed. #LINKS Email: [email protected] Podcast: http://theblindentrepreneur.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jgrzybowski Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/grzybowskij Instagram: http://instagram.com/grzybowskij Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/grzybowskij #SUBSCRIBE iTunes: http://bit.ly/TBEPodcast #PS. I’m a huge WWE Fan and I also love to laugh. Send me a question or phrase that makes you laugh, and I will incorporate it into my podcast. I’ll even tag you in the show notes and handle in the video!