CTO and Co-Founder Talk with Dave Albert

Where I discuss what it's like being a first-time CTO and Co-Founder. The joys, the decision, and the challenges. I hope this helps others in similar situations or aspire to the same.

Failure! Can it be good for you? Guest Laurence Knell

Guest Laurence Knell, Director at Strategic Innovation Partners and Co-Founder Brain for Business talking to us about his work studying failure. | | https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenceknell/ | https://brainforbusiness.ie/ | laurie@strategicinnovation.ie Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

10-08
54:46

Vue.js, Azure Serverless Functions, Shaping up

In this solo episode I talk about our web app built using views, Azure Serverless Functions, and S3. I also talk about changes to our workflow based on the Shape Up book by Ryan Singer of Basecamp, you should definitely read the book. | https://vuejs.org/ | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/functions/ | https://basecamp.com/shapeup | https://rework.fm/shape-up/ | https://rework.fm/shape-up-roundtable/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

10-01
33:23

War stories from Victory CTO's founder John Cunningham

Guest John Cunningham co-founder of 'Victory CTO' tells use some amazing war stories from his time helping clients with surprising challenges. He also shares parts of his journey starting companies. Victory is the world's leading Hypernetic Solutions consultancy, delivering business evolution through technology, data-driven process, and cross-disciplinary experience to create transformative business solutions. | http://victorycto.com | jwc@victorycto.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwcunningham/ | https://twitter.com/VictoryCto Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

09-24
01:05:42

Lean about life lessons, hack, experience through the University of Life

Jamie White an entrepreneur who founded Leading Social and The University of Life. The University of life: 'We believe that there's no greater wealth acquired than all that you learn in life through the likes of good & bad experiences, challenges, dedicated study and life long pursuit. The University of Life is centred around the sharing of these life lessons, experiences, strategies for success, hacks and wisdom. We want to share these with you.' Also hear the story of how Jamie and his team brought Gary Vee over to Dublin for an event. | https://theuniversityoflife.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiewhiteee/ | https://www.instagram.com/jamiewhite/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/theuniversityoflife/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

09-17
01:00:37

Chris Hardie a Senior Software Engineer at Automattic (wordpress.com)

Guest Chris Hardie tells us about his very interesting journey he was an entrepreneur for over 16 years, is now working on Special Projects at Automattic makers of wordpress.com. Hear about what it was like starting his company, many of the things he learned along the way and his transition to working for a great company. | https://twitter.com/ChrisHardie | https://chrishardie.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishardie/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

09-10
55:59

Interested in shifting into a career as a Web Developer/freelancer? Raddevon is a resource for you.

Guest Devon Campbell talks to us about switching career to be a freelance Web Developer, and creating a resource for others to do the same. He also gives free mentoring sessions to help people with the preperation and transition. | https://raddevon.com | https://twitter.com/raddevon | https://www.linkedin.com/in/raddevon/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

09-03
50:48

JSDayIE: Irelands first single day JavaScript conference

Guest: Remo H Jansen organiser of JSDayIe joins us to discuss open-source contribution, writing a technical book, starting a meetup, and ultimately starting a conference. | Buy your ticket using this discount code: https://ti.to/wolk-software-limited/jsdayie-2019/discount/CTODA | https://www.linkedin.com/in/remojansen/ | https://www.jsday.org/ | https://twitter.com/JSDayIE | https://twitter.com/RemoHJansen Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

08-29
39:55

How can you make a video go viral ... maybe redefine viral

Guests David Feinman and Zach Medina co-founders of Viral Ideas and Flixation join me to talk about starting two companies in the Video marketing space. David and Zach have been on their entrepreneurial journey from an early age, and they were good friends before starting the two businesses the currently operate. | https://flixation.co/ | https://www.viralideasmarketing.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-feinman-7a069255/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-medina-6b79075a/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

08-27
46:04

After starting a company sometimes you must re-evaluate your positioning/offerings!

Guest Ryan Hopkins tells us about starting Trigger Media and his first foray into entrepreneurship. Trigger Media is a full-service digital agency based in Dublin that specialises in technology, marketing and creative. | https://triggermedia.ie/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/hopkinsryan/ | https://twitter.com/ryanhopkins10 | https://twitter.com/triggermedia_ie Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

08-20
01:08:36

Making Ireland better for startups

Andy talks to us about his work with Startup Ireland as well as the journey to product market fit with Zappaz. | https://twitter.com/StartupIreland | https://zappaz.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-o-connor/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

08-13
59:34

What's up Felipe? Social media reduction

Felipe joins us to talk about what's on his mind. This week it's social media and reducing the one's addiction to the dopamine hits. | https://twitter.com/seufelipe | https://www.instagram.com/seufelipe/ | https://letterboxd.com/seufelipe/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

08-06
39:55

Can you tell the story of your product value? Simon Wardley’s Value Chain Mapping can help.

Find out more about Simon Wardley’s Value Chain Mapping and the journey to creating a map with Aidan Molloy. #WardleyMapping for #ProductManagement| Checkout this post for images to help understand what we are discussing. https://medium.com/workday-engineering/detailing-the-evolution-of-the-workday-grid-through-wardley-mapping-affcf436a73c | https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanmolloy/ | https://twitter.com/aidan_molloy Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

07-30
50:28

What's it like starting a digital agency and managing multiple software products?

Dermot talks with us about starting WONDR - A Digital product Practice, and Peter talks with us about managing multiple software projects | WONDR - A Digital Product Practice bringing Clarity + Bravery to digital businesses | https://wondr.io/ | https://twitter.com/wondrdublin | Dermot https://www.linkedin.com/in/dkos/ | Peter https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-delaney-ba28a89/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

07-23
01:02:05

Tackle Diversity and Inclusion challenges together, as a community with Vessy Tasheva

Vessy has created an online community for those leading Diversity and Inclusion initiatives - vessy.com | vessy@vessy.com | https://vessy.com/ | https://twitter.com/vessytash | https://www.linkedin.com/in/vesselinatasheva/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

07-16
56:42

Diversity and Inclusion Manifesto - It's like the Agile Manifesto, but for humans.

Tom is helping move the video game industry towards more diversity with the Diversity and Inclusion Manifesto | https://diversitymanifesto.org | https://twitter.com/tomwillfixit | https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomwillfixit/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

07-15
30:32

What do you know about design sprints?

Rohan Facilitator/Consultant/Design Sprint Master at Lean Disruptor talks with me about design sprints, and lean thinking. | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohan-perera/ | https://leandisruptor.com/ | rohan@leandisruptor.com | https://twitter.com/Rohan_LD Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

07-09
01:02:33

How can a business coach help you succeed with Mary Carroll

Mary and I talk about business coaching and Emotional Intelligence (EQI) | http://idetermine.ie/ | info@idetermine.ie | https://twitter.com/i_determine Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

07-02
39:10

Guest Davy Engone

Davy and I discuss a number of important elements of a startups including what happens if co-founders break up. Hackages 'Where Hack Means Education', software development training, guidance, and consultancy. | https://hackages.io/ | https://hackflix.dev/ | https://twitter.com/davyengone Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

05-29
01:03:51

Guest John Doran

John and I discuss his work, challenges, and improvments at Phorest Salon Software as well as Ship It Con 2019 "A community driven non profit conference about Software Delivery." https://twitter.com/johnwildoran | https://shipitcon.com/ | https://nothingventured.rocks/ | https://www.phorest.com/careers/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

05-08
42:24

Guest Allen Wixted

Allen the founder of 'No Place Like' and I discuss Augmented Reality, and starting up. We also touch on some (pre)accelerator programmes. https://www.linkedin.com/in/allen-wixted-6638a7b6/ | https://www.instagram.com/allenwixted/ Email: podcast@dave-albert.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_albert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.albert/ Websites: https://dave-albert.com | https://medit.online

04-15
45:44

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