Paul Thelen didn’t mean to become a CEO. But after an illness brought his life into sharp focus, he decided to quit the job he thought he “should” have and build the career he knew he wanted to have. From that pursuit of passion, Big Fish Games was born. Now, Paul runs a 11-year-old company [...]
Kyle Kesterson is a creative guy now working on the bleeding edge of technology. How did he get there? After quitting his job as a professional toy designer, he got a call from a friend inviting him to Startup Weekend. Though he initially dismissed it as too “geeky”, Kyle’s friend wouldn’t let it go. The [...]
Gary Flake and his team and Clipboard have been slowly, steadily growing a new way for you to save information from the web. Find out what this former machine learning researcher-turned-CEO has to say about building a business, running the startup marathon, and how it feels to be named one of Time’s Top 50 Websites. [...]
Nick Huzar knows you have a bunch of stuff in your garage, and he wants to help you sell it. Improving the way we buy and sell online and on our phones is the next big problem Nick and his team at OfferUp are aiming to solve. With a history in startups and a passion [...]
Paul Watts says, “Building software that people will hug you for, that’s what drives me every day.” That’s why he and his team at gatherball are working to make trip-planning fun again by taking email out of the equation altogether. What led this entrepreneur to move from being philosophy major to startup CEO? He lets [...]
Paul Thelen didn’t mean to become a CEO. But after an illness brought his life into sharp focus, he decided to quit the job he thought he “should” have and build the career he knew he wanted to have. From that pursuit of passion, Big Fish Games was born. Now, Paul runs a 11-year-old company of over 700 and is hoping to keep growing his team and breaking down barriers in the video game industry. What’s...
Kyle Kesterson is a creative guy now working on the bleeding edge of technology. How did he get there? After quitting his job as a professional toy designer, he got a call from a friend inviting him to Startup Weekend. Though he initially dismissed it as too “geeky”, Kyle’s friend wouldn’t let it go. The next morning, Kyle found himself surrounded by entrepreneurs and got bitten by the startup bug. “I...
Gary Flake and his team and Clipboard have been slowly, steadily growing a new way for you to save information from the web. Find out what this former machine learning researcher-turned-CEO has to say about building a business, running the startup marathon, and how it feels to be named one of Time’s Top 50 Websites. Of being named to Time’s Top 50 Websites, Gary says, “It was a huge honor, totally unexpected.”...
Dave Mathews wants to solve really big problems. The latest Internet foe he’s facing off with is the user login field on your website, and he wants to fix it for good. How’s he going to do it, and what makes him want to change the Internet forever? Let’s find out on the latest Nextcast. Website owners are spending time and energy creating sign-in fields, but “none of that work computes back to...
Chao Zhang has followed technology all around the world. From China to Germany and finally to Seattle, where he worked in the Microsoft Accelerator to help launch his company UBI Interactive. What’s next? Touch screens on any surface and exploring the future of human computer interaction. Find out more on this Nextcast. Growing up with scientist parents, Chao “had a lot of toys, but they were all chemistry...
Nick Huzar knows you have a bunch of stuff in your garage, and he wants to help you sell it. Improving the way we buy and sell online and on our phones is the next big problem Nick and his team at OfferUp are aiming to solve. With a history in startups and a passion for solving big problems, Nick shares his ideas on simplicity and “the rhino principle” with me on the latest Nextcast. “I like to build...
Paul Watts says, “Building software that people will hug you for, that’s what drives me every day.” That’s why he and his team at gatherball are working to make trip-planning fun again by taking email out of the equation altogether. What led this entrepreneur to move from being philosophy major to startup CEO? He lets us know on this episode of Nextcast. Even though he entered college as a philosophy...
Jenni Hogan from Kiro and Social7 on Nextcast from Nextcast on Vimeo. Jenni Hogan wants to change the way you interact with news – and the way it interacts with you. With a vision for connectivity, communication, and entrepreneurship, Jenni is working with her KIRO news team to evolve the conversation between people and information. What lessons has Jenni learned along the way, and what’s she up to...
“I was supposed to be an accountant,” says Marc Barros, co-founder and CEO of Contour, one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the Pacific Northwest (though he recently left the position to pursue other entrepreneurial ventures). At Contour, he set out to solve a simple problem (find a way to shoot high-quality video while skiing), and led a massively successful team while learning a lot along...
Cooper DuBois wants you to step out of your real world and come into his for a few minutes a day. How’s he going to do it? He and his team at Double Down are creating fun, social gaming environments where everyone can take a spin around a casino and share the fun with their friends. After a long career in game design, Cooper has found the perfect intersection of passion and success – and it’s only...
