Robert Niznik – Founder of Shpoonkle
[quote style=”boxed”]Everyone can do everything, until you actually ask them to do it. I think it is very important to give people a chance, but you need to ask them…
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”]Everyone can do everything, until you actually ask them to do it. I think it is very important to give people a chance, but you need to ask them…
[quote style=”boxed”]As an entrepreneur, I love the fact that bootstrapping your idea is now getting easier and cheaper than anytime in human history. Anyone with a good idea and some…
[quote style=”boxed”]Conversation. It’s amazing what you’ll learn from talking to people, whether that be someone you trust or the guy who sells hot dogs on the corner. Ideas can come…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would have immediately sold my house and paid off all my debts in order to reduce my personal burn rate to the absolute minimum.[/quote] By the time his…
[quote style=”boxed”]In my experience, I’ve found it’s valuable to focus on what I want the headline to say and work backwards from there.[/quote] Tracy Deforge, a “recovering attorney,” has been…
[quote style=”boxed”]Take a risk to accomplish and stand-up for your own dream, not follow others. Some people only dream of achieving great things, while others stay awake and do them.[/quote]…
[quote style=”boxed”]For one day when I was a teenager, I worked at a car wash. It was my hell. It was so monotonous that I knew I should never settle…
[quote style=”boxed”]The best way to do that is to start with what you have at the minimum level, then chisel and perfect it as you go rather than aim for…
[quote style=”boxed”]The truth is, Outdoor Hub was an accident. I tried to create a pro-hunting league, World Hunting Association, and it bombed. Outdoor Hub was a morph and has turned…
[quote style=”boxed”]Stay foolish. This means to innovate often, to remain agile and do what energizes you. Life is entirely too short, and wasting opportunities is the worst sin.[/quote] Kristopher (Kris)…
[quote]Honestly bringing your idea to life is just hard work and commitment. To turn an idea into an actual business isn’t easy. It’s a struggle and a grind, but definitely…
[quote style=”boxed”]With passion and determination. I learned pretty early on that my greatest advantage is being willing to slug it out in any circumstance.[/quote] Geoff Weathersby is a recent graduate…