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Can conversational AI make human conversations better? Will humans and AI complement or compete with each other? How important is chatbot transparency? In this episode of IBM thinkLeaders podcast, we are joined by Clément Delangue (co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face) and Drew Austin (co-founder & CEO of Wade & Wendy). We talk to Clément and Drew the importance of building trust with conversational AI, building company values inside the conversational AI being developed, and how people prefer natural language as the first-choice interface. We also get into whether a chatbot should replace your therapist, the flaws in regular conversation, and why your chatbot might be more like your pet than your friend. “It's super important to be able to trust. The trust from people in this new form of technology...So being transparent is the first step of building this trust.” -Clément Delangue, co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face “We're about to have a conversation about something very deeply intimate and personal, your career, your life, your interests, your goals to start that on the wrong foot and pretend that you're a human is just not the right way to build the foundations of trust and I think trust is essential to how we have interaction and conversation. I mean if you think about some of the necessities and conversation it, trust is at that foundational core.” -Drew Austin, co-founder & CEO of Wade & Wendy Connect with thinkLeaders and our panelists: @IBMthinkLeaders @ClementDelangue @DrewAustin BIOS Clément Delangue is the co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face. His first startup experience was with Moodstocks, building machine learning for computer vision, which got acquired by Google. He has a passion for building consumer AI products used by millions. Organizer for NYC European Tech. @ClementDelangue Hugging Face is the social AI who learns to chit-chat, talks sassy and trades selfies with you. We’re on a journey to build the first truly social artificial intelligence. Along the way, we contribute to the development of technology for the better. https://huggingface.co/ Drew Austin is the Founder & CEO of Wade & Wendy, a platform powering artificially intelligent recruiters. Prior to Wade & Wendy, Drew was the co-founder of Augmate, venture-backed tech company managing and powering wearable devices in the industrial workplace. Earlier in his career, he led business development efforts at Connections of NY, an IT-focused executive recruitment firm. Drew is ingrained in the NYC startup ecosystem, a 2015 NYC Venture Fellow, advisor to SXSW Startup Village, and mentor at Starfast Accelerator & Talent Tech Labs. Drew graduated from Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management, with a Bachelors in Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises. https://wadeandwendy.ai/

Sales Reinvented Podcast Episode 123: Dan Reich. Dan is the Co-Founder and CEO at Troops which is an artificially intelligent assistant for sales and customer teams which integrates seamlessly into salesforce.com and Slack. Dan is a contributing writer for Forbes and serial entrepreneur, where his last software company was ultimately acquired by Buddy Media and then Salesforce. Dan was a NYC Venture Fellow in 2016 and was named as Business Insider as one of the top 100 technology leaders in NYC.

066 | Alexis Tryon Shares Her $400K Personal MBA Program Alexis Tryon is VP of Strategic Initiatives at The Muse, where she’s a professional generalist - and she likes it that way. Her startup roots run deep - Alexis was previously the co-founder and CEO of Artsicle, a site called "The Gallerists to the People" by The NY Times, and she loves advising new businesses in her free time. She is a NYC Venture Fellow and has been named a "Female Founder to Know" by Mashable. Alexis is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's communications studies program at the Annenberg School, with a focus on children in media and marketing research. Have you ever thought about shutting down your business? It might not be a pleasant thought, but as entrepreneurs, it’s a potential reality we all may face. This week’s guest, Alexis Tryon, has some advice for you! Alexis has successfully created a profitable business. However, Artsicle got to the point where it just was not growing. Instead of just jumping the gun and immediately closing the doors, Alexis took the time to step back and examine whether there were things she and her team could do to scale the business. Alexis shares her journey from profitable success to knowing when it was time to close. She gets real and authentic, which actually led to a huge a-ha moment for The Pitch Queen (you’ll have to listen to hear it). ;-) In this episode, Alexis shares how you really can close a business, and still come out on top! Don’t be afraid to take the time step back and look at your business from an aerial view, you might just find areas that you can improve, which could help keep your business afloat. If you’ve ever given any thought to shutting down your business, then this episode of Success Unfiltered is a MUST LISTEN! Enjoy, and thank you for listening and tuning into Success Unfiltered! To share your thoughts: Email The Pitch Queen @ hello@thepitchqueen.com Ask a question over at www.ThePitchQueen.com Share Success Unfiltered on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn To help the show out: Please leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe to the show on iTunes. Special thanks goes out to Alexis Tryon for taking the time to chat with Michelle. Be sure to join us next week for our next new episode! P.S. When Was The Last Time You Took A Risk Your Business? Maybe you’ve been bogged down in “what ifs.” Maybe you believe risks have to be outrageous to pay off at all. But neither idea will help you get to the next level in business OR life. What will? Being smart, being brave, and taking risks. In my FREE checklist, I show you how! Click here for The Calculated Risk Checklist: 3 Ways To Take Business Risks With CONFIDENCE. Here are a few key secrets we talked about in this episode: Michelle introduces Alexis Tryon. Alexis shares who she is, what she currently does and a bit about her previous business. The very first job Alexis had was in a retail backpacking store, selling shoes on commission. Alexis knows that there will always be more NO’s, you just need to push through to receive the YES’s you desire. When someone would tell Alexis NO, she would want to know why they were saying NO. This helped her to determine if she could push a little harder for a YES, or if she should move on. Alexis shares a story of being in a conference room with a buyer, and realizing there was no way she’d be able to convince him to buy. When Alexis is pitching investors, who essentially become partners in your business, she looks for three things. She shares those things in this episode! In the beginning of Artsicle, Alexis was trying to get accepted into a tech program with Techstars. She ended up being passed over. Alexis shares why this is her most devastating NO. The whole process of trying out for Techstars was grueling, and when Artisicle wasn’t accepted, Alexis had to figure out how to get her self-confidence back. She took a very interesting and effective approach! Listen to this episode to hear the whole story! One of Artsicle’s first investors came from a referral from a current customer. Alexis tried for over a year to sell her business, Artsicle, but ultimately she decided to close. The staff at Artsicle were loyal until the end, they wanted to stick it out through it all, so Alexis knew she needed to close so that her staff could move on. Alexis’ personal MBA program cost around $400K - listen to this episode to understand what I mean. ;) Before Alexis closed Artsicle, she went through the steps of what it would take to close the business down -- she walked through the “what ifs.” By following this process, she was able to remain open one more year, before determining it was definitely time to close. Alexis shares what she would tell her younger self. Connect with Alexis Tryon: Alexis’ Website Alexis’ Twitter Alexis’ LinkedIn The Muse The Muse Facebook The Muse Twitter The Muse Instagram P.S. When Was The Last Time You Took A Risk Your Business? Maybe you’ve been bogged down in “what ifs.” Maybe you believe risks have to be outrageous to pay off at all. But neither idea will help you get to the next level in business OR life. What will? Being smart, being brave, and taking risks. In my FREE checklist, I show you how! Click here for The Calculated Risk Checklist: 3 Ways To Take Business Risks With CONFIDENCE. Music produced by Deejay-O  www.iamdeejayo.com

Episode 156 Ep 156 features Jonathon Ende, the founder and CEO of Seamless Docs, a next generation e-signature platform that specializes in working with businesses and governments to digitize and automate their pdf and form processes. Listen as Nathan and Jonathon talk about how local governments are using Seamless Doc’s services to modernize cumbersome forms. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive Top Entrepreneurs join Nathan Latka daily inspired by, Art of Charm, Pat Flynn, John Dumas, Entrepreneur on Fire, Chalene Johnson, Lewis Howes, School of Greatness, HBR Podcast, the StartUp podcast, Mixergy, Andrew Warner, AskGaryVee, and the great hosts of BiggerPockets! 3 Key Points: It’s important for new startups to find their “perfect customer” AKA a target consumer who is in consistent need of a particular service or product. One of the hardest things for an entrepreneur to do is to change people’s existing routines. Account management is an effective way to promote the growth of businesses. Bio Jonathon is an experienced CEO passionate about government innovation. He is dedicated to bringing his diverse skill set and applying all his resources to truly changing the way that government works. He has been honored by the GREAT Tech Awards winning a grant from the British Government and even receiving the award from Prince William and Mayor DeBlasio of NYC. He has also been appointed a NYC Venture Fellow by the NYEDC and the 92Y and won the prestigious NextCity Vanguard Award, the Grand Prize Winner of $100K at TechWeek NYC and winner of Code for America Technology Award for Government Innovation. He also was a member of the prestigious Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator and Code for America Accelerator Program and is a member of the Urban.Us, 1776, and Govtech Fund portfolio and networks. Jonathon is excited to continue being a trailblazer within the Govtech community. He believes that interacting with your government can be a beautiful experience. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:50 – Jonathon joins the show 01:58 – Seamless Docs takes any existing PDF and turns it into an online ‘smart’ version. 02:40 – The idea is to make cumbersome forms easier to access by converting it from a PDF to a format that can be filled through various digital means. 03:34 – Government agencies and businesses are billed annually using Seamless Docs. 04:14 – Jonathon’s company is gaining clients at a rate of about 1 per day, and over 300 clients use the service right now. 04:39 – Most customers are local governments that pay between 5K to 100K a year for Seamless Doc’s services. 05:56 – Before Seamless Docs, Jonathon found that PDF’s came with various inconveniences. 06:03 – “One of the hardest things for an entrepreneur to do is to change people’s existing processes (routines).” 06:58 – Finding the “perfect customer” is crucial for an entrepreneur. 07:09 – The company struggled when it was first started in 2013. 07:55 – Nathan and Jonathon talk about convertible notes for Seamless Docs. 08:42 – Because Seamless Docs is primarily used by the government, it has a low churn rate. (less than 1%). 09:28 – The average customer pays an average of 17K annually. 10:05 – Seamless docs has been focusing on account management to foster growth. 12:40 – Forms in government are clunky and inconvenient. Jonathon’s services ensure that they’ll be digitalized and a more modern experience. 13:42 – Seamless Docs is predicting 10x growth by next year. 2 million -> 20 million. 15:14 – Famous Five Resources Mentioned: Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects LinkedIn – Jonathon’s LinkedIn CrunchBase – Jonathon’s Crunch Base Seamless Docs – Jonathon’s company. Elon Musk – CEO Jonathon is mildly obsessed with Intercom – Jonathon’s favorite online tool The Lean Startup – Book Jonathon stands by Famous 5 Favorite Book?— The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. What CEO do you follow?— Elon Musk What is your favorite online tool?— Intercom Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No, he’d be lucky to get 6. If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Focus. Credits Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). 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