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Project Idealism
by Ideal Project Group
Interesting interviews and conversations about technology, design and business.
Episodes
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Episode 18: Regular Scheduled Momentum
Nate Kontny, the new CEO of Highrise, joins me to talk about the path he's been on that lead to him becoming head of the company recently spun out of Basecamp.
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Episode 17: That moment is given to you by the lack of gravity
Late last year, I decided I wanted to talk with someone who had gone though what might be the most unique human experience possible, someone who has been into outer space. Fast forward to today where I was able to interview Astronaut Clayton Anderson, thanks to Source Sleuth, a service that finds...
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Episode 16: The delusion is that you need a hockey stick to succeed
In this episode Kevin and I talk about how they bootstrapped two products to profitability, the decision they made to not pursuing funding, how to compete with larger more well known products and the importance of marketing.
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Episode 14 - The fantasy dies when the marketing begins
Ryan Evans is the founder of Lift Marketing and Bite Size PR. Both companies help small businesses get marketing and in this episode we talk about building products, marketing them and why so many people put off marketing and sales for so long.
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Episode 13 - Discussing the Jobs Act
After an extended hiatus we return Interviewing William Carlton, a Seattle based attorney who specializes in startups. William and I discuss a variety of things about the new JOBS act, though much of our focus is on the crowd funding provisions. For an excellent resource on the JOBS act and a...
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Episode 12 - A Conversation with the AppendTo cofounders
In this episode I interview Jonathan Sharp and Mike Hostetler of appendTo, a JQuery development shop that was founded by the two in 2009. They took the time to talk about the growth of their organization, how they go about getting clients, being a small business that works with big clients, and…
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Episode 11 - Projects, products and design
In this episode I'm joined by Ryan Singer, a designer at 37signals who kids that his "cocktail title" would be a product manager. Much of what I know about web design comes from listening to what Ryan has to say on the matter, and I really appreciate the time he spent with me. We talked about how...
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Episode 10 - Talking with a serial entrepreneur
In this latest episode I interviewed Lance Walley, who has been building businesses for over 20 years. Most recently Lance co-founded Chargify - a recurring billing system, and before that EngineYard - a Rails application hosting company. Lance spoke candidly with me about launching new ideas,...
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Episode 09 - Prediction markets, business and blogging
I had the pleasure yesterday of Interviewing Nate Kontny, one of the founders of Inkling Markets, and co-creator of Tgethr and CityPosh, for my latest podcast episode. Nate is one of my favorite bloggers, super intelligent and a really nice guy to boot. I had a blast talking to him about starting...
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Episode 08 - Who needs cupcakes!
Mari Luangrath of Foiled Cupcakes, a gourmet cupcake delivery company based in Chicago joins us for episode eight. Over the course of about a year, Mari has built a fun, profitable, growing business without a storefront - instead leveraging Twitter and Facebook to get the word out about her company.
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Episode 06 - Learning to program
In my latest podcast I opted not to interview anyone, but instead talk about what I've learned so far from trying to learn Ruby on Rails. I talk a bit about feeling like I'm learning how to use a computer all over again, feeling somewhat more empowered, and how different people have been willing…
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Episode 03 - Interviewing the Director of Human Rights Projects
Daniel Rothenberg is the Managing Director of International Projects for the International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University's College of Law, and he was kind enough to join me for Project Idealism's second full podcast. Daniel oversees numerous Human Rights projects, and in this...
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Episode 02 - Interview with an Artist
Interview with Chicago Artist Harry Sidebotham
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Interesting interviews and conversations about technology, design and business.
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