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289: Capture Community Early (Jameson Toole) Sep 03, 2018

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Jameson Toole, founder of Fritz, discusses AI & Machine Learning on mobile, the process & ideology of launching a product from scratch, and the business of developer tools.

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288: Pursuing Customer Delight (Yoav Shapira) Aug 27, 2018

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Yoav Shapira, an Engineering Manager at Facebook with a long history in Boston startups, discusses early technology choices for startups, balancing product needs/wants with technical limitations, the role of Capital-D 'Design', and common startup advice.

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287: Disruptive, Exponentially-Innovative, 10x Videos (Sarah Cooper) Aug 20, 2018

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Sarah Cooper, comedian, speaker, and author of 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, joins Chad to discuss management burnout, the creative process, and her latest book.

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286: A Million Boxes at a Time (Stephan Ango) Aug 14, 2018

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Stephan Ango, Co-founder and Head of Product at Lumi, discusses merging creative and scientific mindsets in industrial design, the logistics of packaging, developing custom solutions by slowly replacing 3rd party tools, and building your ideal culture while balancing operational needs.

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285: Deep Counting (Jerry Talton) Aug 06, 2018

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Jerry Talton, leader of the Machine-Learning Services team at Slack, talks about picking up after a failed startup, design-thinking for machine learning, and important lessons from managing.

Slack
"Doggfooding"
StarSpace
General Management Course
The No Asshole Rule- Robert Sutton
Creativity, Inc.- Ed Catmull
West Wing- Down in a Hole
Giant Robots ep 256- Stay Hungry, Stay Learning
'A Few Useful Things to Know About Machine Learning'- Pedro Domingos
'Naive Bayes Models for Probability Estimation'- Lowd & Domingos
Jerry on Twitter

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284: Bringing Vision to Robots (Clara Vu) Jul 23, 2018

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Clara Vu, co-founder & VP of Engineering of Veo Robotics, shares her story getting into the world of robotics, designing perception systems for industrial robots, and 'First-Principles Thinking' in all aspects of business.

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283: Overcoming Awkward Data (Joe Ferris) Jul 16, 2018

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Joe Ferris, CTO of thoughtbot, joins Chad to discuss Data Engineering, what it is, when you need it, and some of the challenges thoughtbot has faced while using it.

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282: Robot as a Platform (Tim Enwall) Jul 02, 2018

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Tim Enwall, CEO of Misty Robotics, discusses designing, building, and selling a fully autonomous robot for developers.

Misty Robotics- Use code GiantRobot for $200 off pre-orders
Sphero
RobotShop
Crossing the Chasm- Geoffrey A. Moore
Misty Series Pics
LiveWorx Conference
Tim on Medium

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281: Reconnecting With Development (Robby Russell) Jun 25, 2018

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Robby Russell, VP of Engineering & Partner at Planet Argon, discusses considering remote work for an agency, strategies for leading a dev team, defining focus for an agency, and the results of the 2018 Rails Hosting Survey.

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280: Design at the Program Layer (Greg Storey) Jun 18, 2018

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Greg Storey, founder of Airbag Industries & Executive Director of Design at USAA, discusses the blurring of personal and company identity, helming a budding design group, "safe agile", what it means for design to 'have a seat at the table', and sustainable pace within an agency.