107 episodes

Aboard is a great tool for organizing just about any kind of data, built by people who love the Internet and want to make it better. Hosted by long-time entrepreneurs and commentators Paul Ford and Richard Ziade (also the co-founders of Aboard), this podcast is a frank, transparent look at building a startup, an assessment of the tech industry, and a general take on the tech industry by people who take it seriously but find it hilarious.

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Aboard is a great tool for organizing just about any kind of data, built by people who love the Internet and want to make it better. Hosted by long-time entrepreneurs and commentators Paul Ford and Richard Ziade (also the co-founders of Aboard), this podcast is a frank, transparent look at building a startup, an assessment of the tech industry, and a general take on the tech industry by people who take it seriously but find it hilarious.

    Growing 10x Is the Wrong Idea

    Growing 10x Is the Wrong Idea

    How do you bring in ten times as many new users every day? That’s not the question you should actually be asking. Paul and Rich discuss the tech world’s faulty success metrics, the perpetual struggle of onboarding, and the importance of humility when listening to and communicating with your users.

    • 25 min
    When Giants Want to Befriend You

    When Giants Want to Befriend You

    If a huge company wants to “partner” with your small business, can that ever be a fair partnership? Paul describes a recent mentorship dilemma to Rich, and they discuss the dynamics that make the position of the smaller player in that scenario so challenging. Plus: Musings on public-spectacle trials past and present, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and the existential dread prompted by even the most innocent Slack notifications.

    • 24 min
    Using AI Respectfully

    Using AI Respectfully

    From copyright violations to environmental concerns to the looming threat of the singularity, AI is a hot-button topic these days. Paul and Rich talk through many facets of this conversation, and discuss how they think about the AI components of Aboard. Plus: A little roleplay in which we learn that Paul thinks Aboard is an earnest mid-century cartoon character.

    • 24 min
    Aboard Goes AI

    Aboard Goes AI

    Most weeks, the Aboard Podcast is only sponsored by Aboard—but this week, Paul and Rich celebrate Aboard’s relaunch by devoting the whole episode to their shiny new AI-powered product! After they take a (technical and non-technical) look at exactly what’s going on under the hood, they discuss the ways Aboard uses AI to help humans, not supplant them.

    • 20 min
    Podcast Coming Soon

    Podcast Coming Soon

    Just a quick update today, because....WE'RE LAUNCHING A SHINY NEW VERSION OF ABOARD!!! Paul and Rich will be back on Thursday with a full episode (which, as you can imagine, will be about the shiny new version of Aboard). In the meantime, check out all our changes—open up the app or visit Aboard.com!

    • 1 min
    Stop Wrestling With Giants

    Stop Wrestling With Giants

    This past week, the big news in the design software world was Canva’s acquisition of Affinity, and Paul and Rich kick off the episode by asking, “Is this a failure on Adobe’s part?” But of course Adobe remains a massively profitable company—so what drives the impulse to frame a giant tech company’s misses as overarching “failures”? As they mull over various motivations, they discuss how to reframe success on your own terms, outside the simple metrics of competition or industry trends.

    • 27 min

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