Founders Talk

Founders Talk

Founders Talk is an interview podcast, featuring in-depth, one on one, conversations with Founders. Tune in live on Wednesday's at 5pm CST!

Founders Talk records and broadcasts live (see the schedule).

#46: Drew Strojny / Memberful

June 13, 2013 at 9:15am • 60 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Drew Strojny the founder of The Theme Foundry and Memberful.

Drew is back again to talk about his latest product, Memberful - a membership as a service site that lets you create a membership in minutes and start selling monthly or yearly subscriptions.


#45: Dalton Caldwell / App.net - Part 2

June 7, 2013 at 11:30am • 1 hour 34 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Dalton Caldwell the Founder of App.net.

Since we barely scratched the surface of the planned conversation around what he's doing with App.net in part 1, Dalton agreed to come back on the show for a part 2 to discuss the back story of App.net!

Listen to part 1!


#44: Robert Sha / CAPSULE + Minimalist

May 30, 2013 at 10:00am • 1 hour 47 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Robert Sha, the founder of CAPSULE and the maker of Minimalist - a super slim wallet for minimalists popularized by its successful project on Kickstarter.


#43: Daniel Genser & Jamie Smyth / TypeEngine

May 23, 2013 at 9:00am • 1 hour 35 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Daniel Genser and Jamie Smyth, the makers of TypeEngine, to talk about their "beautifully simple" solution to publishing a magazine to Newsstand and the future and democratization of digital publishing.


#42: Dalton Caldwell / App.net - Part 1

May 16, 2013 at 9:00am • 55 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Dalton Caldwell the Founder of App.net.

This is a hefty part 1, mainly focusing on the road traveled by Dalton to get to App.net. We barely scratched the surface of the planned conversation around what he's doing with App.net. We end this call by teeing up the topic of discussion for part 2.

Listen to part 2!


#41: Garrett Dimon / Sifter

May 10, 2013 at 5:00pm • 1 hour 40 minutes

Garrett Dimon the Founder of Sifter and writer of Starting + Sustaining joins Adam Stacoviak to share his history with becoming a founder and the wisdom he's gained by bloodying his knuckles over the years with lessons learned.


#40: Sam Soffes / Seesaw - Part 3

December 6, 2012 at 9:00am • 1 hour 29 minutes

Sam Soffes the Founder of Nothing Magical and NOW the VP of Engineering at Seesaw joins Adam Stacoviak to share some of the most recent details and changes for him in the finale part 3 show.

If you're a fan of Sam, and you've listened to part 1 and part 2, this is a must listen.

Core take away? Embrace risk. Stay focused.


#39: Sam Soffes / Nothing Magical, Cheddar - Part 2

August 7, 2012 at 8:00am • 1 hour 31 minutes

Sam Soffes the Founder of Nothing Magical and the maker of Cheddar joins Adam Stacoviak to share more details about the rise of Cheddar, its revenue, metrics, numbers and more. Sam shares lessons learned, his dreams as well as his thoughts on those who build with only the hope of winning what he calls "the acquisition lottery" as their goal - plus so much more.

If you're a fan of Sam, and you should listen to part 1 and part 3 when you're done with this show.

Also, be sure to check out "After Dark" for another extended chat with Sam.


#38: Sam Soffes / Nothing Magical, Cheddar - Part 1

July 13, 2012 at 10:00pm • 1 hour 40 minutes

Sam Soffes the Founder of Nothing Magical and the maker of Cheddar joins Adam Stacoviak to share all the details of his wild ride as an indie software developer and designer. Sam has worked at Hipstamatic, built YouTube ripoffs, gotten offers from some of the most respected names in the business (some accepted and some turned down) all to circle back around to start Nothing Magical and build his own products. He shares the highs, the lows and all the things he's learned along the way - plus so much more.

Also, be sure to check out "After Dark" for a short extended chat with Sam.


#37: Sarah Hatter / CoSupport - Part 2

July 5, 2012 at 12:00pm • 1 hour 28 minutes

Sarah Hatter the Founder of CoSupport, joins Adam Stacoviak for part 2 of 2 to go back in time and dig deep into her history, we learn about "the early days" and how she got started, her passions for TV and her podcast TVBFF, the early days of blogging and "dramaville", what inspires her, being a crafts-person, how she learned that "you don't have to do anything you don't want to do", how TM meditation changed her life, as well as the challenges she's faced as a female founder - plus so much more.

Also, be sure to check out "After Dark" for another extended chat with Sarah.

Special guest Sarah Hatter.