About Peak Hosting: Q&A with Founder and CEO Jeffrey Papen Q: Where were you working when you got the idea to start your own hosting business? A: I spent five years at Yahoo and Excite building and running their U.S. and international networking and data center environments. I knew how operations should be run because…
Swinnerton: Cliff, tell us a little about yourself. Ravenscraft: I am a full-time podcast producer, consultant, coach and public speaker. I am the founder of the Generally Speaking Production Network (gspn.tv).Together with my wife, Stephanie, and a few close friends, I have produced well over 3,000 podcast episodes, since December 2005, devoted to Entertainment, Family,…
Swinnerton: Ted, tell me about your background. Where are you from? Where did you grow up? And where are you now? Chen: I was born in Bangkok, Thailand, where my mom worked for the United Nations. When I was four, she transferred to the UN headquarters in New York City. To keep introductions short, I…
On January 21st 2013 Chris Guillebeau came to Santa Cruz, CA on his first stop of his 2013 book tour to support his latest book – The $100 Startup. I had a chance to interview Chris before he took the stage. Here is the transcript. Matthew: This is Matthew Swinnerton. I’m with InterrogationHub.com and Instant Magazine. I…
For this interview we are going to switch it up a bit. This time the interviewer get’s interviewed. Nada Miljkovic interviewed Matthew Swinnerton on her show Artists on Art. In this interview Matthew Swinnerton touches on the similarities between art and entrepreneurism, TechRaising, his hippie parents, Instant Publishing Group, and this very website - InterrogationHub designed by Todd Schafer of Schafer Design. Watch the Video
Swinnerton: For starters Kevin, where are you from? Where did you grow up? Grossman: I’m from Visalia, CA, in the Central Valley of California. I grew up there until I left for college. Swinnerton: Where did you go to school? Grossman: I went to San Jose State University where I majored in Psychology and minored…
Swinnerton: For starters Brett I want to learn more about you. Where are from? Where did you grow. Hardin: I grew up in Folsom, part of the urban sprawl that makes up the larger Sacramento area. Folsom is best known for it’s federal. Swinnerton: When did you start to program and what was the reason…
Swinnerton: For starters Patrick where are from? Where did you grow up? Oborn: I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles called Diamond Bar. I grew up in a great town with great friends, church teachers, and public school teachers. Swinnerton: Where did you go to school? Oborn: I earned a Bachelors and Masters…
Swinnerton: Judi, can you tell us a little bit about your background? Where did you grow up? Oyama: I was born and raised in Santa Cruz. I spent most of my years in the Aptos area. I used to ride my horse in between Soquel and the Aptos hills and on the beaches until all…
Swinnerton: To start of can you give us a little background on where you are from, where did you grow up? Elliot: I am a fourth generation Californian and grew up on a 1000-acre ranch on the Monterey Bay with 3.5 miles of beach frontage. We raised milk cows and grains, cows are milked twice…
Swinnerton: To start off Bill, how did you go from serving in the US Navy to being Mr. Professional Blogger extraordinaire? Belew: When I was a kid…a long long time ago…there were generally only three ways a person could go overseas. Be an Olympian. Be Rich. Join the Military and get assigned overseas. The only…
Swinnerton: Before we get really into the interview I want to learn more about you. To start off, where are from? Where did you grow up? Caballer: I was born in Chicago, but grew up in Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. All in all I have spent about 15 years in Latin American and 25…
Swinnerton: Before we get into the interview I want to learn more about you. To start off, where are from? Where did you grow up? Jasper: I’m still local – Santa Rosa, CA. I grew up here, and have remained in this community. Swinnerton: What was your first job? Jasper: Lawn mowing. I had business…
Swinnerton: To get started, where are you from and tell us a little about your childhood? Beauchamp: Sure, I grew up here in Texas, loved to play sports especially baseball, we moved when I was in 7th grade and I picked up tennis. Ended up playing High School Varsity tennis and was offered several small…
Swinnerton: To get started, where did you grow up and where are you living now? I grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts. It’s near the Berkshires and a cluster of colleges- Smith, Amherst along with a few others. It’s very classical New England. If Shay’s Rebellion rings a bell, well, that happened a few miles from…
Swinnerton: To get started, where did you grow up? Where are you living now? Brusilovsky: I grew in San Francisco and South San Francisco, but went to schools in San Mateo, where I live now. I’ve always lived in Silicon Valley, and I think that has a lot to do with my interest in technology…
Swinnerton: Chris, where are you from? MacAskill: I’m from the area. I actually grew up in the slums of Oakland, East Oakland. Swinnerton: Oh, really. MacAskill: My mom was mentally ill and you wouldn’t think it could happen in the modern world. This is during the 60′s but we were homeless, and we were one…
I was at an event at Microsoft’s San Francisco office to listen to Eric Ries author of The Lean Startup. Eric was asked: About vanity metrics versus actionable metrics. Could you talk a little bit more about that and what do you mean by vanity metrics and what’s really important, in your mind, to be…
Swinnerton: So Cali, before we get into what you do now, I need some background. What did you two do before the Geek Brief? Lewis: We had an Internet company before the Dot Boom bubble burst. We kept it going for about six months, wound up with a lot of debt, and decided we needed…
Swinnerton: Jason, before we get into the meat of the interview, tell us a little about where you grew up? ALBA: My dad was FBI, so we moved around a bit. California, Puerto Rico, Texas, Utah and Virginia Swinnerton: What were you like as a kid? ALBA: I loved catching animals… snakes, lizards, newts. If…
Swinnerton: To get started, where did you grow up? Where are you living now? Dascalescu: I was born in Transylvania, and my middle name happens to be Vlad. This combination led to numerous associations with Vlad the Impaler, aka Dracula. Since I got my ZX Spectrum computer at the age of 12, I fell in love…
