Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Our guest this week is Robert Stephens. Robert is the founder of The Geek Squad and former CTO of Best Buy. The Geek Squad will turn 30 in 2024 and employs over 24,000 people. His newest company launching soon, is ChainList, a platform for re-usable checklists and was inspired by CoolTools. A native of Chicago, he now lives in the Bay Area. Robert’s newest company, ChainList will enter public beta soon. It was inspired by his time building Geek Squad - which is still powered by checklists. Chainlist let’s you find, make, remix, and subscribe to checklists. With NFC and QR codes — you can even store this info onto physical objects like homes and equipment. Just like CoolTools, ChainList hopes to offer everyone access to useful processes.
Website: Chainlist.com
Twitter: twitter.com/rstephens
TOOLS:
NFC coin tags: geni.us/mXhnBM
NFC Tools app: wakdev.com/en/apps/nfc-tools-ios.html
MakePass app: pvieito.com/apps?redirect=makepass#app-makepass
Payment Links from Stripe: stripe.com/en-ca/payments/payment-links
ChainList: chainlist.com
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/robert-stephens-founder-of-the-geek-squad-2
If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Our guest this week is Robert Stephens. Robert is the founder of The Geek Squad and former CTO of Best Buy. The Geek Squad will turn 30 in 2024 and employs over 24,000 people. His newest company launching soon, is ChainList, a platform for re-usable checklists and was inspired by CoolTools. A native of Chicago, he now lives in the Bay Area. Robert’s newest company, ChainList will enter public beta soon. It was inspired by his time building Geek Squad - which is still powered by checklists. Chainlist let’s you find, make, remix, and subscribe to checklists. With NFC and QR codes — you can even store this info onto physical objects like homes and equipment. Just like CoolTools, ChainList hopes to offer everyone access to useful processes.
Website: Chainlist.com
Twitter: twitter.com/rstephens
TOOLS:
NFC coin tags: geni.us/mXhnBM
NFC Tools app: wakdev.com/en/apps/nfc-tools-ios.html
MakePass app: pvieito.com/apps?redirect=makepass#app-makepass
Payment Links from Stripe: stripe.com/en-ca/payments/payment-links
ChainList: chainlist.com
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/robert-stephens-founder-of-the-geek-squad-2
If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: geni.us/fourfavoritetools
