The Pair Program Podcast

Welcome to the Pair Program from hatchpad, the podcast that gives you a front-row seat to candid conversations with tech leaders from the startup world. Join host Tim Winkler (creator of hatchpad) alongside co-host Mike Gruen in each episode as they bring together two guests to dissect topics at the intersection of technology, startups, and career growth.

 

Available episodes

From FAANG to Founder: Lessons from Two Startup Founders Who Left Big Tech | The Pair Program Ep21 Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup leaders Tomas Reimers and Yasyf Mohamedali. Tomas and Yasyf have both transitioned out of working at FAANG companies into founding their own businesses. Tomas is currently...
How We Hatched: Mike Brown, Co-Founder and CTO of Strider | Ep05 Welcome to another episode of our series “How We Hatched” where we have candid conversations with tech founders and unveil their unique startup journeys. In this episode, our host Tim Winkler speaks with Mike Brown, Co-Founder and CTO of Strider. As a serial...
What I Learned When My Startup Got Acquired | The Pair Program Ep20 Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to tech startup leaders Troy Crosby and Brian Retford. Troy is an engineering leader with experience from Series A through IPO and is currently the Director of Engineering at PatientIQ. He experienced a startup’s...
How to Build a Winning Culture for Your Tech Startup | The Pair Program Ep19 Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup tech leaders Anusha Iyer and Ben Wilson. Anusha is the President, CTO and Co-Founder of Corsha. She is a technology leader with over 15 years of experience in security-minded...
My Unique Pathway Into Product Management: A Tale of Two PM’s | The Pair Program Ep18 Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to Product Managers Lauren Creedon and Shyvee Shi. Lauren is Head of Product at Goldcast, a B2B software platform for live video and digital events. Before that, she led the...
How We Hatched: Vlad Eidelman, CTO and Chief Scientist of FiscalNote | Ep04 In this episode of “How We Hatched”, our host Tim Winkler speaks with Vlad Eidelman, CTO and Chief Scientist of market intelligence startup FiscalNote. By joining FiscalNote, Vlad had the unique opportunity of bringing his data science expertise into the early stages...
Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup founders David Yaffe and Sagiv Ofek. David and Sagiv have both transitioned out of working at FAANG companies into founding their own businesses. David is currently the co-founder and CEO of Estuary. Prior to joining the startup world, he worked at Google, Yahoo, and...
Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to Kerry Munz and Arun Nagarajan. With over 25 years as an engineer and engineering leader at startups, scale-ups, and giant tech companies, Kerry has deep experience in what it takes to build world class products, platforms, and teams. Today Kerry is CTO at Vendr, a...
How We Hatched: Luca Antiga, CTO of Lightning AI | Ep03 Welcome to another episode of “How We Hatched” where we have candid conversations with tech founders and unveil their unique startup journeys. In this episode, our host Tim Winkler speaks with Luca Antiga (CTO of Lightning AI and co-founder at both Orobix and Tensorwerk)....
Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to David Jorjani and Anand Safi. David leads product (and technology) at Sayge, a learning and development startup that aspires to empower millions of professionals to reach their full potential. David also teaches at the University of Toronto. Empowering people and teams has been a key...