Our guest today is Mike Monteiro, co-founder and design director of San Francisco's Mule Design. Mike joins us to talk about growing up as an immigrant in Philadelphia, his experience in art school, and his alter ego as the infamous @Mike_FTW on Twitter.

Today's guest is Dave Rupert, lead developer for the Austin, TX based web design studio Paravel. Dave joins us to talk about crappy high school bands, working at McDonald's, and the spur of the moment decision that led him to spend three years in Japan. Dave also teaches us what "kancho" means.

Our guest today is Greg Storey, President of the award-winning web design studio, Happy Cog. Greg tells us about the experience of growing up in Alaska, his entrepreneurial childhood, the advertising professor who became his mentor, and the culture shock of moving to the Lower 48 states.

Naz Hamid is the founder and principal of Weightshift, a design studio in San Francisco and Chicago.

A brief introduction to Origin Story.