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).

#36: Sarah Hatter / CoSupport - Part 1

June 28, 2012 at 1:15pm • 1 hour 3 minutes

Sarah Hatter the Founder of CoSupport, joins Adam Stacoviak for part 1 of 2 to share her passion for great customer support for web products, being a woman in a man filled industry, her thoughts and history with potentially selling her company and getting aqui-hired, how Allan and Steven of LessEverything have become partners in CoSupport - plus so much more.

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

Special guest Sarah Hatter.


#35: Steve Espinosa / AppStack

April 11, 2012 at 1:30pm • 60 minutes

Steve Espinosa, the Founder of AppStack, joins Adam Stacoviak to tell his story of hustling his way to the top, gaining the trust and friendship of Jason Calacanis, Dave McClure, Eric Schmidt and the awesome team behind Google Ventures, what it means to focus and much more. This is a jam packed episode with tons of energy and lots to learn from Steve. Also, check out "After Dark" for an extended chat with Steve.


#34: Jon Crawford / Storenvy

April 3, 2012 at 11:00am • 56 minutes

Jon Crawford, the Founder of Storenvy joins Adam Stacoviak to talk about how everything began for Storenvy, his road from Kansas to Austin, TX to SF, how he got kicked out of Y Combinator the same week he was accepted then raised $1.5M for Storenvy, and how he's living the startup dream! Also, check out After Dark for an extended chat with Jon.


#33: Nate & Jay / United Pixelworkers

March 2, 2012 at 9:00am • 1 hour 26 minutes

Nate Peretic & Jay Fanelli, the Founders of Full Stop and United Pixelworkers join Adam Stacoviak to talk about plotting and planning to leave old jobs, being outspoken and opinionated, having a core set of principles and not deviating from them, reaching out to people they admired (regardless of popularity) and their side project that has turned into something that could eclipse their entire client revenue in 2012. Also, check out After Dark for an extended chat with Nate and Jay.


#32: Nathan Ryan / Proxart

February 21, 2012 at 1:45pm • 1 hour 8 minutes

Nathan Ryan, the Co-founder of Proxart joins Adam Stacoviak to talk about what to do when you're bored in Santa Clarita, team development, keeping everyone motivated and on track, and his globalized local focus on art and how artists relate to, react to, and change their environment.


#31: Kyle Bragger / Forrst

February 10, 2012 at 10:45am • 1 hour 19 minutes

Kyle Bragger, the Founder of Forrst joins Adam Stacoviak to talk about how everything got started for him, how he met Gary Vaynerchuk - which ultimately led Gary and his brother Aj to provide the initial angel funding that helped Kyle work full-time on Forrst. Kyle also shares lots of knowledge on product design, his focus on community and what it means to say no and focus. Be sure to also stay tuned to his great advice at the end of the show.

Special guest Kyle Bragger.


#30: Peter Cooper / Cooper Press

February 2, 2012 at 7:15pm • 1 hour 29 minutes

Peter Cooper, the Founder of Cooper Press joins Adam Stacoviak to talk about all the stops along the way on his path to where he is today. Peter shares an immense amount of knowledge on tech publishing, what he's learned about marketing, email newsletters done right, setting and accomplishing goals, as well as some very good advice at the very end.

Special guest Peter Cooper.


#29: Francisco Dao / 50 Kings

January 25, 2012 at 2:30pm • 1 hour 19 minutes

Francisco Dao, the Founder of 50 Kings (an invitation-only, private community of thinkers and doers) joins Adam Stacoviak to talk about the importance of building relationships, doing only what interests you, entrepreneurship, all sorts of "insidery" knowledge around the tech event planning space and more. If you've been dying to get invited or referred to 50 Kings, this show will give you all you need to know.


#28: Andrew Wilkinson / MetaLab

January 13, 2012 at 9:15am • 1 hour 2 minutes

Andrew Wilkinson, the Founder of MetaLab (an interface design studio) joins Adam Stacoviak to talk about how he started as a one-man band and learned to delegate to succeed. Andrew started MetaLab in 2006 and quickly built the company into a multi-million dollar interface design and products company with over 30 employees. Andrew shares his thoughts on happiness, some crucial advice from his father, Steve Jobs, good design, developing products, leading a team to success and even a teaser to something super secret.


#27: Ryan Carson / Carsonified

December 21, 2011 at 9:00am • 46 minutes

Ryan Carson, the Founder of Carsonified and Treehouse, joins Adam Stacoviak to talk about all the details of starting his new venture, Treehouse.

Special guest Ryan Carson.