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Dave Balter is a serial entrepreneur with a distinguished track record of impacting various industries. He founded BzzAgent, which was acquired by Dunnhumby, and Smarterer, which was acquired by Pluralsight. His current venture, Flipside Crypto, leads the way in providing indexes and investment vehicles for cryptocurrencies.Dave's career includes executive roles at prominent global organizations and venture investments as a partner at Boston Seed. In 2024, he was honored as one of The Boston Globe's Top 50 Tech Power Players. He is also the author of several influential books, including The Humility Imperative. Dave has been an engaged 3i Member since 2023. Listen to the episode to hear: * Revolutionizing industries with data: Insights from his work with BzzAgent and Flipside Crypto * Leadership and innovation: Key lessons from his book The Humility Imperative  * The future of blockchain and cryptocurrency: Dave's Predictions and strategic outlookLearn more about 3i Members and follow us on LinkedIn for updates. 

Jim Myers, CTO & Co-Founder of Flipside Crypto Jim Myers is an engineer, early-stage investor, and the CTO & Co-Founder of Flipside Crypto, a leading blockchain data analytics and business intelligence platform. Prior to co-founding Flipside, Jim developed the core technology that took products from 0 to 1 at companies such as Mylestone, Pluralsight, and Smarterer. Jim's journey into the crypto industry began in 2015, eventually co-founding Flipside Crypto in 2017 to help empower crypto communities to create and share data-driven insights on the projects they care most about. Jim's passion for building extends to the broader startup community via his developer event series, Stack Dive, and as an angel investor to several local Boston-area startups, including AdHawk and LinkSquares. In a previous life, Jim developed advanced models to quantify risk and abnormal returns in the market for Financial Transmission Rights, a type of energy derivative. About Flipside Crypto Flipside Crypto is a leading on-chain data analytics and business intelligence platform, that empowers the web3 community to build with and leverage accurate, reliable data across 20+ blockchains. Our data is labeled with proprietary algorithms for developers and analysts to query, create, and build. The Flipside product suite provides everyone from individuals to enterprises with flexibility on how and where they access on-chain data. Founded in 2017, Flipside has grown to be one of the world's foremost blockchain analytics providers with over 50,000 analysts and key partnerships with L1 & L2 ecosystems including Solana, NEAR, Flow, and Avalanche. Flipside is backed by leading investors including Republic Capital, True Ventures, Galaxy Digital, M13, and more. Profile Links:  Website: https://flipsidecrypto.xyz  Blog: https://blog.flipsidecrypto.com  Flipside Crypto on Twitter: https://twitter.com/flipsidecrypto Jim Myers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JimMyersTech Jim Myers on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfmyers/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

Jim Myers is the CTO and co-founder of Flipside Crypto. Prior to Flipside, Jim developed the core technology that took products from 0 to 1 at companies such as Mylestone, Pluralsight (IPO), and Smarterer (acquisition). Jim joined Pluralsight in 2014, following the acquisition of Smarterer, a machine learning-based skill assessment company. At Smarterer, Jim was an early engineer that built advanced machine learning technology and enterprise software adopted by Fortune 100 companies.Jim's introduction to crypto began shortly before the public launch of Ethereum in 2015 when a group he was part of began tinkering with smart contracts. He co-founded Flipside Crypto in 2017 to help empower crypto communities to create and share data-driven insights on the projects they care most about.Jim's passion for building extends to the broader startup community as an angel investor to several local startups, including Broadlume (formerly Adhawk) and LinkSquares. Jim attended Gettysburg College receiving a B.S. in economics.In this conversation, we discuss:- Growing successful startups- Why is open access to data so important to the future of blockchain?- Tips and tricks for growing during crypto winter- AI bandwagon- Incentive design- Web3 = human behaviour + software- SchroomDKFlipsideWebsite: flipsidecrypto.xyz Twitter: @flipsidecryptoDiscord: discord.gg/ZmU3jQuu6WJim MyersWebsite: jimmyerstech.comTwitter: @JimMyersTechLinkedIn: Jim Myers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

"Critical thinking" is an idea commonly discussed in education. Most people who talk about it say we need more of it. Almost nobody seems willing or able to define it. I have trouble believing in it. With anything that I believe, I keep an open mind and even force myself against my cognitive biases to hear out those whose opinions I disagree with. This has been very useful to me in the past, as there have been a number of education-related ideas that I have had to eschew on further investigation. In line with this attitude, I was happy to give this book a chance, particularly since the author claimed to be a fan of the show, and therefore would presumably have some sense of my predisposition to this issue. The book opened with promise. The author writes that he is aware of the many criticisms levied at critical thinking - that "it cannot be defined, ... or that it takes away from the content of the course, or that it is different in every discipline, or that it depends on knowledge..." (all of which would be exactly my criticisms). "You name the excuse; we heard it." Clearly, I thought with a mixture of trepidation and excitement, the author will show in this book why those criticisms don't stand up to scrutiny - I will have to part with a long-held belief of mine again to get closer to the truth. He goes on to mention the success that he has had in teaching critical thinking: "Together [with collaborator Dave Carillo], we were charged with raising critical thinking outcomes across campus. And we did." (Emphasis in original.) So not only was I wrong in theory, the author wanted to show me in practice how effective he could make such interventions! Alas, I found no more mention of the details of his interventions, no description of what he did and evidence showing that it worked. Neither did he ever again mention the criticisms that I had, saying that he'd heard them all before, but declining to explain what is wrong with them. To add insult to injury, right at the outset he deliberately omits discussing what critical thinking actually is, claiming "that's a very complex question" which would require "a whole other book in itself", and overall it would be a "tediously lengthy affair". I would rather a lengthy affair than an undefined concept lacking evidence and avoiding facing up to criticism. Among the many failings of the book, there is one place where I picked up something new and useful - it seems that the research on project-based learning (PBL) is less negative in its conclusions than I had understood thus far. I have taken note to look into this more in future. To be clear, I still hold that critical thinking might be a thing, it's just that (a) the cognitive science I've learned so far seems to have no need for the concept, (b) I only ever hear people talk about it in a stand-on-your-soapbox high-sounding sermon without reference to any actual evidence or even theory, and (c) this book does a terrible job of supporting the idea, as do so many others who love to talk about it. Perhaps one day I will encounter work that explains what it really is, shows that it really exists, and demonstrates how important it is using proper evidence rather than rhetoric. Or maybe all there is on the topic is impassioned oratory rather than solid science. In case you are interested, Steven Pearlman co-hosts two podcasts: The Critical Thinking Initiative and Smarterer!. Enjoy the episode.

Steven J. Pearlman, PhD., is a critical thinking expert and educator who has worked in higher education for 30 years. Pearlman taught writing and critical thinking at a range of institutions, including one of America’s elite colleges, before bringing his expertise out of the classroom for institution-wide benefit. He co-founded and directed one of the country’s first academic offices specifically focused on campus-wide critical thinking, and co-developed a groundbreaking academic instrument that unifies the teaching, application, assigning, and assessment of critical thinking. For the last 10 years, his work has focused on developing students, faculty, executives, and workspaces on critical thinking. Pearlman earned his doctorate at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is a sought-after speaker, co-founder of The Critical Thinking Initiative, and the co-host of The Critical Thinking Initiative and Smarterer! podcasts. He’s also the author of The Book of Martial Power and America’s Critical Thinking Crisis. Pearlman lives in Connecticut with his family and is an avid martial artist.

Steven J. Pearlman, PhD., is a critical thinking expert and educator who has worked in higher education for 30 years. Pearlman taught writing and critical thinking at a range of institutions, including one of America’s elite colleges, before bringing his expertise out of the classroom for institution-wide benefit. He co-founded and directed one of the country’s first academic offices specifically focused on campus-wide critical thinking, and co-developed a groundbreaking academic instrument that unifies the teaching, application, assigning, and assessment of critical thinking. For the last 10 years, his work has focused on developing students, faculty, executives, and workspaces on critical thinking. Pearlman earned his doctorate at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is a sought-after speaker, co-founder of The Critical Thinking Initiative, and the co-host of The Critical Thinking Initiative and Smarterer! podcasts. He’s also the author of The Book of Martial Power and America’s Critical Thinking Crisis. Pearlman lives in Connecticut with his family and is an avid martial artist.

In episode 11 of Unstack's Zero to a Million, CEO Grant Deken and VP of Sales and Marketing Zach Rego talk with the CEO of Flipside Crypto, Dave Balter, about how to lead a startup.Dave Balter is the author of The Humility Imperative, and the original article featured in Inc. by the same name.Currently, dave is CEO of Flipside Crypto, which provides business intelligence to blockchain organizations.Previously, Dave was co-founder and CEO of Smarterer, a skills assessment company acquired by Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS) in 2014. Post-acquisition, Dave was Head of Transactions at Pluralsight and served as a Board Observer.In 2001, Dave founded and was CEO of BzzAgent, a social media marketing company, which was acquired by dunnhumby, a division of Tesco, in 2011. From 2011 to 2014, Dave sat on the Global Executive Team at dunnhumby, where he led all M&A activity and founded and led their investment arm, dunnhumby Ventures.Dave is Venture Partner Emeritus at Boston Seed Capital; personally, he is an investor or advisor to more than 75 technology organizations. A lifelong fan of the arts, Dave sits on the advisory board at Berklee Music Online, and is Vice Chair for Boston's Boch Center for the Performing Arts.Connect with Dave on LinkedIn and visit https://flipsidecrypto.com/.This episode is brought to you by Unstack.

In 2005, the Disney Channel blessed the planet with the gift of "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody", a show about twin siblings living at a luxury hotel with their single mother. With a premise like that, of course antics will ensue. Listen as Shawn and Tyler watch and recap each and every episode of this show while giving their thoughts and jokes as they re-experience one of the longest running Disney Channel shows to date. In this episode, Shawn and Tyler watch the banned episode of Suite Life "Smart and Smarterer". When Zack learns that if you have Dyslexia you get extra time on tests... he pretends to be Dyslexic... yeah. It's bad. London destroys Maddie at chess and Mr Moseby is sick. It's a crazy episode, you really don't have to watch it. Who will win the chess game of the millennium, Wendy Wu or Sharpay? Should Yozora be canceled? Find out when we cover episode eighteen of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Thanks for listening! Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to our podcast feed! Follow us on Anchor at https://anchor.fm/troubleatthetipton Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TroubleAtTipton Follow Shawn on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Shawn_AFK Follow Tyler on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TylerTylerims

Episode Summary: In our final episode we bring together Jana Eggers, CEO of Nara Logics, Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe columnist and CEO of Innovation Leader, and Dave Balter, CEO of Flipside Crypto, to discuss the question on every Boston entrepreneur's mind: to build in Boston or Silicon Valley? This episode is a fun and enjoyable listen where you'll get to hear each guest's opinions and theories.Uncovered in this episode: The biggest differences between the two coasts when it comes to starting a businessScott's take on why so many people who start to build in Boston end up leaving to go out West  Strategies for how to keep talented entrepreneurs in Boston The misconception that big companies aren't made in BostonWhy we should stop overthinking things in Boston and “just dance”List of resources mentioned in episode:Articles written by Scott Kirsner: https://muckrack.com/scottkirsner/articlesNara Logics website: https://naralogics.com/Flipside Crypto website: https://flipsidecrypto.com/About Jana Eggers: Jana brings over 25 years of technology and leadership experience to Nara Logics from Intuit, Lycos, American Airlines, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and startups that you've never heard of. Jana is a frequent speaker, writer, and mentor on AI and startups. She is also a marathoner (most recently completing Boston) and an Ironman.About Scott Kirsner: Scott Kirsner has written a weekly column for the Boston Globe since 2000, and before that helped the Globe launch its digital publishing division with Scott Cohen and Frank Hertz, his co-founders at Innovation Leader.Scott has also been a contributing writer for Wired Magazine, Fast Company, Variety, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and other publications. He is the author of several books on innovation and technology, including “Inventing the Movies,” which explores the challenge of bringing new ideas to a century-old, change-resistant industry: Hollywood.Scott has presented leadership strategies to corporate leaders, technologists and entrepreneurs at Harvard Business School, the MIT R&D Conference, South by Southwest, the Consumer Electronics Show, HubSpot Inbound, Tijuana Inovadora, the Connected Health Symposium, and the NAB Futures Summit. Scott has also appeared on NBC's Today Show, NPR's Science Friday, the Discovery Channel, and WBUR's Radio Boston.About Dave Balter: Dave has been active in the cryptocurrency space for years, and has learned invaluable lessons from not buying during crypto winters and at least one wallet loss.Previously, Dave was the CEO and co-founder of Smarterer, a machine-learning skills assessment company acquired by Pluralsight in 2014. Post-acquisition, Dave was the Head of Transactions at Pluralsight, while also serving as a Board Observer.Before co-founding Smarterer in 2010, Dave founded and was CEO of BzzAgent, a social media marketing company, which was acquired by dunnhumby, a division of Tesco(PLC) in 2011. From 2011 - 2014 Dave sat on the Global Executive Team at dunnhumby, where he led all venture investments and M&A activity.Dave sits on the Board of AdHawk, is an investor and/or advisor to more than 50 startups and is Vice Chairman of Boch Center for the Performing Arts, a nonprofit steward of iconic venues, providing arts, entertainment, cultural, and educational experiences to the greater Boston community.

Welcome to Episode 87 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Sarah Hodges, Partner at Pillar. Prior to becoming a Venture Capitalist, Sarah spent a decade as an operator in consumer and enterprise companies like Carbonite, Runkeeper, and Smarterer. As part of the executive team at Smarterer, she oversaw business strategy, operations, and marketing. As you may know, the company was acquired by Pluralsight in 2014 and still today, it has a rapidly growing office in the Boston tech scene. Pillar is an early-stage venture firm that is on a mission to build the next generation of anchor companies in Boston with a model that has common alignment with the founders. Some of its portfolio companies include PillPack, Soofa, Desktop Metal, Hometap, PathAI, and more. In addition to being a Partner at Pillar, Sarah is a board member at the New England Venture Capital Association and was a Co-Founder of Intelligent.ly. In this episode of our podcast, we cover lots of topics, like: -Sarah's background story in terms of all the operating roles she's held including the details behind the acquisition by Pluralsight. -Her career path into the Venture Capital industry as a Partner. -Everything you need to know about Pillar, including how the firm is differentiating itself from other investors and why they are doubling down in Boston. -Advice for founders who are trying to raise funding. -When you should bring in someone to run marketing. -Plus, a lot more. As you may know, we publish lots of great stories every day on VentureFizz that share a lot of information about companies, their people, and their culture. Did you know that you can get these stories delivered to your inbox every day? All you need to do is signup for our Daily Stories email and you'll be plugged in. Go to venturefizz.com/email to signup. Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

Welcome to Episode 44 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights in Boston and NYC! For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Dave Balter, Co-Founder & CEO of Flipside Crypto. Dave is a serial entrepreneur having founded two companies in the Boston tech scene that have been acquired. BzzAgent was acquired by dunnhumby and then, Smarterer was acquired by Pluralsight, a company that went public back in May of this year and is aggressively growing their team in Boston. His current company, Flipside Crypto, is a venture backed startup that is providing indexes and investment vehicles for cryptocurrencies. Not only has Dave's impact been felt as an entrepreneur, but he is also an investor and advocate for the Boston tech scene. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * The legendary Dave Balter tech prom - yes that did happen * The details behind BzzAgent, plus a fun story involving Jason Calacanis * Smarterer's pivot that led to an acquisition * A simple description on cryptocurrency and blockchain, plus what Flipside Crypto is up to and how they are helping people build a diversified portfolio * How he got into angel investing, including being one of the first investors at Runkeeper * Plus, a lot more. Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

My guest this week is Dave Balter, Founder and Partner of Flipside Crypto, a data solutions and investment club for cryptocurrencies. Dave really is a pillar of the Boston startup community… an innovation‐obsessed builder of companies, often as a Founder/CEO but also as a Board Member, advisor, or investor. As an operator Dave’s probably best known for Smarterer, which he founded, led, and sold to Pluralsight for $75 Million in 2014, and BzzAgent, which he founded, led, and sold to dunnhumby for $60 Million in 2011. Dave was named one of 30 Most Disruptive People in Boston Tech by Boston Magazine in 2016, was a Finalist for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, and was recognized as a Future Legend by the Ad Club. He co‐founded the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), and authored two books on the subject including Grapevine and The Word of Mouth Manual: Volume II.  As both an independent angel and Venture Partner in Boston Seed Capital, Dave’s investments have included Draft Kings, Promoboxx, FitnessKeeper. and HelpScout. A longtime TechStars mentor, Dave also co-founded Intelligent.ly — a classroom space that helps star employees become managers — with his wife Sarah Hodges back in in 2011, and sits on the Board of Directors of Boch Center for the Performing Arts.

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Dave Balter, founding CEO of companies like BzzAgent and Smarterer, sits down with us to talk about what marketers need to do when their market changes quickly. We’ll also chat about the value of word of mouth marketing in 2016, why top 5 lists are important, and what it’s like to manage a team that grows to over a hundred employees in just a couple of years. If you like this episode and are listening on iTunes, make sure to subscribe for weekly updates! Big thanks to the team at AdHawk for making this possible. AdHawk is the digital advertising assistant you've always wanted. Learn more at www.tryadhawk.com 

Serial successful Boston-based entrepreneur Dave Balter shares the real stories behind his series of winning startups, WOMMA, BzzAgent, Smarterer, and now Mylestoned. Dave also is a partner with Boston Seed, and shares the things entrepreneurs do in pitch meetings that cause a damaging gap in trust.

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Check out Angular Remote Conf!   02:55 - Gregg Pollack Introduction Twitter GitHub Envy Labs @envylabs Code School @codeschool   Starter Studio 05:19 - Code School Rails for Zombies Try Ruby 06:49 - Course Content Code School Angular.js Courses Breaking the Ice with Regular Expressions The Fundamentals of Design 09:42 - Plots & Storylines 11:40 - Code School vs Pluralsight 14:09 - Structuring Courses Frontend vs Backend Building Blocks of Express.js Real-Time Web with Node.js   Security & Sandboxing abecedary Mocha 18:21 - JavaScript.com Try jQuery Contributing to JavaScript.com Let Us Know Try JavaScript Resources 22:47 - Designing Exercises & Challenges abecedary Chai 30:31 - The Future of Online Learning Thinkful Bloc.io AirPair HackHands Smarterer 34:01 - Teaching Best Practices Picks Mr. Robot (Gregg) #ILookLikeAnEngineer (Aimee) Why we Need WebAssembly An Interview with Brendan Eich (Aimee) Raspberry Pi 2 Model B (AJ) Periscope (Chuck)

Check out Angular Remote Conf!   02:55 - Gregg Pollack Introduction Twitter GitHub Envy Labs @envylabs Code School @codeschool   Starter Studio 05:19 - Code School Rails for Zombies Try Ruby 06:49 - Course Content Code School Angular.js Courses Breaking the Ice with Regular Expressions The Fundamentals of Design 09:42 - Plots & Storylines 11:40 - Code School vs Pluralsight 14:09 - Structuring Courses Frontend vs Backend Building Blocks of Express.js Real-Time Web with Node.js   Security & Sandboxing abecedary Mocha 18:21 - JavaScript.com Try jQuery Contributing to JavaScript.com Let Us Know Try JavaScript Resources 22:47 - Designing Exercises & Challenges abecedary Chai 30:31 - The Future of Online Learning Thinkful Bloc.io AirPair HackHands Smarterer 34:01 - Teaching Best Practices Picks Mr. Robot (Gregg) #ILookLikeAnEngineer (Aimee) Why we Need WebAssembly An Interview with Brendan Eich (Aimee) Raspberry Pi 2 Model B (AJ) Periscope (Chuck)

Larry Israelite / Smarterer Larry has many years of involvement in traditional and non-traditional learning technologies in a variety of industries. He is now focused more broadly on the general area of employee development.     The post Larry Israelite with Smarterer appeared first on Business RadioX ®.