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The Idea Maze is a podcast that asks the question: where do great entrepreneurial ideas really come from? Many of us have heard the origin stories of larger-than-life successes, but by the time a company becomes a household name, these stories have been revised to sound more like legend than history. In this podcast, we will be speaking with founders who are still very much in the Idea Maze, and are willing to share the mistakes, false starts, u-turns, and reboots that led from having zero i ...
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Stay updated with the latest news on electronics and semiconductors with Stuart Cording, The Electronics Reporter. Released once per month, the show highlights new silicon chips, software solutions, modules, sensors, and the occasional fun item!
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This episode of The Idea Maze, we're joined by Aaron White, co-founding CTO of multiple venture-backed startups and now CEO of Appy People. He's also spent time as the VP of VC firm Venrock and as the co-founder of Boundless. Rob and Aaron discuss everything from the role of a CTO in the idea maze, what working in VC taught him, and how he is think…
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Welcome to Elektor News Bytes, our show dedicated to updates from the world of electronics and semiconductors. In this month's show, I cover: How to squeeze machine learning into microcontrollers, Review a PCB rework machine, Explore a new Raspberry Pi case, And introduce a new 5G private network gateway for industrial applications. However, if you…
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This episode of The Idea Maze, we have a very different conversation. Rob is joined by Ariel Diaz, 4x Founder/CEO (most recently of Blissfully), to dive into his unique and fascinating approach to start-ups. They discuss everything from unpacking how ideas are spread -- or are "memetically fit" -- and how leading with a right-brain first approach c…
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Welcome back! These next several episodes will feature terrific founders that are still in the midst of the idea maze themselves. We'll explore how their prior founder experiences have shaped their approach and the things they are looking to repeat and avoid as they traverse the idea maze for the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th time. In this episode we're joined …
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Welcome to show #9 of News Bytes, Elektor's news show looking at what's happening in the electronics and semiconductor industry. This episode is sponsored by DownStream. DownStream Technologies’ software helps engineering organizations optimize and automate the PCB Release Process. DownStream’s tools redefine how engineers and PCB designers post-pr…
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Welcome to show #8 of News Bytes, Elektor's news show looking at what's happening in the electronics and semiconductor industry. This episode is sponsored by TME. Products for makers and hobbyists are a solid and growing segment of the TME product portfolio. The most popular are Arduino boards, ranging from the iconic UNO Rev3, through to the MKR a…
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On our sixth episode of The Idea Maze, Rob sits down with Brian Long, a serial entrepreneur who started two venture funded companies so far. TapCommerce scaled quickly and was sold to Twitter for $100M, and Attentive is a large scale independant business generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Brian is also the author of Problem Hunt…
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Welcome to show #7 of News Bytes, Elektor's news show looking at what's happening in the electronics and semiconductor industry. This episode is sponsored by TME. Products for makers and hobbyists are a solid and growing segment of the TME product portfolio. The most popular are Arduino boards, ranging from the iconic UNO Rev3, through to the MKR a…
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On this episode of The Idea Maze, Rob is joined by Jesse Pujji, co-founder of Ampush and founder of Gateway X - focused on launching startups that can become self-sustaining businesses without the need of venture capital. They dive into Jesse's criteria for launching companies, his best advice for second-time founders, and the two types of entrepre…
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In this episode, Rob is joined by Zach Shefska, the founder of CarEdge. This is a story of a "distribution first" startup created by a father-son team. Zach set out to reshape the consumer experience in the auto industry but started first with building an audience in this highly competitive category. CarEdge has quickly become a top 50 automotive w…
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