Rick Turoczy

We (Kate Ertmann and I) have been compiling a list. Making it public/shareable has been a challenge as we don’t want it to turn into a ready-made spam/hate list. We’re still trying to figure out the best way to handle that. But we continue to compile the list.

Disagree. Publicly, you need to be on your A Game. Privately, we need trusted peers, mentors, and advisors who allow us to be fragile, broken, and vulnerable.

Thanks so much for chatting! And for writing this up.

Great points, Surj Patel. I barely touch on that with the “new CMO” part. Now you’ve got me thinking about another post. Thanks so much for reading and for the input! I really appreciate it.

Yeah. The service we were using to facilitate invites broke, so I’ll have to do it manually. You (and anyone reading this) should feel free to drop me an email at rick@piepdx.com and I’ll get you an invite. Sorry about the hassle :/

Thank you. This is spot on. Something we always try to tell our startups… “Swallow your ego. Working with media isn’t about getting them to tell the story you want to tell. It’s about helping them tell the story they want to tell.”

Great point! One of the biggest challenges with the whole mentor-mentee thing is getting mentors to realize that they don’t have to have all of the answers — informed or otherwise — and getting founders to realize that they shouldn’t follow any advice blindly. Advice is helpful but it’s not decisive. Founders own the final decisions for their…

Thanks, Shane! I agree, completely. Questions are critical to the process.

Thanks so much for sharing these reasons. I don’t ever feel comfortable on stage but I do realize that it’s an incredible opportunity to share your thoughts. At scale. In a way that is different than writing.

I’ve done a horrible job of being active about this this sort of thing, resorting instead to passive “well they asked…

Thanks, Glaspey. You’re very kind. Too kind as it were. I really appreciate you. Thank you.