DevOps for Founders and CEOs
Alan and Jim discuss DevOps -- the intersection of software development and managing the deployment and operations of software. We provide a simple layman's definition of DevOps and then address comm...
3 Juni 201633min
Debunking The Failure Mythology
Devin and Jim spend some time talking about the "Failure Mythology" -- the idea that you need to fail in a big way on the path to building a great company. (Aka "The Steve Jobs Story") It's a popular...
19 Maj 201641min
Radio Killed the Podcast Star
Small change of pace. Here's a replay of Kristina's WGN Business Lunch interview talking about private equity, being a mom and other fun stuff.
13 Maj 201614min
Bootstrapping & Selling Your Software Company
Devin sits down with Dave Will, the founder of Peach New Media, a software company he founded, bootstrapped and recently sold to AccelKKR. Dave gets philosophical about building culture and stepping a...
3 Maj 201655min
Can Unicorns Hurt Buyouts?
Devin and Jim talk about Unicorns -- not the mythical horse with a horn, but rather the club of billion-dollar-plus tech companies. How is this market different than the late 90s? How do Unicorns affe...
26 Apr 201650min
Board Meetings -- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Devin and Jim welcome their partner Kristina to her first podcast where they talk about how to run a good board meeting. Who to invite, what to cover, what to avoid and how to manage your PE board mem...
19 Apr 20161h 4min
It's a LOG way to the top if you want to rock'n'roll
Alan and Jim spend some time talking about tracking events and errors in application software logs. Most companies are at least monitoring their web logs and database error logs these days -- but w...
15 Apr 201648min
March Madness 2016 -- Elite Eight
It's our annual March Madness show. Hosted by two guys that don't know a THING about college basketball -- so our March Madness is all about Private Equity. This year we are starting with the Elite...
4 Apr 201652min
