Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Coming soon... we will be releasing Season 3 of the Code Story podcast. With 2 seasons under our belt, we've dialed into the founder tidbits that you want to hear most. And, we are going to take a few new approaches to how we shape those conversations, produce those episodes, and bring your favorite show to life. You'll hear from amazing guests, such as Cole Raven of Podchaser, Dave Zohrob or Chartable and Mark Hendricks of Wild Ventures. And in these interviews, we continue to uncover the stories you want to hear most - stories around success, mistakes, scaling, building and making trade-offs - all in the name of building the next big thing. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!Amazing tools we use:If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people - use Transistor.fm.Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast.Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE!Credits: Season 3 of Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, YouTube, or the podcasting app of your choice.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Early on in his life, Ryan Graciano aspired to be many things - law, writing... and eventually coding, of course. Fun fact, he is an accomplished dog trainer. focusing on animal behavior modification - and more recently, has gotten into powerlifting. Despite his love of analog activities, he got started coding right after college, and tried to avoid joining IBM... yet, still did, through an acquisition. After a few years of growth, he met a group of entrepreneurs who had an idea to provide credit scores to millions of users... for free. This idea would eventually become Credit Karma.Today's Sponsors: ClipGain.io (https://clipgain.io)RIMS (https://www.rims.org/)Linkshttps://www.creditkarma.com/ourstory/https://www.linkedin.com/in/graciano/Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!Amazing tools we use:If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people - use Transistor.fm.Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast.Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE!Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, YouTube, or the podcasting app of your choice.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Recently, I had the pleasure of chatting with Jürgen Strauss on the InnovaBuzz podcast, to talk about:How to have your team OWN and run your projectsGetting in touch with who you are, then owning it and rocking it andHow to get new ideas and solve problems by walking away from them for a whileListen to the podcast to find out more at https://innovabiz.co/noahlabhart. Some tweetable snippets:Be yourself. Be in touch with yourself, own it, and rock it! @CodeStory on #InnovaBuzz podcast https://innovabiz.co/noahlabhart @ApplePodcastsBe bold in yourself and go do it. Give things a shot. @CodeStory on #InnovaBuzz podcast https://innovabiz.co/noahlabhart @ApplePodcastsEnable your people and stay connected with them. There’s nothing more satisfying than making yourself redundant. @CodeStory on #InnovaBuzz podcast https://innovabiz.co/noahlabhart @ApplePodcastsIt’s helpful to create brand awareness but the real selling point is knowing your ideal client and understanding the problem that you are solving. @CodeStory on #InnovaBuzz podcast https://innovabiz.co/noahlabhart @ApplePodcastsYou need to have enough workers to attract business, but you also need to have enough business to attract workers. @CodeStory on #InnovaBuzz podcast https://innovabiz.co/noahlabhart @ApplePodcastsMaking sure that your team stays connected is important in doing remote work. Make sure that there are touchpoints where people can connect and talk to each other with that they are working on. @CodeStory on #InnovaBuzz podcast https://innovabiz.co/noahlabhart @ApplePodcastsJust do it. You’ll never know until you do it. There are so many resources at your fingertips that you can take advantage of, and so, there’s very little risk in trying. If you fail, you’ll just learn something that will help you in the next thing you will do. @CodeStory on #InnovaBuzz podcast https://innovabiz.co/noahlabhart @ApplePodcastsGo analog. Get away from the digital world and go outside. Good ideas come from random places. @CodeStory on #InnovaBuzz podcast https://innovabiz.co/noahlabhart @ApplePodcastsLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsAmazing tools we use:If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fmWant to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast.Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREECredits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, Youtube, or the podcasting app of your choice.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A quick note about the end of Season 2 and the start of Season 3... soon.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A resident of Amsterdam, Daniel Gebler found his way into tech through an artistic route – through creating demos, combining visuals and music through technology. A husband and Dad of 2, he enjoyed rock climbing, but mostly bouldering indoors – though he loves to go out in the trees with his friends when he can. After leading R&D at Fredhopper, he took several years to do research on large scale systems. Coming out of his research in 2015, he joined Picnic – the online supermarket delivering groceries directly to your home, free of charge.Today’s Sponsors:Ladder.sport – use code: BETTEREVERYDAY for 30% offPayoff.com/CODESTORY – pay off your credit card debtGo.RIMS.org/CODESTORY – to save 25% on a yearly membershipEpisode Resources:PicnicLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsAmazing tools we use:If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fmWant to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast.Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREECredits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, Youtube, or the podcasting app of your choice.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nine years ago, Dennis Lunev moved from Russia to the USA. He likes to polish his skills in archery and throw axes. Previously, he was a software engineer attempting to build SaaS solutions that didn’t quite pan out. Afterwards while doing integration consulting he saw the need to connect payment gateways to HubSpot, so he set out to build DepositFix – a way to directly integrate Stripe and PayPal into the world’s most used CRM.Today’s Sponsors:Save the Children (www.savethechildren.org/savekids)Payoff (payoff.com/codestory)RIMS (Get 25% off a year long membership at Go.RIMS.org/codestory)Calibre (Start a free 15 day trial at CalibreApp.com)Episode Resources:DepositFixConnect with Denis on LinkedInRICE FrameworkHubSpotStripeLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsAmazing tools we use:If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fmWant to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast.Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREECredits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, Youtube, or the podcasting app of your choice.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A few weeks ago, I got to have a great chat with James Deeney on the Meet the Podcasters podcast. In this episode, we talk about Code Story and how we craft the narratives for the stories. We dig into the editing, the workflow, and the inspiration that started it all. Link to the episode: https://www.podcast.co/inspire/noah-labhart-code-storyShow Notes: 02:22 – How Noah first got into podcasting07:30 – Plans to launch a company podcast for Veryable09:20 – Similarities between starting a company and starting a podcast11:45 – Hiring a podcast team14:10 – How Noah initially financed Code Story16:30 – Why podcast quality is so important18:30 – Communicating clearly and avoiding tech jargon22:00 – How to conduct relaxed and conversational interviews27:00 – Editing interviews to craft a narrative29:30 – How music is added to Code Story33:00 – Why Noah decided to produce Code Story in seasons37:00 – Strategies Noah used to build his audience40:30 – Promoting a podcast in relevant online communities44:20 – Finding and pitching to podcast sponsors50:15 – Noah’s predictions on the future of podcast techAmazing tools we use:If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm.Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast.Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE!Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, YouTube, or the podcasting app of your choice.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mubashar Iqbal, AKA Mubs, has always been a maker. Having built 85 side projects, he is no stranger to launching new products, being inspired by his love for Product Hunt, he got the idea to create something with the same mechanics, but for podcasts. On a train ride home, he started to build pod hunt, a place for podcast lovers to submit and vote on new episodes, solving discovery around episodes over entire podcast shows.  Today’s Sponsors:Ladder (ladder.sport)Payoff (payoff.com/codestory)Save the Children (www.savethechildren.org/savekids)Atomic Child (atomicchild.com)RIMS (go.rims.org/codestory)Scatterspoke (scatterspoke.com)Episode Resources:https://podhunt.app/https://mubs.me/Leave us a review on Apple PodcastsAmazing tools we use:If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fmWant to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast.Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREECredits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, Youtube, or the podcasting app of your choice.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Growing up in a small rural city in Germany, Dominic Obermaier was not exposed too much when it comes to computers. After studying computer science in college, he was hooked. A frequent reader of ancient philosophy, he likes to hang out with friends and play board games, specifically long-lasting games such as Arkham horror. Obermaier started a company with his college friends with the goal to broker data from connected devices, and not just a few, but millions following his very own standardized IoT protocol MQTT. This solution is now known as HiveMQ.Today’s Sponsors:Atomic Child (atomicchild.com)Save the Children (savethechildren.org/savekids)RIMS (go.rims.org/codestory)Calibre (calibreapp.com)Episode Resources:https://www.hivemq.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/dobermaiLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsAmazing tools we use:If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fmWant to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast.Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREECredits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, Youtube, or the podcasting app of your choice.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kyle Campbell is a native Canadian and high school dropout growing up in Nova Scotia. He’s been working with technology since he was eight years old. Learning computers, building websites, and even starting an online record label. A husband and a dad, he loves the outdoors, camping and motorbikes, and frequently hits the trails with a group of tight-knit campers. After moving into entrepreneurship post-high school, he worked his way up through the ranks of several companies in the Vancouver area, and founded his own companies along the way, one of which got acquired by Zillow. Post that Kyle started to consider the current complexity of the infrastructure and DevOps landscape, Cloud, Kubernetes containers, et cetera. So he set out with the mission to make DevOps successful, easy to use, and bring developer tools to where development happens by enabling developer shortcuts. Today’s Sponsors:Ladder (ladder.sport)Save the Children (savethechildren.org)Atomic Child (atomicchild.com)Collard (collard.app/codestory)Episode Resources:https://cto.ai/https://ca.linkedin.com/in/slajaxLeave us a review on Apple Podcasts Amazing tools we use:If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fmWant to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast.Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain, sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREECredits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart, Co-produced and edited by Bradley Denham. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Breaker, Youtube, or the podcasting app of your choice.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy