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Figuring out how to rapidly scale a novel type of e-commerce business is never easy—but try doing it during an unprecedented global pandemic. Just ask Scott Cutler, the CEO of online marketplace StockX. Cutler—whose Detroit company started of

How to Build Applications Securely and Run Them in Production, Without Really Trying

Dec 19th, 2020 26m

The volume of software code being written by companies for new and existing software applications is exploding today—and growing even more due to Covid-19. Many enterprises are speeding up digital-transformation efforts that were in the works b

The Secrets to Building a Product-Led Organization

Oct 26th, 2020 29m 5s

If you’re a tech CEO, you’ve probably heard of “product led growth.” But what about a product-led company? In this episode of Powered by Battery, we speak with Todd Olson, the CEO of software company Pendo*, who’s written a book on how to build

Banking on Digital Upgrades in the Financial Sector—Even in a Pandemic

Sep 29th, 2020 24m 43s

Banks and credit unions haven’t always been the quickest adopters of new, digital tools. But could the global pandemic push them along? In this episode of Powered by Battery, we chat with Dede Wakefield, CEO of financial-technology firm Alogent

How a Canadian “Cobot”-Application Company Used the Pandemic to Re-Tool

Aug 28th, 2020 24m 6s

How do you stay connected with partners and customers without traveling—and keep employees motivated when they feel like every interaction with a co-worker is a draining, formal meeting? How do you onboard new employees remotely? Most of all, h

How One NYC-Area Bank Is Carving a New Path in Fin-Tech Amidst a Pandemic

Jul 20th, 2020 25m 7s

In this episode of Powered by Battery, we talk with Cross River Bank's CEO, Gilles Gade, about the company’s origins, how it is dealing with the pandemic and what a return to work for his employees will look like. Have a listen.

Is the Future of Hotels Contactless?

Jun 25th, 2020 29m 21s

On this episode of Powered by Battery we talk to the founder of hotel-software provider Mews. Mews’ founder, Czech-born Richard Valtr, comes from a family of hotel operators in Europe and has a far-reaching vision of how hotels can offer better

Navigating a Pandemic as a Healthcare-IT CEO

Jun 8th, 2020 30m 25s

In this episode of Powered by Battery, we chat with Redox* CEO Luke Bonney, who started Redox out of a digital-health incubator in Madison, Wisc. Redox’s platform helps everyone from small startups to large enterprises—including customers such

When Your Entire Business Is On a Screen with Clark Valberg, CEO of InVision

Oct 16th, 2019 41m 53s

We now live in a screen-focused era in which modern businesses are really apps with businesses attached—and not the other way around, says Clark Valberg, the CEO of InVision*, a company which makes popular digital product-design software. This

Building a Whopper of a Customer-Engagement Platform: Bill Magnuson of Braze

Sep 25th, 2019 33m 35s

In this episode of Powered by Battery, Braze CEO Bill Magnuson breaks down the role his company played in the innovative Whopper campaign but also talks about what it’s like to run a fast-growing tech company in New York; how to manage a compan

Your Company Needs “Boring AI” to Avoid Becoming Obsolete, says Databricks Chief Ali Ghodsi

Sep 12th, 2019 28m 51s

Many technology CEOs come from the nation’s top business schools, or emerge from Silicon Valley garages. Others come by way of Iran, Sweden and the University of California at Berkeley’s computer-science department.That’s Ali Ghodsi’s story,

It’s All About the Content: Marketing Tactics for “Category Creation” in Tech from Anthony Kennada

Aug 16th, 2019 27m 51s

Do you run a technology company that doesn’t fit neatly into an existing tech category—say, CRM software, data analytics or collaboration tools? One that doesn’t get much analyst coverage (because analysts don’t know how to classify you) or att

The Doctor Is In: WebPT’s Nancy Ham Talks Healthcare-IT, Opioids and Diversity

Aug 5th, 2019 21m 27s

Did you know that only ten percent of Americans who need physical therapy are actually getting it? Nancy Ham, the CEO of rehab-software company WebPT, knows it—and is busy scaling a large technology business to make sure more people get the car

Talking Tech Regulation, Privacy and Free Speech with “The Decider”, Nicole Wong

Jul 26th, 2019 45m 16s

Big tech is under scrutiny like never before today, with government regulators grilling—and fining—large tech companies for not adequately protecting consumers’ privacy online. Nicole Wong, a former deputy general counsel at Google who later se

Tales from Former Enterprise-Tech CEO, Max Schireson

Jul 15th, 2019 39m 46s

On this episode of Powered by Battery, we chat with Max Schireson, a Battery executive-in-residence who previously served as the CEO of open-source database company MongoDB.After growing up in a tent in Canada (his parents were hippies), Max

How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Calendar? Lessons in Office Productivity From Tim Campos

Jun 27th, 2019 31m 35s

Tim Campos, the current CEO of intelligent-calendaring company Woven, has some big ideas about how to shake up the online calendar and bring it into the modern age.In this inaugural episode of Powered by Battery, Campos—the former CIO of Face

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