In episode 606, Rob Walling chats with Craig Hewitt, the founder of Castos. They talk about company building, staying up to speed when you are no longer doing the day-to-day tasks as well as their thoughts on a recent string of acquisitions happening in the podcast ecosystem.

Topics we cover:

[1:24] 2 MicroConf Local events happening in Chicago and Denver

[3:50] The pros and cons of Spotify acquiring a couple of podcast analytics platforms

[7:51] The specific challenges with podcast analytics

[12:39] Spotify vs. Apple

[16:31] Staying up to speed as CEO once you have a team doing the day-to-day tasks

[28:32] Implementing OKRs at Castos

[33:07] Castos’ Mission

Links from the Show:

Craig Hewitt (@TheCraigHewitt) I Twitter
Castos
MicroConf Local
Seeking Scale
Rogue Startups
Bootstrapped Web
Tempo I Castos

If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you.

Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher

Episode 606 | The Podcasting Landscape, Keeping Your Saw Sharpened, and Scaling Your Team with Craig Hewitt

Startups For the Rest of Us