Podcast appearances and mentions of jason kunesh

Jason Kunesh is a co-founder and CEO of Public Good Software, a startup aiming to make donating to non-profits as easy as ordering something on Amazon. Before starting PGS, Jason was the Director of UX for Obama's 2012 reelection campaign and part of the founding team at The Point, which later became Groupon. Jason is also a member of the adjunct faculty at the Starter School, owner of the best Fu Manchu in Chicago, a mentor at Impact Engine, and an advisor to the American Design and Master-Craft Initiative and UX for Good. listen on iTunes Listen on google play In This Episode You Will Learn: How he got involved in the Obama campaign? What it is like demoing your product for the president? What the team learned on the Obama campaign and then applied at Public Good? Why charities for animals outperform charities for the homeless? Why non-profits are scared of innovation? How he got into tech?  Why you should be public about your failures? Why Chicago is the best place to start a non-profit focused company? What we need to to do to take Chicago tech to the next level? How startups are like bands? How to get a team to work together? Hint: Encourage transparency/dialogue/dissent Why you really have to understand your motivations as a founder? Selected Links From The Episode: Dan Ratner, Co-Founder of Public Good Sittercity The Point Chris Gansen, CTO of Public Good Paul Smith, saved Healthcare.gov Mark Balding, Partner at Fuzzy Math Ben Ihnchak, Partner at Fuzzy Math Harper Reed, Former CTO at Obama For America  Project Narwal Eric Weinheimer, President & CEO of Forefront Daniel Ash, CMO of The Chicago Community Trust Terry Mazany, CEO of The Chicago Community Trust Candice Kislack, Former CEO of TOMS Chuck Templeton, Founder of OpenTable and Chairman of Impact Engine Jessica Meagan, CEO of Impact Engine Designation.io The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks Blue 1647 Jason's Reading List for Startups Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application by Jason Fried John Tolva, Former Chicago CTO Daniel X. O'Neil, Executive Director of Smart Chicago Howard Tullman, CEO of 1871 JB Pritzker, VC at Pritzker VC Troy Henikoff, Techstars Chicago Managing Director Impact Engine Hyde Park Angels Braintree Avant Christoper Alexander, Designer Favorite Books:  The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo V for Vendetta by Alan Moore The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Kurt Vonnegut John Steinbeck  

Jeff Carter is a co-founder of Hyde Park Angels, one of the most active angel groups in the United States, and he is currently raising a VC fund, named West Loop Ventures. Before becoming an angel he was a trader for over 25 years and he continues to trade independently.  listen on itunes listen on stitcher In This Episode You Will Learn: How Hyde Park Angels started? Why traders make for good angel investors? Why having pornographers and money launderers latching on to your product early is a great sign?  Why it has been easier to find LPs for West Loop Ventures outside of Chicago?  Why you have to be a great analyzer of people and not just ideas for seed investing? Why it's important to have a vision for the future as a seed investor? Why VCs can bet on ideas, but angels have to be on people? Why being coachable is so important for entrepreneurs? How an entrepreneur/investor relationship is like dating?  Why he makes a point of blogging everyday? What we have to do to keep growing the Chicago tech scene?  Favorite Blogs: Streetwise Professor by Craig Pirrong AVC by Fred Wilson Feld's Thoughts by Brad Feld The Musings of The Big Red Car by Jeffrey Minch Favorite Books: City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America by Donald Miller The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour by James D. Hornfischer  Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal by James D. Hornfischer  The Doolittle Raid: America's Daring First Strike Against Japan by Carroll V. Glines   High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove Personnel Economics in Practice by Edward P. Lazear, Michael Gibbs Selected Links From The Episode: Kenny Estes, VC at West Loop Ventures Vishal Verma, Co-Founder of Hyde Park Angels Steve Kaplan, Professor at University of Chicago Booth School of Business Kathleen Swan, startup attorney Raman Chadha, Co-Founder of Junto Institute  Irish Angels, Notre Dame inspired angel group Jason Kunesh, CEO of Public Good Dan Ratner, COO at Public Good Marc Halpin, CEO of Kapow Events Daniel McCormick, COO of Kapow Events Sam Rosen, Founder of Deskpass Jay Swoboda, CEO of Dabble Robert Rosenberg, Professor at University of Chicago Booth School of Business Mark Tebbe, Professor at University of Chicago Booth School of Business PJ Media, conservative news site Rick Santelli, Editor at CNBC Sean Chou, Founder of Catalytic Amanda Lannert, CEO of Jellyvision Dick Costello, former CEO of Twitter "The Nature of the Firm" (1937), an influential article by Ronald Coase Merton Miller, deceased Professor from University of Chicago Booth School of Business Bryan Johnson, Founder of Braintree and OS Fund Matt Maloney, Founder of Grub Hub

Chicago Camps interviews Jason Kunesh, CEO of Public Good Software. Jason is presenting a keynote at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014.