Seeking Scale - Month: October 2021

Individual Contributor to Leader

Craig and Andy talk about whether they are ready to take the next step and control their own destiny by going from being individual contributors to leaders to build a bigger company faster. The problems are different, but don’t get easier as a company grows. For founders and CEOs, changing responsibilities involves enabling, empowering, and … Read more

Scaling Content Marketing

How can a company double or triple its growth rate? Craig and Andy talk about ways to be more deliberate when it comes to scaling content marketing. Craig is ready to accelerate growth at Castos. His options include content and SEO as well as paid acquisition – all of which Castos does already and both … Read more

Revisiting the QA Process, and Marketing Hires

Craig and Andy revisit the quality assurance (QA) process, as well as talk about sales and marketing hires to add bandwidth and balance priorities. Craig provides an update on hiring an internal QA person or external agency. The best way to QA is in the development process with unit and integration tests. Instead of hiring … Read more

Quality Assurance

Craig and Andy talk about the need for an in-house or external quality assurance (QA) agency to grow a business and team that plans for unexpected consequences and interactions.  Currently, Craig is in the midst of a team retreat and identifying the need for a QA solution. There is no plan, documentation, or accountability for … Read more