Building Infinite Red
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThe founders of Infinite Red share stories and insights into creating and leading a software consultancy on the edge of tomorrow.
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Episodes
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March 12, 2020 20:31 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB• How Infinite Red Improved Remote Video Meetings With a Few Hand Gestures • Virtual Meetings Have Types • Link to tweet about Invision using the hand queue system developed at Infinite Red
AI is going to change everything; let us explain
February 25, 2020 23:53 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBConnect with the owners on Twitter! • Todd Werth: @twerth • Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren • Gant Laborde: @gantlaborde
Getting Paid: Why is it so hard sometimes?
February 19, 2020 17:58 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBConnect with the owners on Twitter! • Todd Werth: @twerth • Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren • Gant Laborde: @gantlaborde
Helping Clients From Zero To One
February 11, 2020 21:49 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBEpisode Links • Startup Package blog post. • Interested in learning more about our Startup Package? Head over here! Connect with the owners on Twitter! • Todd Werth: @twerth • Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren • Gant Laborde: @gantlaborde
Foundations and Pillars
February 04, 2020 17:56 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBConnect with the owners on Twitter! • Todd Werth: @twerth • Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren • Gant Laborde: @gantlaborde
Ch-ch-changes
January 28, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBConnect with the owners on Twitter! • Todd Werth: @twerth • Jamon Holmgren: @jamonholmgren • Gant Laborde: @gantlaborde
The Exciting World of Lawyers and Accountants
July 19, 2018 09:00 - 48 minutes - 47.4 MBIn this episode of Building Infinite Red, Jamon, Ken, and Todd touch on the exciting world of lawyers, accountants and bookkeepers, as well as a variety of finance-related topics such as cash flow and different types of accounting. Be sure to listen to the end of the episode as Jamon shares the vision for Season 2 of Building Infinite Red. Show Links & Resources YNAB – You Need A Budget Saturday Night Live Highlight: First CityWide Change Bank Episode Transcript TODD WERTH: Hel...
Business Successes and Failures
July 12, 2018 09:00 - 39 minutes - 38.8 MBIn this episode of Building Infinite Red, Jamon, Ken, and Todd answer a question from the podcast channel in the Infinite Red Slack Community about what they have learned and observed from businesses over the years who have succeeded or failed. Episode Transcript CHRIS MARTIN: We had someone reach out on the podcast channel with an idea for an episode. He said: "You three must have watched a lot of businesses starting up/establishing themselves and subsequently succeeding or faili...
Experience or Education?
July 05, 2018 09:00 - 55 minutes - 53.2 MBIn this episode of Building Infinite Red, we talk about the importance of education and experience when starting out in software development and how things change when you move from making your products to running your business. From books and online resources to bootcamps and higher education programs, Jamon, Ken, and Todd share their stories, insights, and opinions for every level of professional. Show Links & Resources Lambda School Austin Allred on Twitter Epicodus Airtable...
Fears and Anxieties of Running a Business
June 28, 2018 09:00 - 52 minutes - 50.2 MBIn this episode of Building Infinite Red, Jamon, Ken, and Todd touch on the fears, anxieties, and struggles of running a business. They share stories and thoughts on starting a business, managing stress, how success and failure impact focus, the difference between venture capital and other sources of funding, fear of missing out, and the importance of knowing what you stand for. Show Links & Resources YNAB: Personal budgeting software Four Yorkshiremen by Monty Python Episode Tr...
How Should I Charge For Software Development?
June 14, 2018 09:00 - 55 minutes - 52.9 MBThe theme of this episode is centered around the lessons learned in charging for software development. Starting with a question from the Infinite Red Community, Todd, Ken, and Jamon touch on hourly vs. project pricing, the tension between time and value, how software estimating is a lot like weather forecasting, and the many experiments conducted over the years to find the right pricing model for Infinite Red. Episode Transcript JAMON HOLMGREN: We received a question from the comm...
Remote Work Tools
June 07, 2018 09:00 - 56 minutes - 54.4 MBIn this episode we are talking about our remote work tools that enable our distributed team across the world to collaborate, design, and build software. Throughout the episode, Todd, Ken, and Jamon touch on their favorite tools—from Slack, Zoom, and Google Sheets—why they chose them, and the ways they have added custom features to really make the remote experience special. Show Links & Resources Slack Zoom G Suite BlueJeans Screenhero RealtimeBoard InVision Trello Airtable...
Clients and the Value of Ideas
May 31, 2018 09:00 - 35 minutes - 34.3 MBIn this episode of Building Infinite Red, we are talking about clients and some of the assumptions that often need to be challenged when creating software. Throughout the episode, Todd, Ken, and Jamon touch on the importance of knowing who your audience is, what they value, and how your ideas will meet their needs. Show Links Dropzones App Release by Mark Rickert A Dark Room by Amir Rajan Uncommon Sense by Derek Sivers Episode Transcript CHRIS MARTIN: Today we are talking abou...
Cultivating & Nurturing Community
May 24, 2018 10:00 - 31 minutes - 31.1 MBIn this episode of Building Infinite Red, we are talking about cultivating and nurturing community, specifically what goes into forming a healthy community, such as setting boundaries, avoiding neglect, and not taking your community for granted. Episode Transcript CHRIS MARTIN: One of the things that has impressed me with Infinite Red has been the value placed on cultivating and nurturing community. So to start, from your individual perspectives, why is community important to you?...
Hiring & Maximizing Your Team
May 17, 2018 09:00 - 34 minutes - 34.1 MBWe are discussing all of the considerations that go into hiring and maximizing your team: from culture fit and making sure that people are enjoying their work, to what it means to be a leader and why the best leaders bring out the best in each person, not for the sake of the company, but for the betterment of their lives. Episode Transcript CHRIS MARTIN: Where do you start this process of hiring and maximizing your team? TODD WERTH: Hello, Chris. This is Todd, CEO and founder of ...
Starting Chain React — Our React Native Conference
May 10, 2018 09:00 - 43 minutes - 41.8 MBIn this episode, the founders of Infinite Red—Jamon Holmgren, Ken Miller, and Todd Werth—are talking about Chain React, Infinite Red’s React Native tech conference this July 11-13th in Portland, OR. Hear the story of how the conference came about, how Infinite Red's remote team worked together to create an in-person event, the value of hiring people with diverse interests and backgrounds, and all of the things that go into making the best conference possible. Show Links Chain Reac...
Doing Difficult Work
May 03, 2018 10:05 - 49 minutes - 47.6 MBEpisode Transcript CHRIS MARTIN: To kick off this episode, let's start with introductions and the hardest project you've ever worked on. JAMON HOLMGREN: Hi, my name is Jamon Holmgren and I'm one of the co-founders of Infinite Red, Chief Operating Officer. Chris asked what's a difficult project that I've worked on in the past and I think early on when I was first sort of getting outside of just building marketing websites, I took on a project for a social media platform. Of course...
Why Remote Work?
May 03, 2018 10:00 - 51 minutes - 49.2 MBShow Links The Day They Invented Offices Episode Transcript TODD WERTH: Hi, I'm Todd Werth, the CEO and one of the founders of Infinite Red, and I'm located in a very sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. KEN MILLER: I'm Ken Miller, I'm CTO of Infinite Red, and I am based in the east bay, the bay area. JAMON HOLMGREN: I'm Jamon Holmgren, and I am just north of Portland, Oregon in Washington state in Vancouver, Washington, and I am the Chief Operating Officer here at Infinite Red. CHRIS MAR...
The Story of Infinite Red
April 30, 2018 20:21 - 31 minutes - 31.1 MBShow Links Management by Walking Around Herman Shooster, founder of Global Response, on "management by walking around" GAF-o-meter Episode Transcript CHRIS MARTIN: Gentlemen, welcome to the first episode of Building Infinite Red, welcome. Why don't each of you take a minute to share your background and what your role is at Infinite Red? TODD WERTH: Hey, there, I'm Todd Worth, I am CEO and co-founder of Infinite Red, along with Ken and Jamon here. This is my third business. Thi...