Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership

Dan Martell, Co-Founder of Flowtown, joins Adam to talk about his road to success with Flowtown, getting acquired, how he met his Co-Founder Ethan Bloch on Twitter, angel investing and being an advisor, giving back to charity and customer development and how to get traction. Dan also shared something super secret (a new project) … as well as much, much more. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Dan Martell – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: http://www.flowtown.com/blog/flowtown-has-been-acquired-by-demandforce http://maplebutter.com/ http://timely.is/ http://clarity.fm/ http://www.siliconprairienews.com/2011/10/big-omaha-backstage-pass-dan-martell-work-on-something-bigger Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

The founders of Dribbble, Rich Thornett and Dan Cederholm, join Adam to talk about how Dribbble came to be, the 3rd edition of Bullet Proof Web Design, product development, new and existing features of Dribbble as well as focusing on revenue producing features … and much, much more. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Dan Cederholm – Website, GitHub, XRich Thornett – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: http://dribbble.com/ http://blog.dribbble.com/ http://blog.dribbble.com/post/2828527653/to-infinity-and-beyond https://twitter.com/#!/dribbble http://www.meetup.com/dribbble/ Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Vitaly Friedman, Founder of Smashing Magazine, joins Adam to talk about the beginnings of Smashing Magazine, taking chances, not being copyable, experimenting to find what works, supporting the community, developing content, paying writers, developing publishing principles and philosophies and also shares a bit about what’s next on the horizon for him and his team. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Vitaly Friedman – Website, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: http://www.smashingmagazine.com https://twitter.com/smashingmag https://twitter.com/vitalyf http://www.alvit.de/handbook http://www.alvit.de/blog http://www.alvit.de/vf http://www.alvit.de/vf/en/my-profile-curriculum-vitae-and-biography.html Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Drew Strojny joins Adam to talk about his path in life, playing in the NFL, marrying your business partner, web design and pursuing the unknown, developing digital products and themes for WordPress and the 5by5 logo. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Drew Strojny – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: http://jestro.com/ http://thethemefoundry.com/ http://drewstrojny.com/ http://forge.thethemefoundry.com/ http://5by5.tv/dailyedition/27-changes Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Mark Jardine and Paul Haddad join Adam to talk about Tapbots, their side project turned business, designing and developing mobile applications on iOS, establishing and building trust and much more. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Paul Haddad – Website, XMark Jardine – Website, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Tapbots.com Mark Jardine’s web site Mark Jardine on Twitter Mark’s Dribble page Vimeo Link Paul Haddad on Twitter Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Drew Wilson joins Adam again for part 2, to talk about his latest venture Advise.me, Valio Con, his ad network Yoggrt (sold) and some future products. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Drew Wilson – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Valio Con 2011 | Talk Videos Advise.me Firerift.com Yoggrt / The Creative Ad Network Surfed.it | Coming soon. Pictos Dialoggs Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Drew Wilson joins Adam for part 1 to talk about his journey as an entrepreneur, the lows, the highs and the in-betweens. Drew talks with Adam about digital projects, how to chase your dreams and more. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Drew Wilson – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Quixly Dialoggs Titan Project Screeny App Pictos - Drew Wilson Drew Wilson Drew Wilson Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Matt Mickiewicz, Co-Founder of SitePoint, 99 Designs, and Flippa talks with Adam about becoming an entrepreneur at a young age, building marketplaces, finding talented people, and using community development and a forum as the spring board for 99 Designs and Flippa. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Matt Mickiewicz – Website, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Matt Mickiewicz Matt Mickiewicz | LinkedIn SitePoint » Web Design, Web Development, Freelancing, Tech News and more SitePoint Forums: Resources, Design, HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, MySQL and more for your web site. Logo Design, Web Design and More. Design Done Differently | 99designs.com Flippa: The #1 Marketplace for Buying and Selling Websites Accel Partners | CrunchBase Profile Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Niel Robertson, Founder and CEO of Trada, talks about crowd-sourcing, crowd mechanics, leveraging “the stealth mode”, raising 52 million dollars, community engagement, as well as thoughts on whether or not crowd-sourcing commoditizes freelance expertise. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Niel Robertson – Website, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Search Marketing, Crowdsourced by Experts. Blog | Trada Trada on Twitter Elaine Ellis (ElaineEllis) on Twitter Google Ventures — Home Crowd Mechanics - the emerging science of crowdsourcing | Trada The Stealth Mode: Trada’s Position on Staying Stealth | Trada Does Crowdsourcing Commoditize Freelance Expertise?: Online Collaboration « Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Avner Ronen talks about his vision of the “Future of TV,” the role Boxee plays in today’s internet video/audio content on the big screen, the backlash of “big media” against Boxee and how they’ve changed their tune and much more. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Avner Ronen – Website, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Boxee - Watch Movies, TV Shows and clips from the Internet on your TV. Boxee - Buy a Boxee Boxee Raises $16.5 Million For Its Vision For The “Future Of TV” Boxee Outs The Boxee Box 1.1 Firmware, Revamped Browser And New On-Screen Controls Highlight The Update Roku Streaming Player | Watch Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, and MLB.TV on Roku Player PopBox.com Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!