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Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical Founders
Code Story is a startup podcast for technical founders building and scaling software products. Each episode features SaaS founders, engineers, and product leaders sharing how they built their product, found product market fit, and navigated early-stage growth.
We explore:
Early engineering decisions and MVP development
Landing the first customers
Pricing and go-to-market experiments
Scaling challenges and infrastructure bottlenecks
Hiring the first team
Lessons learned from growing a startup…
Episodes
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 Bonus: The Vertical SaaS Playbook: Scaling and Exiting a Niche B2B Software Engine with Brendon Beebe
Like many folks I talk to in tech, Brendon Beebe grew up in tech. He comes from a long line of programmers, and he has been building things since his teens. In…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E14: Scaling for 100M+ Users: The Dubsmash Tech Journey and Reddit Acquisition with Tim Specht
Originally from Berlin Germany, Tim Specht started programming for fun, during high school. He had no plans to make a career out it - in fact, he wanted to…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersSimplyPHP - Guest Appearance
In this episode of the SimplyPHP Unscripted Podcast, our Co-Founder, Tony Capozzi interviews our host Noah Labhart. As you know, Noah is the Co-Founder & CTO…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E13: The Bootstrap Playbook: How Paperform Scaled a Global No-Code SaaS to Take On Typeform and Google Forms with Dean McPherson
Dean McPherson - you guessed it... has always been interested in tech. Though unlike many of our guests, he taught himself how to code after he finished his…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E12: Managing Thousands of Real-Time Game Servers: The Architecture of Apex Hosting with Seth Mattox
Seth Mattox is a 33 year old single dude with a degree in finance, living in St. Petersburg FL. Both of his parents were computer coders, so some of his…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 Bonus: The Coinbase Acquisition: How Zabo Built a Universal Crypto API Engine with Christopher Brown
Christopher Brown has always tinkered with computers, by building them and creating websites. However, he struggled through his life to figure out which area…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E11: Engineering Dynamic Ad Insertion: How RedCircle Scaled Podcast Monetization with Mike Kadin
Mike Kadin is a family man, having been married for 7 years with a 2 year old (in the No phase). He studied electrical engineering, specifically chip design…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E10: The Stripe for Location Data: Building and Scaling Radar with CEO Nick Patrick
Nick Patrick has had his hands in tech for most of his life. He's been dabbling in computer programming and hardware from an early age. During college, he…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersThe Ops Show with Noah Labhart
In their best episode yet, Noah Labhart, our host and the CTO and Co-Founder of Veryable Ops, shared his CTO journey, his 5-year stack evolution, and the…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E9: The Tailwind Revolution: How Adam Wathan Built an Open-Source CSS Empire via Tailwind CSS
Adam Wathan has been obsessed with computers since he was a kid. In fact, he was introduced to computers by his 1st grade librarian.. and his first programming…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersWPRRR Podcast with Noah Labhart
Super fun chat with a very cool dude, Joe Howard - Host of WPMRR and Founder & CEO of WP Buffs. [00:01:17] Who is Noah Labhart? [00:02:52] Have you always been…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E8: Designing for Product-Led Growth: The Tech and UX Behind Userlist with Jane Portman
Originally from Russia, Jane Portman gained experience as a creative director for an agency. She has been involved in tech as a designer for 16 years…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 Bonus: Eliminating the AWS Surprise Bill: How CloudForecast Fixes Cloud Waste with Tony Chan
Born and raised in Chicago, Tony Chan grew up in the Southside, a blue collar neighborhood. He was heavily influenced by hid Dad, who was a first generation…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E7: Disrupting Higher Ed: The Tech Stack and Growth Playbook of Unibuddy with Kimeshan Naidoo
Kimeshan Naidoo grew up in a small sugar can farming town, on the east coast of South Africa. At 12 years old, he found an old python book, installed Python…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersCoffee and Coding Podcast
Recently, I had an awesome chat with Rob of the Coffee & Coding podcast - the App Developer's Handbook. In this episode we discuss: How I got started in…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E6: From Immigrant to Iconic CTO: How Elias Torres Co-Founded Drift, Built a $1B+ SaaS Unicorn, and Disrupted B2B Tech
A first generation LatinX immigrant, Elias Torres was born in Nicaragua. Growing up in a communist country, he had little resources, even food. Thirty years…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 Bonus: The Co-Coiner of AGI: Peter Voss on Building Cognitive AI with Long-Term Memory at Aigo
Peter Voss fell in love with software after starting a hardware design company. He moved to America 25 years ago, and rapidly connected with interesting people…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E5: From Early App Store Pioneer to a Mobile AI Acquisition: The Nami ML Story with Dan Burcaw
Tech and entrepreneurship has always been super intertwined in Dan Burcaw's life - through his family, and starting to tinker with computers in the 90's. He…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersMentoring Developers with Noah Labhart
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Arsalan on the Mentoring Developers podcast, to talk about wearing many hats, transitioning from developer to CTO…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E4: Building Stripe for Investing: Scaling Alpaca’s Trading APIs Globally with Yoshi Yokokawa
Born and raised in Japan, Yoshi Yokokawa started his career at Leimen Brothers in the US. In doing so, he was exposed to the fragility of the economies, yet…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 Bonus: From MIT Physics to Deep Tech Founder: The Invention Story of Looking Glass Factory with Shawn Frayne
Shawn Frayne grew up dreaming of being an inventor. His heroes were the inventors of yore, like Thomas Edison and Tesla. Growing up, he was inspired by TV…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E3: Building Nature-Based Tech: How Wild Ventures Merged Art & Code... and Got Featured by Apple with Mark Hendriks
Mark Hendriks has been a product designer for 11 years. His family and he love to travel, see the world and visit national parks. He currently live in Spain…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E2: The Spotify Acquisition: How Chartable Built the Ultimate Podcast Analytics Engine with Dave Zohrob
Dave Zohrob has been coding since before he can remember. He is among the crews where their Dad's bought TRS-80's hooked up to the TV and loaded games from…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 Bonus: Disrupting Logistics: How Outrider Built an Autonomous Yard Management Empire with Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith grew up playing in the woods of northern New England. In 6th grade, he was given a car and drivers magazine and fell in love with Ferraris…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS3 E1: Building the IMDb of Podcasts: Solving Audio Discovery with Cole Raven of Podchaser
Cole Raven has spent many years in Indiana. Immediately out of college, he started a business that failed quickly - but early on, he knew he wanted to do his…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersSeason 3 - Trailer
Coming soon... we will be releasing Season 3 of the Code Story podcast. With 2 seasons under our belt, we've dialed into the founder tidbits that you want to…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersSeason 2 Ending, Season 3 Coming Soon
A quick note about the end of Season 2 and the start of Season 3... soon. Current Sponsors: Tiger Data Protected Harbor Render Fitnexa Perplexity Entelligence…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 Favorite: Scaling Fintech & Financial Data Infrastructure, with Ryan Graciano of Credit Karma
Early on in his life, Ryan Graciano aspired to be many things - law, writing... and eventually coding, of course. Fun fact, he is an accomplished dog trainer…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersInnovabuzz Podcast Interview
Recently, I had the pleasure of chatting with Jürgen Strauss on the InnovaBuzz podcast, to talk about: How to have your team OWN and run your projects Getting…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E20: Data-Driven Supply Chain Logistics & E-Grocery Solutions with Daniel Gebler of Picnic
A resident of Amsterdam, Daniel Gebler found his way into tech through an artistic route – through creating demos, combining visuals and music through…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E19: SaaS Payment Integrations and HubSpot Fintech Extensions, with Denis Lunev of DepositFix
Nine years ago, Dennis Lunev moved from Russia to the USA. He likes to polish his skills in archery and throw axes. Previously, he was a software engineer…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersMeet the Podcasters - Guest Appearance
A few weeks ago, I got to have a great chat with James Deeney on the Meet the Podcasters podcast. In this episode, we talk about Code Story and how we craft…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E18: Serial Side-Projects & Indie Product Launching, with Mubashar "Mubs" Iqbal of Pod Hunt
Mubashar Iqbal, AKA Mubs, has always been a maker. Having built 85 side projects, he is no stranger to launching new products, being inspired by his love for…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E17: Enterprise MQTT Brokers and Large-Scale IoT Messaging, with Dominik Obermaier of HiveMQ
Growing up in a small rural city in Germany, Dominic Obermaier was not exposed too much when it comes to computers. After studying computer science in college…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E16: Developer Workflow & DevSecOps, ChatOps and Platform Scaling, with Kyle Campbell of CTO.ai
Kyle Campbell is a native Canadian and high school dropout growing up in Nova Scotia. He’s been working with technology since he was eight years old. Learning…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersPodcast Junkies - Guest Appearance
Recently, I had the pleasure of guesting on Harry Duran’s Podcast Junkies. In this episode, we talked about technology startups, communication skills and…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E15: From Roller Derby to Tech Founder: Building a Trusted Babysitter Marketplace with Desi McAdam of Nanno
A mother of 2, Desi McAdam understands the needs of a parent. She graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in computer science, and loves to roller skate –…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E14: The Marketplace to Enable SaaS Business Productization, with Rob Moore of Floom
A Maryland native, Rob Moore quickly found himself in the UK studying game theory and behavioral economics. A lover of travel, he has been able to live the…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 Bonus: Personalized Audio of Your Grandma's Childhood Stories, with Andrew Overton of Saga
Andrew Overton is a finance grad from Howard University. He spent 3 years after graduation, in investment banking. After a while, he desired to work in tech…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E13: From Pixar Intern to Healthtech Founder: Solving the Medical Credentialing Nightmare with Adrienne Bolger of BlocHealth
Adrienne Bolger grew up in the midwest, and moved up to Boston to attend MIT. She is a lover of running, and was a jujitsu martial arts coach at the institute…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E12: Hacking the Charts: Jack Rhysider on the Art of Technical Storytelling & Darknet Diaries
Jack Rhysider is a veteran of the security world. He likes to explore, rather it be through street cycling, empty buildings, alleyways – or just getting…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E11: The Y Combinator Blueprint: How Sift Built an AI Fraud Prevention Empire with Jason Tan of Sift
Jason Tan started his love of tech back in middle school, when his Dad showed in the wonders 0f connectivity through dial up internet. After taking some…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E10: From Professional Clarinetist to Tech Founder: Rebuilding Critical Infrastructure with Steven Naimark ofZiptility
Steven Naimark started out his professional career as a clarinet performer. Through his passion for performing, he grew not only as a musician, but as a…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E9: From AR Gaming to WebAR SaaS: The Code Architecture Behind Seek with Thane Brimhall of Seek
Thane Brimhall has been passionately building tech for over 15 years. He started by programming his graphing calculator in High School. He has built solutions…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E8: Transitioning Healthcare to the Home: How Dina Built an AI Care Stack with Erin Karam of Dina (Formerly Prepared Health)
Erin Karam was a kid interested in everything. She played music, she was into sports, and… into computers and programming. She continues to have well rounded…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E7: Scaling Fintech & Financial Data Infrastructure, with Ryan Graciano of Credit Karma
Early on in his life, Ryan Graciano aspired to be many things – law, writing… and eventually coding, of course. Fun fact, he is an accomplished dog trainer…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E6: From the Navy to Fintech Founder: Building a Peer Lending App with Dennis Cail of Zirtue
Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Dennis Cail has been involved in the tech world since he started in the Navy. After serving in the Navy, he obtained his CS degree…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E5: The Future of Crypto Rewards: How Lolli Makes Earning Bitcoin Effortless with Matt Senter (Co-founder & CTO of Lolli)
Matt Senter grew up on a small farm in rural North Carolina, dreaming of being a game programmer. A Dad, a husband and musician, he keeps extra busy besides…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E4: Scaling High-Volume Customer Engagement & Push Notification APIs | George Deglin (OneSignal)
Growing up in the bay area, George Deglin has always been in the middle of the Silicon Valley action. Having both parents being engineers, he was influenced to…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E3: Democratizing the Startup Process: How Startups.com Built a Ecosystem for Founders with Wil Schroter (Founder & CEO, Startups.com)
Startup veteran Wil Schroter is a family man, and now amateur carpenter. He spends a lot of his spare time, covered in sawdust and enjoying a balance of analog…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E2: Fixing Bad Remote Audio: How SquadCast Revolutionized Podcast Tech with Zach Moreno (Co-founder & CTO of Squadcast)
Zach Moreno is quite the renaissance man, being an artist, designer, author, developer… and a loving husband. He has interned on the Chrome team at Google…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS2 E1: Bootstrapping a Global Creator Community & Indie Startup World with Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers
Courtland Allen grew up totally opposite of his twin brother, Channing, but influenced by him nevertheless. His family was rooted in entrepreneurship, and as…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersSeason 2 - Trailer
Next week, we will release Season 2 of the Code Story podcast. We’ve taken all of our learnings, paired with your feedback and our expanded network of tech…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersInterview on Milestone Hackers
A few weeks ago, I sat down with Paolo on the Milestone Hackers podcast, and had a great chat about startup life, co-founding partners, balancing family &…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersInterview on Product Journey
I had the opportunity to chat with Noah and Ben on the Product Journey podcast. Every week they get together and talk about building online businesses, what’s…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS1 E20: Sophisticated Online Safety & AI Alerts for Parents | Brandon Hilkert (Bark)
Early in his career, Brandon Hilkert shifted from a mechanical engineering focus to tech support for a school district. Through his exposure to IT operations…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS1 E19: Scaling One of the Internet's Top Platforms | Chris Slowe (Reddit)
A tech and science minded individual, Chris Slowe has spent 9 years with Reddit. Beyond being a tech executive with the company, he is a Dad and likes to work…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS1 E18: Creating an On-Demand Marketplace for Healthcare Nomads | Bill Eager (Nomad Health)
For Bill Eager, his interest in tech paralleled his desire to play music. After attending music school, he became disillusioned with music as a day job and…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS1 Favorite: Building an API Driven Solution for Background Checks | Jonathan Perichon (Checkr)
Throwback to one of our favorites from Season 1! Original released August 2019. Through a chance internship in LA, Jonathan Perichon made his way from France…
Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical FoundersS1 Favorite: Building and Exiting a Mobile Scanning App | Rylan Barnes, ShopSavvy
Throwback to our very first interview! Originally released, June 2019. For some builders, there is a moment where technical creativity is catalyzed. For…