Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical Founders

Growing up in a small rural city in Germany, Dominic Obermaier was not exposed too much when it comes to computers. After studying computer science in college, he was hooked. A frequent reader of ancient philosophy, he likes to hang out with friends and play board games, specifically long-lasting games such as Arkham horror. Obermaier started a company with his college friends with the goal to broker data from connected devices, and not just a few, but millions following his very own standardized IoT protocol MQTT. This solution is now known as HiveMQ.

Today’s Sponsors:

• Atomic Child (atomicchild.com)
• Save the Children (savethechildren.org/savekids)
• RIMS (go.rims.org/codestory)
• Calibre (calibreapp.com)

Episode Resources:

• https://www.hivemq.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dobermai

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Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, Youtube, or the podcasting app of your choice.

Kyle Campbell is a native Canadian and high school dropout growing up in Nova Scotia. He’s been working with technology since he was eight years old. Learning computers, building websites, and even starting an online record label. A husband and a dad, he loves the outdoors, camping and motorbikes, and frequently hits the trails with a group of tight-knit campers. After moving into entrepreneurship post-high school, he worked his way up through the ranks of several companies in the Vancouver area, and founded his own companies along the way, one of which got acquired by Zillow. Post that Kyle started to consider the current complexity of the infrastructure and DevOps landscape, Cloud, Kubernetes containers, et cetera. So he set out with the mission to make DevOps successful, easy to use, and bring developer tools to where development happens by enabling developer shortcuts.

Today’s Sponsors:

• Ladder (ladder.sport)
• Save the Children (savethechildren.org)
• Atomic Child (atomicchild.com)
• Collard (collard.app/codestory)

Episode Resources:

• https://cto.ai/
• https://ca.linkedin.com/in/slajax

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• If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm
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• Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE

Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, Youtube, or the podcasting app of your choice.

Recently, I had the pleasure of guesting on Harry Duran’s Podcast Junkies. In this episode, we talked about technology startups, communication skills and formatting podcasts for length, production and promos. I was able to share my insights on entrepreneurship and how my podcasting skills have transferred over to Veryable, my startup company. Enjoy the episode. 

Link to the episode: https://podcastjunkies.com/noah-labhart-interview/

Show Notes: 

• 06:00 – Harry welcomes to the podcast, Noah Labhart who speaks to his podcasting genesis story
• 14:28 – How Noah mapped out his vision and plan for the Code Story podcast
• 22:33 – Noah speaks to how he formats his podcast, including length, production and promotions
• 25:46 – How Noah has grown more confident as a podcast host
• 29:31 – Noah’s background in technology
• 33:50 – Noah talks about his own startup, Veryable, and the initial response he received in the marketplace
• 43:01 – Noah’s future plans for the growth of Veryable and the Code Story podcast
• 47:03 – What is something that Noah has changed his mind about recently
• 48:32 – What is the most misunderstood thing about Noah
• 48:49 – Harry thanks Noah for joining the show and where listeners can follow Noah

Amazing tools we use:

• If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm.
• Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast.
• Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE!

Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, YouTube, or the podcasting app of your choice.

A mother of 2, Desi McAdam understands the needs of a parent. She graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in computer science, and loves to roller skate – and may have participated in roller derby a time or 2. Fast forward several years, she and her co-founder were meeting to figure out how to create a co-working space with childcare. In attempting to do this, they came up with the idea for Nanno – an on-demand platform for connecting parents to vetted, quality sitters…. when & where they need them.

Today’s Sponsors:

• Kernl (https://kernl.us)

Episode Resources:

• https://www.nanno.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/desimcadam/

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• If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm
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• Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE

Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, Youtube, or the podcasting app of your choice.

A Maryland native, Rob Moore quickly found himself in the UK studying game theory and behavioral economics. A lover of travel, he has been able to live the digital nomad life and see a number of amazing places. Post-graduation he started doing data visualization work for several different companies. He noticed the difficulty of going from a core product to a sellable SaaS platform. Internalizing dry principles and learning the pains of smaller product value delivery, he built Floom to be the startup as a service tool, enabling small SaaS businesses away quickly to productize their products.

Today’s Sponsors:

• Ladder (ladder.sport) 
• Tresta (tresta.com)
• Payoff (payoff.com)

Episode Resources:

• Rob Moore Website https://www.robmoo.re/
• Flume Website https://floom.app/
• Rob creates Data Visualization on https://d3js.org/
• Rob’s game theory model as a downloadable document http://s3.amazonaws.com/rob-moore/ExamsGamesAndKnapsacks_RobMooreOxfordThesis.pdf
• Aws Lambda Website https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/
• Aws AppSync site https://aws.amazon.com/appsync/
• The programme Rob took, Entrepreneur First Website https://www.joinef.com/
• Indie Hackers Website https://www.indiehackers.com/
• Product Hunt Website https://www.producthunt.com/

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• If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm
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• Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE

Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, Youtube, or the podcasting app of your choice.

Andrew Overton is a finance grad from Howard University. He spent 3 years after graduation, in investment banking. After a while, he desired to work in tech and joined Graphiq in Santa Barbara to learn the ropes. During that time, he obtained his masters in CS from Johns Hopkins, and fulfilled his life long dream of working for Apple – specifically, on Apple Music data pipelines. Married to his wife Jessica, he is a family centered dude, looking up to both his brother and parents. And outside of tech, he loves to read and practice Ju Jitsu to blow off steam and practice thinking a few moves ahead. During his career, he had the idea of saving his own family’s story somehow, but drug his feet on the idea. In 2019, he committed to making progress and validated the idea – in fact, it was at this point where he connected with his co-founder, Amelia Lin, and set off to create a robust product to capture stories from your loved ones – through an easy interface, all in one place, and saved in audio format. It’s like getting a personal podcast of your Grandma’s childhood stories. This is the creation story of Saga.

Download Saga in the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/saga-save-family-memories/id1504305671

Today’s Sponsors

• CloudForecast (https://cloudforecast.io)

Links

• https://trysaga.com/
• https://www.cnet.com/news/turn-grandmas-memories-into-a-podcast-with-the-saga-app/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-p-overton/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelialin/
• https://www.crunchbase.com/person/andrew-overton-32b7

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Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, YouTube, or the podcasting app of your choice.

Adrienne Bolger grew up in the midwest, and moved up to Boston to attend MIT. She is a lover of running, and was a jujitsu martial arts coach at the institute. Growing up, she loved art and math, and found her way into computer science, trying to find the intersection of both. Bolger interned at Pixar, and tinkered in robotics and medical devices. Eventually, she founded Bloc Health, which aims to solve healthcare credentialing, and the pains associated with moving yourself, your practice, or even working, in another state.

Today’s Sponsors: 

Tresta (https://www.tresta.com/codestory)

ClipGain.io (https://clipgain.io)

Links

• https://blochealth.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriennebolger/

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Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, YouTube, or the podcasting app of your choice.

Jack Rhysider is a veteran of the security world. He likes to explore, rather it be through street cycling, empty buildings, alleyways – or just getting outdoors. He grew up with conspiracy theories, but found himself drawn more to a truthful scandal over the former. Having watched some of the biggest events in history come and go – dot.com bubble, bitcoin boom, etc. – he felt the increasing presence of an entrepreneurial itch. In the early days, he created some blogs and websites, using some well known web tech, and cultivated a love of podcasting and storytelling. Not able to find the right podcast in the info sec arena, he decided to give it a shot on his own. Fast forward to today, his podcast – Darknet Diaries – is one of the most well known podcasts available, topping the charts with its weekly release of hacking true stories. 

Today’s Sponsors: 

SimpleTexting (https://simpletexting.com/codestory)

Links

• https://darknetdiaries.com/
• https://shop.darknetdiaries.com/
• https://www.patreon.com/darknetdiaries
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-rhysider-02922a167/
• https://www.amazon.com/Out-Wire-Storytelling-Secrets-Masters/dp/0385348436
• https://meetedgar.com/
• http://aaronmahnke.com/

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Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, YouTube, or the podcasting app of your choice.

Jason Tan started his love of tech back in middle school, when his Dad showed in the wonders 0f connectivity through dial up internet. After taking some beginner programming classes in high school, and graduating with a CS degree from the University of Washington, he found himself drawn to crating powerful abstractions within software, to produce outcomes for users. Though previously a hardcore video gamer – playing such well known games like Diablo 2 & 3, he has since moved on to dabble in freestyle rapping & singing. And in 2006 post college, he worked for startups in Seattle, like Zillow and Optify. Finally, in 2011, he moved to San Francisco to start his current company and go through Y Combinator. Through some discovery, he figured out that a large area ripe for innovation and disruption was fraud. He then set out to build Sift, a product to power digital trust and safety, empowering companies to unlock revenue without risk.

Today’s Sponsors:

Personal Revolution Podcast (https://www.himalaya.com/self-improvement-podcasts/personal-revolution-with-allison-task-1573018)

ClipGain.io (https://clipgain.io)

SimpleTexting (https://simpletexting.com/codestory)

Links

• https://sift.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasontan325/
• https://www.rhymecombinator.com/
• https://us.diablo3.com/en/

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• Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE!

Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, YouTube, or the podcasting app of your choice.

Steven Naimark started out his professional career as a clarinet performer. Through his passion for performing, he grew not only as a musician, but as a person, finding joy in the discipline required for his craft. After not enjoying the teaching aspect of music, he began looking for something different, to help separate him from music… to provide clarity. Along the way, he fell in love with web development and made a universe change to do it full time. Eventually, he started building a solution to totally modernize the water utility space, called Ziptility – a platform providing asset, task and inventory management for water utilities.

Today’s Sponsors: 

Personal Revolution Podcast (https://www.himalaya.com/self-improvement-podcasts/personal-revolution-with-allison-task-1573018)

ClipGain.io (https://clipgain.io)

SimpleTexting (https://simpletexting.com/codestory)

Links

• https://www.ziptility.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevennaimark/

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• If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm.
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• Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE!

Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, YouTube, or the podcasting app of your choice.