S11 Bonus: Tiffany Johnson, NMI
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tiffany Johnson is originally from Texas, but grew up in California. At a young age, she was a bit o...
The Gene Simmons of Data Protection – Navigating the Future of Data Management
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Gene Simmons of Data Protection: Protegrity's KISS MethodToday, we are releasing another epi...
S11 E10: Brennan Pothetes, Infinity Constellation
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brennan Pothetes grew up in Louisiana, but went to High School in Portland, Oregon - two very differ...
S11 Bonus: Ben Lerner, Espresso AI
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Lerner was a fan of tech growing up, along side being into math and science. Right out of school...
The Next Iteration of Gremlin – with Kolton Andrus, CEO
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I'm talking with Kolton Andrus, CEO and Founder of Gremlin. You may remember previously w...
S11 E9: Buchi Reddy, Levo.ai
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Buchi Reddy lives in North Austin, having recently moved there with his family. He is originally fro...
S11 Bonus: Evan Henshaw-Plath (aka Rabble), Rabble Labs & Verse
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Henshaw-Plath, also known as Rabble, was born in Berkeley while his Mom was a student. His pare...
S11 E8: Jesse Pollak, Base & Coinbase
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Pollak grew up in Washington, DC, attending a Quaker school through graduating in high school....
S11 Bonus: Gaurav Bhattacharya, Jeeva AI
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gaurav Bhattacharya grew up in New Delhi, in a blue collar family. He lost his Dad early in his life...
S11 E7: Artem Rodichev, Ex-Human
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artem Rodichev was born and raised in Kazakhstan, surrounded by the mountains. He loves hiking, and ...
S11 Bonus: Keren Fanan, MyOp
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keren Fanan doesn't come from a tech based family, yet has worked in tech for the last 15 years....
S11 E6: Michael Sacca, Leadpages
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Sacca didn't start out coding - he started out as a musician. In college, he studied mus...
S11 Bonus: Ofir Bibi, Lightricks
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ofir Bibi grew up in Jerusalem, and is where he is today because of his love for photography. He has...
S11 E5: Austin Federa, DoubleZero
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Austin Federa has a non-traditional path into the blockchain world. In college, he studied political...
S11 Bonus: Tim Eades, Anetac
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Eades grew up poor, but forced himself into college. He is a 4 time CEO, an investor, and on the...
S11 E4: Brooke Hartley Moy, Infactory AI
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brooke Hartley May lives in Oakland, California, on the East Bay, claiming to get more sunshine than...
S11 Bonus: Yaroslav & Sergiy, Railsware - Part 2
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yaroslav Lazor started writing code when he was 10 years old. It took him a while to understand that...
S11 Bonus: Yaroslav & Sergiy, Railsware - Part 1
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yaroslav Lazor started writing code when he was 10 years old. It took him a while to understand that...
S11 E3: Rob Duffy, Healthedge
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Duffy lives in New York with his family. He moved to the states to go work for a small online bo...
S11 Bonus: Emmanuel Straschnov, Bubble
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emmanuel Straschnov grew up in rural France, which is interestingly enough where he started doing co...
S11 Bonus: Clayton Gentry, Podstock
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clayton Gentry has been digitally oriented his whole life. When he was younger, he was into photogra...
S11 Bonus: David Asamu, Nesla
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Asamu grew up in Nigeria and got into technology early, through serving his community. He atte...
S11 E2: Clément "Kero" Renault, Meilisearch
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clément "Kero" Renault wanted to be an architect when he was younger. During that time, he ...
S11 Bonus: Arnab Deka, Metacast
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arnab Deka lives in Vancouver and loves the Pacific Northwest. He was never formally educated in com...
S11 E1: Rob Woollen, Sigma Computing
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Woollen lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He grew up with a Father in IT and management, and ...
Season Favorite - Matt Van Itallie, Sema
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Van Itallie is the son of a math teacher and a coder - so this explains why he now uses code as...
Season Favorite - Kevin Hurley, Lightspark
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Hurley grew up in a multi-kid house, which is where he got his competitive nature. He used to ...
Season Favorite - Anurag Goel, Render
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anurag Goel grew up in New Delhi, but moved to Boston after college for his first job. He worked at ...
S10 Bonus: Erik Braund, Katmai Tech
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erik Braund was born and raised in Alaska. Growing up, he played competitive hockey and built comput...
S10 E30: Ravi Pratap Maddimsetty, Uniqode
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ravi Pratap Maddimsetty lives in Bangalore with his family. Early on, he joined startups where his f...
S10 Bonus: Shai Horovitz, Jit.io
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shai Horovitz grew up on a farm in Israel, 1.5 hours north of Tel Aviv. He was drafted into the army...
The Gene Simmons of Data Protection - Are You Ready For the GenAI Data Frontier?
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Gene Simmons of Data Protection: Protegrity's KISS MethodToday, we are releasing another epi...
S10 E29: Lucas Lovell, Paddle
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lucas Lovell grew up in Adelaide, Australia, before eventually landing where resides now, in London....
S10 Bonus: David Young, Federated Computer
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Young spent many years in California, but lives in Colorado Springs now. He mentioned that thi...
The Gene Simmons of Data Protection – Are Your Systems Smarter Than a Threat Actor?
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Gene Simmons of Data Protection: Protegrity's KISS MethodToday, we are releasing another epi...
S10 E28: Kavitta Ghai, Nectir
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kavitta Ghai realized at an early age that she thought different than everyone else. She grew up neu...
S10 Bonus: Darko Fabijan, Semaphore
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Darko Fabijan is originally from Serbia, and splits his time between their and the US. He got is fir...
The Gene Simmons of Data Protection - Fortifying Your Data Defenses
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Gene Simmons of Data Protection: Protegrity's KISS MethodToday, we are releasing another epi...
S10 E27: Gino Ferrand, Tecla.io
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gino Ferrand is originally from Peru, and moved to the United States when he was 12 years old. Now, ...
S10 E23: Ivan & Nick, Archetype AI (Part 2)
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ivan Poupyrev grew up in the Soviet Union, studying rocket science. He moved to the US in 2013 to pu...
The Gene Simmons of Data Protection – KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid): A Data Security Dilemma
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Gene Simmons of Data P rotection: Protegrity's KISS MethodToday, we are kicking off a new se...
S10 E23: Ivan & Nick, Archetype AI (Part 1)
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ivan Poupyrev grew up in the Soviet Union, studying rocket science. He moved to the US in 2013 to pu...
S10 Bonus: Quinn Li O’Shea, Braid
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Quinn Li started into tech well before college. In High School, she was into fashion and would take ...
S10 E25: Alberto Simon, Masterworks
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alberto Simon is an immigrant from Mexico, moving to Florida with his small family when he was very ...
S10 Bonus: Don Gossen, Nevermined
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Don Gossen is Canadian, but at this point, in name only. He lives in Portugal with his wife and 2 da...
S10 E25: Shmuel Kliger, Causely
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shmuel Kliger is a self proclaimed old man. He was born in Israel, and served in the army for 6 year...
Podcasthon & the American Cancer Society
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Listeners.Today is going to be a special episode, a bit out of the ordinary to our normal prog...
S10 Bonus: Tyler Wells, Braingrid
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Wells lives outside of Austin, TX. He moved there 4 years ago, but spent most of this time in ...
S10 E23: Anthony Eden, DNSimple
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Eden is a gray beard in terms of internet time, being around when Netscape was released. He ...
S10 Bonus: Andrew Lau, Jellyfish
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Lau is located in Boston now, but is a California native. He grew up in Oakland, and calls hi...
S10 E22: Ayush Agarwal, Dodo Payments
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Ayush Agarwal is a techy trying to code his way out of things. He graduated with a degree in Compute...
S10 E22: Ayush Agarwal, Dodo Payments
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ayush Agarwal is a techy trying to code his way out of things. He graduated with a degree in Compute...
S10 Bonus: Josh Ho, Referral Rock
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Ho was into tech at a young age. In high school, which was around the time of bulletin boards a...
S10 E21: Austin Vance, Focused.io
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Austin Vance grew up in Oklahoma, but takes residence outside of Denver, Colorado now. He is a fathe...
S10 E21: Austin Vance, Focused.io
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Austin Vance grew up in Oklahoma, but takes residence outside of Denver, Colorado now. He is a fathe...
S10 Bonus: Jason Schappert, Moola
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jason Schappert grew up in an entrepreneurial family. His Mom and Dad were always working together, ...
S10 Bonus: Jason Schappert, Moola
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Schappert grew up in an entrepreneurial family. His Mom and Dad were always working together, ...
S10 E20: Tameem Hourani, RapDev
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Tameem Hourani was born in the Middle East, on a small island. He came to the states, Boston specifi...
S10 E20: Tameem Hourani, RapDev
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tameem Hourani was born in the Middle East, on a small island. He came to the states, Boston specifi...
S10 Bonus: Shahar Azulay, Groundcover
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shahar Azulay has had many opportunities to get into tech throughout his life. He started digging in...
Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Imad Gharazeddine, CEO of Mamo
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are releasing another episode in our series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and...
S10 E19: Simmi Singh, Hook Music
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Simmi Singh grew up in Australia, when her parents migrated from India. She studied law and finance ...
S10 Bonus: Nikita Shamgunov, Neon
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Nikita Shamgunov is a native of Russia, coming to the US for grad school in 2005. Eventually he work...
S10 Bonus: Nikita Shamgunov, Neon
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nikita Shamgunov is a native of Russia, coming to the US for grad school in 2005. Eventually he work...
Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Mohammad Albalooshi, CEO, DIFC Innovation Hub
Wed, 05 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today, we are releasing another episode in our series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and...
Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Mohammad Albalooshi, CEO, DIFC Innovation Hub
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are releasing another episode in our series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and...
S10 E18: Cory O'Daniel, Massdriver
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cory O'Daniel has had an interesting path to technology, growing his career in a number of cloud...
S10 Bonus: Torrey Leonard, Thoughtly
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Torrey Leonard lived in Maryland prior to moving to New York City. In 7th grade, his claim to fame w...
Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni, CEO of AI
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are releasing another episode in our series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and...
S10 E17: Joni Klippert, Stackhawk
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Joni Klippert has spent many years in startups. Post getting her MBA, she built her early career in ...
S10 E17: Joni Klippert, Stackhawk
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joni Klippert has spent many years in startups. Post getting her MBA, she built her early career in ...
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Eric Leebow was born in New Jersey, and bounced around a few states growing up. He has always been a...
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Leebow was born in New Jersey, and bounced around a few states growing up. He has always been a...
S10 E16: Mihri Minaz, Beams
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Mihri Minaz is originally from Turkey, and has 4 siblings in different industries. Being good at mat...
S10 E16: Mihri Minaz, Beams
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mihri Minaz is originally from Turkey, and has 4 siblings in different industries. Being good at mat...
S10 Bonus: Wes Tatters, Rapyd Cloud
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wes Tatters has had a crazy, diverse career history. He is been in IT for around 40 years, and start...
S10 Bonus: Thomas Hansen, Amplitude
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Thomas Hansen was born and raised in Denmark. He's also lived in South Africa, Thailand, Turkey ...
S10 Bonus: Thomas Hansen, Amplitude
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Hansen was born and raised in Denmark. He's also lived in South Africa, Thailand, Turkey ...
S10 Bonus: Anand Kulkarni, Crowdbotics
Wed, 15 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Anand Kulkarni started his career in the dark ages of AI, as a Computer Science researcher at UC Ber...
S10 Bonus: Anand Kulkarni, Crowdbotics
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anand Kulkarni started his career in the dark ages of AI, as a Computer Science researcher at UC Ber...
S10 E15: Hannes Lenke, Checkly
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hannes Lenke was born in East Germany. He started tinkering with computers at an early age, and beca...
S10 E15: Hannes Lenke, Checkly
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hannes Lenke was born in East Germany. He started tinkering with computers at an early age, and beca...
S10 Bonus: Egil Østhus, Unleash (Replay)
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Egil Østhus is based out of Norway - which obviously means he loves skiing. But outside of this, he...
S10 Bonus: Matt Pierce, Immediate (Replay)
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Matt Pierce has been a tech guy for his entire 17 year career. Coming out of grad school, he started...
S10 Bonus: Matt Pierce, Immediate (Replay)
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Pierce has been a tech guy for his entire 17 year career. Coming out of grad school, he started...
S10 Bonus: Reed McGinley-Stempel, Stytch (Replay)
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reed McGinley-Stempel grew up in Las Vegas, but went to school on the East Coast. Frankly, he didn&#...
S10 Bonus: Jonathan Stark, Consultant - Teacher - Author
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jonathan Stark is based in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended the Berkeley College or Music, with...
S10 Bonus: Jonathan Stark, Consultant - Teacher - Author
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Stark is based in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended the Berkeley College or Music, with...
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Eric Müller lives in San Francisco, and explored many different paths before landing in tech. He lo...
S10 E14: Eric Müller, Presence
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Müller lives in San Francisco, and explored many different paths before landing in tech. He lo...
S10 Bonus: Andrey Kudievskiy, Distillery
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Andrey Kudievskiy has always been fascinated by technology, and when asked about himself, he identif...
S10 Bonus: Andrey Kudievskiy, Distillery
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrey Kudievskiy has always been fascinated by technology, and when asked about himself, he identif...
Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Sonia Gokhale, VentureSouq
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are kicking off a new series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, sponsor...
S10 E13: Josh Levine, Chess.com
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Levine lives in Brooklyn, NY. He started programming when he was 6 years old, when his Dad brou...
S10 Bonus: Daniel Loreto, Jetify
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Loreto grew up in Venezuela, but moved around a lot and lived in 6 different countries. He is...
Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Raakin Iqbal, Nucleus AI
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are kicking off a new series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, sponsor...
S10 E12: Nick Mistry, Lineaje
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Mistry lives in the suburbs of Maryland, outside of Washington, DC. He has always been fascinat...
S10 Bonus: Shaunak Roy, Yellowdig (Replay)
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shaunak Roy spent 10 years in the tech industry before deciding to be a tech entrepreneur. In underg...
S10 Bonus: Jon Perl, QA Wolf
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Perl is originally from Virgina, growing up on a computer. Mom is an architect and Dad is an ele...
S10 E11: Nigel Smart, Zama
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nigel Smart is from Britain, but currently lives in Belgium. He has a PhD in mathematics, but headed...