The Failory Podcast

Ryan Hickman (@RyanHickmam) is Co-Founder at Epic AI, a company that helps startup founders with a multitude of AI-based tools, ranging from investor intelligence to decking. Before it, Ryan co-founded MeVee, a video streaming platform that grew to 50k users in 6 weeks and eventually shut down after being unable to compete with Facebook Live. In this episode of the Failory Podcast, learn about Ryan’s thoughts on the idea of first-mover advantage and disadvantages, shiny object syndrome, and his experience with waffles and Alicia Keys.

Buster Benson (@buster) is the founder of 750 Words, a $5/mo journaling tool. He kept it alive for more than a decade while working at Twitter, Slack, Patreon and running and shutting down Health Month, a startup leveraging social gamification to get its users healthy. Learn about his impressive entrepreneurial journey, how he went from liberal arts to tech, and the downsides of raising VC on this episode of the Failory Podcast.

Brian Rhea (@brhea) is the founder of Project Headlamp, a feedback tool for remote teams to cultivate community and remove internal impasses. Prior to this, Brian was the CPO of Macavo and the founder of Binocs, a startup out of Macavo that never took off. Learn about his incredible journey, how he got his first job in tech, and his “10-star-remote-environment” on this episode of the Failory Podcast.

Mike Carson (@ca98am79) is the founder of Park.io, a service that allows folks to backorder hacker-type expiring domains. It all started as a hobby but then he found out there was room for a business. Learn about Mike’s journey into the space, his German rival, and how he almost sold his company on a whim in this episode of the Failory Podcast.

Eric Bandholz (@bandholz) is the Founder at Beardbrand, a platform that sells products to reshape the landscape of men’s grooming. Prior to this, he worked on his first startup, Wakomo, a simple Wordpress site that middle manned purchases of vinyl wall graphics that he designed. Learn about the decade-long journey Eric took to get to where he is today in this episode of the Failory Podcast.