This week's "Juicy Influencers" series features Arthur Klepchukov. Arthur is a web developer and designer with a very diverse background from venture capital to IT research to startups. He is the founder of Slipstream, a new startup taking on information overload on Twitter.. The technological breakthrough of Slipstream landed Arthur and the company in Launchbox, an aggressive and established accelerator program.

GenJuice: So Arthur, what keeps you up at night??

Arthur: Nothing. I work so much during the day that I have no problems falling asleep. I'm a single founder and Slipstream, my startup, is tackling a huge problem - information overload. Even though I'm starting with a subset of the problem (making Twitter more relevant), it's still so much more work than having cofounders like I did in my first startup. What wakes me up in the morning is the thought that if I sleep in, my entire company sleeps in. It's all in my hands. Some find that overwhelming. I see it as a challenge that I'd love to say I overcame. If anything were to really keep me up at night, it would be making the same mistakes I made in my first startup because then I wouldn't have learned much.

GenJuice: Ok. We all have problems. How have you tackled your biggest hurdle?

Arthur: My biggest hurdle with Slipstream is that I'm the only one here full time, day in and day out, so I have to balance my prejudices and biases with how the world actually works. I'm a programmer and a designer and we tend to think that problems can be solved with more code or a better interface. That approach fails miserably when you're facing things like customer apathy because you're solving a problem they don't have.

I've tackled this head-on by being humble, asking for help when I'm out of my element, and getting others involved, especially those who are passionate about the problem Slipstream is solving. Michael Berolzheimer and Jeff Miller have provided some amazing input. I got lots of advice from LaunchBox Digital, which incubated Slipstream this fall. Kacy Fortner has also been a big help in putting our latest prototype together. Having great folks like these involved is why I tend to refer to Slipstream as "we" instead of just "me."

GenJuice: What does it mean to you to quit & create?

What do we mean by quit and create? The Genjuice Quit & Create Challenge where we are encouraging and helping one million 20-somethings across the world quit what’s stopping them and begin creating a future they love! http://www.genjuice.com/

Arthur: Quit & create means not letting anything get in the way of what makes you passionate. That includes pesky little things like food, shelter, friendship, etc. You can't afford to give up on your dreams. Sure, I need to eat but I also need to create. It's a matter of priorities but most people simply don't put what they really want high enough. What would you rather have: enough money to eat out and go to the movies every night or a chance at leaving your mark on this world?

For more insight into Arthur, please follow him at @artvankilmer and make sure to check out Slipstre.am to get rid of those pesky Foursquare check-ins or #followfriday tweets without unfollowing someone you really like!