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Getting2Alpha Podcast

innovate smarter with expert advice

Want to learn the secrets behind today’s biggest hits in gaming & tech?

In the Getting2Alpha Podcast, you’ll discover how creative people bring ideas to life & impact the world with their work.

We feature successful entrepreneurs, innovators, product leaders, & VCs – so you learn from people who’ve done it, not just talked about it. 

Ryan Douglas
Immersive Digital Therapeutics

Ryan Douglas

Samuel Hulick
User Onboarding

Samuel Hulick

Jason Hreha
Building Habit-Forming Products

Jason Hreha

Alfie Kohn
Thriving Beyond Competition

Alfie Kohn

Adrian Hon
Making Zombies, Run!

Adrian Hon

Robin Allenson
Creating AI-powered Tools

Robin Allenson

Douglas Hofstadter
Reflections on AI

Douglas Hofstadter

Dr. Julie Gurner
Unlocking Peak Performance

Dr. Julie Gurner

Joakim Achrén
Investing In Games

Joakim Achrén

Pavel Samsonov
Storyboarding for UX

Pavel Samsonov

Kevin Kelly
Excellent Advice for Living

Kevin Kelly

Celia Hodent
The Gamer's Brain

Celia Hodent

Vinayak Joglekar
Game Thinking in India

Vinayak Joglekar

Osama Dorias
Reviewing the Top 10 Games of 2022

Osama Dorias

Steve Meretzky
Game Monetization

Steve Meretzky

Hilmar Pétursson
Why EVE Online has insane retention

Hilmar Pétursson

Brendan Greene
Building a Virtual Planet

Brendan Greene

Rei Wang
From Investor to Entrepreneur

Rei Wang

Philip Rosedale
What’s Missing from the Metaverse?

Philip Rosedale

John Linden
Inside the NFT game Blankos Block Party

John Linden

Mitch Zamara
Million on Mars & Play to Own

Mitch Zamara

Chris Spiek
Jobs to be Done

Chris Spiek

Gabby Dizon
Axie Infinity & Play to Earn

Gabby Dizon

Chris Heatherly
Innovation in Game Design

Chris Heatherly

Garry Tan
Investing in Crypto

Garry Tan

Raph Koster
How to Create an Innovative Hit

Raph Koster

Mark Pincus
Lessons from Zynga & Tribe

Mark Pincus

Amy Bucher
Gamifying Health

Amy Bucher

Barry O'Reilly
The Power of Incentives

Barry O’Reilly

John Hagel
The future of work

John Hagel

Schwark Satyavolu
The future of fintech

Schwark Satyavolu

Siqi Chen
How to find vision/market fit

Siqi Chen

BJ Fogg
Tiny Habits and the search for truth

BJ Fogg

Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom
The power of playtesting and customer empathy

Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom

Jeri Ellsworth
Invention as a way of life

Jeri Ellsworth

David Vogler
Making media on the cutting edge

David Vogler

Bob Moesta
Part 2: Innovation Rules

Bob Moesta

Bob Moesta
Part 1: From nothing to something

Bob Moesta

Michael John
Training the next generation of game designers

Michael John

Brian Norgard
Simple, Fun and Useful

Brian Norgard

Howard Rheingold
The subtle art of collaboration

Howard Rheingold

Casey Winters
Turning startups into rocketships

Casey Winters

Jason Hreha
Where behavioral science meets product strategy

Jason Hreha

Jeff Patton
Beyond story-mapping: the evolution of agile product design

Jeff Patton

Steve Hoffman
The process of radical innovation

Steve Hoffman

Karl Kapp
The surprising power of failure

Karl Kapp

Lee LeFever
The art and science of explanation

Lee LeFever

Jeremy Liew
The future of consumer tech investing

Jeremy Liew

Merci Victoria Grace
Product vision meets collaborative leadership

Merci Victoria Grace

Gina Bianchini
The Power of Passionate Interest Networks

Gina Bianchini

Josh Elman
The Dynamics of Online Social Experiences

Josh Elman

Steve Vassallo
The Next Chapter of Design Thinking

Steve Vassallo

Tim Chang
The Rise of Transformational Tech

Tim Chang

Tony Ulwick
Outcome-Driven Innovation and Jobs-to-be-Done

Tony Ulwick

Cindy Au
Finding Success by Saying NO (to the right things)

Cindy Au

Jared Spool
Educating the Next Generation of UX Designers

Jared Spool

Jeff Atwood
Building Communities & Customer Feedback Loops

Jeff Atwood

Jim Scheinman
The Evolution of Social Software

Jim Scheinman

Jeff Veen
Deep Collaboration & Building Innovative Teams

Jeff Veen

Richard Garriott
Systems Thinking & Meaningful Challenges

Richard Garriott

Cindy Alvarez
Customer research and iterative development

Cindy Alvarez

Matt Leacock
Cooperative game design

Matt Leacock

Irene Au
Design leadership and experience-driven organizations

Irene Au

Dan Olsen
Smart prototyping & MVP development

Dan Olsen

Teresa Torres
Product discovery & re-imagining organizational change

Teresa Torres

Mike Sellers
Super-powered mental models & the bright future of AR gaming

Mike Sellers

Jeff Gothelf
Lean UX & Enterprise Change Management

Jeff Gothelf

Raph Koster
The Nature of Gaming

Raph Koster

Dennis Crowley
Whispering bots, crowd-sourced maps & the future of location-based experiences

Dennis Crowley

Kevin Kelly
How to embrace the inevitable technology trends shaping our future

Kevin Kelly

Paul Adams
The future of product design involves job stories & system thinking

Paul Adams

Tony Stubblebine
Nanodegrees, chatbots, and augmented intelligence: the future of online training

Tony Stubblebine

Christina Wodtke
Design Thinking, Distributed Cognition & OKRs

Christina Wodtke

Mimi Ito
Why Minecraft summer camp is the next big thing in progressive learning

Mimi Ito

Samuel Hulick
Build better products with smart onboarding and iterative design

Samuel Hulick

Laura Klein
Design-led growth hacking & customer development

Laura Klein

Steve Portigal
Active listening & leaving your world view at the door

Steve Portigal

Hiten Shah
The emotional side of business

Hiten Shah

Erika Hall
Designing Business

Erika Hall

Jon Radoff
Building innovative games around iconic brands

Jon Radoff

Eric Zimmerman
Sharpen your sword as a game designer

Eric Zimmerman

Katherine Isbister
Games, Emotions and Believable Characters

Katherine Isbister

Tracy Fullerton
Can a game bring Thoreau's Walden to life?

Tracy Fullerton

Blair Ethington
High Fashion meets Augmented Reality

Blair Ethington

Dan Cook
Indie life, remote collaboration, and the magic of small groups

Dan Cook

Chelsea Howe
Love, desire and submission to ritual

Chelsea Howe

Jesse Schell
Virtual Reality, transformational gaming, and juggling

Jesse Schell

Erin Hoffman
Social activism, educational games, and how game designers shape the world

Erin Hoffman