Episode 205: Grant Deken - CEO & Co-Founder, Unstack

The VentureFizz Podcast

Grant’s entrepreneurial experience started as a paperboy. He noticed that the real business model of newspaper companies was the ads. This triggered an idea that he could help small businesses with advertising too. Through the encouragement of his dad, Grant started cold calling and learned the great business lesson of what it’s like to get a bunch of “no’s” but when you finally land on that “yes” - it’s the magical word and it is all you need to get started. Unstack is his latest startup and the company just announced $3.1M in funding. The company provides a no-code marketing platform that gives marketers and entrepreneurs the fastest way to launch and scale a business. They already have significant traction and some really exciting plans ahead. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * How to crush your launch on Product Hunt. * Grant’s background story including how he learned online marketing. * All the details on his prior company, Grapevine, an early to market influencer marketing platform that was acquired. * A deep dive into Unstack and how they are competing against the massive incumbents. * Advice on getting involved in angel investing. * And so much more. If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.