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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

S1 E14: Dennis Steele, Podium

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

Tech News, News, Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.6216 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Along with being a startup founder, Dennis Steele is a family man and a triathlete. A non-tech grad from BYU, he went through a software development bootcamp - called DevMountain - to arm him with practical dev skills. He took this base knowledge, and he and his co-founder built Podium - a way for businesses to manage their online reputation, through one single platform. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Hey, before we start the show, I'd like to give a shout out to a very special sponsor of

0:05.0

the Code Story podcast, and that's Dev Mountain. Dev Mountain is one of the highest rated

0:10.0

coding schools in the country, employing experts who are passionate about sharing their craft

0:15.8

and empowering the next wave of programmers. Through their boot camp, they accelerate education by focusing on

0:22.2

modern skills to align their students with the needs of the tech industry. They offer a variety

0:27.7

of courses from web development to U.X design to iOS development, and their hands-on approach

0:34.1

enables students to launch their careers or build their startups, and ultimately

0:39.0

to achieve their goals.

0:40.9

I can personally vouch for the quality developers they produce, having hired six graduates

0:45.3

from their Dallas campus.

0:47.5

Not only does Dev Mountain teach the practical skills needed to build software, they give

0:52.0

their students a foundation to amplify the necessary creative

0:55.9

thinking, problem solving, and project focused skills required for tech professionals today.

1:02.9

You can find out more information about their programs and how to sign up at devmountain.com.

1:08.9

That's d-evmountain.com. That's d-evmountain.com.

1:14.1

Eric's dad had a tire shop up in Canada, and his dad had been asking him to help him solve

1:21.3

this problem with reviews online. And I was sitting in my kitchen table, and I said,

1:26.9

well, come on over. let's work on it.

1:28.3

And it was pretty obvious we could build something that would help these businesses.

1:33.3

Even if stuff sometimes takes a little bit of time, we're going to do it right, especially from a technical perspective.

1:41.3

It might seem cliche, but I can't say it enough, dream big.

1:49.0

I'm Dennis Steele and I'm the co-founder of Cody.

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