S7 Bonus: Derek Osgood, Ignition

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🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Derek Osgood comes from a family of entrepreneurs, and has always known he wanted to start something himself. Prior to that, he worked for other companies, large and small, in product and marketing roles. Some of the companies he worked for included Playstation, Rippling and BBVA. Outside of his profession, he loves to travel the world, and is a huge fantasy story nut. It's worth noting that we geeked out on fantasy novels for a good 10 minutes, as your host is a fantasy nut as well. At his previous companies, Derek has been through hundreds of product launches, of various types and sizes. In his words... every one of them was a dumpster fire, no matter the size and supposed maturity of the company. It was always a challenge, and after trying to build a robust process in every tool imaginable, he decided to set out and build it right. This is the creation story of Ignition. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Like, realistically, the MVP was all the processes that I've built over the course of my career.
0:06.1	And I think, you know, probably the closest thing to what we ended up building was actually
0:10.2	the process that I built at Rippling, which I built an air table.
0:13.6	I had some workflows where I would, like, pull that stuff out and then send some kind of
0:17.6	templated emails to the company and to sales that, you know, said,
0:22.0	hey, here's the stuff that we're launching. Like, here's the important information that you
0:25.0	need to know, yada, yada, yada. When we actually started working on it, my co-founder and I started
0:29.9	building, you know, what would be the first incarnation of this. It was basically just, you know,
0:34.9	modular documentation and then some tools for sharing that stuff through email.
0:39.7	My name is Derek Osgood, and I'm the co-founder and CEO of Ignition.
0:47.7	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead.
0:59.5	A team that has your back.
1:02.4	I'm your host, Noah Labhart.
1:04.6	And today how Derek Osgood is making an impact to your go-to-market plan by building the first dedicated GTM platform.
1:13.6	All this and more on Code Story.
1:20.6	Derek Osgood comes from a family of entrepreneurs and has always known he wanted to start something himself.
1:25.6	Prior to that, he worked for other companies, large and small, and product and marketing roles.
1:30.9	Some of the companies he worked for included PlayStation, Ripling, and BBVA.
1:35.7	Outside of his profession, he loves to travel the world and is a huge fantasy story nut.
1:40.6	It's worth noting that we geeked out on fantasy novels for a good 10 minutes, as your host is a
1:45.2	fantasy nut as well.
1:48.0	Derek had been through hundreds of product launches at his previous companies, of various
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