The Startup Junkies podcast is hosted by Jeff Amerine and his team at Startup Junkie Consulting. We’ll cover topics ranging from getting started, planning, growing your business, proving your concept, leadership, marketing, exit strategies and so much more. We’ll interview business owners, entrepreneurs, experts and people we think will bring value to our audience. Subscribe and together we will move your business to the next level.
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The Results Junkies podcast features Paul Singh and Ed Pizza sharing the realities of starting, building and growing companies — from both sides of the table. No hand-waving, no fluff, just tactics from two operators and investors that have 3,000+ portfolio companies between them.
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Podcast Junkies - Storytelling Interviews & Conversations with Podcasters Podcasting Passionately
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Interested in the world of podcasting and looking to be inspired by those that have demonstrated success with their shows? Since 2014 Harry Duran, Founder of podcast agency FullCast, has had hundreds of conversations with some of the most fascinating podcasters in the podosphere. His relaxed, conversational format allows guests to kick back their heels and share valuable and sometimes personal insights of their podcasting journey. If you're looking to open your mind and heart to new possibil ...
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Honest, unfiltered conversations with the best from tech - spilling the tea about product, growth, and senior leadership topics. www.leahtharin.com
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For more than a dozen years, the Stack Overflow Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a software developer and how the art and practice of programming is changing our world. From Rails to React, from Java to Node.js, join the Stack home team for conversations with fascinating guests to help you understand how technology is made and where it’s headed.
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Each week, our innovation experts will share strategies and practices that will generate sustained results and long-lasting success in your organization. Our hosts, Jeff Amerine and Jeff Standridge bring over 50 years of combined enterprise and startup innovation expertise across multiple industries. Everything at Innovation Junkie revolves around helping you scale your business and inspire innovative disciplines and practices.
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Can you be a good human and a grow a successful company at the same time? Welcome to the Honest Marketing podcast, where you learn proven strategies to grow your business WITHOUT selling your soul. Hosted by Travis Albritton, former Head of Content at Buzzsprout, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts for new episodes every Tuesday.
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Stop wasting your time and learn marketing strategies that work. Gain valuable tools and resources, so that you do not get left behind in your industry. We discuss about building authority online, marketing tips and tricks, content marketing, social media strategies, how to get more traffic, search engine optimization, productivity tips, how to brand your company, podcasting, live streaming for Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram, graphic design, content creation, repurposing content, ...
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417: Innovating Workplace Safety with Smart Badge Reels and Ali Al Jabry
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27:53Summary In this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Daniel Koonce and Caleb Talley sit down with Ali Al Jabry, founder of Kwema—a company dedicated to improving workplace safety. Ali, whose journey began in Kenya and took him across Latin America and the U.S., shares the story behind Kwema and how his personal experiences led him to entrepre…
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370: Innovating Podcast Marketing: Eric Melchor's B2B Strategies
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57:29📺 Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Are you struggling to grow your podcast audience and monetize your show? Discover how Eric Melchor, founder of B2B Pod Pros, leverages innovative strategies to boost podcast growth and create valuable connections in the industry. Eric Melchor, a marketing expert turned podcast enthusiast, shares his journey from corpo…
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Getting rid of the pain for developers on Shopify
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30:05Check out Shopify’s newest updates on their editions page, including Horizons and their new AI capabilities with Sidekick. Connect with Glen Coates on LinkedIn and X. Shoutout to Stellar Question badge winner nouptime for asking Converting string to byte array in C#.By Ryan Donovan, Glen Coates
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Understanding the limitations of AI is crucial for enterprise success
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32:03The discussion also: Touches on the role, evolution, and adoption of AI agents, emphasizing their growing integration into systems, while addressing key safeguarding measures to ensure AI agents can accurately use data to reason effectively. Explores how Abnormal Security utilizes AI to detect and protect against cybersecurity threats, and how Dan …
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“The future is agents”: Building a platform for RAG agents
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32:29Contextual AI offers a platform for building RAG agents. Get started with their docs here. Connect with Douwe on LinkedIn. Congrats to Stack Overflow user Smrutiranjan Sahu, who earned a Stellar Question badge by asking How to define type for a function callback (as any function type, not universal any) used in a method parameter.…
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Jona provides an AI-powered gut biome test for clinicians and patients alike. Connect with Tyler on Twitter.By Stack Overflow
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108: Etie Hertz - Why customer empathy is now the moat
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39:38Etie Hertz, CEO of Loris.AI, breaks down how AI isn’t replacing humans - it’s unlocking superpowers for customer service teams. From analyzing 100% of customer conversations to predicting emerging issues before they blow up, he reveals how enterprises can turn empathy into a scalable strategy. Plus, why chatbots are headed for commoditization and t…
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369: Mastering Podcast Video, Lou Bortone's Tech-Savvy Approach
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55:46📺 Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Are you struggling to keep up with the latest video marketing trends and tools? Lou Bortone, a veteran of the TV industry turned video marketing expert, shares invaluable insights on leveraging AI-powered tools to create compelling content efficiently. Lou Bortone, host of "Oh Shit, I'm Dead" podcast and video marketi…
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Can a dev environment spark joy? The Android team thinks so.
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37:02Get the whole rundown of what’s new in this version of Android Developer’s Studio. Google I/O just happened, and the Android team announced a bunch of things. Connect with Matthew on LinkedIn. Congrats to Populist badge winner chudo xl for their answer to Android app stuck at "Launching on Devices" or 'device 'DEVICEID' not found' error.…
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107: Andres Glusman: Why Your A/B Tests Are Lying (and How to Fix Them)
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49:12Andres Glusman, experimentation expert and former Meetup product leader, unpacks why 89% of experiments fail - and why that’s a good thing. From redesign pitfalls to balancing data with intuition, he shares hard-earned lessons on turning failure into explosive growth. It’s not about running more tests, but smarter ones. Timestamps & Segments 00:01:…
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Durable execution: autosave for your microservices
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22:35DBOS Transact is a lightweight, open-source library that makes durable execution simple so you no longer need to worry about manually coding retries and recovery procedures. Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn. Connect with Qian on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Vanita L., whose answer to What does the Swift 'mutating' keyword mean? earned t…
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23: Empoderando a latinas ante nuevos retos profesionales con Itzel Velazquez
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33:53Summary ¡Bienvenidos a otro episodio de Querido Emprendedor! En esta inspiradora conversación, nuestra invitada Itzel Velazquez comparte su trayectoria como una líder apasionada, involucrada activamente en varios comités y organizaciones latinas y latinoamericanas. Itzel habla sobre la importancia de crear conexiones, mantenerse motivada y apoyar a…
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368: Rocío Pérez' Emotional Journey From Brain Tumor to Breakthrough
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52:18📺 Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Ever feel like you're stuck in a rut, unable to break free from old patterns and reach your full potential? Rocío Pérez's journey from teenage mother to successful entrepreneur and leadership expert might just be the inspiration you need. Rocío Pérez, Chief Leadership Officer at Virtuous, shares her remarkable story o…
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Salesforce wants to do for agentic AI what they did for SaaS
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29:17The new Salesforce Developer Edition includes access to Data Cloud and Agentforce, Salesforce’s platform for building, customizing, and deploying autonomous AI agents. Developers can sign up here to start building. Connect with Christophe on LinkedIn. Instead of a badge, we have a question for you: If you are a developer who is working with AI age…
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Next-level observability: live breakpoint debugging
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26:27Dynatrace is an AI-powered observability platform. It empowers today’s AI-enabled digital enterprises to understand their systems and data so they can analyze, automate, and innovate faster. Learn more about Dynatrace’s Live Debugger. Connect with Henrik Rexed on LinkedIn or check out Is it Observable on YouTube.…
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Is the enterprise (actually) ready for AI?
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29:08watsonx.ai is an enterprise-grade AI studio. Developers can get started in the watsonx Developer Hub. We published a technical behind-the-scenes look at watsonx, as well as a Q&A on why it’s business-ready. Find Maryam on LinkedIn. Congrats to Stack Overflow user Michael Kolber, who earned a Lifeboat badge with a straightforward and effective answe…
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416: Growing Urban Spaces from the Ground Up with Ozark Green Roofs
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32:38Summary In this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Daniel Koonce and Caleb Talley are joined by Lee Porter, founder and owner of Ozark Green Roofs. Lee shares the inspiring story behind her journey to starting a green roof company in Arkansas, rooted in her passion for landscape architecture and sustainability that began in college. After r…
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106: Evie Brockwell - Burnout, Boundaries & Breaking the Hustle Cycle
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53:24Evie Brockwell unpacks why 92% of PMs are crispy-fried – and why "just meditate more" isn't the answer. We dissect toxic sprint culture, ADHD-friendly boundary hacks, and why treating burnout like a product churn problem might save your sanity (and your career). 🕒 Timestamps 00:02:28 - The Burnout Recipe High-driven PMs + chaotic orgs = guaranteed …
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Using AI to find patient zero in marketing campaigns
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28:01Alembic is an AI platform that helps organizations see how marketing spend connects to revenue so they can illuminate blind spots and make more informed business decisions. Connect with Abby on LinkedIn. Stack Overflow user krishnan muthiah pillai earned a Lifeboat badge with a top-notch answer to How to forget a wireless network in android program…
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Prompt Engineers And Saying Goodbye To Microsoft Teams
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34:23Watch us on YouTube! Prompt engineer was the hot job 2 years ago. It was a well paid position that companies were clamoring for. And, then, it wasn't. Microsoft bought Skype for $8 billion. That investment has yielded....Microsoft Teams? As Skype sunsets, we ask if Microsoft got their money's worth. And, we wrap up with Bezos getting into the car g…
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Moving beyond velocity: Measuring real business impact
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30:32In this episode of Leaders of Code, Dan Lines, cofounder and COO of LinearB; Ben Matthews, Senior Director of Engineering at Stack Overflow; and host Ben Popper talk about why velocity should be a diagnostic tool, not the primary goal of engineering teams. They also touch on the need for cross-disciplinary collaboration to align engineering with bu…
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Mastering microservices with a former Uber and Netflix architect
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30:26Orkes is a developer-first enterprise workflow orchestration platform. Explore the developer edition or dive into the docs. Before cofounding Orkes, Jeu was an architect at Uber and Netflix. Find him on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Alex Stiff, whose answer to Bash - Sort a list of strings earned them a Lifeboat badge.…
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415: From Mobile Trailer to Storefront: The Chug NWA Soda Shop Story
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18:24Summary In this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Daniel Koonce and Jeff Amerine welcome Catelyn Hooser, the dynamic founder and owner of Chug NWA—a Farmington-based soda shop that’s stirring up the beverage scene in Northwest Arkansas. From the get-go, Catelyn’s entrepreneurial spirit shines through as she shares the story of how she tran…
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105: Melissa Perri - Why "AI" is a terrible strategist
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50:30Melissa Perri drops truth bombs about why most companies fail at AI integration, how legacy giants self-sabotage innovation, and why "slapping AI on it" is the fastest way to irrelevance. Timestamps & Key Moments 05:59 – AI: Innovation vs. Lipstick on a Pig Why QuickBooks is losing to startups like Digits. Melissa’s rule: If AI doesn’t make the pro…
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367: Danny Peña - 20 Years of Gamertag Radio: Inspiring Journey
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1:00:32📺 Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Ever wonder how a gaming podcast pioneer navigates the ever-changing landscape of the industry? I sat down with Danny Peña, the creator of Gamertag Radio, to explore his 20-year journey in podcasting and gaming. Danny Peña is the founder of Gamertag Radio, the first gaming podcast to reach 1,000 episodes. With two dec…
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Improving on a 30-year-old hardware architecture
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34:54SambaNova makes a full-stack AI platform and an “intelligent chip” capable of running models of up to five trillion parameters, allowing developers to run state-of-the-art open source models without the time-consuming work of tuning and modeling. See what developers are building with the tech. Find Rodrigo on LinkedIn. This episode was recorded at …
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“We’re not replacing you; we’re with you”: Where AI meets infrastructure
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21:22The Geminus platform is built to automatically integrate data, physics, and computation for autonomous control of complex systems. Explore the platform or get in touch. Find Greg on LinkedIn.By Greg Fallon, Ryan Donovan
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414: Creating Solutions for Problems in Retail Media Advertising with AdFury.ai
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50:41Summary In this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Caleb Talley and Daniel Koonce sit down with Eric Howerton, serial entrepreneur, co-founder of White Spider, and currently the co-founder of AdFury.ai. The conversation dives into Eric’s journey as an entrepreneur, his approach to solving niche problems in the retail media and advertising s…
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104: John Cutler - How to Turn Team Chaos into Strategy
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53:10Forget corporate utopias—John Cutler spills the real tea on why work sucks and why we are messy. On "organized anarchies," why 50% of your team is checked out, and how to turn chaos into strategy. Perfect for you if you are tired of performative frameworks. Timestamps & Key Moments 00:00 - Intro to the Chaos John’s AI-generated roast sets the tone:…
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Paul Dhaliwal is the founder and CEO of CodeConductor. Priya Joseph is the AI field CEO at DDN. Lizzie Siegle is a developer advocate at Cloudflare. Erin Mikail Staples is a developer experience engineer at Galileo. This episode was recorded at HumanX last month. Next year’s event will be April 6-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Register today!…
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Standardization and simplification as key to engineering excellence
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23:44They also discuss: Lloyds Banking Group's multi-year journey to drive simplification and standardization, reduce cognitive load & improve engineering efficiency, and enhance developer happiness. Challenges engineering teams face today, along with the cultural shifts in regulatory environments. Episode notes: Connect with Hilary Lanham and Tom Kelk.…
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103: CJ Gustafson - The Silent Recession: Why Product Leaders Need CFOs Now
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47:50CJ Gustafson (ex-PWC tech CFO, finance provocateur) unpacks how tariffs and economic chaos are gutting SaaS valuations, why AI budgets are CEOs’ midlife crisis splurges, and how to recession-proof your product strategy. Timestamps & Key Moments 00:00 - Tariffs: The SaaS Killer You Didn’t See Coming $1.8T wiped from global equities overnight (worst …
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Visually orchestrating data diagnostics but platform agnostic
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23:02Dataiku orchestrates data stacks and lets you create analytics, models, and agents. Find Florian on LinkedIn. This episode was recorded at HumanX last month. Next year’s conference will be April 6-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Register today!By Stack Overflow
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413: Transforming Video Documentation in Public Safety with CLIPr
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32:10Summary In this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Caleb Talley and Kendall Jasper are joined by Humphrey Chin, founder of CLIPr, who shared how his startup is revolutionizing documentation for police officers. Originally conceived as a tool to pinpoint important moments in any video—serving students, event attendees, and enterprise teams—C…
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ESOP Vesting And The Model Context Protocol Goes Mainstream
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30:14Watch us on YouTube! Paul and Ed discuss the standards for employee stock options pools and how a portfolio company can deal with a unique situation. More large AI models are adopting a common protocol for how to transfer data. Lastly, Paul brings up some important points from the CEO of Shopify. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating. It takes le…
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Bit lets you generate composable software simplicity, speed and quality. Connect with Laly on LinkedIn. Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner and blog contributor Charlie Martin for their answer to How does this proof, that the halting problem is undecidable, work? .By Stack Overflow
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366: Marilyn Ball - Transforming Travel Tales into Community Impact
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1:04:52📺 Watch & Subscribe on YouTube Ever wondered how to turn your passion for travel into a thriving podcast? Marilyn Ball's journey from marketing executive to host of "Speaking of Travel" offers invaluable insights. Marilyn Ball, host of "Speaking of Travel," shares her inspiring transition from a successful marketing career to creating a travel-focu…
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WBIT #7: Exploring WebAssembly with the first SO user to get 10k rep
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36:28Kyle notes that his only experience with WebAssembly is Blazor. If you’re wondering about Blazor, we covered it on the blog in 2020. While Michael may have been the first user to get 10,000 rep, he’s not stopping there. His current employer, neuRealities, is still in stealth mode, shhhh. Find Michael on his blog and possibly elsewhere.…
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Lunar Analytics specializes in AI-powered claim optimization and healthcare solutions. Connect with Richard on LinkedIn. Knowtex allows healthcare providers to automate clinical workflows with generative AI. Connect with Caroline on LinkedIn. Delve Deep Learning provides artificial intelligence solutions for public affairs. Connect with Jeff on Lin…
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412: Crafting Compelling Brand Stories in the Competitive Design World with EO Space
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31:39Summary In this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Daniel Koonce, Jeff Amerine, and Harrison Kitson sit down with John Ferrante, the co-founder of EO Space, a design studio based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. John shares insightful stories about his entrepreneurial journey, emphasizing the importance of building unique offerings and maintainin…
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102: John Zeratsky - Fake Products, Real Feedback: Sprinting to Validation
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48:52John Zeratsky, co-creator of the Sprint Method and VC partner at Character, spills the tea on why "vision-driven" startups often fail, how to validate hypotheses before burning cash, and why your pitch deck needs more grit than glitter. Cue the rapid prototyping, competitor smackdowns, and hot takes on AI hype. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro: John’s jour…
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Vectara is a platform-as-a-service that allows users to build AI assistants and agents. Get started with their docs. This interview was recorded at HumanX last month. They are gearing up for next year’s conference on April 6-9, 2026. Follow Amr on LinkedIn.By Ryan Donovan, Amr Awadallah
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“There is a real cost to moving fast”: Using AI to accelerate drug discovery
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25:23They also: Explore key challenges engineering leaders face, including data capacity, relevance, and throttling issues. Highlight how emerging AI tools and applications are transforming software engineering practices. Episode notes: Connect with Maureen Makes on LinkedIn. Learn more about Recursion and their open roles here. Read about Knowledge Sol…
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