DiscoPosse Podcast

Eran Kirzner is co-founder and CEO of Lightbits Labs (https://lightbitslabs.com) and has a storied history in the technology industry.  This show is a must-listen for folks who are interested in how Lightbits Labs is disrupting the Hyperconverged market and extends into an exciting and dynamic conversation with many lessons from the lens of a founder on startup successes and challenges.  Big thanks to Eran for sharing these lessons and stories which will inevitably excite anyone in the technology startup space or those looking to step into it. 

Lauren Cooney is the founder of Spark Labs (https://sparklabsco.com) and has been doing amazing work leading mentoring, coaching, and leadership programs for women in technology which is a much needed effort.  In this very open and exciting discussion, Lauren shares how she and her community building programs are working to bring diversity and inclusivity into business and tech through education and empowerment of individuals to unlock their full potential which may have seemed out of reach.  

You can reach Lauren and Spark Labs in many ways here:  https://linktr.ee/sparklabs 

Adam Post is a Principal Consultant, and despite his twitter handle of @semi_technical, he can certainly be extremely technical when needed.  Adam joins for a great discussion that will lead you through a journey on how to do effective goal settings, how to maintain the determination needed during difficult times, and much more.  There are some amazing personal stories shared and this will be a podcast that can put many people on a strong path to productivity and personal growth.  

Kelly Goolsby is Director of Solution Architecture at Liquid Web (http://liquidweb.com) and joins me for a great discussion around how managed services and managed cloud is a win for organizations and much more.  We discuss the tips that make a great architect, career progressions, navigating the effective sales process, and all things in between.  

Imagine facing an unbearable physical pain and a doctor's decision in front of you that could fundamentally change your future.  Join Jacob DeLuise (@Jacob_deluise) as he shares a profound story of experiencing just that and how he makes tough decisions and motivates in not just the good days but through the bad days.  

The story and advice are amazing and big thanks to Jacob for sharing his experience with us. 

As the wind up to VMworld 2019 is in full force, this is the last of the pre-VMworld podcasts.  Today I share ideas on how to take in the announcements, what to really dig in on with how vendors influence their stories, and how to up level your thinking like an architect as you take in the news. 

Make sure to register join me in San Francisco August 25-28 for daily runs. The info is at https://discoposse.com/vFit 

VMworld is around the corner and we are joined by a hugely respected community advocate in Yadin Porter de Leon for this show. Yadin is the founder of the Level Up Project (https://www.linkedin.com/company/level-up-project/) and the mind behind the #vTrailMap which lays out a phenomenal list of folks and resources to get connected to for raising your skills and value in the virtualization community.  We talk about the #vFit running group, #vCoffee exchange, #vTrailMap and much more.  

You also gain some incredible insight into the work happening around mentoring and education that has become a significant part of what both Yadin and Eric Wright have been doing over the past few years with growing success in reaching out to people and helping them to get involved in technology as a way to change their lives. 

Make sure to listen before you head to San Francisco in August and get caught up on what's happening there!

This show brings back one of our most popular guests, Rob Hirschfeld, who also has his own wicked good podcast at https://soundcloud.com/user-410091210 

We talk on some timely topics leading up to VMworld 2019 in San Francisco August 25-29.  There will be daily community runs (https://discoposse.com/vfit) and the community coffee exchange (https://discoposse.com/2019/07/11/vmworld-2019-vcoffee-community-bean-exchange/ ) and we are seeing Rob and his team at the VMware event for the first time!  

The first 15 minutes covers our running info and then we dive into the VMworld pre-announcements and what you can expect to hear from the main show and the hallway track.  Enjoy the show and I hope to see folks in person in San Francisco! 

Ben Kehoe is a Cloud Robotics Research Scientist at iRobot and Serverless Hero (https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/ben-kehoe/)  among many things.  After an exciting twitter thread which centered around what the upcoming AWS Outposts product could do (and perhaps be limited to) and the "why on-prem?" question that many ask, Ben joined me for a powerful conversation where we explore the advantages and challenges of cloud-owned features and so much which will be important to cloud ops and cloud developer teams everywhere.  

See that conversation here:  https://twitter.com/discoposse/status/1133459635862687744 

Thank you to Ben for taking the twitter chat live and sharing great insights!

The team from Clubhouse.io (https://clubhouse.io) join me to chat about their approach to bringing a developer-focused experience with their platform.  This is a great discussion that talks much deeper on how being in what some may view as a crowded market is actually not crowded when you differentiate and provide distinct and focused products.  Big thanks to Kurt Schrader (https://twitter.com/kurt) and Mitch Wainer (https://twitter.com/MitchWainer) for sharing their insights and experiences.