PODCAST · technology
Story in a Bottle
by Dan Maccarone
One of the best things about the world of technology is that you can end up in it having come from any direction. The most successful founders, venture capitalists, designers, etc. have fascinating stories behind their success, and every week Charming Robot‘s Dan Maccarone sits down over our guest’s favorite cocktail, wine or beer to hear where they came from and what they’ve learned along the way.
Episodes
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Scott Switzer: From Dot-Com Dreams to Digital Advertising Dominance
Episode Overview: Scott Switzer's journey from Omaha to global tech innovator began with creating computer games on his TRS-80. Facing challenges during the dot-com boom and bust with Big Emmas, later called Article 27, Scott eventually found success with OpenX, an open-source ad platform that...
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Dorothy Chang's journey from Long Island to becoming a pivotal figure in the New York Tech Ecosystem
Dorothy Chang's journey from Long Island to becoming a pivotal figure in the New York tech ecosystem is a story of adaptability, perseverance, and innovation. Growing up with high expectations in a musical family, she found her way into PR and tech, eventually transitioning into venture capital....
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Stacy Spikes: Revolutionizing Entertainment through stories from MoviePass, Music, Movies and So Much More
Episode Overview Stacy Spikes, the entrepreneurial force behind MoviePass and the Urbanworld Film Festival, shares his incredible journey from the music industry to creating one of the most controversial subscription services in entertainment. Growing up in Houston, Stacy's ambition led him to…
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Heather Wagner Reed: From Beyoncé's Side to PR Brilliance
Episode Overview Heather Wagner Reed is a force to be reckoned with in the world of PR. We caught up with her at 77 Degrees in North Austin over some tropical tiki drinks to hear about her journey from working as Beyoncé's right hand to founding her own boutique agency, Juice Consulting. Heather...
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Anthony Armendariz: Pioneering Digital Design from the Web's Dawn to Today
Episode Overview: Anthony Armendariz has spent decades mastering the art and science of digital design. Starting his journey in the '90s, Anthony transitioned from straightforward browser design and Flash to leading his own agency, Funsize, in Austin, Teaxas. Fun Size has become a beacon of...
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Caren Kelleher – A Music Lover's Entrepreneurial Path
Episode Summary Caren Kelleher, the founder of Gold Rush Vinyl in Austin, TX, has had a remarkable journey through the music industry. Starting her career at Paste Magazine, Caren quickly dove into the business side of music, gaining a deep understanding of the industry's intricacies. Her path…
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David Dylan Thomas: Navigating Cognitive Bias and Creative Innovation
Episode Summary: David Dylan Thomas, an expert in cognitive bias and user experience, joins us to discuss his multifaceted career and unique insights into the intersection of technology and ethics. David's journey began in the indie film scene, where he discovered the transformative potential of...
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Adam Roberts - How the Amateur Gourmet went from legal briefs to gourmet feasts
Episode Summary: Adam Roberts, also known as The Amateur Gourmet, shares his remarkable journey from an unfulfilled law student to a celebrated food blogger, TV writer, and now a novelist. His blog, which began as an escape from law school, quickly gained popularity due to Adam's creative…
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Jimmy Tingle: From Stand-Up to Politics: A Comedian's Journey
Jimmy Tingle, legendary comedian known for his sharp political humor and reflective one-man shows, takes us through his comedic journey from the vibrant 80s Boston comedy scene to his current autobiographical performances. He shares insights on the evolution of political comedy, how Martin Luther...
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Meghan O'Keefe: From Comedy Stages to Television Sommelier
Episode Summary In this episode, Meghan O'Keefe discusses her journey from aspiring comedian to becoming a prominent figure in digital media at The New York Post's Decider.com. Over Hendrick's and Tonics, Meghan reflects on her early days in the comedy scene in New York, her transition into...
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Tyler Balliet Crusade to Demystify Wine
In this lively episode, Tyler Balliet shares insights from his extensive experience in the wine industry, highlighting his unconventional approach to wine education and his journey as an entrepreneur. He describes his latest venture, a comprehensive wine guide titled "Rebel School of Wine," which...
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Susan Rinkunas - Journalism and Justice in the Digital Age
In this compelling episode of "Story in a Bottle," host Dan Maccarone welcomes Susan Rinkunas, a seasoned journalist with deep expertise in women's health and reproductive rights, for a thoughtful discussion over Michter's Old Fashioneds. Susan recounts her professional journey through the...
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Jessica Coen - From Gawker to Vanity Fair: Transitioning from Digital to Traditional Media
About the Guest(s): Jessica Coen is an accomplished media executive with extensive experience in the digital journalism landscape. Growing up in a media-heavy household, Coen's passion for journalism was sparked at a young age, leading her to ultimately pursue a career in the field. She has held...
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Mike Wystrach's Journey from Restaurant Owner to Startup Founder
Mike Wystrach is a seasoned entrepreneur with a diverse background in the food and tech industries. Growing up in southern Arizona on a ranch with family ventures ranging from the restaurant business to veterinary care, Mike has a wealth of experience in managing and growing businesses. As a...
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Roy Wood Jr.: Balancing Laughter with Legacy, from Stand-up to The Daily Show
Grab a drink and join the laughter as Roy Wood Jr. shares his remarkable evolution from a journalism student to a comedy connoisseur. Our guest doesn't hold back, offering an insider's look at The Daily Show's dynamic post-Trevor Noah, and giving us the lowdown on his decision to branch out...
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Chef Sang Yoon's New Adventure - From Michelin Stars to Croissants
About the Guest(s): Sang Yoon is a renowned chef and restaurateur known for achieving the venerable status of a celebrity chef. With an impressive career trajectory in the restaurant industry, Sang has worked under culinary legends such as Alain Ducasse and Wolfgang Puck. He gained widespread...
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Lauren Tousignant - The Role of Journalism: Reporting the Facts or Telling the Story
About the Guest(s): Lauren Tousignant is a seasoned journalist with a robust background in both digital and print media. Her career trajectory took her through various media landscapes, from her early aspirations of writing for a fashion magazine to tackling major societal issues. Notably, she...
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Nolan Bushnell Happy Accidents
About the Guest(s): Nolan Bushnell is a pioneering figure in the technology and gaming industry, with a career marked by innovation and entrepreneurship. As the founder of Atari and the creator of Pong, Bushnell revolutionized arcade and video games in the 1970s. His entrepreneurial spirit...
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Alexa von Tobel: From Founder to Investor
About the Guest(s): Alexa von Tobel is a highly-driven founder and financial expert best known for her pioneering work in the financial technology sector. She's the founder and former CEO of Learnvest, a personal finance company that was acquired by Northwestern Mutual. Alexa's relentless pursuit...
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Eric Friedman - Fractional Executives - Balancing Operating, Investing, and Coaching
About the Guest(s): Eric Friedman is a seasoned professional with deep roots in the New York startup scene. His illustrious career includes significant Union Square Ventures, Foursquare, and Expa Labs roles. At Union Square Ventures, Friedman was at the forefront of identifying and investing in...
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Polly Rodriguez - Breaking Taboos: Empowering Women in the Sexual Wellness Industry
About the Guest(s): Polly Rodriguez is the co-founder and CEO of Unbound, a groundbreaking sexual wellness company that focuses on the design and manufacturing of vibrators, lubricants, and accessories. An advocate for women's health and empowerment, Rodriguez's entry into the sexual wellness...
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From Soap Operas to Music: Mark Wystrach's Unexpected Path
In this episode of "Story in a Bottle," host Dan Maccarone introduces us to the multifaceted life of Mark Wystrach, lead vocalist of the renowned country band Midland. Wystrach delves into his journey from growing up on an Arizona ranch, through his modeling and acting career, to his pivotal role...
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Carol Ray Hartsell: From Comedy to Directing: The Journey to "Love, Reconsidered"
In this episode of "Story in a Bottle," host Dan Maccarone pours over the career journey and personal anecdotes of Carol Ray Hartsell, an influential figure in the comedy and digital media landscape. The introductory conversation sets an intimate tone, reminiscing about the tight-knit New York...
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The Impact of Scandals on the Media Landscape: A Deep Dive with Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter is a prominent media personality known for his astute analysis and critique of the media industry. He started his journey with the creation of a Goosebumps fan site and then founded a highly impactful blog, TVNewser. His career took a significant turn when he joined CNN and hosted...
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From Therapist to Founder: Bea Arthur's Path to Entrepreneurship
About the Guest(s): Bea "B." Arthur is an innovative entrepreneur with a robust history in the tech and mental health sectors. She's the founder of two mental health startups that strive to make therapy more accessible. Her journey encompasses a variety of roles, including a domestic violence...
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The Journey from Startup to Solo Legal Practice: Tristan Snell's Story
Dan Maccarone interviews Tristan Snell, discussing his experiences in law, technology and politics. They cover Snell's legal battle with Trump University and his video platform startup. Snell describes how his experiences have influenced his approach to politics and legal battles and highlights…
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Crafting Your Own Empire: Amanda Goetz Journey from Corporate to Entrepreneurship
When Amanda Goetz left her corporate gig to sculpt her own path through the entrepreneurial wilderness, she didn't just trade a desk for a dream; she crafted a multifaceted empire, painting a life that harmonizes ambition with the purest forms of self-expression. Her story isn't just a blueprint...
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Mike Dudas
When Bitcoin started gaining traction, Mike Dudas started buying. In fact, of all the cryptocurrencies out there, bitcoin is the only one he's gone all in on. But his passion for the Blockchain and Crypto world didn't end there. IN 2018, he not only put his money where is mouth was, but his whole...
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Katie Smith-Adair
The tech world is understandably frustrating and at some point, you've just had enough. For Katie Smith-Adair, that point came after she watched Sonar, the startup she was working for, blow up. The mobile app was part of a plethora of location-based people finding networks that permeated South by...
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Jeremy Kagan
From music promotion to managing bars. From political strategist to startup founder. From consultant to professor. Jeremy Kagan's gone down many roads over the course of his career. Over a variety bourbons at Fool's Gold in New York, Jeremy talks about how his career has taken so many different...
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Leah Finnegan
Leah Finnegan's journalism journey reads like the resume of someone decades in, which makes what she's accomplished even more impressive. She first discovered her passion for journalism while working on the newspaper at the University of Texas and parlayed that into a stint at Columbia…
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Adam Levin
Adam Levin has lead five different lives or at least had five different careers. From consumer protector to politician to real estate investor to digital entrepreneur to best selling author. And there's even more beyond that. Over glasses of Lafroig scotch at Fool's Gold in Manhattan, Adam sat…
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Nicole Wilke
Growing up on the Hawaiian island of Kauai may not seem like a place where technology takes the forefront, but for Nicole Wilke it was a ubiquitous part of her life. Taking her lifelong education around design and computer science with her from the islands to the mainland, Nicole worked her way...
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Nicholas Carlson
When Nick Carlson started at Business Insider, he was a young reporter coming off stints at Gawker Media and Internet News, putting his faith in a fledgling media startup. Today, he's the Global editor in chief of BI and oversees 250 plus reporters and writers at the publication, which has become...
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Taylor Lorenz
The genre of political and social journalism has spawned a plethora of new voices over the past few years and Taylor Lorenz has emerged as a notable voice, most recently as a staff writer for The Atlantic. Her origin story starts in New York City, where she grew up and as social media became a...
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Hamish McKenzie
From a young age in New Zealand, Hamish McKenzie always had a passion for writing and he knew he was pretty good at it! He pursued an English degree and eventually earned a graduate degree in journalism. Hamish went on to be a reporter and wrote for PandoDaily, the Guardian and the Toronto Star....
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Erin Ryan
Erin Ryan grew up in a small town in Wisconsin and was always a big fish in a little pond. After earning a degree in English from Notre Dame, she began a career in finance, a path she quickly realized was not her destiny. And it was the Gawker Media run, woman-focusted site Jezebel that changed…
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Lucas Arzola
Lucas Arzola is a man with many different titles. He is an entrepreneur, educator, and innovation ecosystem builder. Originally from Puerto Rico, Lucas ventured to University of California, Davis for college and wound up staying to coordinate strategic partnerships between the university and...
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Beth Schoenfeldt & Megan Hannum
Beth Schoenfeldt and Megan Hannum are experts at understanding the needs of startups. As business partners, they complement each other with Beth running the operations side of their company, FundedBuy, and Megan handling the networking. Together they are an unstoppable duo. At their core, Beth…
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David Malouf
Dave Malouf is a man who comes from many different career paths, but the one course he has stayed on through and through is the almighty Internet. He originally graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Anthropology, but he soon discovered he loved something else: web design. As Dave created…
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Glynnis MacNicol
At her core, Glynnis MacNicol has always known writing was her passion. She still remembers her first journal from when she was only 6 years old. Glynnis has translated that fierce need for independence into her role as the co-founder of TheList, a women only social network that seeks to bring...
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Ross Asdourian
Ross Asdourian spends his day to day solving problems. According to him, that is one of the main qualities that makes a great producer. From starting as a freelance producer after college, to getting his first big break as the NBC News Creative Digital Product Manager, Ross paid his dues to get…
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Stephanie Vaughan
Every choice you make in life can be a calculated decision. For Stephanie Vaughan, that is the way she let her career evolve. She was originally in the United States Marine Corp after attending the Naval Academy where she studied quantitative economics. Once her tour in Afghanistan was over, she...
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Zach Mack
Zach Mach's original dream of working in the world of media has finally come to fruition, but not in the way he expected. Zach moved to New York right after he graduated college, in hopes of becoming a writer and even though he did have gigs at places like Gawker, he soon realized that a full…
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Melody Koh
When you start your career in a complicated industry and are able to realize how much experience you don't have in order to do it well, that's admirable. To actually gather that knowledge and then come back is exemplary; that is exactly what Melody Kohdid. After starting in venture capital after...
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Chris Maddern
When Chris Maddern discovered his passion for technology, he knew he was hooked. His addiction to it lead to a career that started with pioneering the early days of app development with his company AppLaunch, but quickly lead to a passion that has permeated his career since: solving the challenge...
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Melanie Cristol
Melanie Cristol has always let her passions drive her career. Those passions lead her to become a lawyer and, now, to become an entrepreneur. As a founder, she's launched her most personal product yet: Lorals. Lorals are lingerie worn during oral sex, for when you love the idea of oral and you…
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Andrew Fleming
We all have a lost feeling after college life, even astrophysicists! Andrew Fleming originally went to Michigan Tech for physics and then took it one level higher to study astrophysics at Columbia University in New York. He realized before he was officially done with all school that the prospect…
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Courtney Boyd Myers
Courtney Boyd Myers has always been a multitasking mover. She was born in Connecticut and grew up playing in multiple sports at one time, and in a family that moved around a lot. Both of those qualities has molded her into the person she is today. Courtney is the founder of AKUA, a company that...
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Daniel Kibblesmith
Daniel Kibblesmith grew up loving comedy and always found himself gravitating towards writing, but it took him awhile to realize he was actually writing comedy as a career. Starting off his career in Chicago after college, Daniel worked for Groupon as an in-house comedian and wrote humorous ad...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
One of the best things about the world of technology is that you can end up in it having come from any direction. The most successful founders, venture capitalists, designers, etc. have fascinating stories behind their success, and every week Charming Robot‘s Dan Maccarone sits down over our guest’s favorite cocktail, wine or beer to hear where they came from and what they’ve learned along the way.
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