S9 E11: Srikar Sam Yeruva, Pycube

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Srikar Sam Yeruva comes from an immigrant family from India. He had a humble background, which shaped his path forward and how he approaches life with hunger. He comes from a family of engineers, and his current venture is his 3rd startup. He loves learning, believing whole heartedly in constant learning. In fact, he mentioned that education was nothing but exposure, which I found insightful. He believes in being a person that tries to understand things, and people, without judgement.

Srikar started working with hospitals in many different capacities to understand how things worked. This gave them a lot of perspective on how to help them best - administrators, doctors, nurses, etc. Once they learned how to serve them best, they pivoted to building software solutions to help them lower cost.

This is the creation story of Pycube.

S9 E11: Srikar Sam Yeruva, Pycube

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

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S11 E19: Madhavan "Maddy" Malonan, Reclaim Protocol 23:22

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Madhavan "Maddy" Malonan has always been in - and around - technology, and fell in love with building things early on. He got a video game console early on, and found it a little boring. BUT, when his Dad got a computer and he played Age of Empires, he got excited about all the possibilities, trying to tinker with building things that mimicked these computer games. Even these days, he writes a lot of code, building side projects with Claude Code. When he's not coding, he's playing sports, primarily tennis. Maddy and his team identified that verification of age, credentials, employment history, etc. was a big, big problem. So much so, that it was difficult to do so in a tamper proof, zero knowledge proof manner. They set out to create a solution - and protocol - to solve this problem. This is the creation story of Reclaim Protocol . Sponsors Full Scale Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://reclaimprotocol.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhavanmalolan/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Chris Kline, BitcoinIRA 22:24

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S11 E18: Theodore Bergqvist, Turbotic 19:53

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S11 E17: Jens Neuse, Wundergraph 32:59

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Jens Neuse grew up in Germany, originally planning to be a carpenter. In his 2nd year as an apprentice, he was in a motorcycle wreck that thrust him into a process of surgery and healing. Eventually, he decided he wouldn't be doing carpentry, and got into sysadmin work. Once he got bored with this, he moved into startups, learned how to code, and starting digging into programming, API's and eventually - GraphQL federation. Outside of tech, he is married with 3 young kids. He loves to sit ski on the mountain - which is the coolest carbon fiber chair on a ski, where you steer with your knees and hips. After chasing building a better Apollo, Jens and his team ran into a point where their prior product and company was doomed to go under. When they accepted this fact, they started to think about what people actually wanted - and started to dig into the federation of GraphQL. This is the creation story of Wundergraph . Sponsors Full Scale Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://wundergraph.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-neuse-706673195 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Simon Ritter, Azul 31:09

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Simon Ritter has been in the IT industry for 40 years. He went from university to work on Unix in the early days, employed by AT&T and programming in the C language. In 1996, he switched gears to join Sun Microsystems, programming in Java. Years later, after the Oracle transition, he started to dig into what might be next. Outside of tech, he is married with an older son. He is a complete petro-head - meaning, he is really into cars. In fact, in the last few years, he and his son re-built a classic mini from the ground up. While Simon was at Oracle, he started to crave a different opportunity, but still in the Java space. He stumbled upon a company digging into powering the Java platform, to make it the most secure, efficient and trusted platform on the planet - and he, and the company, found a great fit. This is Simon's creation story at Azul . Sponsors Full Scale Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://www.azul.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/siritter/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E16: Adam Cohen, Weave 16:36

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Adam Cohen grew up in Toronto, in North York. He showed early signs of entrepreneurship by putting his lemonade stand on a wagon, and taking it door to door - or hustling his friends to buy souvenirs on a school field trip. His Dad was in VC, and was a big influence on his life, pushing him to succeed. Outside of professional life, he is big into sports, specifically basketball. In the past, he loved playing fantasy sports, which also influence how he built his business ventures. Adam and his team went through several iterations of AI tooling - summarizing AI, integrating git and JIRA, etc. While they were doing this, they realized that the best way to make a difference, was to first focus on the data itself. This is the creation story of Weave . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://workweave.dev/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-b-cohen/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Alan Fisher, KinetiX at Wabtec Corporation 31:20

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Building Identity Orchestration for AI Agents with Granville Schmidt of Strata 24:49

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S11 E15: Derek Ting, TextNow 23:07

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S11 Bonus: Dr. Alex Kihm, POMA AI 24:42

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What Founders Need to Know - with Dan Eyman of Meld Valuation 24:31

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Today, I'm talking with Dan Eyman , the Managing Director at Meld Valuation , specializing in independent, audit ready valuations for VC backed startups and VC firms. He is an expert in the valuation of complex instruments such as convertible debt and SAFEs. Dan is going to illuminate the common mistakes of founders, how valuations differ, and what founders should understand about dilution and how fundraising affects their cap table. Questions What are the most common mistakes you see founders make when it comes to valuations or equity structuring? Can you break down how SAFEs and convertible debt actually work—and how do they impact ownership over time? At what point should a startup bring in a valuation firm, and what are the risks of waiting too long? How do 409A and ASC 820 valuations differ, and why do they matter for venture-backed companies? What should founders understand about dilution and how fundraising rounds affect their cap table long-term? What are your general observations around venture capital investing, and the market for investment right now? You’ve worked with thousands of startups—what separates those who scale successfully from those who stall? Links https://meldvaluation.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieleyman Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E14: Avi Perez, Pyramid Analytics 32:27

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S11 Bonus: Goutham (Gou) Rao, Neubird 29:48

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S11 Bonus: Keren Fanan, MyOp 27:21

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S11 E6: Michael Sacca, Leadpages 23:46

14 weeks پیش23:46

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S11 Bonus: Ofir Bibi, Lightricks 33:44

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S11 E5: Austin Federa, DoubleZero 28:33

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Austin Federa has a non-traditional path into the blockchain world. In college, he studied political & environmental science, and economics. Interestingly enough, those studies map a lot to the blockchain first principles. He was seriously looking to do his PhD, but fell out of love with that space, and joined NPR as a journalist for a while. Then, of course, he got bit by the startup bug. Outside of tech, he enjoys living in Brooklyn, photography, and engaging in some form of learning at all times. He enjoys reading, mention the Children of Time series, as though it was fiction, it had a lot of interwoven psychology and communal themes. Austin acknowledges that though we all love the internet, it's actually not very good... for high performant systems. And though companies are trying to build dedicated networks in the world, there hasn't been one created for blockchain - IE, not centralized around single party. This is the creation story of DoubleZero . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://doublezero.xyz/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-federa/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Tim Eades, Anetac 18:12

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Tim Eades grew up poor, but forced himself into college. He is a 4 time CEO, an investor, and on the boards of several different companies - but more interestingly, he is an old punk. He saw the Sex Pistols live back in the day, which he mentioned had great sound quality. He's been married for 25 years, and is on the board of a charity that his wife runs. That charity delivery 20,000 birthday cakes to underprivileged children a year. Being a multi-time CEO, Tim has some experience around starting companies. He interviewed many cybersecurity leaders, asking about identity and why vulnerabilities around it was still a problem. During a Liverpool game, he downloaded a powerpoint template and put together a pitch to build a company and solve this problem. This is the creation story of Anetac . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://anetac.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tieades/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E4: Brooke Hartley Moy, Infactory AI 28:46

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Brooke Hartley May lives in Oakland, California, on the East Bay, claiming to get more sunshine than her neighbors in San Francisco. She was a history major in college, which makes her path to technology a bit different. She still enjoys writing and reading in long form to this day. Outside of tech, she is married with a 4 year old son - and a pug. She enjoys life as a parent, startup founder, but was sad that the Oakland A's left Oakland, amongst other teams. A few years ago, Brooke and her now co-founder observed that people were viewing AI as this end-all-be-all solution. But what quickly happened was that the data needed to make AI effective was not in quite the same state. This is the creation story of Infactory . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://infactory.ai/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhartley/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Yaroslav & Sergiy, Railsware - Part 2 32:45

17 weeks پیش32:45

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Yaroslav Lazor started writing code when he was 10 years old. It took him a while to understand that making a difference in the world wasn't just about writing code - but he has arrived there these days. He is the father of 4 daughters, 2 of which are artists and a couple who are digging into their entrepreneurial roots with running their own lemonade stand. He lives in Los Angeles, and has learned to be a better person through pushing himself as a founder. Sergiy Korolov also started coding when he was young, though 4 years later than Yaroslav. He went to a technical university, and as his career in leadership grew, the number of lines of code he contributed to decreased. He is located in Poland, and loves to snowboard in the winter, and bike in the summer. He has 3 kids, and recently started teaching coding to his oldest son. Yaroslav & Sergiy were building software for clients, the typical Ukrainian software route. Over time, they realized that building their own products was the best way to make an impact - so much so, that they decided to start building their own. This is the creation story of Railsware . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://railsware.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ylazor/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiykorolov/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Yaroslav & Sergiy, Railsware - Part 1 26:33

17 weeks پیش26:33

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S11 E3: Rob Duffy, Healthedge 23:42

17 weeks پیش23:42

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Rob Duffy lives in New York with his family. He moved to the states to go work for a small online bookstore that we know today as Amazon. He's married with 2 kids, and enjoys to cook. But, his main passion is flying, as he has is pilots license and enjoys flying small planes. He recalls training on a simulator with a rendering of the Seattle space needle, which he got to fly next to in the real world once he got his license. He admits his wife has a love/hate relationship with his flying - IE she prefers when the flight is over. Rob's has a track record of successfully building platforms - IE figuring out how to do things once instead of multiple times. His current company was growing through acquisitions, and Rob was brought on to unify these and create a converged platform for what the company had to offer. This is Rob's creation story at HealthEdge . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://healthedge.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/platformduffy/ proxyfeed-jUAqjtCx Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Emmanuel Straschnov, Bubble 28:01

18 weeks پیش28:01

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Emmanuel Straschnov grew up in rural France, which is interestingly enough where he started doing computer stuff (he mentioned there wasn't much else to do in the 90's). He grew up sailing, as he lived next to the shore in Normandy. He never really thought he would end up coding, but after obtaining his MBA, he ended up doing just that. Outside of tech, he is married with 2 children. He mentions that most of his hobby time is devoted to them, but on occasion, he likes to travel, continue sailing, and to sing. Many years ago, Emmanuel noticed that there were a lot of people searching for technical founders, and using services to find technical founders. He thought this to be wrong, as many people have product ideas and just need a product to help them build it... so, he created something just for them. This is the creation story of Bubble . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://bubble.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/straschnov/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Clayton Gentry, Podstock 30:56

18 weeks پیش30:56

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Clayton Gentry has been digitally oriented his whole life. When he was younger, he was into photography and making videos with his friends and for school - either highlight videos for school events or promotional videos for businesses. He's always liked making things look good on a screen, and was attracted to the art of it - which, he attributes to his mother's genes. These days, he lives in Brooklyn, plays guitar, and likes to run in Prospect Park near his home. Toward the end of 2022, Clayton and his co-founder, Michael, re-connected on starting something new. Given Michael had extensive industry knowledge in the podcast world, Clayton and he combined their super powers to take on the multi-platform nature of podcasting. This is the creation story of Podstock . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://podstock.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/clayton-gentry-6492588a/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: David Asamu, Nesla 18:33

18 weeks پیش18:33

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David Asamu grew up in Nigeria and got into technology early, through serving his community. He attended University, and continued his community efforts there, and was introduced to the joys of Python programming. Outside of tech, he spends time with his significant other and family. He enjoys soccer, whether it is watching over playing. When asked about food, he mentioned loving Nigerian delicacies, such as Jollof rice. Previously, David was working at a fintech company. While he was there, he and his friends were observing the trends around AI - and they wanted to get more involved. So they got together and built something over the weekend... and eventually decided to advance AI through research. This is the creation story of Nesla . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://nesla.co/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-asamu/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E2: Clément "Kero" Renault, Meilisearch 16:53

18 weeks پیش16:53

16:53

Clément "Kero" Renault wanted to be an architect when he was younger. During that time, he also learned about computers and built his first website - and he never stopped building. Funny story, he lost that first website cause it wasn't on Git. Outside of his professional life, he likes to draw, craft and to cook. He also enjoys video games, and mentioned Hidden Reign was his favorite game of all time, alongside the likes of Cyberpunk. Seven years ago, Kero was in school, and he wanted to build a solid search experience, but not just a general search - one that indexed your data, and allowed you to have a "Google" just for your info. After winning a school hackathon, Kero and his mates wanted to take it to the next level. This is the creation story of Meilisearch . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://www.meilisearch.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerollmops/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Arnab Deka, Metacast 26:40

19 weeks پیش26:40

26:40

Arnab Deka lives in Vancouver and loves the Pacific Northwest. He was never formally educated in computer science or software engineering - in fact, while he was studying civil engineering, he fell in love with building things and eventually, building software. Outside of tech, he is a family man and loves to sup with them and his dog. He also enjoys astronomy, and is known to attend a star party or 2, with his telescope in hand. Arnab took a sabbatical from work, and on this journey, he realized that he liked deep work and interacting with customers directly - as opposed to high level strategy and planning. He met with his now co-founder in 2022, walking then Seattle lake front, and realized what podcast junkies they both were - and they decided to build something for it. This is the creation story of Metacast . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://metacast.app/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/or9ob/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E1: Rob Woollen, Sigma Computing 21:20

19 weeks پیش21:20

21:20

Rob Woollen lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He grew up with a Father in IT and management, and his Mother as an English teacher. He has been programming for a long time, since the early days on his Apple 2E (yes, the green screen one). Outside of tech, he is married with 3 boys, all teenagers. He also has a 1 year old golden retriever, and spends a lot of time ensuring he lives his best life. In addition to this, he and his wife enjoy hiking around the Marin area, as they have the best hiking trials. Rob spent many years at Salesforce, and it struck him that many of the company operations were still done on spreadsheets. When he left the company, he started exploring how to create something to support large scale data sets, within the familiar UI of spreadsheets. This is the creation story of Sigma Computing . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Links https://www.sigmacomputing.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwoollen/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E13: Matt Hamann, Rownd 23:20

۷ weeks پیش23:20

23:20

Matt Hamann knew he was going to be in tech way back in his younger days. His Dad worked for IBM, so there were always fun things to talk about and play with. He got his first family computer when he was 4 years old, and started programming BASIC when he was 8. Eventually, they got dialup through AOL - and he took off building websites with PHP & MySQL. Outside of tech, he is married with 3 kids. He loves to travel and spend time with his family. He also plays several instruments, including the piano and pipe organ, and enjoys tinkering with smart home devices. Right around the time of the pandemic, Matt and his co-founder were pitching a new company idea in Y Combinator, around data privacy. After receiving the feedback that there wasn't a big market for the original idea, they started to jam on ideas on how to pivot - and quickly landed on how cool it would be to have password-less authentication. This is the creation story of Rownd . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://rownd.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthamann/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Greg Shove, Section 20:29

۸ weeks پیش20:29

20:29

Greg Shove was born in Canada, raised in Britain, and eventually moved to the United States. Through all of these places he lived, he learned to believe in equal access for people, never to quit, and to work hard and win - all of this, respectively. When he moved to California, he was told to visit the local grocery store to meet more tech people than he would in a year in Canada. After business school, he worked for Apple and has launched or participated in 7 startups. Outside of tech, he loves to BBQ Argentinian style, inspired by the chef Francis Mallman. Six years ago, Greg started a company to teach people skills and how to become the best manager and executive they could be. The business did well, but mainly it was because of the pandemic. In 2023, he started playing with GPT, and he realized that he needed to pivot himself, and his business as well. This is the creation story of Section . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://www.sectionai.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregshove Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E12: Ravi Madabhushi, ScaleKit 25:19

۸ weeks پیش25:19

25:19

Ravi Madabhushi finds that all of the stops along his professional journey were accidental. He grew up in a tiny village in the south of India - so small, it would take you 10 minutes to sprint across it, end to end. His goals back then were common - get a job, get married, etc. - but after he moved to Bangalore post school, he got acquainted with startups... and was hooked. Outside of tech, he is married with 2 kids. He enjoys playing tennis, badminton, and squash. He got introduced to squash when he was playing tennis, it started raining, and they were forced inside to play "inside tennis"... IE squash. Ravi and his team had a successful exit from their prior company, and decided to give startups another go. They wanted to solve the authentication problem for builders wanting to focus on their product - not building auth. What they found was a new arena in the world of AI, agents, and authentication of everything in between. This is the creation story of ScaleKit . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://www.scalekit.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravibits/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Trevor Stuart, Split & Harness 27:13

۹ weeks پیش27:13

27:13

Trevor Stuart was born in Florida, but raised in Seattle. He was the son of a tech CFO and an Episcopalian minister - so he learned life at many different angles. He graduated from Boston College, and went into investment banking at Morgan Stanley. Beyond that, he worked at RelateIQ prior to being acquired by Salesforce, which then led him to start his own thing. Outside of tech, he's married and expecting his first child soon. He lives in Sonoma, and loves wine - which type depends on his mood and the time of year. At RelateIQ, Trevor and his team had a core problem - pushing more code, and looking to move faster, but limiting the amount of quality issues. His co-founder built the early workings of a system he had seen at LinkedIn, around gate keeping features. Eventually, post acquisition of this company, they decided to start building this solution on their own... which led them toward their own acquisition. This is the creation story of Split and Harness . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://www.harness.io/ https://www.harness.io/blog/split-joins-forces-with-harness https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorbstuart/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E11: Dave Berner, Kinde 19:08

۹ weeks پیش19:08

19:08

Dave Berner grew up in London, and got into coding through music. He used to be the lead singer in metal and hardcore bands. His bands couldn't afford a webmaster, so he learned how to code in order to launch his band's website, along with setting up friend's custom MySpace profiles. Beyond that, he partook in many startups and side projects, loving to build on the internet. Outside of tech, he's married with 3 kids. He mentions his family is a "low tech" family, teaching their kids fundamental education without a screen. The live in Australia, in a sleepy surfer town, though he admits he hasn't learned to surf just yet. Dave has always been building side hustles, but none of them really got off the ground. What he noticed about the process was that the process of building the infra of an app - the auth, the billing, support, etc. - always took too long. Eventually, he thought that maybe the best product would be something combining these things. This is the creation story of Kinde . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://kinde.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidajberner/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Tiffany Johnson, NMI 22:12

10 weeks پیش22:12

22:12

Tiffany Johnson is originally from Texas, but grew up in California. At a young age, she was a bit of an adrenaline junkie, partaking in skydiving, snowboarding, wakeboarding and gymnastics. In school, she fell in love with Econ, Mgmt, and Statistics - and eventually, fell into the payment industry by accident. Outside of tech, she has been married for 20 years with 3 kids. Her kids are all snow skiers, though she doesn't hold that against them as a snowboarder. A few years ago, Tiffany was contacted about a new opportunity at a decades old company in the payments space. This company wanted to bring to market a solution around embedded finance, specifically for SaaS solutions - and Tiffany was the perfect product leader for the role. This is Tiffany's creation story at NMI . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://www.nmi.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-johnson-b339242/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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The Gene Simmons of Data Protection – Navigating the Future of Data Management 20:46

10 weeks پیش20:46

20:46

The Gene Simmons of Data Protection: Protegrity's KISS Method Today, we are releasing another episode from our series, entitled The Gene Simmons of Data Protection - the KISS Method, brought to you by none other than Protegrity . Protegrity is AI-powered data security for data consumption, offering fine grain data protection solutions, so you can enable your data security, compliance, sharing and analytics. Episode Title: Navigating the Future of Data Management: Type Systems, Quantum Computing, and Protegrity's Innovations In our final episode, we are speaking with Michael Howard , CEO of Protegrity. We talk about how traditional type systems often fail short in modern data management, as well as potential threats posed by quantum computing to current encryption methods, as well as how Protegrity's product embeds context and security into the data itself, in order to repel any threat. Questions Tell me and my audience a little bit about you. I know that you’ve referred to type systems as “lame.” Can you explain the concept of type systems in databases, why they’re lame, and why they pose challenges for modern data management? How is quantum computing poised to impact the current landscape of data security and encryption? What are some of the limitations of traditional type systems in databases, and how can they be improved to handle modern data challenges? Can you share insights on how Protegrity's approach to data classification and protection differs from traditional methods? Looking ahead, how do you envision the role of type systems evolving with the advent of quantum computing and other emerging technologies? One of Protegrity’s talking points has been how far behind legislation for data privacy and security is compared to today’s rapidly accelerating data landscape. What do you think needs to happen – in quantum and AI – for conversations to turn into action? Links https://www.protegrity.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-howard-2b7b273/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E10: Brennan Pothetes, Infinity Constellation 21:23

10 weeks پیش21:23

21:23

Brennan Pothetes grew up in Louisiana, but went to High School in Portland, Oregon - two very different places. He started his career in internal audit, before he eventually helped launch Simple, the first bank on the iPhone. He has built a lot of companies since, and continues to do so. Outside of business and tech, he likes food and enjoys whipping up some cajun or greek cuisine. Recently, he picked up surfing, but also likes to sit down with real time strategy games like Civilization. Brennan was one of the first customers of Invisible, which was one of the biggest trainers of LLMs. After he sold his last company, he was approached by the board to help then spin businesses out, but in a strategic way with a hold co, allowing them to work together with them zero to one, and beyond. This is the creation story of Infinity Constellation . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://www.infinityconstellation.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/brennanpothetes/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Ben Lerner, Espresso AI 29:28

11 weeks پیش29:28

29:28

Ben Lerner was a fan of tech growing up, along side being into math and science. Right out of school, he joined a startup called Data Nitro, which attempted to integrate python into excel. Ever since then, he has been jamming in the tech and startup world. Outside of tech, he married to a computational biologist. He enjoys padel, which is kind of like Pickleball meets Tennis, and of course ping pong. Though, with his full time job as a CEO, he often finds his hobby is going home to write code. Ben realized that LLMs are really good at understanding code, leaps and bounds better than prior ML models. While he was at Google, he was also digging into how to apply LLMs to coding in general. Applying both of these things, he and his co-founders are seeing where this can be applied to the real world, starting with Snowflake compute. This is the creation story of Espresso AI . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://espresso.ai/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/espressoben/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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The Next Iteration of Gremlin – with Kolton Andrus, CEO 27:36

11 weeks پیش27:36

27:36

Today, I'm talking with Kolton Andrus, CEO and Founder of Gremlin. You may remember previously when we spoke with Matt, the prior CTO of the company . Since that time frame, a lot has changed at the company, going through several arcs and foundational changes that are leading to not only assessing weaknesses in your infrastructure, but walking you through how to fix it (and eventually, fixing it for you). Questions: Tell us a little bit of an overview about you. Your time at Amazon & Netflix were big influences on the importance of chaos engineering and reliability testing. Can you tell me what was so foundational about your time there? What is next iteration of Gremlin? What has changed in the platform primarily? Tell me about the arcs of the company here. In 2022, there was a leadership transition and you increased your focus on the product. What are some of the most exciting developments that came from these last 3 years? Where does AI fit into Chaos Engineering? And where does it not fit? Can you unpack your viewpoint here? What are you most excited about in the next chapter for Gremlin, and for the broader SRE space? What advice would you give a founder just getting started? I couldn't be more excited about the future of Gremlin. Given the arcs the company has gone through, it's evident that Kolton has built foundational layers into the platform, and is steering the ship towards responsible chaos engineering, reliability, automation and much more. Thank you for listening to today's episode. If you'd like to learn more about Gremlin, please visit gremlin.com. Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://www.gremlin.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kolton-andrus-77315a2/ https://codestory.co/podcast/e9-matt-fornaciari-gremlin/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E9: Buchi Reddy, Levo.ai 19:32

11 weeks پیش19:32

19:32

Buchi Reddy lives in North Austin, having recently moved there with his family. He is originally from south India, and grew up in a farming family before moving to the metro and studying engineering. Post college, he spent many years building high frequency trading systems, before moving to Silicon Valley and joining companies there, just as Cisco and Traceable, which you as the audience are very familiar with. Outside of tech, he is married with a 7 year old son. He and his family enjoy hiking, overnight camping, and living just far enough away from the craziness of downtown Austin to still enjoy it. While he was interviewing customers at a prior company, Buchi spotted a wide gap for enterprises, where API's were not tested properly before going to production. Baffled by this, he wanted to go bridge the gap, and build something to automate this testing. This is the creation story of Levo . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://www.levo.ai/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/buchireddy/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Evan Henshaw-Plath (aka Rabble), Rabble Labs & Verse 32:15

12 weeks پیش32:15

32:15

Evan Henshaw-Plath, also known as Rabble, was born in Berkeley while his Mom was a student. His parents were hippies, and he grew up near Silicon Valley, which gave him access to work with startups as early as High School. He founded Odeo, which eventually became Twitter. He got the name Rabble cause it was founded by three Evan's, which didn't work - so he went with his online nickname. He has a cool track record of working not only on Twitter, but Flickr, Palm, and other big names. He lives in New Zealand, enjoying all the outdoor activities, and participates in activism in digital rights and environmentalism. Being a Vegetarian, he admits that his comfort food is Mexican cuisine, which he doesn't get a lot of in the land of the Kiwis. Rabble was disappointed when Twitter shut down its open app capabilities. He wanted something like Twitter, but built to where someone couldn't take away his access. He started to dig into protocols, and eventually landed in San Francisco to tell his friends that he was going to make social media work like email and messaging. This is the creation story of Rabble Labs & Verse. Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://www.verse-pbc.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rabble/ Rabble's New Podcast! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E8: Jesse Pollak, Base & Coinbase 34:09

12 weeks پیش34:09

34:09

Jesse Pollak grew up in Washington, DC, attending a Quaker school through graduating in high school. He played competitive soccer, which was a huge part of his life. Eventually, he moved to SoCal to attend school at Berkley. He got the bug to start a company, and only lasted 2 years at school - before he ventured out on his own. Eventually, his company got acquired by Coinbase, which opened up a whole new world for him. Outside of tech, he is married with a 4 month old boy. He doesn't drink caffeine, but daily, enjoys a decaf cappuccino. In December 2021, Jesse and his team were wondering in the desert for a while, trying to figure out what was next on-chain. After considering what AWS and Heroic was for Web 2.0, they figured out that in order to go build the apps that companies like Coinbase had, they needed a foundational layer in the ecosystem to fuel that development. This is the creation story of Base . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://www.base.org/ https://www.coinbase.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessepollak/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 Bonus: Gaurav Bhattacharya, Jeeva AI 29:55

13 weeks پیش29:55

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Gaurav Bhattacharya grew up in New Delhi, in a blue collar family. He lost his Dad early in his life. He took influence from his older brother and his love for programming, getting hooked on C/C++. He loves building things, including video games, of which he built his first one at the age of 12. In High School, he pursued a startup idea that led him to skip college, and eventually exit. Outside of tech, he lives in San Francisco and continues his love for gaming. He also enjoys watching live sports - the Dodgers, Lakers and Warriors. At his prior startup, Gaurav and his team were working in the healthcare space. They became learners of go-to market strategies, how to do sales, and how to do marketing. They enjoyed it so much that they grew to want to start their next company in that space. This is the creation story of Jeeva AI . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://www.jeeva.ai/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhattacharyagaurav/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S11 E7: Artem Rodichev, Ex-Human 28:59

13 weeks پیش28:59

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Artem Rodichev was born and raised in Kazakhstan, surrounded by the mountains. He loves hiking, and pretty much all outdoor activities. He jokes that he was raised by computers, as he was always playing games, trying to learn hacking, and more. He has always be interested in stories, in particular science fiction. He read a lot of books and watched movies, being fascinated with plots around empathetic AI like Blade Runner and Joy. These movies sparked his motivation to move forward to bringing this world to life. Artem spent several years building a Core AI stack at Replica. What he noticed was that people really enjoyed connecting with their digital friends - and, he noticed the limitations of this experience. He aimed to correct that limitation, in starting a new venture focused on boarder empathetic AI. This is the creation story of Ex-Human . Sponsors Paddle.com Sema Software PropelAuth Postman Meilisearch Mailtrap .TECH Domains (https://get.tech/codestory) Links https://exh.ai/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/art-rodichev/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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The Gene Simmons of Data Protection – KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid): A Data Security Dilemma 24:55

27 weeks پیش24:55

24:55

The Gene Simmons of Data P rotection: Protegrity's KISS Method Today, we are kicking off a new series on the podcast, entitled The Gene Simmons of Data Protection - the KISS Method, brought to you by none other than Protegrity . Protegrity is AI-powered data security for data consumption, offering fine grain data protection solutions, so you can enable your data security, compliance, sharing and analytics. Episode Title: KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid): A Data Security Dilemma with James Rice In this episode, we are talking with James Rice, VP at Protegrity. He is going to help us strip away the nonsense, when it comes to securing data, and help us understand why we don't need a fortress... just a kill switch. While companies throw billions at firewalls, AI driven threat detection, and fortress like defenses - attackers still find their way in. James reminds us to keep it simple, with Protegrity's KISS Method which stands for Keep It Simple Stupid - and how when data is useless to attackers, breaches become mere inconveniences instead of existential threats. Questions: What exactly is the KISS method, and how does it apply to cybersecurity? Why are traditional cybersecurity approaches failing to stop breaches? What are some of the biggest myths about security that lead businesses to waste money on ineffective defenses? How do encryption, tokenization, and de-identification work together to make stolen data useless? Can you share an example where a company’s focus on complex security backfired, and how a simpler approach could have helped? What’s the biggest pushback you hear from companies hesitant to adopt a simpler, data-first security model? If a company wanted to implement the KISS method tomorrow, what are the first three steps they should take? Links https://www.protegrity.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrice1/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E23: Ivan & Nick, Archetype AI (Part 1) 25:39

27 weeks پیش25:39

25:39

Ivan Poupyrev grew up in the Soviet Union, studying rocket science. He moved to the US in 2013 to pursue the early days of VR. He has worked at Disney and Google, and has been focused on merging the physical and digital world for many years. Prior to this latest revolution, Ivan was one of the skeptics towards the idea of AI. But at Google, he was convinced by one of his now co-founders, the value in this tech. Nick Gillian has been working in real time Machine learning for nearly 2 decades - but path here was a bit different. His background is in music and audio engineering - think the math behind amps, studios, mixers, etc. During his masters studies, he fell in love with sensors, and participated in early development and advancement of this tech alongside machine learning. He built a toolkit, which eventually got the attention of Ivan. Ivan was working at Google, and one of his team members began utilizing the toolkit built by Nick. Upon discovering this, Ivan reached out to Nick to see if he wanted to join the top secret team - and eventually, Nick convinced Ivan of the power of machine learning and AI. This is the creation story of Archetype AI . Sponsors Mailtrap PropelAuth Tecla Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.archetypeai.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-poupyrev/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-gillian-b27b1094/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Quinn Li O’Shea, Braid 23:26

28 weeks پیش23:26

23:26

Quinn Li started into tech well before college. In High School, she was into fashion and would take pictures of herself and her friends. She wanted to share these pictures, and found her way to Squarespace - which ultimately, led her getting into HTML and CSS - and the rest is history. Outside of tech, she plays a lot of tennis, and teaches Aerial. I had to ask what this was, and she explained it was the art form that you see in the circus, when people are climbing the sheets in the air, acrobatically. Quinn Li has been focused on productivity throughout her career. As she started to swing her focus to building connections at work through play. One of the games she and her team built went viral on TikTok - and they knew they were on to something. This is the creation story of Braid . Sponsors PropelAuth Tecla Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.trybraid.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/qloshea/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E25: Alberto Simon, Masterworks 25:59

28 weeks پیش25:59

25:59

Alberto Simon is an immigrant from Mexico, moving to Florida with his small family when he was very young. At a young age, he got interested in computers, through gaming and building his own computers. In college, he briefly studied mechanical engineering, but quickly switched over to MIS. Post that, he joined an adtech startup, caught hold of the rocket, and built the professional skills he still utilizes today. Outside of tech, he enjoys dancing, specifically salsa and machata, and participates in CrossFit. For both things, he enjoys the challenge, working hard towards goals, and seeing progress. Alberto and his co-founders had worked in the startup world for quite some time. They noticed the trends of platforms leading the charge on portfolio management, without advisors, alongside the democratization of investments in things like real estate, crypto, etc. They decided to move forward in removing the opaqueness from investment in art. This is the creation story of Masterworks . Sponsors PropelAuth Tecla Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.masterworks.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertosimon Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Don Gossen, Nevermined 32:22

29 weeks پیش32:22

32:22

Don Gossen is Canadian, but at this point, in name only. He lives in Portugal with his wife and 2 daughters. He grew up all over the world, and his career has afforded him to travel the globe. He's been in the machine learning space for 20 years, but spent his early days in statistical modeling - which was fun to setup, but boring to operate. For fun, he enjoys traveling and skiing, in particular off trail - and anywhere in Japan during the winter. In 2016, Don caught the crypto bug, but not from the speculative component. He was fascinated with the providential integrity that is found in the blockchain. This culminated with 20 years of experience in deep tech, and led him down the path of AI agent payments. This is the creation story of Nevermined . Sponsors PropelAuth Tecla Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://nevermined.app/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/donald-gossen-40ab96/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E25: Shmuel Kliger, Causely 29:23

29 weeks پیش29:23

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Shmuel Kliger is a self proclaimed old man. He was born in Israel, and served in the army for 6 years. It was in the army where he obtained his passion for the space, from which he got his bachelors, masters and eventually, his PhD. Outside of tech, he is married with 4 kids and 2 grandchildren. He met his wife during grad school, and they now live in New York. When asked what he did for fun, he laughed and said that he enjoyed living in the "best city in the world", with everything at his fingertips. When his past venture winded down, Schmuel found himself at the center of an idea that was the culmination of all his years in technology. To build something that could not only process large amounts of observability data - but could make sense of it, and take appropriate action. This is the creation story of Causely . Sponsors PropelAuth Tecla Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.causely.ai/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/shmuel-kliger-1a91963/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Podcasthon & the American Cancer Society 2:45

29 weeks پیش2:45

2:45

Hello Listeners. Today is going to be a special episode, a bit out of the ordinary to our normal programming. I'm participating in Podcasthon , which gives Code Story the opportunity to dedicate one episode to a charity of choice. Hundreds of podcasts are participating in this, releasing their episodes simultaneously in a coordinate effort, with the goal of creating a massive and international wave of inspiring audio content. Whats the point? The point is to raise awareness for a huge number of charities worldwide. The charity I've chosen is the American Cancer Society .The American Cancer Society is fighting cancer through research into cures and support for existing patients in their family. This not for profit organization, and is enabled to do its work through donations, grants and other sources. If you feel led to help fight cancer and support patients, go to the cancer.org website and click Donate. You can even give in Honor & Memorial of someone who's life has been impacted by cancer. If you want to learn more, go to cancer.org . That C A N C E R.org . Big thanks to the American Cancer Society for the work they do, and to Podcasthon , for coordinated this effort for charity. And thanks again for listening. Sponsors Podcasthon Links https://www.cancer.org/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Tyler Wells, Braingrid 20:09

30 weeks پیش20:09

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Tyler Wells lives outside of Austin, TX. He moved there 4 years ago, but spent most of this time in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. Outside of tech, he is married with a family. His 3 kids are heavily involved in sports and extracurricular activities, which keeps them all pretty busy. But, when he has time, he is into cooking. He thinks of it as a nerdy endeavor, eating at a fancy restaurant and going home to try to recreate the dish. At the sunset of his prior company, Tyler and his co-founders started digging into the AI Code Editor, Cursor, and how the agent side of things could increase the power and speed of coding. Through the shutdown, they decided to start something new. This is the creation story of Braingrid . Sponsors PropelAuth Tecla Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.braingrid.ai/ https://propeldata.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerswells/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E23: Anthony Eden, DNSimple 23:30

30 weeks پیش23:30

23:30

Anthony Eden is a gray beard in terms of internet time, being around when Netscape was released. He was studying music at the University of Miami, and decided to build a website to show off his music and other peoples work - and was hooked. Outside of tech, he grew up surfing, living in Hawaii, France and now Florida. He enjoys writing software for fun - when he has time - and playing board games with this kids - when they are around. In the past, Anthony was coming off of a failed startup. At the time, he was using a different vendor to manage domains and DNS - which he did not like at all. He decided to go forward and build a better solution, and one that is - you guessed it - simple. This is the creation story of DNSimple . Sponsors PropelAuth Tecla Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://dnsimple.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aeden/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Andrew Lau, Jellyfish 26:38

31 weeks پیش26:38

26:38

Andrew Lau is located in Boston now, but is a California native. He grew up in Oakland, and calls himself the odd duck who went west instead of east, like most people. He went to the north east for school, and stayed to be apart of the startup world, interestingly enough with his current co-founders. Outside of tech, he's married to an AP Calculus teacher, and has two daughters. He enjoys cooking and making new cuisine with his kids. Fun fact, he is a certified barbecue judge in Kansas City, and has come to Texas a time or two to tour the Texas Monthly list. Andrew met his current co-founders in 1999. Recently, they re-connected, recalling the successes and camaraderie they had during their startup days. They recalled that the act of leading engineering teams is hard - and they wanted to build something that makes that easier. This is the creation story of Jellyfish . Sponsors PropelAuth Tecla Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://jellyfish.co/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amlau/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E22: Ayush Agarwal, Dodo Payments 19:58

31 weeks پیش19:58

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Ayush Agarwal is a techy trying to code his way out of things. He graduated with a degree in Computer Science, but more importantly, he discovered entrepreneurship in college, inspired by his successful classmates. He spent years gathering experience in different startup verticals, including fintech. But outside of tech, he loves to play badminton, cricket, and hangout with friends. He is also big into Chess, which he mentioned enjoying Chess.com, as well as our recent interview with their CTO, Josh Levine. When Ayush met his now co-founder, they started to think through businesses and how much goes into setting up payments, taxes, etc. They started to dream about building this layer of payments, to enable builders to send and receive global payments easily, so they can focus on their core competencies. This is the creation story of Dodo Payments . Sponsors PropelAuth Tecla Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://dodopayments.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aagarwal1012/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Josh Ho, Referral Rock 37:18

32 weeks پیش37:18

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Josh Ho was into tech at a young age. In high school, which was around the time of bulletin boards and AOL online, he had to code a way to connect windows to the internet using TCP/IP. Outside of tech, he is married with a family. He notes that because he is in tech, people perceive him to be younger in age. He plays handball, and has been into the sport since he was younger. Prior to his current venture, Josh had a SaaS product he attempted to launch that didn't work out. While he was getting his car worked on at a dealership, he noticed patrons being referred to salesmen in real time - and he started to think, who manages this sort of thing for other businesses? This is the creation story of Referral Rock . Sponsors Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://referralrock.com/ https://mojoho.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuajho/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E21: Austin Vance, Focused.io 24:44

32 weeks پیش24:44

24:44

Austin Vance grew up in Oklahoma, but takes residence outside of Denver, Colorado now. He is a father of 3 boys, who are also 3 in under - so he's quite busy. He loves woodworking, and teaching his oldest son how to ski. When it comes to food, he loves all of it in general - but has been drawn to asian fusion lately. And he enjoys reading business books, and sci fi - of which, Blade Runner was mentioned number one. Austin had several experiences with consulting firms, where they operated under traditional "land and expand" models. IE, increasing the footprint of their teams. He felt passionate about building a services company that was designed to deprecate itself - starting with the wide world of DevOps. This is the creation story of Focused . Sponsors Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://focused.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinbv/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Jason Schappert, Moola 30:30

33 weeks پیش30:30

30:30

Jason Schappert grew up in an entrepreneurial family. His Mom and Dad were always working together, and never had jobs. Jason's first job was working for his parents pest control company, where he crafted his understanding of what success looked like. Outside of tech, he is married with 3 kids, and is very into all of their sports. Fun fact, his kids enjoy doing their homeschooling in the office with their Dad, listening to calls and asking big questions - so business is actually what they do for fun. For 16 years, Jason grew and ran a business in aviation. After a successful exit, he and his wife Magda were considering what to do next. She quickly remembered all of the things Jason did behind the scenes to setup their personal finances for success, in the midst of a chaotic startup life. This is the creation story of Moola. Sponsors Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://moo.la/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonschappert/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E20: Tameem Hourani, RapDev 24:33

33 weeks پیش24:33

24:33

Tameem Hourani was born in the Middle East, on a small island. He came to the states, Boston specifically, for school in 2006. He planned on 4 years of engineering, which turned into 19 years of life. He became a citizen of the US during COVID, and spent many years of his career at Wayfair, which he throughly enjoyed. But outside of tech, he is a new father and spends a lot of time with his newborn. He loves being in the ocean, scuba diving, kite surfing and along side that, collecting vintage watches. In the past, Tameem had been burned by consulting firms. He saw a gap in the industry, and when he left his prior role at Wayfair, he wanted to become a trusted, transparent technology partner - the one that he had longed for in his previous roles. This is the creation story of RapDev . Sponsors Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.rapdev.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tameem-hourani/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Season Favorite - Matt Van Itallie, Sema 25:53

20 weeks پیش25:53

25:53

Matt Van Itallie is the son of a math teacher and a coder - so this explains why he now uses code as data. He is a proud Boy Scout, making it of course to Eagle Scout and beyond. After being a management consultant, he found his way to ed tech, and fell in love with improving code. Outside of technology, he is married with 3 amazing kids. He likes to run, play ultimate frisbee, and has a wicked cool collection of minor league baseball hats. Sitting a room with the head of Sales, Matt noticed that there were systems like Salesforce that were built to assess the state and future opportunity for business. He then thought, where are these systems for the code itself? This is the creation story of Sema . Sponsors Mailtrap Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.semasoftware.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mvi/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Season Favorite - Kevin Hurley, Lightspark 23:34

21 weeks پیش23:34

23:34

Kevin Hurley grew up in a multi-kid house, which is where he got his competitive nature. He used to play 2 on 2 with his Dad and siblings at home. He went to school for electrical engineering, and funny enough, interviewed for a computer science job by accident, effectively stumbling into the trade. Outside of tech, he spends his free time with his fiancé, planning for the wedding, and visiting Manhattan beach for a good walk . Kevin was part of the team that attempted to launch crypto at Facebook. Although that didn't work out, they realized that the backbone of the system needed to be built on something more common - and something that was lightning fast. This is the creation story of Lightspark . Sponsors Mailtrap Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.lightspark.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-p-hurley/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Season Favorite - Anurag Goel, Render 22:34

22 weeks پیش22:34

22:34

Anurag Goel grew up in New Delhi, but moved to Boston after college for his first job. He worked at Stripe, as the 8th employee, before eventually moving on and launching his current venture. Outside of tech, he is married, living in San Francisco. He likes to read science fiction, especially prior to bedtime. He also enjoys eating Thai food on the regular, though he mentioned he could eat pizza every day. Post leaving Stripe, Anurag decided to work on an ambitious problem, and he started doing this by building a bunch of stuff in many different domains. After noticing a common problem in building out Kubernetes, he decided to start a new business to abstract these problems, and allow builders to focus on the differentiating factors to their solutions. This is the creation story of Render . Sponsors Mailtrap Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://render.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuragoel/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Erik Braund, Katmai Tech 32:56

23 weeks پیش32:56

32:56

Erik Braund was born and raised in Alaska. Growing up, he played competitive hockey and built computers for his Dad's company and eventually others. He grew up with a gameboy, an electric guitar, and a love for Nirvana. He eventually upgraded his setup to a computer - which led him to setup a recording studio. He was internet obsessed from a young age, partially because it was the door to a bigger world outside of Alaska. He played in bands, started a recording studio, which eventually turned into a production company in NYC and LA, delivering AV projects for numerous clients. Erik was running his production company when COVID hit. Given people weren't doing in person projects, he started consulting and opening up his mind on how to do these types of projects remotely. He started to see a new problem, where video conferencing was not solving high connection, collaborative work. This is the creation story of Katmai . Sponsors Mailtrap Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://katmaitech.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-braund/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E30: Ravi Pratap Maddimsetty, Uniqode 33:50

23 weeks پیش33:50

33:50

Ravi Pratap Maddimsetty lives in Bangalore with his family. Early on, he joined startups where his friends worked, in order to get to know the landscape of how they functioned. He fell in love with the tech, team and early innings of building a business - so much so, that he eventually started his own. He has been an entrepreneur for 15 years - or in the woods, as he says. But outside of tech, he's married with 2 girls. He loves spending time with his family, playing tennis, being outdoors or skiing. Ten years ago, Ravi was riding the wave of smartphones, tinkering with numerous technological solutions to connect users to their world via their smartphone. After moving through beacons, NFC, GPS and others - they started to think about how they could use the camera, which was on every device, to read QR codes. This is the creation story of Uniqode . Sponsors Mailtrap Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.uniqode.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravipratapm/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Shai Horovitz, Jit.io 25:03

24 weeks پیش25:03

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Shai Horovitz grew up on a farm in Israel, 1.5 hours north of Tel Aviv. He was drafted into the army, in a unit that focused on technology - and in 2013, he moved to the states and joined a startup. And - he loved it, eventually leading the team in building the business in Japan. Outside of tech, he loves to travel with his family and 3 kids. He is also a self proclaimed foodie, and enjoys sports - spending 11 years in Boston rooting on the Celtics. The team at Shai's current venture was attempting to shift left the solving of security issues in production. Now, they are entering into a new era - in building the agentic cybersecurity team of the future. Two years ago, he joined to lead the charge. This is the creation story of Jit . Sponsors Mailtrap Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.jit.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/shai-horovitz-855a3a49/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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The Gene Simmons of Data Protection - Are You Ready For the GenAI Data Frontier? 28:19

24 weeks پیش28:19

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The Gene Simmons of Data Protection: Protegrity's KISS Method Today, we are releasing another episode from our series, entitled The Gene Simmons of Data Protection - the KISS Method, brought to you by none other than Protegrity . Protegrity is AI-powered data security for data consumption, offering fine grain data protection solutions, so you can enable your data security, compliance, sharing and analytics. Episode Title: Are You Ready For the GenAI Data Frontier? Exploring GenAI Security In this episode, we talk with Anthony Cammarano , CTO & VP of Engineering, as he breaks down and simplifies GenAI for companies struggling in the new frontier. There is a flood of unstructured data pouring into workflows - thanks to GenAI - and traditional security methods aren't prepared to cover this expanded attack surface. The good news is that companies already have what they need to fix this, and it's a simple mindset shift. Questions What are some of the most common misconceptions or trends about GenAI, as it relates to data protection and privacy, that organizations face today? What are the primary business challenges facing the adoption of GenAI today? How do modern GenAI systems create data security vulnerabilities and what are the potential risks? What is crucial in the implementation of GenAI-security solutions, and how can it accelerate AI adoption? Can you provide examples of how attackers are targeting data during its use and the importance of securing this data? What are some best practices for robust data governance and how can organizations stay ahead in the rapidly evolving GenAI landscape? Links https://www.protegrity.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ac56/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E29: Lucas Lovell, Paddle 26:57

24 weeks پیش26:57

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Lucas Lovell grew up in Adelaide, Australia, before eventually landing where resides now, in London. He studied law, but he eventually decided that he didn't want to become a lawyer. During his time in law school, he and his crew built an app - and he was hooked on the wild ride that tech is. Prior to London, he spent 4 years in Paris, and indeed loves to travel. He also enjoys skiing, and when asked about snowboarding, he said he tried - but eventually reverted back. Four and a half years ago, Lucas joined a company solving end to end payments, while being the merchant of record. What was missing from the platform was some function around invoicing - which started him on his journey of product creation. This is Lucas' creation story at Paddle . Sponsors Mailtrap Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.paddle.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucaslovell/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: David Young, Federated Computer 27:49

25 weeks پیش27:49

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David Young spent many years in California, but lives in Colorado Springs now. He mentioned that things outside of work are very important to him, as they are the soil from which he brings fruit to bear in his work. He's married and loving living in the Rockies. He and his wife love to ski hike and camp - but most interesting, they are both endurance athletes. They run marathons, bike rides, and triathlons - in fact, David himself has run 10, which includes a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, then a marathon - all in succession. All in one day. David noticed that that problem with SaaS today is that it's expensive, and adds up as you compile solutions. Right alongside that, open source software is free - but requires more setup and maintenance to keep it up and running. He decided that there must be a better way to purchase software, while getting the best price on a bundle of solutions. This is the creation story of Federated Computer . Sponsors Mailtrap Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.federated.computer/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpaulyoung/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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The Gene Simmons of Data Protection – Are Your Systems Smarter Than a Threat Actor? 16:02

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S10 E28: Kavitta Ghai, Nectir 38:50

25 weeks پیش38:50

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Kavitta Ghai realized at an early age that she thought different than everyone else. She grew up neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD but was a lucky kid, having parents that helped her see the silver lining in her learning challenges, making sure she had outlets in extracurricular activities. She is a creative person always looking to build something that doesn't exist. In her off time, she enjoys turning off all the tech, learning a new language, and reconnecting with the real, analog world. Kavitta and her co-founder found themselves frustrated with the classroom in college. For paying such an exorbitant amount of money, they were confused why the educational classroom was so ineffective. It came to a head - to the point, where Kavitta was going to change it or drop out of school. This is the creation story of Nectir . Sponsors Mailtrap Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.nectir.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavittaghai/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Darko Fabijan, Semaphore 25:20

26 weeks پیش25:20

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Darko Fabijan is originally from Serbia, and splits his time between their and the US. He got is first computer in 1994, and eventually started tinkering and playing with Linus. He went to university in 2003, and then started a company with a college friend, which was a rails consultancy. Outside of tech, he is married, with 2 kids - ages 3 and 9. The older one is into athletics, and the younger one is more into art. He enjoys spending time in nature with his family, and got into trail running a few years ago - recently running a 64km trail. He enjoys business books because he likes to see how other people "did it", when it comes to their successes and failures. In 2011, Darko was running his consulting shop with 7 or 8 people. As they were developing applications, they couldn't find anything for continuous integration where you just "signed up" and it worked. That was enough for them to get out there and build it on their own. This is the creation story of Semaphore . Sponsors Mailtrap Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://semaphore.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/darkofa bijan/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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The Gene Simmons of Data Protection - Fortifying Your Data Defenses 20:45

26 weeks پیش20:45

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The Gene Simmons of Data Protection: Protegrity's KISS Method Today, we are releasing another episode from our series, entitled The Gene Simmons of Data Protection - the KISS Method, brought to you by none other than Protegrity . Protegrity is AI-powered data security for data consumption, offering fine grain data protection solutions, so you can enable your data security, compliance, sharing and analytics. Episode Title: Fortifying Your Data Defenses: The Conversation that Should have Happened Yesterday with Clyde Williamson In this episode, we will be talking with Clyde Williamson, Senior Product Security Architect. Clyde is going to help us see how we've created a broken systems - and it's OK, we are willing to take the necessary steps to fix it. Business face immense pressure to safeguard data, ensure compliance, follow regulation, and make data easily available when needed. This is the conversation we should have heard yesterday, when it comes to our data. Questions Why is consumer privacy more critical than ever in today's digital world, and what role do businesses play in protecting and consuming data? How that concern translates to regulatory requirements and changes for businesses. What does it mean to “future-proof” consumer data in terms of regulatory compliance, and why should businesses care? How can businesses effectively balance the need for data accessibility with the need to protect consumer privacy? What role does data de-identification play in helping businesses secure sensitive data while minimizing risk, and what are the tangible benefits? What are some common pitfalls businesses face when implementing privacy measures, and how can they avoid them? Can you provide an example of a company that improved consumer trust by adopting stronger data protection strategies? What are some emerging technologies in data protection and cybersecurity that are making, or will make, a significant impact? Can you share any real-world examples of data breaches that could have been prevented with better security practices? Links https://www.protegrity.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/clyde-williamson-6211192/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E27: Gino Ferrand, Tecla.io 25:00

26 weeks پیش25:00

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Gino Ferrand is originally from Peru, and moved to the United States when he was 12 years old. Now, he lives in Seattle, and is enjoying all that the Northwest has to offer. He's very much into sports, specifically soccer, and plays in an indoor league with a great community. He loves to travel, and gets to often with the world he does. And when it comes to food, he is very evangelistic about Peruvian food, and encourages people to try every chance he gets. Gino attend the University of San Diego, and was really into startups. He was building mobile games for the iPhone in 2012, while living back in Peru for a short time. He hired a few engineers from back home, and this started him on the journey of understanding the great talent in South America. This is the creation story of Tecla . Sponsors Mailtrap Tecla Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.tecla.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginoferrand/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E23: Ivan & Nick, Archetype AI (Part 2) 29:54

27 weeks پیش29:54

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S10 Bonus: Shahar Azulay, Groundcover 21:34

34 weeks پیش21:34

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Shahar Azulay has had many opportunities to get into tech throughout his life. He started digging into cyber security when he was 17 years old, where he learned the basics of deep tech that he still utilizes to this day. He's a startup guy, and has had the opportunity to be the first employee many times over. Outside of tech, he's married with 3 boys and a dog. He lives in the country side, and loves to spend time in nature and cook, as he was a semi professional chef at one point. Shahar and his co-founder are veterans when it comes to using observability platforms for their systems. They wanted to build a platform that balanced the needs of the system, with a lower cost of a fully functional platform. This is the creation story of Groundcover . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.groundcover.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahar-azulay-54156bb4 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Imad Gharazeddine, CEO of Mamo 16:06

34 weeks پیش16:06

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Today, we are releasing another episode in our series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, sponsored by the City of Dubai. Dubai is the new global center of gravity, connecting the world in a way few places can. As a hub for trade, tourism, innovation, and finance, Dubai offers the ideal environment for startups and scale-ups to thrive. Entrepreneurs find a home here, whether in health-tech, fintech, AI, or renewable energy, supported by SME-focused programs that empower high-potential companies to scale globally. From flexible regulations to tax incentives, world-class infrastructure to access to global investors managing $1 trillion, Dubai understands what businesses need to scale fast. In this episode, we are excited to speak with Imad Gharzeddine , the visionary CEO and Co-Founder of Mamo , a pioneering fintech platform simplifying payments and empowering businesses in the MENA region. Questions: Tell us and our audience a little bit about yourself and the journey that led you to founding Mamo. What is Mamo, and what specific problem are you solving in the fintech space? Mamo is often described as a company simplifying payments for businesses and individuals in the region. What inspired this mission, and how has the journey been so far? What fundamental principles guided the creation of the product, and how has it evolved over time? Why did you choose Dubai as the base for Mamo? What advantages does the city offer to startups in the fintech space? What opportunities have you capitalized on that you believe are unique to Dubai or the MENA region? Mamo is known for promoting financial inclusion. How do your products and services cater to underserved communities in the region?" How does Mamo incorporate cutting-edge technologies, like AI or blockchain, into its offerings to stay ahead of the curve? As a leader, what’s your approach to building a strong and innovative team at Mamo? What lessons have you learned as a CEO scaling a fintech startup in such a competitive and rapidly evolving market? With Dubai emerging as a fintech hub, where do you see the industry heading in the next decade? What advice would you give to fintech startups or entrepreneurs looking to expand into Dubai or the broader MENA region? Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/imadgharazeddine/ https://www.mamopay.com/ https://blockchaincenter.ae/ https://dubaiaicampus.com/ https://www.difc.ae/ https://www.investindubai.gov.ae/en/why-dubai/d33-agenda Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E19: Simmi Singh, Hook Music 38:12

34 weeks پیش38:12

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Simmi Singh grew up in Australia, when her parents migrated from India. She studied law and finance at university, and then went into investment banking during some tumultuous times. Eventually, she got interested in tech, and worked for teams at Intuit, Saavn, and Spotify, during the times of the Anchor acquisition and launching features around video podcasts. Outside of tech, she is married with 2 kids. She loves to travel, watch movies, and to do craft projects, as building is a key theme in her life. While Simmi was at Spotify, a prior colleague of hers approached her about a product he was building. When she heard the details of what was being built, she felt that it was the culmination of all of our professional experiences and she had to jump on board. This is the creation story of Hook Music. Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://hookmusic.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/singhsimmi/ xm8sx2wkyp5nXfzsoxe4kfznK2u7w3Zxlvt92fgb Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Nikita Shamgunov, Neon 27:12

35 weeks پیش27:12

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Nikita Shamgunov is a native of Russia, coming to the US for grad school in 2005. Eventually he worked at Microsoft on the SQL Server product. A fun fact - Nikita quit business school on the first day, and decided to join Facebook and find his future co-founder. All of this worked out, and he and his co-founder built SingleStore, which is one of the highest valued companies at YC. Outside of tech, he was a semi-professional athlete in Ping Pong, achieving the status of Top 10 in Washington State back when he was at Microsoft. Nikita completed his "tour of duty" at SingleStore, and post that, he joined a venture fund. He pitched incubating an idea of his at the fund, which was rolling up all Postgres instances in the world. He started to engineer an approach, the team, and the architecture - and did so in some very unique, and deliberate ways. This is the creation story of Neon . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://neon.tech/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitashamgunov/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Mohammad Albalooshi, CEO, DIFC Innovation Hub 23:29

35 weeks پیش23:29

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Today, we are releasing another episode in our series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, sponsored by the City of Dubai. Dubai is the new global center of gravity, connecting the world in a way few places can. As a hub for trade, tourism, innovation, and finance, Dubai offers the ideal environment for startups and scale-ups to thrive. Entrepreneurs find a home here, whether in health-tech, fintech, AI, or renewable energy, supported by SME-focused programs that empower high-potential companies to scale globally. From flexible regulations to tax incentives, world-class infrastructure to access to global investors managing $1 trillion, Dubai understands what businesses need to scale fast. For today’s episode, we are speaking with Mohammad Albalooshi, CEO of the DIFC Innovation Hub, a driving force behind Dubai’s innovation ecosystem and a key player in empowering startups and scaleups across the MEASA region. Questions: Tell me and my audience a little bit about you. What is the DIFC Innovation Hub, and what role does it play in driving innovation in Dubai and the broader region? How did it come to be, and what vision does it fulfill? Can you tell us more about the Dubai AI Campus? What is its mission, and how does it support the development of AI-driven innovation? So I’m an entrepreneur looking to build the next big thing in fintech — how does the DIFC Innovation Hub support startups and scaleups in this space? Can you share some examples of companies that have benefited from your ecosystem? Dubai is positioning itself as a global hub for fintech and innovation. How does the DIFC contribute to making this vision a reality? Is it necessary for entrepreneurs to be physically located in Dubai or the MEASA region to join the DIFC Innovation Hub and its programs, or can global innovators participate from anywhere in the world? What are the Dubai AI License and the DIFC License? How do these frameworks support entrepreneurs and businesses within the innovation ecosystem? How is DIFC planning to expand its role in the innovation ecosystem over the next 5-10 years? What new programs or initiatives can we expect to see from the DIFC Innovation Hub to attract global talent and businesses? What advice would you give to startups and entrepreneurs, particularly those from outside the UAE, who are considering Dubai as a base for their operations? Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-alblooshi-2499b54a/ https://blockchaincenter.ae/ https://dubaiaicampus.com/ https://www.difc.ae/ https://www.investindubai.gov.ae/en/why-dubai/d33-agenda Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E18: Cory O'Daniel, Massdriver 48:15

35 weeks پیش48:15

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Cory O'Daniel has had an interesting path to technology, growing his career in a number of cloud architect roles at Ripple, DealScience and The RealReal. He has rich experience in DevOps, the cloud and platform engineering. But outside of tech, he is married with 2 kids, living in Southern California. He loves driving (and destroying) RC cars - like the ones that go 65-70 miles per hour. He jumps them off a lot of ramps, his highest jump behind 20 feet upwards... which of course, he landed. Cory noticed that there is a huge knowledge gap regarding the cloud, especially during his time doing professional services. He would leave a project post completion, and see a major gap in how the client understood what was built. He and his co-founders had the idea to build a product to allow platform engineers to diagram their infra - and fuel developers engineering process. This is the creation story of Massdriver . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.massdriver.cloud/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryodaniel Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Torrey Leonard, Thoughtly 26:49

36 weeks پیش26:49

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Torrey Leonard lived in Maryland prior to moving to New York City. In 7th grade, his claim to fame was building the world's largest Minecraft server in the world. In early high school, he had over a million users, made 6 figures, and was fueled by open source software that still runs on most Minecraft servers today. Outside of tech and gaming, he loves to play pickleball and really enjoys skiing - though he confesses that in New York, it's harder to do these hobbies, financially and logistically. Last summer, Torrey built a platform that allowed you to build out voice agents. After doing so, he realized that there wasn't a good way to do this through a UI, and he realized this was an obvious thing that needed to be built. He decided to leave his prior company to pursue this vision - which headed towards the Zapier for call center agents. This is the creation story of Thoughtly . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://thought.ly/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/torrey-leonard/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni, CEO of AI 24:43

36 weeks پیش24:43

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Today, we are releasing another episode in our series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, sponsored by the City of Dubai. Dubai is the new global center of gravity, connecting the world in a way few places can. As a hub for trade, tourism, innovation, and finance, Dubai offers the ideal environment for startups and scale-ups to thrive. Entrepreneurs find a home here, whether in health-tech, fintech, AI, or renewable energy, supported by SME-focused programs that empower high-potential companies to scale globally. From flexible regulations to tax incentives, world-class infrastructure to access to global investors managing $1 trillion, Dubai understands what businesses need to scale fast. Today, we are speaking with Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni, CEO of AI for the Dubai Department of Economy & Tourism. Dr. Marwan. He is going to help walk us through how Dubai is creating a foundational hub for AI, Blockchain, and the intersection of both. Questions: Tell me and my audience a little bit about you. You are CEO of AI for the DET. What does that entail? What are you driving in this position, leading your department? It feels like blockchain is still trying to find its place in the mainstream, i.e., utility, security or currency, while AI is settling in some - where are both of these areas going? While AI is a major focus, Dubai has also exceedingly been adopting blockchain. How do you see these two technologies interacting in various sectors, especially since you're also the CEO of Dubai Blockchain Centre. How is Dubai addressing ethical challenges in AI adoption, especially in areas like data privacy and transparency? AI is rapidly evolving globally, but how do you see Dubai positioning itself as a leader in the AI space?What’s your outlook for the city’s AI ecosystem in the next 5-10 years, and how are you working towards it today? What is Dubai doing to attract promising and leading AI and blockchain companies to Dubai? What does the city offer companies in this space from a competitive advantage standpoint? Links http://marwan.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmarwan/ https://blockchaincenter.ae/ https://dubaiaicampus.com/ https://www.difc.ae/ https://www.investindubai.gov.ae/en/why-dubai/d33-agenda Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E17: Joni Klippert, Stackhawk 28:21

36 weeks پیش28:21

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Joni Klippert has spent many years in startups. Post getting her MBA, she built her early career in Boulder, CO, and became very technical learning new technologies throughout the businesses she worked for, liked VictorOps and Splunk. Outside of tech, she is married with 2 dogs. Her favorite thing to do is travel with her husband to visit Michelin star restaurants. One of her favorites was called Azuermendi in Spain, as it was not only delicious, but an immersive experience. Joni had been building software for engineers for a long time, as a product person. At one point, she started researching the last mile of DevOps, and was surprised how far this particular group was behind, in regard to tooling. She dreamt of automating the pen-testing remediation process, and stumbled upon an opportunity as it relates to DAST - dynamic application security testing. This is the creation story of Stackhawk . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.stackhawk.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joniklippert/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd 20:43

37 weeks پیش20:43

20:43

Eric Leebow was born in New Jersey, and bounced around a few states growing up. He has always been a gadget and tech enthusiast, growing up curious. At a young age, he could be found drawing, creating new things, and tinkering with headsets. Outside of tech, he is into juggling, playing and watching basketball. He's based in New York, and has been a vegetarian since he was a kid. When he went off to college, Eric had with him picture books. He noticed that there were key words next to each person, which indicated their interests. He thought, wouldn't it be interesting if we can use this information to connect people within school? This is the creation story of FreezeCrowd . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.freezecrowd.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericleebow/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E16: Mihri Minaz, Beams 25:22

37 weeks پیش25:22

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Mihri Minaz is originally from Turkey, and has 4 siblings in different industries. Being good at math and problem solving, he was drawn go study computer engineering, and eventually was in the industry for a while before starting her current venture. Upon reflection, she feels it was supernatural for her to live in Turkey, be a woman, and end up in software. Eventually, she moved to Berlin and continued to be a unique case in the industry. Outside of tech, she enjoys watching art movies and shows, like Turin Horse or Fargo. She is learning piano, but travels so much for work, she has picked up DJ'ing, cause she can't bring a piano with her. In the past, Mihri's experienced problems with her team, as far as measuring and optimizing productivity. This was related to the different number of tools used, along with the lack of a unified view of these tools. She and her co-founder clicked on this problem, and decided to build a solution. This is the creation story of Beams . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://usebeams.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihriminaz/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Wes Tatters, Rapyd Cloud 31:15

37 weeks پیش31:15

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Wes Tatters has had a crazy, diverse career history. He is been in IT for around 40 years, and started in the days before the internet. He has had two paths - multimedia and information technology, of which both merged early in his career. He has been writing books since the early days of the internet. But outside of tech, he is married with kids, and in their downtime, they enjoy being together and sharing the world with one another. Ten years ago, Wes started in on the Wordpress space. He immediately saw that most experiences utilized shared hosting, and he also had customers wanting to build community environments. The problem was most hosting providers didn't perform well enough to support the components needed for these types of sites. This is the creation story of Rapyd Cloud . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://rapyd.cloud/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/westatters/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Thomas Hansen, Amplitude 24:21

38 weeks پیش24:21

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Thomas Hansen was born and raised in Denmark. He's also lived in South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and then Seattle. He is married to his wife Ingrid, with 3 older kids. His real passion is wind surfing, which he started when he was 14 years old. He even engaged in the support at the semi professional level as a teenager. His favorite spot is in Maui, which includes all the wind surfing options you could want. He also spends an hour in the gym every morning to start the day with endorphins. Thomas was introduced to his current venture through an early investor in the company. He met with the co-founder, Spenser, and sparks flew. There was a great fit and chemistry between them, and he was invited on board to push the company forward to new heights. This is Thomas's creation story at Amplitude . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://amplitude.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasneergaardhansen/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 Bonus: Anand Kulkarni, Crowdbotics 23:19

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Anand Kulkarni started his career in the dark ages of AI, as a Computer Science researcher at UC Berkeley. He published papers on human intelligence inside of software products, and eventually founded LeadGenius, which was AI for sales and was supported by Andreessen Horowitz and Sam Altman. Outside of tech, he is married with 2 kids, and used to be an avid rock climber. He also loves to eat tofu, and has been picking up a lot more science fiction lately. Though the AI space is crowded today, Anand and his team have been working in the space since 2016. They observed the need to modernize legacy software and digitally transform organizations. They wanted to utilize an intelligent approach to this, and started down the path of building a large dataset, building software to learn from it, and use that to modernize software. This is the creation story of Crowdbotics . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://crowdbotics.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandpkulkarni/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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S10 E15: Hannes Lenke, Checkly 21:16

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Hannes Lenke was born in East Germany. He started tinkering with computers at an early age, and became interested in making games at the age of 10. Once the browsers came out, he quickly dove into the world of web development. He also has a background in trading stocks, which he started when he was 14, along with software development consulting for enterprise. Outside of tech, he's married with 2 daughters. He lives in a small town close to Berlin, and enjoys running, rowing, and cooking out on his grill. In 2010, Hannes founded a startup centered around testing. Post exit, he noticed that more and more businesses were using end to end testing... AND, the world was changing toward devops and observability. He decided that a new tool needed to be made along the lines of synthetic monitoring. This is the creation story of Checkly . Sponsors Rapyd Cloud Speakeasy QA Wolf SnapTrade Links https://www.checklyhq.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanneslenke/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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