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The Scott Barstow Show

Scott Barstow talks about the business of building technology products for the untechnical with guests from widely varying backgrounds, all with the aim of helping untechnical founders and product managers understand how to eliminate wasted time and money, as well as better communicate with the technologists around them.

All Episodes

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Brent Boekestein, CEO of Vintra.io

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/07/16

Brent Boekestein is the CEO of a brand new startup in the Bay area called Vintra.io. I wanted to have Brent on because I worked alongside him for a few weeks as he took his latest venture from concept to customer discovery and now into fundraising and early customers. His process for testing new ideas, getting those critical early customer discovery meetings, identifying real opportunities vs. rabbit trails for the product and establishing early sales processes and discipline are top shelf. Whether

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55:18

Derick Thompson, CEO and Founder of Startup Runner

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/07/09

Derick Thompson is the CEO and founder of Startup Runner, a virtual accelerator based in Austin, TX that helps identify repeatable, scalable customer channels that lead to sustainable, profitable growth. Derick's one of the best minds in the startup community and a great friend. We have a shared mission of ridding the world of the excessive waste that dooms so many startups to the dustbin of history. In this episode we talk through his methodology for building profitable businesses through

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01:09:17

Chris Heivly of The Startup Factory and MapQuest

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/06/25

Chris Heivly was the founder of MapQuest, the company that brought mapping into the modern era in the 1990s. He's the co-founder of a startup incubator in Raleigh-Durham, NC called The Startup Factory, and he's the author of the book Build the Fort, which explores the journey of building a startup through the lens of how we built forts as kids. In this episode Chris and I cover: The founding of MapQuest and how they built the company using Lean Startup stuff before that was a thing What it's like

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01:01:50

Aidan Cunniffe, CEO of Dropsource

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/06/18

Aidan Cunniffe is the CEO of Dropsource. Imagine if you could design and configure your application, generate all of the required code for iOS and Android, as well as the backend services, and have it all working in less than a minute. Sounds too good to be true, right? This is the power of Dropsource. In this episode, Aidan and I talk about The big idea behind Dropsource and how they got started The future of software development What makes a great developer The difference between a tech company

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52:10

Ben Wiant, Recruiting Guru

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/06/11

My guest for this episode is Ben Wiant, Business Development Manager for Kelaca. Ben's day job is recruiting for his clients, but to call Ben a recruiter doesn't really do him justice. Ben studied cultural anthropology and instructional design in college and has an extensive background in designing an implementing systems to maximize organizational performance. In short, he gets how humans think and what makes a person a good fit for an organization. He thinks more holistically about humans and

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44:47

Jessica Mitsch, Executive Director at The Iron Yard

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/06/04

Jessica Mitsch is the Executive Director of Code Schools for The Iron Yard, one of the most successful programming boot camps in the world. She's been with The Iron Yard nearly since the beginning and has been responsible for launching some of their largest and most successful campuses. We talk about The history and why of The Iron Yard How they serve tech startups in the markets where they have campuses Their commitment to diversity in tech, as well as working with K-12 students to raise up the

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58:30

Gret Glyer, Founder of DonorSee

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/05/21

My guest for this show is Gret Glyer, founder of Donorsee. DonorSee is a new app that connects donors and fundraisers using the power of story and feedback to make a direct impact on the world. Gret is also a missionary in Malawi, one of the poorest countries on earth, where he's building a girls school among other great projects. In this episode, Gret and I discuss: How he got from Northern Virginia to Malawi Building homes for $800 Why he's chosen to build and start a girl's school, and how he's

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46:58

The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #006 - John...

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/05/14

My guest for this show is John Saddington, CEO and founder of EVE.io. John has been the founder or co-founder of a number of prior ventures, including The Iron Yard, the world's largest coding school. In this episode, John and I discuss: What it's like to leave corporate America Why blogging has been so integral to John's life and how he uses blogging as he's building companies to create awareness Hiring at scale How to find a co-founder and sparring and much more I hope you enjoy it.

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58:45

The Scott Barstow Show, Episode #005 - Matt Fiedler,...

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/04/30

My guest for this show is Matt Fiedler, CEO and co-founder ofVinyl Me, Please. Vinyl Me, Please is a record of the month club unlike any other. Not only do you get an awesome, curated new vinyl record every month, but you also get a cocktail recipe and artist / label goodies you can't get anywhere else. We cover a lot of topics in this show, including: How Matt and his co-founder Tyler came up with the original idea How they tested different permutations with early customers How they funded the

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56:36

Allan Branch, Co-Founder of Less Everything

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/04/23

My guest for this show is Allan Branch, co-founder of Less Everything, which is the parent company of Less Accounting and Less Films. Less Accounting is the accounting software for business owners who dislike bookkeeping. Less Films creates videos that help turn your web traffic into paying customers. I first met Allan in 2013 at the most unusual conference I've ever been to, LessConf. I had the honor of speaking at the conference, but more of an honor was getting to hang around Allan and his

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57:41

Mike Schneider, CEO of First.io

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/04/16

Our guest for this show is Mike Schneider, the CEO of First.io. First helps real estate agents identify who amongst their list of contacts is most likely to move in the next six months using publicly available data and a super-secret algorithm they’ve built from the ground up. Prior to starting First, Mike worked with a private equity firm working on pipeline deals and doing financial and market due diligence. We start our conversation with Mike taking issue with the term “non-technical founder”

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55:38

Janice Smith, CEO of Mission 100 Percent

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/04/01

I’m really excited about our guest for this show, I think you’re going to love it. Janice Smith is the founder and CEO of Mission 100%, a practice-based teacher development platform that helps teachers and teacher coaches learn and implement best practices from the most successful classrooms in the country. As you’ll hear in our conversation, Janice cares deeply about the problems in education, so much so that she walked away from a very successful teaching career to launch Mission 100%. We talk

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Jared Pelo, CEO of iScribes

The Scott Barstow Show ·

2016/03/24

In this, the first episode of the Scott Barstow Show, we talk with Jared Pelo, CEO of iScribes, about how he and his co-founders conceived of and built their product as untechnical founders. Jared is not only the CEO of iScribes, but is also a practicing ER doctor as well. iScribes helps doctors reclaim hours of their workday by offloading the creation of medical records to iScribes team of trained medical scribes. Doctors record all patient visits using a mobile app and microphone, which is then

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