Forward Thinking Founders

About this episode: Jason Bade is the founder of Pico. Pico delivers best-in-class conversion rates for both free signups and payments. From newsletters and memberships to virtual events and donations, you can finally manage it all in one integrated platform.Listen to this episode if you:Are a creator who wants to make money from subscriptions (a subcreator)If you feel like you haven't found the right monetization tool stack Want to learn more about the tools in the subcreator worldAre curious to hear Jason's thought on what the future for subcreators isAre curious about the big vision for Pico!Introducing our June sponsor: Turing!Turing helps you find a remote development team in a fraction of the time it would take if you did it yourself. Having just raised a seed round from the likes of Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, and many prolific angels, Turing is aiming to help the world build engineering teams as strong as Facebook's or Google's, from anywhere in the world. If you want to try it out for 2 weeks, risk-free, then check out their website here. Thanks to Turing for being a sponsor of the show!More Info on Forward Thinking MediaFounder interviews(FIs) are a part of Forward Thinking Media, a media brand for early-stage startup and subcreator content. If you want to be able to listen to this episode live on Zoom + ask questions for future guests on the record, then become a paid subscriber today. As a paid subscriber of Forward Thinking Media, you also get access to all of our paywalled newsletter content, a private RSS feed, and our provide community. Have questions? DM me on Twitter and let's talk! ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Vitaly Davydov is the founder of Adapty. Adapty helps you grow your in-app subscriptions for your mobile app.Listen to this episode if you:Are working on a mobile appAre interested in the business models for mobile appsWant to know how to optimize your in-app subscriptions Want to know why he started working on this companyWant to hear the big vision for AdaptyIntroducing our June sponsor: Turing!Turing helps you find a remote development team in a fraction of the time it would take if you did it yourself. Having just raised a seed round from the likes of Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, and many prolific angels, Turing is aiming to help the world build engineering teams as strong as Facebook's or Google's, from anywhere in the world. If you want to try it out for 2 weeks, risk-free, then check out their website here. Thanks to Turing for being a sponsor of the show!More Info on Forward Thinking MediaFounder interviews(FIs) are a part of Forward Thinking Media, a media brand for early-stage startup and subcreator content. If you want to be able to listen to this episode live on Zoom + ask questions for future guests on the record, then become a paid subscriber today. As a paid subscriber of Forward Thinking Media, you also get access to all of our paywalled newsletter content, a private RSS feed, and our provide community. Have questions? DM me on Twitter and let's talk! ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Turner Bohlen is the cofounder of Beagle Learning. Beagle measures the quality of ideas teams choose to focus on and automatically maps thinking to allow for iteration on past work.Listen to this episode if you:Have a lot of different tasks you could work onWant ta more systematized way to decided what to work on Are curious about how he decided to work on BeagleAre curious to know what Turner spends his time onWant to hear the big vision for Beagle learningIntroducing our June sponsor: Turing!Turing helps you find a remote development team in a fraction of the time it would take if you did it yourself. Having just raised a seed round from the likes of Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, and many prolific angels, Turing is aiming to help the world build engineering teams as strong as Facebook's or Google's, from anywhere in the world. If you want to try it out for 2 weeks, risk-free, then check out their website here. Thanks to Turing for being a sponsor of the show!More Info:Founder interviews(FIs) are a part of Forward Thinking Media, a media brand for early-stage startup and subcreator content. If you want to be able to listen to this episode live on Zoom + ask questions for future guests on the record, then become a paid subscriber today. As a paid subscriber of Forward Thinking Media, you also get access to all of our paywalled newsletter content, a private RSS feed, and our provide community. Have questions? DM me on Twitter and let's talk! ★ Support this podcast ★

This is a new segment of the show called Sunday Roundup. Every Sunday, we will publish an episode with different cohosts where Mat and whoever is joining him that day discuss current happenings in tech and startups. This is meant to be a more casual segment, as opposed to The founder interviews (FI's). Today's guest is Michael Marra, founder of Entre. ------Sunday roundups are a paid part of Forward Thinking Media, a media brand for early-stage startup and business content. You will get a sample of today's Sunday Roundup, but if you want the whole episode, plus every segment on the network, like Partner Mondays, Early Bets, and others, then become a paid subscriber today. By the way, if you want to be featured as a guest on the Sunday Roundup, you can come on! Subscribe, then email me and we can make it happen. ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Sean Herman is the founder and CEO of Kinzoo. Kinzoo is a better way to share with loved ones—one that's designed from the ground up for children and their parents.Listen to this episode if you:Have a family you want to better connect withFeel your kids spending too much time on social media and less time with youWant to use innovative ways to connect with your family onlineWant to know how Sean decided to work on thisAre curious how the team knows what features to buildWant to hear the big vision for KinzooThis episode is on the Forward Thinking Media networkFounder interviews(FIs) are a part of Forward Thinking Media, a media brand for early-stage startup and subcreator content. If you want to be able to listen to this episode live on Zoom + ask questions for future guests on the record, then become a paid subscriber today. As a paid subscriber of Forward Thinking Media, you also get access to all of our paywalled newsletter content, a private RSS feed, and our provide community. Have questions? DM me on Twitter and let's talk! ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Galen Wolfe-Pauly is the cofounder of Urbit .Urbit is a clean-slate OS and network for the 21st century.Listen to this episode if you:Are curious about what Urbit isWant to know why Galen wanted to start working on UrbitAre curious who Urbit is built forWant to know how Galen knows what to work on every dayWant to hear the big vision for UrbitThis episode is on the Forward Thinking Media networkFounder interviews(FIs) are a part of Forward Thinking Media, a media brand for early-stage startup and subcreator content. If you want to be able to listen to this episode live on Zoom + ask questions for future guests on the record, then become a paid subscriber today. As a paid subscriber of Forward Thinking Media, you also get access to all of our paywalled newsletter content, a private RSS feed, and our provide community. Have questions? DM me on Twitter and let's talk! ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Vita Benes is the founder of Deprocrastination. Deprocrastination helps you learn 30+ simple techniques to stop procrastinating and go to bed happy.Listen to this episode if you:Procrastinate a lot What to learn more about the sources of procrastination Want to know how Vita is structuring the business to combat procrastination Are curious to know what Vita spends his time onWant to hear the big vision for Deprocrastination More Info:Founder interviews(FIs) are a part of Forward Thinking Media, a media brand for early-stage startup and subcreator content. If you want to be able to listen to this episode live on Zoom + ask questions for future guests on the record, then become a paid subscriber today. As a paid subscriber of Forward Thinking Media, you also get access to all of our paywalled newsletter content, a private RSS feed, and our provide community. Have questions? DM me on Twitter and let's talk! ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Everett Berry is the cofounder and CEO of Perceive. Perceive allows you to get the what and how from people interacting in your space.Listen to this episode if you:Are interested in computer visionWant to hear how Everett is using computer vision with Perceive Are curious about why Everett decided to work on this companyWant to know how he knows how to spend his time as CEOWant to hear the big vision for Perceive More Info:Founder interviews(FIs) are a part of Forward Thinking Media, a media brand for early-stage startup and subcreator content. If you want to be able to listen to this episode live on Zoom + ask questions for future guests on the record, then become a paid subscriber today. As a paid subscriber of Forward Thinking Media, you also get access to all of our paywalled newsletter content, a private RSS feed, and our provide community. Have questions? DM me on Twitter and let's talk! ★ Support this podcast ★

About this episode: Tom Uebel is the co-founder and CEO of Command E. The faster way to navigate your workspace. An easy keyboard shortcut to open any document, contact, file or record from the cloudListen to this episode if you:Are into efficiency while working at your computer Like keyboard commandsWant to hear how Tom decided to start Command EAre curious about how Tom and his teams knows what to ship next.Want to hear the big vision for Command EThis episode is on the Forward Thinking Media networkFounder interviews(FIs) are a part of Forward Thinking Media, a media brand for early-stage startup and subcreator content. If you want to be able to listen to this episode live on Zoom + ask questions for future guests on the record, then become a paid subscriber today. As a paid subscriber of Forward Thinking Media, you also get access to all of our paywalled newsletter content, a private RSS feed, and our provide community. Have questions? DM me on Twitter and let's talk! ★ Support this podcast ★

On this episode of Partner Mondays, Daniel Lobaton (founder) chats with Elizabeth Yin (GP at Hustle Fund) about his startup. Learn more about Daniel on Twitter.------Partner Mondays are a paid part of Forward Thinking Media, a media brand for early-stage startup and business content. You will get a sample of today's Partner Monday, but if you want the whole episode, plus every segment on the network, like Partner Mondays, Early Bets, and others, then become a paid subscriber today.  ★ Support this podcast ★