Ventureforth - Adventures In Startups

Michael Sacca is the newly minted President of Crew.co, a platform for hiring trusted creative professionals.  The Montreal-based company was formerly known as “Oomph”, and has raised about $14M to date. In this episode, we learn about how Michael got the top job at Crew and how pursuing side projects saved the company from obscurity to becoming the best place to build your projects. Hire a trusted freelancer at Crew.co. Subscribe to the Rocketship.fm podcast. Follow Michael on Twitter @michaelsacca and read his blog. Michael's favorite book: The Social History of the Machine Gun Something Michael strongly believes: Not everybody should try to be an entrepreneur. _____ Executive producer & host: Joe Mahavuthivanij Edited by: Joe Mahavuthivanij Theme music by: Music for Makers Logo design: Debra Lin