S1 E10: Shelby Stephens, Jolly

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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

4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Growing up in an entrepreneurial home, Shelby Stephens felt enabled to pursue his own projects. He was brought up appreciating science and art, and studied engineering in College. After working for NASA, he decided to venture out onto his own, pursuing a new venture with his friend, doing video production work for hire. Fast forward 15 years, he and his co-founder are serving the production and project worker space by building Jolly - a social and professional network, designed for gig workers, providing reputation portability, connection opportunities and a marketplace to find work. 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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0:00.0	Today's episode is sponsored by DWALA.
0:04.0	Twala is a fintech company solving a fundamental business problem.
0:08.0	How to best move money.
0:10.0	Payments are a key component of every business, yet one that can be difficult to understand.
0:16.0	Tuolah removes the complexity involved in moving money to and from bank accounts using an ACH payment API,
0:22.6	so businesses can continue to focus on their core revenue streams.
0:27.6	ACH transfers are efficient, reliable, and with Dwala, they are available for any business.
0:33.6	I've partnered with Dwala for over two years and can vouch for two important aspects of their business.
0:39.3	Solid, reliable technology and amazing customer support.
0:44.3	Dwala enabled our team to achieve same-day pay on our platform.
0:48.3	And if my team needs anything, we can rely on Dwala's support team to get an answer quickly.
0:55.5	Start building against Dwala's API in the sandbox environment today for free.
1:01.0	Visit dula.com slash code story to get started.
1:09.5	It's an incredible emotional roller coaster.
1:11.6	You go from an extreme high to an extreme low, you know, sometimes in a matter of minutes.
1:19.6	We believe that in the new economy, there's huge value in the ability to build and own your reputation on your own terms.
1:28.3	If we fail at anything that's physically possible, it's because of some knowledge that we failed to create.
1:35.3	The arc of startup success is long, but it bends toward companies that really share their users' values.
1:42.3	My name is Shelby Stevens, and I'm the co-founder and CEO of Jolly.
1:51.0	This is Code Story, a podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change
2:01.8	in industry and build and lead a team that has your back.
2:07.6	I'm your host Noah Labhart and today how Shelby Stevens built a social, professional, market
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