STRICTLY FROM NOWHERE
A podcast experiment by Cause of a Kind. Unscripted conversations with builders, creators, and interesting humans about the messy, unglamorous road to extraordinary.
John Crickett | The Ai Landscape
As of this recording, all three AI providers went down. So we recorded a podcast instead. Mike Rispoli sits back down with John Crickett, founder of Coding Challenges, for his second appearance. No origin story this time. Just two people who run their own businesses talking honestly about what building software actually feels like right now. John built apps in C++, Rust, Zig, Go and Swift in the last month. He had never written a line of Swift. He also spent four hours building a working Mac app and then weeks fighting Apple bureaucracy to ship it. We get into: Why nobody wants to learn a programming language anymore, and whether that is fine Mike's two day experiment writing code entirely by hand, and what it revealed about the old economics The agent that quietly created a GitHub Action in his personal account to route around a Cloudflare bug Why "just tell it what not to do" is terrible advice, and the elephant problem behind it Codify your values, not your prohibitions Why sound type systems beat TypeScript when an agent is the one writing The salaried engineer and the business owner have completely different token math Multi agent factories, and why Mike's collapsed back down to two When a rewrite is malpractice and when it is obviously correct Scope creep, and why it stopped being a conversation Connect with John: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ X: https://x.com/johncrickett Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.fyi CTO Confidential is part of the Strictly From Nowhere podcast experiment. New episodes weekly. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAstEyCK6YsKVTTRsQr37w ──────────────────────────────── LISTEN ON ALL PLATFORMS Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1V4SjmlnG2sntDnck8UrGW Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-from-nowhere-a-podcast-experiment-by-cause/id1804380172 iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-strictly-from-nowhere-a-po-315649122/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAstEyCK6YsKVTTRsQr37w SUPPORT THE SHOW Patreon http://patreon.com/StrictlyFromNowhere CONNECT WITH US LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/strictly-from-nowhere Website https://strictlyfromnowhere.com ──────────────────────────────── FOLLOW JUSTIN ABRAMS | @cuzzinjustin LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cuzzinjustin/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cuzzinjustin/ X https://x.com/cuzzinjustin TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@cuzzinjustin Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cuzzinjustin24 Website https://www.cuzzinjustin.com ──────────────────────────────── FOLLOW MIKE RISPOLI | @mike_rispoli_cto LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rispoli-cto/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mike_rispoli_cto/ X https://x.com/michael_rispoli TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@mike_rispoli Website https://michaelrispoli.com/ ──────────────────────────────── CAUSE OF A KIND | @causeofakind Website https://www.causeofakind.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/cause-of-a-kind Instagram https://www.instagram.com/causeofakind/ X https://x.com/causeofakind TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@causeofakind Newsletter Signup http://eepurl.com/gcc-yj Newsletter Archive https://us16.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=847ea1526d6523a41ef1eb5a5&id=48d53e9627 ──────────────────────────────── OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS CodeDojo https://github.com/Cause-of-a-Kind/code-dojo-core OCR Ruby GEM https://activestorage-ocr-demo.fly.dev/ ──────────────────────────────── COMMUNITY INITIATIVES Long Island Technologists https://www.longislandtechnologists.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-island-technologists-networking https://www.instagram.com/longislandtechnologists/ ──────────────────────────────── We Build Products, Because We Want Them To Exist https://coakstudio.com ──────────────────────────────── Brought to you by Cause of a Kind A boutique software development and startup studio from Long Island, New York Stand up. Show up. Build.
Always Be Shipping Software - Episode #067
Two guys who got tired of paying for software they could just build. Justin and Mike push play on The Stand Up after a long break and demo everything they have shipped over the last stretch. They estimate they have killed two to three thousand dollars a month in subscriptions over six months by rebuilding tools in their own likeness. This one is technical and unedited. Real screen shares, real bottlenecks, real diagnosing a server mid episode. What we demo: A custom DAM built on Tigris and fly.io, replacing Google Drive for a terabyte of podcast archives Temporary public links that self revoke after 24 or 48 hours, for videos and SOWs alike Why a tag system beats a folder tree when an MCP is the thing doing the searching The transcript problem, and why timestamped transcripts are what make a content library actually queryable Riverside pricing, the API tier, and why book a demo always means bread OmaLoom, an open source Loom replacement built as an Omarchy Quattro plugin SkillDeck, a private Git package registry for agent skills, written in Rust The DaisyUI skill that was hijacking every project and started the whole thing Own your content or centralize it. We explain why we picked the harder road and who should pick the other one. Skilldeck - https://github.com/Cause-of-a-Kind/skilldeck Omaloom- https://github.com/Cause-of-a-Kind/omaloom ──────────────────────────────── LISTEN ON ALL PLATFORMS Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1V4SjmlnG2sntDnck8UrGW Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-from-nowhere-a-podcast-experiment-by-cause/id1804380172 iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-strictly-from-nowhere-a-po-315649122/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAstEyCK6YsKVTTRsQr37w SUPPORT THE SHOW Patreon http://patreon.com/StrictlyFromNowhere CONNECT WITH US LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/strictly-from-nowhere Website https://strictlyfromnowhere.com ──────────────────────────────── FOLLOW JUSTIN ABRAMS | @cuzzinjustin LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cuzzinjustin/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cuzzinjustin/ X https://x.com/cuzzinjustin TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@cuzzinjustin Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cuzzinjustin24 Website https://www.cuzzinjustin.com ──────────────────────────────── FOLLOW MIKE RISPOLI | @mike_rispoli_cto LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rispoli-cto/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mike_rispoli_cto/ X https://x.com/michael_rispoli TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@mike_rispoli Website https://michaelrispoli.com/ ──────────────────────────────── CAUSE OF A KIND | @causeofakind Website https://www.causeofakind.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/cause-of-a-kind Instagram https://www.instagram.com/causeofakind/ X https://x.com/causeofakind TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@causeofakind Newsletter Signup http://eepurl.com/gcc-yj Newsletter Archive https://us16.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=847ea1526d6523a41ef1eb5a5&id=48d53e9627 ──────────────────────────────── OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS CodeDojo https://github.com/Cause-of-a-Kind/code-dojo-core OCR Ruby GEM https://activestorage-ocr-demo.fly.dev/ ──────────────────────────────── COMMUNITY INITIATIVES Long Island Technologists https://www.longislandtechnologists.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-island-technologists-networking https://www.instagram.com/longislandtechnologists/ ──────────────────────────────── We Build Products, Because We Want Them To Exist https://coakstudio.com ──────────────────────────────── Brought to you by Cause of a Kind A boutique software development and startup studio from Long Island, New York Stand up. Show up. Build.
Jerry Balentine, President of NYIT | Rebranding Long Island as Silicon Island
Ask a plumber if he needs AI and he will tell you he puts pipes together. Now imagine software that reads his schedule, tells him what to load in the truck before he leaves, predicts what each job will need, and reorders the day so the quick ones clear early. Same guy. Same pipes. Completely different business. In this episode of Forward to Extraordinary, Justin Abrams sits down with Dr. Jerry Balentine, fifth president of New York Institute of Technology. Born in Germany, trained in emergency medicine in the South Bronx, and the guy who said yes when two bosses said no to opening an urgent care center on Rikers Island. Three industries later, he runs a university. This one is for Long Island, and for anybody who thinks innovation is something that happens somewhere else. We get into: Why AI is an opportunity for Long Island, not a disruptor A minor in AI open to nursing, accounting, and architecture students Students who are years ahead of their professors and their president The 39 student startups on campus and the building New York Tech gave them Why the talent Long Island breeds keeps leaving, and what would make it stay Built with AI versus uses AI, and why Main Street is closer to this than it thinks If you have never failed on a project, you have not done enough projects Three careers, one discovery: the problems are always the same Learn more about New York Tech: https://www.nyit.edu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerry.balentine/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-balentine-41139082/ New York Tech website: Office of the President: https://www.nyit.edu/about/leadership/president/ Full bio page: https://www.nyit.edu/bio/president/ Forward to Extraordinary is part of the Strictly From Nowhere podcast experiment. New episodes weekly. ──────────────────────────────── LISTEN ON ALL PLATFORMS Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1V4SjmlnG2sntDnck8UrGW Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-from-nowhere-a-podcast-experiment-by-cause/id1804380172 iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-strictly-from-nowhere-a-po-315649122/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAstEyCK6YsKVTTRsQr37w SUPPORT THE SHOW Patreon http://patreon.com/StrictlyFromNowhere CONNECT WITH US LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/strictly-from-nowhere Website https://strictlyfromnowhere.com ──────────────────────────────── FOLLOW JUSTIN ABRAMS | @cuzzinjustin LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cuzzinjustin/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cuzzinjustin/ X https://x.com/cuzzinjustin TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@cuzzinjustin Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cuzzinjustin24 Website https://www.cuzzinjustin.com ──────────────────────────────── CAUSE OF A KIND | @causeofakind Website https://www.causeofakind.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/cause-of-a-kind Instagram https://www.instagram.com/causeofakind/ X https://x.com/causeofakind TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@causeofakind Newsletter Signup http://eepurl.com/gcc-yj Newsletter Archive https://us16.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=847ea1526d6523a41ef1eb5a5&id=48d53e9627 ──────────────────────────────── OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS CodeDojo https://github.com/Cause-of-a-Kind/code-dojo-core OCR Ruby GEM https://activestorage-ocr-demo.fly.dev/ ──────────────────────────────── COMMUNITY INITIATIVES Long Island Technologists https://www.longislandtechnologists.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-island-technologists-networking https://www.instagram.com/longislandtechnologists/ ──────────────────────────────── We Build Products, Because We Want Them To Exist https://coakstudio.com ──────────────────────────────── Brought to you by Cause of a Kind A boutique software development and startup studio from Long Island, New York Stand up. Show up. Build.
Youmie Jean Francois, Founder @ Flex n Fly | Don't Negotiate With Doubt
She saw a man praying in an airport and thought, that looks like downward dog. That thought became a company.In this episode of Forward to Extraordinary, Justin Abrams sits down with Youmie Jean Francois, founder and CEO of Flex-N-Fly, The Flex Bags, and The Flex-N-Fly Foundation. Former professional backup dancer. Private pilot. Speaks four languages. Haitian born and New York City raised.She was set to launch inside JFK in April 2020. Then the world closed. She lost her investors, pivoted into physical product, and the bags kept the whole thing alive.This one goes somewhere deeper than a business story. Youmie talks openly about building an entire successful life from inside survival mode, and what happened when she finally got to put that down.We get into:The airport moment that started everythingWhy survival mode might be the best time to start a business, and the cost of staying thereManifesting from your full self instead of from desperationLosing her cat, and realizing she was grieving the last piece of her old lifeFreedom that arrives before you feel ready for itBeing your own worst enemy, and refusing to negotiate with doubtIncreasing your surface area for luckInside the Flex-N-Fly Foundation: aviation access, free wellness in Washington Square Park, and an intergenerational program pairing elders with youthConnect with Youmie:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambitiousyf/Website: https://hernameisyoumie.comFlex-N-Fly: https://flexnfly.com────────────────────────────────LISTEN ON ALL PLATFORMSSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1V4SjmlnG2sntDnck8UrGWApple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-from-nowhere-a-podcast-experiment-by-cause/id1804380172iHeart Radiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-strictly-from-nowhere-a-po-315649122/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAstEyCK6YsKVTTRsQr37wSUPPORT THE SHOWPatreonhttp://patreon.com/StrictlyFromNowhereCONNECT WITH USLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/strictly-from-nowhereWebsitehttps://strictlyfromnowhere.com────────────────────────────────FOLLOW JUSTIN ABRAMS | @cuzzinjustinLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cuzzinjustin/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cuzzinjustin/Xhttps://x.com/cuzzinjustinTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@cuzzinjustinFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/cuzzinjustin24Websitehttps://www.cuzzinjustin.com────────────────────────────────FOLLOW MIKE RISPOLI | @mike_rispoli_ctoLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rispoli-cto/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mike_rispoli_cto/Xhttps://x.com/michael_rispoliTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@mike_rispoliWebsitehttps://michaelrispoli.com/────────────────────────────────CAUSE OF A KIND | @causeofakindWebsitehttps://www.causeofakind.comLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/cause-of-a-kindInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/causeofakind/Xhttps://x.com/causeofakindTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@causeofakindNewsletter Signuphttp://eepurl.com/gcc-yjNewsletter Archivehttps://us16.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=847ea1526d6523a41ef1eb5a5&id=48d53e9627────────────────────────────────OPEN SOURCE PROJECTSCodeDojohttps://github.com/Cause-of-a-Kind/code-dojo-coreOCR Ruby GEMhttps://activestorage-ocr-demo.fly.dev/────────────────────────────────COMMUNITY INITIATIVESLong Island Technologistshttps://www.longislandtechnologists.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/long-island-technologists-networkinghttps://www.instagram.com/longislandtechnologists/────────────────────────────────We Build Products, Because We Want Them To Existhttps://coakstudio.com────────────────────────────────Brought to you by Cause of a KindA boutique software development and startup studio from Long Island, New YorkStand up. Show up. Build.
Steph Porter, Founder @ Ink&Iron | Social Media Is Dead, But PR Is Alive And Well
Public relations used to mean one shot at one placement in one publication and hoping it landed.In this episode of Forward to Extraordinary, Justin Abrams sits down with Steph Porter, founder of ink&iron PR. Steph started as a theater major, pivoted to communications on the advice of a campus counselor, and built a career running campaigns for brands like Walmart and Tim Hortons before leaving corporate to build her own shop in Grand Rapids.She calls herself a commsager. She would do this work for free.This one takes a hard left partway through into something more personal. Both Justin and Steph open up about the loss and adversity behind their reason why, and how that becomes the thing that actually keeps you showing up.We get into:From performing arts to PR and the counselor conversation that changed everythingCreate once, publish everywhere, and why one placement should become ten assetsIntentional media over mass media, and why podcasts and newsletters now outperform the press releaseSEO, and now GEO, when people search you through AIReal media training, which is mostly just finding a person's actual passionNever being satisfied and the pursuit of masteryThe entrepreneur who never fully turns offWhy your reason why is your unique superpowerConnect with Steph:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephporter/ink&iron PR: https://inkandironpr.com────────────────────────────────LISTEN ON ALL PLATFORMSSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1V4SjmlnG2sntDnck8UrGWApple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-from-nowhere-a-podcast-experiment-by-cause/id1804380172iHeart Radiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-strictly-from-nowhere-a-po-315649122/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAstEyCK6YsKVTTRsQr37wSUPPORT THE SHOWPatreonhttp://patreon.com/StrictlyFromNowhereCONNECT WITH USLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/strictly-from-nowhereWebsitehttps://strictlyfromnowhere.com────────────────────────────────FOLLOW JUSTIN ABRAMS | @cuzzinjustinLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cuzzinjustin/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cuzzinjustin/Xhttps://x.com/cuzzinjustinTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@cuzzinjustinFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/cuzzinjustin24Websitehttps://www.cuzzinjustin.com────────────────────────────────FOLLOW MIKE RISPOLI | @mike_rispoli_ctoLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rispoli-cto/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mike_rispoli_cto/Xhttps://x.com/michael_rispoliTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@mike_rispoliWebsitehttps://michaelrispoli.com/────────────────────────────────CAUSE OF A KIND | @causeofakindWebsitehttps://www.causeofakind.comLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/cause-of-a-kindInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/causeofakind/Xhttps://x.com/causeofakindTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@causeofakindNewsletter Signuphttp://eepurl.com/gcc-yjNewsletter Archivehttps://us16.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=847ea1526d6523a41ef1eb5a5&id=48d53e9627────────────────────────────────OPEN SOURCE PROJECTSCodeDojohttps://github.com/Cause-of-a-Kind/code-dojo-coreOCR Ruby GEMhttps://activestorage-ocr-demo.fly.dev/────────────────────────────────COMMUNITY INITIATIVESLong Island Technologistshttps://www.longislandtechnologists.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/long-island-technologists-networkinghttps://www.instagram.com/longislandtechnologists/────────────────────────────────We Build Products, Because We Want Them To Existhttps://coakstudio.com────────────────────────────────Brought to you by Cause of a KindA boutique software development and startup studio from Long Island, New YorkStand up. Show up. Build.
Jeremy Suriel, Founder & CTO @ Kustomer | Human-in-the-Loop Software
Before software as a service had a name, Jeremy Suriel was burning customer service software onto CDs and mailing it to enterprises.In this episode of CTO Confidential, Mike Rispoli sits down with Jeremy Suriel, cofounder and CTO of Kustomer. Jeremy has been building in this space since 1997, starting with chat servers for GeoCities and Lycos, then a widget company Mark Cuban backed and AOL acquired, then Assistly, which Salesforce bought and turned into Desk.com.Nearly thirty years of watching the same fundamentals survive every platform shift.We get into:Chat servers, Java applets, and shipping software on physical mediaWhy they took the worst offer on the table because it came from Mark CubanPivoting a virtual desktop into a widget business over margaritasWhy AI should drive and humans should approveThe 10 percent of customer conversations where brand loyalty actually gets builtWhat proactive support looks like when it worksWhy pricing is the boring problem blocking the exciting featuresWhere junior engineers get real experience in an AI native worldWhat Jeremy actually screens for when hiring nowConnect with Jeremy:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremys/X: https://x.com/jeremysurielKustomer: https://www.kustomer.com────────────────────────────────LISTEN ON ALL PLATFORMSSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1V4SjmlnG2sntDnck8UrGWApple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-from-nowhere-a-podcast-experiment-by-cause/id1804380172iHeart Radiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-strictly-from-nowhere-a-po-315649122/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAstEyCK6YsKVTTRsQr37wSUPPORT THE SHOWPatreonhttp://patreon.com/StrictlyFromNowhereCONNECT WITH USLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/strictly-from-nowhereWebsitehttps://strictlyfromnowhere.com────────────────────────────────FOLLOW JUSTIN ABRAMS | @cuzzinjustinLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cuzzinjustin/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cuzzinjustin/Xhttps://x.com/cuzzinjustinTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@cuzzinjustinFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/cuzzinjustin24Websitehttps://www.cuzzinjustin.com────────────────────────────────FOLLOW MIKE RISPOLI | @mike_rispoli_ctoLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rispoli-cto/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mike_rispoli_cto/Xhttps://x.com/michael_rispoliTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@mike_rispoliWebsitehttps://michaelrispoli.com/────────────────────────────────CAUSE OF A KIND | @causeofakindWebsitehttps://www.causeofakind.comLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/cause-of-a-kindInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/causeofakind/Xhttps://x.com/causeofakindTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@causeofakindNewsletter Signuphttp://eepurl.com/gcc-yjNewsletter Archivehttps://us16.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=847ea1526d6523a41ef1eb5a5&id=48d53e9627────────────────────────────────OPEN SOURCE PROJECTSCodeDojohttps://github.com/Cause-of-a-Kind/code-dojo-coreOCR Ruby GEMhttps://activestorage-ocr-demo.fly.dev/────────────────────────────────COMMUNITY INITIATIVESLong Island Technologistshttps://www.longislandtechnologists.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/long-island-technologists-networkinghttps://www.instagram.com/longislandtechnologists/────────────────────────────────We Build Products, Because We Want Them To Existhttps://coakstudio.com────────────────────────────────Brought to you by Cause of a KindA boutique software development and startup studio from Long Island, New YorkStand up. Show up. Build.
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, Founder @ WatchMojo | Content is King, But Distribution is Queen
What does it take to build one of the largest channels on YouTube without ever raising a dollar?In this episode of Forward to Extraordinary, Justin Abrams sits down with Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, Founder and CEO of WatchMojo. Ashkan bet on YouTube in 2006 when people at conferences thought he was out of his mind. He bootstrapped through a lawsuit, a cash crunch, and years of quiet building before the business ever broke even.This one goes deep on the mechanics of attention, the honest role of luck, and why the future belongs to operators who actually understand people.We get into:Why the best entrepreneur is a good social scientistVision, ambition, execution, persistence, luck, and timingWhy content is king but distribution is queenBuild the product first or build the audience firstThe Sound Mojo experiment and what the backlash taught him about timingProphets as the original entrepreneursWhy people skills are the last real moatWhy there are no limits unless you set them or let someone else set them for youConnect with Ashkan:X: https://x.com/ashkanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashkank/WatchMojo: https://www.youtube.com/WatchMojo────────────────────────────────LISTEN ON ALL PLATFORMSSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1V4SjmlnG2sntDnck8UrGWApple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-from-nowhere-a-podcast-experiment-by-cause/id1804380172iHeart Radiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-strictly-from-nowhere-a-po-315649122/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAstEyCK6YsKVTTRsQr37wSUPPORT THE SHOWPatreonhttp://patreon.com/StrictlyFromNowhereCONNECT WITH USLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/strictly-from-nowhereWebsitehttps://strictlyfromnowhere.com────────────────────────────────FOLLOW JUSTIN ABRAMS | @cuzzinjustinLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cuzzinjustin/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cuzzinjustin/Xhttps://x.com/cuzzinjustinTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@cuzzinjustinFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/cuzzinjustin24Websitehttps://www.cuzzinjustin.com────────────────────────────────FOLLOW MIKE RISPOLI | @mike_rispoli_ctoLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rispoli-cto/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mike_rispoli_cto/Xhttps://x.com/michael_rispoliTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@mike_rispoliWebsitehttps://michaelrispoli.com/────────────────────────────────CAUSE OF A KIND | @causeofakindWebsitehttps://www.causeofakind.comLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/cause-of-a-kindInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/causeofakind/Xhttps://x.com/causeofakindTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@causeofakindNewsletter Signuphttp://eepurl.com/gcc-yjNewsletter Archivehttps://us16.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=847ea1526d6523a41ef1eb5a5&id=48d53e9627────────────────────────────────OPEN SOURCE PROJECTSCodeDojohttps://github.com/Cause-of-a-Kind/code-dojo-coreOCR Ruby GEMhttps://activestorage-ocr-demo.fly.dev/────────────────────────────────COMMUNITY INITIATIVESLong Island Technologistshttps://www.longislandtechnologists.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/long-island-technologists-networkinghttps://www.instagram.com/longislandtechnologists/────────────────────────────────We Build Products, Because We Want Them To Existhttps://coakstudio.com────────────────────────────────Brought to you by Cause of a KindA boutique software development and startup studio from Long Island, New YorkStand up. Show up. Build.
Bart Lewin | The Power of Non Equity Financing
Mike sits down with Bart Lewin, a four decade technology veteran, serial entrepreneur with seven startup exits, and a consultant who helps small tech companies grow. Bart is building a practice around a model most founders have never considered. Non equity financing.The idea is simple and powerful. Instead of chasing tiny subscriptions while diluting your equity to raise venture capital, license the know how you already built to enterprises that will pay premium prices for it. You keep your equity, build a moat around your IP, validate the product, and fund your next plateau without giving away the farm.They also get into why you should never fall in love with your merchandise, how trust wins million dollar projects that no one finds on Google, the move from time and materials to value based pricing, and why wisdom is knowing when you are done.A grounded, honest conversation about building a business you actually love.Topics covered:Non equity financing for SaaSDo not fall in love with your merchandiseNetworking and million dollar projectsFractional CTO, focus on sales not fundingFind your unfair advantageWisdom is knowing when to stopWebsite: https://www.bartlewin.com────────────────────────────────LISTEN ON ALL PLATFORMSSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1V4SjmlnG2sntDnck8UrGWApple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-from-nowhere-a-podcast-experiment-by-cause/id1804380172iHeart Radiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-strictly-from-nowhere-a-po-315649122/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWAstEyCK6YsKVTTRsQr37wSUPPORT THE SHOWPatreonhttp://patreon.com/StrictlyFromNowhereCONNECT WITH USLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/strictly-from-nowhereWebsitehttps://strictlyfromnowhere.com────────────────────────────────FOLLOW JUSTIN ABRAMS | @cuzzinjustinLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cuzzinjustin/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cuzzinjustin/Xhttps://x.com/cuzzinjustinTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@cuzzinjustinFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/cuzzinjustin24Websitehttps://www.cuzzinjustin.com────────────────────────────────FOLLOW MIKE RISPOLI | @mike_rispoli_ctoLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rispoli-cto/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mike_rispoli_cto/Xhttps://x.com/michael_rispoliTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@mike_rispoliWebsitehttps://michaelrispoli.com/────────────────────────────────CAUSE OF A KIND | @causeofakindWebsitehttps://www.causeofakind.comLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/cause-of-a-kindInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/causeofakind/Xhttps://x.com/causeofakindTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@causeofakindNewsletter Signuphttp://eepurl.com/gcc-yjNewsletter Archivehttps://us16.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=847ea1526d6523a41ef1eb5a5&id=48d53e9627────────────────────────────────OPEN SOURCE PROJECTSCodeDojohttps://github.com/Cause-of-a-Kind/code-dojo-coreOCR Ruby GEMhttps://activestorage-ocr-demo.fly.dev/────────────────────────────────COMMUNITY INITIATIVESLong Island Technologistshttps://www.longislandtechnologists.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/long-island-technologists-networkinghttps://www.instagram.com/longislandtechnologists/────────────────────────────────We Build Products, Because We Want Them To Existhttps://coakstudio.com────────────────────────────────Brought to you by Cause of a KindA boutique software development and startup studio from Long Island, New YorkStand up. Show up. Build.