Allan Branch - Captain of His Own Pirate Ship

In this episode we catch up with an old friend, Allan Branch. Allan and his partner Steve were early adopters of rails and made a big splash in the tech community with their company LessEverything. They put on many conferences (LessConf), workshops, offered consulting services, created and sold a SaaS, displayed silly/witty marketing and shared a ton of what they've learned through social and open source projects, blogs and more. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, Allan has taken concepts from his dad's car wash businesses (the "Jason Fried of car washes") applied them to software, and now is applying them to real estate, city development and breweries too. You don't want to miss this one, there's so much to learn. There's lots of great stories and even better advice. Links:Allan on TwitterCurrent tech company (they're looking to hire Elixir and Rails devs)Allan's link tree