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Techonomics is a podcast exploring the intersection of technology, business, and the economy from an engineering and product point of view. We will deep-dive into tech industry news, important technologies, and the impact on the economy with special guests spanning industries like gaming and self-driving cars.
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CrowdStruck: CrowdStrike Outage Analysis & Lessons in Reliability In this episode, Arun and Jake analyze the recent CrowdStrike outage that affected millions of devices and critical industries worldwide. They discuss the technical reasons behind the incident, including configuration update issues with the Falcon sensor's content interpreter, the po…
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In this episode, Whitman Kwok, founder and CEO of KAV, joins Arun and I to discuss the revolutionary work his company is doing in the helmet industry. Whitman takes us through his diverse career path leading to the founding of KAV, emphasizing the importance of grit and persistence. He highlights the technical aspects and mission of producing highl…
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Our 4th episode of Techonomics Season 3 features Jack Greco, co-founder and general partner of Far Out Ventures. In this episode we dive into Jack's incredible story of how he became one of the premier pre-seed and seed investors in Buffalo, NY, and why he's investing so much in companies outside the typical startup ecosystem in San Francisco.…
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Episode 3 of Techonomics Season 3 deep dives into investing in next generation software tools with Abstraction.vc founder, Taylor Clauson. The episode is packed with insights for anyone interested in tech, venture capital, or developer tools. Taylor shares his advice for aspiring founders, his thoughts on the future of developer tools, and his pers…
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Techonomics Season 3 continues this week with a special episode deep-diving into Arun's personal experience with Silicon Valley Bank's collapse and it's impact on his startup Model-Prime, and our usual banter on the topic. Find out what it's like to be in the middle of a prisoner's dilemma banking collapse as a founder. Do you keep your funds in SV…
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Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, a flow researcher, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective who joined us for our 30th episode (and start of Techonomics Season 3) to discuss his new book, Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad. Steven has numerous other books like The Rise of Supe…
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In our 28th publication of the Techonomics podcast, Arun and I had the pleasure of speaking with Lindsay Gordon, the founder of A Life of Options and a career coach for analytically minded people. She also happens to be a newly minted author with her book, Right for YOU. Lindsay's specialty in coaching and tips/tricks in the episode are a perfect f…
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Andrew Yates from Promoted.ai joins us for our 27th episode to discuss ad tech, his thoughts on SaaS value creation, and how he and the team at Promoted.ai are optimizing marketplaces. Promoted.ai helps companies like Hipcamp use their own data to provide the most relevant content using ad-like ranking and scoring. We also had a great time going ov…
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In our 24th episode, Arun and I sat down with Chirru Gopal, Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Mitra Chem, a startup that's accelerating lab-to-market timeline for battery materials. Chirru is a good friend and an expert in the field of material science, engineering, and batteries – something we don't cover in any previous episode. During the show…
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This week we have the pleasure of talking with Michelle Parsons, the Chief Product Officer of Hinge – the dating app designed to be deleted. In this episode, we talk about dating in the COVID era, how Hinge's product thinking helps their users get quality dates, and how the thread of community has been shaping software products throughout the tech …
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For our second episode of season two, Nitya Sharma joined us to talk Payments, India, and Online Khata -- introducing us to Simpl. Simpl is a company reimagining the credit card from the ground up and empowering online retailers to build trusted relationships with their best customers. See more at https://getsimpl.com and https://www.techonomics.ne…
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For our first episode of season two, Tyler Odean (or Knifefight as his internet pseudonym goes) joined us to talk Bitcoin, NFTs, and what makes good money. Tyler is the creator and author of the crypto newsletter Something Interesting at https://www.somethinginteresting.news which features easy-to-understand commentary on current happenings and the…
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In our 19th episode, Arun and I sat down with Ahmed Siddiqui, VP of product at Branch and author of the book The Anatomy of the Swipe. We dove into Ahmed's entry into the payments industry, why he wrote a book, his company, Branch, and payment concepts. If you're looking for a crash course in payments, particularly what happens when you swipe, tap,…
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Professor Campbell Harvey is a Professor of Economics at Duke University and author of the book DeFi and the Future of Finance. Follow along as we dig into Professor Campbell's background, the story of his thesis on the inverted yield curve, his new book, and the concepts of cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi). Music: Hipjazz and Dreams…
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Jeff Birkeland is the VP of Product of Consumer Experience at Headspace, and has built his career and expertise around the combination of product and content. He's been a Director of Product Management at Facebook, LinkedIn, Yahoo, and a few startups, and his love for content started when he was producing documentaries at PBS and HBO. Listen in on …
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Rahul Iyer leads engineering for Stripe's Terminal product. He also previously led production platform engineering at Airbnb, managed multiple engineering teams at Facebook, and has had stints at other startups in between. In our 16th episode, Rahul sat down with Arun and me to talk about his journey in engineering, a recent history of building sof…
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Ivan Kirigin is the founder of the Venture Capital firm Tango that specializes in Machine Learning and Robotics. Ivan sat down with Arun and me to talk about venture capital, what it's like going through Y Combinator as a previous founder, his vision of the future of technology, and how Tango is doing things differently to fund companies that are i…
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Ryan Green and Brian Finamore, the co-founders of the company Gridwise, joined Arun and me on the podcast to talk about the gig economy ecosystem and how their product empowers gig economy workers by helping them maximize their income and save thousands a year on taxes. Plus – we had a few laughs as we got to know the co-founders through a special …
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Ben Foster is the author of the book “Build What Matters” and the Chief Product Officer at WHOOP. Ben sat down with Arun and me to talk about his book, building products, and how WHOOP pivoted their model to become a competitive force in the tech wearables market. You won't want to miss it. Music: Hipjazz and Dreams from Bensound.com…
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Phil Bronner is a General Partner and Co-founder of Ardent Venture Partners. He sat down with Arun and me to talk about venture capital and the future of work after the pandemic, sharing his insights from more than 20 years in the field and his experience investing in the companies that transform how we work. Music: Hipjazz and Dreams from Bensound…
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Kate Brennan, the product lead for Stripe Terminal, Stripe’s in-person payments product, joined Arun and me in our 11th episode of the Techonomics podcast. We are excited to share this new episode with you as Kate shares her story into product management, leadership wisdom as a product leader, and the nuances of in-person payments at Stripe. If you…
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Kevin McNamara, the CEO of Parallel Domain, joined Arun and I in our 10th episode of the Techonomics podcast. We are excited to share this new episode with you as it dives into a bleeding edge topic – synthetic data. Take a listen as Kevin brings us through what Parallel Domain is looking to accomplish, how they are taking a different route to self…
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Çetin Meriçli, is a the CEO & Co-founder at Locomation, a company that is building autonomous, self-driving trucks using unique methods not typically seen in the self-driving industry. In this episode, Çetin brings us through his journey into robotics, his opinions on the autonomous industry, and his quest to use unconventional methods to get us cl…
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In this episode Bef Ayenew spoke with us about leadership in Tech, what it takes to build a community, and his experience growing an audience on Clubhouse. It's a particularly great episode to listen to if you're looking for a first-hand view from a leader in technology and want to know more about hosting a room or club on Clubhouse.…
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Arun and I are back with our guest, Ryan Falor. In part two of this two part episode, Ryan continues the discussion with us, diving into the role and importance of mapping in the self-driving space. We're really excited. If you didn't catch part one, you'll want to listen to get the full background on digital mapping and Ryan's career. Enjoy!…
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Our second guest, Ryan Falor, is a group product manager at Aurora and has an impressive track record in digital maps and self-driving at Google and Uber. In part one of this two part episode, Ryan talks with us about the history and business of digital maps since the late 90's and how the landscape is changing. In part 2, Ryan will build on the di…
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Welcome to Techonomics. This week we talk about the Airbnb and DoorDash IPOs. We also touch on what it means to be a technology company. Each podcast will dive into the same type of content you see coming through Techonomics writing, with a healthy conversation exploring those topics in more detail and having some fun along the way. We hope you enj…
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Hey you know that Owl City song "fireflies"? Yeah, Lee and Paul scientifically assess it's lyrics with some quite in depth articles. Can fireflies hug you? Can they think for themselves? How bright are they? Did Adam Young actually get hugged by 10,000 fireflies?! Get some science this week with another episode of Scientific Leesearch!…
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This week we talk about how many people are on the planet. And then we talk about how many ants are on the planet. It's a lot of ants. How far would they reach if we stacked every single ant on top of each other? And of course, would we humans survive a war with the ants? Of course you should listen for answers. Thanks!Help support us! - patreon.co…
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Scientific Leesearch is a show about researching those ridiculous thoughts you have in the middle of the night that at the end of the day, don't really matter. But of course on this show, they're all that matters.In this episode Lee asks paul the question, do dogs know they're dogs??? More questions are posed and answered about dogs and geese. List…
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Dean and Joel are busy catching up. They begin their conversation with talking about fish, Blockbuster’s, and the mystery of Unalaska. Joel admits his addiction of gambling over caterpillar/frog fights. Lots of talk about superhero movies during the second half of the podcast, including a review of sorts of Dark Knight Rises. We would say spoilers,…
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Brother Rewind is back with yet another episode of awesomesauce! Joel and Dean start off with some movie talk and then talk about the craziness of life including Dean’s new obsession with vinyl and Joel updates us about his band - Hidden History. Lots to talk about and enjoy in this episode. Plus at the end something happens that could destroy thei…
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Brother Rewind this week is all over the place ths week. From talk about eating lunches out of diapers (with normal food inside it), to talk about room decor growing up, to even some discussion on kickstarting projects. That’s what ya got to look forward to with your ear holes! Don’t forget to wait till the end of this podcast you goat want to miss…
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Dean and Joel talk about video games for awhile and then things start to heat up as they discuss Apple’s Keynote at WWDC. They talk about the new features in OSX Yosemite and iOS 8 plus some friendly debate on which platform is better Windows or Apple. Don’t worry Dean and Joel are still friends after the podcast (SPOILERS!). Joel talks about his t…
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Dean and Joel are at it again, talking about all kinds of stuff from how they’re weeks have been to the inner working of recording a legit rock album. There’s talk about Warner Brothers’ plans on the DC comics movies, thoughts about “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” and even tales of road trips past. Click Below to Listen Click Here…
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