Best Rob Sims Podcasts (2025)

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It’s Not That Deep, Mum: Teenagers, Traditions & Letting Go with Emma Reed Turrell 54:53

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NOTE: This episode contains references to Christmas Magic that you may not want your children to hear! In this honest and often hilarious Christmas bonus conversation, Steph sits down with psychotherapist Emma Reed Turrell to talk about the emotional, logistical and often invisible labour of Christmas; especially for women. From managing everyone’s…

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E32: Lightning Strikes Twice: How Eldad Farkash Built Two Data Unicorns Back-to-Back 35:41

3M ago35:41

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On this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, tune in to our conversation with Eldad Farkash, Co-founder and Chairman of Firebolt. With over two decades in data architecture, Eldad spent 14 years as CTO of Sisense before building Firebolt into a next-generation data warehouse. Get a glimpse into Eldad’s approach as a rare founder who's built not just …

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E31: From Hype to ROI: How Dwarak Rajagopal of Snowflake Scales Enterprise AI 24:55

5M ago24:55

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In this episode we talk to Dwarak Rajagopal – VP of AI Engineering and AI Research at Snowflake. Hear from Dwarak as he traces his journey from optimizing AMD processors to building AI systems at Google and now revolutionizing enterprise AI at Snowflake – discussing the real-world challenges and opportunities for bringing AI to business application…

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E30 - From Flight Sims to Authorization: How AuthZed's Jake Moshenko is Securing the AI Revolution 29:12

8M ago29:12

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In this episode we talk to Jake Moshenko – Co-Founder and CEO of AuthZed. Hear from Jake as he traces his journey from building flight simulators to creating cutting-edge authorization systems – not mincing words when discussing the security challenges in AI-driven applications. Jake offers new perspectives on the future of permissions and access c…

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Redefining Masculinity with Elliott Rae 1:02:29

8M ago1:02:29

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In this powerful conversation, Steph is joined by Elliott Rae, speaker, podcaster, writer and social changemaker, to explore how masculinity is being renegotiated in today's world. They dig into how traditional gender roles are evolving, why relationships shift after having children, and the ways societal expectations impact men’s mental health and…

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E29: Sudarshan Lakshminarasimhan Founding Engineer at E6data 28:45

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In this episode we talk to Sudarshan Lakshminaraseemhan – a founding engineer at e6data who cut his teeth during the formative years at global technology consultancy ThoughtWorks. Hear from Sudarshan as he dissects the evolution of software development from early waterfall processes to today's rapid iteration cycles – pulling no punches when discus…

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Teenagers and Midlife, The Perfect Storm with Lorraine Candy 1:05:10

9M ago1:05:10

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Parenting teenagers and navigating midlife can feel like a perfect storm. One moment you’re managing eye-rolls and slammed doors, the next you’re questioning why no one warned you about perimenopause. In this episode, Steph is joined by journalist, author, and parenting pro Lorraine Candy for a frank and reassuring conversation about raising teens,…

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Marriage, Equality & The Mental Load - A Candid Chat with Steph & Doug 1:02:07

9M ago1:02:07

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Steph sits down with her husband of 17 years, Mark (Doug) Douglas, for an unfiltered and often hilarious deep dive into marriage, equality at home, and the invisible workload that often falls on women. From their whirlwind romance and early parenting struggles to resentment, gender roles, and the reality of balancing careers and family, no topic is…

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What can a robotics competition program teach the next gen? 53:55

10M ago53:55

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What if one program could shape the next generation of engineers, innovators, and leaders? In this episode, we dive into the transformative power of FIRST Robotics through the story of Devika, a high school senior and engineering captain of Team 3506, YETI Robotics. She shares how a simple invitation to a robotics team in middle school changed her …

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E28: Classical Pianist to Observability Pioneer - Charity Majors CTO of Honeycomb 27:16

10M ago27:16

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In this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, we chat with Charity Majors, Co-Founder and CTO of Honeycomb, who traded piano keys for keyboard commands on their journey from classically trained pianist to a systems firefighter. Tune in to get Charity's unfiltered thoughts on why engineers should toggle between coding and management, challenging the "t…

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Motherhood, Comedy & Wrinkles: Ageing Disgracefully with Genevieve Turley 43:41

10M ago43:41

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Steph sits down with the hilarious and incredibly talented makeup artist Genevieve Turley. Known for her candid takes on beauty, motherhood, and life in general, Gen shares her journey from being a nurse in the Air Force to becoming a sought-after bridal makeup artist and an Instagram star with over 400k followers. Gen is a freelance makeup artist …

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E27: From Unix Coder to Enginer-Founder - Rob Woollen's Journey Founding Sigma 30:26

11M ago30:26

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In this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, engineer-turned-founder Rob Woollen gives a refreshingly honest take on the founder journey. Rob shares his path from Unix coder to BEA Systems architect to Salesforce CTO, and finally to pioneering data analytics at Sigma. Get Rob's reflections on turning deep tech into market wins and navigating the AI r…

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E26: Balancing Open Source and Business with Spencer Kimball (Cockroach Labs) 37:26

1y ago37:26

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In this new episode of the 0P podcast, we welcome back Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, to discuss the evolving landscape of software licensing in the cloud era. Spencer shares insights on how companies are innovating with new licensing models to bridge the gap between open source ideals and sustainable business growth. Drawin…

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E25 [DEEP DIVE]: How Metric Trees Are Transforming Businesses with Vijay Subramanian 27:14

1+ y ago27:14

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In this episode, we introduce a new format for the podcast—a deep dive into a technical topic with an engineer-founder who is an expert on the subject. For our first Deep Dive, I sit down with Vijay Subramanian, the visionary behind Trace, to explore the evolution and future of metric layers in business metrics and cross-functional alignment. Vijay…

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E24: Self-Taught to Startup Success: The Unconventional Path of InfluxDB's Paul Dix 33:59

1+ y ago33:59

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In this episode, I sit down with Paul Dix, the founder and CTO of InfluxData to explore his journey from a self-taught programmer to a leader in database systems. We discuss his role in building the NYC Machine Learning meetup, the creation of InfluxDB and the strategic move to make it open source. He shares insights into the decision to rewrite In…

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Festivals and Family with Rob & Josie da Bank 39:11

1+ y ago39:11

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Steph chats with Rob and Josie da Bank about what it’s like to run a festival with your partner, and how they make it work alongside having four children. After 32 years together, and many festivals under their belts, they talk about the difficult bits, how they divide and conquer, and how helping people escape real life, screens and make some IRL …

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E23: Inside the Mind of an AI Pioneer: A Conversation with Alex Mashrabov 28:23

1+ y ago28:23

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In this episode, I sit down with Alex Mashrabov, the visionary CEO of Higgsfield AI. We journey through Alex's impressive career, beginning with his time at Yandex where he witnessed the early implementations of neural networks. We explore what ignited his entrepreneurial spirit and delve into the stark contrasts between the Russian and American ed…

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E22: From BigQuery to Motherduck: The Journey of Jordan Tigani 21:07

1+ y ago21:07

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In this episode, I chat with Jordan Tigani, the dynamic engineer-founder of MotherDuck who previously led Google's BigQuery team and headed up product at SingleStore. Jordan shares the inspiring origin story of MotherDuck, which emerged from the overlooked analytics' long tail, focusing on serving small users in data analytics. Our conversation del…

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E21: The Power of Pricing with Alvaro Morales of Orb 24:07

1+ y ago24:07

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In this episode, Pete speaks with Alvaro Morales, the co-founder and CEO of Orb, who shares his journey from being an engineer to becoming the founder of a flexible billing engine for modern software pricing. Alvaro traces his path from Lima, Peru to San Francisco, discussing the rise of startups in his home city as well as his early engineering ex…

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How To Make It Fair with Eve Rodsky 1:03:01

2y ago1:03:01

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Feel like you do everything at home, or at least more than is your fair share? This one’s for you. Steph speaks with Eve Rodsky - Harvard-grad lawyer, activist and New York Times Bestselling author of Fair Play. Eve is working to change society one partnership at a time by coming up with a new 21st-century solution to an age-old problem: women shou…

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Being a Mad Woman with Bryony Gordon 57:59

2y ago57:59

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Steph talks with author, journalist and mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon about her new book Mad Woman, an account of her life and challenges over the last few years. With a live audience at Henley Literary Festival, in classic Bryony-style, she brings lots of energy, honesty and humour to the conversation, in which they discuss depression, OC…

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E20: Building Sustainable Businesses in the Tech Industry with Craig McLuckie 26:27

2y ago26:27

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In this enlightening episode, I have the privilege of hosting Craig McLuckie, a tech industry veteran who has made significant contributions to the cloud computing industry and is currently the Co-founder & CEO of stacklok. We begin by exploring his journey from Microsoft to Google, where he co-authored Kubernetes, a pivotal project that has shaped…

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E19: Overcoming Self-Doubt to Become a Founder with Erik Bernhardsson 23:48

2y ago23:48

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In this episode, I chat with Erik Bernhardsson, co-founder and CEO of Modal, about his journey from Spotify engineer to startup CTO to startup founder. Erik takes us back to his early days as a software engineer and shares how his transformative years at Spotify ignited his startup mindset. We discuss the challenges he faced during his transition f…

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Anxiety with Dr Kirren Schnack 53:51

2y ago53:51

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Steph talks with Dr Kirren Schnack, Clinical Psychologist and author of Ten Times Calmer, a book with tools to help beat anxiety. The conversation starts by understanding what anxiety is, what happens when we’re anxious, what are the triggers and what is happening to our nervous system. They discuss the impact having children can have on anxiety, a…

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E18: Data Tool Disruption: Barry McCardel on Building Hex 24:19

2y ago24:19

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In this episode, we chat with Barry McCardel, Co-Founder and CEO of Hex, as he shares how honing his leadership skills in college paved the way for his journey to becoming a founder. Barry discusses building his team with former Palantir colleagues and Hex's emphasis on design from its inception. He shares insights on Hex's rapid feature developmen…

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Mums’ Night Out with Louise Boyce, Gill Sims and Clara Batten at Henley Literary Festival 1:00:58

2y ago1:00:58

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Recorded Live at the Henley Literary Festival, Steph interviews Louise Boyce AKA Mama Still Got It, Gill Sims and Clara Batten live from a Town Hall full of women out for a Friday night! Join them as they discuss the rollercoaster of motherhood - the first year of being a mum, identity, holidays with kids, the PTA, and Louise’s gross middle-of-the-…

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E17: The Visionary Behind Vercel with Guillermo Rauch 32:51

2y ago32:51

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In this episode, we explore Guillermo Rauch's path from a teen hacker in Argentina to the founder of Vercel. We touch on his engineering roots, the role of open-source in his success and Vercel's creation to simplify deployments with Next.js. We compare Vercel's innovations to the evolution of electric cars, discuss the significance of speed in edg…

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How Not to Let Having Kids Ruin Your Sex Life with Dr Karen Gurney 1:00:06

2y ago1:00:06

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Ahead of the release of her new book, Clinical Psychologist Dr Karen Gurney returns to the DBHF podcast after her previous episode about sex in long term relationships became the most downloaded to date, resulting in at least two pregnancies (that we know of!) and Steph received hundreds of messages from women and couples that felt huge relief in w…

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Midlife Wisdom, Careers and Parenthood with Fi Glover and Jane Garvey 51:31

2y ago51:31

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Steph chats with broadcast LEGENDS Fi Glover and Jane Garvey about their move after thirty years (each!) from the BBC to Times Radio, where they host a radio show and the Off Air podcast. Fi and Jane describe how they found juggling a broadcast career with small children, with Fi owning that hers ‘ground to a halt’ for a period, but that she now ha…

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How to Be Sad with Helen Russell (re-release) 46:35

2y ago46:35

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In this episode we're looking back at a brilliant episode with Helen from January 2022... Steph talks with bestselling author, journalist and speaker Helen Russell about how and why so many of us try to bury sadness, and the harm that causes. After eight years of researching happiness, Helen realised that most of us desperately want to avoid sadnes…

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E16: The Future of AI in the Workplace -- A Conversation with Aaron Lee of Smith.ai 30:30

2y ago30:30

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In this episode, Aaron Lee, Founder & CEO of Smith.ai joins me to discuss a variety of topics. First, we delve into the innovative strategies of tech giants like Google, and explore the future of AI in business. Then we journey back to the early days at Smith.ai, where AI was used to enhance productivity. Aaron shares a multitude of learnings from …

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Navigating the early months of motherhood with comedian Kelly Convey 52:18

2+ y ago52:18

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Steph chats with brilliant comedian Kelly Convey about motherhood; it’s all very fresh for Kelly as she has had two babies with a fifteen month gap, her second still only seven months old. Steph and Kelly discuss those early months of motherhood, flashing the postman, feeling annoyed with your partner and navigating advice from others. Kelly talks …

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Why we’re all Overwhelmed and how to get through it, with Brigid Schulte 59:01

2+ y ago59:01

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Steph talks with writer and speaker Brigid Schulte about Overwhelm, where it comes from and what we can do to rally against it. Brigid brilliantly uses research and history to understand how we got here, and reassures that when it feels hard, it’s because it is. Brigid explains why women feel they don’t deserve free time, why we feel we have to ‘ex…

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E15: Developer Productivity and the Future of Software Development -- A Conversation with Graham Thompson and Debo Ray 23:33

2+ y ago23:33

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In this episode, we debut a new format where engineer-founders discuss key tech topics. Joined by Graham Thompson of Privacy Dynamics and Debo Ray of DevZero, we dive into modern software development. Topics include the role of developer productivity, challenges of new productivity tools and the problems that arise around data access. We also discu…

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E14: From Google Engineer to Cockroach Labs Co-Founder -- a Conversation with Spencer Kimball 29:23

2+ y ago29:23

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In this episode, I have the pleasure of hosting Spencer Kimball, a former Google engineer turned tech entrepreneur, and now the Co-Founder & CEO of Cockroach Labs. Spencer shares his journey from working at Google to creating his project, Viewfinder, which eventually led to the birth of CockroachDB. Spencer discusses his advice for founders as they…

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Business Special: how brain surgery led to Scamp & Dude, with Jo Tutchener Sharp 54:02

2+ y ago54:02

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Jo Tutchener Sharp, Founder and CEO, tells Steph about how life-changing brain surgery led to her hugely successful purpose-led fashion brand Scamp & Dude. From childrenswear to now 95% womenswear, a shop in Marlow and two more opening this Summer 2023, Jo’s PR background and desire to ‘do better’ have combined to create powerful partnerships, char…

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E13: The Evolution of Data Science with DJ Patil 30:24

2+ y ago30:24

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Today on the podcast, I interview DJ Patil, an entrepreneur, investor, scientist and leader in public policy. The former (and first) U.S. Chief Data Scientist, DJ wrote the book on being Data Driven (literally: O'Reilly Data Driven) and now puts his knowledge to work as General Partner of Great Point Ventures. Highlights 00:29 - Intro [1:50] - A di…

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Burnout in the rush hour with Psychotherapist Siobhán Murray 53:01

2+ y ago53:01

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Psychotherapist Siobhán Murray talks with Steph about Burnout. Originally coined in the 1970s to describe an occupational phenomenon, recent decades have seen an increase in people experiencing burnout as we’re ‘nearly always switched on’. Siobhán and Steph talk about why this is, what makes women in the Rush Hour susceptible to burnout, and the si…

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Biz Ep: Turning a food blog into a business with Sarah Rossi AKA Taming Twins 48:10

2+ y ago48:10

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Sarah Rossi and Steph talk about how Sarah’s online profile, where she’s known as ‘Taming Twins’, has rocketed in the last 12 months. She talks with Steph about her career so far, from starting a bakery that she loved, and recognising that she couldn’t scale the business because it relied on her being physically there too much. Sarah’s blog Taming …

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E12: From Vertica to Starburst - Data Processing for Analytics with Matt Fuller 19:28

3y ago19:28

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Today on the podcast, I interview Matt Fuller, the co-founder of Starburst. Matt has worked in data for years .... Highlights [1:00] - How Matt got into data & the C-Store paper which led to him joining Vertica, an early columnar database prior to technologies like Hadoop, HDFS or Parquet [3:45] - The increasing adoption of OSS data storage tools a…

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Business special: Business, leading and burnout with Alex Depledge, MBE 41:38

3y ago41:38

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Steph chats with businesswoman Alex Depledge for a Business Special episode of the podcast. Alex is undoubtedly a brilliant entrepreneur, having co-founded, grown and sold first business Hassle.com for €32m, before starting another tech platform – Resi.co.uk – the UK's largest and only nationwide residential architectural platform. Alex’s ‘thing’ i…

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E11: Streaming Data w/ Eric Sammer 24:52

3y ago24:52

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In this episode, I interview Eric Sammer, the founder & CEO of Decodable. Eric was previously an engineering manager at Cloudera, and before that the founder of Rocana, an early observability company that was sold to Splunk. Eric has an amazing perspective on the architecture of data systems based on his years of experience in the field. We chat ab…

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E10: Josh Benamram and Data Observability 24:22

3y ago24:22

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Josh Benamram is the the co-founder & CEO of Databand, a data observability company acquired by IBM. We’ll discuss Josh’s segue from an early career in venture capital, into becoming a product manager for a business intelligence company (Sisense) and then becoming a founder himself, where he eventually exited his company to IBM. Highlights: [2:00] …

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E09: The Origin Story of Datadog w/ Alexis Le-Quoc 25:38

3y ago25:38

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Alexis is the co-founder and CTO of Datadog, which was founded in NYC in 2010. He shares with the Pete the origin story of the company, how & why raising capital was very different in that period, and their thought process as engineer-founders in arriving at the right product to build for their customers. We also chat a bit with Alexis about his an…

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New To Mum Hood? Illiyin Morrison and Sophie McCartney talk us through it 57:51

3y ago57:51

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Steph speaks with Illiyin Morrison and Sophie McCartney (AKA Tired and Tested) about those early days and months of motherhood, as part of the Lost For Words series. Rather than gloss over it, Sophie and Illy both have careers that centre on being reassuringly honest about motherhood, and in turn offering support to women who may be finding it toug…

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Business Special: March Muses founders Alison Burton and Natalie Duvall 37:55

3y ago37:55

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Each month, the DBHF podcast will speak with founders for a business episode, to find out how they’re doing it. The strapline for Alison Burton and Natalie Duvall’s business March Muses is ‘Celebrating Diversity by Diversifying Celebrations’. It begun from a search for Christmas decorations that represented the black community, and opened up a worl…

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Lost for Words; Cancer with Emma Campbell and Leanne Pero 51:29

3y ago51:29

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Continuing the Lost For Words series, Steph speaks with Leanne Pero and Emma Campbell about Cancer. Both women have been diagnosed with breast cancer – Leanne is in remission and Emma continues with regular treatment after her third diagnosis in 2019. Both women are incredibly honest about their experience, struggles and the mental health impact. S…

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E08: Path to Becoming a Founder w/ Brad Buda 26:23

3y ago26:23

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Brad is a repeat founder and is currently the co-founder of Census, an SF company that syncs customer data to go-to-market tools. Brad shares his path from initially joining a startup as an engineer and continuing on to become a co-founder himself. Highlights: [1:20]: on choosing Ruby for early stage product hacking & data integration [5:01]: Brad’…

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Baby Loss: with ‘The Other Mothers’ Caro, Elle and Jen 1:02:54

3y ago1:02:54

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For the second episode of this Lost For Words series, Steph spoke with podcast hosts The Other Mothers AKA Caro Tasker, Elle Wright and Jen Reid, three women on a mission to talk about Baby Loss, pushing through the discomfort people feel, to better support those going through it. Through their tragic experiences of baby loss, which include stillbi…

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Grief: You Are Not Alone with Cariad Lloyd 55:24

3y ago55:24

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This series of the Don’t Buy Her Flowers podcast is about those events that can leave people Lost For Words, kicking off with Cariad Lloyd talking about grief and death. Cariad is a comedian, actress and writer and the woman behind the award-winning and brilliant podcast Griefcast, where she speaks with guests about their own experience of grief. A…