Seasons & Episode
In this series premiere of Foundation, Kevin Rose interviews Jack Dorsey, the creator, co-founder and chairman of Twitter and the CEO of Square. The conversation talks of entrepreneurship, decision making, trial and error, and the path Jack took that lead to the creation of Twitter and Square.
A serial entrepreneur, the co-founder and CEO of Smule, the company behind I am T-Pain.
Founder and former CEO of SecondLife. In this episode Philip talks about his latest startup LoveMachine/Coffee & Power.
Kevin Rose interviews Tony Conrad, cofounder of About.me and a member of the founding team of True Ventures
After leaving Digg, the then 19 years old Brian founded kiip to reinvent mobile ads.
Turning away from tech after the dot-com boom, Jesse founded Samovar Tea Lounge.
In addition to being an early investor in Twitter, Chris is the founder of Lowercase Capital.
Philip is the founder of SecondLife. In this episode he gives us an update on his new business, Coffee & Power.
Jason Goldberg is the founder and CEO of Fab.com, a deal site for design lovers.
Dennis is the co-founder and CEO of Foursquare, the check-in app that evolved from Dodgeball.
Kevin sits down with John Borthwick, Founder & CEO of Betaworks, the "company of companies" behind such properties as Bit.ly, Chartbeat, Tweetdeck and many more. Kevin and John chat about the early days of the internet, the challenges of creating products for mobile platforms, how to pitch investors, what to do and what not to do in the initial stages of starting your company, and much more!
Kevin sits down with TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque. Leah stepped away from a dream-job at IBM to start her own business. Kevin and Leah talk about what it's like to start to structure a business around a great idea, how to get started in multiple markets, finding executive talent and more!
Kevin sits down with John Ham, Co-founder and CEO of the popular live-streaming service Ustream. They talk about John's time in the US Army, and how that sparked the inspiration for Ustream. They also delve into the challenges in scaling for live video, how to build a core team of employees, how to go about the difficult process of 'editing' your team, and more!
This week Kevin Rose sits down with Carsonified founder, Ryan Carson, to chat about the benefits and challenges of creating and organizing tech conferences, how to approach building new web products and more. Ryan also talks about his new company Treehouse, which aims to revolutionize technical education, and the way programming languages are taught with affordable online tutorials.
Kevin sits down with Tim Ferriss, author of the New York Times best-selling books "The 4-Hour Workweek" and "The 4-Hour Body" for a chat about his life growing up, and the challenges of writing a book. Plus, he gives Kevin a few details about his upcoming book, "The 4-Hour Chef".
Kevin Rose sits down with Kevin Systrom, founder of the popular social photo sharing app, Instagram.
Kevin Rose and Scott Harrison sit down to discuss Harrison's path from childhood to New York nightlife socialite and club promoter to founding the non-profit charity: water. This interview brings out Harrison's fascinating personal story about the transformation from "selling selfishness and decadence" to a dedication to providing the most basic of resources (clean water) to some of the most impoverished people in the world through his own reinvention of how a charity can operate.
Matt Rogers of Nest Labs shows off the newly refreshed Nest Learning Thermostat and also talks about his early days working at Apple where he worked on some of the early prototypes of the iPhone. Matt Rogers' must-do advice for startups: "Build your first core team right. For each of your core competencies of the company, you want to hire a seed crystal for that area - someone who can be hands-on, but also has the strategy and leadership to grow and build that organization."
Dave talks about getting his start in student marketing at Apple, and reflects that focus is one of the most important things he learned there. He goes on to describe his time at Facebook, where an intense focus on product utility set the product up for long-term growth. Dave also dives into the moments that inspired Path, and the different ways their team thinks about the social graph.
Hosain and Kevin discuss the entrepreneurial environment at Stanford in the 1990's, The Jetsons as design inspiration, and how his meeting with Steve Jobs shaped the future of Jawbone's first product designs.
Robyn Sue explains how she built a solid alumni network at the Stanford d.school, why she turned down a job with the FBI to become an entrepreneur, and the secrets behind the Kelvin, her one-of-a-kind instant ice cream freezer.
Chad talks about life after YouTube, hints at his latest ambition in the video collaboration space and recalls one very important breakfast meeting at Denny's.
In the newest episode of my Foundation video series, I talk with NationBuilder Founder and CEO Jim Gilliam, a two-time cancer survivor and activist. Jim discusses growing up in Silicon Valley, how he made the jump from filmmaker to tech entrepreneur, and the power of community action to turn ordinary people into leaders.
In today's episode of my Foundation series, serial entrepreneur Evan Williams talks candidly about his experiences building Blogger, Twitter, and his latest project, Medium. Ev recounts the early days of Twitter, shares what he's learned about how to scale fast-growth products, and explains his philosophy about the power of collaboration.
For the latest episode of my Foundation series, I interviewed Evernote CEO Phil Libin live from START SF. Phil discusses his views on the "cloud" moniker, Evernote's plans to be a hundred-year-old startup, and how to make encryption sexy.
In this episode of my Foundation video series, I travel to Las Vegas to interview famed illusionist, magician, and entrepreneur David Copperfield. David explains how he combines magic with storytelling, recounts the moment when Francis Ford Coppola taught him to text, and shares his theory that people who are eternally curious are never truly satisfied.
In this episode of my Foundation video series, I sit down over some craft beers with entrepreneur and Circa founder Matt Galligan. Matt and I discuss the concept of breaking news and Circa's second version of its news app for iOS and Android.
In this episode of my Foundation video series, I sit down for a chat with Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong. We chat about Bitcoin, his first Android wallet project, and the insane security he uses to protect your coins.
Nest founder and CEO Tony Fadell following the announcement of it acquisition by Google
I sat down with Secret's co-founder David Byttow for a revealing conversation about his time as an engineer at Google, Medium, and Square, and how he gained the courage to break out on his own as an entrepreneur.
Jackson is the brains behind the fast-growing cryptocurrency known as Dogecoin. We discuss the Dogecoin community's ability to raise money for good (like sending the Jamaican Bobsled team to Sochi), and Jackson's views on what digital currency will look like in five years.
CEO Anthony Casalena. Anthony provides a fascinating look at the Squarespace ideation narrative, and the company's short-term and long-term goals.
Dennis talks about the new Foursquare as well as splitting off check-ins into his new app called Swarm.
In this episode of Foundation, Kevin sits down with well-known celebrity chef and entrepreneur Jamie Oliver. He and Jamie discuss his lifelong passion for cooking and how technology can positively impact our food system.
In this episode of Foundation, I sit down with a long-time mentor and friend, Leo Laporte. Leo was the star of TechTV and is the founder of TWiT. We discuss his early days as a fry cook at McDonald’s, how the concept of This Week in Tech was born, and the importance of keeping a positive attitude.