Today we’d like to introduce you to Seth Klebe
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
My entire career has been in technology sales, and it all started for me at Salesforce in San Francisco. I moved up the ranks there quickly and then joined a software monitoring company called New Relic about 3 years later. I was a sales rep there and moved up quickly again to the point where I was working with some of their largest customers. I did several $1-7 million dollar deals, and learned a gigantic amount in the process. During my time as a sales rep, I always exceeded my numbers.
Throughout my early career, it became clear that I had a passion for sales management, and I ultimately got the opportunity to interview and earn my first leadership role at New Relic. Shortly after that is when I had the chance to move to ATL to help open up the satellite sales office. I’m deeply connected to San Francisco, yet I love to travel and I felt that moving somewhere different would be a life adventure I didn’t want to miss. To this day, moving to ATL has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. After about 2 more years with New Relic in ATL, I was approached by a very high performing company called MongoDB to join and lead a team of senior sales reps. I’ll admit that I was a little on the fence at first because things were going very well for me at New Relic, but I consider joining MongoDB another great decision. It’s easily been the most challenging job I’ve ever had, but also one of the most rewarding experiences. Plus, I have made some of the most meaningful professional relationships of my career here.
One of the other best decisions I’ve ever made was starting my podcast in 2024, Watch the Tech. I actually wore watches on and off throughout my early life (nothing fancy), but I didn’t truly develop my tastes or understand the design language of them until I was a senior sales rep at New Relic. Since I had made some success for myself, I could afford to get a luxury swiss watch, and I landed on an Omega Globemaster in 2017. From the moment I bought it and put it on my wrist, I was hooked on the world of watches. Since then, I’ll admit that I’ve become quite an expert on watches, how they’re made, the brands, the market, and where to get them. My friends, family, and coworkers all know me as “the watch guy.”
For several years, the idea of Watch the Tech grew inside of me because I selfishly wanted to see interviews of regular high-performing people who would be given the chance to share their passion for watches while also giving personal and professional advice. As of now, there is no one else combining people in technology with watch content like I am. I’d always told myself that “I’d try to build a watch podcast if I ever got laid off,” but a chance run-in with someone I studied abroad with in college on a flight back to ATL gave me the nudge I needed to start this project while still working full time for MongoDB. When the plane landed, it was all I could think about and I started shortly after to bring Watch the Tech from idea, to full fledged and high-quality podcast.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
When I decided to plant the flag and start building Watch the Tech, there was a lot I didn’t know about what it took to build a podcast. However, I applied what I’ve learned in business and broke the concept of “starting a podcast” into smaller, manageable parts. Week over week, I executed on those parts, treated Watch the Tech like a startup, and did a lot of learning along the way. I also got advice from my network which includes a number of creatives and even a couple fellow podcasters which helped me immensely.
Other than one fully edited episode getting accidentally deleted which meant that I had to completely restart the editing process, working on Watch the Tech has brought me so much joy and purpose.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Watch the Tech’s mission is to create an engaging & entertaining video podcast with an episode released each month on YouTube and Spotify. We bring our audience a curated guest list of interesting people in technology who in turn get a platform to geek out on watches, share their stories, and offer advice. The host Seth Klebe has worked for top tier tech companies his entire career, and has been passionately collecting watches for almost as long.
To this day, we’re the the best and only interview podcast about watches and technology. Plus, our logo is freaking sweet and represents what we do very well. Whether you’re new to watches or love them deeply, my hope is that you lean in a little further with Watch the Tech.
Watch the Tech offers two unique services. The first is paid brand sponsorship of episodes, and the second is 1-on-1 help to find your perfect watch (landing on the watch itself, and where best to buy it).
What are your plans for the future?
My full focus right now is to continue to release and perfect my monthly episodes. I believe that good things happen to those with great content!
In the future I do aspire to have sponsors for every episode, and if the podcast grows enough to also design a gorgeous podcast studio where I could host guests in person.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watchthetech_pod
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@watchthetech_pod/featured
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/show/4LDGSkrWGGEDDB55GYDsQM
