Swimming Naked

Mari Ullrick is the Founder of Foiled Cupakes, which sells cupcakes online with no storefront. She also recently launched Adaptily. Adaptily is a site that supports parents going through a change in their traditional nuclear family status. Mari has been a great friend of mine for about ten years. She's always down to hear a crazy business idea and she'll usually volley with an idea or two of her own. She's started several businesses, but this episode is more personal than business. We talk about enduring postpartum depression, going through a divorce and breaking through expectations others had for her. It was great to hear her introspective and inspiring story. Mari is a personable, fun, sharp person and a great entrepreneur. I'm grateful to have her as a friend and I'm

Andrew is a good friend of mine who I've known for a decade. I've seen him start a half dozen businesses and watched him grow as a person and as an entrepreneur. We've had long conversations about business, parenting, politics and whether we are currently living in a simulation. We've hatched both terrible ideas and the occasional good one. Andrew's current company, Tula Software, is one of those good ideas. It's been a ton of fun watching Tula grow into the success that it is and I couldn't be happier for Andrew. We cover a lot of ground in this episode and talk about commitment, conflict, creating products, how work is evolving and a bunch more. You can always count on Andrew for well thought out perspectives that are unconventional, yet eloquent. This episode is no different. Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewwicklandr Andrew's blog: https://backstage.tulasoftware.com/blog/ Andrew's Podcast: http://www.conversationinstigation.com/ Andrew's Company: https://tulasoftware.com

Ryan built an online coupon business, marketing agency, a software product that helps business owners and experts get press and he's now the Cofounder of Tend. He talks about growing up on a pig farm, going to federal prison, rebuilding his life and lessons learned. Find Ryan on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ryanevans or email him at his first name plus @tend.io

Marty Thomas, Cofounder of Tend Marty talks about his early days as an entrepreneur, bootstrapping a software company and being diagnosed with cancer. Marty successfully bootstrapped a software product called Purlem as is now the Cofounder of Tend. He talks about learning how to code, creating a successful small company and what it's like going through cancer. You can reach out to Marty by emailing him using his first name plus @tend.io.