Rise Over Run
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Disney’s Opening Day Disaster: A Lesson on Speed vs Quality
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The day Disneyland opened its doors, everything went wrong. Rides broke down, the asphalt melted under people’s feet, 28,000 people flooded the park...
If you’re not using AI, you’re falling behind
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re not using AI, you’re already falling behind. In this episode of Rise Over Run, Doug and Brant break down how AI is reshaping careers, wh...
Startup Entropy: Solve Problems Without Creating New Ones
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Great startups don’t ignore problems—they fix them before they spiral out of control. Every 90 days, something in your company stops working: proc...
Your Brain’s Algorithm: How Every Input Shapes Your Thinking & Decision Making
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your brain doesn’t just think—it processes. Like an algorithm, it takes in information, filters what’s important, and produces decisions. But if...
How Not to Get Hired: What you’re doing wrong
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You hear a lot about what you should do to land a job, but what about the things you shouldn’t do? In this episode of Rise Over Run, Brant and Doug ...
Hired: Getting a Job is a Skill - Part 3
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of this three-part “Hired” series, Doug and Brant sit down with Remi’s VP of Product, Nate Hopkins, to discuss what he loo...
Hired: The Start Up Switch - Part 2
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this three-part “Hired” series, Doug and Brant talk with Hailey (Operations Coordinator) and Hunter (Subject Matter Exper...
Hired: How I got the job at Remi - Part 1
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of this three-part series on Rise Over Run, Doug and Brant sit down with two current Remi employees—Cambree (Product Designer) ...
AI Everywhere: How a startup CE0 & CTO use it everyday
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If it has to be perfect, it can’t be AI—yet. CTO Brant Choate and CEO Doug Barnett discuss how, as startup founders, AI has become a huge part of ...
After the Series A: New Roles, New Problems, Same Need for Speed.
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Post Series A, everything changes. In this episode of Rise Over Run, Doug and Brant discuss the many ways that scaling adds complexity, why some seed-...
Is Burnout Real? Belief, Craft, and Choosing Your Attitude.
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is burnout real? On this episode of Rise Over Run, Doug and Brant discuss the critical role of belief in the mission of your company, how adopting the...
Have Strong Opinions: Why you need them & how to develop them
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s no shortage of strong opinions on the Rise Over Run podcast, and this episode explains why. Covering everything from the value of having str...
The Productivity Illusion: Cutting through distractions
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest threats to your productivity is a distraction disguised as valuable work. We often confuse progress with overly ambitious event cal...
Should you join a startup? – Hard Truths and Big Opportunities
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“To be successful at a startup you have to love winning more than you hate losing.”We get asked all the time “should I join a startup?” or “...
Rise Over Run E10 - Chasing a $100b company: Can Salt Lake be the next Silicon Valley?
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
San Francisco and Salt Lake City, two startup hubs with very different DNA. This week we break down the strengths and weaknesses of each city, discuss...
Rise Over Run E9 - From Startups to Tech Giants: Who are the private-company founders behind the success?
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did Fortnite come to dominate the gaming industry? Or Canva disrupt the design giants? In this episode, we explore the stories of visionary founde...
Rise Over Run E8 - The job hopping myth: Finding the right company and building real success.
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the world of career advice, you’ll hear that job-hopping every two years is the best way to get promoted and increase your salary. But is it real...
Rise Over Run E7 - The feedback loop: How seeking feedback will change your career
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"People in your career telling you you’re great when you’re not are your enemies.”Honest feedback is one of the single most important things for...
Rise Over Run E6 - Speed vs. quality: Disneyland or Duke Nukem?
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Disneyland was brought to life in 366 days. The Empire State Building was built in 410 days. The iPod was pitched, produced, and launched in 290 d...
Rise Over Run E5 - The trap of turning over critical decisions to AI
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So many leaders are ready to turn over critical parts of their business to AI without thinking through all the consequences. What functions make sense...
Rise Over Run E4 - The overlooked skill of storytelling in business
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Human brains are hard-wired for storytelling. This episode is dedicated to how storytelling can impact every aspect of your career—and how it can ma...
Rise Over Run E3 - Most people intentionally avoid pain, they have it all wrong.
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Building something different (not just better) in the startup world is incredible hard, and the only way to survive is learning how to embrace pain an...
Rise Over Run E2 - How to tell if a startup’s equity could be worth something
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is startup equity a pipe dream? How can you know if a startup has a real chance?Remi founders Doug Barnett and Brant Choate are back this week getting...
Rise Over Run E1 - Founder mode + How to interview at a startup
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Back with a new name and fresh opinions, Doug and Brant jump in and discuss the founder mode craze, the way the go about interviewing talent at Remi, ...
Scaling
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Remi Founders Doug Barnett (@dbreezee1) and Brant Choate (@brantchoate) talk about the changes they’ve had to make and what it's taken to scale ...