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Jennifer Dary, founder of Plucky, discusses purpose, process, longevity, relationships, and trust by turning the tables and giving Chad a corporate counseling session. Plucky Hopscotch Design Festival Metis Upcase Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners 1:1 Starter Pack Jennifer on Twitter Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

David Cancel, CEO & Co-founder of Drift, discusses bringing the personal touch back to sales through conversational marketing, validating an idea, competition, and differentiating yourself through communication & marketing. Drift True Startup Competition Brooklyn Boulders HYPERGROWTH Seeking Wisdom Podcast David on Twitter Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Adam Marchick, CEO & co-founder of Alpine AI, discusses pioneering vocal analytics, making a better experience for digital commerce on vocal platforms, and operating in an early stage market. Alpine AI Adam on Twitter Thank you Alpine AI for providing a transcript of today's episode Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Sara Tateno, founder and CEO of Happity, shares her journey from BBC Radio, to coding bootcamp, to startup founder. Happity Radio 1's Essential Mix Mums in Tech Makers Academy Trigg Life Mapper Ignite Accelerator Sara on Twitter Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ernesto Moreno, business coach, entrepreneur, & restaurateur, joins Chad to discuss transforming a restaurant using lean methodology, focusing on your strengths, and finding creativity in running a business. Arepas Lean Startup Methodology The E-Myth Revisited- Michael E. Gerber The ONE Thing- Gary Keller Arepa & Co. Ernesto on Twitter Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Tracy Osborn, author and the creator of WeddingLovely, joins Chad to talk about juggling projects, redefining your core customer base, the feeling of giving up control when hiring, and publishing via Kickstarter. WeddingLovely Hello Web App The Startup Curve Django Girls Tutorial Hello Web App: Intermediate Concepts Hello Web Design thoughtbot Books Hello Web Books Nathan Barry on Giant Robots Limedaring.com Tracy on Twitter Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad discusses reflection & goal planning, the scope of internal projects, and balancing time & team structure for both client & product work with Allen Pike, CEO & co-founder of Steamclock Software. Steamclock Software WeddingDJ Stables and Volatiles Dunbar's Number Allen on Twitter Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad is joined by George Brocklehurst, development director of thoughtbot NYC, to discuss the methodologies, tools, and use cases in working with machine learning. What is Machine Learning?- George Brocklehurst Named-Entity Recognition Stanford Named Entity Recognizer PyTorch Hoptoad (now Airbrake) Turning Design Mockups Into Code With Deep Learning- Emil Wallner Machine Learning Course on Coursera fast.ai Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Predictive Data Analytics- John D. Kelleher Named Entity Recognition: Downloading Recipes Kaggle Competitions Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

In 2003, five friends came together to form thoughtbot. In this special episode, we take a look back on the founding of thoughtbot, and it's first years, told from the perspective of the original founders and early partners. From their first meeting in college, to the dramatic first work-experience that led them to create thoughtbot, to the eventual breakup and reformation, we explore the events that led thoughtbot to become the company it is today. Matt Tucker Calvin Swaim Willie Conrad thoughtbot Worcester Polytechnic Institute Disc Pino's Pizza Build a Blog Demo Shotgunflat Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad is joined by Pamela Pavliscak, founder of Change Sciences, about human-centered design thinking, and incorporating well-being & ethics as a measure of success. Change Sciences Value Sensitive Design Nudge- Richard H. Thaler IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems Ethics in thoughtbot's Purpose Statement Designing for Happiness- Pamela Pavliscak Pratt Institute SoundingBox Pamela on Twitter Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots