Episodes

Breaking Ground: Stories from Two First-Time Technical Founders | The Pair Program Ep24 Are you a technical professional who dreams of building your own business? Or maybe you're already on the journey to becoming a first-time founder? Join us today to hear the stories of Chris Zhu from Primary.Health and Colby Harvey from Rizse about how they built their own startups. Our guests share why they decided to start their own businesses, how they navigated funding, the obstacles they faced along th...

Apply Now! https://www.myhatchpad.com/startup/onda-ai/ Welcome to Hatch Rolls, a new podcast Miniosode from the team at Hatchpad. In these new minisodes, we will highlight some of the roles that Hatch is currently sourcing for. Today we will be talking about Onda! Onda offers a security and risk monitoring product and a cyber insurance platform to their enterprise customers. Their security technology aggregates cybersecurity data from external data feeds and cloud-based security tools to pro...

Scaling Your Startup Dev Team: Hiring Specialists vs. Generalists | The Pair Program Ep23 Welcome to today's episode, where we discuss hiring specialists versus generalists in the tech startup world. Startups are known for their fast-paced, ever-changing environments, where engineers are often required to wear multiple hats and work on a variety of projects. So, which is better for a startup – a generalist or a specialist? Hear from startup leaders, Nick Peddy (CTO of CLEAR) and Haytham Abuelfu...

Apply Now! https://www.myhatchpad.com/startup/racktop-systems/ Welcome to Hatch Rolls, a new podcast Miniosode from the team at Hatchpad. In these new minisodes, we will highlight some of the roles that Hatch is currently sourcing for. Today we will be talking about Racktop Systems the leader in Cyber Storage. Racktop Systems is a data security startup and its core focus of business surrounds their flagship product BrickStor, which is an all-in-one data storage and management platform that pr...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to tech startup leaders Jason Cole and Dane Baker. Jason has been building technology products, teams, and companies for over 30 years. In 2017 he founded Da Primus Consulting to help early-stage tech startups bring their products to market, and since then he and his team have provided fractional CTOs and other leadership roles for over 20 startups. Dane Baker is the co-founder and CEO of EcoCart, as well as a recent Forbes 30 Under 30 awardee. EcoCart wa...

Welcome to Hatch Roles a new podcast minisode from the team at hatchpad. In these new minisodes, we will highlight some of the roles that hatch is currently sourcing for. Today we will be talking about Smerf. Smerf is using cutting-edge technology to build a platform that unites gaming communities of all kinds. Smerf is building out its engineering team and they’re looking for Lead Engineers, as well as Mid/Sr Engineers, to join their small but quickly growing team. As a very early engineerin...

How We Hatched: Mingsheng Hong, Co-founder and CEO of Bluesky | Ep06 In this episode, our host Tim Winkler speaks with Dr. Mingsheng Hong, co-founder and CEO of Bluesky, a startup on a mission to make data clouds cost efficient. Prior to this role, Mingsheng was head of engineering for Google’s ML runtime (e.g. TensorFlow). Mingsheng also had a decade of experience building and delivering Big Data products and solutions at Google, Hadapt, and Vertica. During this episode, Mingsheng takes us al...

From FAANG to Founder: Lessons from Two Startup Founders Who Left Big Tech | The Pair Program Ep21 Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup leaders Tomas Reimers and Yasyf Mohamedali. Tomas and Yasyf have both transitioned out of working at FAANG companies into founding their own businesses. Tomas is currently a co-founder at Graphite, a code review platform designed for engineers. Yasyf is currently a co-founder at Sym, an automation tool for engineering security teams. In this epi...

How We Hatched: Mike Brown, Co-Founder and CTO of Strider | Ep05 Welcome to another episode of our series "How We Hatched" where we have candid conversations with tech founders and unveil their unique startup journeys. In this episode, our host Tim Winkler speaks with Mike Brown, Co-Founder and CTO of Strider. As a serial entrepreneur, Mike has had a front row seat in the world of data startups. He offers a unique perspective on what it’s like to be part of a startup at every career level – f...

What I Learned When My Startup Got Acquired | The Pair Program Ep20 Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to tech startup leaders Troy Crosby and Brian Retford. Troy is an engineering leader with experience from Series A through IPO and is currently the Director of Engineering at PatientIQ. He experienced a startup’s acquisition first-hand while working as an engineering manager in the real estate industry. Brian Retford is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to starting RISC Zero, he co-founded Ve...

How to Build a Winning Culture for Your Tech Startup | The Pair Program Ep19 Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup tech leaders Anusha Iyer and Ben Wilson. Anusha is the President, CTO and Co-Founder of Corsha. She is a technology leader with over 15 years of experience in security-minded software, analytics, and managed services. Ben is a passionate technologist and serial CTO who has been leading digital change across diverse industries for more than 20 years. Both Ben and Anush...

My Unique Pathway Into Product Management: A Tale of Two PM’s | The Pair Program Ep18 Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to Product Managers Lauren Creedon and Shyvee Shi. Lauren is Head of Product at Goldcast, a B2B software platform for live video and digital events. Before that, she led the AI product org at Drift, and the smart camera product group at Hudl. Shyvee is a Product Manager at LinkedIn, an instructor at LinkedIn Learning, and host of the "Product Management Learning Series"...

How We Hatched: Vlad Eidelman, CTO and Chief Scientist of FiscalNote | Ep04 In this episode of "How We Hatched", our host Tim Winkler speaks with Vlad Eidelman, CTO and Chief Scientist of market intelligence startup FiscalNote. By joining FiscalNote, Vlad had the unique opportunity of bringing his data science expertise into the early stages of a product’s development. You’ll learn about: How the journey of Vlad's family coming to the US as refugees sparked his interest in joining an entrepre...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup founders David Yaffe and Sagiv Ofek. David and Sagiv have both transitioned out of working at FAANG companies into founding their own businesses. David is currently the co-founder and CEO of Estuary. Prior to joining the startup world, he worked at Google, Yahoo, and Boeing. David spends a lot of time thinking about how to efficiently scale and grow companies. Sagiv worked at both Amazon and Facebook before starting LibLab - a developer tools s...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to Kerry Munz and Arun Nagarajan. With over 25 years as an engineer and engineering leader at startups, scale-ups, and giant tech companies, Kerry has deep experience in what it takes to build world class products, platforms, and teams. Today Kerry is CTO at Vendr, a fast growing tech unicorn. Arun is the Co-Founder & CTO at BigSpring, a startup on a mission to solve the skills gap. His prior experience includes being part of the founding team at Uber Eat...

How We Hatched: Luca Antiga, CTO of Lightning AI | Ep03 Welcome to another episode of "How We Hatched" where we have candid conversations with tech founders and unveil their unique startup journeys. In this episode, our host Tim Winkler speaks with Luca Antiga (CTO of Lightning AI and co-founder at both Orobix and Tensorwerk). Prior to his current role, Luca was an early contributor to PyTorch and co-author of Deep Learning with PyTorch at Manning. During this episode Luca shares about his pr...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to David Jorjani and Anand Safi. David leads product (and technology) at Sayge, a learning and development startup that aspires to empower millions of professionals to reach their full potential. David also teaches at the University of Toronto. Empowering people and teams has been a key thread in David's professional life. Anand is the Director of Engineering at Mark43 overseeing a Product Engineering Division. Anand has over a decade of experience in var...

How We Hatched: Chris White, CTO of Prefect | Ep02 Welcome to the second episode of our series called "How We Hatched" where we have candid conversations with tech founders and unveil their unique startup journeys. In this episode, our host Tim Winkler speaks with Chris White, the CTO of data startup, Prefect. As the first hire at Prefect, Chris has had a front row seat as the company has grown to 80+ employees. He takes us along an inspiring account of Prefect’s founding, how he joined, and ...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to Marina Simonian and Joshua Herzig-Marx. Marina is a product professional with almost 20 years of experience in designing and launching successful products, primarily in the healthcare systems and digital health industry. She has worked with teams of various configurations, locations, backgrounds and styles, and over the years has honed in on the fact that vision driven development is critical for delivering true value and aligning teams around a common...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to Ben Edmunds and Adam Berman. Ben has over fifteen years of experience in the industry, working on everything from startups to enterprise software to robotics. He is currently a Senior Staff Engineer at Wayfair. Ben is the host of the PHP Town Hall and More Than Code podcasts, as well as the author of two books, Securing PHP Apps and Securing Node Apps. Adam is a staff software engineer at r2c. In this role, he focuses on developing new products to help...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to engineering leaders Nick Halm and Damien Stanton. Nick is the VP of Engineering at fintech startup, JustiFi. Nick is an experienced technology leader driving the creation and maintenance of complex software systems. He has progressed through leadership roles and intentionally mentors development teams through all stages of growth. Damien has worked in a variety of developer roles for over a decade and currently works at PwC Digital as a senior researc...

Join us for a discussion about startup equity – from the perspective of employees and founders. In this episode, our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup leaders Nate Jones and Ryan McQueeney. Nate Jones got his start in tech maintaining (and breaking) Oracle ecom databases. He went on from there to found his own company (coffee and coffee gear) before moving to Amazon and then Drift. Most recently, Nate has joined Palolo, where he stays busy building a bank that makes life easier for employees...

Join us for a discussion about getting layered– when leadership adds a new role between you and your current boss and fills the role externally (instead of promoting from within). In this episode, our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup leaders Kim Merino and Sean McBride. Kim is a self-taught software engineering manager from Los Angeles, where she currently leads the Growth Front End team at Netlify. She thoroughly enjoys helping her team grow in their careers and mentoring women in tech. Se...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup leaders Anne Neilsen and Rajesh Nerlikar. Anne is the Executive Director of Product Management at cybersecurity startup JupiterOne. Throughout her career, she has developed a specialty in the security space working in both product strategy and marketing at various companies (including Veracode, IANS, and Rapid7). Rajesh is a Co-Founder and Principal Product Advisor at Prodify and co-author of the bestselling product book, Build What Matters. Ov...