CEO of PartySlate. How do you capture that feel and experience of an organized event when you can’t meet in person? Julie Novack, cofounder of PartySlate (and longtime friend of Technori), has been in the middle of of solving this question with a rapid pivot towards orchestrating digital events as a part of their platform.…
Founder and CEO of SupplyHive. Procurement is one of the least sexy parts of business — known for bloated budgets. Companies aren’t interested in signing long contracts with suppliers when there’s so much new tech to explore every year. To keep up, businesses need a quick way to analyze which suppliers will bring the greatest…
Traditionally, only big companies with large marketing budgets have been able to build shiny, high-functioning apps. Individuals and small businesses make do with clunky, low-end apps, if they bother at all. The future is micro: “Draftbit and other platforms are creating this ability to create apps for small numbers of people,” says Brian Luerssen,…
Founder and CEO of App-building platform Draftbit which makes niche app ideas a reality by giving individuals and businesses the power to make apps without a big budget or team of engineers. Enterprises can use Draftbit to create specialized internal apps, while individuals and small businesses can create personalized networks, apps for events or apps…
Co-founder and CTO of Patreon a platform that fosters deeper connections between artist and fan, building communities where artists can create purer content and fans can directly support them. In recent years, Patreon has seen its average pledge amount increase by 20 percent. Patreon’s first successful artist was co-founder and musician, Jack Conte, who raised…
Patreon fosters deeper connections between artist and fan, building communities where artists can create purer content and fans can directly support them. In recent years, Patreon has seen its average pledge amount increase by 20 percent. Patreon’s first successful artist was co-founder and musician, Jack Conte, who raised several thousand dollars in just a few…
Yong Kim, the founder of Wonolo (stands for “Work Now Locally”), set out to create a platform to bring power back to today’s workers. After closing a Series C funding round of $32 million in November 2018, his company is set to lead the wave, empowering freelance and project workers. Yong joined the podcast to…
Some analysts estimate the software spend on risk and compliance was around $35 billion in 2019. Most software designed to help with GRC takes a long time to integrate and comes with parameters that limit what you can use it with and for. LogicGate software allows businesses to pick and choose apps and features…
Groupon’s new CTO, John Higginson, explains why his job is less about coding and more about people, plus how to be the kind of leader your team respects. Becoming CTO has meant putting people before machines. “This is more a people role than a technology role,” John says. “Figuring out how to get the right…
Founder and CEO of ActiveCampaign. Some businesses immediately chase investors, looking to monetize as quickly as possible. Others, however, bootstrap for as long as possible, investing all their energy into building the best product. Jason VandeBoom, CEO and Founder of ActiveCampaign, spent 17 years building his product. He and his team created the category of…