{"podcast":{"title":"Austin Tech Connect: The Podcast For The Austin Technology Ecosystem, Business Leaders, and Tech Entrepreneurs!","slug":"austin-tech-connect","podcast_index_feed_id":5893386,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/445386/rss","website_url":"https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/7/1/3/571305043495b7a2a04421dee9605cbd/Austin_Tech_Cover.png","author":"Austin Technology Council","episode_count":146,"summary":"Austin Tech Connect is the go to podcast for all things Technology in the Austin, Texas region. The show is hosted by the CEO of Austin Technology Council, Thom Singer. For over two years this show has highlighted local tech leaders who make a difference in the Austin tech ecosystem. Each week Thom sits down with leaders in technology & business from the greater Austin area to explore success stories, business advice, and visions for the future of Austin Tech. The Austin Technology Council has been bringing people together and serving the local tech ecosystem for over 32 years. If you are looking for the \"Whose Who\" of the Austin Technology Community, you need to be listening to the Austin Tech Connect Podcast. The Austin Tech Community is vibrant ecosystem of companies, non-profits, universities, and government agencies that are committed to keeping Austin as a leading technology center. Over the past three decades the city of Austin, Texas has transformed from a college town that is the State Capital, into a fast growing tech center. Homegrown startups grow into international leaders, and many other companies have opened offices in Austin or moved their headquarters. The future…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect"},"episode":{"title":"Goals, Problems, Solutions with Sam Decker","slug":"goals-problems-solutions-with-sam-decker","published_at":"2024-08-06T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect/goals-problems-solutions-with-sam-decker","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect","url":"https://a7b1cb29-8eb2-4801-9ccb-e0eb899497ab.libsyn.com/goals-problems-solutions-with-sam-decker","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/a7b1cb29-8eb2-4801-9ccb-e0eb899497ab/ep_85_ATC.mp3?dest-id=3729132","summary":"This week Thom Singer sits down with his longtime friend Sam Decker. Sam has been active in the Austin tech scene for over 25 years. He has started and grown several companies and is now an active board member, advisor, and investor. Sam has always looked three steps ahead in his career, and before making big moves has sought out experienced mentors so that he can learn from those with a proven track record and assess the industry. In this episode of \"Austin Tech Connect\" Sam shares his journey and will leave you with a lot of advice on how to succeed in tech. About Sam Decker Sam has led diverse and impactful roles throughout his career, beginning with marketing, product, and sales leadership at several early-stage startups in California, covering direct mail catalogs, marketing consulting, online media, and web-based telecommunications. In 1999, he managed Dell's consumer website operations, redesigning it three times and growing consumer online revenue to over $3.5 billion while launching Dell's Consumer CRM group. As the founding CMO of Bazaarvoice Inc., Sam drove the company's growth to seven products and $50 million in revenue before its IPO in 2012. He then founded and led Mass Relevance, a SaaS leader in social TV and content integration, which grew to 150 employees before merging with Spredfast. Sam also co-founded Clearhead, a data-driven experience optimization firm that sold to Accenture in 2017. Currently, he serves as co-founder and Chairman of Fairworlds, an immersive reality agency, co-owner of Texas Drift Academy, and is involved with Interplay Learning and Axial Commerce. An original co-founder of Capital Factory, Sam is also a published author and active advisor and investor.","meta_description":"This week Thom Singer sits down with his longtime friend Sam Decker. Sam has been active in the Austin tech scene for over 25 years. He has started and gr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2483,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/austin-tech-connect/episodes/goals-problems-solutions-with-sam-decker/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect/goals-problems-solutions-with-sam-decker.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}