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title: "Building Nature-Based Tech with Mark Hendriks"
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# Building Nature-Based Tech with Mark Hendriks

Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders — S3 E3: Building Nature-Based Tech: How Wild Ventures Merged Art & Code... and Got Featured by Apple with Mark Hendriks Press Play to Listen While You Browse S3 E3: Building Nature-Based Tech: How Wild Ventures Merged Art & Code... and Got Featured by Apple with Mark Hendriks Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders 0:00 26:27 1× Mark Hendriks has been a product designer for 11 years. His family and he love to travel, see the world and visit national parks. He currently live in Spain with his wife and son, off the grid. And by off the grid, I mean a house on 20 acres, with its own solar power system, and own rain water collection system. But don't worry... he made sure he checked the LGE network speed before buying the property. Five years ago, he started a side project, building a weather app that combined up to date weather with his wife's beautiful landscape illustrations. Shortly after - Apple started promoting their apps, and their business started to take off. Today, they have ventured into nature based mindfulness apps, through their company known as Wild Ventures. Sponsors Best Self - Use Promo Code CODESTORY for 20% off Links https://wildventures.nl Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Amazing tools we use: If you want the best publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people - use Transistor.fm Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast . Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain , sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart . Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Pocket Casts , Google Play , Breaker , Youtube , or the podcasting app of your choice. Checkout our episode stacks on Stacklist! https://stacks.codestory.co/ Hosted by Noah Labhart | Technical Founder & Startup Mentor. Advertising Inquiries : https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Latest Season of the Podcast is Sponsored By