Episode 224: Starting a Company as a Technical Founder with Sam Artioli

Recording date: Feb 23rd, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Sam Artioli @SamArtioli

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

• Reach Sam on email
• Tredder Website
• IdeaBlade
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
• Capoeira
• Apple
• RFID
• Start Bootstrap UI templates
• FinTech
• Voice Capo
• The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro
• Liift More
• Paul Graham on Twitter
• The Power Law
• Zero to One
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things
• Crossing the Chasm

• 02:32 Guest introduction
• 08:06 How do you know when to jump on an idea?
• 11:49 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 12:51 Working with a partner
• 17:27 What is Tredder?
• 18:39 Sizing the market
• 22:20 Building a business can be like playing poker
• 25:58 How do you protect yourself legally and payroll?
• 27:42 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 28:48 How do you determine success or failure in a startup?
• 33:23 Be prepared for the unprepared
• 35:50 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.