Episodes - Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Chapter № 023 Mar 11, 2025 23:30

S10 E23: From the Netscape Era to the Multicloud Era: Building a 15-Year Infrastructure Moat and Designing Remote-First Culture with Anthony Eden, Founder & CEO of DNSimple

Startup Founder Infrastructure Software Architecture

Anthony Eden is a gray beard in terms of internet time, being around when Netscape was released. He was studying music at the University of Miami, and decided …

Chapter Mar 06, 2025 26:38

S10 Bonus: Optimizing Software Delivery Intelligence: Integrating Signals Across Git and Jira to Audit AI Token Efficiency and DORA Metrics with Andrew Lau, Co-Founder & CEO of Jellyfish

Startup Founder Data Engineering DevOps

Andrew Lau is located in Boston now, but is a California native. He grew up in Oakland, and calls himself the odd duck who went west instead of …

Chapter № 022 Mar 04, 2025 19:58

S10 E22: Zero Tax Liability from Day One: How to Automate Global SaaS Compliance and Sell in 220+ Countries with Ayush Agarwal, Co-Founder & CPTO of Dodo Payments

Startup Founder SaaS Security & Compliance

Ayush Agarwal is a techy trying to code his way out of things. He graduated with a degree in Computer Science, but more importantly, he discovered entrepreneurship in …

Chapter Feb 27, 2025 37:18

S10 Bonus: Moving Beyond Passive Organic Growth and Automating B2B Customer Acquisition at Scale with Josh Ho, Founder & CEO of Referral Rock

Startup Founder Automation B2B

Josh Ho was into tech at a young age. In high school, which was around the time of bulletin boards and AOL online, he had to code a …

Chapter № 021 Feb 25, 2025 24:44

S10 E21: Replacing Fragmented Agencies with Integrated High-Velocity Product Teams with Austin Vance, Co-Founder & CEO of Focused Labs (Focused.io)

Startup Founder Product Development Engineering Leadership

Austin Vance grew up in Oklahoma, but takes residence outside of Denver, Colorado now. He is a father of 3 boys, who are also 3 in under - …

Chapter Feb 20, 2025 30:30

S10 Bonus: The Education-First Fintech Shift: Using AI Decision Engines to Simplify Investing for Everyday Earners with Jason Schappert, Co-Founder & CEO of Moola

Startup Founder AI & Machine Learning Fintech

Jason Schappert grew up in an entrepreneurial family. His Mom and Dad were always working together, and never had jobs. Jason's first job was working for his parents …

Chapter № 020 Feb 18, 2025 24:33

S10 E20: Accelerating Cloud-Native Tooling and Engineering Blameless DevOps Culture with Tameem Hourani, Founder & CEO of RapDev

Startup Founder Infrastructure DevOps

Tameem Hourani was born in the Middle East, on a small island. He came to the states, Boston specifically, for school in 2006. He planned on 4 years …

Chapter Feb 13, 2025 21:34

S10 Bonus: Leveraging Kernel-Level eBPF to Eliminate Sampling Blind Spots and Track AI Pipelines with Shahar Azulay, Co-Founder & CEO of Groundcover

Startup Founder Infrastructure DevOps

Shahar Azulay has had many opportunities to get into tech throughout his life. He started digging into cyber security when he was 17 years old, where he learned …

Chapter Feb 12, 2025 16:06

Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Imad Gharazeddine, CEO of Mamo

Startup Founder AI & Machine Learning

Today, we are releasing another episode in our series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, sponsored by the City of Dubai. Dubai is the new global …

Chapter Feb 06, 2025 27:12

S10 Bonus: The Agentic Database Frontier: How AI Autonomy is Rewriting Postgres Requirements and the $1B Databricks Exit with Nikita Shamgunov, Co-Founder & CEO of Neon

Startup Founder Data Engineering

Nikita Shamgunov is a native of Russia, coming to the US for grad school in 2005. Eventually he worked at Microsoft on the SQL Server product. A fun …

Chapter Feb 05, 2025 23:29

Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, with Mohammad Albalooshi, CEO, DIFC Innovation Hub

Startup Founder AI & Machine Learning

Today, we are releasing another episode in our series entitled Minting Unicorns - Blockchain, AI and Dubai, sponsored by the City of Dubai. Dubai is the new global …

Chapter № 018 Feb 04, 2025 48:15

S10 E18: Replacing Complex IaC Plumbing with Visual Internal Developer Platforms with Cory O'Daniel, Co-Founder & CEO of Massdriver

Startup Founder Infrastructure DevOps

Cory O'Daniel has had an interesting path to technology, growing his career in a number of cloud architect roles at Ripple, DealScience and The RealReal. He has rich …

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