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Check out episode 004 of Hack. Hustle. Design as Adam explores Amruta's career. Amruta started out in the industry as a software engineer and made an interesting transition into the product space. She has been apart of both enterprise and start-ups but always seems to find the niche in start-ups within the enterprise companies. This unique experience has given her some great insights on making the switch, and advice she would offer to others looking to make this jump (from engineer to product and enterprise to startups). She is now doing some great things at Cleo that will transform work and family dynamics. 

Check out episode 003 of Hack. Hustle. Design as Andrew and Adam explore Allen's career. Allen has been in the startup scene for over 20 years and has served in the roles of COO, CTO, and Director of Strategy at several successful startups. If you are looking for advice on wearing multiple hats in the start-up space, this is the episode for you. 

Erienne Olesh holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute and an MBA from West Virginia University. Erienne is now the director of vantage ventures which focuses on bringing disruptive technology to the market. We spoke to Erienne about the unique opportunity of start-ups in West Virginia, grants that are available to startups, and the hyperloop coming to West Virginia. 

With the most successful start-up teams, product engineer growth is extremely important. A lot of times talent can be hard to find, fast. So you typically resort to product engineering firms. This can be a long-drawn-out process, with a ton of risk for team dynamics, user experience, and the company as a whole. Andrew and Adam take you through what they have experienced working at product companies, and what works. 

Season 1, Episode 1, with Falko Buttler, VP of Engineering from PlushCare. Falko started his career in Germany before moving to the US and being heavily involved in the Health Tech space. He got his first true sense of mobile development when he built a wildly successful calorie tracking app with his wife. Listen to the engineer at heart come out in him as he talks about a hack that elevated a company to success and life hacks that have helped him become successful.