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title: "Wrangling Shadow IT: Blissfully's SaaS Discovery Engine"
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# Wrangling Shadow IT: Blissfully's SaaS Discovery Engine

Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders — S3 E20: Wrangling Shadow IT: Engineering Blissfully’s Automated SaaS Discovery Engine with Aaron White Press Play to Listen While You Browse S3 E20: Wrangling Shadow IT: Engineering Blissfully’s Automated SaaS Discovery Engine with Aaron White Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders 0:00 32:16 1× Aaron White started coding when he was young, tinkering on his commodore 64 when he was sent to his room, typing in esoteric commands just to get the game to run. He was a big magic the gathering player when he was young, and his parents pushed him towards working for a startup. Coming from a family of creators, he was sort of the black sheep since he wasn't painting or doing something with physical creative elements. Started coding professionally in his mid teens, and has kept at it ever since, attending college to study computer science and make all sorts of things. He currently lives in New York with his girlfriend, and enjoys a life of professional and personal flexibility. When attempting to start an IT consulting firm, he noticed that there was not a good way to show a firm their IT landscape - what your app inventory was, who uses what, etc. So he built a tool to do just that, to help with leadgen for his firm. When it started to spread like wildfire, he figured out this was more than a leadgen tool. This is the creation story of Blissfully. Links https://www.blissfully.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronmwhite/ https://profiles.forbes.com/members/tech/profile/Aaron-White-Founder-CTO-Blissfully/2c1fe39c-cfed-4370-8f7b-f2571a7878eb 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