Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
About the show
A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.
Episodes
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275: Galvanizing Focus (Paul English)
May 14th, 2018 | Season 7 | 43 mins
Paul English, co-founder of Lola, discusses what it means to be a good brand, transitioning from a tech foundry to a single-product focus, lessons learned from having launched multiple companies, and his approaches to competition & success.
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274: Providing Value (Ram V. Iyer)
May 8th, 2018 | Season 7 | 37 mins 11 secs
Ram V. Iyer, Business Thinker & Professional Business Mentor at The Business Thinking Institute, discusses his internalization of business success/failure, having a 'business thinking' mindset, and distinguishing oneself through the value you can create.
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273: Showcase Your Value (Nilan Peiris)
April 30th, 2018 | Season 7 | 31 mins 17 secs
Nilan Peiris, VP of Growth at TransferWise, discusses growth sources, handling failure, studying user evangelism, launching in a new market, and scaling globally.
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272: Grown-Up App Development (Dermot Daly)
April 23rd, 2018 | Season 7 | 36 mins 26 secs
Dermot Daly, founder and CEO of Tapadoo, discusses being a developer early in the iOS ecosystem while differentiating themselves now as it's become a more crowded market-space, building your ideal company, and developing apps for med-tech devices.
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271: Being a Good Manager (Camille Fournier)
April 17th, 2018 | Season 7 | 40 mins 32 secs
Camille Fournier, author, speaker, and Managing Director at Two Sigma, discusses her path from Director of Infrastructure Engineering to CTO, lessons learned from tech team management, and the importance of defining core-values.
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270: How's Work Lately? (Jennifer Dary)
April 10th, 2018 | Season 7 | 48 mins 54 secs
Jennifer Dary, founder of Plucky, discusses purpose, process, longevity, relationships, and trust by turning the tables and giving Chad a corporate counseling session.
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269: Human to Human Connection (David Cancel)
April 3rd, 2018 | Season 7 | 45 mins 2 secs
David Cancel, CEO & Co-founder of Drift, discusses bringing the personal touch back to sales through conversational marketing, validating an idea, competition, and differentiating yourself through communication & marketing.
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268: Present and Effective (Adam Marchick)
March 27th, 2018 | Season 7 | 34 mins 15 secs
Adam Marchick, CEO & co-founder of Alpine AI, discusses pioneering vocal analytics, making a better experience for digital commerce on vocal platforms, and operating in an early stage market.
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267: Familiar With the Market (Sara Tateno)
March 19th, 2018 | Season 7 | 31 mins 1 sec
Sara Tateno, founder and CEO of Happity, shares her journey from BBC Radio, to coding bootcamp, to startup founder.
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266: Destination Driven (Ernesto Moreno)
March 13th, 2018 | Season 7 | 35 mins 38 secs
Ernesto Moreno, business coach, entrepreneur, & restaurateur, joins Chad to discuss transforming a restaurant using lean methodology, focusing on your strengths, and finding creativity in running a business.
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265: Loosening My Hold (Tracy Osborn)
March 5th, 2018 | Season 7 | 38 mins 5 secs
Tracy Osborn, author and the creator of WeddingLovely, joins Chad to talk about juggling projects, redefining your core customer base, the feeling of giving up control when hiring, and publishing via Kickstarter.
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264: Having a Realistic Mindset (Allen Pike)
February 27th, 2018 | Season 7 | 40 mins 48 secs
Chad discusses reflection & goal planning, the scope of internal projects, and balancing time & team structure for both client & product work with Allen Pike, CEO & co-founder of Steamclock Software.
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263: The Stuff of Science Fiction (George Brocklehurst)
February 19th, 2018 | Season 7 | 22 mins 46 secs
Chad is joined by George Brocklehurst, development director of thoughtbot NYC, to discuss the methodologies, tools, and use cases in working with machine learning.
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262: The Thought Behind the Bot
February 12th, 2018 | Season 7 | 57 mins 6 secs
In 2003, five friends came together to form thoughtbot. In this special episode, we take a look back on the founding of thoughtbot, and it's first years, told from the perspective of the original founders and early partners. From their first meeting in college, to the dramatic first work-experience that led them to create thoughtbot, to the eventual breakup and reformation, we explore the events that led thoughtbot to become the company it is today.
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261: A Human Future (Pamela Pavliscak)
February 5th, 2018 | Season 7 | 35 mins 55 secs
Chad is joined by Pamela Pavliscak, founder of Change Sciences, about human-centered design thinking, and incorporating well-being & ethics as a measure of success.
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260: Treating Yourself Like a Business (Andrew Carroll)
January 29th, 2018 | Season 7 | 39 mins 23 secs
Chad is joined by Andrew Carroll, CPA and independent CFO, to discuss how the new tax regulations will affect freelancers, small business, & solopreneurs.