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Max Yoder on the TechTO stage

Max Yoder

Author, Do Better Work

SaaSIndianapolisOn TechTO stages since 2020

Max Yoder co-founded Lessonly in Indianapolis in 2012 and ran it as CEO until Seismic acquired the training-software company in August 2021. He now writes and speaks under Do Better Work, the title of his 2019 book on clarity, camaraderie and progress at work. He appeared at TechTO Together in September 2020.

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2020. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Max

In their words

sink or swim is a tough mentality to live in, a tough mentality to thrive in — so we say hey forget sink or swim, what if we taught people what it looks like to do something well

TechTO Together, Sep 2020 · watch at 05:55

it's unfair to have unspoken expectations it really is

TechTO Together, Sep 2020 · watch at 09:00

leadership and management are decoupled — you can be a leader and not a manager

TechTO Together, Sep 2020 · watch at 10:12
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Quick answers

What was Lessonly?

Employee training and enablement software — onboarding, customer support training and sales coaching — founded in Indianapolis in 2012. Seismic acquired it in August 2021 and folded it into its sales-enablement platform.

What is Do Better Work?

Yoder's 2019 book, and the name he now writes and speaks under. It argues that better work comes from clarity, camaraderie and progress rather than from process. He has since written a second book, To See It, Be It.

Why is he in a Canadian directory?

He joined TechTO Together in September 2020 for a conversation with host Alex Norman about building Lessonly.

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