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

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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

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