26 episodes

Craft. Attention to detail. Constant iteration. There’s an art to creating great software. On Crafted, host Dan Blumberg speaks with engineers, designers and product people of all stripes to explore great products and the craft of software development. We’ll get into the weeds to understand: What trade-offs did they make? What experiments did they run? And what was the moment when they knew – when they just knew – that they were on to something?

At Artium we care deeply about the craft of building great software - and great companies. We help organizations build best in class products, industry leading software and collaborative cross-functional teams that scale. Join us as we explore the art of… craft.

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    • 3.9 • 39 Ratings

Craft. Attention to detail. Constant iteration. There’s an art to creating great software. On Crafted, host Dan Blumberg speaks with engineers, designers and product people of all stripes to explore great products and the craft of software development. We’ll get into the weeds to understand: What trade-offs did they make? What experiments did they run? And what was the moment when they knew – when they just knew – that they were on to something?

At Artium we care deeply about the craft of building great software - and great companies. We help organizations build best in class products, industry leading software and collaborative cross-functional teams that scale. Join us as we explore the art of… craft.

    Microgravity, FTW! Why Advanced Computer Chips and Cancer Treatments May Soon Be Made…IN SPACE. Featuring Jana Stoudemire, Director of In-Space Manufacturing, Axiom Space

    Microgravity, FTW! Why Advanced Computer Chips and Cancer Treatments May Soon Be Made…IN SPACE. Featuring Jana Stoudemire, Director of In-Space Manufacturing, Axiom Space

    “When we talk about future cities in space, it seems like they're really far away. The truth is, it's happening right now. We're building those.” That’s the mind-blowing reality that Jana Stoudemire works in everyday at Axiom Space, a leading space infrastructure developer based in Texas. Axiom is building a successor to the International Space Station and developing commercial opportunities in orbit that go way beyond satellites. Central to all this is the unique environment of microgravity, which allows you to do things that just can’t be done on Earth.

    On this episode, Jana takes us to the final frontier, and shares Axiom's plans for advanced biomedical research, space-made semiconductors that could enable quantum computing, and what this means for future scientific advances. She’ll also get into the challenges of building a state-of-the-art lab that will orbit around Earth, from the equipment and personnel, to where does that exercise bike go?

    This is Crafted from Artium: a show about great products, and the people who make them.  At Artium, we help startups and enterprises build incredible products, recruit high-performing teams, and achieve the culture of craft they need to build great software long after we’re gone. Check us out at thisisartium.com

    • 23 min
    Building Better Data Networks for the People – and Machines! – of Tomorrow. Featuring Ali Shaikh, Chief Product Officer of Graphiant

    Building Better Data Networks for the People – and Machines! – of Tomorrow. Featuring Ali Shaikh, Chief Product Officer of Graphiant

    "People using this isn't the thing I'm thinking about. Human beings can tolerate high latency and delays to a certain level. Machines cannot. AI cannot, IoT cannot." 
    As Chief Product Officer of Graphiant, Ali Shaikh is building data networks that are flexible, secure, and ready to meet the demands of the next generation of people – and devices. And just as the move to the cloud enabled founders to launch their startups more quickly – because they didn’t have to worry about servers and rackspace – Graphiant’s “as-a-service” network has the same potential: to free founders up to focus on what they really care about, not setting up VPN tunnels and worrying about secure connections. 
    This is Crafted from Artium: a show about great products, and the people who make them.  At Artium, we help startups and enterprises build incredible products, recruit high-performing teams, and achieve the culture of craft they need to build great software long after we’re gone. Check us out at thisisartium.com

    • 28 min
    How Monte Carlo Prevents Data Downtime, Featuring Founder & CEO, Barr Moses

    How Monte Carlo Prevents Data Downtime, Featuring Founder & CEO, Barr Moses

    “This problem was so painful and so meaningful to people that I just couldn't believe a world where a solution to this didn't exist.” When Barr Moses identified the very costly problem of what she coined “data downtime”, she knew she needed to solve it. Barr is the Founder and CEO of Monte Carlo, a data observability platform that’s on a mission to eliminate data downtime, a problem that can cost companies millions of dollars each time there’s an outage and the numbers — and the systems that rely on them — go haywire. And with the growth of AI, data problems are even more important to prevent. 

    On this episode, Barr explains how she used the scientific method to home in on the problem to solve and the company to found — she actually launched three companies simultaneously before seeing the most traction with Monte Carlo, and going all in. We also learn about Monte Carlo’s customer-led approach that helped them create an end-to-end solution that leaves no data stone unturned.

    This is Crafted from Artium: a show about great products, and the people who make them.  At Artium, we help startups and enterprises build incredible products, recruit high-performing teams, and achieve the culture of craft they need to build great software long after we’re gone. Check us out at thisisartium.com

    • 24 min
    How Data Teams Can Run An Offensive Playbook, Featuring Sol Rashidi, Former Chief Analytics Officer at Estée Lauder

    How Data Teams Can Run An Offensive Playbook, Featuring Sol Rashidi, Former Chief Analytics Officer at Estée Lauder

    “It's not columns and rows, but it's the fact that you could fundamentally increase consumer retention, consumer attention, consumer experience, and that's the fun stuff.” That’s how Sol Rashidi pitched a data and analytics mindset to the world’s biggest companies, back before data was King (and AI became Queen). Sol is the former Chief Analytics Officer at Estée Lauder but she got started in the business of data insights long before it was cool, taking companies from merely collecting and cleaning data to leveraging it in powerful ways. 
    On this episode, Sol takes us through her career working with giants like Sony Music, Merck and IBM to develop use cases and strategy around AI.  She also shares how she fell into data in the first place, and what playing rugby on the women’s national team taught her about guiding businesses through the digital age. 
    This is Crafted from Artium: a show about great products, and the people who make them.  At Artium, we help startups and enterprises build incredible products, recruit high-performing teams, and achieve the culture of craft they need to build great software long after we’re gone. Check us out at thisisartium.com

    • 24 min
    How Egnyte Found – And Keeps Finding – Its Niche. Featuring VP of Product Greg Neustaetter

    How Egnyte Found – And Keeps Finding – Its Niche. Featuring VP of Product Greg Neustaetter

    “You attract security conscious customers. They push you and ask for more security focused features. You build those, you attract more of those companies.” That’s how Greg Neustaetter helped Egnyte find its niche, providing industrial-grade cloud file storage for compliance-focused clients. Greg has spent 11 years at Egnyte and as VP of Product, he’s helped define and refine their offerings in the face of giant competitors like Google and Microsoft. 

    On this episode, Greg explains how Egnyte identified and went all-in on developing their product for two key industries. And hear about how Egnyte fell in love with user-centric design techniques, and why it’s so important for developers to join that user-centric process. We’ll also revisit the 90’s. Greg and Crafted’s host Dan were college roommates who worked together in Silicon Valley just before the bubble burst, so we’ll take a walk through the Valley’s highs and lows. 

    This is Crafted from Artium: a show about great products, and the people who make them.  At Artium, we help startups and enterprises build incredible products, recruit high-performing teams, and achieve the culture of craft they need to build great software long after we’re gone. Check us out at thisisartium.com

    • 25 min
    Fighting Cancer With Data. Featuring Flatiron Health CTO, Cat Miller

    Fighting Cancer With Data. Featuring Flatiron Health CTO, Cat Miller

    “Anyone who knows anything about drug development would say it is a slow and painful process”. Cat Miller is CTO at Flatiron Health, a software company that uses technology to “clean up all the gunk in the trials industry”. Flatiron helps researchers develop new cancer treatments by making clinical trials run smarter and faster. They also identify trial data that lead to new treatments, and help doctors manage and improve patient care.

    On this episode, Cat breaks down how Flatiron takes piles of data from “hot garbage”  to deep insights that lead to innovative cancer treatments. She also discusses Flatiron’s approach with AI, why she believes there are no wasted skillsets, and how her experience as an actor has helped her steer Flatiron’s team. 

    This is Crafted from Artium: a show about great products, and the people who make them.  At Artium, we help startups and enterprises build incredible products, recruit high-performing teams, and achieve the culture of craft they need to build great software long after we’re gone. Check us out at thisisartium.com

    • 23 min

Customer Reviews

3.9 out of 5
39 Ratings

39 Ratings

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Great Listen!

My favorite tech podcast

1023swk ,

Great blend of personal history and applied knowledge

Great blend of person background, strategy, and narrative arc behind the software products running our world.

Terry091425 ,

Insightful and entertaining!

It is hard to find podcasts that aren’t just ads nowadays, I like how this one highlights the challenges and hurdles that builders, entrepreneurs and leaders overcome to make great products and teams. Real situations, real stories, real insights, I love it!

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