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Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership episodes
- Jon Crawford / Storenvy
Jon Crawford, the Founder of Storenvy joins Adam to talk about how everything began for Storenvy, his road from Kansas to Austin, TX to SF, how he got kicked out of Y Combinator the same week he was accepted then raised $1.5M for Storenvy, and how he’s living the startup dream! Also, listen to After Founders Talk #34 for an extended chat with Jon.
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- Jon Crawford – Website, GitHub, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- Storenvy
- Storenvy Jobs
- @Storenvy
- @JonCrawford
- How I Got Kicked Out of Y Combinator and Then Raised $1.5M for My Startup
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57 min - After Founders Talk #33
Adam Stacoviak, Nate Peretic & Jay Fanelli after Founders Talk #33.
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- Jay Fanelli – Website, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
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10 min - Nate & Jay / United Pixelworkers
Nate Peretic & Jay Fanelli, the Founders of Full Stop and United Pixelworkers join Adam to talk about plotting and planning to leave old jobs, being outspoken and opinionated, having a core set of principles and not deviating from them, reaching out to people they admired (regardless of popularity) and their side project that has turned into something that could eclipse their entire client revenue in 2012. Also, check out After Dark for an extended chat with Nate and Jay.
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- Jay Fanelli – Website, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- After Founders Talk #33
- Full Stop
- Full Disclosure
- United Pixelworkers
- The economics of making and selling t-shirts
- Success by Design
- The Withering Away of Flash
- A modest proposal (A List Apart)
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1 hr 27 min - Nathan Ryan / Proxart
Nathan Ryan, the Co-founder of Proxart joins Adam to talk about what to do when you’re bored in Santa Clarita, team development, keeping everyone motivated and on track, and his globalized local focus on art and how artists relate to, react to, and change their environment.
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- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- Proxart
- Santa Clarita, California
- Nathan on Dribbble
- Be the Voice of Your City on Proxart!
- PM8
- Proxart Network
- Proxart at Self-Sabotage screening
- Self-Sabotage Film
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1 hr 9 min - Kyle Bragger / Forrst
Kyle Bragger, the Founder of Forrst joins Adam to talk about how everything got started for him, how he met Gary Vaynerchuk - which ultimately led Gary and his brother Aj to provide the initial angel funding that helped Kyle work full-time on Forrst. Kyle also shares lots of knowledge on product design, his focus on community and what it means to say no and focus. Be sure to also stay tuned to his great advice at the end of the show.
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Show Notes:
- kyle.io
- Forrst
- Kyle on Facto
- Tinyproj
- Mike on Forrst
- The Forrst Podcast
- Forrst on AngelList
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1 hr 20 min - Peter Cooper / Cooper Press
Peter Cooper, the Founder of Cooper Press joins Adam to talk about all the stops along the way on his path to where he is today. Peter shares an immense amount of knowledge on tech publishing, what he’s learned about marketing, email newsletters done right, setting and accomplishing goals, as well as some very good advice at the very end.
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Show Notes:
- O’Reilly Fluent Conference
- Cooper Press
- Peter Cooper
- What I’ve Earned (And Learned) From Writing “Beginning Ruby”
- HTML5 Weekly
- JavaScript Weekly
- Ruby Weekly
- LaunchBit
- Buffer
- Peter Cooper on 43 Things
- Self Promotion for Geeks
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1 hr 30 min - Francisco Dao / 50 Kings
Francisco Dao, the Founder of 50 Kings (an invitation-only, private community of thinkers and doers) joins Adam to talk about the importance of building relationships, doing only what interests you, entrepreneurship, all sorts of “insider” knowledge around the tech event planning space and more. If you’ve been dying to get invited or referred to 50 Kings, this show will give you all you need to know.
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Show Notes:
- 50 Kings
- Elon Musk
- David Hornick
- The Lobby Conference
- Foo Camp
- Tech stars plan City Slickers-style cattle drive
- Killer Attitude 53 Rules of Unstoppable Confidence
- Tech community, are we MTV or TED?
- Internet innovators: Beware the big bubble of small ideas
- A Post-Mortem for Plancast
- SAP Will Buy SuccessFactors For $3.4 Billion
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1 hr 20 min - Andrew Wilkinson / MetaLab
Andrew Wilkinson, the Founder of MetaLab (an interface design studio) joins Adam to talk about how he started as a one-man band and learned to delegate to succeed. Andrew started MetaLab in 2006 and quickly built the company into a multi-million dollar interface design and products company with over 30 employees. Andrew shares his thoughts on happiness, some crucial advice from his father, Steve Jobs, good design, developing products, leading a team to success and even a teaser to something super secret.
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Show Notes:
- http://metalabdesign.com/
- http://www.getflow.com/
- http://www.getballpark.com/
- http://pixelunion.net/
- http://everyday-app.com/
- http://www.tumblr.com/theme/979
- http://metalabdesign.com/zappos/
- http://www.netmagazine.com/opinions/rock-star-myth
- http://blog.metalabdesign.com/post/11368711562/going-up-in-the-office-to-keep-us-in-check
- http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Mihaly-Csikszentmihalyi/dp/0061339202
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1 hr 3 min - Ryan Carson / Carsonified
Ryan Carson, the Founder of Carsonified and Treehouse, joins Adam to talk about all the details of starting his new venture, Treehouse.
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- http://teamtreehouse.com/
- http://carsonified.com/
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204903804577079022094984772.html
- Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
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47 min - Bryan Zmijewski / ZURB
Bryan Zmijewski (Shme-yes-key), Founder and Chief Instigator of ZURB, joins Adam to talk about his path to starting ZURB, what sharing code and design patterns has done for their business, product, culture and team development, and what it takes to make awesome stuff on the web.
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Show Notes:
- http://www.zurb.com/
- http://www.zurb.com/soapbox
- http://www.zurb.com/think
- http://www.notableapp.com/
- http://www.bounceapp.com/
- http://verifyapp.com/
- http://www.jigapp.com/
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About Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
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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,…
successes, and failures of industry leading entrepreneurs, leaders, innovators, and visionaries.