S7 E18: Hadi Radwan, Asteya
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hadi Radwan is an amateur biohacker, which was a new term for me, and means trying to DIY your own b...
S7 Bonus: Nick Ippolito & Rowan Findlay, Squarekicker
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Ippolito has been involved with youth work for many years, and stumbled into web design and tau...
S7 Bonus: Casey Kipfer, Justifi
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Kipfer is a family man. He's married with 3 kids, and there is a lot of excitement and noi...
S7 E17: Nora Jones, Jeli.io
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nora Jones has been in tech her entire career. She originally thought she was going to get into hard...
S7 Bonus: Alex Svinov, Insquad
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Svinov has very few things to talk about outside of the business world. He likes to jog, play t...
S7 Return to Komodor - Andrey Pohkilko
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You might remember in Season 6, episode 15, I interviewed Itiel, the Co-founder of Komodor. Today I ...
S7 E16: Gabriel Isserlis, Tutti
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriel Isserlis grew up in London with an artistic background in the creative industries. His Dad i...
S7 Bonus: Nathan Yap, SupportZebra
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Yap has a tight knit family, that he spends a lot of time with. So traveling and enjoying goo...
S7 Bonus: Satish Jayanthi, Coalesce
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Satish Jayanthi was born in India, and attended school there. When he was growing up, his Mom was a ...
S7 E15: Jeff Grass, Hungry Marketplace
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Grass had his career start more traditionally, as a bond underwriter, graduating from Wharton, ...
S7 Bonus: Rob Moore, Churnkey
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Moore was previously on the Code Story podcast back in Season 2, when he was building Floom - a ...
S7 Bonus: Juan Soberanis, Beacon
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Back in 1986, Juan Soberanis and his family got a personal computer for the house - a Commodore 128....
S7 E14: Olga Stern, Tangy Market
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Olga Stern considers herself an onion, with a lot of different layers. She loves to try out new thin...
S7 Nick Donofrio - If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners! Today have Nick Donorio on the show today.Nick Donorio is a second generation Ameri...
S7 Bonus: Michael Zuercher, Prismatic
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Zuercher has been in tech since he was young, starting his first company when he was 19 year...
S7 E13: Krish Ramineni, Fireflies.ai
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Krish Ramineni grew up in Silicon Valley, observing tech all around him. But really excited him was ...
S7 Bonus: Shawn Ramirez, Mystery
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shawn Ramirez spent a decade as a political science professor, studying terrorism and strategic nego...
S7 Bonus: Shaheeb Roshan, ThreeFlow
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shaheeb Roshan is a family man. He's been married 16 years and has a 10 year old daughter. It...
S7 E12: Roi Ravhon, Finout
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roi Ravhon path to tech started in the Israeli military, like many other founders in Israel. In fact...
S7 Bonus: Mike Malone, Smallstep
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Malone is a nerd from way back (his words, not mine). In the 6th grade, he bought a Borland C b...
S7 Bonus: Kateryna Sytnyk, Fract & CTO Doctor
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kateryna Sytnyk is originally from Ukraine, but moved to the states 15 years ago after winning the g...
S7 E11: Benjamin Wilms, Steadybit
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Wilms started his career in 1999 as a developer. In the little free time he has, he does mo...
S7 Bonus: John Rush, Mars X
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Rush has been in tech since he was a child, so its hard for him to think of a time where it was...
S7 Bonus: Tom Medema, Bubbles
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Medema is Dutch, and grew up in a small village in the Netherlands. This allowed him to explore ...
S7 E10: Raj Bains, Prophecy
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Raj Bains grew up in India, North of Delhi, and comes from a family who, as he says, does "whate...
S7 Bonus: Derek Osgood, Ignition
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Derek Osgood comes from a family of entrepreneurs, and has always known he wanted to start something...
S7 Bonus: Justin Clegg, Allset
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Clegg grew up all around the world, living in countries like Puerto Rico, Mexico City and Bra...
S7 E9: William Falcon, Lightning AI
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Will Falcon did not have a traditional path to tech. He is originally from South America, and moved ...
S7 Bonus: Conor Carmody, Furthr Festival
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Conor Carmody lives just outside of Dublin with his wife and has 3 lads - aka boys. Professionally, ...
S7 Bonus: Mark Stouse, Proof Analytics
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Stouse was a CCO and CMO in large companies like Honeywell Aerospace. He claims that he is not ...
S7 Bonus: Jake Vacovec, Flycode
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jake Vacovec started his career in sales, and eventually moved into the product world. He loves to c...
S7 E8: Waseem Daher, Pilot
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Waseem Daher had two immigrant parents from Lebanon. He was born in the states, after the migrated t...
S7 Bonus: Ryan Buick, Canvas
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Buick grew up in San Francisco - in the actual city itself. He went to school in Oregon, but qu...
S7 Bonus: Ashleigh Wilson, Auditmate
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ashleigh Wilson is a self proclaimed elevator baby, being raised in the elevator industry. She grew ...
S7 E7: Alexandre Omeyer, Stepsize
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Omeyer is undercover French ,despite his thick British accent. He was born and raised in Paris,...
S7 Bonus: Ruslan K, Filmustage
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ruslan K has been doing software development for over 10 years. He's gone from mobile developmen...
S7 Bonus: Max Koziolek, Spectrm
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Max Koziolek comes from a simple background. His single mother raised he and his twin brother, outsi...
S7 E6: Jon Darbyshire, SmartSuite
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Darbyshire is joined at the hip with his wife, in life and in business. They have been doing bus...
S7 Bonus: Andrew Zhou, Kona
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Zhou grew up in the Bay Area, which he claims was a great place to grow up in. However, he no...
S7 E5: Vicki Duben, Viewst
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki Duben's background is actually in physics and applied mathematics. Prior to graduation, sh...
S7 HarperDB Update - Jaxon Repp, Head of Product
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episodeGuest: Jaxon Repp is the Head of Product at HarperDB. He has 25 years of experien...
S7 Bonus: Luca Rossi, Refactoring
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Luca Rossi is based in Italy, and has lived there his whole life. He has studied computer science, w...
S7 Bonus: Dan Lorenc, Chainguard
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Lorenc got into tech in a roundabout way. Most of his time in school was dedicated to the study ...
S7 E4: Yuliia Tkachova, Masthead Data
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yuliia Tkachova grew up in the Ukraine, but lives in Canada now. She has a family with 2 kids, and a...
S7 Bonus: Josh Lewis, Sensible
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Lewis was fascinated by computers in the late 80's / early 90's. In the early days, he ...
S7 Bonus: Andrew Hoag, Teampay
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Hoag remembers a time before he started his own company where there were other things outside...
S7 E3: Stephany LaPierre, Tealbook
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stephany LaPierre is originally from Quebec, so English is her second language. She was a ski instru...
S7 Bonus: Nat Robinson, Trustworthy
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nat Robinson is from New Zealand, and grew up there the first half of his life. He finds that growin...
S7 Bonus: Dan Draper, CipherStash
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Draper is from South Australia, specifically Adelaide, but his family now lives in Sydney. Inter...
S7 E2: Marie Ng, Llama Life
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Ng was born in Malaysia but grew up in Australia. She has lived and worked in London and New Y...
S7 Bonus: Aaron Upright, Zenhub
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Upright used to get a ton of energy staying up late and strategizing about his startup, but no...
S7 Bonus: Arjun Bhatnagar, Cloaked
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Arjun Bhatnager has been coding since he was 10 years old, and in general, his family is full of ent...
S7 E1: Ian Small, Evernote
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Small is a Canadian, and claims that is the most important thing about him. Tech started for him...
Season 7 Trailer
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners.Believe it or not, Season 6 has come to a close, and tomorrow, we are kicking off ye...
S6 Bonus: Alexander Deeb, Classhook (Replay)
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Deeb was influenced by the education space early on. He had many teachers who inspired him thro...
S6 Bonus: Adam Newman, Pyrl (Replay)
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Newman grew up in the suburbs of New York and Brooklyn. Now, he lives in the DC / Maryland area...
S6 Bonus: Harshil Parikh, Tromzo
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Harshil Parikh is the father of 2 daughters, as well as the father of 2 dogs. Most of the time spent...
S6 Bonus: Gavin Mendel-Gleason, TerminusDB
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When asked what he does for fun, Gavin Mendel-Gleason likes to program for fun. He builds stuff in h...
S6 Bonus: Jennifer Smith, Scribe
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Smith had an abnormal path to tech. She was born in upstate New York, and was not exposed t...
S6 E30: Liam Gerada, Krepling
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Gerada comes from an eCommerce background, building websites, stores, etc. He is passionate abo...
Microsoft Careers with Girish & Junior!
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is sponsored by Microsoft!Guests: Girish Bablani and Junior Diarrassouba, two Mi...
S6 Bonus: Addison Higham, StreamNative
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Addison Higham is a father of 2 kids, and has been married for 12 years. His family is of the utmost...
Tutelage of Treehouse - Graham Morby, Sr. Software Engineer
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tutelage of Treehouse, sponsored by Treehouse!Guest: Graham Morby is a Senior Software Engineer who ...
S6 E29: Irina Bednova, Cordless
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Irina Bednova started programming when she was a kid, starting out with a smash the cockroach game w...
S6 Bonus: Andre Ferraz, Incognia
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andre Ferraz was influenced heavily by his parents, as they were both computer scientists. When he w...
S6 Bonus: Robert Cooke, 3Forge
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since he was a little kid, Robert Cooke always had a fascination with computers. Even when he w...
Tutelage of Treehouse - Daniel McElroy, WV Coding Club
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tutelage of Treehouse, sponsored by Treehouse!Guest: Daniel McElroy is the Founder of the West Virgi...
S6 E28: Tyson Kunosvsky, Autocloud
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tyson Kunosvsky was born in South Africa, and travelled a lot as a kid. When he was a kid, he was ma...
S6 Bonus: Saksham Sharda, Outgrow
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Saksham Sharda likes to make short films, or anything that is related to videos. In fact, he has nar...
S6 Bonus: Mike Cruz, Protégé
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Cruz grew up in Guam, near Japan. He spent 18 years before moving to the US for college. He has...
Tutelage of Treehouse - Dustin Usey, Treehouse
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tutelage of Treehouse, sponsored by Treehouse!Guest: Dustin Usey is a Treehouse graduate and a full ...
S6 E27: Gina Bianchini, Mighty Networks
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Bianchini grew up in Cupertino in the 70's & 80's, which was a place where people w...
S6 Bonus: Omer Rosenbaum, Swimm
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Omer Rosenbaum lives in Tel Aviv, with his wife and 3 month old son. He loves to teach, and he share...
S6 Bonus: Andreas Creten, madewithlove
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andreas Creten has been in tech for as long as he can remember, and even started a company when he w...
Tutelage of Treehouse - Cynthia Kao, Operation Code
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tutelage of Treehouse, sponsored by Treehouse!Guest: Cynthia Kao is the Executive Director at Operat...
S6 E26: Aria Hahn, Pocketed
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aria Hahn grew up in Okanagan, in British Columbia, Canada. She's always been on the entrepreneu...
S6 Bonus: Chakri Devarakonda, Tavant
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chakri Devarakonda finds it strange how he got into Quality Engineering starting out as a security g...
S6 Bonus: Ben Turner, Verituity
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Turner's grandfathers were both an entreprenuer. One grandfather went to Cornell, but ended ...
Tutelage of Treehouse - Jason Gilmore, Treehouse
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tutelage of Treehouse, sponsored by Treehouse!Guest: Jason Gilmore is the CEO of Treehouse. He is al...
S6 E25: Tom Hacohen, Svix
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For Tom Hacohen, coding started when he was 9 years old. He took after school robotics classes which...
S6 Bonus: Mark Porter, MongoDB
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Porter has always been fascinated with puzzles, so tech just fit for him and a great journey fo...
S6 Bonus: Maria Meier, Phantasma Labs
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Meier grew up bilingual, as her Mom was from Poland and her Dad was from Germany. In her free ...
Notifications North Star - Stephanie Griffith, Marketing Expert
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Notifications North Star, sponsored by Courier!Guest: Stephanie Griffith is an email and SMS marketi...
S6 E24: Matt Young, UserVoice
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Young claims to have been born with a tech spoon in his mouth, having his Dad work for IBM and ...
S6 Bonus: Tyler Rohrer, Remotely
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In his words, Tyler Rohrer is best described through his spirit animal, Curious George. He likes to ...
S6 Bonus: Andrew Salvadore, Coinrule
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Salvadore is a father of 2 young boys, and when he is not working, they fill up his schedule....
Notifications North Star - Troy Goode, Courier
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Notifications North Star, sponsored by Courier!Guest: Troy Goode is the Co-founder & CEO of Cour...
S6 E23: Franzi Low, Localyze
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Franzi Low doesn't have the usual CTO path. She studied economics, and was doing her PhD in econ...
S6 Bonus: Shaunak Roy, Yellowdig
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shaunak Roy spent 10 years in the tech industry before deciding to be a tech entrepreneur. In underg...
Notifications North Star - Vatasha White, Courier
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Notifications North Star, sponsored by Courier!Guest: Vatasha White is a Senior Software Engineer at...
S6 E22: Matt Provo, Stormforge
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Provo has been married for 16 years and has three kids. So between the Provo household and his ...
S6 Bonus: Temilola Adebayo, HumanSquad
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Temilola Adebayo is in tech, but her background is in film production. She grew up most other life i...
S6 Bonus: Christine Spang, Nylas
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
According to Christine Spang, she is secretly Canadian, being born in Toronto. She moved to Upstate ...
Notifications North Star - Patrick Malatack, Matrix Partners
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Notifications North Star, sponsored by Courier!Guest: Patrick Malatack is a partner at Matrix Partne...
S6 E21: Douwe Maan, Meltano
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Douwe Maan started programming when he was 9 years old, and grew up with his Dad pushing Linux on hi...
S6 Bonus: Jon Dahl, Mux
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Dahl was a philosophy major in college, and eventually, obtained a graduate degree studying theo...
Notifications North Star - Eric Koslow, Lattice
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Notification North Star, sponsored by Courier!Guest: Eric Koslow is the Co-founder of Lattice, the p...
S6 E20: Izzy Azeri, mabl
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Izzy Azeri has been in the tech industry for 20 years, starting out at places like EMC and VMWare. H...
S6 Bonus: George Georgallides, Basis Health
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
George Georgallides is originally from a small island in Europe called Cypress. He grew up there, jo...
S6 Bonus: Savarth Misra, ContractPodAI
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Savarth Misra didn't start out in tech. In fact, he was a lawyer, working as a corporate commerc...