
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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Jun 17, 2019 • 48min
324: Tap the Market (Karyl Fowler)
Karyl Fowler, CEO & Co-founder of Transmute, discusses utilizing block chain for decentralized identity-management, exploring finding the right customer profile fits, education around data-security, her time at Techstars, and the startup community in Austin.
Transmute
Transmute ID
Techstars
Transmute News Blog
Karyl on Twitter
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Jun 10, 2019 • 39min
323: Mission Focused (Kristy Wallace)
Kristy Wallace, CEO of Ellevate Network, discusses cross-industry community building, utilizing tech to facilitate connections, scaling without losing personal impact, and becoming a certified B Corp.
Ellevate Network
The Five Love Languages: Gary Chapman
Pipeline Angels
B Corporation
B Impact Assessment
Ellevate Podcast: Conversations With Women Changing the Face of Business
Kristy on Twitter
Kristy on LinkedIn
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May 28, 2019 • 43min
322: Measure Equity (Paloma Medina)
Paloma Medina, performance coach, trainer, and owner of 11:11 Supply, discusses translating her brick & mortar store experience to an online shop, the themes around her coaching, design thinking, and how equity is linked to our long-term physical health.
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Links & Show Notes
11:11 Supply
CW Pencil Enterprise
Paloma @ TEDx Portland
Paloma on LinkedIn
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May 20, 2019 • 46min
321: Building a Marketplace (Stefania Mallett)
Stefania Mallett, CEO and co-founder of ezCater, discusses non-compete agreements, maintaining an entrepreneurial spirit, codifying values, advice on building a marketplace, and the nuances of expanding globally.
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Links & Show Notes
ezCater
EBITDA
CaterUp! Conference
Stefania on LinkedIn
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May 13, 2019 • 44min
320: Lead Through Collaboration (Harold Hughes)
Harold Hughes, Founder & CEO of Bandwagon, discusses utilizing blockchain for security and personalization in event ticketing, data-transparency, his key to entrepreneurship, the importance of investment firms funding underrepresented groups, and speaking to the SEC.
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Links & Show Notes
Bandwagon
Facebook Pixel
Founder Institute Accelerator
PayPal Mafia
Arlan Hamilton - Backstage Capital Story
Backstage Capital
Small Business Week
JOBS Act
Aura
Harold on Twitter
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May 7, 2019 • 40min
319: Beyond Purpose (Bruce Daisley)
Bruce Daisley, VP EMEA at Twitter, discusses the international focus of Twitter, the importance of psychological-safety on workplace culture, diversity & striving for fulfillment for all workers, and fleeting happiness vs enduring purpose.
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Links & Show Notes
Twitter
Eat Sleep Work Repeat Podcast
Netflix Culture Statement
Previous Netflix Culture Deck
Psychological Safety
Crew Resource Management
Fraternity Experiment: "The Advantages and Liabilities of Agreeing With Socially Distinct Newcomers"
"Positive Affect" in Doctors Study
Blue Monday
The Joy of Work- Bruce Daisley
"How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation"
Bruce on Twitter
Bruce on LinkedIn
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Apr 29, 2019 • 40min
318: Scaling With People (Chris Sullens)
Chris Sullens, CEO of CentralReach, discusses needing to be cognizant of company culture while introducing new systems and a management team, the difficult task of hiring for culture, and how technology can help shape the future of ABA therapy.
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Links & Show Notes
CentralReach
Caliper Assessment
Chris on Twitter
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Apr 23, 2019 • 1h 11min
317: About Fulfillment (Ben Furber)
Ben Furber, Developer at thoughtbot London, presents a panel discussion around striving for professional fulfillment, as individuals, managers, and organizations.
The panelists touch on bringing your authentic self to work, finding organizations with value alignment, an environment where you're able to make mistakes, 'process' vs trust, rethinking retros, giving appreciative feedback, and honest conversations.
Jo Franchetti - Web Developer Advocate for Samsung Internet
Ben Furber - Developer and consultant for thoughtbot
Melody King - Product Owner for Ieso Digital Health
Kay Lack - Director of Academy at Makers
Itti Singh - Frontend Developer for Ieso Digital Health
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Links & Show Notes
The Fulfilled Developer- Event Details
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
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Apr 15, 2019 • 41min
316: A Completely Orthogonal Skillset (Lara Hogan)
Lara Hogan, co-founder of Wherewithall, discusses finding her ideal job coaching and mentoring, evaluating for management alignment, what makes for a strong manager, the value of role-play, constructive feedback, and her upcoming book, Resilient Management.
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Links & Show Notes
Wherewithall
Not Lack of Ability but More Choice: Individual and Gender Differences in Choice of Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
"On Being A Senior Engineer"- John Allspaw
Resilient Management
Voltron
Lara on Twitter
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Apr 8, 2019 • 43min
315: I'm Not a CPA, I Just Play One On Podcasts (Scott Orn)
Scott Orn, COO of Kruze Consulting, talks about podcasting, early stage pain-points, favorite tools, the trade-offs of remote work, and last minute tax-day advice for startups.
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PricingWire: Monetization & Pricing Strategy for Software & Technology Innovators
Links & Show Notes
Kruze Consulting
Scott on Giant Robots #43
Founders & Friends Podcast
Ben's Friends
thoughtbot Playbook
Come work from our San Francisco Office!
Kruze Startup Tax Returns
Scott on Twitter
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