Pete Martin is the CTO @ WePlayed [& the former VP of Engineering @ Pixibility & Tremor Video]. This is one that will have the brain churning and the blood pumping as we take things from his current startup - Founded by a former NFL Lineman - right back to his early days w/ an Atari 65 and bad grades (not necessarily in that order :) Listen in. Listen up. Learn! Timestamp Listening:

An Atari 6500:04:12 - Saving your work [& losing your source code]00:08:30 - Catching the startup bug00:11:50 - Experiences being @ the helm00:17:10 - The NFL and a CoFounding Experience00:26:00 - The Anthropological Side of Culture00:29:41 - Balance in Team-building00:32:25 - Autonomy, Ownership = Power[ful]00:35:35 - Leadership by the numbers00:38:35 - Culture on my mind00:44:16 - Learning to learn about your team 00:45:37 - Makeup. Literally.00:55:30 - Self Reflection and the 'big picture'01:05:00 - They 'Why' Equation

#42: Payal Agrawal Divakaran - [Principal] @ .406 Ventures - Making Culture a Priority

TechniQ is an honest exploration into cultural [brand]identity that cuts out the processed bullshit and gets right down to the organic good stuff.  Think of us as a personality-profile-platform that deals in Identity, Purpose and Culture. Built for People not Product. All tech. All Boston. All the time.