Adam and guest Sam Soffes the Founder of Nothing Magical and the maker of Cheddar after Founders Talk #39 . Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Sam Soffes – Website , GitHub , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!...
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. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Sa...
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 m...
Adam and guest Sarah Hatter the founder of CoSupport after Founders Talk #37 . Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!...
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. Join th...
Adam and guest Sarah Hatter the founder of CoSupport after Founders Talk #36 . Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!...
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. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Adam Stacoviak...
Adam Stacoviak and guest Steve Espinosa after Founders Talk #35 . Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Steve Espinosa – Website , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!...
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. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make th...
Adam Stacoviak and guest Jon Crawford of Storenvy after Founders Talk #34 . Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Jon Crawford – Website , GitHub , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!...
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. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Jon Crawford – W...
Adam Stacoviak, Nate Peretic & Jay Fanelli after Founders Talk #33 . Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Nate Peretic – Website , X Jay Fanelli – Website , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!...
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. Join the discussion...
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. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Nathan Ryan – Website , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show ...
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. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get ...
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. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Peter Cooper – Website , ...
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. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ...
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 supe...
Ryan Carson, the Founder of Carsonified and Treehouse, joins Adam to talk about all the details of starting his new venture, Treehouse. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Ryan Carson – Website , GitHub , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: http://teamtreehouse.com/ http://carsonified.com/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204903804577079022094984772...
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. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Bryan Zmijewski – Website , GitHub , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , ...
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 discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Dan M...
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 discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Dan Cederholm – Website , GitHub , X Rich Thornett – Website , GitHub , X Adam Sta...
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 discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring...
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 discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Drew Strojny – Website , GitHub , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: http://jestro.com/ http://thethemefoundry...
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 discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Paul Haddad – Website , X Mark Jardine – Website , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Tapbots.com Mark Jardine’s web site Mark Ja...
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 discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Drew Wilson – Website , GitHub , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Valio Con 2011 | Talk Videos Advise.me Firerift.com Yoggrt / The Creative Ad Network Surfed.it | Coming soon...
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 discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Drew Wilson – Website , GitHub , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Quixly Dialoggs Titan Project Screeny App Pictos - Drew Wi...
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 discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Matt Mickiewicz – Website , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Note...
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 discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Niel Robertson – Website , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Search Mar...
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 discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Avner Ronen – Website , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Boxee - Watch Movies, TV Shows and cli...
