Bytes Over Bagels

Bytes Over Bagels

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Bytes Over Bagels episodes

  • Dropping logs and writing blogs
    This weeks featured interview is with Andy Crestodina, Web Strategist and Co-Founder of Orbit Media. Orbit Media is a wildly successful Web Design and Web marketing firm in Chicago, working with local legends like Lou Malnati's, Vienna Beef and heading up the NATO Summit 2012 web efforts. Besides running a company, and being one of the pimpin'est content marketers around, Andy recently authored "Content Chemistry - An Illustrated Guide to Content Marketing". Andy's pretty damn funny too - running us through the proper ways to ice out SEO and his plans to open a meth lab a few blocks from Rahms house (his words, not ours). This week's music feature is Chicago's own Netherfriends.
    34 min
  • EP 26: The wonderful wizard of John

    John Roa, Founder and CEO, AKTA. AKTA is one of Chicago's premier Experience Design Shops. John Roa has had his hands in a number of digital projects since he was 17 and brings a real honest perspective on failure and why this new wave of "entrepreneurial education" is a waste of your time.

    48 min
  • The wonderful wizard of John
    This week's feature interview is with John Roa, Founder and CEO, AKTA. AKTA is one of Chicago's premier Experience Design Shops. John Roa has had his hands in a number of digital projects since he was 17 and brings a real honest perspective on failure and why this new wave of "entrepreneurial education" is a waste of your time.
    48 min
  • EP 25: A nun and a priest

    David Vinca is Founder, eSpark Learning and Luke Shepard, CTO. eSpark Learning is harnessing the power of educational 3rd party apps to build a platform for customized learning experiences in the classroom. Alongside him in this interview is Luke Shepard, a past Facebook Developer, and an iterative machine (they push every single frickin day).

    33 min
  • A nun and a priest
    This week's feature interview is with David Vinca, Founder, eSpark Learning and Luke Shepard, CTO. eSpark Learning is harnessing the power of educational 3rd party apps to build a platform for customized learning experiences in the classroom. David puts the "minimum" in Minimum Viable Product, explaining how he first tested his idea using a paper version of his app and graduated to Powerpoint and finally what is today, eSpark Learning. Along side him in this interview is Luke Shepard, a past Facebook Developer, and an iterative machine (they push every single frickin day).
    33 min
  • EP 24: Parkers, prepare for glory

    Mark Lawrence, Co-Founder at Spot Hero. Mark spins the tale of how he grew SpotHero early on to 10,000 users, with a horrific 42 step form to reserve a parking space. Since then its been fame and glory for Mark's team, crushing it in major markets across the country. How did he and his blue tshirt posse do it?

    34 min
  • Parkers, prepare for glory
    This week's feature interview is with Mark Lawrence, Co-Founder at Spot Hero. Mark spins the tale of how he grew SpotHero early on to 10,000 users, with a horrific 42 step form to reserve a parking space. Since then its been fame and glory for Mark's team, crushing it in major markets across the country. How did he and his blue tshirt posse do it?
    34 min
  • EP 23: Too legit it fits

    Brian Spaly, Founder and CEO, at Trunk Club. Brian talks about fundraising and ground-up growth of both Trunk Club, and Bonobos, his new men's clothing line and online retail shop. Other bits include Brian's take on staffing 130 employees in-house, managing a 35,000 subscriber base and the resurrection of Hammer Pants.

    40 min
  • Too legit it fits
    This week's feature interview is with Brian Spaly, Founder and CEO, at Trunk Club. Brian talks about fundraising and ground-up growth of both Trunk Club, and Bonobos, his new men's clothing line and online retail shop. Other bits include Brian's take on staffing 130 employees in-house, managing a 35,000 subscriber base and the resurrection of Hammer Pants.
    40 min
  • EP 22: Back to school, back to school

    Mike McGee is Co-Founder at The Starter League. Mike talks about the Starter League's new 9-month program and partnering with CPS to educate the teachers how to teach code in their classroom. What's the Starter League? Seriously? It's where students and professionals from all over the world come to learn how to code, design, and ship web apps.

    38 min

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