Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership

Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership

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Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership episodes

  • Kevin Delaney / Charity Hack

    Adam talks with Kevin Delaney, the founder of Charity Hack - a simple concept that takes 5 amazing charities and the most talented people you can find to create innovative fundraising campaigns for those charities.

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    Featuring:

    • Kevin Delaney – Website, X
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • Kevin Delaney’s Blog
    • charityhack2013
    • Kevin Delaney (kevmagic) on Twitter
    • Kevin Delaney’s Blog: What is Charity Hack?
    • Relay For Life | Irish Cancer Society
    • Kevin Delaney’s Blog: Charity Hack needs help.
    • RelayForLife Ireland (RelayIreland) on Twitter
    • Twitter / ajleon: Hey #misfits, @kevmagic is …
    • Sir Joseph Rotblat: A Legacy of Peace (1908 – 2005) by David Krieger, September 1, 2005
    • Manhattan Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • Pure Charity

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      1 hr 3 min
    • Tim Smith / The East Wing

      Adam talks with Tim Smith, the creator of The East Wing, Tim Likes to Teach, Lustra and more. Tim is a master of the art of design and UX and loves hacking on front-end web codes.

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      • Tim Smith – GitHub, X
      • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

      Show Notes:

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      1 hr 27 min
    • Drew Strojny / Memberful

      Adam talks with Drew Strojny the founder of The Theme Foundry and Memberful. Drew is back again to talk about his latest product, Memberful - a membership as a service site that lets you create a membership in minutes and start selling monthly or yearly subscriptions.

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      • Drew Strojny – Website, GitHub, X
      • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

      Show Notes:

      • Drew Strojny (drewstrojny) on Twitter
      • Drew Strojny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      • Founders Talk #22: Drew Strojny / The Theme Foundry
      • Jestro
      • Memberful — Sell subscriptions online
      • Dribbble - Memberful teaser by Drew Strojny
      • The Theme Foundry
      • Forge

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        1 hr 1 min
      • Dalton Caldwell / App.net - Part 2

        Adam talks with Dalton Caldwell the Founder of App.net. Since we barely scratched the surface of the planned conversation around what he’s doing with App.net in part 1, Dalton agreed to come back on the show for a part 2 to discuss the back story of App.net!

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        • Dalton Caldwell – Website, GitHub, X
        • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

        Show Notes:

        • Join App.net!
          • This is my invite to you to sign up for a free App.net account!
        • Dalton Caldwell
        • App.net Podcast | App.net
        • Dear Mark Zuckerberg | Dalton Caldwell
        • Announcing the App.net Developer Incentive Program | App.net
        • Updates to the App.net Developer Incentive Program | App.net
        • Home - App.net API Documentation
        • Aaron Levie (levie) on Twitter
        • Drew Houston (drewhouston) on Twitter
        • appdotnet (App.net) on GitHub
        • Podlove | Personal Media Development
        • App.net Passport for iOS on the iTunes App Store

          • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

          1 hr 35 min
        • Robert Sha / CAPSULE + Minimalist

          Adam talks with Robert Sha, the founder of CAPSULE and the maker of Minimalist - a super slim wallet for minimalists popularized by its successful project on Kickstarter.

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          Show Notes:

          • Minimalist by CAPSULE - Kickstarter
          • CAPSULE™ Minimalist™ - A Slim Leather Wallet Made for Cash
          • Robert Sha (Gadgetomi) on Twitter
          • CAPSULE (capsulewallets) on Twitter
          • CAPSULE on Facebook
          • capsulewallets on Instagram
          • Cornell University
          • Slim - The Thinnest Wallet Ever. by Supr Good Co. — Kickstarter
          • Slim - The Thinnest Wallet Ever. by Supr Good Co. » Comments — Kickstarter
          • Phil Knight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
          • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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            1 hr 48 min
          • Daniel Genser & Jamie Smyth / TypeEngine

            Adam talks with Daniel Genser and Jamie Smyth, the makers of TypeEngine, to talk about their “beautifully simple” solution to publishing a magazine to Newsstand and the future and democratization of digital publishing.

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            • Daniel Genser – Website, X
            • Jamie Smyth – Website, X
            • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

            Show Notes:

            • TypeEngine (TypeEngine) on Twitter
            • Daniel Genser (DanielGenser) on Twitter
            • Jamie Smyth (JamieMSmyth) on Twitter
            • TypeEngine (TypeEngine) on App.net
            • Newsstand apps on the App Store
            • “Did we just rip off Marco Arment and The Magazine?” – Marco.org
            • The Magazine
            • Calm down, Marco: micropublishing is about more than just The Magazine - PandoDaily
            • TypeEngine for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store
            • Subcompact Publishing by Craig Mod
            • Bright Wall/Dark Room.
            • I care if you listen - a blog about new classical music, art, and technology.
            • Zine on Wikipedia

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              1 hr 36 min
            • After Founders Talk #42

              Adam Stacoviak talks with Dalton Caldwell the Founder of App.net after Founders Talk #42.

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              Show Notes:

              Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

              5 min
            • Dalton Caldwell / App.net - Part 1

              Adam talks with Dalton Caldwell the Founder of App.net. This is a hefty part 1, mainly focusing on the road traveled by Dalton to get to App.net. We barely scratched the surface of the planned conversation around what he’s doing with App.net. We end this call by teeing up the topic of discussion for part 2.

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              • Dalton Caldwell – Website, GitHub, X
              • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

              Show Notes:

              • After Founders Talk #42
              • dalton on App.net
                • Founder/CEO App.net
              • Join App.net!
                • Sign up for App.net on their free tier plan.
              • DaltonCaldwell.com
                • This is my personal blog. Currently: CEO of App.net Previously: CEO of imeem
              • imeem | CrunchBase Profile
                • imeem was an online music service founded in 2003 by Dalton Caldwell that gives fans instant access to almost any song they want, for free.
              • Symbolic Systems - Stanford » Welcome!
                • The Symbolic Systems Program (SSP) at Stanford University focuses on computers and minds
              • Chirp (Chirp) on Twitter
                • Twitter’s Developer Conference, April 14 and 15, 2010.
              • What Twitter could have been | Dalton Caldwell
                • I remember when you could go to Twitter.com and see the global firehose on the front page…

                Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

                56 min
              • Garrett Dimon / Sifter

                Garrett Dimon the Founder of Sifter and writer of Starting + Sustaining joins Adam to share his history with becoming a founder and the wisdom he’s gained by bloodying his knuckles over the years with lessons learned.

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                • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

                Show Notes:

                • Simple bug and issue tracking. | Sifter
                • Bootstrapping a Software Product // Speaker Deck
                • LessConf, making other conferences jealous since 2009
                • Changelog | Sifter
                • Support | Sifter
                • Dribbble - Payment Processing Breakdown by Garrett Dimon
                • Starting + Sustaining: A book and spreadsheet to help you launch and maintain a web application by Garrett Dimon

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                  1 hr 41 min
                • Sam Soffes / Seesaw - Part 3

                  Sam Soffes the Founder of Nothing Magical and NOW the VP of Engineering at Seesaw joins Adam Stacoviak to share some of the most recent details and changes for him in the finale part 3 show.

                  Core take away? Embrace risk. Stay focused.

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                  • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

                  Show Notes:

                  Make sure you listen to Sam’s other appearances:

                  • #51: Sam Soffes / Onward - Part 4
                  • #39: Sam Soffes / Nothing Magical, Cheddar - Part 2
                  • #38: Sam Soffes / Nothing Magical, Cheddar - Part 1
                    • #30: Chuck Longanecker - Great design can’t be hired, Follow your bliss (genius), Betterment, and early exit or build to $400k salary for life - The Industry
                    • Sam Soffes (soffes) on Twitter
                    • Seesaw (Seesaw) on Twitter
                    • Seesaw
                    • Reverse Minimalism
                    • Changes
                    • Apartment
                    • Expensive Parking Spots with Sam Soffes » The East Wing
                    • Staying Strong
                    • Having Less
                    • An Intimate Portrait Of Innovation, Risk, And Failure Through Hipstamatic’s Lens | Fast Company

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                      1 hr 30 min

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                    In-depth, one-on-one conversations with founders, CEOs, and makers. The journey, lessons learned, and the struggles. Let's do this! Host Adam Stacoviak dives deep into the trials, tribulations,…