I celebrate reaching episode 400 with a look back to the early idea of this podcast and also the past 100 episodes.
Oren Kaniel CEO & co-founder talks about being on the VC side of the table, then moving over to become an entrepreneur and startup founder. His company, Appsflyer has grown from less than 10 people to now over 130 people. It's an inspiring journey to follow.
Scott Lyons, Connected Vehicle & Services Organisation at Ford Motor Company. A fascinating discussion about the connected car. Also, listen for us talking about Scott's early career at MTV. It goes to show that a career path can take many directions. All it takes is a passion for something - in Scott's case it's a passion for smart mobility.
Omri 'Bob' Shor , Founder and CEO, MediSafe. An app inspired by his father, Medisafe has now dispensed over 270 million doses and raised over $7 million in total.
Guy Vincent, Founder & CEO at Publishizer talks about his fascinating entrepreneur journey which started in India (renting a place for $17 per month) and led to beating thousands of applicants to win a place at 500 Startups and received $100,000 of funding.
Kristian Bromley, Managing Director of Firebox.com takes us on a journey from the early days of firebox (the founders playing chess with shot glasses) to today. The tagline is 'Shop for the unusual' and we learn about the importance of brand and startup culture.
Hans van Gent - strategic internet professional, technical marketer, founder @ Inbound Rocket and Client Service Director digital @ Havas Worldwide . Learn from a world expert content marketing and inbound marketing guru.
David de Min founder of Velapp says if you have an idea that you're passionate about - JUST DO IT!
Jeff Standard Co-founder, Product Manager at Drivemode. Have you ever wondered what education you'll get from running a startup? You'll want to listen to Jeff's look back on his startups over the years and how his speed of learning has helped him to create Drivemode.
Charlie Smith Cofounder and Jessica Buerger Community Manager both at Ideator, Inc. walk us through the excitement that is a day on Product Hunt. Learn how to manage and prepare for a successful launch on Product Hunt.
Alex Depledge CEO & Co-Founder at Hassle.com (one of the best performing TechStars companies in London) says that sometimes the simplest ideas are the most powerful.
Ben Rubin Co-Founder and CEO at Change Collective talks about partnering with ABC’s and Good Morning America's co-anchor Dan Harris - author of 10% happier.
Ryan Johnson VP of Mobile Engineering At BuzzFeed talks about an amazing viral case study. How BuzzFeed achieved 60 million views as a result of one tweet.
Alec Gordon CEO at Beam Messenger recounts hitting the radar of BuzzFeed. In his words: "we saw the server side of it exploding and all these people coming in".
Janet Murray founder of JanetMurray.co.uk can help you get press coverage for your business or brand. Whether you’re looking to attract more customers, raise cash – or just make more people aware of what you do – being featured in places like the Guardian, Huffington Post or Psychologies magazine, or landing a spot on BBC Breakfast or Sky News, Janet will help you get there quicker.
Yaniv Leven CEO & Co-Founder at Panoply.io talks about the entrepreneurial journey. He suggests an entrepreneur must feel that they are changing something in the world that is a given.
Graham Hobson co-founder of Photobox talks us through his amazing story of conceiving the idea of printing digital photos online - in 1999. Remember, this was a time when there were hardly any digital cameras and broadband was scarce. Photobox has grown from earning less than a fiver on day 1 to now celebrating serving over 7 million customers, 32 million birthdays, 8 million birthdays and 1.5 million proud announcements.
Jake Ward President and CEO of the Application Developers Alliance talks about the founding of the alliance to help protect the interests of developers. A non-profit global membership organisation supporting developers as creators, innovators and entrepreneurs.
Jorge Selva of Minium is on a mission to build the first modern minimalist phone. There is a lot of synergies with what Jorge is doing with Minium and my co-project for a distraction free creative writing tool called iLys.com
Pedro Oliveira Co-founder at Landing.jobs and Matt Carrozo Head Of Marketing at Landing.jobs talk through their number 1 Product Hunt launch day. They crushed it at the top. They made the newsletter the following day and, as a bonus, they are likely to make it into the most upvoted hunts collection in November.