Lief Larson – CEO of Workface
[quote style=”boxed”]Stay focused on what success means to you. Too often, the day-to-day distractions get in the way. Don’t let what you think other people’s expectations are of you trump…
software
Software eats everything. Someone said that once, and the founders in this section are proof. They’re building the applications, tools, and platforms that run businesses, connect people, and occasionally break in production at the worst possible moment.
These interviews cover the full software landscape. Enterprise SaaS. Developer tools. Consumer apps. Infrastructure. The kind of software you use every day without thinking about it, and the kind that solves problems so niche you didn’t know the problem existed. Both are fascinating.
The founders here talk about what it actually takes to build software. Not the glamorous version. The real one. The version with technical debt, feature creep, and the ongoing negotiation between what users want and what’s actually possible to build without the whole thing falling over.
You’ll find insights on product development, engineering culture, pricing strategy, and the art of building something people will pay for. Also the challenge of competing in markets where everyone seems to be building the same thing. Whether you’re a developer, a product person, or someone trying to understand the software industry, these conversations deliver.
Anirban Banerjee – Co-Founder and Technical Lead at StopTheHacker
[quote style=”boxed”]I try to think about who are the end users, how would they like to use what I build and why will they use it in the first place….
Meet Anirban Banerjee – Co-Founder and Technical Lead at StopTheHacker
Jean MacDonald – Partner at Smile
After leaving behind academia and her initial career goal as a professor of Russian history, Jean MacDonald worked for several years in the book publishing business in New York City….
Greg Scown – Co-Founder of Smile
[quote style=”boxed”]I get up early and work until dinner. There is no typical day, and I love that. Some days I code. Others, I balance the bank accounts. Others, I…
Philip Goward – Co-founder of Smile
[quote style=”boxed”]Mostly I try to get through correspondence in the first hour of the workday, so the rest is available to focus on tasks that need a good deal of…
Cody Barbierri – Co-Founder of BetaBait
[quote style=”boxed”]Ideas are a dime a dozen. What counts is being able to do the proper research, brainstorming with people who are in a similar space and validating that an…
Raul Verano and Ariel Di Stefano – Co-Founders of Agile Route
[quote style=”boxed”]I think that looking for happiness as a goal is an utopia. You need it as a perfect state that you aspire to, but it is almost impossible to…
Meet Raul Verano and Ariel Di Stefano – Co-Founders of Agile Route
Cyrus Farudi – Co-founder of Capsule
[quote style=”boxed”]It has been said time and again, but the best way to execute on your ideas is to surround yourself with amazing people. We had 5 co-founders at Flipswap,…
Five Questions with Björn Winkler
Who are you and what do you do? I am Björn Winkler from Plettenberg Germany. I’m the CEO of 4VALLEYTECH which was founded in January 2010. From there on, we are…
Christian Lanng – Co-Founder and CEO of Tradeshift
[quote style=”boxed”]Ideas bring themselves to life. I find that the best ideas cannot be repressed; they want out until they completely consume your sleep and waking day. So never try…
Matthew Bellows – CEO of Yesware
[quote style=”boxed”]One of my co-founders, Cashman Andrus, said “you tell lies until they come true.” I think of it more as “imagining steps to realize a dream.” But I couldn’t…
Daniel Bogan – Creator of The Setup
Daniel Bogan is a mischievous, potty-mouthed technoweasel who annoys people into coughing up interviews for his nerdy little site called The Setup. The Setup is a website with a collection…