Best Reedsy Podcasts (2024)

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Reedsy Live: The Role of Anti-Heroes with Parul Bavishi and Randall Surles 37:16

4h ago37:16

37:16

🔍 How can we create irresistibly flawed characters? Join editors Parul Bavishi and Randall Surles as they explore the world of anti-heroes and anti-heroines📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/anti-heroes-webinar/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: The Magic of Middle Grade with Michelle Schusterman 28:23

7d ago28:23

28:23

🔍 Learn about the difference between Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction, what you “can and can't” write in Middle Grade, and how to market your book.📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/middle-grade/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: Landing Your First Book Deal with Caroline Leavitt 33:24

14d ago33:24

33:24

🔍 Bestselling author Caroline Leavitt reveals what lies ahead for those looking to publish their book📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/getting-published-caroline-leavitt/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: How to Write an Addictive Page-Turner with Anna Bierhaus 25:21

21d ago25:21

25:21

🔍 Editor Anna Bierhaus shows you how to improve your writing's pacing, creating compulsively readable stories every time📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/pacing-anna-bierhaus/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: 5 Essential Marketing Tactics of Self-Publishing Authors with Clayton Noblit 33:21

28d ago33:21

33:21

🔍 Discover the most tried-and-true marketing tactics you can use to sell your book with the senior marketing manager of Written Word Media📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/5-essential-marketing-tactics/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: Getting Published as a Debut Author with Gina Sorell and Caroline Leavitt 51:34

1M ago51:34

51:34

🔍 Authors Gina Sorell and Caroline Leavitt have a chat about how first-time authors get themselves published📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/getting-published-debut/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: How to Find the Right Book Editor with Dionne McCulloch 39:32

29d ago39:32

39:32

🔍 Writer Dionne McCulloch shows you how to find the perfect editor📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/how-to-find-the-right-book-editor/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: How to Write Engaging Characters with Oksana Marafioti 45:24

1M ago45:24

45:24

🔍 Bestselling author Oksana Marafioti shares tips on how to bring your characters to life on the page📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/engaging-characters/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: How to Develop a Picture Book with Cara Stevens 31:38

2M ago31:38

31:38

🔍 Author and editor Cara Stevens shares 20 questions to help you write your very own picture book📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/picture-book-20-questions/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: How to Query Nonfiction: An Agent Explains with Max Sinsheimer 41:38

2M ago41:38

41:38

🔍 Literary agent Max Sinsheimer talks about querying nonfiction books and how to make a positive first impression📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/query-non-fiction-sinsheimer/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: How to Write Romance that Stands Out with Michelle Hazan 38:19

3M ago38:19

38:19

🔍 Author, editor, and writing coach Michelle Hazen reveals some key craft elements that make for a well-written, unputdownable romance novel📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/romance-writing-michelle-hazen/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: Preparing to Write a Novel: 5 Keys to Success with Tom Bromley 39:06

3M ago39:06

39:06

* Get 10% off Reedsy's premium How to Write a Novel course with the code MAY24 at checkout. Exclusive to our podcast listeners and valid until May 20, 2024!*🔍 Author and bestselling ghostwriter Tom Bromley talks about the "Five Ps" of preparing to draft a novel📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/preparing-to-…

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Reedsy Live: Is Your Manuscript Ready? Discover Your Self-Auditing Toolkit with Julie Artz 31:19

3M ago31:19

31:19

🔍 Reedsy editor Julie Artz talks about assessing your own manuscript to determine whether it's ready to be seen by editors and readers📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/self-audit-julie-artz/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: How to Build a Productive Writing Habit with Bec Evans and Chris Smith 41:12

3M ago41:12

41:12

🔍 The productivity coaches behind Prolifiko share their tips on building a productive writing habit📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/productive-writing-habit/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: How to Crack Your Novel's Beginning and Ending with Caroline Leavitt 29:36

3M ago29:36

29:36

🔍 NYT bestselling author Caroline Leavitt talks about how beginnings and endings can make a good novel great📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/how-to-crack-your-novel-s-beginning-and-ending/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel with Jessica Brody 44:56

4M ago44:56

44:56

🔍 Learn the secret code behind all well-plotted novels from the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/save-the-cat-writes-a-novel/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: Common Mistakes in Writing Dialogue and How to Avoid Them with Tracy Gold 27:17

4M ago27:17

27:17

🔍 Editor and author Tracy Gold reveals the biggest mistakes new writers make when writing dialogue📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/dialogue-mistakes/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: How to Start Writing a Book with Michelle Schusterman 37:44

4M ago37:44

37:44

🔍 Author and Reedsy ghostwriter Michelle Schusterman shows you how to take your book idea and get busy writing its first draft📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/how-to-start-writing-a-book/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: Personalizing Your Query Letters with Rachel Stout 32:26

4M ago32:26

32:26

🔍 Former literary agent Rachel Stout reveals her tips for researching agents and personalizing query letters📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/personalizing-your-query-letters/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: How to Plot Your Memoir Like a Novel with Amanda Edgar 38:05

5M ago38:05

38:05

🔍 Join award-winning author, ghostwriter, and book coach Amanda Edgar as she shows you how to make your memoir read like a bestselling novel📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here:blog.reedsy.com/live/memoir-amanda-edgarBy Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: Unleash Your Inner Editor (and Kill Your Darlings) with SJ Watson 30:45

5M ago30:45

30:45

🔍 Join bestselling author SJ Watson as he shows you how to activate editor mode📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/watson-editor-mode/By Reedsy

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Reedsy Live: Crowdfunding Your Book with Kickstarter with Oriana Leckert 17:12

5M ago17:12

17:12

🔍 Discover the most tried-and-true marketing tactics you can use to sell your book with the senior marketing manager of Written Word Media📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/5-essential-marketing-tactics/By Reedsy

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Sharetribe launched on Product Hunt! 6:16

6M ago6:16

6:16

In this special, one-off mini-episode of Two-sided, Sjoerd asks for your help and reflects back on the past ten years of building marketplace software at Sharetribe. On January 30th, 2024, Sharetribe launched its best marketplace builder today on Product Hunt. We were featured as #2 Product of the Day! Thank you so much for your support! With the n…

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S2E12 - Season 2 Recap: six essentials insights from this season 28:12

1+ y ago28:12

28:12

In this final episode, Sjoerd looks back at season 2. He highlights the top takeaways that any early-stage marketplace entrepreneur can use, and backs them up with outtakes from the interviews. Besides a recap, you can use this episode as a quick guide to discover the episodes you have yet to listen to or rediscover your favorites. We hope you enjo…

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S2E11 - How a comic book community turned into a marketplace - Gene Miguel (Shortboxed) 49:48

1+ y ago49:48

49:48

A community can be a strong foundation for a marketplace. In the early days, it helps with onboarding initial supply and demand and creates trust. Later, it can form a powerful moat that defends the marketplace from competitors. But building a community takes time and work and, most importantly, engaging in it yourself. In this episode, Sjoerd inte…

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S2E10 - Growing a marketplace through perseverance - Trisha Bantigue (Queenly) 44:58

1+ y ago44:58

44:58

Sometimes, the story of the founder can be just as interesting as the story of the marketplace. In the case of Trisha Bantigue, this is certainly the case. Trisha was born in the Philippines, raised by her grandparents, immigrated to the US at age 10, and paid her way through college by competing in pageants. Today, she is the CEO and co-founder of…

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S2E09 - How Drive lah balances speed vs. quality - Gaurav Singhal (Drive lah) 45:26

2y ago45:26

45:26

First-time marketplace founders often struggle to balance speed to market and marketplace quality. On the one hand, launching an MVP as fast as possible is often the best strategy. On the other hand, high quality and trustworthiness are essential, especially for peer-to-peer marketplaces. Despite being first-time founders, Gaurav Singhal and Dirk-J…

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S2E08 - How Curtsy drove $25M annual GMV with a team of 6 - David Oates (Curtsy) 46:57

2y ago46:57

46:57

Marketplaces have conquered some industries earlier and faster than others. Besides home-sharing and ride-haling, one such industry is fashion. The European second-hand clothing giant Vinted was founded in 2008. The US-based Poshmark started in 2011 and is now a listed company. One might think there are no opportunities left for new marketplaces in…

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S2E07 - Why you shouldn’t underestimate the power of sales for your marketplace - Jason Bergman (MarketPryce) 47:18

2y ago47:18

47:18

Jason Bergman thinks most marketplace founders underestimate the power of sales. Jason is a big sports fan and has always loved working in sales. Before founding MarketPryce, he ran his own sports agency where he tried acquiring customers by sending Instagram messages to almost three thousand professional athletes. The success rate of the Instagram…

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S2E06 - Having fun building your business is a competitive advantage - Andrew Gazdecki (MicroAcquire) 40:37

2y ago40:37

40:37

Andrew Gazdecki loves building businesses. He was the weird kid in high school with an eBay store. He built and sold a job board in college. He used the proceeds to start another company, still in college, which he sold before he turned 30. Andrew’s latest venture is MicroAcquire, a marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. The platform…

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S2E05 - How a passion turned into a marketplace - Dirk Fehse (PaulCamper) 33:43

2y ago33:43

33:43

I'm talking to Dirk Fehse, founder and CEO of PaulCamper, Europe's leading marketplace for RV rentals. Many of us have probably daydreamed about spending a few weeks on the road in an RV. Just get in the van, and park it wherever you want, and that's your home for the night. Dirk loved this too, and so much that he founded a company around it. It's…

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S2E04 - How to start a marketplace in an industry you know nothing about - Emmanuel Nataf (Reedsy) 35:02

2y ago35:02

35:02

In business school, Emmanuel Nataf and his friends were bored. They were more interested in startups and tech than studying, and so they decided to start a company: a marketplace around services for self-publishing books. Had any of them ever published a book? No! Did that prevent them from becoming successful? Also, no! We talk a bit about that jo…

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S2E03 - Focus on a problem that you have experienced yourself - James Younger (TempStars) 36:45

2y ago36:45

36:45

Knowing is half the battle, said the wise man G.I. Joe at the end of each episode. This rings doubly true for James Younger of TempStars, a marketplace for temporary dental hygienists and assistants. Not only is James working on a problem that he knows really well, but he also made a point of getting to know as much as he could about design, web de…

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S2E02 - Transforming from a network to a marketplace - James McAulay (Encore) 39:16

2y ago39:16

39:16

For this episode, I spoke to James McAulay, CEO & co-founder of Encore, a marketplace for booking musicians. We speak about how James combined his love for music and computer science into Encore. How they got started initially as a “LinkedIn for musicians”, then moved to a “managed reverse marketplace” model to ultimately transform into the online …

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S2E01 - Lessons from two decades in two-sided platforms - Casey Winters (Eventbrite) 37:50

2y ago37:50

37:50

We kick off the season with a deep-dive by Casey Winters, one of the most knowledgable and experienced two-sided platform people out there. Casey started at Apartments.com, helped Grubhub to IPO-ready, grew Pinterest to an enormous scale, and is now Chief Product Officer at Eventbrite. In between, he has advised a gazillion marketplace startups: Hi…

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Two-Sided Season 2 - Trailer 1:56

2y ago1:56

1:56

It is coming. Finally. Two-Sided Season 2. I know many of you have been waiting a long time. A big thanks to everyone who has reached out me since the first season, and let me or Sharetribe know how much they liked it. It has been a big motivator for us to continue. It’s later than expected, but good things come to those who wait. And boy, are good…

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S1E12 - Season 1 Recap: Five takeaways from this season 37:07

4y ago37:07

37:07

In this episode we look back at season 1. I distill five interesting takeaways that any early-stage marketplace entrepreneur can use, and I have picked out the most relevant outtakes from this season’s interviews.By Sjoerd Handgraaf / Sharetribe

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S1E11 - From mowing lawns to tech entrepreneur - Bryan Clayton (Greenpal) 40:51

4y ago40:51

40:51

Bryan Clayton, co-founder and CEO of Greenpal, tells the story behind Greenpal, the marketplace for lawn care, and how he transformed himself from a blue-collar entrepreneur into a tech entrepreneur.By Sjoerd Handgraaf / Sharetribe

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S1E10 - Lessons learned from building Kickstarter - Charles Adler (co-founder Kickstarter) 53:27

4y ago53:27

53:27

Charles Adler, co-founder of Kickstarter, shares how Kickstarter began and how they grew organically while maintaining the quality and the vibe.By Sjoerd Handgraaf / Sharetribe

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S1E9 - Dealing with trust and Covid-19 in a travel industry marketplace - Jacob Wedderburn-Day (Stasher) 38:21

4y ago38:21

38:21

Jacob Wedderburn-Day tells Sjoerd about building Stasher fresh out of university and dealing with the pandemic in a travel industry marketplace.By Sjoerd Handgraaf / Sharetribe

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S1E8 - Free marketplaces will disappear - Ryan Gill (Communo) 37:43

4y ago37:43

37:43

Ryan Gills shares how Communo got started, why he thinks Fiverr & UpWork are in a race to the bottom, why they built a community that is about giving before receiving and how Communo is building for the future generations.By Sjoerd Handgraaf / Sharetribe

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S1E7 - Building an enterprise gateway marketplace - Kevin Lustig (Scientist.com) 48:16

4y ago48:16

48:16

Kevin Lustig: [00:00:00] So we literally have a press release [laughs] from September 15th, 2008, you know, saying they were launching this platform, and we hoped it would be as consequential as, you know, Darwin stepping out 165 years ago this day onto the Galapagos. [laughs] Because what ended up happening was crickets. Announcer: [00:00:24] Welc…

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S1E6 - Talent marketplaces and the future of work - Sophie Adelman (WhiteHat/ex-Hired) 34:15

4y ago34:15

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Sophie Adelman: [00:00:00] But I think people forget that all of these companies started off with humans going out into the streets and making that business work. Speaker 2: [00:00:12] [music playing] Welcome to Two-Sided, the marketplace podcast, brought to you by Sharetribe. Sjoerd: [00:00:24] Hi, I'm Sjoerd, CMO at Sharetribe, and I am your host…

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S1E5 - Embrace, don't replace the middleman - Michael DeGiorgio (Crexi) 36:56

4y ago36:56

36:56

TS_Michael_Master Michael DeGiorgio: [00:00:00] And I kind of, in the back of my mind, thought, "If nothing else, you know, this'll be a platform that we can transact on ourselves if people didn't want to use it." Speaker 2: [00:00:13] Welcome to Two-Sided, the marketplace podcast, brought to you by Sharetribe. Sjoerd: [00:00:24] Hi. I'm Sjoerd, CM…

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S1E4 - Talk to your users before building anything - Charles Armitage (Florence) 40:18

4y ago40:18

40:18

Sjoerd Handgraaf: [00:00:15] Welcome to two-sided, the marketplace podcast brought to you by Sharetribe. Sjoerd Handgraaf: [00:00:23] Hi, I'm Sjoerd CMO with Sharetribe and I'm your host. I'm actually very excited today because this is the first time that I can say to at least some of you welcome back because we dropped the first few episodes last …

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S1E3 - Building a marketplace for a fragmented market with complex workflows - Ruthie Amaru (Freightos) 38:59

4y ago38:59

38:59

We talk to Ruthie Amaru, CEO of Freightos, the world's biggest marketplace for freight. We’ll talk about how to serve fragmented markets, with complex workflows and middleman. We talk about how to get supply onboard before having demand, about building for trust and loads of other great things, especially for B2B marketplaces.…

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S1E2 - Optimize for quality and productivity in your marketplace - Josh Breinlinger (Jackson Square Ventures) 21:00

4y ago21:00

21:00

We sat down with Josh Breinlinger to dive into his long history with online marketplaces. Josh was early at oDesk and Rev.com and has invested in several marketplaces while working in Venture Capital at Jackson Square ventures. We talked productivity tools, being anti-hype, and quality in the marketplace.…

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S1E1 - Build something people want - Lenny Rachitsky (ex-Airbnb) 44:12

4y ago44:12

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Sjoerd Handgraaf: [00:00:23] Hello and welcome to two-sided. I am Sjoerd CMO at Sharetribe, and I'm your host. And this episode I talked to Lenny Rachitsky. He first founded his own marketplace company, then sold it to Airbnb, worked there for seven years until last year. Since then he has been writing fantastic content about marketplaces, which yo…

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Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast - An Introduction 1:27

4y ago1:27

1:27

Hi and welcome to Two-Sided, the podcast about building an online marketplace business. My name is Sjoerd, I am your host and also the CMO at Sharetribe, which is the company that brings you this podcast. We decided to call it Two-sided, because of course we’ll discuss Demand & Supply, but also the good sides and the bad sides, the easy and the har…

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Season 4 Epilogue: The Beginning 24:26

4+ y ago24:26

24:26

But, as mysteriously as they begin, all creative journeys come to an end. Or do they?By Reedsy

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