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After over a decade of working with highly skilled developers and businesses of all sizes, we've discovered that there is some pretty good advice just waiting to be shared. We've also learned that learning is something we just can't get enough of. This season of the Frontier Podcast, we'll be talking to experts from every walk of the technical life, while also taking a peek into the tech history that has gotten the world to where it is today.
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These days, barely a second thought is given to sending off some manner or another of virtual correspondence. But back in the infancy of computer-typed messaging, Miss Manners had quite a few things to say about how inappropriate its use was, as Abbey and Victoria talk about on This Week in Tech History. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What kind of role models did you have growing up? For DeVaris Brown, CEO and Co-Founder of Meroxa, it was seeing the innovative ways his family started on their own entrepreneurial journeys that led him to a life in tech. This week on Founder to Founder, he sits down with Teja to talk about the difference between being a CEO and a CTO, learning on the go, and why being "always on" can leave you hungry.https://meroxa.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When it comes to programs asking if you want to use them as a default, nobody did it better than Internet Explorer. On This Week in Tech History, Chris and Abbey talk about the company's decision to include the browser in the release of Windows 95, and the implications it had for internet access, bloatware of the future, and when exactly Hotmail addresses will me making a comeback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, on Founder to Founder, Teja sits down with Vinay Patankar, CEO and Founder at Process Street, an AI-powered process creator that helps companies achieve operational efficiency. They talk about growing up in tech, gaming, hitting the grind when building a business, and the importance of slowing down and seeing the world every once in a while.https://www.process.st/@ProcessStreet@VinayP10 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today, we take for granted that an email can be sent with the quick flick of the wrist from a computer you keep in your pocket. But when the first email was sent from space in 1991, it marked an occasion that would change communication forever. On This Week in Tech History, Grey and Abbey chat about the crew, their odes to pop culture, and how we'll be communicating from space in the near future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Teja sits down with Max Howell, the brain behind Homebrew, about his latest venture, tea. They talk about the growth of the industry, the challenge in paying open source developers, and an unthinkable time in history when being a software developer really wasn't all that cool.https://tea.xyz/https://twitter.com/mxcl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Despite four previous ill-fated attempts by a man named Cyrus West Field, he persevered and on the fifth attempt, succeeded in laying the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858. On This Week in Tech, Abbey and Tyler talk about the troubles the project faced, the various methods attempted before and since, and how, despite lasting only three weeks, this single cable changed the way we communicate globally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on Founder to Founder, Teja sits down with Massi Genta, CEO and Founder of Metabob. They talk about the process of building companies. the difference between using LLMs and GNNs to help with code reviews, and why adding context and a human element to your tech can help build a successful business.https://metabob.com/https://github.com/MetabobProject/metabob-vscode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're pretty much exactly in the middle of the 2023 Formula 1 season, so it's perfect timing that on This Week in Tech History Abbey and Chris get down to business and talk about the very first Model A to roll off the lot. While other Ford models were perhaps more influential for the things they ultimately contributed to the automotive industry, this was the car that started it all with a whopping 8 horsepower and a top speed of 30MPH. We'd love to see Verstappen and Hamilton duke it out around the course in these bad boys. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After a stint in politics, Cullen Schwarz, CEO and Founder of DoneGood, realized that the best way regular people could influence policy was through spending. This led him to start DoneGood, the online marketplace that features companies dedicated to social good. On this week's episode, he sits down with Teja to discuss the business, growing a good team of people, and everything in between.www.startengine.com/offering/donegoodwww.donegood.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What started as a product aimed at educators became the catalyst for the remote work we have the ability to do today. On This Week in Tech, Abbey and Garish talk about Apple's iBook: the first mass-produced, consumer-focused, WiFi-compatible laptop to ever hit the market. They discuss how it revolutionized the personal computer market, normalized WiFi connection, and contributed to the juggernaut Apple is today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on Founder to Founder, Teja talks with Adit Jain, CEO and Founder of Leena.ai, a tool designed to improve onboarding and internal communications with their advanced virtual assistants. They talk about the ins and outs of growing a global workplace culture, the future of AI, and empowering employees to do their very bet work.leena.ai Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If you only know of Code Red because it's a Mountain Dew flavor, it's time to gain some knowledge about the notorious computer virus that wormed its way across the internet in July of 2001. On This Week in Tech History, David and Abbey talk about the history of computer worms, virus protection, and (obviously) Mountain Dew flavors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A lot of companies talk global connectivity, but Trevor Francis, CEO and Founder at 46 Labs, has put his boots on the ground to build networks around the world. In this week's Founder to Founder episode, he talks to Teja for about building an infrastructure business, the similarities between flying a plane and running a company, and why it's easier to send a connection through a brick wall than a clump of trees.www.46labs.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Has there been a modern invention that has had a more profound effect on humanity than the internet? This week, Chris steps in as guest host and talks with Victoria about the birth of the internet, its growth through the teenage years, and all the ways we continue to use it well into its adulthood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week's Founder to Founder episode, Teja sits down with Devon Wright, CEO and founder of Lumo, a smart irrigation system that is helping growers save water, monitor usage, and tackle the water shortage problems that plague the American West. They talk about building to scale, how to stay sane in Silicon Valley, and the importance of actually doing the work you're building a product for.https://lumo.ag/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The way smartphones changed our interactions with technology is hard to understate. When Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, we had no way of knowing how reliant we would be on them in the very near future. On This Week in Tech History, Abbey and Haley discuss the wait, the features, and how it could take 1,000 people almost three years to deliver something so game-changing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week Teja talks with Andrew from SF AppWorks. From their origins in a music creation startup, they've always been a force for positive change through technology. Andrew's story is one of resilience, innovation, and a relentless commitment to improving lives. They also get into what your first year of Jiu-Jitsu looks like, anime deep cuts, and Teja's post-new-wave post-workout recovery routine. #bjj #founder #anime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The world would be hard-pressed to find a historical figure who was more influential to modern computing than Alan Turing. On This Week in Tech History, Abbey and Deividi dive into the work he did, the lives he saved, and ponder how many more advances he could have made had his life not been cut tragically short. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Teja talks with Eran Mizrahi, CEO and Co-founder of ingredient brothers, for our Founder to Founder series. They discuss the need to be hungry and communicative if you want to be an effective leader, the importance of hiring the best if you want the best, and how many parallels there are between sourcing great talent and sourcing some of the world's finest ingredients.https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingredient-brothers/https://ingredientbrothers.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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