Overview
On this episode of Build Your Network, Host Travis Chappell interviews Kieran McKeefery, the CTO for Podcast Websites and an avid web developer.
Topics Discussed:
- About Kieran McKeefery:
- He’s the co-founder of Podcast Websites along with John Lee Dumas and Mark Asquith.
- He loves development, playing with stuff and taking it apart.
- How did he end up in development:
- He’s been a php developer since he was 13.
- When he was in school you couldn’t go do a course on development.
- He picked it up and taught himself.
- How did you get involved with Podcast Websites?
- He worked for Mark Asquith’s agency before Podcast Websites.
- Mark pitched the idea of the business to Kieran, and he jumped onboard.
- Podcast Websites has about 400 users now.
- Do you believe that what you know or who you know is more important, and why?
- In certain aspects of life it’s who you know and not what you know.
- If Kieran had gone to college, that might not have gotten him where he wanted in life.
- How did you and Mark Asquith meet?
- He went for an interview with Mark at his agency and didn’t know him before.
- They’ve known each other for 4-5 years.
- When did Podcast Websites start taking on customers?
- About three years ago.
- They had 100-150 beta members who gave great feedback.
- Would you say you spent more time sharpening your skillset than you have trying to build relationships?
- He still goes to conferences he needs to go to where he meets people.
- Came home from Podcast Movement with over 300 business cards.
- Will you spend 2018 working on your what or on your who?
- He’ll be spending the year working on his “who.”
- He feels he’s proficient in development, but sometimes you need to take a step out.
- Have you ever had a mentor or been in a group mastermind that you feel has been helpful?
- Nothing formal, just Mark’s day-to-day advice.
- He sometimes doesn’t take criticism well, he takes it personally.
- Mark has guided him to take criticism better.
- Tell us about a moment when a connection led to a moment of success.
- The time he interviewed with Mark at his agency.
- He set up a web developer company in his house and it was difficult doing that on his own.
- That’s when he decided to go interview with Mark.
- It was here that he developed his business acumen.
- Why do you think that a lot of people neglect to develop their inner circle?
- People are afraid of networking, or think that it’s scary.
- Once you get past that first awkward handshake, it starts to fall in place.
- They could be afraid of criticism.
- When you go into a networking situation, what’s the scariest part for you?
- Being afraid that he’ll dominate the conversation.
- If you had to boil it down to one tip about networking, what would it be?
- Listen to the small stuff, the details. All the details count.
- You’ve got to focus on listening.
- How do you handle rejection, or the fear of rejection?
- Once its happened a few times, you ask questions to find out why you were rejected.
- He’s naturally okay with rejection, he just wants people to be successful.
- That’s when he decided to go interview with Mark.
- In certain aspects of life it’s who you know and not what you know.
The Random Round:
- What profession other than your own do you think it would be fun to attempt?
- Chef
- If you could sit on a park bench for any hour with anyone past or present, who would it be?
- His late mother, he’d like to talk to her again.
- How do you like to learn best, books, blogs, podcasts or video?
- Videos
- One of your favorite videos.
- Whatever’s on his feed
- Give us a glimpse of your morning routine:
- Wake up
- Listen to favorite podcasts
- Get into work
- Ask Alexa to play pop-punk
- What is your go-to pump up song:
- Anything pop-punk
- What are you not very good at?
- Taking Criticism
- Find him on Twitter, @kieranmckeef
Tweetable Quotes:
- “The shortest runway to your goals is the who you know.”
Resources Mentioned:
Buildyournetwork.com– Podcast website
BYN.media/fb – Facebook Group
Podcast Websites–Kieran’s business
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