Angelneers: Insights From Startup Builders

Shifting Build Execution Paradigm with Benjy Weinberger

Benjy Weinberger is a veteran software engineer with over 20 years of experience at Google, Twitter, Foursquare, and Checkpoint. He is a co-founder and CEO of Toolchain Labs and a long-time contributor to the Pants OSS build system. In this episode, we are discussing with Benjy how to address slow, broken, and inconsistent builds with the Toolchain cloud-centric build system.

Finding Unexpected Insights With Business Analysis with Sean Byrnes

Sean Byrnes is a Co-Founder and CEO of Outlier, which automates business analysis for some of the largest consumer businesses in the world. Outlier was the 2017 Strata Audience Choice Award Winner and was named 2018 Cool Vendor in Analytics by Gartner. Previously, Sean founded Flurry, a leader in mobile analytics and advertising which was sold to Yahoo! in 2014. In this episode, we are going to talk with Sean about the learnings and insights that he gathered on his journey as a serial founder.

Turning Past Learnings Into A Company with Matthew Schmidt

Matthew Schmidt is a Founder and CEO of Peoplelogic.ai, a platform that helps make better decisions around building stronger high-performing teams. Before founding Peoplelogic Matt had spent 14 years as VP of Engineering, CTO and President at Devada, a comprehensive knowledge sharing and community management platform. In this episode, we are talking with Matt about how the learnings and insights that he gained at one company has led him to start another. 

Tackling The Sponsorship Industry with Bob Johnston

Bob Johnston is the founder of the Executive Council, a global community of corporate leaders, startup founders, and investors. In addition, Bob advises and invests in startups, and hosts a podcast interviewing business, sports, entertainment, and cultural leaders. He also co-founded and was CEO of SponsorHub, a SaaS marketing platform that provided advertisers with measurement of their sponsorships. In 2015 the company got acquired by Rentrak. In this episode, Bob talks about his experiences bringing efficiencies to the sponsorship industry.

What Gets Founders Into Trouble with Kumar Saurabh

Kumar Saurabh co-founded and was a VP of Engineering at Sumo Logic, a next-generation log management and analytics company that went public in September 2020 at a $2B+ valuation. Currently, he is CEO and co-founder at LogicHub, an intelligent security automation platform that combines alert triage, incident response, and threat hunting. In this episode, Kumar shares his insights about what gets founders into trouble.

In Search Of Heavy Machinery with Dmitriy Rokhfeld

Dmitriy Rokhfeld is the co-founder and CEO at Machinio, a search engine for buying and selling new and used industrial equipment and machinery, that is trusted by millions of global users. Machinio’s standout growth and success led to its acquisition by Liquidity Services in July 2018. In this episode, we talk with Dmitriy about his experiences of starting, building, and selling Machinio.

Delivering Actionable Insights For Software Engineering Managers with Hersh Tapadia

Hersh Tapadia is a CEO and co-founder of Allstacks, the leading predictive analytics platform for software development. In this episode, we talk with Hersh about the finer points of delivering actionable insights and business outcomes to software engineering managers.

The Implications To Consider When Targeting Enterprise Customers with Steve Viarengo

Steve Viarengo is an accomplished software executive with over 20 years of experience. Throughout his career, he has held senior positions at CommerceOne, Oracle, and Capsilon. In addition, he co-founded a SaaS startup that got acquired 3 years later, and served as an Operating Partner at Andra Founders Fund. In this episode, we're discussing the implications that startups should consider when targeting enterprise customers.

Creating A Durable Moat With The Product Design with Pree Kolari

Pree Kolari is a VP of Design at Klaviyo and an accomplished design leader who has held positions at eBay, Motorola Mobility, Google, and Microsoft. Today Pree enables numerous startups to achieve rapid human-centered product-market fit and build dynamic design organizations, processes, and systems. In this episode, we are discussing with Pree how to create a durable moat with the product design.

Building A Compounding Technology Moat with Gene Linetsky

Gene Linetsky is a true techie and serial entrepreneur with several exits. He's currently a CTO at TrueAccord where he helps transform the debt collection industry leveraging ML, behavioral analytics, and an omni-channel digital approach to collections. In this episode, we are discussing with Gene how technology-based competitive advantages can be compounded over time to create an enduring moat.