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In this episode of Med Tech Gurus we have Mr. Joe Landolina CEO and Co-founder of Cresilon. Joe is an amazing guest he created his first medical product at 17 years of age He was a TED Global fellow a Forbes 30 under 30 and a finalist in Richard Branson's Extreme Tech Challenge.  Joe brings all of this experience and insight and discusses why we should love data points. And how we can use that data to try to deliver the perfect patient experience. You will enjoy the insights that Joe brings in this episode.

Today we're joined by tech royalty! Young Sohn was President of Samsung Electronics and co-founder of the world's largest startup competition, Extreme Tech Challenge.We take this golden opportunity to ask some of today's most urgent questions… How do you start a business in a faltering economy? What are now the biggest challenges of future tech? What are the biggest potentials?Take a listen as Niko and Young discuss everything from sustainability and data privacy to Web3 and AI.Support the show

Aujourd'hui, j'accueille Eric Buatois, VC, venture capitalist. Je peux vous dire que vous ne serez pas déçus de cet épisode. Eric a un parcours très riche et inspirant. Juste en lisant sa bio, vous comprendrez.  Eric Buatois has 19 years of active venture capital experience with BGV since 2013, and with Sofinnova Ventures as a General Partner from 2001 till 2013. He is a lead investor who truly enjoys building global companies and has demonstrated experience in executing spin-offs from large companies. He serves on the boards of several companies such NGD Systems, Scalefast, Onymos, Madkudu and Platform.sh. He recently served on the board of Profitect (acquired by Zebra Technology), Intellivision (acquired by Nortek), and Identity Mind Global (merged with Acuant). Eric served as Chairman of the Board of Upek from inception until 2009 including IPO filing in 2006 (and ultimate acquisition by Apple, Nasdaq: AAPL). Eric was instrumental in raising Sofinnova Ventures VI fund ($250M) in 2003, and Sofinnova Ventures VII fund ($375M) especially with international Limited Partners. As a venture investor, Eric Buatois participated in several M&A transactions, 2 IPO filings, and helped raise $1B of venture funds.     Eric Buatois has extensive experience as a private company director, having served 3 times as Chairman of the Board and participated in 4 corporate spinouts.     Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, he spent over 20 years in the Computer and Telecommunications industry. He held several senior management and operational roles at Texas Instruments, Hewlett-Packard and Ericsson. He also negotiated, created, and managed a joint venture in Sweden between HP and Ericsson. In his corporate roles, Eric pioneered and led the development of several very successful products such as Texas Instruments' digital signal processors for the cellular market, Hewlett- Packard's telecommunications products Opencall and Openview, as well as Ericsson's operational support systems for telecom networks.      Eric Buatois is a French citizen and resides in the Bay Area with his wife and 4 children. He enjoys outdoor activities, such as fly fishing, scuba diving, hiking, skiing and golfing. Eric led BGV to be a founding member of the Extreme Tech Challenge (extremetechchallenge.org). It is a non-profit devoted to elevating next generation entrepreneurs creating new technologies and innovations to benefit human kind in line with the United Nations 17 sustainable development goals.     Eric received his MSc In Computer Science and Communications Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in Paris in 1982 and graduated from INSEAD Advanced Management Program in 1991.     His past investments include Profitect (ZBRA), Intellivision(NSC), Identity Mind Global (Acuant) UPEK(AAPL), Cortina Systems(INPHI), Hellosoft(IMG), Laszlo Systems (Critical Path) and Scalefast (ESW).  Pour rentrer en contact avec Eric : LinkedIn  BGV  L'épisode vous a appris des choses ? Pour m'encourager et faire connaître ce Podcast, merci de me laisser un avis sur Apple Podcasts en y mettant un nombre d'⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ et surtout n'hésitez pas à partager c'est comme ça que je pourrai avoir des nouveaux invités. Pour aller plus loin : LinkedIn: Julien RIGAL-DUPONT Twitter: @jrigaldupont  Site Web : https://www.jrd-experiences.com   Pour écouter les anciens épisodes : https://www.jrd-experiences.com/podcast-experiences

Craig and Tracey took the helm this week with Blake away pitching Bamboo at Consensus as one of eight finalists in the Web 3 Pitch Fest hosted by Extreme Tech Challenge. Trace opens the episode announcing that the New York State of Financial Services - who are notoriously strict, have released guidelines for issuing dollar backed stable coins. Discussion continues around Binance announcing they have invested an undisclosed amount into Pancake swap, a decentralised app (DAP) built on the BNB chain. Other headlines making news this week included market share data showing that FTX has flipped rivals Coinbase in market share with 11% despite having only been around for less than half of the amount of time as Coinbase. As a user of FTX Trace shares why she thinks more users are moving towards FTX over Coinbase and has a laugh about some of the major sponsorships they have announced in an incredible 18 month rise which has seen them reach a 32 billion dollar valuation!Links mentioned throughout the episode are included below;Blake is pitching at Consensus Governance of Stable CoinsFTX Flips CoinbaseFor the full list of links head to the episode web page here.Download the Bamboo app and use code CURIOUS for $10 in ETH.Follow Crypto Curious on Instagram, or send the team an email with all your thoughts here. *****In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Crypto Curious acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. *****Crypto Curious is a product of Equity Mates Media. All information in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. Equity Mates gives listeners access to information and educational content provided by a range of financial service professionals. It is not intended as a substitute for professional finance, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Crypto Curious are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Equity Mates Media does not operate under an Australian financial services licence and relies on the exemption available under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in respect of any information or advice given.Before making any financial decisions you should read the Product Disclosure Statement and, if necessary, consult a licensed financial professional. Do not take financial advice from a podcast. For more information head to the disclaimer page on the Equity Mates website where you can find ASIC resources and find a registered financial professional near you. Crypto Curious is part of the Acast Creator Network. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On their creation Tikkun Olunch, based on the Jewish tradition of Tikkun Olam, ”These lunches were an opportunity for us to get together once a week and ask, ‘Are you doing the most you can possibly do to make the world a better place?  How can I help you think through that and how can I help you step up your game?' -Amanda Joy Ravenhill, Executive Director of The Buckminster Fuller Institute@AmandaRavenhill, Executive Director of @BuckyFullerInst, which is dedicated to accelerating the development and deployment of strategies that radically regenerate Earth's ecosystems. She previously held the role of Co-Founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. Amanda Joy is a member of The Seastars, an acapella group blending harmonies with new narratives of a future that works for 100% of life. She is also an avid gardener, stewarding her small backyard farm to build soil, host pollinators, create medicines, and grow food.@KushyKush, Co-founder and Director of Outreach, @Third_Deriv, a joint venture between Rocky Mountain Institute and New Energy Nexus. D3 now has the largest cohort of climate tech startups in the world, an SPV to fund all current and future companies, $3 trillion in market cap across corporate partners and $2 billion in deployable funds across VC partners. He is the author of “Accelerate This! A Super Not Boring Guide To Startup Accelerators and Clean Energy Entrepreneurship”, sponsored by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, World Wildlife Fund, and New Energy Nexus, and featuring Y Combinator, Techstars, 500 Startups, Google X, and other innovation programs around the world.As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and

“I like to say we're not a mission driven company.  We're not a company with a mission.  We're a mission with a company.”  -Ryan Shearman, Co-founder and CEO of Aether Diamonds@RyanShearmanNYC, Co-founder and CEO of @AetherDiamonds, a startup creating the world's first positive-impact diamonds.  Ryan Shearman is a mechanical engineer turned entrepreneur. Early in his career, Ryan joined David Yurman as one of the first hires on their new Men's team, where he was responsible for overseeing the development of some of the brand's most iconic and commercially successful collections at the time, shipping over $80M worth of product in under three years. In 2013 Ryan founded his first startup, Fusar, a direct-to-consumer brand that developed tech-enabled safety products for the motorcycle market. Ryan currently serves as the founder and CEO of Aether, where he combines his passions for technology and jewelry with his personal mission to help solve the climate crisis. In his free time, Ryan can be found riding his motorcycle, teaching his dog new tricks, and spending time with his family.   As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and

“How is everyone not working on climate change?...In my understanding of the science, I would say it will define the lives of people in my generation.”  -Kathy Hannun, Founder and President of Dandelion Energy@KathyHannun, Founder and President of @DandelionEnergy, the largest residential geothermal company in the United States.  Before founding Dandelion, Hannun was a Rapid Evaluator at X, Alphabet's innovation lab, where she focused on finding “Moonshots”.  Kathy initiated Dandelion as an X project and then launched it into an independent startup company in May 2017.  Dandelion has since raised millions in funding from top VCs, set a new standard for geothermal quality and cost-effectiveness, and empowered homeowners to avoid over 100 million pounds of carbon emissions and counting.  In February 2021, Dandelion raised a $30MM Series B funding round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures.  As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and

“If the next 4 billion ACs are all heat pumps, they can also decarbonize heating while we're expanding access to AC. If they have low carbon refrigerants we can solve the refrigerant problem.  Lastly, if we make sure they're all smart and WiFi connected we can help modernize the grid at the same time and have more solar and wind on the grid.”  -Vince Romanin, Co-founder and CEO of Gradient.  Vince Romanin is the CEO of Gradient (@GradientComfort), which is on a mission to cool the world sustainably.  Gradient plans to achieve this by increasing the efficiency of heating and cooling systems, removing harmful refrigerants, and electrifying the heating sector, all of which combined can offset about 2 GtCO2/year, or 7% of our total emissions today. Gradient's first product is an easier-to-install and easier-to-use heat pump that is quiet and gives you your window back.As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and

Hosted by media veteran and CEO of Mojo Media, Justin Kelly, we chat to leaders on the front line on how to get started, what it takes to build a successful business, how to overcome challenges, and advice for those on a similar journey.In this episode, Justin speaks with award-winning entrepreneur Grace Wong, co-founder of Australia's leading dining payment and rewards app, Liven. Wong, a former lawyer, founded Liven in 2014 and has since been named one of 5 female entrepreneurs leading blockchain by the Australian Financial Review and won Sir Richard Branson's 2019 Extreme Tech Challenge.

We are back with another Fulcrum Global Capital portfolio company this week. The company MicroGen Biotech has produced a microbe that can help encapsulate and precipitate heavy metals in the soil. This process results in a gradual cleaning of soil pollution and reduces the amount of heavy metal uptake by the plant which in turn will reduce the amount of heavy metals consumed by the public. MicroGen recently won the award for the agtech category at Samsung’s Extreme Tech Challenge. Founder Dr. Xuemei Germaine was also recognized as the top female founder of the year.    Heavy metal toxicity in the food chain is a concern being recognized around the world. Forbes published a report from the USDA that described “95% of all baby foods consumed in the United States have heavy metal content levels that are harmful to the development of organs and brains in infants and children, et cetera.”    “We are probably just a couple of years away from not potentially being able to export some of our food ag products to Europe because of that. I think the United States frankly is lagging a bit in this….Food companies are going to have to begin to demand and expect solutions to the products that are going into the foods that they are selling to the consumer.” - Dwayne Cantrell, Fulcrum Global Capital Venture Partner   Dr. Germaine explains how naturally occurring minerals and chronic use of fertilizers and pesticides all contribute to increased levels of heavy metals such as cadmium, arsenic and lead in soils. The crops that are grown in these areas will have increased levels of these metals which are then introduced into the food chain. This is especially a problem for individuals eating a plant based diet and children that are more susceptible to heavy metal toxicities.    “It’s all about how do you block (heavy metals) to make the food safer and also at the same time improve the soil health and that will be environmentally sustainable, economically sustainable, is good for farmers, good for the government and is good for every consumer. It will impact every one of us.” - Dr. Xuemei Germaine   As an added benefit, reducing the heavy metal absorption by the plant will not only benefit the consumer of the plant but also the plant itself. The microbe has been shown to increase the crop yield and has been specifically selected to also serve as a natural bio-fertilizer to the crop. Increased yield and being able to charge a premium will entice farmers to use this product with little risk to their profitability.  This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast: Meet Dr. Xuemei Germaine the founder of MicroGen Biotech Explore the risks posed by elevated heavy metal content in our food chain Learn about the effects these values can have on its consumers Discover what the microbe produced by MicroGen Biotech can offer to farmers by way of cleaning the soil and creating a crop with reduced levels of the harmful minerals Share the Ag-Love!  Thanks for joining us on the Future of Agriculture Podcast – your spot for valuable information, content, and interviews with industry leaders throughout the agricultural space! If you enjoyed this week’s episode, please subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave your honest feedback. Don’t forget to share it with your friends on your favorite social media spots! And be sure to join the new Future of Agriculture Membership for even more valuable information on the future of ag. Learn more about AgGrad by visiting:  Future of Agriculture Website AgGrad Website AgGrad on Twitter  AgGrad on Facebook  AgGrad on LinkedIn  AgGrad on Instagram 

Join host Cirina Catania as she interviews Larry O’Connor the Founder and CEO of OWC as they discuss NAB, the Extreme Tech Challenge, life changing tech, future tech, and how sustainability is part of OWC’s core.

Dr. Jemma Green is changing the energy game with her business, Power Ledger. She is the Co-Founder & Chairman of Power Ledger, having started the business just three years ago. Since then the business has won Sir Richard Branson's Extreme Tech Challenge, launched projects in the US, Japan and Australia, and gone live on the Blockchain. The clarity of Jemma's vision is inspiring to say the least and her business is about enabling the transition to low cost, low carbon and resilient distributed energy markets. Listen To the Full episode: http://www.bewhatyouwant.net/the-podcast/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdA7x4vofKkYU4odM_b1sZg Power Ledger Website: www.PowerLedger.IO

Jemma Green, cofounder and chairman of PowerLedger, describes how the company, which won the 2018 Extreme Tech Challenge, spearheaded by Sir Richard Branson and CES, is using tokens to solve various energy problems. One is the principal-agent problem in which the landlords of residential buildings don't have an incentive to install renewables because the tenants are the ones who would recoup the savings. Another is that, as more people install renewables, the grid is becoming less robust and more expensive. She describes the two types of tokens PowerLedger has, how that enables peer-to-peer trading but also involves the utilities, which pilots they have going now, how they're enabling energy asset financing and their work with carbon credits. Thank you to our sponsors! CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: PowerLedger: https://www.powerledger.io Jemma Green: https://twitter.com/msjemmagreen PowerLedger wins the Extreme Tech Challenge: https://medium.com/power-ledger/power-ledger-named-winner-in-extreme-tech-challenge-on-necker-island-423bcaa5e082 PowerLedger's pitch at XTC: https://medium.com/power-ledger/xtc-2018-power-ledgers-final-pitch-d69b66a329c6 Australian Financial Review Article that came out after we recorded on how small PowerLedger's uptake is so far: https://www.afr.com/business/energy/how-to-make-and-lose-2-billion-on-blockchain-20181212-h1914w

Extreme Tech Challenge Top Ten - January 5, 2018 by Kym McNicholas On Innovation

Today on KDOW was Alan Amron, inventor of Post-it Notes. Alan’s piece of advice? Simplify to understand. Secondly, don’t protect your product. Patent and communicate. Get the word out and don’t be afraid of idea stealing thieves. If you have the patent, you have the power. Alan took a number of callers from different companies in the Extreme Tech Challenge. First was Chris Trifecta from Tactical and fourth was Miro Svetlik from PrintRod. How do they educate the market quick enough to make it to the next level? Alan told them one of his most successful tips, simplify to understand. What that means is, explain your product in one sentence or word if you can. The second caller was John McMillian from Shockwave Motors, and the third was Stewart Dennis from Bitbounce. They both want to know - how do you locate and connect with the right people? Look for the vice president of new product development at a successful company that could help you start production. Listen in next Tuesday @ 2PM!

Doctor Raghotham Patlola says he's never seen a medical device in the field of cardiology with the track record of Ra Medical System's DABRA Laser System. After presenting at an industry conference in Florida, he reminisced with the inventor of the excimer laser, which is used to unclog arteries using the power of light, about his early skepticism. With an unbelievable trial success rate of 95%, Dr. Patlola has now identified the patients that will benefit from this procedure. The idea of a painless, outpatient, local anesthesia procedure made people with difficult cases of peripheral artery disease more keen to participate. The problem is that the media likes to focus on the heart, not the legs. However, what the media does not know is that amputation has proven to cause much more psychological trauma and cost much more money than a heart attack. Listen in to heart Dr. Patlola and Dean Irwin answer business questions from Extreme Tech Challenge contestants.

Today's featured guest is Patrick Freuler, the founder, and CEO of Audicus, which offers high-tech, affordable hearing aids by selling them straight to consumers, online. Audicus is changing the way hearing loss is diagnosed and treated by providing remote hearing test solutions, which they do by offering free hearing test apps on desktops and iOS. This unique model is truly disrupting the hearing aid industry. In fact, it is so disruptive that Audicus has become the leading eCommerce retailer of hearing aids and has saved consumers more than $30 million to date.   On top of that, Patrick recently pitched to Sir Richard Branson on Necker Island alongside only a handful of companies in the Extreme Tech Challenge. Patrick was born in Switzerland but he was raised in and went to school in Brazil and Amsterdam. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and before Audicus he worked as a private equity healthcare investor at Bain Capital and also as a Strategy Consultant at McKinsey. Patrick joins us today to talk about the three things that everyone should know about Audicus, including how they are streamlining the hearing aid acquisition process with a consumer- centric focus. He shares how Audicus is revolutionizing the hearing aid industry by taking a completely new approach and offering consumers an alternative to purchasing hearing aids. Patrick outlines exactly how they were able to grow Audicus by tapping into the tech- enabled, younger consumer segment with their unique business model. The press and word of mouth that the company received from this approach was what really put Audicus on the map. Ultimately, Audicus is all about bringing people together by taking a consumer-based focus to their branding. Patrick also shares how they aim to educate their consumers to take healthcare decisions into their own hands to have a drastic improvement in their quality of life.

It's been more than 6 months since the FAA policy requiring people to become professional certified drone pilots. Now, new entrepreneurial opportunities for drone operators abound. Drones-As-A-Service is a legitimate business category thanks to DroneDeploy. Cofounder Jono Millin explains how entrepreneurs are using their image capture, data analytics, and 2D image building software as the foundation of this new business category. He also shares some of the other biggest trends happening in this space. Justin Haggerty, Founder/CEO of the International Drone Racing Association talks about the fast-growing new sport of drone racing and what it’s going to take to develop the ultimate fan-friendly live and televised event. But kicking off the show is the winner of the world’s largest startup competition, with Sir Richard Branson as the anchor judge, the Extreme Tech Challenge. Tobin Fisher and his Vantage Robotics team developed the Snap 4k flying camera, which is considered one of the safest drones on the market. He talks about the challenges of standing out in a very crowded space. Plus, he explains the significance of his involvement in helping broadcast stations get Federal approval to fly their drones at-will during breaking news situations.

We have eight of the top 25 startups from around the world vying for a chance to present live on stage at the world’s largest consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, CES, for the ultimate prize of pitching Virgin brands billionaire sir Richard Branson on his private island. They include a company that allows you to create the materials used for 3D printing and recycle the scraps to use again, a new gel technology that stops traumatic bleeding on contact, and an intellegent Electric Vehicle charging system designed for multi-tenant facilities.

Host Kym McNicholas and Bill Tai, co-founder of the world's largest startup competition, the Extreme Tech Challenge, shares the quarter finalists vying for a shot at pitching on stage at the world's largest consumer electronics show in Las Vegas this January, CES. The startups, which are each at a key inflection point, poised and ready to scale, will compete there for the chance of a lifetime: To pitch Sir Richard Branson and an esteemed panel of judges on his private island, Necker. Hear some of the most innovative startups representing some of the biggest trends in technology from around the world, including the next electric sports car, the world's smartest stethoscope, a big breakthrough in beer brewing, and cancer screening with your mobile phone. For more on these companies, go to http://extremetechchallenge.com/top25/ .

Our featured guest is Bill Tai, the brainchild behind and co-founder of the world’s largest startup competition, the Extreme Tech Challenge, with Sir Richard Branson as the anchor judge. More than 4,000 companies have applied over the last three years, and more applications are expected before this year’s competition closes. The top ten present live on stage at the world’s largest consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, CES. The top three go on to present on Sir Richard Branson’s private island. Tai takes calls in this show from startups who are applying for the competition. He talks about how to create product/market fit, how to target the right demographic for your product, how to answer to your team and investors in the boardroom when something goes terribly wrong, and how to find the best funding and networking sources. We take questions from startups that include: XzrTech, the maker of an airport sky-bridge for oceanfront homes; UGo Smooothie, which has developed an automated smoothie store - a full smoothie store that needs no human operator; DirectTech Labs, which has developed Artificial Intellgence (AI) to help companies with independent sales reps to better engage and retain their people by accurately predicting what will happen in their business tomorrow, and helping them act preemptively.

As CEO of Hooch, Lin and his co-founders pioneered the Hooch App, the first membership cocktail app where members pay $9.99 a month and receive One Drink Every Day. Winner of Anheuser-Busch/InBev's SxSW Startup competition and Top 25 winner in Richard Branson's Extreme Tech Challenge, Hooch is available at hundreds of bars and restaurants in NY, LA, Austin, Dallas, Miami, and soon to be in HongKong, SF and more.Lin graduated with honors from Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. He was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year award, followed by a tenure as the youngest adjunct professor at CMU, developing its 1st set of credited courses on Web Publishing.

“It’s more than a business,” shared Jacqueline Ros, founder and CEO of Revolar, a Denver, Colorado based personal safety wearable tech company. “It’s a movement. A movement of people taking back their lives; people living their lives without worrying about what they are wearing, where they are going, or what time they’re going out. We use empowerment and not fear. That’s the entire point of Revolar.” - Via Amysmartgirls As the CEO and founder of Revolar, Jacqueline has always held a passion for social issues. Jacqueline founded Revolar to disrupt rape culture and change the way people keep themselves and those they love safe. At the helm of Revolar, Jacqueline and her team ran a successful Kickstarter campaign, did the Techstars Boulder 2015 accelerator program, made the Top 25 for Sir Richard Branson’s Extreme Tech Challenge and most recently closed a $3 million financing round with The Foundry Group. Jacqueline is a Florida native, but moved to Denver, CO three years ago to build Revolar where she enjoys rock climbing, volunteering and spending time with her family. In this episode, Jacqueline tell us all about her journey to becoming a successful tech rockstar and overcoming the huge learning curve and challenges on her ascent to the top! Our favorite part about her project? Her commitment to the movement of women empowerment! Here's one of our favorite statements from her: "Everything is about positive relationships and building authentic relationships with people who know what it takes to make this happen, and it's been really incredible to have that support  in our community."

 “There are no losers in innovation.” -Kym McNicholas About: Kym McNicholas - Emmy Award Winning Journalist Overview: Kym is a feisty go-getter and long-time broadcaster. She has worked as a journalist for Forbes and PandoDaily. Currently, Kym is involved as the Executive Director for the Extreme Tech Challenge. Kym McNicholas | Melinda Yeaman   Highlights: Kym’s Background: Kym has quite the resume, from professional water skier, to executive director of the Extreme Tech Challenge, Kym takes the cake on diversity. She graduated with a Communication Studies degree from Sacramento State University. Kym grew with a love of sports, and originally went to school for sports, but got a taste of broadcasting and ended up heading towards that direction. Throughout her life, she has been involved in many different types of broadcasting positions. What is the Extreme Tech Challenge: Kym has been involved with many entrepreneurs and has worked with Richard Branson on the Extreme Tech Challenge. To learn more about what the Tech Challenge is and all those who have contributed, you can find it HERE. Bucket list: Watch to find out what's on Kym’s bucket list. Hint: It includes Richard Branson Struggles: Kym shares an experience where she drove out of her way to a TV station that asked her to come out, and upon arrival was denied in a big way. She’s also had other experiences that have attacked her personally. Kym has learned to have thick skin and to not let what people say get inside of her head. Through her trials, Kym has learned that everything always works out the way it is supposed to. Advice for Entrepreneurs: Just do. Don’t listen to the naysayers. Don’t go to media too soon, because they often times rip apart your ideas. Don’t rely upon the media to promote your business. If your business can’t stand on its own, then it’s not a good business. Create a community, get on TV, and pay for advertising. Look for people who are going to offer positive criticism. You don’t have to get investment, you can bootstrap! You don’t always have to go the conventional route to be successful. Take Away: Kym is an inspiring individual who hasn't let negativity drag her down. She teaches us that with will power, and a strong determination you can do and become whatever you want. Connect With Kym: Website | @kymbee If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher USE PROMO CODE "OUTLIER"