Wednesday, July 31, 2019Tech, Comedy, and Following Your Passion with Sarah Cooper
Abadesi is joined by Sarah Cooper on this episode. She’s an author and comedian from New York, and has published two books: 100 Tricks To Appear Smart...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019Hustle Culture, Crisis Management, and How To Build Rapport with Alex Konrad
On this episode Abadesi talks to Alex Konrad, Senior Associate Editor at Forbes. He’s one of today’s top tech journalists and has interviewed some of ...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019How the tech industry can be more compassionate with April Wensel
On this episode Abadesi talks to April Wensel, founder of Compassionate Coding, and one of Aba’s favorite follows on Twitter. She’s a veteran software...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019The future of fintech with Chris Hutchins and Jake Gibson
Ryan recently visited Grove HQ in SOMA in San Francisco to chat with two founders who know a ton about fintech.
Chris Hutchins was our gracious host ...
Wednesday, July 3, 2019How Reshma Sohoni built a successful VC firm in Europe
On this episode Abadesi sits down with Reshma Sohoni, co-founder and managing partner of Seedcamp. She co-founded the firm in 2007 and works with the ...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019How Veni Kunche helps underrepresented candidates get into tech
Abadesi talks to Veni Kunche, founder and CEO of Code with Veni, a newsletter for women in tech, and Diversify Tech, an awesome online resource for un...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019Sahil Lavingia on “failing to build a billion-dollar company”
Abadesi talks to Sahil Lavingia, founder and CEO of Gumroad, an online platform that enables creators to sell directly to their customers. Sahil is a ...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019How to learn to code with Saron Yitbarek
Abadesi is back to host this episode with Saron Yitbarek, founder and CEO of CodeNewbie and the Codeland conference. Saron is a former journalist who ...
Friday, May 31, 2019Secrets of Sand Hill Road with a16z's Scott Kupor
Scott Kupor joins Ryan on this episode to talk about his new book, Secrets of Sand Hill Road. Scott is Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and has...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019Lessons from scaling a fast-growing distributed team at Zapier
Ryan and Wade Foster have known each other through the internet for years before recently meeting in person in Mountain View. Ryan learned so much fro...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019Distributed teams, extreme transparency and buying out your investors
On this episode Ryan is joined by Joel Gascoigne, CEO of Buffer, a simple tool manage all your social media accounts. We've been avid users, big fans,...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019The future of direct-to-consumer and e-commerce
Web Smith has a long history working in direct-to-consumer and e-commerce. He managed marketing spend for Rogue, a leading sports goods manufacturer b...
