From 2016 to 2020, 1.6 billion people will start using a smartphone for the first time — not tech-savvy twenty-somethings from Silicon Valley, but all sorts of people from India, China, Indonesia, and the most remote corners of the developing world. These people are the next billion, and they are the face of today's explosive growth in the mobile e…

In this episode, Justin is joined by Mbithe Nzomo, software developer at Andela and the head of Django Girls Nairobi. She is currently on her first trip to the USA to speak at a variety of tech conferences around the nation. She may only be 4' 10" but what she lacks in height, she makes up for in coding ability. She leads Nairobi’s division of Djan…

In this episode, Justin is joined by Scott Haug, VP of Software Engineering at Glowforge. Glowforge is a Seattle based 3D laser printing startup that broke a crowdfunding record in 2015 after generating $27.9 million in sales during a 30 day period, so clearly people are excited about it. Prior to Glowforge, Scott worked for Myspace, was with Spark…

In this episode, Justin is joined by Chris Woodford, Head of Engineering at Gobble. Gobble provides meal kits that allow their customers to create great dinners in only 10 minutes with one pan. Chris has been with the company since the very early days, and used to spend his days writing software, and his night’s responding to customer service inqui…

In this episode, Justin is joined by Wade Foster, Co-Founder and CEO of Zapier. Zapier is a web automation app that allows you to build Zaps that automate parts of your business or life. Basically, a Zap is a blueprint for a task you want to do over and over and it functions for example like this: when I get a new thing in A, do this other thing in…

In this episode, Justin is joined by Jon Chan, a developer on the Q&A team at Stack Overflow. Stack Overflow is the world’s largest website for developers, and they function as a question and answer resource for professional and enthusiast programmers. They also release an annual Developer Survey each year that reveals the hottest trends in the ind…