Scott Belsky – Founder of Behance
Scott Belsky believes that the greatest breakthroughs across all industries are a result of creative people and teams that are especially productive. As such, Scott has committed his professional life…
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.
Scott Belsky believes that the greatest breakthroughs across all industries are a result of creative people and teams that are especially productive. As such, Scott has committed his professional life…
Christopher Hytry Derrington has 27 years of management experience including 16 years as CEO. He loves solving the complex problems of how to take a new technology to market; building…
Meet Chris Hytry Derrington: CEO of Rural America OnShore Sourcing
Craig Newmark is the founder of Craigslist, a site where people can help each other with everyday needs including housing and jobs.
Ben Herman is an Oregon native, who’s lifelong appreciation and interest in technology led him to a the career in online marketing, and web development, and ultimately to build one…
Meet Ben Herman – Founder of Mad Fish SEO & Mad Fish Elements
Ben Herman is an Oregon native, who’s lifelong appreciation and interest in technology led him to a the career in online marketing, and web development, and ultimately to build one…
Meet Ben Herman – Founder of Mad Fish SEO & Mad Fish Elements
Ken is currently the Founder and CEO of ActiveTrak Inc. a leading innovator of mobile endpoint security software for laptops, mobile phones and portable storage devices. Prior to ActiveTrak Ken…
Meet Ken Westin – Founder/CEO of ActiveTrak and Security Innovator
If the devil is in the details, Corey Guilbault is an exorcist. Corey’s formal title is the Director of Operational Integration at Rockefeller Consulting/Insight Capitalists (RC/IC) – a company focused…
Meet Corey Guilbault – Alignment junky, process wonk and exorcist
In 2007, Aviv Hadar founded Think Brilliant Media Studios in Portland, Oregon. The group is easily one of the most talented and innovative teams to hit the technology scene in…
Rohit Jain grew up in the Masschusetts suburbs, in a small town of only 4,000 people that’s known for its apple orchards and golf courses. From there he went on…
Chris Wright was born in Butte (that’s not meant to be funny), graduated from the University of Montana, and has been working at Google since 2003. He has worked on…
Ryan Born started his career in the Atlanta office of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) Assurance and Business Advisory Services Practice where he gained experience in an array of industries. He later transferred…
Chris Halliwell is an experienced business-to-business marketing professional focused on helping technology-enabled companies become market-driven. Her teaching, consulting, and process facilitation clients include Analog Devices, Baker Hughes, Corning, Intuitive Surgical,…