Talk Python to Me is a weekly podcast hosted by developer and entrepreneur Michael Kennedy. We dive deep into the popular packages and software developers, data scientists, and incredible hobbyists doing amazing things with Python. If you're new to Python, you'll quickly learn the ins and outs of the community by hearing from the leaders. And if you've been Pythoning for years, you'll learn about your favorite packages and the hot new ones coming out of open source.
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5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies is a podcast hosted by Jeff Rudner. The podcast is your company's go-to resource for financial empowerment and strategic planning. Designed for entrepreneurs and business owners managing $5–$50 million in revenue, we deliver practical financial insights to help you scale your business, optimize cash flow, and harness the power of technology. Through conversations with SMB leaders and trusted advisors, we break down high-level financial stra ...
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Building an entirely new kind of bank doesn’t happen overnight – and it takes a village. At Starling Bank, our village is populated by a diverse team of engineers and developers working together to build and run the UK’s first mobile only bank account, through agile development processes and leading tech. Fellow software developers, iOS and Android developers and general development enthusiasts – this podcast is for you! The Starling Developer Podcast has been created to give you insider acc ...
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Hello, thanks for stopping by - I am your host Yasmine belle, founder & CFO of Belle Capital Management, inc., a full charge accounting firm, in Los Angeles, CA. My mission on this channel is to bring financial information that will help grow your business, and hopefully trigger a few questions to make better business decisions. Because "to receive the answers you seek - you must first ask the right questions". As a CFO, we propel a culture of security, and do not limit the focus on revenue, ...
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Employing an outside company to handle all payroll-related duties is known as outsourcing payroll services in a business. The main reasons for using payroll management services are to cut costs and free up time when handling payroll-related financial operations. Employing a third party to handle payroll operations frees up a company from having to recruit and educate a sizable in-house payroll team, buy suitable payroll software, and keep up with complicated tax regulations. All business typ ...
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Have you ever thought about getting your small product into production, but are worried about the cost of the big cloud providers? Or maybe you think your current cloud service is over-architected and costing you too much? Well, in this episode, we interview Michael Kennedy, author of "Talk Python in Production," a new book that guides you through …
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#530: anywidget: Jupyter Widgets made easy
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1:11:21For years, building interactive widgets in Python notebooks meant wrestling with toolchains, platform quirks, and a mountain of JavaScript machinery. Most developers took one look and backed away slowly. Trevor Manz decided that barrier did not need to exist. His idea was simple: give Python users just enough JavaScript to unlock the web’s interact…
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#529: Computer Science from Scratch
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1:17:00A lot of people building software today never took the traditional CS path. They arrived through curiosity, a job that needed automating, or a late-night itch to make something work. This week, David Kopec joins me to talk about rebuilding computer science for exactly those folks, the ones who learned to program first and are now ready to understan…
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21 - From Beekeeping in Paraguay to Building AI Companies - Lessons in Vision and Grit
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41:04In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Jeremy Klein, General Partner at super{set}, a groundbreaking AI startup studio. Jeremy's unconventional journey—from teaching beekeeping in rural Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer to advising hundreds of startups as a corporate attorney, to no…
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#528: Python apps with LLM building blocks
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1:16:46In this episode, I’m talking with Vincent Warmerdam about treating LLMs as just another API in your Python app, with clear boundaries, small focused endpoints, and good monitoring. We’ll dig into patterns for wrapping these calls, caching and inspecting responses, and deciding where an LLM API actually earns its keep in your architecture. Episode s…
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20 - Scaling Through Uncertainty: How Brandon Spear Built Adaptable Companies in Uncertain Times
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46:46In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, Jeff Rudner sits down with Brandon Spear, CEO of TreviPay, whose three-decade career spans four continents and multiple successful exits. Brandon shares his journey from co-founding South Africa's first commercial internet service provider in the early 1990s to leading TreviPay…
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Today we’re digging into the Model Context Protocol, or MCP. Think LSP for AI: build a small Python service once and your tools and data show up across editors and agents like VS Code, Claude Code, and more. My guest, Den Delimarsky from Microsoft, helps build this space and will keep us honest about what’s solid versus what's just shiny. We’ll kee…
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19 - Zero To One: Mastering The Entrepreneurial Journey with Jordan Fishfeld
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41:10In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Jordan Feld, serial entrepreneur and founder of CoreGo, to explore the art of going from zero to one in business. Jordan shares his journey through multiple ventures—from real estate crowdfunding and private market investing to healthcare real es…
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#526: Building Data Science with Foundation LLM Models
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1:07:24Today, we’re talking about building real AI products with foundation models. Not toy demos, not vibes. We’ll get into the boring dashboards that save launches, evals that change your mind, and the shift from analyst to AI app builder. Our guide is Hugo Bowne-Anderson, educator, podcaster, and data scientist, who’s been in the trenches from scalable…
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Building a UI in Python usually means choosing between "quick and limited" or "powerful and painful." What if you could write modern, component-based web apps in pure Python and still keep full control? NiceGUI, pronounced "Nice Guy" sits on FastAPI with a Vue/Quasar front end, gives you real components, live updates over websockets, and it’s runni…
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18 - Change Management in the Trenches: A Conversation About Embracing Change to Facilitate Growth
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37:01In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Patrick Dichter, founder and owner of AppleTree Consulting, an accounting firm specializing in outsourced accounting and tax services for small to medium-sized businesses. Patrick shares his unique journey from business consultant to accounting f…
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#524: 38 things Python developers should learn in 2025
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1:09:15Python in 2025 is different. Threads really are about to run in parallel, installs finish before your coffee cools, and containers are the default. In this episode, we count down 38 things to learn this year: free-threaded CPython, uv for packaging, Docker and Compose, Kubernetes with Tilt, DuckDB and Arrow, PyScript at the edge, plus MCP for sane …
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#523: Pyrefly: Fast, IDE-friendly typing for Python
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1:07:00Python typing got fast enough to feel invisible. Pyrefly is a new, open source type checker and IDE language server from Meta, written in Rust, with a focus on instant feedback and real-world DX. Today, we will dig into what it is, why it exists, and how it plays with the rest of the typing ecosystem. We have Abby Mitchell, Danny Yang, and Kyle Int…
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#522: Data Sci Tips and Tricks from CodeCut.ai
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#521: Red Teaming LLMs and GenAI with PyRIT
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1:02:40English is now an API. Our apps read untrusted text; they follow instructions hidden in plain sight, and sometimes they turn that text into action. If you connect a model to tools or let it read documents from the wild, you have created a brand new attack surface. In this episode, we will make that concrete. We will talk about the attacks teams are…
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16 - How a Former Teacher Built a Thriving Industrial Portfolio
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41:03In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Jonathan Hayek, a commercial real estate investor and host of "The Source of Commercial Real Estate" podcast. Jonathan shares his remarkable journey from special education teacher to successful industrial real estate investor, offering actionable…
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#520: pyx - the other side of the uv coin (announcing pyx)
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1:00:11A couple years ago, Charlie Marsh lit a fire under Python tooling with Ruff and then uv. Today he’s back with something on the other side of that coin: pyx. Pyx isn’t a PyPI replacement. Think server, not just index. It mirrors PyPI, plays fine with pip or uv, and aims to make installs fast and predictable by letting a smart client talk to a smart …
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#519: Data Science Cloud Lessons at Scale
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1:02:56Today on Talk Python: What really happens when your data work outgrows your laptop. Matthew Rocklin, creator of Dask and cofounder of Coiled, and Nat Tabris a staff software engineer at Coiled join me to unpack the messy truth of cloud-scale Python. During the episode we actually spin up a 1,000 core cluster from a notebook, twice! We also discuss …
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15 - Navigating Startup Acquisition, Growth, and Exits with Jason Pearsall
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38:42In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Jason Pearsall, CEO of Club Caddie Holdings, about his evolution from startup founder to a private equity-backed business leader. Jason shares his lessons from two successful exits, the pivotal shifts in his golf technology business, and the art …
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#518: Celebrating Django's 20th Birthday With Its Creators
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1:08:13Twenty years after a scrappy newsroom team hacked together a framework to ship stories fast, Django remains the Python web framework that ships real apps, responsibly. In this anniversary roundtable with its creators and long-time stewards: Simon Willison, Adrian Holovaty, Will Vincent, Jeff Triplett, and Thibaud Colas, we trace the path from the L…
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14 - Building a Revenue-on-Demand Engine with Gabe Lullo
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34:40In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Gabe Lullo, CEO of Alleyoop, to explore his journey from SDR to CEO and the lessons learned while scaling a 150-person revenue-on-demand company. Gabe shares insights on balancing rapid growth with financial discipline, diversifying client portfo…
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#517: Agentic Al Programming with Python
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1:17:01Agentic AI programming is what happens when coding assistants stop acting like autocomplete and start collaborating on real work. In this episode, we cut through the hype and incentives to define “agentic,” then get hands-on with how tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and LangChain actually behave inside an established codebase. Our guest, Matt Makai,…
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#516: Accelerating Python Data Science at NVIDIA
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1:05:42Python’s data stack is getting a serious GPU turbo boost. In this episode, Ben Zaitlen from NVIDIA joins us to unpack RAPIDS, the open source toolkit that lets pandas, scikit-learn, Spark, Polars, and even NetworkX execute on GPUs. We trace the project’s origin and why NVIDIA built it in the open, then dig into the pieces that matter in practice: c…
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13 - Guarding the Vault: Cybersecurity Strategies for Finance with Chithra Rajagopalan
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37:56Is your finance department your company’s biggest security risk? Join Jeff Rudner on this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies as he welcomes Chithra Rajagopalan, Head of Finance at Obsidian Security, to discuss how the convergence of finance and cybersecurity can either expose companies to billion-dollar breaches or unloc…
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#515: Durable Python Execution with Temporal
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1:10:54What if your code was crash-proof? That's the value prop for a framework called Temporal. Temporal is a durable execution platform that enables developers to build scalable applications without sacrificing productivity or reliability. The Temporal server executes units of application logic called Workflows in a resilient manner that automatically h…
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12 - Building a Business That Runs and Grows Without You: Insights from Alan Pentz
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41:12Looking to scale your service-based business without drowning in operational chaos? Join Jeff Rudner on this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies as he sits down with Alan Pentz, founder and former CEO of Corner Alliance, to unpack how he scaled a consulting firm from startup to $35M in revenue. Alan shares actionable insi…
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Every year the core developers of Python convene in person to focus on high priority topics for CPython and beyond. This year they met at PyCon US 2025. Those meetings are closed door to keep focused and productive. But we're lucky that Seth Michael Larson was in attendance and wrote up each topic presented and the reactions and feedback to each. W…
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11 - Cash is Queen: Growth in Uncertain Markets with Joy Mbanugo, CFO at CXAI
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31:33What’s the smartest way to manage cash when the market is uncertain? In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Joy Mbanugo, CFO of CXAI and a former executive at Google and BlackRock, to answer that and more. Joy shares actionable strategies for maximizing cash reserves. Navigating fundi…
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Why do people listen to this podcast? Sure, they're looking for technical explorations of new libraries and ideas. But often it's to hear the story behind them. If that speaks to you, then I have the perfect episode lined up. I have Barry Warsaw, Paul Everitt, Carol Willing, and Brett Cannon all back on the show to share stories from the history of…
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#512: Building a JIT Compiler for CPython
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1:08:18Do you like to dive into the details and intricacies of how Python executes and how we can optimize it? Well, do I have an episode for you. We welcome back Brandt Bucher to give us an update on the upcoming JIT compiler for Python and why it differs from JITs for languages such as C# and Java. Episode sponsors Posit Talk Python Courses Links from t…
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10 - The Jetstream Effect: Kevin Diemar on Scaling Without the Overhead
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42:32How do you grow a luxury service business without sacrificing quality or cash flow? In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Kevin Diemar, CEO and President of Unity Jets and former Wall Street trader, to uncover how Kevin scaled a private jet brokerage using relationship-driven strateg…
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#511: From Notebooks to Production Data Science Systems
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54:15If you're doing data science and have mostly spent your time doing exploratory or just local development, this could be the episode for you. We are joined by Catherine Nelson to discuss techniques and tools to move your data science game from local notebooks to full-on production workflows. Episode sponsors Agntcy Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALK…
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#510: 10 Polars Tools and Techniques To Level Up Your Data Science
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1:02:04See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/510By Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
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9 - Ali Firoozi on Turning Finance Teams Into Strategic Business Partners
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37:07What if you could transform your finance team from simply reporting numbers to being strategic business partners in the organization's growth? In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Ali Firoozi, CFO of The Pac Group, to explore how finance leaders can drive business growth through str…
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See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/509By Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
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#508: Program Your Own Computer with Python
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1:11:56See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/508By Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
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8 - Ex-Facebook Director: This AI Solves Finance's #1 Bottleneck
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36:18Finance's #1 bottleneck is reconciliation. What if you could revolutionize your financial operations with AI while maintaining complete control and transparency? In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with ex-Facebook director and CEO and co-founder of Ledge, Tal Kirschenbaum, to discuss h…
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#507: Agentic AI Workflows with LangGraph
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1:03:59See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/507By Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
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7 - Alex Glueckler on Turning Finance into a Growth Engine at CrossFit
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37:42In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Alex Glueckler, VP of Accounting at CrossFit, to discuss how finance can evolve from a reactive function into a proactive, strategic partner. Alex shares insights on simplifying financial metrics, building cross-functional relationships, and crea…
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#506: ty: Astral's New Type Checker (Formerly Red-Knot)
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1:04:19See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/506By Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
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#505: t-strings in Python (PEP 750)
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6 - The Exit Playbook: Johan Hoernell’s Secrets to Scaling and Selling
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36:15What if you could learn from someone who successfully scaled and sold a SaaS company in Europe before launching their next venture? In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Johan Hoernell, CEO and co-founder of Reveal Automation. Johan shares his journey from McKinsey consultant to succ…
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See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/504By Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
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See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/503By Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
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5 - Pivot & Prosper: Scaling a CPG Brand the Smart Way with Sabrina Valle and Jessica Quon
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35:04In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with the dynamic duo of Sabrina Valle and Jessica Quon, co-founders of the Jam Stand and Mighty Picnic. They share their evolution from crafting small-batch jams to leading a thriving manufacturing enterprise serving major meal kit brands. Learn how t…
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#502: Django Ledger: Accounting with Python
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1:03:38See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/502By Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
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#501: Marimo - Reactive Notebooks for Python
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1:00:35By Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
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#500: Django Simple Deploy and other DevOps Things
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57:34See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/500By Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy)
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4 - Bootstrapped to $4M ARR: Tom Hunt’s Insights on Sustainable Scaling
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40:15In this episode of 5 to 50: Financial Strategies for Growing Companies, host Jeff Rudner sits down with Tom Hunt, Founder and CEO of Fame, to uncover how he built a $4M ARR B2B podcast agency—without external funding. Tom shares lessons from 17 business attempts, the importance of financial discipline, and why focusing on core services drives susta…
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