Nicolas Ng, Hang Ngo, and Ellen Stevens examine the details of how HackerNoon is controlling the social media empires, the specs of the Facebook whistleblower video, how the rise and fall of the Soviet Union lead to a crypto-obsessed population. Also, why we plan to host our conferences in a space hotel. Hope you join us! 🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: Gen Z does NOT use Facebook! (05:09) 😵 How frequently do you actually see hateful content on Facebook? (08:35) 🤔 Do you think allegations sho...
Oct 07, 2021•29 min•Ep 204•Transcript available on Metacast Meet Scott D. Clary! Scott is a long-time HackerNoon contributor with over 20 published stories about business strategy. Amy Tom chats with Scott about hosting his podcast, building his career, and why he writes. ✍🏻 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: Why does Scott write? (02:00) 🧑🏫 What is Scott’s writing process? (08:07) 🧑💻 How did Scott learn to be a content creator and thought leader? (14:33) ✨ What is Scott’s secret to success? (21:49) 🤫 What is the coolest opportunity that ...
Oct 07, 2021•38 min•Ep 203•Transcript available on Metacast Utsav Jaiswal sits down with Aaron Lint (CISO at Anchorage Digital Bank and Leslie Ankney (the Communications Lead at Anchorage Digital. Aaron leads banking security operations at the first nationally chartered crypto bank. Leslie comes to Anchorage by way of Ditto PR, where she was Director of Blockchain and Digital Currencies Practice and Associate Vice President. Visa-backed Anchorage has safely held billions of dollars in crypto for institutions. On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: Wh...
Oct 05, 2021•28 min•Ep 202•Transcript available on Metacast Limarc Ambalina, Ellen Stevens, and Amy Tom debate the future of NFTs. This Week On Planet Internet - are NFTs here to stay? Will the hype die down? 🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: How do you determine which NFTs are million-dollar investments? (02:01) 😵 What gives art value? (08:37) 💰 How can you invest in the metaverse? (11:15) 🤑 Is the metaverse even real? (14:32) 🤟🏻 Is there value in metaverse land? (21:10) NOT OFFICIAL INVESTMENT ADVICE LOL 😂 How hard do we have to look out for NFT s...
Oct 02, 2021•32 min•Ep 201•Transcript available on Metacast Utsav Jaiswal talks to Mitja Goroshevsky, Free TON's CTO, and Ben Sunderland, Free TON's Senior Community Manager, about building Free TON. 🪜 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: How was Free TON launched? (03:34) 🥳 Is your blockchain technology working for you or against you? (13:43) 🙊 How does Ben position Free TON against Blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethtereum, etc? (23:52) ⛓ Mitja talks about gossip-based blockchains (33:36) 🏔 Where does the TON Crystal get processed? (42:02) ⚙️ Conne...
Sep 29, 2021•48 min•Ep 200•Transcript available on Metacast Linh Dao Smooke chatted with Liz Eddy, Co-founder and CEO of Lantern, THE company that helps death-planning easier. 💆♀️ On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: When did Liz get her start? (01:14) 🍬 How did Liz found her business? (10:50) 🤯 How did Liz know she wanted to solve societal issues with entrepreneurship? (15:35) 🥺 How did Liz find her co-founder? (20:39) 👌 What is Liz's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs? (26:50) 🙋♀️ 🐙 Lantern was nominated for startups of the year in Brookl...
Sep 28, 2021•28 min•Ep 199•Transcript available on Metacast That's right - everyone is getting called out This Week On Planet Internet and no one is safe. Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Daria Kulish get so real, it will hit you deep in the heart. 😵 We're talking about our relationships with social media, New Hollywood, and other forms of mainstream media. 🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: Has New Hollywood taken over? (03:06) 🎥 Natasha gets profound (09:50) 😇 Escaping mainstream marketing slush (12:00) 🥤 How to hack your quarterly performance review (20:00...
Sep 23, 2021•35 min•Ep 198•Transcript available on Metacast Hey hackers! We thought you’d enjoy this episode from the archives. This episode was originally released on August 31, 2020. Enjoy! Natasha Nel from hackernoon.com sits down with Sarah Evans—tech industry PR legend and strategic communications startup founder—to talk all things branding and influence: from personal to B2B. In this podcast: How to accumulate 100k *genuine* followers on Twitter What “newsworthy” looks like today How to increase credibility when you’re not getting traditional media...
Sep 22, 2021•27 min•Ep 197•Transcript available on Metacast Who wins in the battle of the internet and freedom of speech? 🥊 Amy Tom, Ellen Stevens, and Zaeem Shoaib chat about censorship and the internet. We all know that fake news = bad, but how do we stop it from being spread without limiting freedom of speech? 🌏 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: The ensuing battle between freedom of speech and protecting people (01:07) ⚔️ What is the dealio with freedom of speech on the other side of the world? (05:39) 😼 Wait, what even is Litecoin? (08:55) 😂 What doe...
Sep 16, 2021•34 min•Ep 196•Transcript available on Metacast Utsav Jaiswal sits down with Joseph Weinberg, the co-founder of Shyft Network and an OG Bitcoiner. As an early investor in Bitcoin in 2010 and director at Coinsetter until its acquisition by Kraken FX in 2016, Joseph knows what's up in the digital currency world. 🥇 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: "The blockchain doesn't care what we think," says Joseph (02:30) ‼️ Does more blockchain regulation mean more fees? (05:43) 🥺 Joseph breaks down the FATF - Financial Action Task Force (08:5...
Sep 16, 2021•32 min•Ep 195•Transcript available on Metacast OKAY - here's what you need to know before you start your open-source platform. On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, we hear from Ben Bromhead, CTO of Instaclustr, and Ev Kontsevoy, CEO of Teleport, about how they started their open-source platform. 🙀 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: What was Ev's very first job? (01:44) And Ben's? (03:50) 🚣♀️ What are the roles of different co-founders? (10:31) 🏃 What do you do when you can't afford to hire new staff but you still need to GS...
Sep 14, 2021•47 min•Ep 194•Transcript available on Metacast Is decentralization fair for everyone? This Week On Planet Internet, Utsav Jaiswal, Sidra Ijaz, and Amy Tom talk about the decentralization movement. What's the latest with DeFi? Can AI & decentralization be friends? 🥺 🌍 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: The great debate on whether to use social financing options or stick to personal financing 😵 Are trusted AI models fair? ⚖️ Is it possible to create a successful decentralized video platform? 🎥 Are social media algorithms biased? 😪 What's going...
Sep 09, 2021•48 min•Ep 193•Transcript available on Metacast Big money, get paid. Tom Sosnoff, Co-CEO of tastytrade, and Sean Salas, CEO of Camino Financial, join Amy Tom this week to discuss FinTech startups. What is Wall Street REALLY like? How has the finance industry evolved? Listen to find out - DUN DUN DUNNNN 😵 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: What was Tom's very first job? (01:15) And Sean's? ✨ (02:10) What was Wall Street like in the '80s? 👯♀️ (07:51) Why did Sean start Camino? 👩👦👦 (10:10) How has diversity changed in the finance...
Sep 07, 2021•43 min•Ep 192•Transcript available on Metacast Humanoid Natasha, Amy, and Katarina (from the future) say that the robots are taking over This Week On Planet Internet! These days, if you think about anything too hard, you might just explode. But fret not, one day we will all live in robot bodies and no one will be able to touch us. 🦾 🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: What's the latest with the tech behind the pandemic? 🦠 (00:42) TL;DR: Robots are coming 🤖 (07:44) Will Elon Musk's robots make our beds for us? 🛏 (11:38) What's up with the lo...
Sep 02, 2021•20 min•Ep 191•Transcript available on Metacast This is David's guest spot on Clever Programming that we are republishing here.
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep 190•Transcript available on Metacast It's a man's man's world but (lol James Brown knows) it would be nothing without women! Sophie Wyne (Co-Founder and CEO of ariglad), Luna Ito-Fisher, and Ambika Miglani (Co-founders of Decrypted By Us) join Amy on the podcast this week to chat about their entrepreneurship journey 😱 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: How do you know it's time to quit your full-time job to pursue your side hustle? 🥺 (05:00) Why did Luna and Ambika start Decrypted by Us? 👯♀️ (07:58) Why is it important ...
Sep 01, 2021•40 min•Ep 189•Transcript available on Metacast We're talking about remote work This Week On Planet Internet (ironically while Linh Dao Smooke has her first in-person meeting with Marcos Fabian, our wonderful dev) 😂 But anyways that's neither here nor there because HackerNoon is a fully remote company and WE'VE GOT THINGS TO SAY about working remotely 😤 🌍 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: First off, what have Amy, Marcos, and Linh's experiences with remote work been like? 👨💻 (01:10) How does remote work affect mental health? 🧠 (08:53) Why ...
Aug 26, 2021•30 min•Ep 188•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Vittiglio dropped some serious knowledge bombs about game dev on this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast 💣 Amy Tom asks Mike about the cost of game development - and not just money-wise. Amy and Mike chat about how to stay sane in a high-pressure industry, how many people it takes to produce a game, and about some of the technical resources required. 🧑💻 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: What is the gaming industry really like? 🎮 (01:14) Mike talks about his gaming career 👾 ...
Aug 25, 2021•37 min•Ep 187•Transcript available on Metacast This one goes out to all the techies with an attitude - we're SaaSing it up this week. Ben Milne, Founder and Chairman of Dwolla, and Jordan Husney, Co-Founder and CEO of Parabol, join Amy Tom to chat about how they started their B2B SaaS companies🔥 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: When did Ben found Dwolla (for the first time - lol entrepreneur life) and when did Jordan start Parabol? 🤘(01:27) Ben talks about how he started his entrepreneurial journey in high school (03:11) and Jord...
Aug 24, 2021•36 min•Ep 186•Transcript available on Metacast Amy Tom chats to Gil Allouche (CEO of metadata.io ) and Tom Coburn (CEO of Jebbit) about starting a marketing data company. They chat about how they each started their companies, the mutual challenges they face, and give advice on growing a company. 💯 On this episode of the HackerNoon Podcast: What was Gil's very first job? (00:56) And Tom's? 👶 (02:30) Why didn't Tom pursue a medical career after school? 🚑 (06:48) How did Gil start metadata? (10:00) And how did Gil grow his company? 👷♂️ (15...
Aug 20, 2021•39 min•Ep 185•Transcript available on Metacast Meet us in your favorite gaming metaverse This Week On Planet Internet! Limarc Ambalina, Jeferson Borba, and Amy Tom debate about what gaming metaverse was the best, the future of metaverses, and delicious metaverse news. 👅 🌏 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: How do you make money in the metaverse? 💰 (01:00) What were Limarc, Jeferson, and Amy's introductions to the metaverse? 🍼 (05:47) What causes people to buy things from a metaverse? 💸 (10:04) What's going on in the Fortnite world? Why did i...
Aug 19, 2021•33 min•Ep 184•Transcript available on Metacast We are taking a virtual trip over to Indonesia to learn about the Indonesian crypto landscape from Pang Xue Kai, CEO of Tokocrypto. Amy Tom asks Kai about how the crypto community connects across islands, about crypto adoption in Indonesia, and more. ✨ On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: What is crypto adoption like in Indonesia? (03:20) 💛 Does the Indonesian government support cryptocurrency adoption? 🇮🇩 (10:00) What are the barriers to entry into the Indonesian crypto market? ⛔️ (12:...
Aug 18, 2021•29 min•Ep 183•Transcript available on Metacast Are you skilled enough to spot a DeepFake? This Week On Planet Internet, Utsav Jaiswal, Ellen Stevens, and Amy Tom get deep into DeepFakes and NFTs. 🌍 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET First of all: DeepFakes. What are they again? (1:15)🧐 Are DeepFakes doing more harm than good? (2:50) ⚖️ Time to catch Utsav (such a boomer) up to speed on the social trends of NFTs looool (13:30) 🤦♀️ What crypto are you investing in first? 🍾 (15:50) Are banks adopting Bitcoin for the wrong reasons? (23:20)🏦 🗒️ ...
Aug 14, 2021•42 min•Ep 182•Transcript available on Metacast There's Big CEO Energy on this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast. Jon Dahl, CEO of Mux, and Thierry Schellenbach, CEO of Stream, talk to Amy Tom about starting their API-powered platform 😱 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Amy, Jon, and Thierry chat about: Why would you build an API platform with a narrow focus? 🤷♂️ (02:32) What were Thierry and Jon's very first jobs? (05:50) Waaaitttttt, so when you sell a company and start a new company that builds off of your original idea, is tha...
Aug 10, 2021•37 min•Ep 181•Transcript available on Metacast David, Amy, and Richard are Zoombombing a video call near you - JK, David more or less vetoed that idea. This Week On Planet Internet, the HN gang chats about the class-action Zoom lawsuit, the dehumanizing effect of video, and the Spirit airlines fiasco. 👽 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: What would you do if you got Zoombombed? 💣 (00:45) Are people less credible over Zoom calls? 🧐 (08:04) Did someone say the Gaming Metaverse? (13:57) Horror stories and mass cancellations vs cheap-ass flights: ...
Aug 06, 2021•34 min•Ep 180•Transcript available on Metacast Hi, it's me — the content you're looking for. And HOT DAMN, check me out. Amy Tom chats with Kate Bradley Chernis, CEO of Lately AI, about her startup journey. Kate describes what her career path has been like and what she's learned along the way in the kitchen, in the studio, and behind the CEO's desk at Lately. On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: What was Kate's first job? 🥇 (01:19) What did Kate learn from her role at the newspaper? (06:09) Kate talks about the moment she realizes she...
Aug 03, 2021•41 min•Ep 179•Transcript available on Metacast OKAY - you get ten guesses. We'll be talking about 🥁🥁🥁 ALL THINGS STARTUPS. This Week On Planet Internet, Natasha Nel, Kien Dao, and Amy Tom talk about validating startup ideas, structuring startups, and the latest startup funding news. 🔥 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: What went into the design process behind Startups Of The Year by HackerNoon? Kien's on the case (3:10) 👷♂️ Why does Algolia sound familiar? (9:45) 💯 What the heck is the Delta-4 Wealth Creation Theory? (15:05) ⁉️ Hierarchy i...
Jul 29, 2021•33 min•Ep 178•Transcript available on Metacast Amy Tom chats with David Smooke (co-founder and CEO of HackerNoon) about his founder's journey with HackerNoon, and with Storm Farrell (Software Developer at HackerNoon) about developing Startups of The Year by HackerNoon. 💚 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: How did HackerNoon start? 🚦 (01:08) Wait - Storm, the dev mind behind the Noonies, didn't originally join HackerNoon as a Software Developer!? 🐸 (03:41) How would Storm and Amy describe their experiences with working at HackerNoo...
Jul 26, 2021•29 min•Ep 177•Transcript available on Metacast Limarc Ambalina, Ellen Stevens, and Amy Tom chat about data privacy ☠️ Humans are in loooove with the internet, and data production is becoming more rampant and autonomous. How has this process affected our daily lives, and is it a good thing or a bad thing? Let's find out. 😵 🤌 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: How do you control your digital footprint? 👣 (01:20) Is downloading apps that aren't from the Google Play Store safe? 🧐 (08:15) AI might be better than people at spotting wildfires thanks...
Jul 22, 2021•37 min•Ep 176•Transcript available on Metacast Amy Tom welcomes Sarah Day, Technical Writing Manager at LaunchDarkly, to talk about a career in technical writing. What's it like being a technical writer, and how do you become one? Join Amy on this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast while she finds out what it takes to cut it in the big world of technical writing. cue Rocky stairs training montage music 😤 What are Sarah and Amy's grammar/English pet peeves? 🤭 (03:57) How is language evolving? (06:59) How does technical writing differ from ot...
Jul 20, 2021•41 min•Ep 175•Transcript available on Metacast 
