Podcast appearances and mentions of John Borthwick

In this special extra episode, John Borthwick of the Ministry Forum interviews W. Scott about his life journey and why he does this podcast.

The two hottest topics in tech right now are the rise of generative AI and, with Apple's recent push into spatial computing, the mainstreaming of augmented reality. Will silicon-based machines develop sentience? Will human experience extend into virtual worlds? These distinct technologies may eventually blend to spawn a surprising future, as our “real” world becomes digitally enhanced and our machines behave increasingly like humans. Today, a provocative discussion with some big (human) thinkers: Steven Johnson, visiting scholar at Google Labs and author of ”Extra Life,” “Where Good Ideas Come from,” and “How We Got to Now”; philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers, author of ”The Conscious Mind” and “Reality+;” and Betaworks founder and AI investor John Borthwick. • Want to learn more about our executive membership? Email podcast@nextbigideaclub.com • “David Chalmers Thinks We May Be Living in a Simulation (and He's OK With It)” • “Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life”

Dr. Peter Attia, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller "Outlive," is back to share cutting-edge tips for improving your sleep, nutrition, and emotional health. (If you missed the first part of our interview with Peter, you can listen to it here.) P.S. • Pickup a copy of "Immortality: A User's Guide" by Steven Johnson at nextbigideaclub.supportingcast.fm • Check out our interviews with Tim Spector and Russell Foster • We're hosting a live taping of the show on June 28th in New York City, featuring Rufus in conversation with Steven Johnson, David Chalmers, and John Borthwick. You can learn more and buy tickets at betaworks.com/event/ai-consciousness

Peter Attia had a problem. It was 2006. He'd recently graduated from Stanford's medical school and was completing a prestigious surgical residency at Johns Hopkins, but instead of celebrating his success, he was tormented by frustrations. The medical establishment, it seemed to him, was stubbornly resistant to change and innovation; doctors could easily diagnose the maladies that kill most of us — heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, and type 2 diabetes — but they struggled to help their patients avoid those diagnoses in the first place. Peter believed there had to be another approach. He was convinced it was possible to practice a cutting-edge form of medicine that didn't just manage diseases but tried to prevent them. So he embarked on a journey to figure out how to do it. Now, nearly two decades later, he's compiled everything he learned on that journey in a book, the #1 New York Times bestseller "Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity." It's a comprehensive guide to exercise, nutrition, sleep, and mental health that'll help you live better for longer. Peter Attia is the founder of Early Medicine and host of "The Drive." (This is part one of a two-part episode. Check back next Thursday for the second installment.) P.S. We're hosting a live event in New York City on June 28th! Rufus will take the stage with Steven Johnson, David Chalmers, and John Borthwick to discuss the rise of generative AI and the mainstreaming of augmented reality. Learn more at betaworks.com/event/ai-consciousness

EPISODE 1481: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Betaworks CEO John Borthwick about the origins of the social media age and why the intelligence for today's AI revolution is being built upon social media data John Borthwick is the CEO and Founder of Betaworks. He leads the company building and investment process since 2008. Previously, John was SVP of Alliances and Technology Strategy for Time Warner Inc.; CEO of Fotolog, one of the first social photo sharing sites; and head of AOL's product development studio after they acquired his first company, WPStudio, one of Silicon Alley's first content studios. John studied at Wesleyan University and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Head of the AI and Media Integrity Program at the Partnership on AI (PAI) Claire Leibowicz, Tech Policy Press CEO and Editor Justin Hendrix, Betaworks CEO John Borthwick, and Douglas Rushkoff come up with guiding principles for the future of artificial intelligence on a live panel discussion recorded at Betaworks on Monday, April 3.

In Episode 307 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with the founder and CEO of Betaworks, John Borthwick about the current moment in artificial intelligence. In John's first appearance on the podcast in 2017, Demetri and he spoke about the challenges and opportunities present in the field of A.I. and how we could progress technologically into an immersive future of superintelligence and simulation without losing touch with our humanity. The incredibly rapid adoption of ChatGPT has caused both Demetri and John to revisit these questions and whether that immersive future that they spoke about then has finally arrived. How we would even know if it has and what the appropriate response to the current moment is for the public, for companies investing in this technology, and for governments seeking to regulate and exploit it is the subject of the episode's second hour, which is available to premium subscribers. You can subscribe to our premium content and gain access to our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports (or Key Takeaways) at HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces genius community, which includes Q&A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page. If you still have questions, feel free to email info@hiddenforces.io, and Demetri or someone else from our team will get right back to you. If you enjoyed listening to today's episode of Hidden Forces you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | CastBox | RSS Feed Write us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify Subscribe to our mailing list at https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/ Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe & Support the Podcast at https://hiddenforces.io Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at @Kofinas Episode Recorded on 04/06/2023

In this episode of Oh Ship, Freddie is joined by John Borthwick, Co-founder of Betaworks, a thematic residency and investment program for early-stage companies that has led to businesses like Giphy, Bitly, and Tweetdeck (to name a few).#ohshipshow #Betaworks #VentureStudio----------------------------------------------------------Thanks for watching! If you enjoyed this episode of Oh Ship! Show, please:

For this first new podcast of 2023, let's clear the air. In the process of going non-stop 52 weeks a year on all the issues that come at us on a regular basis, how often do we just stop and take stock? How can we keep up with everything and not get caught in the undertow? How can we overcome that feeling that we're not doing enough and stay hopeful in an ever changing world? Let's stop and think about where we are on Wednesday February 1, 2023. The pandemic isn't over, even if we're pretty much acting like it's over. We have issues with homelessness and mental health, but despite a community-wide response it feels like we're only making a drop in the bucket. We're faced with economic inequality, social inequality, environmental degradation, and, oh yeah, the Nazis are back! No wonder we have a mental health crisis. It's easy to get stuck in this feeling of malaise. Public participation is down with pitifully low voter turnout and a dramatic decrease in the number of available volunteers. People are feeling tapped out after three years of being on their toes, always adapting to a shifting landscape that often pivots on a dime, so it shouldn't be very surprising that people don't have the energy for even paying attention to politics, let alone changing the world. If you're somewhere between anger and exhaustion, you're not alone. To help us sort these conflicting feelings, we're joined by John Borthwick, who is the minister at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in downtown Guelph. He's going to talk about how to centre ourselves in the maelstrom of issues coming at us everyday, and why we should embrace the adaptability of human beings. He will also discuss the struggle to listen and understand each other despite our differences, and why nostalgia is both attractive and damaging. And finally, he will talk about his 20 years in Guelph, and how the community has changed for the better, and the worse, in that time. Let's talk about starting fresh on this week's Guelph Politicast! If you're in need of spiritual guidance you can find Reverend Borthwick at the pulpit every Sunday morning at St. Andrew's on Norfolk Street, which is also still broadcast on YouTube on the church's channel @standrewsguelph. For something a little more secular, you can follow him on Twitter. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Stitcher, Google, TuneIn and Spotify . Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

We have been working with Nikki Morrison as she travels the world during the low seasons to help Low Season Traveller in our mission to draw more attention to the issues of overtourism and seasonality whilst extolling the virtues of low season travel. Nikki met up with John Borthwick whilst on her journey through Northern Thailand recently. John Borthwick is one of Australia's leading travel writers, his work is published by leading newspapers around the world and his photos have graced the covers of no fewer than five editions of the Lonely Planet.  He has been Australian Travel Writer of the Year and awarded the Pacific Asia Travel Association Gold Award. When he turned out to be sharing Nikki Morrison's Low Season Adventure with the Tuk Tuk Club in Northern Thailand she couldn't have been more delighted. In her own words, it was her first rodeo and John, as you will hear has five decades of experience to share.  Enjoy.. And you can learn more about Chiang Mai and what it's like during it's low season months here. But That's our show for this week. Thanks as always, for your company, and if you enjoyed this podcast, please do leave us a positive rating and a review on your podcast app – it really helps…and also please do follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn so you'll be the first to hear our latest low season stories, articles and guides. Have a great week and remember that travel is always better and fairer for the planet, the local communities and you the travellers, when it's without the crowds…  

Director of Truth Digital, John Borthwick chats to Tom about marketing your flooring business Who are Truth Digital?We are tribe of experts with experience in different industries, including flooring, digital marketing, web design, coaching and strategy development. We came together to offer a unique solution to flooring professionals.Www.truthdigital.co.ukJohn@truthdigital.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Mike sits down with John Borthwick.   John has been the minister at St. Andrew's Guelph for 17 years.  If you asked him about his ministry, he'd simply tell you that he feels called to the places where he believes Jesus would be found today.  His new project The Abbey, has already started shaping how churches look at hybrid ministries and other important topics of the day, so let's get into it! . . . . . . #churchhelper #churchconsulting #sotrytelling #kidsministry #churchconsultant #churchgrowth #attendancegrowth #growingattendance #churchleader #elders #eldertraining #sessiontraining #sessionleadership #sessions #churchleader #churchleadertraining #ministry #ministrytraining #churchstrategy #churchcommunication #teambuilding #churchteams #mikewasyluk #northamericanchurch #canadianchurch #churchleadertraining #churchleaderpodcast #churchpodcast #churchcoach #leadpastor #pastortraining #pastorcoaching #ministercoaching #leadminister #ministertraining #sessionmembers #trainyourelders #churchwebsite #churchsocialmedia #onlineengagement #churchnewsletter #onlineengagement #eldertraining #sessionmember #elderboard #churchelder #churchboard #clerkofsession #disciples #churchbuilding

In Episode 7 we talk to John Borthwick, founder and CEO of Betaworks.Things Mentioned:Betaworks Twitter: @traditionalpod Instagram: @none_traditional Facebook: Non Traditional Page Support us on Patreon here.Subscribe to the newsletter here. Be part of this Non Traditional community. Join the Friends of Non Traditional here. Co-Hosts: Anastasia Folorunso, Jenn MundiaProduced and Edited by: Anastasia FolorunsoTheme Music by EsabaluGraphics by Rowan ShalitSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/nontraditional)

In Episode 154 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Sinan Aral, MIT Professor and author of “The Hype Machine,” about the promise and the peril of social media. Is social media a force for meaningful connection, collaboration, social support, and access to life-saving information? Or is it a propaganda machine that, left unchecked, will destroy democracy, civil society, and our health? Can the promise of social media be realized without the peril? Or are they inexorably linked? This episode is the latest in a series of thoughtful conversations that we have hosted on Hidden Forces dealing with some of the more problematic issues surrounding social media and its influence on politics & society. Demetri’s conversations with Shoshana Zuboff and Rana Faroohar come most immediately to mind, but my episodes with Cal Newport on digital minimalism, Hanna Fry on artificial intelligence, and John Borthwick with whom we have explored numerous interesting philosophical questions are also very much worth revisiting for anyone interested in further exploring the topics discussed today.   You can access the episode overtime, as well as the transcript and rundown to this week’s episode through the Hidden Forces Patreon Page. All subscribers gain access to our overtime feed, which can be easily added to your favorite podcast application. If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | CastBox | RSS Feed Write us a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to our mailing list through the Hidden Forces Website Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe & Support the Podcast at http://patreon.com/hiddenforces Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Episode Recorded on 09/04/2020

Damian Collins MP is joined by John Borthwick, Chair of the COVID-19 Technology Taskforce and CEO of Betaworks, who were early investors in Twitter and Tumblr. They discuss the tech companies' response to COVID-19 and compare track and trace technologies around the word.

John Borthwick has been a leader and early-stage investor in New York technology for over two decades. As founder and CEO of betaworks, John has led the company building and investment process since 2008. Companies built by betaworks include Giphy, Dots, bitly, and Chartbeat. Previously, he was SVP of Alliances and Technology Strategy for Time Warner Inc.; CEO of Fotolog, one of the first social photo sharing sites; and head of AOL’s product development studio after they acquired his first company, WP Studio, one of Silicon Alley’s first content studios. He currently serves on the boards of WNYC, New York Public Radio, Data & Society, Giphy, Dots, and Blade. John holds an MBA from Wharton and a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Borthwick from Betaworks, on The Adversarial Persuasion Machine https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/13/the-adversarial-persuasion-machine-a-conversation-with-james-williams --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer sits down with CEO of Betaworks, John Borthwick. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer sits down with CEO of Betaworks, John Borthwick. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mark plays clips of people who are raising the alarm on tech: Katie Porter, John Borthwick, Tristan Harris, and Carole Cadwalladr. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/85583

Mark plays clips of people who are raising the alarm on tech: Katie Porter, John Borthwick, Tristan Harris, and Carole Cadwalladr. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/85583

Founding General Partner Hadley Harris speaks with John Borthwick, the Founder & CEO of betaworks and long-time investor in the early NYC tech scene. In the past decade, John has helped hundreds of companies build products and scale - such as Giphy, bit.ly, Tumblr, GroupMe - and continues looking for ways to improve the model with each new company. In this episode, John speaks to a recent blog post he published on “Building Bicycles for Our Minds” in which he addresses his perspective on why there is a significant lack of vision for the next wave of technology and what we can do about it as tech leaders and entrepreneurs before it gets worse. John shares his thoughts on “just building stuff because you think it is interesting, doesn't mean you should," talks about the power of intent, and why it is important for entrepreneurs to look further out on the horizon than just the next hill. John also speaks to the evolution of betaworks. From a startup factory to a multi-faceted business, betaworks, including a venture fund, a formal accelerator program as well as the newly launched a membership-based resource community called Studios. Send comments to seedtoscale@eniac.vc and tweet us @seedtoscale. Read John's full blog post: https://render.betaworks.com/building-bicycles-for-our-minds-c79a2dd0b958

On April 23rd, 2018, betaworks CEO John Borthwick hosted a discussion on how regulation could fix Facebook with author Andrew Keen, WIRED journalist Jessi Hempel and early Facebook investor Roger McNamee.

A five minute edited highlight of our full conversation.

'The Business Starter'. John Borthwick is the founder and CEO of Betaworks, a New York based business described variously as a company of builders, a start-up studio, and a seed stage venture capital company.  Betaworks has built a diverse range of companies that sit at the intersection of media and technology, including Giphy, TweetDeck, and Dots. Last year, they announced the launch of a $50 million early-stage fund called betaworks ventures, designed to support all three of the company’s investment portfolio models - from Betaworks owned, to theme based accelerators to investment in outside companies. John and I talked about why small is beautiful when it comes to unlocking creativity, about the first time he saw the Internet, and why using technology to connect people isn’t enough.

In Episode 21 of Hidden Forces, host Demetri Kofinas speaks with John Borthwick about design philosophy, superintelligence, relativism, and simulation. John Borthwick is CEO and Co-founder of Betaworks, a startup platform that builds and invests in companies across the social, data-driven media Internet. The Betaworks platform combines three areas of expertise. The first is a studio for building products like Giphy, Dots, Bitly, and Tweetdeck. The second is an investment fund for early-stage start-ups related to the areas in which the company is building (investments here include: Tumblr, Kickstarter, Medium and Gimlet). Lastly, there is "camp": a thematic accelerator program for start-ups in frontier technology such as Bots, AI, and Verbal Computing. In this manner, John Borthwick and his team at Betaworks combine art and science in their design philosophy, as they create extraordinary companies and work with exceptional people across the technological landscape. In their conversation, Demetri and John blur the line between man and machine. “Computers are no longer that 'other' thing, that 'other' object. The line between machines and humans is becoming indistinguishable," says John Borthwick. The two reconsider our place as observers and users of technology in this increasingly intermediated universe of digital experience. They reimagine consciousness and explore a theory of mind that questions our notions of humanity, our sense of identity, and our assumptions of free will. How do we develop a design philosophy for our machines without losing sight of our humanity? Who are we designing our world for? And, what do we hope to achieve as we dissolve into this immersive technological future of superintelligence, disembodied consciousness, relativism, and simulation? Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod

John Borthwick is the Founder & CEO @ Betaworks, the New York-based startup platform combining 3 areas of expertise. They have a studio where they have built products including Giphy, Dots, Bitly and more. They have a fund with prior investments including Tumblr, Medium and Kickstarter. Finally they have a camp, a thematic accelerator program for companies in frontier technology sectors. As for John, Prior to Betaworks, John was an SVP at Time Warner Inc following John's previous company, WP-Studio, being acquired by AOLTW. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How John made his way from AOL and Time Warner to founder of Betaworks? 2.) Why is John skeptical of the traditional VC model? Why does John believe that the market has adapted but the VC model has not? 3.) Why does John believe fund cycles are simply too short, in the same school of thought as Matt Ocko @ Data Collective? What are the problems with this? 4.) How does John evaluate Fred Wilson's post on the consumer downturn? Why does John think we are addicted to short term rapid fire hits? 5.) Why is John not surprised that AI, Bots, VR and AR are being 'labeled a disappointment for the last year? What does he think will be the catalyst for their rise? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: John’s Fave Book: King Lear As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and John on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. X.ai is AI-poweredered personal assistant for scheduling meetings bringing you Amy or Andrew. The assistant you interact with like you would to any other person and it allows you to avoid the tedious hours of email ping pong in order to schedule one meeting. Even better, there is no sign in, no password, no download, all you do is cc amy@x.ai beautiful! And you can check it out now on x.ai it really is a must! Workable is the all-in-one recruiting software for ambitious companies. From posting a job to tracking and managing candidates, Workable provides everything you need to hire better. Transparent communication, organized candidate profiles, structured interviews and a full reporting suite gives hiring teams the information they need to make the best choice. Workable is available for desktop and mobile and you can find out more on workable.com where you can try it for free.

It's been on my mind since day one. I talk to Anil Dash, technologist and long-time diversity and inclusion advocate. But first, I chat with betaworks CEO John Borthwick about D&I, as well as recent grad and Twitter hire, Terri Burns. Full interview with Anil Dash: http://bit.ly/2axGUi5 Get your first 2 meal free: www.blueapron.com/intern Links: www.hiretechladies.com http://projectinclude.org http://www.c4q.nyc http://www.blackgirlscode.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Rule Follow Anil Dash @anildash, Terri Burns @tcburning Music: -Upright TRex http://uprighttrexmusic.com -Erin Barra www.mammabarra.com -Interstellar Export by The Insider http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Insider/ Source: The Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org/ License: CC by S-A 3.0 -Interstate 70 Rain Chants by Fields Ohio https://www.facebook.com/fieldsofohio Source: The Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org/ ...

John Borthwick, CEO of the "startup studio" Betaworks, tells Peter Kafka why mobile apps still rule, why he's still bullish on Twitter user growth and more. Later, Lauren Goode and Kara Swisher talk TV streaming, and Kurt Wagner unpacks the daily fantasy controversy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, John Borthwick takes us behind the scenes of Betaworks. He reveals how Betaworks launches products, the role of building your own network, and when to pivot.

In the inaugural episode of Product Hunt Radio (PHR), Shaan Puri and Furqan Rydhan joined me (Ryan Hoover) to geek out about product. We chatted about the Bebo reacquisition, backstory behind Monkey Inferno's new video walkie talkie app, Blab, shared our favorite Product Hunt discoveries, and brainstormed epic product ideas. Overview: - 00:00 - Intro to Monkey Inferno, Shaan, and Furqan - 1:34 - Blabbing about Blab and Bebo - 23:00 - Favorite Product Hunt Finds - 34:02 - Billion $ Product Brainstorm Related links and products mentioned: - Blab on Product Hunt - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/blab - Momentum on Product Hunt - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/momentum - Tickle on Product Hunt - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/tickle - Homescreen 2014 on Product Hunt - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/homescreen2014 - #Homescreen2014 by John Borthwick - https://medium.com/on-startups/4d07472265c7 - Snappy Checkout on Product Hunt - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/snappy-checkout Intro/outro music by eldienneproductions -(https://soundcloud.com/eldienneproductions/hip-hop-beat-instrumental --- Product Hunt is a daily leaderboard of brand new products. Visit producthunt.co.

Episode 11: John Borthwick