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The clock is set to run out on TikTok over the weekend, following the Supreme Court's ruling to uphold the ban. So, what's next for the video-sharing app's 170 million U.S. users? On today's episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Margaux MacColl and Anthony Ha dive into the week's biggest stories, including where all the ‘TikTok refugees' are heading. Many are flocking to Chinese apps like RedNote and Lemon8, with some even turning to Duolingo to brush up on their Mandarin as they search for new digital homes. Listen to the full episode to hear about: How Maki and Synthesia are rethinking the recruitment process – and yes, it involves AI. Colossal Biosciences' colossal raise. Where will the woolly mammoths go? Did we learn nothing from Jurassic Park? Powerset's decentralized venture fund, and the challenges ahead for mid-size venture firms. And finally, are we stepping into risky territory with AI companions, from falling in love with ChatGPT to making an AI chatbot say it loves you? Equity will be back next week, so stay tuned! Equity is TechCrunch's flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.  Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here. Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We'd also like to thank TechCrunch's audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.

Embark on a journey to cultivate unshakeable inner protection and security. This guided meditation will lead you through an experience of creating and exploring your own magickal fortress of safety.In this meditation, you'll:Ground yourself in an ancient, protective forestWitness a shimmering fortress of rainbow-hued protective energiesPass through gates imbued with protective symbols and herbsExplore a personalised sanctuary of comfort and empowermentConnect with a cosmic crystal representing your core protective powerSet intentions from a place of absolute safety and confidenceWhether you're seeking to strengthen your energetic boundaries, boost your sense of personal security, or create a safe inner space from which to pursue your goals, this meditation will guide you to tap into your innate power of self-protection.Prepare to construct an impenetrable inner sanctuary and emerge feeling empowered, protected, and ready to manifest your intentions with confidence. Your journey to unshakeable inner safety begins now!-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --All of the Magick:The A Pinch of Magick App:IPhone - download on the App StoreAndroid - download pn the Google PlayOur (free) Magickal Community: Facebook GroupMagickal JournalsFive Minutes of Magick JournalAmazon UK Amazon.comWebsiteRebeccaAnuwen.comInstagramFor Magickal Living: Click hereFor a Sacred Pause in Nature: Click here

Lorenzo Thione, Managing Director at Gaingels, shares his journey from Italy to the U.S. and the pivotal life event inspiring his advocacy for inclusive venture capital representation. He delves into Gaingels' investment philosophy, emphasizing its focus on supporting diverse founders and investors. Lorenzo also offers insights for today's founders, spotlighting game-changing technologies like artificial intelligence.In this episode, you'll learn:[3:50] Underrepresented communities of founders and investors significantly influence the growth of the venture capital ecosystem[9:26] How Gaingels provides universal access to the wealth creation potential of venture capital[16:59] Cloud technology revolutionized starting companies in the last decade, while artificial intelligence is the current game changer[24:09] Principles behind Gaingels investment approach[28:53] Why founders should establish relationships with investors before pitchingThe non-profit organization that Lorenzo is passionate about: StartOutAbout Lorenzo ThioneLorenzo Thione is a Managing Director at Gaingels. He is a serial entrepreneur and investor, known for his diverse contributions at the intersection of technology, art, commerce, and social impact. A Tony Award-winning Broadway producer for "Hadestown" and co-creator/producer of the George Takei musical "Allegiance," he also directed/produced its record-breaking 2016 film. Lorenzo co-founded Social Edge and previously co-founded Powerset (acquired by Microsoft in 2008) and Artify. A prominent LGBT advocate, he co-founded and is board chair emeritus of StartOut, a leading non-profit fostering LGBT entrepreneurship. Lorenzo is an active investor, board member, and advisor to numerous startups.About GaingelsGaingels is a Vermont-based LGBTQIA+/Allies private investment syndicate, dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion within the venture capital ecosystem. With over 2000 individual members, including accredited investors, Gaingels actively supports innovation economy companies committed to building diverse and inclusive leadership. Their unique approach involves members contributing beyond financial investment, providing introductions, advice, and connections to portfolio companies. Some of the companies it has backed include: Shimmer, Leap AI, Base Operations, Overplay, Abbey Cross, Zette, Magma, Cambium, kinship among others.Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode.

Today we chat with Jonathan Swanson, cofounder of Thumbtack, Athena, and Powerset. We cover a ton of ground - starting with the Sunday idea club that led to Thumbtack, how to scale a marketplace, and how to choose ideas you'd happily spent a decade on. Next, we jump into the science of delegation - the idea at the core of Athena. Jonathan talks through how to delegate to an EA, when to start with one, a system of delegation that creates asymmetric upside and what type of founders should consider it. Athena deal for Idea to Startup listeners (good through 6/30)Athena / Thumbtack / PowersetTacklebox

In the second episode of our new season of Web3 Innovators, our host Conor Svensson is joined by Steve Newcomb, Chief Product Officer at Matter Labs. Matter Labs, an engineering team passionate about liberty, blockchain, and math. They are the creators of zkSync, the number one layer two solution for blockchain developers.Steve is best known for Powerset, a natural language search engine, which he co-founded and scaled. He later sold it to Microsoft, and it's now known as Microsoft Bing.Connect with Steve on TwitterEpisode highlights:How Steve was introduced to Ethereum What is the biggest challenge that Matter Labs has seen as an organisation?Releasing the world's first end to end general purpose zkProver onto Testnet.Going live on mainnet with a full end to end ZK system that is EVM compatible. A brief overview of what a prover is in this context. Blockchain as an internet computer, not a database. The tension around the topic of privacy in blockchain.Steve gives advice to those who are thinking about the potential Web3 and blockchain could have in their industry.Key Takeaways:“Two days ago we released the world's first end to end general purpose zkProver onto Testnet.” - Steve“What's so beautiful about ZK technology is that unlike other technologies it actually scales infinitely because it has the inherent property of recursion in it, and it can scale things with perfection because it is not some sort of game theory where you're paying people to find fraud in the system, it is a mathematical proof based system so it just is perfect.”  - Steve“A decentralised blockchain cannot be shut down and it cannot be hacked. Therefore, there is no role for the government, they cannot police this, they cannot adjudicate it, they cannot make laws against it with any effect. And what does that mean for humanity? What does that mean for society?” - SteveResources:EthereumMatter Labs zksynczkEVMzkSync End-to-End Prover➡️ Remember to leave us a 5* review and we'd love to hear your comments too!➡️ Follow Web3 Labs on Twitter➡️ Follow Web3 Labs on LinkedIn➡️ Follow Conor on Twitter➡️ Get Conor's latest thoughts on Web3 at https://writing.conorsvensson.com/

We sat down with one of the most influential people in tech, Lorenzo Thione, who shares his very inspiring journey and how that led him to be where he is today. Lorenzo grew up in Milan, Italy and had a technical background at an early age. He completed his studies at the University of Texas at Austin, from which he holds a M.S. in Computer Engineering. He is now the Managing Director of Gaingels, a leading LGBTQIA+/Allies investment syndicate and one of the largest and most active private investors in North America. He is also the co-founding Chairman of StartOut, Chairman of the Board at Social Edge, and previously co-founded Powerset, a natural-language search engine startup sold to Microsoft for $100 million in 2008. Lorenzo is named one of the most influential LGBT people in tech in 2014 and 2018 and his dedication in supporting and elevating leaders of the LGBTQ+ in the venture startup is amazing. As the Managing Producer at Sing Out, Louis! Productions, he is also a Tony-Award winner (Hadestown, The Inheritance). He produced and co-created the Broadway musical, Allegiance starring George Takei and Lea Salonga. He is currently working in a new original musical, Indigo, as well as The Elephant Whisperer. We covered a lot of ground in this episode, including: Topics Discussed: Where his passion comes from and how Lorenzo found entrepreneurship. Helping others to build a diverse company by providing more than just funding. The different companies that he had a part in building. His mark on Broadway. How your descent can make a difference in your future and your thinking. How the model of angel groups is evolving to syndicates and SPV's. The role of a “Platform” strategy to help Gaingels portfolio companies. What does Lorenzo think about the future of Venture Capital.   Quote of the Episode: “Strategic Value, what is all being brought to the table”   The Greatest Piece of Advice: His mentor told him to, “ be obsessive, about how you can add value, to your own network and relationships” Links & show notes from this episode: Lorenzo Thione on Bio Lorenzo Thione on LinkedIn Lorenzo Thione on Twitter Gaingels StartOut Shearshare Bryan Janeczko episode   ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Let's talk about why your company is not stacked with A-players. It is not because you cannot afford them. At its root, the reason is narrowed down to one thing, your foundation We tend to think of hiring as an activity rather than an essential function like product or finance or even your pitch deck. So much time is invested into these activities.  Yet, hiring is the most critical component of building a successful business. In fact, most investors' decisions are heavily influenced by the people who are onboard. Solidifying a foundation for hiring requires the same amount of care and work as do the other components of your company. It cannot be outsourced. Hiring needs to be owned by leadership, documented and taught to everyone in the organization.  Foundation is what attracts high performers to want to join your company, not the paycheck. Guest Bio: Steve Newcomb is a product/engineering led serial entrepreneur who has co-founded four successful venture backed mission-driven startups. He's best known for co-founding Powerset (now Microsoft Bing) and scaling its engineering team, culture, and operations.  He is the author of some of the most fundamental essays on hiring, culture, and scaling engineering teams, including the original “Cult(ure) Creation” and “In Defense of Introverts” Today we discuss: Building a strong hiring foundation How to execute an outstanding interview  Challenges today? Foundation: Do the big things right and then everything becomes exponentially easier Be the valedictorian of Stanford. Do the hard things early Money tier 1 VC Mission Product that represents a true and novel breakthrough Purpose above just flipping the company Oh my god…  Founder that is technical, thought & cultural leader, good @ recruiting  excellent at recruiting- study how to speak to people, how to talk to introverts & inspire them. How to be inspiring.  Have founders that are technical, thought, and culture leaders Have a company that matters, something with a mission that's embedded  Be a Super A Have a founder that is excellent at recruiting and is a Super A Track everyone who has ever worked for you. Keep in contact A=A, B=C Get the right people in early VPE needs to be a baller!  Why buy silver when you can rent gold Friends that want to be founders- get them to help 3 days a week? Often worth 10 engineers Obvious Yes then there is everything else = automatically hire slower Without this? How to hire good people?  Lie to them & pay them a lot of money Rick's Nuggets Chad Walters from Powerset Foundation = Structure & Process Structure- steps, timing & interview questions Process - flow of the steps, transition & feedback timing, decision How do we solve the problem?  Principles of doing good interview process. Treat everyone like gold. You interview me Earn your job first Change the power dynamic  De stress Have they done any research to come up with questions Do not negotiate Pay should be at the 50th percentile not pay above market When you have to pay above market the worse your product is Tier one vc firm gives - data  Design for introverts and socially awkward situations Don't repeat Creative Tactics: Don't work without good fundamentals  Look for “Thank you's” in IRC/stack overflow Reverse layup- founders reverse lookup on everyone that follows you Already interested in what you have to say. Know who they are Sit down with your A's Ask who they know, names Release from the social awkwardness of asking their friends Who follows your A's? Super A's are how you fire fast Jr engineers Hack reactor- meet everyone and ask ”who is the best engineer is” Kill the weeds Don't need a unanimous vote to say yes If you build trust, they trust you to hire the right people The interview Assign jobs Assign interview responsibilities Founder leads recruiting Do not waste the  team's time with duds.  The highest level Founder/Exec does the filtering so that every candidate that makes it to a full spread interview is a Super A, or an A. Do this well, you build trust, followers. Do this poorly and you deserve to fail. Rick's Nuggets Purpose is to get to the TRUTH Script the questions Discovery call  Positioning & Impact Value aligned interview Do behaviors align with the values, mission & vision of the business Working session Real life scenario of how the team will work together Solve a real problem Key Takeaways that the Audience can plug into their business today! (Value): If the foundation is right. Everything else becomes easier Spend all your time getting the first people done right Be relentlessly creative Guest Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenewcomb/ Blog: https://medium.com/@stevenewcomb Website: http://famous.co/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevenewcomb Host Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-girard-07722/ Company: https://www.stridesearch.com/ Podcast: https://www.hirepowerradio.com Authored:  "Healing Career Wounds"  https://amzn.to/3tGbtre HireOS inquiry: rick@stridesearch.com  

People will only do something when it is in their own best interest AND aligns with our values.  This was a key takeaway for me from the book “What Got You Here, Won't Get You There” by Marshall Goldsmith.  We talk a lot about aligning with values when hiring on this show. And almost everyone recognizes the importance but it is so often missed. Why? First, the disdain that most of us share for hiring. Very few entrepreneurs enjoy the process of interviewing & hiring. But it is the single most important activity that YOU can get good at that will make the biggest impact in your organization.  Second, the path of least resistance is easy… But it is almost always the wrong path. We must remember that the purpose of the interview is to get to the TRUTH about the person no matter the source. And the truth you need to know is not in skills. It is in positioning and value alignment.  Bruce Watanabe is a serial entrepreneur whom has co-founded a number of technology and Internet ventures including, PowerBuy, MassGenie, SIRE Mobile (SMS Solutions), and SETA International (Global Systems Integrator & Solution Provider).  With over 20+ years of leadership experience ranging from start-ups to Fortune 10 companies, Bruce is proficient in corporate strategy, business development, sales, and channel development. He is actively building Powerset from the ashes of a pivot and is here to share his wisdom  Today we discuss: Why it is important to prioritize the thing you hate most (interviewing) How to balance raising capital while building a stellar team. Challenge today? People are the most important aspect of a company As an early stage startup Balancing generating revenue while getting financing Need capital to hire the right people  Pivot the business to powerbyte Lack of funding, resources Have the grit to power through the pivot Why is this important to the company? Only a handful of people stayed Believed in the vision- disrupting social commerce CTO- grit / determination to power through  Relaunched the company  Second raise  Balance the valuation  Rick's Nuggets First recognize/admit that you have no idea how to hire (admit to your problem) Prioritize getting good at InterviewingValues Process Evidence  How do we solve the problem?  Bringing the right team in place Referrals- all interconnected Advisors- only way to hire people  Vouch for someone Advisors must be strong Prefer a strong  At the end of the day, you can buy talent, you can't buy grit Would love to get good at interviewing but … Really hard to gauge if someone  Rick's Nuggets Take an active role in interviewingSeek to understand- filters down through the organization. Poke holes & dig deep Understanding positioningWhat does the person really want to do? Desire = Passion Does their desire align with my goalDon't be just a paycheck Everyone gets the same interviewOften the best person for the business is the least like you Evidence supports strong decision making Key Takeaways that the Audience can plug into their business today!  -Value: Make sure you know who you are getting into bed with- have a great team Know who your co-founders areIf you are friends, be prepared to lose them. Rarely a happy ending Don't hire on a resume/linkedin profile Host Links:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-girard-07722/ Company: https://www.stridesearch.com/ Podcast: https://www.hirepowerradio.com Authored:  "Healing Career Wounds"  https://amzn.to/3tGbtre HireOS inquiry: rick@stridesearch.com Guest Links LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-watanabe-5a661a4/ Company: https://linktr.ee/powerbuyapp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ppowerbuy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/powerbuyapp Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerbuyapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerbuyapp/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDjcG5dHXE282FGzfaf2Jjw Pinterest:https://www.pinterest.com/powerbuyapp/_saved/ TikToK: https://www.tiktok.com/@powerbuy.app?   Show Sponsor: Criteria Corp: https://www.criteriacorp.com/

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Lorenzo is the Managing Director of Gaingels and a co-founding chairman of StartOut, two of the leading groups dedicated to support and elevate LGBTQ+ leaders in the venture startup ecosystem. He is also a Tony-Award and Drama Desk winning Broadway producer and the co-creator and lead producer of Allegiance, the Broadway musical. He previously co-founded startups Powerset, which was acquired later on by Microsoft. He is also an investor, board member, and advisor for startups such as Figure Eight (now Appian), Weights & Biases, CrowdMed, Famo.us, Gobble, Just, and Lucid, and many more. He's an outspoken LGBT advocate and was named one of the most influential LGBT people in tech in 2014 and 2018 by Business Insider. CONNECT WITH LORENZO Gaingels (https://gaingels.com/) StartOut (https://startout.org/) Allegiance (https://allegiancemusical.com/) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzothione/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lorenzosfnyc) Twitter (https://twitter.com/thione) ABOUT THE HOST My name is Sam Harris. I am a British entrepreneur, investor and explorer. From hitchhiking across Kazakstan to programming AI doctors I am always pushing myself in the spirit of curiosity and Growth. My background is in Biology and Psychology with a passion for improving the world and human behaviour. I have built and sold companies from an early age and love coming up with unique ways to make life more enjoyable and meaningful. Connect with Sam: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/samjamharris/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/samjamharris) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharris48/) Wiser than Yesterday (https://www.wiserpod.com) ReasonFM (https://reason.fm/podcast/growth-mindset-podcast) Sam's blog - SamWebsterHarris.com (https://samwebsterharris.com/) Support the Show - Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/growthmindset) Subscribe! If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Lorenzo Thione.

  William is the CEO of Buoyant. Prior to founding Buoyant, he was an infrastructure engineer at Twitter, where he ran several teams building on product-facing backend infrastructure. He has worked at Powerset, Microsoft, adap.tv, and MITRE Corp, and has been contributing to open source for over 20 years.   Links https://twitter.com/wm https://www.linkedin.com/in/wmorgan/   Resources https://buoyant.io/ https://linkerd.io/ https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2 "Tempting Time" by Animals As Leaders used with permissions - All Rights Reserved × Subscribe now! Never miss a post, subscribe to The 6 Figure Developer Podcast! Are you interested in being a guest on The 6 Figure Developer Podcast? Click here to check availability!  

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Miguel Armaza sits down with Charles Moldow, General Partner at Foundation Capital, a legendary Venture Capital firm founded in 1995 that has raised nine funds, received over $3B in committed capital, has seen 28 IPOs, and over 80 acquisitions from their portfolio companies. Charles has been at Foundation since 2005, having led impressive investments like Uber, LendingClub, OnDeck and Rappi. Before Foundation, he lived the startup journey and was part of the founding team of two high-profile startups with successful exits in 97 and 2006. He is also a proud alum of our amazing Wharton School! We discuss: - Charles experience as an operator and entrepreneur through the dotcom bubble and why he eventually transitioned to the investing side - Thought process behind his investment strategy and reflections on some early mistakes as a venture capitalist - All things Fintech, including trends he’s most excited about - Foundation’s impressive track record and their secret behind this success - Why he’s particularly excited about the entrepreneurial scene in Latin America - And a lot more Charles Moldow Charles current portfolio contains fintech breakouts and emerging direct to consumer businesses. Fintech investments include StatesTitle, HealthIQ, LendingHome, Auxomoney, OneFinance, Hatch, Branch, Canopy, Agentero, Deepfraud and Decent. Direct to consumer businesses include Rappi, Rover, NextRoll and Clubhouse. Charles has seen four portfolio companies go public with Uber, LendingClub, OnDeck and Everyday Health. He has also managed nine companies through acquisition: Powerset by Microsoft, Motif by Schwab, Coverwallet by Aon, Finxera by Stonepoint Capital, Xoopit by Yahoo!, CloudOn by Dropbox, Zoomer by GrubHub, Refresh by LinkedIn and Bureau of Trade by Ebay. In 2016, CB Insights listed Charles among The Top 100 Venture Capitalists, and Forbes named Charles to the Midas List for the second time—citing among other factors his deep experience in all things marketplace lending. Charles attended the 2016 White House FinTech Summit, one year after publishing “A Trillion Dollar Market by the People, For the People,” which became the authoritative must-read on the potential of and challenges facing the marketplace lending industry. The paper has been downloaded more than 30,000 times and has frequently been cited by leading thinkers in finance and the media. Charles is an alumnus of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the Harvard Business School. Charles moonlights as a AAA little league coach and family vacation planner. Foundation Capital Foundation Capital was founded in 1995. As an early-stage venture capital firm, Foundation has lived through the emergence of the World Wide Web, the IT war of the 90s, the dot-com bubble, Web 2.0, the mobile revolution, the Great Recession, the rise of Big Data, software’s ascension to the cloud, and the birth of blockchain. The wisdom of those experiences remains with the company, transmitted to each successive generation of partners. Two-thirds of VC firms never make it past their first fund; only 10 percent survive beyond their fourth. Foundation is 25 years and nine funds strong, with over $3B in committed capital, 28 IPOs, and 80+ acquisitions to their name. Their fintech, enterprise, and consumer investments have reinvented industries and defined new markets, with companies that include Lending Club, Sunrun, TubeMogul, Chegg, and Netflix. For a quarter of a century—through boom and bust, prosperity or calamity—Foundation Capital has endured, evolved, and thrived. Building companies is in their bones. For more FinTech insights, follow us below: Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech Miguel's Twitter: twitter.com/MiguelArmaza Miguel's Substack: https://bit.ly/3jWIpqp

Hello everybody and welcome to a new episode of our #CreativityWillSaveUs Podcast series! This special project is a video and podcast series where prominent figures from the international world of art, culture and entertainment come together to reflect on the central value that art brings to all humanity during these challenging quarantine times of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative is also designed to support the global community of artists who are seeing all of their venues temporarily shutting down to safely prevent the spreading of the Corona Virus. I invite you all to go check our Web Series on the Official Creative Pois-On Youtube Channel. And today we have a very special guest: Lorenzo Thione Tony-Award Winning Broadway producer and the co-creator and lead producer of Allegiance , the Broadway musical starring George Takei and Lea Salonga , of which Lorenzo also directed and produced the 2016 film. He previously co-founded startups such as Powerset (acquired by Microsoft in 2008, which is the tech heart of Bing) and Artify.it; he is an investor, board member, and advisor for startups such as Figure Eight (now Appian), Weights & Biases, CrowdMed, Famo.us, Gobble, Just, and Lucid, and many more. Lorenzo is also the co-founder and board chair emeritus of StartOut, leading non-profit dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship within the LGBTQ community and is an outspoken LGBT advocate who was also named one of the most influential LGBTQ people in tech in 2014 and 2018 by Business Insider. He is also the co-founder and CEO of The Social Edge , a social media marketing and consulting firm with a focus on Broadway theater and nonprofit communications. His production company Sing Out, Louise! recently co-produced several successful plays on Broadway, from Slave Play to The Inheritance and he is part of the producers of the musical Mrs. Doubtfire which, due to the current state of emergency, has been suspended and we all hope it will reopen soon! Ready for this amazing interview?

Hello everybody and welcome to a new episode of our #CreativityWillSaveUs Podcast series! This special project is a video and podcast series http://creativepoisn.com/creativity-will-save-us/ where prominent figures from the international world of art, culture and entertainment come together to reflect on the central value that art brings to all humanity during these challenging quarantine times of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative is also designed to support the global community of artists who are seeing all of their venues temporarily shutting down to safely prevent the spreading of the Corona Virus. I invite you all to go check our Web Series on the Official Creative Pois-On Youtube Channel. And today we have a very special guest: Lorenzo Thione https://thione.me/ Lorenzo is a Tony-Award winning Broadway producer and the co-creator and lead producer of Allegiance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegiance_(musical), the Broadway musical starring George Takei https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Takei and Lea Salonga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Salonga , of which Lorenzo also directed and produced the 2016 film. He previously co-founded startups such as Powerset (acquired by Microsoft in 2008, which is the tech heart of Bing) and Artify.it; he is an investor, board member, and advisor for startups such as Figure Eight (now Appian), Weights & Biases, CrowdMed, Famo.us, Gobble, Just, and Lucid, and many more. Lorenzo is also the co-founder and board chair emeritus of StartOut, https://startout.org/ leading non-profit dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship within the LGBTQ community and is an outspoken LGBT advocate who was also named one of the most influential LGBTQ people in tech in 2014 and 2018 by Business Insider. He is also the co-founder and CEO of The Social Edge https://www.the-social-edge.com/ , a social media marketing and consulting firm with a focus on Broadway theater and nonprofit communications. His production company - Sing Out, Louise! https://www.playbill.com/person/sing-out-louise-productions-vault-0000126856 -recently co-produced several successful plays on Broadway, from Slave Play https://www.playbill.com/production/slave-playjohn-golden-theatre to the Inheritance https://www.playbill.com/production/the-inheritanceethel-barrymore-theatre-2019-2020 and he is part of the producers of the musical Mrs. Doubtfire which, due to the current state of emergency, has been suspended and we all hope it will reopen soon!Ready for this amazing interview?

In this episode of the Data Exchange I speak with Rob Munro, CEO of Machine Learning Consulting and author of the forthcoming book, “Human-in-the-loop Machine Learning”. If you want a copy of Rob's book, use the discount code podexchange20.Our conversation covered:Rob's experience building data and machine learning products at Powerset, Idibon, and AWS.Natural language processing - Given Rob's extensive experience as a researcher, practitioner, and entrepreneur in areas that touch on NLP, we discussed recent trends in language technologies.Human-in-the-loop machine learning.Our goal in this podcast is to build a community of people interested in Data, Machine Learning and AI. If you have suggestions for us on what to recommend (books, conferences, links), and guests to book, please visit TheDataExchange.media site and fill out the “contact” form.  The first five people who fill out the form get a free book from Manning (you can view Manning's catalog here).Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

He is a wildly successful A-List entrepreneur, investor and heavy hitter in the Mecca of innovation, Silicon Valley aka San Fransisco, California. He’s founded and been hired by some of the biggest software companies over the last 20 years, he’s lead capital funding rounds of over tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars, to which have lead many of his companies through successful acquisitions, such as Powerset, the technology that powers the mega search engine Bing, which sold to Microsoft in July of 2008 for $100 million. He is currently the founder and CEO of Famous, a design software platform that allows the average Joe to create stunning mobile, tablet and website experiences without any code. Aside from being a superior talent scout and having an innate ability to build high-functioning teams, his career has revolved around bridging the way people experience software and simplifying business models into one platform. He has grit, bold visions to change the world and the skills to pull it off. And as it is written in scripture that upon the 7th day, God asked one man to re-design Silicon Valley into the Famous city that it is now by hand, one iteration at a time. This man is our next guest, please welcome Steve Newcomb. Watch the Video on YouTube!

The world and power sets get ever more detailed as our crew prepares to …save the world? Yes, I’m sure that’s it. Save the world! Pledge/donate on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thatdndpodcastSend feedback to: ThatDnDPodcast@Gmail.comVisit our website: http://www.thatdndpodcast.comAmazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/?rw_useCurrentProtocol=1&tag=thdnpo07-20

Justin Karfo (WG ’19) chats with Eghosa Omoigui, the founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners, a seed and early-stage venture capital firm. Based in Silicon Valley, EchoVC has invested millions of dollars in promising innovative African ventures. In this podcast, Eghosa discusses his firm's investment philosophy, the key themes in the African startup ecosystem and his firm’s key strategic partnership with TPG Growth. This podcast was recorded at the Africa Fintech Summit in Washington D.C. Eghosa Omoigui is the founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners. Before this, Eghosa was with Intel for nearly 10 years and his last role was as Intel Capital Director, Strategic Investments, Consumer Internet & Semantic Technologies, where he acted as a senior investment professional focused on platform-agnostic consumer web services and digital media-based investment opportunities. Omoigui also drove ICap's investment focus on next generation semantic technologies, smart data and the realtime web. Eghosa was personally responsible for (developing supporting theses for and) sourcing investment opportunities in various companies including AdMob, Jaiku, Powerset, Facebook, LinkedIn, Teracent and Pandora. Prior to this role, Omoigui was Chief of Staff to the President of Intel Capital (the largest global tech corporate VC), and, before that, Chief of Staff for Intel’s Treasury organization, helping oversee an $18B cash platform. Omoigui attended UPenn Law School and Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.

Siqi Chen is the VP of Growth at Postmates, the leading on-demand logistics provider.  He was previously the co-founder and CEO of Hey (acquired by Postmates), maker of Heyday, an automated journal app, Stolen (the short-lived, but incredibly viral Twitter hit), and Famous.af (Stolen’s less controversial successor).  Siqi previously served as the GM at Zynga after an acquisition of his Facebook app startup, Serious Business, maker of the ridiculously viral Friends for Sale, as well as stints at Powerset, Veoh, and NASA Jet Propulsion Lab. In this episode, we learn how Siqi leverages data to drive growth and build viral products, why the ability to build rapidly growing businesses failed to make Heyday stick, and how he applies these lessons to give super powers to everyday people. Learn more about Siqi Chen and Postmates! Follow Siqi on Twitter @blader. Siqi's favorite book: The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are Something Siqi spends too much money on that he doesn't regret: Travel & food Siqi's favorite travel destination: Osaka, Japan Siqi's favorite restaurant (in the world): Saison _____ Executive producer & host: Joe Mahavuthivanij Edited by: Debra Lin Theme music by: Music for Makers Logo design: Debra Lin

In this episode, I sit down with Lukas Biewald of Crowdflower and we catch up on a very interesting and emerging topic of Human-In-The-Loop Machine Learning.  My takeaways: What is Human-In-The-Loop Machine Learning and how can it you get the best out of your ML program? Origins of Human-In-The-Loop at scale How can C-Suite use Human-In-The-Loop Machine Learning References: You may connect with Lukas on his twitter or catch up with him at an event he is hosting in SF on May 17th: TrainAI event (awesome lineup of AI Trailblazers)   About Lukas: Lukas Biewald is the founder of CrowdFlower. Founded in 2009, CrowdFlower is a data enrichment platform that taps into an on-demand workforce to help companies collect training data and do human-in-the-loop machine learning. Following his graduation from Stanford University with a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Computer Science, Lukas led the Search Relevance Team for Yahoo! Japan. He then worked as a senior data scientist at Powerset, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2008. Lukas was featured in Inc. magazine's 30 Under 30 list. Lukas is also an expert-level Go player.

This episode was originally published on June 13, 2008. Developers from GitHub and Powerset with a short appearance by photographer James Duncan Davidson. For even more about GitHub, check out their Gitsplosion! podcast.

This episode was originally published on June 13, 2008. Developers from GitHub and Powerset with a short appearance by photographer James Duncan Davidson. For even more about GitHub, check out their Gitsplosion! podcast.

This episode was originally published on June 2, 2008. Several star developers from Powerset.

This episode was originally published on June 2, 2008. Several star developers from Powerset.

Here is the finale of the interview with Dave Fayram (aka kirindave) and Tom Preston Werner (aka mojombo) from Powerset. I think that you will enjoy it.

This is the first of a two-part interview with Dave Fayram (aka kirindave) and Tom Preston Werner (aka mojombo) from Powerset. These Ruby, Rails, and Erlang rockstars are the developers of fuzed, an Erlang-based frontend cluster for web apps, and maintainers of Erlectricity which exposes Ruby to Erlang and vice versa (among other amazing technologies). Both of these innovative developers work for Powerset, a natural language search engine for the Internet.

Kevin Clark takes a break from Powerset to give a full-throttle talk on using Merb as a JSON-RPC service, god, gem2rpm, and heckle.

Search has become a critical part of our daily lives and the primary gateway to information and services of all kinds. Much of the success has been driven by the growth of the internet and behind-the-scenes improvements in search technology. However, the search user interface, based on keywords and advanced search operators, has changed very little since the earliest information retrieval systems. In this talk, we discuss the concept of natural language search. Central to this is a new user experience, in which users express queries in natural language and the system responses respect the linguistic information in the query. To realize this vision at broad scope and scale will require advances in a variety of technology areas, including natural language processing, information extraction, knowledge representation, and large-scale search indexing and retrieval systems. In addition, it will require innovations in user interface. Issues include changing user behavior, education, supporting users in formulating effective queries, and managing expectations. With a new search architecture centered on natural language, linguistic and lexical knowledge translate directly into improved capabilities and experiences for end users. This creates a challenge to encode enough knowledge to cross the threshold for a broad application. It also creates an opportunity to establish a framework for introducing new knowledge through automated and community-based approaches. While the challenges are formidable, the opportunities are great. Natural language search has the potential to transform and improve all aspects of the search experience: precision, recall, power, usability, presentation and interaction. We will conclude the talk with a discussion of Powerset, a startup company that is tackling these challenges in an attempt to bring natural language search to the world.