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REALLY Know Your Customer

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Growing the company. It’s the CEO’s #1 priority. And yet oftentimes a gap exists between the strategies of the CEO and the demands of customers. This strategic gap slows growth and erodes your competitive edge while exposing your organization to unnecessary risks. By gaining a deep awareness and understanding of this chasm, CEOs can lead the charge to align the strategy, promises and experience to gain customer loyalty and advocacy and eliminate the friction that can open the door for a mass exodus to the competitor.If you’re in the C-Suite and concerned about the growth and velocity of your company, REALLY Know Your Customer is the podcast for you. Let Betsy Westhafer and Tony Bodoh be your guides to show you how to close the strategic gap that exists between your company and your customers. With insights from experienced executive-level guests, this podcast will change the way you think as a leader and will challenge your views on how to build a winning strategy supported by operations and tactics that leverage your key customer relationships. Betsy Westhafer is a best selling author, speaker, and the CEO of The Congruity Group, a consultancy helping B2B C-Suites expand trusted customer relationships so they can ensure the future of their high-growth organizations. Through the deployment of executive-level Customer Advisory Boards, Betsy helps Congruity clients gain the critical insights they need to mitigate the risks associated with: client attrition and market share loss, ineffective strategies and business models, reputation damage from dissatisfied customers, industry disruption, misaligned business models, irrelevance in the market, and counterproductive organizational dynamics. Throughout her career, Betsy has led confidential C-Suite conversations around the world, including in the US, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, diving into customer perception gaps, market trends, and innovation. She helps clients uncover insights into where customers need them to be in order to achieve mutual success, all while strengthening key customer relationships to minimize the gap between their own strategies and the strategies of their customers. Tony Bodoh is an expert in human experience. He is the CEO of the customer experience consultancy, Tony Bodoh International, and has co-founded four other companies. He works with startups and world-renowned brands to align their strategies, promises, and experiences which enables accelerated customer acquisition and significant improvements in customer retention. Three of his books have been on more than twenty of Amazon’s Best Seller lists, and his training programs are used across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Tony balances the ability to invent new forms of data analysis to discover insights with his ability to coach leaders through the transformation of their mindsets and the culture of their organizations. Drawing on the experiences of top-level (C-Suite) executives who have cracked the code when it comes to leveraging customer relationships to align their brand’s strategy, promises, and experiences, this podcast will challenge you and provoke new thinking. Learn from the best practices and biggest mistakes of high-level, knowledgeable, confident, and experienced C-Suite guests. Hang out with the best and brightest to accelerate your organization’s growth. Let us help you explore new ways to nurture those key customer relationships so you can continue your high-growth trajectory and build your customer base into the future. In this quickly evolving business environment, you could be a high-growth company today and gone tomorrow. Disruption is a given and no organization is immune. The market is so dynamic that relying on the status quo is a recipe for extinction. The best way to ensure sustainability is to deeply understand what your customers need, want, and expect from your organization today and in the future. Join Betsy Westhafer and Tony Bodoh and their guest experts here on REALLY Know Your Customer. We are here to help.

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Episodes

Bridging The Gap: Navigating The Digital Transformation Of Commerce With Lamees Butt

November 06, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

Lamees Butt joins Betsy and Tony on this episode to delve into the topics of digital transformation and the ever-evolving landscape of commerce.   She shares her insights on the challenges faced during her journey, including the importance of failing fast and adapting, which eventually led her to the corporate world. Now a key player at Zoovu, an AI commerce platform, she focuses on connecting businesses with their customers, making it easier to find products in the vast digital market. Th...

4 Traits For Any Leader To Build An Authentic Customer-Centric Culture With Jay Meyer

August 28, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

Meet Jay Meyer. Jay is an accomplished business owner and entrepreneur who shares his personal journey of addiction and recovery on this insightful episode with Betsy and Tony.   With decades of business and leadership under his belt, Jay has seen a lot change over the years, but one thing has remained: his desire to get to know his customers. Jay started his career by building authentic relationships with his customers, being curious, taking them to lunch, and caring for his customers’ fa...

Building Loyalty In Micro-Moments With Your Customers With Mark Ross-Smith

November 14, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

Meet Mark Ross-Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of StatusMatch.com. Mark joins Betsy and Tony on the podcast from Malaysia. As a self-proclaimed professional frequent flyer, Mark racked up more airline points than you can imagine as he built his former businesses. After he decided to move across the world, he asked the area’s major airline for a status match in their frequent flyer program. He was denied, but it led the way for his idea to create StatusMatch.com.   Tony, Betsy, and Mark dive into...

Solving The Biggest Small Business Problem With Prashant Fuloria

November 07, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

Join us for a conversation with Prashant Fuloria, CEO of Fundbox, a working capital platform for small businesses. Did you know that 82% of small business failures are because of a cash flow gap or a working capital challenge? That’s where Fundbox comes in: to create solutions that level the playing field for small businesses and help them succeed. Although automation and user simplicity is essential to their product development, customer engagement is critical to the Fundbox mission to pr...

A Crucial Step On The Customer Journey: Retention And Churn Management With Tony Sternberg

August 22, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

Meet Tony Sternberg, Co-Founder & CEO of ProsperStack, an automated retention platform for subscription businesses. Consider this: You’ve had it up to “here” with your streaming service and you call to cancel your subscription. ProsperStack partners with said streaming service to create a unique retention strategy for what happens next after you live chat or call the provider.   It’s unique because the next subscriber will encounter a different experience based on their individual attribu...

Season #1, Episode#53: A Crucial Step On The Customer Journey: Retention And Churn Management With Tony Sternberg

August 22, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

Meet Tony Sternberg, Co-Founder & CEO of ProsperStack, an automated retention platform for subscription businesses. Consider this: You’ve had it up to “here” with your streaming service and you call to cancel your subscription. ProsperStack partners with said streaming service to create a unique retention strategy for what happens next after you live chat or call the provider.   It’s unique because the next subscriber will encounter a different experience based on their individual attribu...

Season #1, Episode #52: 4 Rules For Improving The Customer Experience With Gail And Bruce Montgomery

August 15, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

Meet Gail and Bruce Montgomery. They are the high-energy co-founders of ExperienceYes, a truly one-of-a-kind business, set out to bring fun into organizations that want to improve trust, relationship-building, and EQ to make higher-performing teams. With similar backgrounds in professional acting, singing, and dancing in New York City, they both made their way into the corporate world. Gail and Bruce found a way to bring these two very different worlds together in 2013 when they launched Exp...

4 Rules For Improving The Customer Experience With Gail And Bruce Montgomery

August 15, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

Meet Gail and Bruce Montgomery. They are the high-energy co-founders of ExperienceYes, a truly one-of-a-kind business, set out to bring fun into organizations that want to improve trust, relationship-building, and EQ to make higher-performing teams. With similar backgrounds in professional acting, singing, and dancing in New York City, they both made their way into the corporate world. Gail and Bruce found a way to bring these two very different worlds together in 2013 when they launched Exp...

Scaling Your Customer-Centric Culture As Your Business Evolves With Alex “Fro” Frommeyer

August 08, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 40.7 MB

Meet the man known as Fro, CEO of Beam Benefits. In 2012, Fro and his co-founders of Beam, a digital employee benefits company, developed and built the first-ever connected toothbrush. In a time when connective devices came to the forefront (think IoT products: Nest, FitBit), Beam quickly came to a fork in the road: take the path of least resistance and narrow their ambition, or lean into the storm and wildy expand their ambition. We’re sure that you can guess which path they chose. Fro sh...

Season 1, Episode #51: Scaling Your Customer-Centric Culture As Your Business Evolves With Alex “Fro” Frommeyer

August 08, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 40.7 MB

Meet the man known as Fro, CEO of Beam Benefits. In 2012, Fro and his co-founders of Beam, a digital employee benefits company, developed and built the first-ever connected toothbrush. In a time when connective devices came to the forefront (think IoT products: Nest, FitBit), Beam quickly came to a fork in the road: take the path of least resistance and narrow their ambition, or lean into the storm and wildy expand their ambition. We’re sure that you can guess which path they chose. Fro sh...

Episode #50: The Future Of CX Is Customer Journey Management With Jochem van der Veer

July 11, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MB

Meet Jochem van der Veer, Co-Founder and CEO of TheyDo. His business is based on a simple yet sometimes impossible task for large organizations: breaking down processes to make it easier for C-level executives to connect with their customers.    Traditionally, small and large organizations have focused on customer journey mapping. TheyDo has a strategic focus on customer journey management, an innovative strategy that creates alignment to what the company designs versus what the customer a...

The Future Of CX Is Customer Journey Management With Jochem van der Veer

July 11, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MB

Meet Jochem van der Veer, Co-Founder and CEO of TheyDo. His business is based on a simple yet sometimes impossible task for large organizations: breaking down processes to make it easier for C-level executives to connect with their customers.    Traditionally, small and large organizations have focused on customer journey mapping. TheyDo has a strategic focus on customer journey management, an innovative strategy that creates alignment to what the company designs versus what the customer a...

Episode #49: REALLY Knowing The Learning Style Of Your Customer With David Ciccarelli

May 16, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB

Fun fact: 30% of the population learns by listening.   Not-so-fun fact: If your website only offers written content, you could be leaving behind a big chunk of your target market simply because you’re not speaking the same language.   Meet David Ciccarelli, CEO of Voices, a fast-growing online platform that connects buyers and sellers of one creative service: the human voice. He joins Betsy and Tony to share how he thinks a little differently about the customer journey and generously s...

REALLY Knowing The Learning Style Of Your Customer With David Ciccarelli

May 16, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB

Fun fact: 30% of the population learns by listening.   Not-so-fun fact: If your website only offers written content, you could be leaving behind a big chunk of your target market simply because you’re not speaking the same language.   Meet David Ciccarelli, CEO of Voices, a fast-growing online platform that connects buyers and sellers of one creative service: the human voice. He joins Betsy and Tony to share how he thinks a little differently about the customer journey and generously s...

Season #1, Episode #48: The Transformation Of Sales And Storytelling With Doug C. Brown

May 09, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB

It all starts with a story and believe it or not, Doug Brown has a lot of them. Starting with his first job at the young age of 3 when he was sweeping floors. Many years down the road, Doug is now helping companies achieve their top 1% of sales.   Join us as Betsy and Tony get Doug’s unique perspective on the state of sales today. Sure, sales people used to push back on marketing and how they didn’t need it to sell. Now, they’re pushing back on really getting to know their customers. Some...

The Transformation Of Sales And Storytelling With Doug C. Brown

May 09, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB

It all starts with a story and believe it or not, Doug Brown has a lot of them. Starting with his first job at the young age of 3 when he was sweeping floors. Many years down the road, Doug is now helping companies achieve their top 1% of sales.   Join us as Betsy and Tony get Doug’s unique perspective on the state of sales today. Sure, sales people used to push back on marketing and how they didn’t need it to sell. Now, they’re pushing back on really getting to know their customers. Some...

Re-Thinking How To Invest In Your Key Customer Accounts With Denise Freier

April 11, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB

Meet Denise Freier. After more than 40 years of driving sales and customer relationships at IBM, Denise made her way to the Strategic Account Management Association. At its core, SAMA is focused on sharing best practices for, you guessed it, Strategic Account Managers. Whether it’s through conferences, free webinars or training services, SAMA is continually finding new ways to help accelerate the member’s business results. So, what’s the difference between sales and strategic account manag...

Season #1, Episode #47: Re-Thinking How To Invest In Your Key Customer Accounts With Denise Freier

April 11, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB

Meet Denise Freier. After more than 40 years of driving sales and customer relationships at IBM, Denise made her way to the Strategic Account Management Association. At its core, SAMA is focused on sharing best practices for, you guessed it, Strategic Account Managers. Whether it’s through conferences, free webinars or training services, SAMA is continually finding new ways to help accelerate the member’s business results. So, what’s the difference between sales and strategic account manag...

Season #1, Episode #46: Revealing Blind Spots In Customer Experience With Gal Oron

April 04, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MB

Meet Gal Oron. Gal is a self-described normal person who got to where he is with a lot of hard work and constant improvement. Whether it’s on the basketball court or in the office, Gal strives to keep three key things in mind: 1. Have humility 2. Exhibit strong work ethic 3. Be dedicated.   At Zoomin, Gal and his team are replicating the successes they’ve seen in B2C, and bringing them into the B2B world of enterprise companies. Today, every company is a tech company. That means companies ...

Revealing Blind Spots In Customer Experience With Gal Oron

April 04, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MB

Meet Gal Oron. Gal is a self-described normal person who got to where he is with a lot of hard work and constant improvement. Whether it’s on the basketball court or in the office, Gal strives to keep three key things in mind: 1. Have humility 2. Exhibit strong work ethic 3. Be dedicated.   At Zoomin, Gal and his team are replicating the successes they’ve seen in B2C, and bringing them into the B2B world of enterprise companies. Today, every company is a tech company. That means companies ...

Season #1, Episode #45: Creating Transparency In Customer Conversations With Richard White

March 07, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

Transparency across the organization - it’s something every business strives for, but few master. Customer conversations or feedback is often diluted from the point it enters the organization to when (or should we say, IF) it reaches the impacted department. Fathom, a #1-rated Zoom app, is working to change that.     The CEO of Fathom, Richard White joins Betsy and Tony to talk about the business value his company is bringing to a remote-first environment. Customer conversations that take ...

Creating Transparency In Customer Conversations With Richard White

March 07, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

Transparency across the organization - it’s something every business strives for, but few master. Customer conversations or feedback is often diluted from the point it enters the organization to when (or should we say, IF) it reaches the impacted department. Fathom, a #1-rated Zoom app, is working to change that.     The CEO of Fathom, Richard White joins Betsy and Tony to talk about the business value his company is bringing to a remote-first environment. Customer conversations that take ...

Season #1, Episode #44: Aha! Getting Into The Minds Of Your Customers Using Focus Groups With Darshan Mehta

February 28, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

Darshan Mehta’s time and passion for research goes back to the 1990s, when he became interested in case studies and customer focus groups. Today, Darshan is CEO of iResearch, which built an online insights platform that enables companies to quickly, easily, and affordably extract insights from consumers or employees worldwide. In other words, Darshan saw the value extracted from in-person focus groups and created a way to leverage some of that same value using an online methodology. Let’s ...

Season #1, Episode #44: Aha! Uncovering Customer Insights With Darshan Mehta

February 28, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MB

Darshan Mehta’s time and passion for research goes back to the 1990s, when he became interested in case studies and customer focus groups. Today, Darshan is CEO of iResearch, which built an online insights platform that enables companies to quickly, easily, and affordably extract insights from consumers or employees worldwide. In other words, Darshan saw the value extracted from in-person focus groups and created a way to leverage some of that same value using an online methodology. Let’s d...

Aha! Uncovering Customer Insights With Darshan Mehta

February 28, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MB

Darshan Mehta’s time and passion for research goes back to the 1990s, when he became interested in case studies and customer focus groups. Today, Darshan is CEO of iResearch, which built an online insights platform that enables companies to quickly, easily, and affordably extract insights from consumers or employees worldwide. In other words, Darshan saw the value extracted from in-person focus groups and created a way to leverage some of that same value using an online methodology. Let’s d...

Helping Your Customers Do Their Jobs In A More Fulfilling Way With Slater Victoroff

February 21, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

Slater Victoroff never thought he would grow up to be an entrepreneur, even though he was exactly that from an early age, selling individual Dum Dums that he had bought in bulk to his friends (with a nice markup). Fast forward to today, and Slater is the former CEO-turned current CTO of Indico Data. With a focus on helping their customers do their job in a more fulfilling way, Indico processes unstructured data such as audio files, contracts, invoices, applications, etc. Join us for a conve...

Season #1, Episode #43: Helping Your Customers Do Their Jobs In A More Fulfilling Way With Slater Victoroff

February 21, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

Slater Victoroff never thought he would grow up to be an entrepreneur, even though he was exactly that from an early age, selling individual Dum Dums that he had bought in bulk to his friends (with a nice markup). Fast forward to today, and Slater is the former CEO-turned current CTO of Indico Data. With a focus on helping their customers do their job in a more fulfilling way, Indico processes unstructured data such as audio files, contracts, invoices, applications, etc. Join us for a conve...

Season #1, Episode #42: The Next Big Focus: The Buyer Experience With Ross Rich

February 14, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MB

Ross Rich was part of an outdated industry running the same playbook from 30 years ago. A move across the country landed him at Stripe where he helped grow the business from a self-serve model of 250 employees to a sales-led organization with over 7,000 employees. He shares how much he learned at Stripe and what became obvious to him: the market was missing a customer-facing collaboration platform for B2B sales. More specifically, one that would build a repeatable sales motion for companies ...

The Next Big Focus: The Buyer Experience With Ross Rich

February 14, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MB

Ross Rich was part of an outdated industry running the same playbook from 30 years ago. A move across the country landed him at Stripe where he helped grow the business from a self-serve model of 250 employees to a sales-led organization with over 7,000 employees. He shares how much he learned at Stripe and what became obvious to him: the market was missing a customer-facing collaboration platform for B2B sales. More specifically, one that would build a repeatable sales motion for companies ...

Mastering Key Account Management with Alex Raymond

February 07, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

Alex joins Betsy and Tony to talk about proper key account management. He shares his entrepreneurial journey and what he refers to as the “classic startup pivot”. About a decade ago, he formed Kapta, originally a Human Resources software business turned key account management platform. The pivot occurred after the Kapta team simply spoke to their customers. They initiated the customer discovery process and learned the customers weren’t struggling with HR software as much as visibility into c...

Season 1, Episode #41: Mastering Key Account Management with Alex Raymond

February 07, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

Alex joins Betsy and Tony to talk about proper key account management. He shares his entrepreneurial journey and what he refers to as the “classic startup pivot”. About a decade ago, he formed Kapta, originally a Human Resources software business turned key account management platform. The pivot occurred after the Kapta team simply spoke to their customers. They initiated the customer discovery process and learned the customers weren’t struggling with HR software as much as visibility into c...

Season #1, Episode #40: The Business Value Of Driving Customer Behavior With Howard Tiersky

January 24, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB

Howard Tiersky, CEO and Founder of FROM, The Digital Transformation Agency has been working on big brands’ digital strategies before they were even on the internet. Over the past 30 years, Howard has become an expert in digital transformation and launched his own business 15 years ago, which now employs about 100 people. Howard shares his story about the company culture and the critical role the leadership team plays in setting the tone for the organization. FROM is solely focused on (humbl...

The Business Value Of Driving Customer Behavior With Howard Tiersky

January 24, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB

Howard Tiersky, CEO and Founder of FROM, The Digital Transformation Agency has been working on big brands’ digital strategies before they were even on the internet. Over the past 30 years, Howard has become an expert in digital transformation and launched his own business 15 years ago, which now employs about 100 people. Howard shares his story about the company culture and the critical role the leadership team plays in setting the tone for the organization. FROM is solely focused on (humbl...

Episode #39: Understanding Your Company Vision And Scaling Your Business With Jacqueline Gamblin

January 10, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB

During this episode, Jackie talks to Betsy and Tony about her unexpected path to owning a successful Information Technology solutions company. From an entry-level position where she forgot to save her work on her first day (oops), to running a company with 150 employees, Jackie has stayed laser-focused on customers. Listen in to find out three critical things business owners should consider as they launch their business.   The other half of the conversation is focused on how employee (and ...

Understanding Your Company Vision And Scaling Your Business With Jacqueline Gamblin

January 10, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB

During this episode, Jackie talks to Betsy and Tony about her unexpected path to owning a successful Information Technology solutions company. From an entry-level position where she forgot to save her work on her first day (oops), to running a company with 150 employees, Jackie has stayed laser-focused on customers. Listen in to find out three critical things business owners should consider as they launch their business.   The other half of the conversation is focused on how employee (and ...

Positive Behavior Change With Lesley Bielby

December 22, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB

Lesley Bielby is back. She recently returned to creative marketing agency, DiMassimo Goldstein (DiGo), for the third time in her career. This time, she joins the team as Co-CEO and Chief Strategy Officer. Lesley shares her global career journey with Tony and Betsy, which includes major marketing agencies in cities like London, New York and Boston.   DiGo recently redesigned their strategy to solely focus on positive behavior change in every part of their business: their clients, their emp...

Season #1, Episode #38: Positive Behavior Change With Lesley Bielby

December 22, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB

Lesley Bielby is back. She recently returned to creative marketing agency, DiMassimo Goldstein (DiGo), for the third time in her career. This time, she joins the team as Co-CEO and Chief Strategy Officer. Lesley shares her global career journey with Tony and Betsy, which includes major marketing agencies in cities like London, New York and Boston.   DiGo recently redesigned their strategy to solely focus on positive behavior change in every part of their business: their clients, their emp...

Season #1, Episode #37: How One Company’s Key Differentiator Will Bring Them 10X The Brand Impact With Eddy Badrina

November 15, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB

Betsy and Tony talk to Eddy Badrina about building his business and making a positive impact. Eddy has humbly worked his way from the George W. Bush administration to starting, selling, and buying back digital marketing agency, BuzzShift. His latest venture is leading Eden Green Technology as CEO.     Prior to joining Eden Green Technology, Eddy knew he wanted his next venture to have three key components:   1. A hardware or software component,   2. Exponential impact and   3. Be a rede...

How One Company’s Key Differentiator Will Bring Them 10X The Brand Impact With Eddy Badrina

November 15, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB

Betsy and Tony talk to Eddy Badrina about building his business and making a positive impact. Eddy has humbly worked his way from the George W. Bush administration to starting, selling, and buying back digital marketing agency, BuzzShift. His latest venture is leading Eden Green Technology as CEO.     Prior to joining Eden Green Technology, Eddy knew he wanted his next venture to have three key components:   1. A hardware or software component,   2. Exponential impact and   3. Be a rede...

Season #1, Episode #36: Deepening Customer Relationships By Going Beyond NPS With Chris Kuenne

November 08, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32 MB

On this episode, Chris Kuenne joins Betsy and Tony to share his 30+ year journey that started at Johnson & Johnson as a Franchise Marketing Director. He has since launched and sold a customer marketing business to Publicis for over $600MM. Chris also teaches a High Tech Entrepreneur course at Princeton University. His most recent stop on his entrepreneurial (and philanthropic) journey is at Rosemark, where he and his team are building quantitative personas as a method of measuring relationsh...

Deepening Customer Relationships By Going Beyond NPS With Chris Kuenne

November 08, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32 MB

On this episode, Chris Kuenne joins Betsy and Tony to share his 30+ year journey that started at Johnson & Johnson as a Franchise Marketing Director. He has since launched and sold a customer marketing business to Publicis for over $600MM. Chris also teaches a High Tech Entrepreneur course at Princeton University. His most recent stop on his entrepreneurial (and philanthropic) journey is at Rosemark, where he and his team are building quantitative personas as a method of measuring relationsh...

Understanding Customer Expectations With Nicole Glenn

September 20, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MB

Nicole Glenn joins the podcast to describe her career path from the retail industry to a passionate entrepreneur and owner of Candor Expedite, a top woman-owned business in the transportation industry. Though Nicole shares that she never felt ready to be an entrepreneur, she has truly found her passion creating positive customer experiences and an engaging company culture that includes everything from happy hours to badass thank you cards and messages. Did we mention Candor Expedite has also...

Season #1, Episode #35: Understanding Customer Expectations With Nicole Glenn

September 20, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MB

Nicole Glenn joins the podcast to describe her career path from the retail industry to a passionate entrepreneur and owner of Candor Expedite, a top woman-owned business in the transportation industry. Though Nicole shares that she never felt ready to be an entrepreneur, she has truly found her passion creating positive customer experiences and an engaging company culture that includes everything from happy hours to badass thank you cards and messages. Did we mention Candor Expedite has also...

Customer Centricity And Jobs To Be Done With Jay Haynes

August 30, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MB

Join us for a conversation with Jay Haynes, CEO of thrv, the first and only jobs-to-be-done product management software, which is based upon the foundational work of Clayton Christensen. At the heart of everything Jay and thrv do, is customer centricity. As humans, our goals don’t change over time. For example, the need to get from point A to point B. It’s how we use technology to accomplish the steps in between that has changed. B2B companies love to chase technology: AI, blockchain, APIs,...

How One Company Is Changing The Customer Experience In A $200B Industry With Ed Vincent

August 23, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

Meet Ed Vincent, founder of festivalPass, the world's first live events subscription service across music, film, food and wine, sports, theater, tech innovation and more. Betsy Westhafer and Tony Bodoh excitedly talk about how this model changes customer experience! For a long time, concert-goers and show-watchers have been trained to be subject to crazy convenience fees and surcharges for each performance. But now, users can enjoy thousands of events locally and globally for one monthly fee...

Chatbots With Brains With Peter Voss

August 16, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MB

We’ve all been there. The aggravation of calling into a customer service line with a problem that you have to explain over and over again, wasting your time and energy. Even nice humans like Betsy and Tony see red during these interactions. Enter Peter Voss and AIGO.    From a garage to a company of over 400 people, Peter has seen it all (and researched it all) over the past 20 years of his career in AI. AIGO is committed to creating chatbots with brains and bringing hyper-personalization ...

Episode #2: Nurturing Human Connection During The Rise Of Automation With Lucas Liu

July 26, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

Lucas is the Co-Founder and CEO of INFI, a tech company that specializes in mobile apps, point-of-sale kiosks, and marketing services for QSR & Franchises. Lucas joined the hospitality industry in the most unexpected way – through a karaoke bar! Over the next several years, he found a way to combine two of his biggest passions of engineering and restaurants by forming INFI, where he and the INFI team could improve digitalization in the restaurant industry. The customer and the customer’s c...

Nurturing Human Connection During The Rise Of Automation With Lucas Liu

July 26, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB

Lucas is the Co-Founder and CEO of INFI, a tech company that specializes in mobile apps, point-of-sale kiosks, and marketing services for QSR & Franchises. Lucas joined the hospitality industry in the most unexpected way – through a karaoke bar! Over the next several years, he found a way to combine two of his biggest passions of engineering and restaurants by forming INFI, where he and the INFI team could improve digitalization in the restaurant industry. The customer and the customer’s cu...

Episode #1: Top-Down Strategic Customer Success With Kim Moceri

July 06, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

In this episode, Betsy and Tony chat with Kim Moceri, Operating Partner at Francisco Partners. Kim starts off by explaining her career path, which includes taking a tactical support organization to a consultative business focused on the customers’ outcomes. In Kim’s current role, she is responsible for getting her 50-60 portfolio companies to understand the impact of strategic customer success. To get to the core, each company’s focus must be top-down and outside-in. Lastly, Kim focuses on ...

Top-Down Strategic Customer Success With Kim Moceri

July 06, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

In this episode, Betsy and Tony chat with Kim Moceri, Operating Partner at Francisco Partners. Kim starts off by explaining her career path, which includes taking a tactical support organization to a consultative business focused on the customers’ outcomes. In Kim’s current role, she is responsible for getting her 50-60 portfolio companies to understand the impact of strategic customer success. To get to the core, each company’s focus must be top-down and outside-in. Lastly, Kim focuses on t...