Mick Donegan – Founder of The SpecialEffect Charity
[quote style=”boxed”]My biggest mistake was to lose my work-life balance. I learnt that I must try to find it again next lifetime.[/quote] Dr. Mick Donegan is the Founder and Director…
Technology moves fast. Everyone says that. What they don’t say is how weird it gets along the way. The founders in this section are building the tools, platforms, and systems that shape how we live and work. Some of them are solving problems you didn’t know you had. Others are solving problems you’re painfully aware of.
From artificial intelligence to SaaS platforms to hardware that actually works, the range here is broad. And that’s the point. Technology isn’t one thing. It’s a thousand different people in a thousand different rooms trying to make something better than what exists today.
These interviews get past the jargon. No whitepapers. No buzzword bingo. Just founders explaining what they’re building, why they’re building it, and what they’ve learned along the way. The honest version, not the pitch deck version.
You’ll find conversations about product development, scaling challenges, hiring mistakes, and the particular brand of optimism required to ship software into a world that already has plenty of it. Whether you’re building in tech, investing in tech, or just trying to understand why your phone now has opinions, there’s something here for you.
[quote style=”boxed”]My biggest mistake was to lose my work-life balance. I learnt that I must try to find it again next lifetime.[/quote] Dr. Mick Donegan is the Founder and Director…
[quote style=”boxed”]People who are truly living an authentic life inspire me a great deal. It takes a lot of balls to take the mask off and just be who you…
[quote style=”boxed”]Just do it. There is always a zillion reasons why this and that will hypothetically not work out. Don’t let it turn you off, the road you take as…
[quote style=”boxed”]Seeing young entrepreneurs dream up an idea and see it come to life. Even when they fail, it’s great to see people chase a dream and see something tangible come to…
[quote style=”boxed”]Ideas are a dime a dozen. Success in business is rarely about the idea – and mostly about the execution of that idea.[/quote] Isaac Garcia is the CEO & Co-founder…
[quote style=”boxed”]The only way to bring ideas to life is through action. Just about every person has an “idea” for the next great company or product. But ideas are worthless. …
Meet Dave Knox – Chief Marketing Officer for Rockfish Interactive
[quote style=”boxed”]In order to manifest a big idea, you need to go “all-in”. At some point you need to jump off the cliff and trust that you will figure out…
[quote style=”boxed”]I’ve learned now in retrospect that when you have a good idea and an itch to work on it, it’s important to just do it — and to release…
[quote style=”boxed”]You have to try, try and retry. Never refrain yourself.[/quote] Marc-Henri Magdelenat is a serial French entrepreneur who lives in New York City with his wife and 3 kids….
[quote style=”boxed”]My father taught me that “sometimes you have to do the right thing, and suffer the consequences”. It’s something I try to live up to all the time.[/quote] Brad…
[quote style=”boxed”]If there is an idea I am excited about, I am of the mindset “just shut up and do it”. Figure out what is needed and just make it…
[quote style=”boxed”]By testing them. We embrace MVP, rapid prototyping, A/B testing, and good old fashioned person to person usability testing.[/quote] Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in…