
Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.
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Oct 5, 2020 • 48min
Data - Teikametrics
Chad and Lindsey talk with Alasdair McLean-Foreman, CEO & Founder of Teikametrics, discussing trust within the use of data, planning the future with indexed data, a data-science related acquisition, and navigating the world of buzzwords around machine learning.
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Teikametrics
Amazon Marketplace Bribery Scheme
Alasdair on LinkedIn
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Sep 28, 2020 • 45min
Data - ShearShare
Chad and Lindsey talk with Courtney & Tye Caldwell, Co-founders of ShearShare, about using data to guide product design, imagining a machine learning recommendation engine, and their experience in Google for Startups Accelerator.
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ShearShare
Google for Startups Accelerator: Black Founders
ShearShare on Instagram
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Sep 21, 2020 • 56min
Data - Nurse-1-1
Chad and Lindsey are joined by Michael Sheeley, founder & CEO of Nurse-1-1, to discuss using data to drive a better customer experience, some of the regulations around data management in healthcare, and advice for health-tech startups.
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Nurse-1-1
Michael on Twitter
Nurse-1-1 on Instagram
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Sep 8, 2020 • 41min
Data
Data drives the world, and so this month we'll be talking about common pitfalls of building a business around data, laying out a tandem roadmap to drive forward both data and product, the importance of insight over raw data, when does it makes sense to reach for machine learning, tooling, and thoughts on the ethics & future legislation of data collection.
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GDPR
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Aug 31, 2020 • 50min
Fundraising - Nurse-1-1
Chad and Lindsey are joined by Michael Sheeley, founder & CEO of Nurse-1-1, to discuss vetting your investors, his experience with fundraising, maintaining your reputation, his mindset while negotiation with investors, lessons learned while building and funding startups, the importance of establishing a founding team, and involving the team in the fundraising process.
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Nurse-1-1
Michael on Twitter
Nurse-1-1 on Instagram
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Aug 24, 2020 • 1h 12min
Fundraising - ShearShare
Chad and Lindsey are joined by Courtney & Tye Caldwell, Co-founders of ShearShare, to discuss their acceptance into the first cohort of Google for Startups' Black Founders Accelerator, speaking the language of investors, preparing for series A, how they think about an exit, and equity for the team.
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ShearShare
Google for Startups Accelerator: Black Founders
Backstage Capital
Jaylon Smith Minority Entrepreneurship Institute Capital Fund
ShearShare on Instagram
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Aug 17, 2020 • 42min
Fundraising - Teikametrics
Chad and Lindsey talk with Alasdair McLean-Foreman, CEO & Founder of Teikametrics, discussing early days of community building online, geography in relation to investors, his history with VC, the importance of relationship building, when & how much money to raise, time investment of a CEO for fundraising, and sharing financials with the team.
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Teikametrics
BigCommerce files to go public
Alasdair on LinkedIn
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Aug 10, 2020 • 33min
Fundraising
This month we'll be talking about all things fundraising! The discussion covers investors vs bootstrapping, crowd-funding, differences between the various levels of fundraising, accelerators, and the expectations of taking venture capital.
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Wistia on Giant Robots
Term Sheet Grader- Pillar VC
Backstage Capital
It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage- Arlan Hamilton
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Aug 3, 2020 • 39min
Work-Life Flow - Nurse-1-1
Chad and Lindsey are joined by Michael Sheeley, founder & CEO of Nurse-1-1, to discuss figuring out the summer and working from home during Covid and beyond, his approach to feature rollout, pings, & to-dos, as well as keeping the team on a unified path, and his personal motivations to keep going.
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Nurse-1-1
Michael on Twitter
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Jul 27, 2020 • 46min
Work-Life Flow - ShearShare
Chad and Lindsey talk with Courtney & Tye Caldwell, Co-founders of ShearShare, about the offset schedule of the beauty industry, an unexpected source of inspiration, the importance of a routine, and supporting the betterment of their team & community.
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ShearShare
Your First Million Podcast
Les Brown Greatness Radio
The ShearShare "Concoction"
ShearShare on Instagram
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