Startup Happy Hour
56 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsOn Startup Happy Hour, we highlight the stories of founders, executives, designers, and developers at startup companies in order to inspire big ideas, share what life at a startup really looks like, and show a side to startups and tech that is much more approachable and inclusive than what some might think.
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Episode 55: Driving Instant Pay for the Gig Economy — with Nico Simko from Clair
June 29, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBOne of the challenges facing gig workers and hourly workers today is to get paid regularly and on time. Nico Simko founded Clair to solve this problem. It’s a platform built to provide instant payment to hourly and gig workers. Nico explains what on-demand pay is and how it works, and what Clair’s overall mission is. He dives into some of the tools and features the platform offers to workers and outlines instant payments. He also talks about upcoming new features and how Clair could shape t...
Episode 54: Building a Better Economy with Crypto with Rafael Cosman from TrustToken
June 15, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this episode of Startup Happy Hour, we’re talking to Rafael Cosman, the founder and CEO of TrustToken. Decentralized finance and cryptocurrency are grabbing headlines all over the world today, and Rafael is here to share his insights about this space and what TrustToken is aiming to do. He explains what TrustToken is and how it works, and we talk about the importance of crypto and what it means for the overall economy. Rafael shares some ideas on how decentralized finance can solve many ...
Episode 53: Driving Instant Pay for the Gig Economy — with Nico Simko from Clair
June 08, 2021 11:20 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBOne of the challenges facing gig workers and hourly workers today is to get paid regularly and on time. Nico Simko founded Clair to solve this problem. It’s a platform built to provide instant payment to hourly and gig workers. Nico explains what on-demand pay is and how it works, and what Clair’s overall mission is. He dives into some of the tools and features the platform offers to workers and outlines instant payments. He also talks about upcoming new features and how Clair could shape t...
Episode 53: Democratizing Video Production with Mike Cheng from Lumen5
June 08, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBIn this episode of Startup Happy Hour, we’re talking to Mike Cheng. He is the co-founder and CEO of a company called Lumen5, which is one of the fastest-growing companies in Canada right now. Their goal is to democratize video production by helping over 700,000 companies, including big brands like Salesforce, SAP, and Forbes, create high-quality and ready-to-publish videos in minutes. We talk about Lumen5, how it got started, and what it does, along with how someone can get started making ...
Episode 52: Fighting Chronic Pain with an App with Celine Tien from Flowly
May 31, 2021 16:00 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MBIn today’s episode of Startup Happy Hour, we’re talking to Celine Tien, Founder and CEO of Flowly, an app for managing your pain and anxiety. Celine takes us through how Flowly works to help people with chronic pain and anxiety, and explains how people can get started with the app. We discuss the types of people who are struggling with chronic pain and how they’re using Flowly to manage it better. Celine also shares what inspired her to start working on the app, like her parents’ backgroun...
Episode 51: The Future of Subscription Businesses with Dan Burcaw
May 25, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBIn today’s episode of Startup Happy Hour, we’re talking to Dan Burcaw. He's the co-founder and CEO at Nami ML, which is a service that helps you launch, scale, and optimize your mobile app subscription business. Dan talks to us about what Nami ML is, how it works, and what exactly it does. We talk about how to maintain the value alignment between brands and consumers over a long period of time — something even giant brands struggle with. Dan shares some of the most common mistakes that he’...
Episode 50: Leveraging Crypto as an Artistic Medium with David Sun
May 18, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBDavid Sun is the CEO of Proof of Beauty, a community-driven crypto art project that builds commentary on crypto using crypto itself as the artistic medium. In this episode of the Startup Happy Hour, David shares insight into how crypto art is allowing creatives to become more creative, empowered, and able to reach wider audiences. He also dives into where he sees blockchain technology and crypto art going in the next ten years, and explains why he believes that blockchain is helping people ...
Episode 49: Decentralizing the Workforce with Matthew Yahes
May 11, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBMatthew Yahes is CEO at Extend Your Team, a company that connects remote workers for mid- to upper-level positions with US-based companies and entrepreneurs. In this episode of the Startup Happy Hour, Matthew talks about how his personal experience with needing to hire an experienced management professional spurred the idea of starting Extend Your Time. He explains his process for onboarding the best remote talent, and shares how that has led to him achieving a 95% success rate of matching ...
Episode 48: Challenging the Status Quo with Niket Desai
May 04, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutes - 67 MBNiket Desai is a serial entrepreneur and mastermind behind design and product strategy at Time by Ping, a platform that leverages AI and machine learning to free lawyers from manually tracking their billable hours. In this episode, Niket shares his experiences transitioning from investor to employee at Time by Ping, taking a risk by founding a company right out of college, and making large scale innovation commonplace in India through Flipkart. He also dives into the importance of finding t...
Episode 47: Freeing the Legal Industry from Timekeeping with Patrick Gardner
April 27, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBPatrick Gardner is the CTO at Time by Ping, a platform that leverages AI and machine learning to free lawyers from manually tracking their billable hours. In this episode, Patrick dives into the technology behind Time by Ping. He explains why timekeeping can be instrumental in reducing incentive misalignment and increasing productivity in lawyers, and shares what it was like leaving his 20-year-long role as SVP at a large corporation to transition into a leadership role at an early stage st...
Episode 46: Gamifying Crypto Education with Brian Flynn
April 20, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBBrian Flynn is the Co-Founder and CEO of RabbitHole, a company that educates users on crypto by taking them through a task-based journey that allows them to earn crypto by completing tasks. In this episode, Brian shares the reason why he decided to tackle the gap in crypto education, dives into the present and future significance of NFTs, and discusses using crypto in the context of media businesses. Tune in to hear Brian talk about what our digital lives could look like in the future, uni...
Episode 45: Creating Intentional Connections with David Kobrosky
April 13, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBDavid Kobrosky is the Co-Founder of intros.ai, an introduction infrastructure company that facilitates connections between individuals in existing communities. In this episode, David chats about the role and importance of intention when forming a relationship. He dives into his thoughts on what connection and meeting people will look like in the future, and touches on the gap that is being bridged between NFTs and digital communities. Tune in to hear David describe what it was like startin...
Episode 44: Investing in the Future of B2B Technology with Jeffrey Silverman
April 06, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 55 MBJeffrey Silverman is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Laconia Capital Group, a venture capital firm that invests in B2B startups at a seed-stage level. Laconia is sector agnostic, but they focus specifically on startups that are building technology to replace analog workflows. In this episode, Jeffrey talks about how he first stumbled into his venture fund and why he decided to invest exclusively in early-stage startups. He also provides insight into his process for determining which star...
Episode 43: Bringing Intelligence to Chatbots with Peter Voss
March 30, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MBPeter Voss is the CEO and Founder of Aigo.ai, an AI company that centers around creating intelligent chatbots with human-like abilities, such as memory and reasoning. In this episode, Peter shares insight into how artificial general intelligence differs from regular AI. He explains that while regular AI relies on the intelligence of an external party, such as programmers or designers, artificial general intelligence builds intelligence directly into the computer. Tune in to hear Peter talk...
Episode 42: Solving Food Insecurity with Eddy Badrina
March 23, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBEddy Badrina is the CEO of Eden Green Technology, an agriculture technology company that provides food suppliers and distributors with patented hardware and proprietary software to put in their warehouses and controlled environment facilities. In this episode, Eddy dives into Eden Green’s mission to change the way that people farm food and feed people. He describes the technology they use to support this mission, and provides insight into the issue of food insecurity in the US. Tune in to ...
Episode 41: Increasing Access to Scalable Computing with Christiana Cromer
March 16, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBChristiana Cromer is the Marketing Manager at Coiled, a software company that increases access to scalable computing and equips data scientists with the tools they need to solve problems quicker and more efficiently. In this episode, Christiana explains the connections between Coiled, Dask, and Python. She dives into what differentiates Coiled from its competitors, and shares her thoughts on where the technology behind Coiled and Dask will be in the next ten years. Tune in to hear Christia...
Episode 40: Designing a Sustainable Future with Rachel He
March 09, 2021 12:01 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBRachel He is a product designer on Spotify’s Podcaster Mission team, a team that focuses on various podcaster-related services including podcast creation, distribution, and analytics. In this episode, Rachel shares her day-to-day as a product designer. She describes her experience working on a startup-like team within a big company, and details her journey transitioning from studying computer science to becoming a product designer. Tune in to hear Rachel dive into her thoughts on the envir...
Episode 39: Building the Future of No-Code with Jonah Erlich
March 02, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBJonah Erlich is a software engineer at Bubble, a no-code platform that allows individuals to build a full stack web application using a drag and drop interface. In this episode, Jonah dives into how no-code makes it possible to build on the front-end, back-end, and database without writing a single line of code. He shares his thoughts on what no-code will bring to the future, and elaborates on his role as a coder working at a no-code company. Tune in to hear Jonah talk about how no-code an...
Episode 38: Farming Vertically with Sam Norton
February 23, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBSam Norton is the Founder of Heron Farms, an indoor vertical farm that takes an untraditional approach of using saltwater to irrigate plants. In this episode, Sam gives listeners an overview on the basics of saltwater agriculture, shares his thoughts on how he expects the industry to grow and progress in the future, and provides insight into the environmental impacts of using saltwater over freshwater to irrigate plants. Tune in to hear Sam dish on the future of Heron Farms, managing team ...
Episode 37: Building Smarter with Michael Kovalcik
February 16, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBMichael Kovalcik is the Director of Operations at KODE Labs, a smart building software startup that optimizes commercial buildings’ energy usage and operations to create a sustainable and comfortable environment. In this episode, Michael shares a behind-the-scenes look into the elements that make up building management, provides insight into how KODE Labs is disrupting the industry, and describes what his day-to-day as Director of Operations looks like. Tune in to hear Michael explore the c...
Episode 36: Democratizing Data with Arthur Shi
February 09, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBArthur Shi is a software engineer at Snowflake, a cloud data platform that underwent a successful IPO last fall. In this episode, Arthur shares insight into cloud data and, specifically, how Snowflake is revolutionizing the space. He also dives into how companies are currently using cloud data, the importance and power of using data, what the future of cloud data looks like. In addition, Arthur describes a day in the life of a software engineer and provides an honest take on his experience ...
Episode 35: Owning Your Digital Identity with Matthew Gould
February 02, 2021 12:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBMatthew Gould is the Founder and CEO of Unstoppable Domains, an innovative startup that builds domain names on the blockchain and sells them to customers for a one-time fee. In this episode, Matthew takes listeners through the ins and outs of what blockchain and decentralization are, and he dives into blockchain’s revolutionary potential. He shares that one day, blockchain could allow everyone to have a single, cohesive digital identity, ownership over their online experience and data, and ...
Episode 34: Working for the 99% with Andrew Hutton
January 26, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MB“Talent is everywhere; opportunity is not.” That’s why Andrew Hutton created Day One, an accelerator for early stage startups. He believes that entrepreneurship is going to be the most important skill of the 21st century and wants to make it accessible to more than just the 1% who know how to play the game. Tune in to hear Andrew talk about what it was like to start a business at the start of the pandemic, what he learned from working at a VC firm, and how he started his career as a pig fa...
Episode 33: SEO Content Secrets with Ryo Chiba
January 19, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBWhen most people think about SEO, they still automatically think about keywords. But the truth is, there is so much more to SEO than just keywords. Ryo Chiba, Founder of Topic, talks about how to take advantage of the ever-changing Google algorithms to create impactful content that ranks highly on Google. With Topic, you can create better content faster. Tune in to hear Ryo talk about the technology behind Topic, the lucky break he credits for making Topic a success, and his projections fo...
Episode 32: Work Smarter, Not Harder with Ashutosh Priyadarshy
January 12, 2021 12:33 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBWork smarter, not harder. That’s what Ashutosh Priyadarshy, Founder of Sunsama, helps the world’s most successful professionals do each day with his daily planner that organizes everything you need to do today in one place: tasks, meetings, emails, you name it. Like many entrepreneurs, Ashutosh’s startup journey was not a linear one. In the first 4.5 years after founding Sunsama, Ashutosh and his co-founder, Travis, launched, iterated on, and sunsetted six different products in the meeting...
Episode 31: Using Data to Solve the World's Biggest Problems with Andrew Ehrenberg
January 05, 2021 21:49 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBCan you really use data and AI to solve social justice issues like racism and do good for the world? Andrew Ehrenberg thinks so. As a data scientist at DataRobot, Andrew works day in and day out with massive data dumps to build models and make predictions for the owners of that data. DataRobot has essentially operationalized the best practices of world class data scientists and machine learning engineers to help organizations turn their data (questions) into predictions (answers). Andrew’s...
Episode 30: Relationships Over Revenue with Jim Coleman
December 29, 2020 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBIf you’ve ever contacted customer support for help with an issue with a product or service you purchased from them, you know that high quality customer service is harder to come by than one might think. That’s why Jim Coleman founded xFusion, which provides customer support for SaaS companies and startups. In addition to providing phone and live chat support, xFusion also provides back end support, like tech migrations and billing support. Tune in to hear how Jim handled leaving a full tim...
Episode 29: A Decade of Lessons with Tim Pabich
December 22, 2020 21:38 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBHaving just celebrated its 10 year anniversary, Magnitech isn’t technically a startup anymore but still very much operates like one. Much of that startup mentality can be attributed to Magnitech’s CEO and Founder, Tim Pabich, who believes in identifying unique strengths in each of his team members and empowering each person to do the work that truly fulfills them. Magnitech is an IT managed services provider (“MSP”) - or, in simpler terms, an outsourced IT department for small and mid-sized...
Episode 28: No Task is Too Small with Rebecca Kersch
December 15, 2020 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBInspired by her auntie, a first generation immigrant who worked hard to send money back home to the Philippines, only to have to pay a whole month’s worth of salary every year in transaction fees, Rebecca Kersch knew there had to be a better way. That’s why she founded TANG App, a payment platform that lets anyone from the US (or other countries) send money and phone credit (a new addition in response to Covid-19) to the Philippines, and eventually to the whole world. Think: a global Venmo. ...
Episode 27: Inner Workings of VC Life with Brad Baum
December 08, 2020 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBYou’ve heard from a number of exciting startups on this show, but today we’re diving into the other side of startup world: venture capital. Brad Baum joins us to talk about the inner workings of VC life, what his day to day as an investor at Lightbank looks like, what investors look for in startups, and much more. Lightbank is an early stage venture capital firm based in Chicago that has big names like Fiverr and Udemy in its portfolio. Tune in to hear more of Brad’s story from taking a g...
Episode 26: Addicted to Challenges with Jay Hsueh
December 01, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBReducing inefficiencies is every entrepreneur’s goal, but Jay Hsueh, Founder and CEO at Roby, has managed to solve an inefficiency that has plagued corporate offices for decades. Roby helps companies streamline their help desk support tasks, like scheduling meetings, managing meeting rooms, controlling office temperature, and more so that all members on the team can work more efficiently and effectively. This has been an interesting time for Jay as he has had to pivot with the environment,...
Episode 25: What I'm Grateful For - Diversity in Startups
November 24, 2020 13:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBHappy (almost) Thanksgiving! In this special episode, Diana reflects on what she’s grateful for: diversity in startups and having had the opportunity to have guests on from a wide array of backgrounds. In this episode, she revisits five of her best conversations with guests about diversity in startups - from gender to race to ethnicity to social upbringing. If you like what you hear in these clips, don’t forget to go back and listen to the whole episode. Here they are in the order in which...
Episode 24: Applying Technology to Psychology with Kat Houghton
November 17, 2020 21:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBIt’s not everyday you meet someone who holds a PhD and is a startup founder, but it’s not everyday you meet someone like Kat Houghton. After working with children and parents of children with autism for close to a decade while earning her PhD, Kat saw an opportunity to apply technology to psychology and founded ilumivu. ilumivu offers mobile, web and wearable systems that engage participants in continuous behavioral monitoring and offer a channel for just-in-time adaptive interventions. Tu...
Episode 23: Slow and Steady Wins the Race with Tyler Winn
November 10, 2020 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBEvery startup story contains some mistakes and iterations, but some more than others. Tyler Winn is proof that slow and steady can win the race, even in the startup world. While the company Tyler first started isn’t the exact same company Cirrus Payroll is today, his regimented and thoughtful approach to entrepreneurship certainly contributed to the stability he sees in his business today. After attempting to replicate the accounting firm model, he recognized a gap in the marketplace and f...
Episode 22: ELECTION DAY 2020 - Finding Unbiased News with Arjun Moorthy
November 03, 2020 06:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBWith all the fake news and skewed media we’re being fed these days, it’s only fitting that on Election Day 2020 we get to hear from Arjun Moorthy, CEO and Co-Founder at The Factual, which provides unbiased news on trending topics, like the election. The Factual uses a custom algorithm to evaluate news articles and rate each article’s level of trustworthiness based on a number of factors like diversity of sources, factual tone of writing, author’s expertise, and more. Tune in to hear Arjun’...
Episode 21: Changing the Lives of Millennial Women with Tori & Heidi Ganahl
October 27, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBThey say not to mix business with family, but what do “they” know anyway? Mother-daughter duo Heidi and Tori Ganahl are not only rocking their business as co-founders of SheFactor but also inspiring and changing the lives of so many young women in their 20s and 30s. While Heidi (the mom) has always had an entrepreneurial bug, Tori (the daughter) joined this venture purely out of a need she saw in the space with young people - especially women - graduating college with little direction as to...
Episode 20: Not a Natural Entrepreneur with Oleksandr Perelotov
October 20, 2020 20:03 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBIt’s not easy for most entrepreneurs to admit they don’t have that innate entrepreneurial bug, but Oleksandr Perelotov has no problem talking about it. Oleksandr started Excited Agency about two years ago not because he was passionate about business but because he was passionate about creating high quality designs for other businesses. You won’t have to listen long to hear Oleksandr’s passion for design, but you’ll want to tune in for the entire episode to hear about the journey Oleksandr ...
Episode 19: Find Your Ideal Fit with Mark Zheng
October 13, 2020 19:25 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBUntil recently, if you wanted custom made clothing, you’d have to go to a tailor or a high end shop and pay tons of money. When you think about it, that’s a huge hassle and high price tag to just get clothes that fit… is that really so much to ask for?? Mark Zheng says no - everyone deserves to have clothes that fit without going through so much trouble and emptying their wallets. And yes, that’s including people who don’t have the exact measurements you find in sizing charts online. That’...
Episode 18: A New Way to Learn Math with Aditya Nagrath
October 06, 2020 19:24 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBUnlike most PhD candidates who dream of teaching at a prestigious university, Aditya Nagrath dreamt of creating a solution to a problem that so many kids in our country face: math. Over the last 4+ years, Aditya has been helping kids learn math a different way - an easier and more effective way - with Elephant Learning. After working as a software developer for a number of years, Aditya knew he had to go out on his own in order to make the kind of impact he knew he was capable of making. A...
Episode 17: Paving the Way for BIPOC Founders with Nash Ahmed
September 29, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBDespite having founded Undock only two years ago, Nash Ahmed had been brewing the idea in his head for nearly a decade. Undock helps companies instantly schedule, host, and document meetings, and it’s on track to make an even larger impact in the world of remote work. After going through Startup School at Y Combinator and putting Undock through an accelerator program, Nash got a clear vision for Undock and was able to build it to the product it is today. In addition to sharing about Undock...
Episode 16: Incubating New Startups with Cynthia Del’Aria
September 22, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBCynthia Del’Aria learned to code at age 8, built her first company at age 15, sold her first company to a major competitor at age 19, built four more successful tech startups, and now runs Raika Technologies, an incubator for new tech startups. As if that weren’t impressive enough, she did all of that through her own determination and willpower, vowing to leave behind the trailer park life she once knew as a child and build a better life for herself. In addition to helping new entrepreneur...
Episode 15: Conversational AI with Robin Marcenac
September 15, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBIn this episode, Diana gets to chat with her first CX guest, Robin Marcenac. Robin is the Head of Customer Experience and Success at Pypestream, a conversational AI platform that makes chatbots sound more human. Diana and Robin nerd out over natural language processing (NLP), how far it’s come since its inception, and how companies like Pypestream use it today. Robin then shares about what a career in CX looks like and the less than linear path he took to get here. He also takes us through...
Episode 14: Building a Female FinTech Community with Sasha Pilch
September 08, 2020 12:38 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBOriginally hailing from Australia, Sasha Pilch found startup paradise in the U.S. when she visited New York City three years ago, and she hasn’t left since. She currently heads new business at Ramp and runs NYC Fintech Women with her co-founder, Michelle Tran. What started as a way to build Sasha’s own network of fintech contacts in NYC has turned into a community of 5,000+ women (and men!) who are passionate about supporting women in fintech. Sasha and Diana talk about the importance of ma...
Episode 13: Tracking Time with Marc Summe
September 01, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode, Diana chats with another fellow Chicagoan, Marc Summe. Marc is the CEO at Minute7, a time and expense tracking software that helps streamline billing for lawyers, engineers, and other professional services providers. Marc talks about what led him to leave corporate life for the startup world, and ultimately what led him to start his own company. He also introduces Diana to the sport of paddle tennis, which she has never heard of despite its existence in the world for over a...
Episode 12: Owning a Family Business with James McGuinness
August 25, 2020 14:33 - 52 minutes - 48 MBIn this episode, Diana chats with a fellow Chicagoan, James McGuinness. James moved to Chicago from the UK nine years ago and is now the co-founder of PondLeap, along with his wife. PondLeap connects overseas companies with freelance salespeople in the U.S. to help overseas companies expand their global reach into the U.S. After holding onto his idea for PondLeap since 2012, James finally decided to take the plunge recently and build out the platform. James also talks about what (or who) b...
Episode 11: Balancing Startup Life and Motherhood with Jaclyn Curtis
August 18, 2020 13:53 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBIn this episode, Diana reconnects with one of her former VAs, Jaclyn Curtis, who is now the COO at multiple startup companies. Jaclyn fills Diana in on how she’s managed to rise through the ranks from VA to Account Manager to COO over the last few years, while introducing another child into the world. Today, Jaclyn is the COO at two startup companies, Bant.io and Zopto, while raising three young boys at home. She even divulges at the end which child is her favorite (at the moment), so make...
Episode 10: From Religious Conservative to Social Justice Warrior with Meggie Abendschein
August 11, 2020 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBIn this episode, Diana chats with Founder and CEO of Moxie Mouth, Meggie Abendschein. Moxie Mouth is a social justice consulting agency dedicated to flipping the script on social impact and designing strategies outside of the traditional philanthropic box. While Meggie’s work is focused on the four areas of (1) women, (2) children, (3) mental health, and (4) antiracism, much of her work recently - in light of the resurgence of the BLM movement in our country - has been focused on antiracism...
Episode 9: Well Rounded Product Management with David Silverman
August 04, 2020 12:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBIn this episode, Diana gets to chat with the first Product Manager she’s had on the podcast! David Silverman got a job as a Technical Product Manager right out of college and spills the tea on what the elusive PM job title actually means. Even though his background is in coding and computer science, David is also acutely aware of the less technical sides to building a product, such as customer experience. He shares how he has been able to develop such a well-rounded perspective on building...
Episode 8: A Holistic Startup Approach with Teja Yenamandra
July 28, 2020 12:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Diana sits down with another client of hers, Teja Yenamandra, to chat about his company, Gun.io. Gun.io is an online platform that helps businesses find and hire elite freelance software developers at a moment’s notice and is used by companies like Tesla, CISCO, and NBC. Teja shares about his unique startup journey, which started in China. After working for free there, thinking he was going to go to law school, and experiencing life as a dark-skinned man in a society that’s...
Episode 7: Lessons From Running 13 Business with David “Ledge” Ledgerwood
July 21, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBAfter finding himself closer to the World Trade Center on 9/11 than he would’ve liked and having an existential crisis about what he was doing with his life, Ledge quit his cushy management consulting job and went out on his own. Over the last 20 or so years, Ledge has been involved in running 13 businesses, so I think it’s safe to say he knows a thing or two about running a business. In one of the most advice-rich episodes yet, Ledge dishes on all the lessons he’s learned over the years t...