Kruze Consulting's Founders and Friends Podcast for Startups

Jeff Smith of Facebook joins us to discuss Facebook.Design (http://facebook.design/), the company's initiative that gives back to the design community with free GUI tools and much more to come. Jeff's career has come full circle as he broke into the design industry by leveraging similar open source GUI tools (http://www.teehanlax.com/). Facebook.Design is an excellent example of a successful team and company giving back to the rest of the world.

You can read more about Jeff & Team's Work and Facebook.Design @ https://medium.com/facebook-design/giving-back-to-the-design-community-2c0b4cbb091f#.nxpsc3mof

Brian Sterz of Miracle Mile Advisors (http://www.miraclemileadvisors.com/our_team/brian-sterz/) talks personal money management for startup founders and team members. Brian talks shares methods for achieving diversification and smart tax planning, two of the most impactful ways startup folks can manage their money intelligently.

John Pettus is the Founder & CEO of Fiskkit, which is developing a better way to discuss the news. Fiskkit is a social enterprise that has created a commentary and fact checking system for the Internet. John came by to discuss the election and how Fiskkit will help people on the Internet have more productive and respectful discussions in the future.

Amber Merrigan of Avison Young talks Startup Real Estate in Oakland. Amber has covered Oakland for years and it's startup ecosystem is exploding. Find out how to get the best deals, where the hottest locations are and some key terms you need in your lease.

Matthew Belloni is the Executive Editor of The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. In this episode, Matt talks about the evolution of his own career from entertainment lawyer to journalist and editor. The Hollywood Reporter dominates Entertainment Industry coverage online and offline. However, 5 years ago the Company was an industry trade magazine with competitors. Belloni explains how the print version evolved into a weekly and how the web version has become a traffic monster.

Lynn Perkins of UrbanSitter is the Co-Founder & CEO of UrbanSitter. UrbanSitter makes finding a babysitter easy. The mobile service lets parents view the reputations and experience of sitters. It even makes paying your sitter through the app super easy, so you don't have to fumble around with cash after a few drinks. :) Lynn talks about her founding team, how she convinced investors to fund the company and the "playbook" that the team has developed to make expanding into new markets faster and easier.

Matt Rissell is the Co-Founder & CEO of TSheets (https://www.tsheets.com/). He shares a great story from his last company that led to the founding of TSheets Time Tracking Software. Matt talks about the early days of prototyping TSheets and wondering whether it could become a real business. Matt bootstrapped for a long time and he shares some great tips on building a startup to last.

The Podcast Transcription can be found at http://www.kruzeconsulting.com/founders_and_friends/podcast/Matt-Rissell-of-TSheets-Simple-Time-Tracking-Software

Robert Kohler started Kohler Law Group (http://kohler-law.com/) to provide outsourced in-house counsel for startups. Robert is an entrepreneur himself, having started his own firm and a series of restaurants in San Francisco. He understands the importance of good legal work while keeping the bills manageable for his clients. Robert was kind to drop by Kruze Consulting (http://www.kruzeconsulting.com) and share his favorite startup legal tips with us. Thanks Robert!

You can find a transcript of the podcast at: http://www.kruzeconsulting.com/founders_and_friends/podcast/Robert-Kohler-of-Kohler-Law-Group-Outsourcing-In-House-Counsel-for-Startups

Jamie Ceglarz of The Sourcery came by to talk about recruiting for growth stage startups. The Sourcery is an outsourced recruiting solution for early stage startups. As the startup scales, so does the relationship with the Sourcery. Jamie shares his best tips on hiring and on how a startup should build its teams.

Patrick Sullivan is the Co-Founder & COO of 2600hz. Patrick shares his thoughts on bootstrapping to startup success. 2600hz is a cloud telecom company gives developers and businesses access to cloud telecom services. At Kruze Consulting, we use 2600hz and we love it.