In this So You Want to Start a Business podcast Ingrid Thompson interviews Jill Soley.
Episode 107 is with Jill Soley, a Silicon Valley author, product and marketing executive.
Jill has been launching and growing innovative cloud-based software products at startups and large companies for the past 16 years. Some of those products, like Adobe Creative Cloud, have spurred new growth for mature businesses and others have had lesser fates.
Jill has learned many lessons the hard way and seen a lot of the same mistakes made over and over and over again by super-smart product and technology leaders. Jill has authored a book called “Beyond Product” to help entrepreneurs avoid common pitfalls and build their ideas into successful businesses.
Currently, she is the Chief Product Officer at Obo, working on agile product management software that addresses the high failure rates for new products. Jill has a wealth of experience in a number of startups in the speciality of product development.
Her career began in documentary film and educational multimedia, learning how to educate through stories and elicit others’ stories – critical to marketing and product success. She has brought these skills to the StartUp space.
Some great quotes from Jill during the podcast:
“So many great lessons from Jill in her interview, but I particularly loved this quote:
If you are solving a real problem for a market that really needs it, you have room to make some execution mistakes BUT if you execute flawlessly on a product that no-one needs … you are doomed to failure!
And this one….
“Ideas are a dime a dozen. It’s about the execution of the idea.”
You can contact Jill here:
website information:
https://beyondproduct.co/
https://jillsoley.com/
social media links:
Linkein: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillsoley/
To listen to this interview with Jill Soley:
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My guess is that you are here for one of 2 reasons:
Are you curious about what it’s like to start a business?
Do you wonder if you have what it takes? Would your idea work? How much does it actually cost to build a successful business?
OR
Have you been in business for a few months or a year or 2 and things aren’t going quite the way you thought they might?
I’ve written this book to answer pretty much all of your questions “So You Want to Start a Business” and you can download the first 20 pages at www.thestartupsteps.com
My 15 years of experience working with start up and small businesses are condensed into this book.
This is your step by step guide to launch your business smarter and faster. It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.
Are you ready to buy the book? Head over to Amazon
Happy reading!
And if you’d like to read and listen to more about me (Ingrid) and the work I do – head over to my media page right here.