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).

#12: Eric Kuhn / Founders Card

February 24, 2011 at 6:00am • 40 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Eric Kuhn, Founder of Founders Card about the ups and downs of building an online business during the era of the "dot com" bubble, managing hyper growth, getting listed and de-listed on the NASDAQ and building an exclusive benefits program, coined as "The Amex Black Card for the Entrepreneur", exclusively aimed at Entrepreneurs and Founders. If you want an invite, get in touch with Adam.

Special guest Eric Kuhn.


#11: Rick Perreault / Unbounce

January 28, 2011 at 8:00am • 51 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Rick Perreault, Co-Founder & CEO of Unbounce about entrepreneurship and solving your own pain, sticking to an MVP (Minimal Viable Product) launch strategy, becoming an authority by blogging/marketing before you launch, listening to customers and knowing when to take funding.


#10: Ryan Holmes / HootSuite

January 22, 2011 at 3:00pm • 38 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Ryan Holmes, Founder of Hootsuite entrepreneurship, establishing and leveraging their relationship with Twitter, from "free" to "freemium" with a plan, and growing to well over 1 Million users in 2 years.

Special guest Ryan Holmes.


#9: Maciej Ceglowski / Pinboard

January 10, 2011 at 2:00pm • 37 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Maciej Ceglowski, Founder of Pinboard about turning this side project into the next Delicious, handling a massive in-flux of Delicious users when they announced its "sunset", keeping the technology and architecture simple and more.

Special guest Maciej Ceglowski.


#8: Alex Hillman / Indy Hall

December 24, 2010 at 1:00pm • 56 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Alex Hillman, Co-Founder of Indy Hall and co-conspirator/creator of many things, about all things Coworking, people helping people, how to hustle, get unstuck and more. Alex also mentions something "super secret" that's sure to please. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Special guest Alex Hillman.


#7: Henk Rogers / The Tetris Company

December 21, 2010 at 3:00pm • 49 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Henk Rogers, Founder of The Tetris Company, Blue Planet Software and Blue Planet Foundation about the beginnings of and the evolution of Tetris, over-coming brick walls, social and mobile gaming, never giving up, changing the world, getting the planet off carbon-based fuels, ending war, creating a backup of Earth and the power of love!

Special guest Henk Rogers.


#6: Amy Hoy and Thomas Fuchs / Slash7

December 17, 2010 at 9:00am • 49 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Amy Hoy and Thomas Fuchs, Founders of Slash7 about product development, profiting from Open Source, the key to happiness, living a Unicorn-Free lifestyle and how Amy and Thomas met and ultimately fell in love.

Special guests Thomas Fuchs & Amy Hoy.


#5: Allan Branch and Steven Bristol / Less Everything

December 7, 2010 at 2:00pm • 53 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Allan Branch and Steven Bristol, Founders of Less Everything about how things got started, why they hate QuickBooks, what it takes to create a successful partnership and more.

Special guests Steven Bristol & Allan Branch.


#4: Ryan Carson / Carsonified

November 30, 2010 at 6:30pm • 32 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Ryan Carson, Founder of Carsonified about the "lessons learned" in creating their latest product, Think Vitamin Membership - the biggest being the need to rename the product and go through a re-branding process. In Q2 of 2011 Think Vitamin Membership will transition to the name "Level Up", a better suited name and far more "tweetable".

Special guest Ryan Carson.


#3: Lance Jones and Joanna Wiebe / Page 99 Test

October 22, 2010 at 1:00pm • 39 minutes

Adam Stacoviak talks with Lance Jones and Joanna Wiebe, Founders of Page99Test.com. People in bookstores often read page 99 of a book to get a taste for the writing - to determine if they'd buy the book. Lance, Joanna and technical Co-Founder, Steven Luke took that time tested idea and have built a brand new platform for book enthusiasts, authors, agents and publishers to get excited about.

Special guests Lance Jones & Joanna Wiebe.