FF 016: Chad Fowler, CTO @ Wunderlist, App Of The Year 2013

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🗓️ 9 October 2015

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Chad Fowler is the CTO at 6Wunderkinder (acquired by Microsoft), the company behind the wildly successful Wunderlist, previously cited by Michael Treskow and Mattias Ljungman on the show as their must have productivity app. Prior to 6Wunderkinder, Chad was the Senior VP of technology of the daily deals site, Living Social and before that we was CTO at InfoEther, a Ruby and Ruby-On-Rails consultancy firm. Fowler is also the host and organiser of numerous tech conferences and wrote "The Passionate Programmer", a career guide for software developers.

In Today's Episode You Will Learn:

1.) Where did it all begin for Chad and how did he make the move from his musician dreams to CTO of tech startups?

2.) As an American, working in Europe, how does Europe's tech community compare to the US?

3.) Wunderlist was the App of the Year, what does Chad believes makes it so special?

4.) Is there more to go in improving the consumer feel of enterprise software?

5.) How did Chad go about creating a product with such habit forming ability?

6.) Question from Carolina Brochado @ Atomico: What is it like moving from a small manned startup to a giant corporation like Microsoft?

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0:00.0	This is the 20 minute VC with your host, Harry Stebbings, and for this very special episode of Founders Friday,
0:06.0	I'm delighted to welcome an incredible entrepreneur in the form of Chad Fowler. Chad is the CTO at Wonderkinder,
0:14.6	the brains behind the wildly successful productivity at Wonderlist, previously cited by previous guests Michael Tresco of Axel and
0:22.9	Matthias Lungman of Atomico, as there must have productivity app. And prior to joining Wunderkinder,
0:29.3	Chad was Senior VP of Technology of the Daily Deal's Site Living Social, and before that, he was
0:35.2	Chief Technology Officer at Info Ever, a Ruby and Ruby on Rails
0:39.7	consultancy service. Fowler is also the host and organiser of numerous tech conferences and wrote
0:46.1	the passionate programmer, a career guide for software developers. But before we hear Chad's
0:51.3	amazing stories today, if you listen to our episode with Kamau,
0:54.8	you will know that Brad Feld has offered an amazing prize for the listeners of the 20-minute VC.
1:00.0	So for your chance to win a signed copy of venture deals, the Bible of venture capital,
1:05.4	all you have to do is click the link below and like our Facebook page.
1:10.0	If you are thinking I did the tweet last time
1:12.2	in Kamal's episode, so I'm already entered, would you like to improve your chances? If you would,
1:18.3	both the tweet and the Facebook page will ensure that you are prioritised, so make sure you
1:23.5	increase your chances and tweet the previous link and like the Facebook page.
1:28.1	Finally, are you a small business owner or entrepreneur with potential intellectual property?
1:33.6	If so, ensure that your IP is properly protected by calling my dear friend Chris at Vidar Law on 312 8954993 or visit VDAR's website on www.Vidarlaw.com.
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1:57.2	Thank you so much, and we will now delve into this incredible episode with Chad Fowler.
2:01.9	So without further ado, it is time for me to shut up.
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