Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership

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In-depth, one-on-one conversations with founders, CEOs, and makers. The journey, lessons learned, and the struggles. Let's do this! Host Adam Stacoviak dives deep into the trials, tribulations, successes, and failures of industry leading entrepreneurs, leaders, innovators, and visionaries.

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Recent Episodes
  • Refocusing Docker on developer-first and growth
    Jun 2, 2023 – 1:00:48
  • Selling to Enterprise
    May 5, 2023 – 2:02:57
  • Builder journey to streaming data platform
    Apr 20, 2023 – 1:10:17
  • Creating magical software
    Mar 10, 2023 – 1:17:35
  • Building the best mountain bikes in the world
    Jul 19, 2022 – 1:46:15
  • Enabling a world where all software is reliable
    Jul 15, 2022 – 1:47:22
  • Fireside chat with Jack Dorsey
    Jun 3, 2022 – 43:44
  • From GitHub TV to Rewatch
    May 18, 2022 – 1:54:40
  • Leading GitLab to IPO
    May 10, 2022 – 1:10:25
  • Making an open source Stripe for time
    May 5, 2022 – 1:26:46
  • Building an investment platform for everyone
    Feb 12, 2022 – 1:00:51
  • Bringing observability superpowers to all
    Jan 28, 2022 – 1:19:46
  • Making the last database you’ll ever need
    Jan 14, 2022 – 1:25:59
  • Building on global bare metal
    Nov 24, 2021 – 1:32:39
  • Making the Web. Faster.
    Nov 5, 2021 – 1:20:03
  • Journey to CEO, again
    Oct 28, 2021 – 1:14:48
  • The future of code search
    Oct 20, 2021 – 1:16:38
  • Iterating to globally distributed apps and databases
    Sep 3, 2021 – 1:45:24
  • The acquisition of a lifetime
    Aug 26, 2021 – 1:18:52
  • Leading Auth0 to a $6.5 billion acquisition
    Aug 13, 2021 – 56:35
  • From open source to commercially viable
    Aug 9, 2021 – 1:59:52
  • From disrupting the cloud to IPO
    Jul 12, 2021 – 1:10:32
  • The journey to massive scale and ultra-resilience
    Mar 26, 2021 – 1:10:10
  • Intensely focused on building a software company
    Feb 23, 2021 – 1:21:09
  • Balancing business and open source
    Nov 23, 2020 – 1:35:11
  • Slow and steady wins
    Aug 3, 2020 – 1:12:10
  • From acquisition to full conviction
    Jul 3, 2020 – 1:31:50
  • Leading GitLab to $100M ARR
    Jun 9, 2020 – 1:01:58
  • Building a real programmable robot
    May 8, 2020 – 1:17:33
  • Becoming an accidental founder
    Jan 24, 2020 – 41:06
  • Mastering the art of quitting
    Jul 5, 2019 – 1:38:12
  • Failing to build a billion-dollar company
    Jun 14, 2019 – 1:12:01
  • What are you optimizing for?
    May 31, 2019 – 1:13:30
  • Building a hardware/software product company
    May 23, 2019 – 1:06:12
  • Zero up-front costs for a CS education
    Apr 19, 2019 – 45:31
  • Isaac Schlueter on building npm and hiring a CEO
    Jan 25, 2019 – 1:08:13
  • Leading data-driven software teams and products
    Dec 21, 2018 – 1:28:39
  • How $3.8M in seed funding started Gatsby as an open source company
    Nov 30, 2018 – 1:12:07
  • Tidelift's mission is to pay open source maintainers
    Sep 21, 2018 – 1:08:23
  • From dropout to CEO of Sentry and taking on New Relic
    Sep 16, 2018 – 1:12:35
  • BONUS: Growing a successful sales team at Sentry
    Sep 14, 2018 – 10:40
  • Eric Berry is funding open source with CodeFund
    Aug 28, 2018 – 1:21:16
  • Side hustle to $35M ARR at Zapier
    Aug 17, 2018 – 1:09:18
  • From side project to $7.25M for Unsplash
    Jul 6, 2018 – 1:20:46
  • Starting over from zero
    Jun 28, 2018 – 57:07
  • Growing Open Collective
    Jun 15, 2018 – 1:11:53
  • 🔥 Founders Talk is back!
    Jun 15, 2018 – 03:09
  • Sam Soffes / Onward
    Sep 11, 2013 – 1:18:02
  • Chad Pytel / thoughtbot
    Aug 20, 2013 – 1:37:13
  • Geoffrey Grosenbach / PeepCode, Part 2
    Aug 19, 2013 – 1:08:22
Recent Reviews
  • malfoxley
    Great show!
    Adam, host of the Founders Talk podcast, highlights all aspects of entrepreneurship and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!
  • Katie Joy B.
    Business with Backbone!
    Adam and his incredible guests talk all things business, but it’s so much more than that! You’ll get tons of actionable advice and tangible tips, but you’ll also get heaps of inspiration from truly engaging individuals that have been where you are and want to see you succeed. Thanks so much for putting out such a spectacular show Adam - keep up the great work!
  • Brooke Craven
    Awesome Podcast!!
    The host of the Founders Talk podcast, highlights founders, CEOs, makers and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!
  • JGW 0229
    Great Host, Guests & Discussion
    Love Founders Talk. Excellent format and discussion. Keep up the great work!
  • Lkbgift
    Entrepreneurs wet dream
    I love skating around shanghai, going from the subway to the streetcar listening to the podcast and downloading the knowledge o proven methods from founders around the world. Great podcast and plan on listening to every single one.
  • azulum
    Another gem on the 5by5 network
    Sure, it may lack the star power of other 5by5 podcasts, but Adam Stacoviak is a great host in this interview show focused on the founders. He keeps everything on point and very informative, and has a pleasant voice to boot. Great insight for anyone looking to create a business, particularly on the tech/web space.
  • payjo08
    One of my fav podcasts
    Good job Adam. Really like the guests you have on. Matt from 99designs was awesome.
  • jon_atlanta
    Excellent Host + Timely Topics + Interesting Guests - Idle Chat = Great Podcast
    This podcast started out strong and just keeps getting better. Adam has the most fascinating, although not always "renown," guests and really engages them in a relaxed but insightful manner that is both informative and enjoyable. He forgoes the usual idle chat and endless banter of his peers and keeps the podcast moving along at a brisk pace. Occasionally there are shows with high entertainment value...the episode with the guys from Less Everything is a classic and one of my favorite podcasts ever. On a more serious note, the podcasts with the guests from Rackspace and AppSumo were excellent and I am looking forward to what comes next. Keep up the great work, Adam! You have a great concept, voice and spot-on feel for the ideal pace of a podcast.
  • bousquet
    Great first episode
    I'm excited to see where this goes. First one was engaging and had a good flow to it. Looking forward to the next one.
  • Kevin Milden
    Getting to the bottom of business
    The initial show is terrific. Adam is a great host, he keeps the show moving along with a series of very inquisitive question about the genesis, management and success behind Geoffery's Grosenbach's PeekCode screencast business.
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