profiling those who push commerce, technology, and art forward. structured in 3 direct, profound and brief questions/answers.
Hosted by @DavidSmooke
Featured Interviews (in alphabetical order):
He's the Director of Marketing at Y Combinator. Before that he cofounded Comedy Hack Day and did head swaps at The Onion.
"How have you seen first time founders balance becoming better business people with becoming better people beyond their business?"
Meet Musician Chris “Keys” Caranante
Musician / Producer / Rapper Chris 'Keys' Caranante is a percussionist at heart. In 2017, he plans to collaborate on 2 new EPs, and released a full album produced and written by him.
"At some point, like any other profession, it just becomes practice, practice, practice... How does the process of making music happen?"
Jason is an entrepreneur. He founded Hem.com, Fab.com & socialmedian. He also had stints as the Jobster CEO and XING CPO. Now, Jason is building Pepo.
"Could you share a glimpse of how you see the 'conversation graph' shaping content discovery?"
Quincy Larson is the teacher and ‘guy who started it’ at freeCodeCamp, where people learn to code and help nonprofits.
How did you get the idea to invite nonprofits to submit projects for learners to code on — and how central has that idea become to your business?
Jimmy is software engineer at Bold.co, an early stage tech startup aspiring to be your company’s town square. From what I’ve seen, it’s a pretty f*ckin’ slick internal communications tool.
"How has the internet has shaped your personal and professional development?"
Ajay Leister, the Philadelphia based artist, works with fabric and a building material similar to cement called structolite. His material choices illuminate the horror in the day to day, such as “typical actions like answering a telephone."
"In your day to day life as an artist, when do you think I’m-doing-this-because-I’m-an-artist?"
EventGeek, a recent Y-Combinator alum, is building the the event marketing platform. Read how he moved from marketing leader to CEO of his own startup, and what’s next for EventGeek.
"How do you go about prioritizing and optimizing your partnerships and integrations?"
Philip is building Staffjoy, an application that helps businesses share work schedules in less time. His hobbies include Krav Maga, brewing pour-over coffee, & tinkering with fountain pens.
"What concepts from physics guide and/or inspire the construction of your software?"
Rachel is a contributing writer to The Huffington Post, a 📝 Content Marketing Pro, Gym Enthusiast and 💥 #1 Unicorn 🦄. Before starting her own business, Rachel was a content marketing manager for SQream Technologies and Moogsoft.
"How do corporations reduce the barriers that are preventing women from holding 50% of leadership positions?"
