{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Undefeated Underdogs","title":"Dan Westgarth - How to establish yourself as a leader in tech!","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/23de6353\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2337,"description":"👉🏼 About the Guest:\nDan Westgarth (COO at Deel, ex-Revolut, Expansion Capital) is the COO of Deel, building everything you need to scale a global team. Dan has been building businesses since he was 10 and is now breaking down international borders, allowing companies and workers across the world to come together.\n👉🏼 About the Host:\n\nSharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generates $30k ARR which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 20,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. Currently, he is the Head of Community at Threado and runs a newsletter called Sharath's CliffNotes alongside hosting this podcast.\n👉🏼 Description:\nTune in as Sharath and Dan discuss Dan's fintech career journey, the immigrant hustle, and his main customer-forward learnings.\nTimestamps:\n0:00 | Episode highlight\n00:30 | Intro to Dan Westgarth, COO at Deel\n1:37 | Schedule of a COO: Priorities, customer support, and more\n3:16 | How to prioritize a new project\n5:18 | Dan's first business at age 10: PlayStations, cell phones, and beyond\n7:28 | The best part about running any business\n9:35 | Business lessons from 10-year-old Dan\n12:36 | The immigrant hustle: How Dan got his hunger\n15:50 | How Deel is changing the world of immigration\n18:09 | Dan's journey to tech and COO at Deel\n20:10 | How to take care of your customers so they never leave\n21:51 | Going from Product Management to COO Learnings from both sides\n22:40 | What Product Management and Ops have in common\n24:06 | How networking helped Dan become COO at Deel\n26:13 | What COOs can learn from General Managers\n29:05 | Dan's learning frameworks to get info fast\n31:25 | How to shrug off imposter syndrome\n33:18 | Exciting...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fPNBnwO3rpJLKUKLTI4S0zQyoEJKk9soHfZbjuJQOaM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzODA4LzE2ODEz/MTk1MDUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}