8/7/2012
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After Founders Talk #39
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Adam and guest Sam Soffes the Founder of Nothing Magical and the maker of Cheddar after Founders Talk #39.
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Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
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.
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8/7/2012
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Sam Soffes / Nothing Magical, Cheddar - Part 2
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Sam Soffes the Founder of Nothing Magical and the maker of Cheddar joins Adam Stacoviak to share more details about the rise of Cheddar, its revenue, metrics, numbers and more. Sam shares lessons learned, his dreams as well as his thoughts on those who build with only the hope of winning what he calls "the acquisition lottery" as their goal - plus so much more.
View original7/14/2012
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Sam Soffes / Nothing Magical, Cheddar - Part 1
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Sam Soffes the Founder of Nothing Magical and the maker of Cheddar joins Adam Stacoviak to share all the details of his wild ride as an indie software developer and designer. Sam has worked at Hipstamatic, built YouTube ripoffs, gotten offers from some of the most respected names in the business (some accepted and some turned down) all to circle back around to start Nothing Magical and build his own products. He shares the highs, the lows and all the things he's learned along the way - plus so much more. And, check out "After Dark" for a short extended chat with Sam.
View original7/5/2012
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After Founders Talk #37
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Adam and guest Sarah Hatter the founder of CoSupport after Founders Talk #37.
View original7/5/2012
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Sarah Hatter / CoSupport - Part 2
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Sarah Hatter the Founder of CoSupport, joins Adam for part 2 of 2 to go back in time and dig deep into her history, we learn about "the early days" and how she got started, her passions for TV and her podcast TVBFF, the early days of blogging and "dramaville", what inspires her, being a crafts-person, how she learned that "you don't have to do anything you don't want to do", how TM meditation changed her life, as well as the challenges she's faced as a female founder - plus so much more.
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After Founders Talk #36
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Adam and guest Sarah Hatter the founder of CoSupport after Founders Talk #36.
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Sarah Hatter / CoSupport - Part 1
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Sarah Hatter the Founder of CoSupport, joins Adam for part 1 of 2 to share her passion for great customer support for web products, being a woman in a man filled industry, her thoughts and history with potentially selling her company and getting aqui-hired, how Allan and Steven of LessEverything have become partners in CoSupport - plus so much more.
View original4/11/2012
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After Founders Talk #35
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Adam Stacoviak and guest Steve Espinosa after Founders Talk #35.
View original4/11/2012
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Steve Espinosa / AppStack
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Steve Espinosa, the Founder of AppStack, joins Adam to tell his story of hustling his way to the top, gaining the trust and friendship of Jason Calacanis, Dave McClure, Eric Schmidt and the awesome team behind Google Ventures, what it means to focus and much more. This is a jam packed episode with tons of energy and lots to learn from Steve. Also, check out "After Dark" for an extended chat with Steve.
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After Founders Talk #34
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Adam Stacoviak and guest Jon Crawford of Storenvy after Founders Talk #34.
View original4/3/2012
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Jon Crawford / Storenvy
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
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.
View original3/2/2012
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After Founders Talk #33
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Adam Stacoviak, Nate Peretic & Jay Fanelli after Founders Talk #33.
View original3/2/2012
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Nate & Jay / United Pixelworkers
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
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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Nathan Ryan / Proxart
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
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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Kyle Bragger / Forrst
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
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.
View original2/3/2012
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Peter Cooper / Cooper Press
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
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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Francisco Dao / 50 Kings
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
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.
View original1/13/2012
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Andrew Wilkinson / MetaLab
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
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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Ryan Carson / Carsonified
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
Ryan Carson, the Founder of Carsonified and Treehouse, joins Adam to talk about all the details of starting his new venture, Treehouse.
View original12/9/2011
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Bryan Zmijewski / ZURB
Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership
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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