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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

S8 Bonus: Dan & Caroline, Overplay

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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

4.6216 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Caroline Strzalka is a Philadelphia native, born and raised. She is a first generation American, and is grateful to be in a place where she can run her own company. Her parents are from Argentina, with a Polish heritage - so she pointed out that they speak a lot of languages in her home. Outside of tech, she loves to hike and be in the trees. And, she calls herself the MacGyver of the kitchen, meaning she can take anything from the fridge and make a stellar meal out of it. Dan Projansky is a country boy, only moving to NYC when he was 11 years old. He is a father of a 14 year old, whom he adores, and is an avid mountain biker and motorcyclist. In fact, he has owned over 50 different motorcycles across different brands over the years. Originally, he attended to school for film, but after working at Sesame Street, he started to work in computers and development - and that is where he met Caroline. One day, Dan was watching some videos online. He had a thought, a desire, a want - to play the video like it was a game. And eventually, this idea turned into a business, which he started with his co-founder Caroline. 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

I was watching a mountain bike video on YouTube one day, and I thought to myself,

0:06.0

I would really like to play this trail that the guy was riding as a video game.

0:12.0

It was kind of natural for me to ask myself, I wonder if I could figure out a way to make that game.

0:18.0

I always kind of think about how little kids now

0:21.6

they touch television screens and they expect everything to be a touch screen.

0:26.6

And so in my mind, everyone is now expecting a video clip to somehow be interactive,

0:32.5

to somehow feel like it's a game.

0:34.8

And I think that Overplay is going to usher this in.

0:38.6

I'm Dan Projansky.

0:40.1

I'm Caroline Stalka.

0:41.6

And we're the co-founders of Overplay.

0:46.6

This is Code Story.

0:49.4

A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.

0:52.3

Six months moonlighting.

0:53.9

There's nothing on the backcats.

0:55.8

Who share what it takes to change in industry.

0:58.3

I don't exactly know what to do next.

1:00.2

It took many goes to get right.

1:02.0

Who built the teams that have their back.

1:04.5

The company is its people.

1:06.1

The teams help each other achieve.

1:07.5

Most proud of our team.

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