Startups, AI, and Nectir with Jordan Long
Ardan Labs Podcast16 Huhti 2025

Startups, AI, and Nectir with Jordan Long

In this episode, Bill Kennedy interviews Jordan Long, co-founder and CTO of Nectir. They discuss Jordan's journey from high school in Hawaii to college at UCSB, his early interests in music and technology, and the challenges he faced in finding his path. Jordan shares his experiences with entrepreneurship, including his initial idea for a rideshare platform and the eventual creation of Nectir, a platform designed to connect students in the same classes. The conversation highlights the importa...

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Work Ethic, Entrepreneurship, and Engineering with Kelsey Hightower

Work Ethic, Entrepreneurship, and Engineering with Kelsey Hightower

Kelsey Hightower is a Principal Engineer at Google Cloud, open-source advocate, and one of our favorite speakers in tech. We hear about his early experiences with computers, thoughts on CS degree vs s...

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Music, Mentorship, and Programming with Mark Bates

Music, Mentorship, and Programming with Mark Bates

Mark Bates is the co-founder at Gopher Guides, papercall.io, and gobuffalo.io. Many of us know Mark for his programming expertise but much of this episode is focused around his passion for music. Musi...

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Facing Fears, Growth Mindset, and Kubernetes with Gergely Brautigam

Facing Fears, Growth Mindset, and Kubernetes with Gergely Brautigam

Gergely Brautigam is a software developer at Weaveworks working with Go & Kubernetes. As he describes it, Gergely knew he wanted to work with computers from the first time his mother brought home a ZX...

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Telnet Games, Baghdad, and Silicon Valley with Sarah Murphy

Telnet Games, Baghdad, and Silicon Valley with Sarah Murphy

Sarah Murphy is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at WePay. Sarah’s curiosity and willingness to take leaps took her all over the world, from being a journalist in Baghdad to working with top Silicon...

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Don’t Walk, Sprint! with Miriah Peterson

Don’t Walk, Sprint! with Miriah Peterson

Miriah Peterson is a data engineer at Weave, a founder of the Forge Foundation, and the founder for the Women Who Go Utah. If you think she’s busy now, just tune in to hear about her childhood. Miriah...

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Part 2: Persistence, Goals, and a Growth Mindset with Steve Hoffman

Part 2: Persistence, Goals, and a Growth Mindset with Steve Hoffman

In this episode, we pick up where we left off with Steve Hoffman. Last we heard, he had just launched a few successful video games in the mid-90’s. Steve then started a new company focused on interact...

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Part 1: Persistence, Goals, and a Growth Mindset with Steve Hoffman

Part 1: Persistence, Goals, and a Growth Mindset with Steve Hoffman

Steve Hoffman is a CEO, author, angel investor, and above all a creator. Steve currently runs a global startup incubator called Founders Space but his life has taken many turns to reach this place. So...

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Computer Science by Accident with Ronna Steinberg

Computer Science by Accident with Ronna Steinberg

Ronna Steinberg is currently the Chapter Lead for Women Who Go Berlin and Senior Software Engineer for Delivery Hero. In this episode, we hear how many unexpected events led Ronna into tech and even G...

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