Justin McNally's guest appearances

Justin McNally

Tech In Chicago

Joel Beasley | Modern CTO

Innovation and the Digital Enterprise

Neil Patel

David Smith

Gabriel Wyner

Tim Urban

Nir Eyal

Ryan Singer

Steven Galanis

Donna Johnson

David King

Andy Budd

Brian Balfour

Nick Caldwell

Andreessen Horowitz

Michael Levin

Tim Berners-Lee

OwlTail

One consequence of success for a startup is outgrowing the very strategies that made you successful. As an experienced founder, it’s a challenge Justin McNally was prepared to tackle as Chowly grew from a seedling idea to a market leader in point-of-sale integration. At each stage of growth, Justin’s role, and sometimes title, evolved to meet the changing needs of the organization. Through the lens of his current role as Chief Innovation Officer, Justin discusses traversing the gap from startup to established company, shifting hiring emphasis from generalists to specialists, and adapting competitive strategies as a market matures. He also offers perspective on avoiding stagnation and continuing to innovate even as the risk calculations change with scale.  (01:07) - Starting Chowly (05:16) - Growing up with entrepreneurship(12:33) - Defining your moat(16:55) - How risk tolerance changes with growth (19:06) - Checking your ego at the door as a founder(21:52) - Role of the Chief Innovation Officer(24:35) - What’s ahead for Chowly and the industry Currently, Justin McNally is the Chief Innovation Officer at Chowly, a direct POS integration for third-party delivery platforms. Justin is an experienced founder with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. He graduated with a BLA focused on Interactive Arts &amp; Media from Columbia College Chicago. Some of his skills include Digital Strategy, PHP, WordPress, Ruby on Rails, and Content Management Systems.If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Innovation and the Digital Enterprise in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. It really helps others find the show.Podcast episode production by Dante32.

One consequence of success for a startup is outgrowing the very strategies that made you successful. As an experienced founder, it’s a challenge Justin McNally was prepared to tackle as <a href="https://chowly.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Chowly</a> grew from a seedling idea to a market leader in point-of-sale integration. At each stage of growth, Justin’s role, and sometimes title, evolved to meet the changing needs of the organization. Through the lens of his current role as Chief Innovation Officer, Justin discusses traversing the gap from startup to established company, shifting hiring emphasis from generalists to specialists, and adapting competitive strategies as a market matures. He also offers perspective on avoiding stagnation and continuing to innovate even as the risk calculations change with scale.  <ul><li>(01:07) - Starting <a href="https://chowly.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Chowly</a> </li><li>(05:16) - Growing up with entrepreneurship</li><li>(12:33) - Defining your moat</li><li>(16:55) - How risk tolerance changes with growth </li><li>(19:06) - Checking your ego at the door as a founder</li><li>(21:52) - Role of the Chief Innovation Officer</li><li>(24:35) - What’s ahead for Chowly and the industry </li></ul>Currently, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-mcnally/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Justin McNally</a> is the Chief Innovation Officer at Chowly, a direct POS integration for third-party delivery platforms. Justin is an experienced founder with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. He graduated with a BLA focused on Interactive Arts &amp; Media from Columbia College Chicago. Some of his skills include Digital Strategy, PHP, WordPress, Ruby on Rails, and Content Management Systems.If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Innovation and the Digital Enterprise in <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovation-and-the-digital-enterprise/id1451753709?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2lubm92YXRpb24tYW5kLXRoZS1kaWdpdGFsLWVudGVycHJpc2U%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3fOSh73F3sjyK7TIMFSOc1?si=uRAeLNvjQjmbnFjzWIvMlg" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovation-and-the-digital-enterprise/id1451753709?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>. It really helps others find the show.<a href="https://www.dante32.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast episode production by Dante32.</a>

Innovation at Scale with Justin McNally

Today we are talking to Justin McNally, the Chief Product Officer at Chowly.  And we discuss takeaways from growing and scaling teams, why he made the transition from CTO to Product, and the importance of establishing a framework to grow new leaders within an organization.All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

Today we are talking to Justin McNally, the Chief Product Officer at Chowly. And we discuss takeaways from growing and scaling teams, why he made the transition from CTO to Product, and the importance of establishing a framework to grow new leaders within an organization. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

#172 Justin McNally - Chief Product Officer at Chowly

Sterling Douglass &amp; Justin McNally, Co-Founders of Chowly, a restaurant technology company that integrates third-party online ordering platforms with restaurants' point-of-sale (POS) systems.  Sponsored by:   Starting Line VC: A new Chicago-based venture capital firm, founded by Ezra Galston, one of our top  early podcast guests and trusted partner of many of Chicago’s hottest startups. Check out what they’re up to at StartingLine.vc.  

<a href="https://twitter.com/sterling_db" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sterling Douglass</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/j_mcnally" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justin McNally</a>, Co-Founders of <a href="http://chowly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chowly</a>, a restaurant technology company that integrates third-party online ordering platforms with restaurants' point-of-sale (POS) systems.  Sponsored by: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.startingline.vc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Starting Line VC</a>: A new Chicago-based venture capital firm, founded by <a href="https://twitter.com/ezramogee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ezra Galston</a>, one of our top <a href="http://www.techinchicago.co/episodes/2016/3/30/006-ezra-galston-vc-at-chicago-ventures" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> early podcast guests</a> and trusted partner of many of Chicago’s hottest startups. Check out what they’re up to at <a href="https://www.startingline.vc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StartingLine.vc</a>. </li> </ul>

Helping Restaurants Make the Most of the Internet - Sterling Douglass & Justin McNally / Co-Founders of Chowly