Podcast appearances and mentions of molly cain

In today's episode, Tyler takes a step away from defense tech and welcomes in Harrison Smith and Molly Cain from the IRS. The three talk about the opportunities for commercial technology in federal agencies as well as some of the interesting transformation that this team is driving over at the IRS. Harrison and Molly open up about what it's like to work together, how they aim to increase partnerships with startups, and why they are dedicated to making the tax experience more efficient, and enjoyable, for all parties involved.Shameless plug - You're invited to our 2023 Offset Symposium on May 16 in Washington, DC. Get your tickets today!What's Happening on the Second Front:Why commercial companies should work with the IRS: Each step of the pitch to contract process Additional ways the government can support startups beyond SBIR grantsImportant things you didn't know the IRS was responsible forMaking taxes easy and enjoyable to drive voluntary complianceConnect with Harrison:LinkedIn: Harrison SmithConnect with Molly:LinkedIn: Molly CainConnect with Tyler:LinkedIn: Tyler Sweatt Website: secondfront.comThis show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Today's guest is Molly Cain, whose long list of accomplishments includes: former director of innovation for Homeland Security, Founder of GovCity, the first 48-hour think tank for positively disruptive civic, corporate and academic emerging leaders, during SXSW. She is also a government and civic innovation strategist, executive communications consultant and advisor to public/private sector entities. She is an expert at identifying + designing new ventures for organizational change, launching new verticals, organizing never-before-done collaborations, relying on an uncanny skill to connect topics + people in seemingly unrelated, but perfectly complimentary, ways. After more than 10 years as an award-winning strategic business communicator specializing in information security, cyber security, resilience, disaster recovery, finance, policy and acquisitions, Molly found her love of technology and its intersection with cultural disruption by fortuitous mistake in 2013, leading her to abandon her corporate career to enter the startup ecosystem. She is a 3-time startup founder, angel investor and successfully led one of the nation’s top ten startup accelerators from 2014 to 2016 as Executive Director, overseeing a portfolio of more than 100 startups, tech scouting more than 1500 worldwide for potential recruitment into the top-ranked program. .

Get ready to go deep with your purpose & power today in this special episode with endurance athlete, TBI survivor, and life coach, Molly Cain, who shares her inspiring story of having a near death experience that lead to a brain injury that changed her life forever...Molly also shares her brave story of being a woman defined by looks in the workplace, her mission to give back and help others with brain injuries through her non-profit, Smile U Woke Up, and the tools she uses to help cope with anxiety and move past limiting beliefs.For a limited time only, take advantage of this awesome free coaching session with Molly below!UNSINKABLEMOLLYCAIN.COMSMILEUWOKEUP.ORG"Fear is the opposite of faith."-Molly Cain See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this latest episode of “The Convergence,” we talk with Molly Cain, founder of GovCity, the Nation’s first disruption and culture accelerator focused on government, civic, and culture change. Molly works at the intersection of technology and cultural disruption with broad ranging expertise in industry, startups, and helping the Federal Government tap into innovation with greater ambition and more visibility. In this episode, we talk with Ms. Cain about leadership, barriers to youth in government service, and rewarding disruption. Some of the highlights from our interview include the following: GovCity is a hackathon-style think tank that promotes collaboration, innovation, and disruptive thinking through 48-hour events. These events give people a safe space to share innovative ideas and have disruptive conversations. Government leaders should trust themselves in uncomfortable situations, and allow their teammates to make mistakes as they strive for innovation. There are lots of similarities between the government and private sectors. DoD can better harness this relationship by focusing more on learning about the local business ecosystem and collaboration with their partners. Private companies hoping to work with DoD should use sources like LinkedIn and Twitter to start conversations on departmental innovation. People who communicate and cross-index well are valuable in every workspace. Government employees should constantly send internship and job opportunities to young applicants, and eschew government jargon to make jobs more appealing to the next generation of innovators. Young people should seek to find the right boss, as well as the right job, so they can fully participate in their work. The government should innovate their promotion process by promoting more leaders who have made difficult or disruptive decisions rather than those who have “toed the line.” Stay tuned to the Mad Scientist Laboratory for our next podcast with Lisa Kaplan, founder of the Alethea Group, addressing weaponized information as a national security problem, algorithmic silos created by social media, and disinformation as the next iteration of warfare on 9 July 2020!

In this latest episode of “The Convergence,” we talk with Cindy Otis, a disinformation expert specializing in election security, digital investigations, and messaging. She is a non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Prior to joining the private sector, she spent a decade as a CIA officer, serving as an intelligence analyst, briefer, and manager. Her regional expertise includes Europe and the Middle East. Ms. Otis is the author of the forthcoming book True or False: A CIA Analyst’s Guide to Spotting Fake News, to be published on July 28, 2020 by Macmillan Publishers. In this episode, we discuss the role of technology in accelerating the spread of disinformation; its increasing use by state, non-state, and commercial actors; and the vital role an educated population has in implementing effective intervention tactics and counter-measures. Some of the highlights from our interview include the following: • Disinformation and propaganda have been a part of the information landscape for a long time, but the current news focus sometimes creates a misconception that it is a new phenomenon. The tools and tactics that organizations use might change with the creation of new media, but the patterns and messages are the same throughout the historical context. • Because fake news and disinformation are not new phenomena, there are actions that can be taken to defend against it and people can be armed against it. People should feel hopeful that there are actions they themselves can take to become a first line of defense against fake news. • People should also have a feeling of responsibility that they are part of the solution in being more conscientious about what information they consume and what they share. • The number of players involved in creating, disseminating, and amplifying disinformation will keep increasing as countries and groups see how effective and successful others currently are at using disinformation as a tool or weapon. • More foreign governments will be getting involved, but commercial entities will also move into the space as “disinformation-for-hire” with troll farms and black PR firms. • Most organizations, from DoD to non-profits, are similar in that they do not have a deep enough capability to look at the issue of disinformation. There need to be far more people trained in disinformation investigation and analysis. • Disinformation investigation often looks for the same trends and patterns from previous years, while disinformation actors have learned from those trends and become ever more sophisticated. • We need to pay more attention to the actual solutions of how we minimize the risk of disinformation with different intervention tactics, instead of only looking for current threat actors and trends. • Education plays a huge role in defending against disinformation, especially with organizations providing training to both consumers and journalists to consider information and use OSINT tools.Stay tuned to the Mad Scientist Laboratory for our next podcast with Molly Cain (founder of GovCity, former DHS Director of Venture, and entrepreneurship expert) addressing talent management, leadership, and innovation on 25 June 2020!

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In Part 2 of our Hemp (aka CBD) episode, we go beyond the hype with National Sales Director, Marc Phaneuf, Private Label and Programs Manager, Molly Cain with Restorative Botanicals to discover the truth about CBD and how we may benefit from responsibly sourced full-spectrum hemp-based products.How does Hemp work? Is Hemp the same as Marijuana? Is it legal to use? What are the benefits? Is it safe for our animals? CBD has slowly grown to become one of the largest trends. It’s also one of the most misunderstood products on the market. Today we discuss the difference between CBD and THC, explore the science behind full-spectrum hemp oil and shed some much needed light on the recent “CBD” craze.Restorative Botanicals, a leading provider of high quality full spectrum hemp-based products, provides effective and affordable herbal solutions to improve overall health and wellness. Restorative Botanical Oils are grown and produced in Colorado using superior quality Certified Organically Grown Hemp cultivars.We’ve included a special coupon code for our listeners! Visit Restorative Botanicals at www.restorativebotancials.com and enter BEAUTY20 at checkout to get 20% off your entire 1st order. One time only. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Facebook’s mantra may be “move fast and break stuff” but the federal government doesn’t work like that. Change can be an uphill battle with regulations, compliance checklists and oversight often slowing things down even more. So what does innovation in government look like? Nextgov asked Alla Seiffert, director of cloud policy and counsel at the Internet Association, and Molly Cain, founder of GovCity, both former federal officials who had innovation in their titles.

What comes to mind when you think about space travel? Do you think of it as a relic from decades past? That visiting anywhere other than the moon is unthinkable in the near future?The space industry is concerned with much more than just making it to Mars. In this episode of Capital Factory recorded at SXSW, we spoke to Richard Garriott, Molly Cain, and special guest Bill Nye in search of the answer to this question: What will the next decade of space travel look like?

Molly Cain ’20 talks with Admissions chief Cordel Faulk ’01 about how her background growing up in rural Delaware influenced her passion for civil rights and public interest work. She also discusses her involvement in the UVA Law Peer Advisor program.

While it’s so much better than years before, the startup and venture capital world is notoriously difficult for women. But at the same time, supporting only women initiatives is counterintuitive, says Molly Cain founder of Gov City. She’s worked in both the government and the tech space where she’s witnessed really positive changes for women over the years. She didn’t expect to experience this lack of diversity in the federal world because it’s easy to assume all the rules and regulations protect it from bias. But Molly says it was the most fierce environment for women because emotions are especially not welcome. One of the greatest gifts women often have is their ability to use their emotions to collaborate, connect, and build relationships. But it went unappreciated in the government sector. How do you balance the two? We discuss that and more on today’s episode.

As the first-ever Director of Venture and Innovation for Homeland Security, Molly Cain has learned to redefine "disruption" for herself and for the overall safety of the United States. Prior to her time in government, Molly had been recognized as one of the top 25 women in technology, having run Tech Wildcatters, the #6 incubator in the country, and a Forbes columnist raking in over 10 million reads of her perspectives on innovation. In redefining disruption within DHS, she has learned to focus more on the process of innovation rather than the end product. From rallying stakeholders, to implementing small scale products and processes, to introducing wonder-filled experiences, navigating cultural opinions, or even building a laymen team that thrives government, all while being citizen of the very country she's serving. Recorded at the Day of Innovation in Indianapolis, Molly discusses the ups and downs of her time inside Homeland Security, stretching her own expertise, bring a sense of wonder to her work, and how to thrive when the stakes are high. More on Day of Innovation at www.dayofinnovation.com

Sept 5, 2018 | Molly Cain, Director of the Office of Venture & Innovation at Homeland Security, speaks with Camille and Amanda about her drive for innovation, how she fosters and encourages tech adoption and how an entrepreneurship culture is changing government.

Thought-provoking Insights from the Left Side of the Political Aisle Elias Isquith, Executive Editor at Cafe Dot Com Chad Griffin, President of the Human Rights Campaign Molly Cain, Research Associate for the Center for American Progress Action Fund