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The Julia La Roche Show#236 Bob Elliott: 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' as Negative Growth Surprise AheadBob Elliott, cofounder and CEO of Unlimited, which uses machine learning to create index replication ETFs of 2&20 style alternative investments like hedge funds, venture capital, and private equity, joins Julia La Roche on episode 236.Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by Monetary Metals. https://monetary-metals.com/juliaIn this episode, Elliott shares why the economy faces a likely growth disappointment in 2025. He explains how both Fed policy and the new administration's focus on restricting immigration, cutting deficits, and increasing tariffs look less positive than expected. Elliott points to e...2025-02-2434 min
Future of HR“What Works: Team Network Effect” with Rob Cross, Senior Vice President of Research at i4cp and Katheryn Brekken, Senior Research Analyst at i4cp How can teams overcome collaboration overload?Why are the three components of trust critical to building an effective team?My guest on this episode is Rob Cross, Senior Vice President of Research at i4cp and Katheryn Brekken, Senior Research Analyst at i4cp During our conversation Rob, Katheryn, and I discuss: Why eight out of ten teams actually underperform due to collaborative dysfunctions.How common collaborative dysfunctions, such as misalignment and priority overload, hinder team performance, and what to do about it. How...2024-10-2243 min
Scaling DevToolsThe Developer Tools playbook, with Adam Frankl - VP of 4 DevTools unicornsAdam Frankl has been VP at four Developer Tools unicorns, including JFrog, Neo4J and Sourcegraph.Adam is the author of the Developer Facing Startup and recently launched the Developer Facing Startup Founders Academy: a program that helps founders launch and grow their developer tools. In this conversation, Adam Frankl discusses the critical role of a Technical Advisory Board (TAB) in the success of developer-facing startups. He emphasizes the importance of understanding developer needs, effective interviewing techniques, and the necessity of building credibility and community. Adam outlines a structured approach to gathering insights...2024-09-201h 29Scaling DevToolsMichael Grinich - founder & CEO of WorkOSIn this conversation, with Michael Grinich - founder and CEO of WorkOS. WorkOS helps you start selling to enterprise customers with just a few lines of code. We discuss the challenges and strategies of navigating tough conversations in a startup environment, the importance of understanding engineering leadership, and the role of empathy in user experience. The conversation covers the significance of conferences for startups, the necessity of articulating the 'why' behind a business, and the challenges faced by solo founders. The discussion also touches on decision-making processes, handling competition, and the future di...2024-09-1655 minScaling DevToolsClerk's Hockey Stick growth, with Colin SidotiIn this episode, we're joined by returning guest Colin Sidoti - the cofounder and CEO of Clerk.Clerk is a comprehensive user management platform. What we cover:- The origin story and South Park Commons- Clerk's dramatic growth since the first episode - what changed? What did they do right?- 7% growth per week- Tiny details that improve the developer experience- How to you know if a change is better - watching people's faces as they try it - The difficulties of bringing new joiners up t...2024-09-1245 minScaling DevToolsDavid Mytton - Arcjet and console.devDavid is the CEO of Arcjet. Arcjet is a tool that helps developers protect their apps once they go into production. It offers Bot detection, rate limiting, email validation, attack protection, data redaction.David is also the creator of the console.dev newsletter and podcast. It's where thousands of developers discover developer tools. In this episode we discuss how David thinks about creating content. Why he believes go-to-market is more difficult than product and how he works on creating great developer experience. Links:- Arcjet https://arcjet.com/- David My...2024-09-0430 min
Scaling DevToolsVlad Matsiiako - cofounder of InfisicalVlad Matsiiako is the CEO and co-founder of Infisical. Infisical is an Open Source Secret Management tool.What we discuss:- The story of Infisical- How the team has made Infisical easy to adopt- How being open source helps you with trust at the beginning stages- How do enterprises adopt Infisical- How do developers at enterprises discover tools like Infisical- The different mini-games at various stages of a startup (Dalton Caldwell) LinksVlad - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vmatsiiako/Infisical - https://i...2024-08-2939 minScaling DevToolsAlways be dogfooding, with Andrew Lisowski of devtools.fmAndrew Lisowski is the cohost of devtools.fm. In this episode we talk about why Andrew started devtools.fm and what he's learned along the way. Life as an open source maintainer.How the JavaScript ecosystem is different to other developer ecosystems.The importance of dogfooding.The power of DHH.Why obsessing over one problem eventually leads to great resultsShould DevTools start podcasts and how?Links:devtools.fm - https://www.devtools.fm/Andrew's Twitter - https://x.com/HipsterSmoothiedevtools.fm Twitter - https://x.com/DevtoolsFMInterview with DHH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...2024-08-2434 min
Scaling DevToolsInvesting in Open Source Startups with Robby (Amanda Robson)Robby (Amanda Robson) is the co-host of Open Source Startup Podcast (with Tim Chen).In this episode we discuss:There are many ways to open source successWhen open source is a good strategy and when it isn'tWhy open source projects usually need time to brewHow to know if your project is venture scaleWhy Robby believes in the Open Source modelRobby is working on a highly mysterious new thing 👀Links:- Robby's Twitter/X https://x.com/amanda_robs?lang=en- Open Source Startup Podcast https://oss-startup-podcast.launchnotes.io/- Interview wit...2024-08-1530 minScaling DevToolsHamzah Chaudhary from Lightdash: bringing developer tools to Business IntelligenceHamzah Chaudhary is the cofounder of Lightdash, an open source, self-serve BI tool. In this episode, Hamzah shares:Their initial plan to build a consultancy and how it morphed into a product to solve their customer's needsHow open source works as a strategyBringing software engineering tools to the BI domainHow they reach their usersHow they partner with bigger organizationsLinks:Lightdash https://www.lightdash.com/Lightdash GitHub https://github.com/lightdash/lightdashHamzah's Twitter https://x.com/hamzahc12024-08-0832 minScaling DevToolsGreat documentation with Han Wang from MintlifyHan Wang is co-founder of Mintlify - modern, out the box documentation.In this episode, Han shares the story of Mintlify and how to make great docs.We even talk about the time Paul Graham told them to change their name.What we cover:- the origin story of Mintlify- what is good documentation- the process of documentation- how AI is affecting documentation- why PG told them to change their nameLinks:- Han https://han.dev/- Mintlify https...2024-08-0139 minScaling DevToolsFrontend Developers: the Newest New Kingmakers with Kate Holterhoff from RedMonkKate Holterhoff - an analyst from RedMonk - shares why frontend developers are increasingly dictating the adoption of new developer tools.Kate shares specific examples, including Supabase. Links:Frontend Developers: the Newest New Kingmakers https://redmonk.com/kholterhoff/2024/02/15/frontend-developers-the-newest-new-kingmakers/Kate's website https://www.kateholterhoff.com/RedMonk https://redmonk.com/Kate's Twitter/X https://x.com/KateHolterhoff2024-07-2533 minScaling DevToolsVivian Dufour - co-founder of Meterian - enterprise sales for startupsVivian Dufour is the CEO and co-founder of Meterian.Meterian is an open source vulnerability scanner.In this episode we talk about topics like:Selling to enterprisesWhy you need to make your product easy to testHiring and managing salespeopleLinks:Meterian: https://www.meterian.io/Vivian Dufour - https://www.linkedin.com/in/viviandufour/ 2024-07-1832 min
Black Earth PodcastBlack Earth Podcast - Season 3 FinaleThank you so much for tuning into Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast. In this season, we have been meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In this season finale, Black Earth team, Marion and Anesu, reflect on their changing relationships with nature as well their key take-aways from Season 3. We also discuss what is to come for Black Earth Podcast.Although Season 3 has completed, we have some upcoming plans that you can get involved in that we will be announcing on our social media and...2024-07-1743 min
The Musician's JourneyJake Roche: Meteoric Rises, Devastating Falls & The Complexities Of FameIn the latest episode of The Musician's Journey, hosts Chelsea Szabo and Jed Elliott welcome the marvellously talented Jake Roche.Known for his meteoric rise to fame with the band Rixton, Jake's journey is anything but ordinary.His journey is a testament to the complexities of fame and early success. At just 22, he experienced the whirlwind success of a number one record, global tours, and living at Ed Sheeran's house. However, the rapid ascent came with its own set of challenges. When the band was dropped by their label and management, Jake found himself questioning...2024-07-1142 minScaling DevToolsEllen Chisa - Partner at Boldstart VenturesEllen Chisa is a partner at Boldstart Ventures. Prior to Boldstart, Ellen founded Darklang - a programming language. Before Darklang, Ellen worked in product. What we discussed: Startups should focus on building one SDK and doing it well, rather than trying to build multiple SDKs at once.North Star metricsDeveloper tooling companies can learn from consumer-facing companies in terms of marketing and creating an identity for their product.Being authentic as a founder and actively engaging with the community can help establish a strong brand and attract users. Recognize and leverage your unique strengths and skills.B...2024-07-0538 minScaling DevToolsDeveloper quick-start guides with Amit JotwaniHow do you write a developer quick start guide that they will love?That's what we talk about with Amit Jotwani. Amit is the founder of HelloDX and previously worked in developer experience at Retool and Amazon Alexa.This came about because I was reading Amit's fantastic guide on EveryDeveloper. Links:Amit's website https://ajot.me/HelloDX https://hellodx.co/Craft Quick Start Guides That Developers Will Love https://everydeveloper.com/quick-start-guides/Amit's Twitter/X https://x.com/amitThis episode is sponsored by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to...2024-06-2739 min
Black Earth PodcastSeason 3: Uncolonising nature with Alexis Pauline Gumbs‘How do we practice this revolution in a way that embodies the best of what we have as humans and the best of what we can observe in other species?’ - MarionIn Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature. Today we meet Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs from North Carolina, United States. Alexis is a queer black feminist, love evangelist and an aspirational favourite cousin to all living beings. They are also the author...2024-06-261h 20Scaling DevToolsJames Hawkins - co-founder & CEO of PostHogJames Hawkins is the cofounder and CEO of PostHog. PostHog is a platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features.This is the second time James has been on and the episode is mostly about how they run PostHog.It's a pretty unconventional approach - probably because James thinks very deeply about how organizations should operate. What we discuss:How PostHog hireHis approach to one-on-one meetingsThe role of engineers in product developmentThe impact of open source projects on PostHog's successA surprising secret to success (fun)Importance of listening to developers2024-06-2039 min
Black Earth PodcastSeason 3: Understanding energy justice with Dr. Mfoniso AntiaIn Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In this episode, we meet Dr. Mfoniso Antia who is a scientist and Programme Manager at the Health of Mother Earth Foundation in Nigeria. Health of Mother Earth Foundation is a pioneering ecological think tank advocating for environmental justice and food sovereignty in Nigeria and Africa at large.Dr. Mfoniso is from the Niger Delta in Nigeria, which is a culturally and resource rich region that has been tragically impacted...2024-06-191h 01Scaling DevToolsBuying Developer Tools Companies with Greg and Matt from PolychromeGreg Lazarus and Matt Althauser are two of the cofounders of Polychrome - a company that buys small to medium sized B2B software businesses: with a focus on Developer Tools. Their portfolio includes the feature flagging tool Flagsmith (we recorded an episode with them last week) and the browser automation tool Browserless.In this episode we cover the ins and outs of buying developer tools. Links:- Polychrome https://www.polychrome.com/- Matt Althauser https://x.com/malthauser?lang=en - Greg Lazarus https://x.com/greglaz5This...2024-06-1345 min
Black Earth PodcastSeason 3: How to build affordable, inclusive and sustainable homes with Etta MadeteIn Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In this episode, we meet the amazing Etta Madete. Etta is an architect, advocate and real estate developer from Kenya. As the founder of Zima Homes, her passion and life’s work is building affordable, inclusive and sustainable housing for communities who need it the most. In our conversation, we unpack what affordable and sustainable housing means, why spatial justice is important and how we can design urban spaces for all...2024-06-121h 01Scaling DevToolsBootstrapping Flagsmith to $3m ARRBen Rometsch is the founder of Flagsmith. Flagsmith is a Feature Flag & Remote Config Service that recently reached $3m ARR.Ben candidly shares exactly how they started, how they got enterprise customers and how they worked with Polychrome to take Flagsmith to the next level.Links:Ben's Twitter https://x.com/dabeeeensterFlagsmith https://www.flagsmith.com/Polychrome https://polychrome.com/This episode is sponsored by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs.2024-06-0650 min
Black Earth PodcastSeason 3 Mini-sode: The Colour of Transformation musical score by Bryony EllaWelcome to Black Earth Podcast! Today, we have a special treat for you!In Season 3, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In last week's episode, we met Bryony Ella. Bryony is an inspiring artist-researcher who creates immersive and engaging public artworks that help us reimagine our relationship with nature.This episode is taken from her project, The Colour of Transformation. The Colour of Transformation is a documentary and artist film that celebrates the pioneering work of women of the global majority working in t...2024-06-0509 minScaling DevToolsAaron Francis - how to make videos developers want to watchAaron Francis is someone who needs little introduction. Especially if you've ever used Laravel or MySQL. Aaron built up the highly acclaimed PlanetScale YouTube channel and now publishes content on his own channel and founded Try Hard Studios to help developer tools make amazing video content.Here are some quotes from Aaron's viewers:hey man your videos kick ass and i cannot thank you enough for your approach with these. your videos can be watched once and understood... every single one of them... i don't know how you do it, but the way you...2024-05-301h 02
Black Earth PodcastSeason 3: How art can transform our relationship with nature with Bryony EllaIn Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In today’s episode, we meet Bryony Ella. Bryony is an inspiring artist-researcher who creates immersive and engaging public artworks that help us reimagine our relationship with nature. In this episode, Bryony talks to us about her incredible artistic practice and how an emerging idea called embodied ecology can help us reconnect with nature and rediscover ourselves as nature.Timestamps00:00 - Introduction0...2024-05-291h 02Scaling DevToolsWhat does your company brand promise? Dani Grant from Jam.devDani Grant is the founder of Jam.dev - bug reporting that developers love.In this episode we discuss:Product development & user retentionIterating to product market fitBranding - what it is/why it mattersPrioritising product features based on feedbackAI powered debuggingLinks:Jam.dev https://jam.dev/ Dani’s Twitter https://twitter.com/thedanigrant This episode is sponsored by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs.2024-05-2334 min
Black Earth PodcastSeason 3: It’s World Biodiversity Day! Join us to celebrate with the #ListenToNature ChallengeToday is World Biodiversity Day!!It's a day for us to celebrate the incredible diversity of life on our beautiful planet. Biodiversity is all about the variety and interconnectedness of life on Earth, from the soil beneath our feet to the birds above and everything in between.Instead of a regular Black Earth episode, we want you to spend one hour this week listening to nature.Have a listen to the episode to find out why biodiversity is so important and also really, really good for your wellbeing. Share this challenge w...2024-05-2205 minThe Julia La Roche Show#170 Bob Elliott: The Biggest Risk For Equity Investors Is The Economy Remains Too StrongBob Elliott, cofounder and CEO of Unlimited, which uses machine learning to create index replication ETFs of 2&20 style alternative investments like hedge funds, venture capital, and private equity, joins Julia La Roche on episode 170.
In this episode, Elliott discusses the macro picture and highlights that the economy is in an income-driven expansion, where people are spending out of their income, leading to sustainable growth. However, this income dominance is creating challenges for the Federal Reserve, as inflation remains elevated and nominal growth is strong. Elliott believes that the Fed will continue to collect more information before making any sig...2024-05-1638 minScaling DevToolsDesigning APIs with Chris Bell from Knock.appChris Bell is the founder of Knock.app - flexible, reliable notifications infrastructure.In this episode we discuss:Designing APIsThe importance of champions when selling to enterpriseHow do you justify cost of a developer tool?Selling to platform teamsLinks:Knock https://knock.app/Twitter https://twitter.com/cjbell_This episode is sponsored by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs.2024-05-1642 min
Black Earth PodcastSeason 3: Learning from nature how to design a regenerative world with Dr. Melissa SikosanaIn Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In this episode, we meet Dr Melissa Sikosana. She is a biomaterials scientist who is passionate about connecting art, science and design to solve society’s problems.Dr Melissa speaks with us about an exciting discipline called biomimicry. Biomimicry is the art and science of learning how nature creates life in order to redesign a more regenerative and resilient world. Dr Melissa shares with us wha...2024-05-151h 09Scaling DevTools3 BILLION searches per month without VC funding - Jason Bosco from TypesenseJason Bosco is the founder of Typesense. Typesense is the Open Source alternative to Algolia. Typesense is a batteries-included Search API.We discuss how Jason built Typesense to be a hugely successful company without VC funding. We talk about what revenue-funding means and why it should be considered as a viable option for founders.This episode is sponsored by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs.Links:- Jason's Twitter: https://twitter.com...2024-05-0941 min
Black Earth PodcastSeason 3: Designing economies in service of life with Tinuke ChinemeIn Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women creating innovations inspired by nature.In this episode we meet Tinuke Chineme. Tinuke is an inspiring scientist and innovator based in Calgary, Canada. She is working with black soldier flies and African Indigenous Female Entrepreneurs to develop a new economic model that transforms organic waste into wealth.Join us for this enriching conversation as we learn how to create economies that promote dignity, wellbeing and sustainability for people and our living planet.2024-05-081h 17Scaling DevToolsDigger.dev - Pivoting four times, OpenTofu & ThePrimeagenAn interview with Igor Zalutski & Utpal Nadiger from Digger.dev.Digger is an Open Source Infrastructure as Code management tool that helps orchestrate Terraform and OpenTofu within your CI/CD system.We talk about:What changed since Jack worked with DiggerHow they pivoted four times to find PMFHow do you know you have somethingOpenTofu & ThePrimeagenThis episode is sponsored by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs.Links:https://digger.dev/Igor...2024-05-0233 min
Black Earth PodcastSeason 3 Trailer - Innovation Inspired By NatureHello Black Earth fam!We are so excited to be back for Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast!!The theme for this season is 'Innovation Inspired by Nature'. Join us for this juicy and world changing season as we meet incredible black women inventors, scientists and artists who are building new worlds with the genius of mama nature. Check out the trailer to find out more.Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your favourite podcast and connect with us on Instagram, Tiktok and LinkedIn @blackearthpodcast.Love xxB...2024-05-0101 minScaling DevToolsDana Oshiro - General Partner at HeavybitDana Oshiro is a General Partner at Heavybit. Heavybit is a VC that invests exclusively in developer-first startups.What we discuss:One sharp thing. Finding an addressable chunk of a bigger opportunity. Thinking big & smallAre 5 people seriously going to support our migration from DataDog? At Facebook you had a lot of support people/systems you're forgettingFinding the sidedoorStepping up as a founderFear of hitting up the people you respect.Best founders build for themselvesDo founders get better at putting themselves out there? Speaking in front of people to make change - "there's a new approach. We de...2024-04-2548 min