Q&A: Double Down’s Cooper DuBois on wearing many hats at a startup

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Cooper DuBois wants you to step out of your real world and come into his for a few minutes a day. How’s he going to do it? He and his team at Seattle’s Double Down Interactive are creating fun, social gaming environments where everyone can take a spin around a casino and share the fun… Read More…

Mindbloom’s Chris Hewett on the startup rat race and how to work smarter

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Veteran game designer Chris Hewett and his team at Mindbloom want to make sure you are living your healthiest, happiest life. Though he was once no stranger to the hectic schedule and eighty-hour work weeks common in the tech startup space, Chris took a step back and decided it was time for a change. Now,… Read More…

Blue Gecko co-founder Chuck Edwards on bootstrapping and focusing on customers

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Life as an accountant wasn’t quite enough for Chuck Edwards, so when he was given the opportunity to learn Oracle and grow his database skills, he jumped at it. Now he’s at the forefront of data management after spending 12 years growing his own startup, Blue Gecko. What did he learn along the way? It’s… Read More…

Ironman entrepreneur Ron Erickson on patience, persistence and luck

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Some Nextcast guests have seen it all, and Ron Erickson is among them. Starting out in public policy and law, Erickson made waves in a few fields (including selling zucchini squash at the age of six) before settling in technology and entrepreneurship. Now, the former Egghead, eCharge and Blue Frog Mobile executive is leading the team at… Read More…

Appature’s Kabir Shahani: ‘We’re very oriented towards obsoleting ourselves’

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Kabir Shahani and his team at Appature want to help marketers create intensely personal customer experiences. How are they going to do it? By leveraging the incredible opportunities the current technology space is affording them, aggregating massive amounts of data, and always striving to solve a new problem. Oh — and maybe trying to create… Read More…

Matt Hulett’s startup advice: ‘Money makes you soft’

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Matt Hulett, a self-described “late-bloomer” in the tech space, started out shrink-wrapping software in the 80s and is now leading RealNetworks’ GameHouse unit into the future of gaming. It’s no surprise he ended up here. Hulett, a former executive at Mpire and Atom Entertainment who returned to RealNetworks two years ago, has a history of rising… Read More…

Entrepreneur Dan Shapiro: Startups aren’t a science

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When Dan Shapiro joined the startup world in 2002, he was bitten by the bug…hard. Find out what he’s learned along the way and hear his startling confession in this episode of Nextcast. Dan Shapiro grew up with computers, getting his first one at age seven and using it mostly to play games. Decades later, with… Read More…

INRIX CEO Bryan Mistele on surviving 70 VC rejections

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Bryan Mistele wants to eliminate one of society’s biggest issues — traffic. How’s he going to do it? Find out in this episode of Nextcast. Growing up, Bryan knew he wanted to run his own tech company. After spending time in high school working with electrical engineers, he wrote down a life goal: start and… Read More…