Nextcast: Rivet & Cuff CEO wants to take the pain out of men’s jeans shopping Stacey Kinkead and her team at Rivet & Cuff want to change the way you shop for jeans — forever.… Read More
Nextcast: Context Relevant’s Stephen Purpura on the progression of big data Context Relevant CEO Stephen Purpura is working on the leading edge of big data — helping companies use their data… Read More
Startup and productivity tips from CloudMunch CEO Pradeep Prabhu CloudMunch co-founder and CEO Pradeep Prabhu never expected to be the CEO of a tech company. “I just got into… Read More
Nextcast: WhitePages CEO Alex Algard on the distraction of outside investors and keeping your startup zeal Though he’s only held one other job since college, WhitePages founder and CEO Alex Algard thinks he’s found a pretty… Read More
Nextcast: SpaceCurve CEO John Slitz on how big data is changing the world “The watchword for the last couple of years has been big data,” says John Slitz, CEO of SpaceCurve. And the… Read More
Nextcast: Janis Machala on the changing dynamics of education As a one-time English PhD student, Janis Machala didn’t always know her career would lead her down a business path.… Read More
Startup Day Recap: Tips, lessons and real-world advice Last month, I attended GeekWire’s Startup Day at the Showbox SODO in Seattle. Surrounded by some of the brightest entrepreneurial… Read More
Nextcast Q&A: LiquidPlanner CEO Liz Pearce on catching the startup bug and why she really can’t tolerate ‘ostriches’ How do you go from a part-time consulting gig to CEO of a 35-person company in seven years? Liz Pearce… Read More
UP Global’s Marc Nager: ‘There’s no one way to build a company’ Marc Nager believes in the power of entrepreneurs, so much so that he’s a first-time entrepreneur himself building a network… Read More
Q&A with Skytap CEO Thor Culverhouse: How this washed-up football player made the leap into tech Thor Culverhouse is more than just an impressive name. He’s also the CEO at fast-growing cloud company Skytap. Although new… Read More
Nextcast Q&A: Tier 3 co-founder Jared Wray on the future of cloud computing Jared Wray, founder and CTO of cloud computing startup Tier 3, is helping to build the future of enterprise business.… Read More
Pinterest engineering chief: Don’t be afraid to chase crazy dreams Jon Jenkins, head of engineering at Pinterest, has taken the lead of a “super scrappy, super agile” team of engineers… Read More
ExtraHop’s Jesse Rothstein: You judge a leader by the team they’ve built ExtraHop CEO Jesse Rothstein wants to help the folks who “keep the lights on” in your IT department spend more… Read More
Big Fish CEO Paul Thelen: ‘I’m an idea guy and that can be dangerous as a CEO’ Big Fish founder Paul Thelen didn’t think he’d become a technology CEO. But after an illness brought his life into… Read More
Startup junkie Kyle Kesterson on how he mashes creative design with technology Freak’n Genius co-founder Kyle Kesterson is a creative guy. After quitting his job as a professional toy designer, he got… Read More
Q&A: Clipboard CEO Gary Flake on breaking down data silos Clipboard founder Gary Flake and his team are developing a new way for consumers to save information that they discover… Read More
DailyCred’s Dave Matthews on the power of simple sign-ins DailyCred co-founder Dave Mathews wants to solve really big problems. The latest Internet foe he’s facing off against: The user login… Read More
Q&A: Chao Zhang explains how humans will interact with computers in the future Chao Zhang has followed technology around the world — from China to Germany and finally to Seattle, where he joined… Read More
Q&A: OfferUp’s Nick Huzar on startup lessons from facing off with a rhino OfferUp CEO Nick Huzar knows you have a bunch of stuff in your garage, and he wants to help you… Read More
Q&A: Gatherball’s Paul Watts on how his startup survived a big pivot Gatherball co-founder Paul Watts has hung around startups for a long time, working as a software engineer at companies like WildTangent… Read More
Q&A with Contour’s Marc Barros: The best entrepreneurs have a ‘gut instinct’ “I was supposed to be an accountant,” says Marc Barros, who’s now the co-founder and CEO of Contour, one of… Read More
Q&A: Social media maven Jenni Hogan on reshaping the TV news business Jenni Hogan wants to change the way you interact with news — and the way it interacts with you. With… Read More
Q&A: Ex-Amazon ‘master of disaster’ Jesse Robbins on the power of ‘relentless optimism’ in startups Former firefighter Jesse Robbins is comfortable under pressure. In fact, he thrives on it. Channeling positive energy and optimism into… Read More
Q&A: Double Down’s Cooper DuBois on wearing many hats at a startup Cooper DuBois wants you to step out of your real world and come into his for a few minutes a… Read More
Mindbloom’s Chris Hewett on the startup rat race and how to work smarter Veteran game designer Chris Hewett and his team at Mindbloom want to make sure you are living your healthiest, happiest… Read More
Blue Gecko co-founder Chuck Edwards on bootstrapping and focusing on customers Life as an accountant wasn’t quite enough for Chuck Edwards, so when he was given the opportunity to learn Oracle… Read More
Ironman entrepreneur Ron Erickson on patience, persistence and luck Some Nextcast guests have seen it all, and Ron Erickson is among them. Starting out in public policy and law, Erickson made… Read More
Q&A: Wikispeed’s Joe Justice on inventing, innovating and executing at lean startups Joe Justice knew from a young age that he wanted to get involved in technology and change the world (he… Read More
Appature’s Kabir Shahani: ‘We’re very oriented towards obsoleting ourselves’ Kabir Shahani and his team at Appature want to help marketers create intensely personal customer experiences. How are they going… Read More
Matt Hulett’s startup advice: ‘Money makes you soft’ Matt Hulett, a self-described “late-bloomer” in the tech space, started out shrink-wrapping software in the 80s and is now leading… Read More
