#1636 Is heart-led entrepreneurship good for business?




Startup Stories - Mixergy show

Summary: Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who figured out email marketing for businesses back when people were just using email to connect with their friends and co-workers. He understood that email marketing can be highly personalized for relationship building that is timely, relevant and valuable. He started with a consulting company and it took off and he sold it for millions pre-IPO and exit to Oracle for $1.6 billion. Then he burned out. We’ll hear the story in this interview. Barry Stamos is a co-founder of INBOX Marketing which was acquired by Responsys. Barry is now the the co-founder of 1heart.com, a startup studio birthing conscious companies. <p><a href="https://mixergy.com/interviews/inbox-marketing-with-barry-stamos/"><img src="https://mixergy.com/interviews/inbox-marketing-with-barry-stamos/?get-twitter-card=true&amp;" alt="" class="alignnone size-full"></a></p><p>Barry Stamos is a co-founder of INBOX Marketing which specializes in the strategic optimization of email marketing programs and has also recently launched <a href="http://www.1heart.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1heart.com</a> which is a startup studio birthing conscious companies.</p> <strong>Sponsored by</strong><br><p><a href="http://www.toptal.com/mixergy" rel="nofollow">Toptal</a> – If you’re having trouble finding developers, Toptal is a network of elite pre-vetted software developers. You tell Toptal what you’re looking for, they search their network for the best people, they test the candidates, and then they present you with only the candidates who meet your individual needs. Once you pick someone you can start work with them the next day. They offer a no-risk trial period. Go to <a href="http://www.toptal.com/mixergy" rel="nofollow">Toptal.com</a>. Get the best of the best right now.</p> <hr> <p><a href="http://www.activecampaign.com/mixergy" rel="nofollow">ActiveCampaign</a> – Improve your marketing &amp; sales processes by upgrading to an automated platform. Start sending follow-up that adapts to your customers’ behavior so you are sending the perfect message at the perfect time. You’ll have happier customers and higher conversions. See why over 150,000 marketers use ActiveCampaign to create intelligent marketing that gets better results.</p> <p>If you’re with one of their confusing competitors and you want something new, you owe it to your business to check out <a href="http://www.activecampaign.com/mixergy" rel="nofollow">ActiveCampaign</a>.</p> <p>More interviews -&gt; <a href="https://mixergy.com/moreint" target="_blank">https://mixergy.com/moreint</a><br> Rate this interview -&gt; <a href="https://mixergy.com/rateint" target="_blank">https://mixergy.com/rateint</a></p>