Startup Boston Podcast: Entrepreneurs | Investors | Influencers | Founders

Brittany DiCapua started The Boston Food Journal a year and a half ago by sharing food on Instagram and it has morphed into much more than a side project for her. She describes The Boston Food Journal as highlighting the food and dining industry through social marketing, blog and video content, and photography. The Boston food journal is a strong social influencer of local restaurants, small businesses, and technology applications throughout Massachusetts.

In this episode, Brittany talks about:

How she juggles her full time job and the Boston Food Journal

How to get over self-doubt and the doubt from others

What's most important when growing a brand

Starting and pursuing side projects

Links from today's episode:

The Boston Food Journal

Brittany DiCapua

Brown Paper Bag (Holly Fox)

Baked Ideas

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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Beck Bamberger is founder and CEO of BAM Communications, a PR firm for startups. Beck graduated UCLA in two years and was then, the youngest MBA graduate from the University of Pittsburgh at age 21. She started BAM Communications while working as a news anchor in San Diego and won an Emmy in 2011. Shortly after, she also founded BITE, San Diego's top-rated and largest food tour company in the country and sold it in 2016.

In this episode, Beck talks about:

How founders can know if they're ready or not to have a PR firm

Common misconceptions about public relations

How to decide which PR firm to work with

Expanding her own comfort zone by doing what's uncomfortable

Links from today's episode:

Beck Bamberger

BAM

BITE

Upload

CourseKey

Postmates

Scanner Pro

The Dictator's Handbook

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

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Kevin Kinsella is a venture capitalist in San Diego. Kevin has been a part of the formation, financing, and development of more than 125 companies, including several public companies. In the past, Kevin has led international joined ventures for Solar Turbines International, he was an advisor to the Peruvian government in national nutrition planning, he ran a technology exchange program between the United States and Latin America, and he taught algebra at the American high school in Beirut, Lebanon. Kevin was also a guest for The Boston Herald American, he's a member of the Circumnavigators Club, won a Tony Award for producing Jersey Boys, and partnered with Rhino Records in producing the Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys original cast recording, which has gone double platinum. He owns Kinsella Estates Winery, which produces the highest rated premium Dry Creek Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and has a large selection of art, sculptures, and memorabilia in the Kinsella Library in La Jolla.

In this episode, Kevin talks about:

The transition from employee, to founder, to investor

How valuations of companies have changed over time

Trends in venture capital that worry him

How he became the largest investor in Jersey Boys

His winery, Kinsella Estates

Links from today's episodes:

Kevin Kinsella

Avalon Ventures

Jersey Boys

Kinsella Estates Winery

Empire

Kingfish

The Last Lecture

August 1914

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Sumner Lee is founder of Fuse Integration. Before founding the company, Sumner was in the Navy, and then spent time in SPAWAR and design consultancy. Fuse is a design and engineering firm that brings warfighter focused design to commercial and defense applications.

In this episode, Sumner talks about:

Their unique office space in downtown San Diego, where their walls are covered with murals

What he's learned from his time in the military and how he applies it to Fuse Integration

The importance of focusing on users when designing products

Links from today's episode:

Fuse Integration

The Honor Foundation

FAB LAB

Inc. Magazine

Communication Arts

Killing Patton

Rising Sun

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Brian Oneill has been a product designer for more than twenty years and in the last ten years has been an independent consultant and started his company Designing For Analytics last year. Brian has helped designed products for companies ranging from startups to enterprises including NetApp, TripAdvisor, Infinio, Fidelity, and DataXu.

In this episode, Brian talks about:

The differences between UI and UX and what the role of the product designer is

How to measure the user experience and go about discovering UX issues

Common mistakes he sees people make

How being a musician influences the way he approaches product design

Links from today's episode:

Designing For Analytics

How to Self-Assess the UI/UX Design of Products Using Analytics

Contact Brian

Brian on Twitter

Harvest

Waze

Kyruus

Dispatch

Jonathan Stark

Brennan Dunn

Jared M. Spool

Sketch and Invision

Sketching User Experiences

Beautiful Evidence

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David Smith is CEO of LiquiGlide. LiquiGlide's technology was developed at a research lab at MIT and its function is to provide permanently wet surfaces that can be used in a wide variety of applications including manufacturing, consumer packaging, and oil and gas.

In this episode, David talks about:

The amount of waste we produce every year from product that is left sticking to surfaces

Who some of his mentors are and what he learned from them

How the coatings differ depending on the product

The potential for massive impact with Liquiglide

Links from today's episode:

LiquiGlide

David Smith

DropWise

Zero to One

Originals

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

How to Measure Anything

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Andy Ory sold his last company, Acme Packet, to Oracle for $2.1 billion and soon after co-founded 128 Technology. 128 Technology is on a mission to fix the broken internet. The internet isn't used for what it was originally designed for and that is putting a major strain on the networking infrastructure. 128 Technology provides greater network security delivered with a much simpler experience for a fraction of the usual cost.

In this episode, Andy talks about:

Why the Internet is broken and how it got that way

What he was able to take away from Acme Packet and apply to 128 Technology

How their secure vector routing and zero-trust security is disrupting the market

How he sees the Internet continuing to evolve

Links from today's episode:

128 Technology

Oracle Buys Acme Packet

Fuze

The Big Short

Liar's Poker

11/22/63: A Novel

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Liz Powers is co-founder and "Chief Happiness Spreader" at ArtLifting. Liz co-founded ArtLifting with her brother after creating art groups in homeless shelters only to see amazing pieces of art end up in basements and closets of shelters. ArtLifting empowers artists dealing with homelessness and disabilities through the sale of their artwork.

In this episode, Liz talks about:

The differences between handouts and opportunities

Why she didn't want ArtLifting to be a non-profit

How she was able to bootstrap in the first few years

The biggest lessons she's learned running her own business

Links from today's episode:

ArtLifting

Harvard Innovation Lab

MassChallenge

TiE ScaleUp

Spoiler Alert

Scandal

The Good Wife

Google Calendar

The Wright Brothers

The Lean Startup

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David Delmar is the founder and executive director at Resilient Coders and formerly was a design lead at PayPal. Resilient Coders' mission is simple:  they take students from traditionally under-served communities and teach them the skills needed to be web developers during an eight-week boot camp. Upon completing the boot camp, Resilient Coders helps connect them to job opportunites.

In this episode, David talks about:

When he first recognized the need for a program like Resilient Coders at a conference

How they designed the curriculum for the boot camp

Lessons he took away from MassChallenge

Attributes and characteristics found in great coders

Links from today's episode:

David Delmar

Resilient Coders

Resilient Bootcamp

Resilient Lab

Adobe Illustrator

ArtLifting

Redbooth

Trello

HubSpot

Between the World and Me

Strangers in Their Own Land

The Lean Startup

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Annie Wang is co-founder, Chief Product Officer, and Creative Director at Her Campus. Annie co-founded Her Campus at Harvard University after she and her co-founders saw the potential of bringing a women's college-focused lifestyle and fashion magazine online. Today, Her Campus has over 10,000 contributors and over 320 campus chapters. Annie has been named to Inc.'s 30 Under 30, BusinessWeek's Top 25 Under 25, and Forbes' All-Star Student Entrepreneurs. She has served as a National Women's Health Week Ambassador, McDonald's Education Workshop tour speaker, and MassChallenge alumna in residence.

In this episode, Annie talks about:

How the way people are consuming content affects design choices and content being published

How they have been able to run HerCampus profitably since day one

Biggest lessons taken away from MassChallenge

Links from today's episode:

Annie Wang on Instagram

Annie Wang on Twiter

Her Campus

Her Conference

College Fashion Week

Drupal

VentureApp

Meldium

YouCanBook.Me

LevelUp

Smashing Magazine

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't stop Talking

Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble

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