Podcasts about techpreneur

Exaba is building a secure, sovereign & highly scalable data protection platform for service providers, data centres, & large enterprises. Peter and Stuart Inglis (CTO) saw the opportunity to give customers their own trusted local alternative to the public cloud. By merging with digital solutions company LuminateOne, Exaba expanded to deliver a complete wrap-around service. Backed from the outset by Guy Haddleton as an investor and advisor, the team is ready to scale globally.  www.exaba.com   

Matt is Co-founder, President, and Chief Product Officer of Projectworks, a platform for consulting firms to better manage projects, people and financials. Their niche is boutique management consultants, software services, engineers, and architects. Matt talks about building a product users love and the journey of scaling it to now being used by over 500 consultancies globally and the importance of the team on the journey with you.  www.projectworks.com   

Modica is a CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) delivering messaging supported by enterprise analytics, security & world-class support. You choose the channel - voice, video, messaging, chatbots or WhatsApp - and Modica makes it work. Stuart talks about building from a scrappy start-up, through acquisitions, winning in Australia, to a $50M turnover company with operations around the world.  www.modicagroup.com   

It's rare to have 3 co-founders still running the company as co-CEOs 8 years after it started and great to hear how they interact! Sharesies mission is to provide financial empowerment to everyone. Sonya, Leighton & Brooke talk about growing Sharesies to 800,000 users & $9 bn under management. 200 people work in the company, which now helps people manage wealth, connects companies to shareholders, and has technology it will productise.  www.sharesies.nz 

Desiree shares how she developed Flowpresso, a Class II medical device designed to reset the body through lymphatic therapy. Using compression, heat, and pressure, it helps clear cellular waste, improve sleep, reduce stress, and support recovery—especially after illness. Now used in clinics across the US, NZ, Australia, India, Canada, and the UK. A great story of developing a product to fit a market Desiree knows well.  www.flowpressousa.com  

Building Engineering & Design Co (BEDC) takes architectural plans and turns them into structural plans using a human-augmented, patented AI platform. In just 5 years the company has grown to over 450 people: a large design team in the Philippines and people in market in NZ, Australia, the US, Canada and the UK. Ben talks about successful market entry using a channel partner. His advice on how to scale fast: hire great people and retain them.  www.bedc.ai 

Worldwide fog disrupts 620M passengers & costs airlines billions in rescheduling fees every year. Emily started Pyper Vision to disperse fog at airports but then realised that the biggest problem is vague forecasting of fog leading to cancelling far more flights than necessary. Pyper Vision switched to fog forecasting using a deep learning model. They can now give a fog forecast for every minute of the next 4 hours. Their first airline customer goes live this month.  www.pypervision.com 

Litmaps is a Literature Discovery Tool that helps researchers to find vital scientific papers they didn't know about and to tell a better research story. A Litmap is a picture that shows the relationship between a collection of scientific papers based on their citations, popularity and currency. Litmaps is now used by researchers, students and professionals across 150 countries. Axton talks about what he's learned in starting the business and in moving from CTO to CEO.  www.litmaps.com 

This podcast celebrates a hero of the NZ tech sector: Ian founded Orion Health over 30 years ago - the first company in Auckland to have internet! Orion builds products that link healthcare systems together. It has spun off a number of companies along the way, most recently selling 3 products for over $200M. After this they have 3 products and are down from over 700 people to 120. Ian has handed over the CEO role and now calls himself Mr Odd Job at Orion.  www.orionhealth.com 

The Clinician offers a digital platform that redefines healthcare by shifting funding from service delivery to measurable outcomes. Founded by Ron, a former neurosurgeon, and Tam, with experience in pharma and business intelligence, the company blends medical, technical and commercial expertise. They've scaled the business to over 50 employees globally with clients in 7 countries, leading a transformation in healthcare funding and delivery.  www.theclinician.com

The Dodson Group is a precision manufacturer, #1 in the automotive niche of high horsepower transmission upgrades. It has diversified into other markets such as aerospace, agriculture, marine, & green energy by acquiring its largest local suppliers. David took over as CEO of Dodson five years ago and has grown the business from 17 to 75 people. David is a former automotive engineer and investment banker who wanted to build a business, and Dodson was a perfect fit.  www.dodsongroup.com 

  Kitea Health makes a device to help manage hydrocephalus: a condition where fluid accumulates in the brain, managed by inserting a shunt to drain the fluid. Kitea Health makes a tiny implantable device to measure pressure in the brain at home, letting you know if the shunt has failed and you need medical help. Simon brings an extensive background in developing medical devices to this new venture. His key advice: build the team!  www.kiteahealth.com 

  Hot Lime Labs is putting the green back in greenhouses – supplying yield-boosting CO2 from biomass for large glasshouses. With $9 million of angel funding they've scaled from the lab to a demo delivering CO2 into a 11 hectare glasshouse. It's now ready to take to the world – which will need lots more funding. Tijs talks about how the needs of the business change as you grow, with specialists replacing generalists, and how ready people are to help if you ask.  www.hotlimelabs.co.nz 

Kry10 is a building a secure operating system to enable critical infrastructure such as electrical grids and medical devices to transition to a future where they are intelligent, cloud connected and adaptive driven. This can replace, or be placed in front of, old software built on operating systems from the 1990s that are vulnerable to viruses.  It was founded by Boyd and other ex-Microsoft/Amazon execs to commercialise cybersecurity technology spun-out from an advanced research group.  www.kry10.com  

Wellumio is developing a highly portable head MRI scanner for use in emergency departments - providing a scan in the “golden hour” after stroke when treatment is most effective. Shieak & Sergei talk about how great it was to find each other, their journey to dealing with investors rather than grant reviewers, and now getting their product to market. They'd like to encourage more academics to choose entrepreneurship!  www.wellumio.com  

OneReg is about effortless compliance and smoother operations for aerospace. When Covid struck, Clinton lost his job and decided it was time to start a business. He and his two co-founders had more than 100 years experience in compliance, digital innovation and aviation. Their initial customers are airports, which are very complex environments – they have the biggest need for what OneReg does. They now have most of the airports in NZ as customers and are moving offshore.  www.onereg.com

Eight360 has built an immersive VR motion simulator: a ball that you sit inside that can do full 360 flips and spins. This is fun. It's also very serious: it delivers a more immersive and visceral experience, leading to better engagement and learning outcomes whether you are manoeuvring heavy equipment in unusual situations, practicing your off-road handling skills to avoid a rollover, or learning to land an aircraft in a windy location.  www.eight360.com 

  Danny, CEO & co-founder, of Basis explains how they have developed a home electricity smart panel that allows you to manage your power usage in real time and gives data to the electricity companies so they can offer smart-use plans to reduce cost. They are driven by delivering an enduring positive impact for the planet. The first smart panels will be delivered soon – you can pre-order on their website.  www.wearebasis.com    

Three founders who had worked together before started Comply Pro to meet needs for safety in the construction industry and food safety in hospitality, building a SaaS company that can be rapidly scaled around the world.  Now ComplyPro manages 18.4 million records and protects 200,000 sites globally, with over 4,000 clients and 45,000 users. Michael talks about encouraging everyone to act like owners, think like founders, and innovate like entrepreneurs.  www.complypro.io

Anna Believantseva, Co-founder & COO at Esper Bionics, shares a transformative moment she and her team experienced at their office, when they were setting up the first bionic hands for their users. One of the users, Nika, was born without a hand and had never experienced grasping something with both hands. The first time she used the bionic hand to hold something, it was profoundly moving, not just for her but for all  witnessing it. The emotional impact of that moment, seeing her reaction, her tears of joy and accomplishment, was unforgettable and deeply impactful.It was such a meaningful moment because it encapsulated the essence of Anna's work's impact on real lives. It brought to light the profound difference technology can make, offering something fundamentally life-changing to someone who never thought it possible. It was a poignant reminder of the human side of technological advancements.From this, Anna learned the value of empathy and the emotional connection in her and her team's work. All the years dedicated to refining their product, overcoming obstacles, enduring late nights, and working through countless weekends – all these efforts are validated in the feedback they have witness firsthand. This experience has reinforced the importance of perseverance and the motivation to continue innovating for the sake of transformative impacts on lives.Anna efficiently transforms tech concepts into practical operational plans. She has over eight years of leading experience in operations management, managing teams, finance and legal processes for three international startups. At 29, Anna was listed in Forbes' 30 Under 30 in North America. For over 1,5 years she leads WTech New York Chapter, advocating for women in hardware tech sectors.At Esper Bionics, Anna focuses on streamlining team functions and strategies, enhancing market analysis and secures U.S. partners.Guided by the philosophy to "make things done", Anna's current focus at Esper Bionics is on enhancing team efficiency and maintaining sharp focus. She ensures that tasks are executed effectively and innovative solutions are consistently delivered.Follow and learn more about my guest today:Websites: Esper BionicsLinkedIN: Anna BelievantsevaTo learn more about SHIFT HAPPENS, click here To learn more about Claudia's business Curated Conversations and her Salons in New York, Zurich and Berlin, click hereYou can also connect with Claudia on Instagram @shifthappens.podcast and LinkedIn at ClaudiaMahlerNYCThis podcast is created, produced and hosted by Claudia Mahler.Social Media support Magdalena Reckendrees

  Hadleigh's maritime background gave him the insight that started SwipedOn: on a super yacht everything was electronic except the dog-eared visitors' book. With no tech or business background, he set out to build a tablet sign in. Today Hadleigh employs over 50 people and SwipedOn is used in over 9,000 workplaces. The company has gone through ownership changes: it sold to an AIM listed company and became 95% of its recurring revenue, and it is now owned by a PE firm.  www.swipedon.com  

RedSeed trains retail staff: it provides courses, coaching & a customisable LMS with a library of easy-to-implement course content and learning pathways that lets its customers customise the training. Its coaching is a key differentiator. Anya talks about growing the company from in-person training to fully online resources. She's now looking at flipping from sales led to product led growth. It's a great story of adapting the company to the market over time.  www.redseed.com 

  Starboard takes data from satellites to track every oceangoing vessel on the planet. It combines this with scientific models and other intelligence sources to create a pattern of life for each vessel, allowing analysts to assess if the vessel poses a risk – to sovereign borders or to commercial assets. Trent joined when Starboard had product-market fit in the Pacific. His key role has been to capitalise the business and scale internationally.  www.starboard.nz   

CAR T-cell therapy is a cancer treatment where a patient's own T-cells are reprogrammed to fight the cancer. There are 2,000  therapies in clinical development around the world which use different ways to program the T-cells. BioOra has developed an automated manufacturing system to scale up the production of personalised T-cells for treatment of the cancer. In partnership with the Malaghan Institute BioOra has treated 30 patients, the last 7 using this automated system.  www.bioora.com 

  OneRoom is a webcasting platform specialized for the funeral sector. It instals cameras in funeral homes to make webcasting easy & free up funeral directors to focus on personal service. David was as an investor in the company and became CEO to take up the challenge going from start-up to scale-up. As a student he won a scholarship to the US & made the US Gymnastics Team. Now he is taking on the challenge of the US market for the business.  www.oneroomstreaming.com  

For everyone who is interested in doing what the guest is talking about, click here to get started! ​​https://copy.gives/14045192851?body=Hey%21+Can+you+help+me+get+in+tech%3FHost: Cyrus Harbin IG + Tik Tok: @imjustcyrusTo join the TechPreneur discord community (for internal job referrals, complete career coaching, courses, networking with techies and more), click here: https://copy.gives/14045192851?body=Can+I+get+assistance+from+the+Tech+Is+The+New+Black+team%3FGuest Name: Kristi KennebrewGuest Social Media: IG: @getmehiredkristiAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Gastric Alimetry system is like an ECG for the gut - the electrical signals are 100x weaker than from the heart and very noisy. It provides data-driven insights to help clinicians work out what's going on. It is now used in 35 hospitals. Greg talks about how hard it is to build a medtech: regulatory, reimbursement & technical issues. To move fast it's important to have the right people, including key partners such as his co-founder & his Chair, and a balanced life.

Tracksuit provides beautiful, radically affordable and easy to use brand tracking for modern consumer brands. The team recently raised $22M. Connor talks about finding early product-market fit with 100 prospect conversations, and then leaning into scale. Every 3 months everyone should “give away your Legos”–either automate your current job or hire someone to do it better than you can while you solve new problems.  www.gotracksuit.com 

Goodnature makes ethical pest control devices that now sell around the world. Craig, a co-founder, talks about how they started Goodnature to control rats and stoats in New Zealand – building a trap that can go off multiple times in the bush. Dave joined as CEO 3 years ago, bringing a background in international marketing. They both like to solve problems: Craig on the technical side and Dave on the marketing and company growth side.  www.goodnature.co.nz 

For everyone who is interested in doing what the guest is talking about, click here to get started! ​​https://copy.gives/14045192851?body=Hey%21+Can+you+help+me+get+in+tech%3FHost: Cyrus Harbin IG + Tik Tok: @imjustcyrusTo join the TechPreneur discord community (for internal job referrals, complete career coaching, courses, networking with techies and more), click here: https://copy.gives/14045192851?body=Can+I+get+assistance+from+the+Tech+Is+The+New+Black+team%3FGuest Name: Trina L HillGuest Social Media:IG: @techcarewocAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

For everyone who is interested in doing what the guest is talking about, click here to get started! ​​https://copy.gives/14045192851?body=Hey%21+Can+you+help+me+get+in+tech%3FHost: Cyrus Harbin IG + Titktok: @imjustcyrus To join the TechPreneur discord community (for internal job referrals, complete career coaching, courses, networking with techies and more), click here:https://copy.gives/14045192851?body=Can+I+get+assistance+from+the+Tech+Is+The+New+Black+team%3FGuest Name: Chris SchwenkGuest Social Media: IG: @Chris_delosstaffingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Claudia Smith & Russell Smith built AML platform APLYiD to allow companies to verify customers online in seconds using biometric measures. APLYiD now has over 1,000 customers in Australia, New Zealand & the UK.  Claudia and Russell each had a background in identity work and knew the corporate environment well. In this podcast they talk about how they work together, how they complement each other and what they've learned about building a tech company fast.  www.aplyid.com

Alyona studied Natural Language Processing before most of us had heard of AI. To start her company she looked for a problem worth solving & found the need for customer feedback analysis. Thematic is an AI-powered platform that transforms feedback into actionable insights. Alyona talks about how she built an initial product, talked to the market to find a fit, persuaded her husband Nathan Holmberg to join her, and the difference that YCombinator made for them.   www.getthematic.com 

  Futureverse is a media tech unicorn at the intersection of AI, Gaming and Web3. Its platform simplifies Web3 for developers and users and it works with brands to power their experiences, such as a recently released AI powered game built with FIFA. Aaron talks about how he & his co-founders started by building a portfolio of companies for Web3 and last year rolled up and acquired 11 companies to create Futureverse, which now has 250 people across 16 countries.  www.futureverse.com 

  Sam is the co-founder & the CEO of LawVu, a software platform for in-house legal teams. Lawyers using LawVu gain visibility over all their legal work, improve productivity & show legal's value to the wider business. Sam talks about the journey: spending 3 years building the product with trial customers before going to market, winning an RFP for a legal team of 200 – which accelerated their product development, scaling rapidly to 125 people, and learning about fundraising along the way.  www.lawvu.com 

Joshua Ajiboye is passionate about creating mobile experiences that make people's lives easier, more fun, and more meaningful. Ajiboye is a senior mobile engineer and entrepreneur who have worked on various projects, including building apps that help people stay organized and creating games.  Tech is all about innovation, and focusing on solutions, as a beginner, programming languages like HTML and CSS can be learned through various materials and free courses. Techpreneurship at its finest involves looking at your environment and seeing what is lacking. Ajiboye believes that there are many untapped solutions in Nigeria, West Africa, and Africa, and that you can create solutions that benefit millions of people on all continents.His passion for creating mobile experiences and innovation is a key factor in his success in the tech industry. By focusing on solutions and adapting to changing needs, entrepreneurs can create solutions that benefit millions of people worldwide. Listen here…..

John Penno and Maury Leyland started Leaft Foods to create a new food system by capturing the most abundant protein on the planet - Rubisco from green leaves. Leaft integrates with existing farming systems, extracting the Rubisco from common forage crops & producing a high-quality silage feed as a co-product.  This reduces the total nitrogen loading in the farming system & lessens the carbon footprint of farming while producing products that taste good with high nutritional value.  www.leaftfoods.com 

Spice is a founder & CEO of Marsello, a smart marketing platform for smaller retailers. Marketing is really hard for these businesses. The Marsello platform has strong reporting & analytics. Retailers can run targeted marketing with data-driven automation, email, SMS, loyalty programs & social media and measure the impact of them. Thousands of small and medium-sized retailers and hospitality operators around the world are now using the Marsello platform.  www.marsello.com 

Today's Guest is Kevin Lloyd, a former Executive Leader in Retail and current “Tech-pre-neur”, who has built a tech and entrepreneur ecosystem that brings together the Black community in Central Ohio. He has over 20 years of Executive Leadership at Retail outlets like Dick's Sporting Goods, Target, Old Navy and Sears. Additionally, he is the Co-Founder and CEO of MYLE (Make Your Life Entertaining), an Entertainment Software and Data Analytics company that provides curated content based on the user's location. His vision is to become the world's most renowned entertainment marketplace and they've set a mission to expose at least 25,000 socio-economically challenged youth to entertainment, the arts, & travel. He's also the COO of Color Coded Labs, an education course that empowers people of color with tech courses AND after they graduate, connects them to innovative companies dedicated to diversity. Finally, he is the Co-Founder of ColumbusBlack.com, the premier online source of news, events, and entertainment for the Black community in Columbus, Ohio. It has acquired more than 250,000 unique visitors, 500,000 visits, and exceeded 10 million hits.https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinlloydtheleader/https://myle.com/https://www.colorcodedlabs.com/https://columbusblack.com/https://venturesuite.co/

Today's Guest is Kevin Lloyd, a former Executive Leader in Retail and current “Tech-pre-neur”, who has built a tech and entrepreneur ecosystem that brings together the Black community in Central Ohio. He has over 20 years of Executive Leadership at Retail outlets like Dick's Sporting Goods, Target, Old Navy and Sears. Additionally, he is the Co-Founder and CEO of MYLE (Make Your Life Entertaining), an Entertainment Software and Data Analytics company that provides curated content based on the user's location. His vision is to become the world's most renowned entertainment marketplace and they've set a mission to expose at least 25,000 socio-economically challenged youth to entertainment, the arts, & travel. He's also the COO of Color Coded Labs, an education course that empowers people of color with tech courses AND after they graduate, connects them to innovative companies dedicated to diversity. Finally, he is the Co-Founder of ColumbusBlack.com, the premier online source of news, events, and entertainment for the Black community in Columbus, Ohio. It has acquired more than 250,000 unique visitors, 500,000 visits, and exceeded 10 million hits.https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinlloydtheleader/https://myle.com/https://www.colorcodedlabs.com/https://columbusblack.com/https://venturesuite.co/

Dianne is an award-winning Techpreneur, Commercial Real Estate Investor, and Philanthropist. This triple threat earned her recognition in the top 40 under 40 black business owners. She has been in the Tech industry for 13 years, with 10 of those being in Cybersecurity and the last 4 in Government Contracting. As a Real Estate Investor, Dianne has grown her business over the past 4 years from wholesaling residential real estate to partnering on Commercial Multifamily deals. Dianne has a passion for giving back and sits on a few non-profit boards while running her own non profit geared towards improving the quality of life for students in Africa. She received her Bachelors in Computer Information Systems at the University of Houston and a Graduate Certificate in Leadership from the University of Indiana Kelley School of Business. After listening to Dianne's story of coming to the United States as an immigrant and beating the odds to thrive in multiple male-dominated industries, you should ask yourself, “What's holding YOU back?” For more info, check us out at makeitraincapital.com.Welcome to Make It Rain: Multifamily Real Estate Investing for Millennials!  We're Daisy and Luc, two millennials who love multifamily investing.  With every episode, whether we're discussing a special topic or have on an amazing guest, the goal is to provide education and resources for anyone interested in investing in multifamily real estate, especially if you're a millennial.  We're excited to chat with you about the what's, the why's, the how's, the who's.  The best way to show support is to share it with anyone who might benefit from it and leave us an awesome review. Check out our website at makeitraincapital.com for more goodies.  Take action on your financial future TODAY!

Portainer is a container management system for Kubernetes, Docker/Swarm, and Nomad that simplifies container operations so you can deliver software to more places, faster. Neil talks about the challenges of commercialising open source software and of building a business out into the world from New Zealand. The company now has thousands of customers across the world.  www.portainer.io

It feels good to return for another year of Citi Trends and this year i decided to kick things off with one of the most hard working in the tech space in Ghana today. He is the founder of TechNovaGH and a well of wisdom. Hope his lessons and thoughts inspire you and keep you pushing in the new year.

In questa puntata, Alex Pagnoni risponde ad una domanda che gli ha posto un Techpreneur, che chiede: "come capisco qual è il numero ottimale di persone che mi servono nel team tech? E quali competenze devo ricercare in loro?".Se dopo aver ascoltato questa puntata vuoi capire qual è la dimensione ottimale per il tuo team (che sia già esistente o che tu ne debba costituire uno), il modo migliore è quello di effettuare un check up mirato.Trovi tutte le informazioni sul Check Up di Axelerant qui: https://www.axelerant.it/servizi/consulenza/check-up/

Greetings Glocal Citizens! 'Tis the season of gift giving, and have I got a wonderful gift for you in this week's episode. As an entrepreneur, Agile Transformation Coach, and speaker, my guest, Jamaican-American, Stacy Kirk has championed for quality and process innovation in software development for over 20 years. After graduating from Stanford University's School of Computer Science (Yes, another boss #ChocolateCardinal on the mic!), she gained experience as a developer, tester, and leader in diverse industries, including entertainment, security, finance, and healthcare. In 2010, he founded QualityWorks Consulting Group, an app development firm focused on enabling companies to build higher quality software, creating diverse future-ready teams, and accelerating software delivery. Her company was recognized in 2020 as Inc.'s Best in Business for its social impact driving measurable value to clients such as Comcast, AT&T, Truist, Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, and Fox. She leads a 50+ and growing team of brilliant technologists located across the US and Jamaica, representing diverse backgrounds, including over 60% women of color. Her team is responsible for creating QualityWatcher (https://qualitywatcher.com), the first AI test case management platform designed to upskill testers while simplifying app quality. In 2020, she launched Posture, a SaaS platform that leverages intelligence and automation to assess and guide small and midsize enterprises to affordably develop a cyber-resilient organization prepared for the competitive advantages of compliance. I thoroughly enjoyed this insightful conversation with Stacy, from a serious discussion about the business of techpreneurship on a global scale to tips for successful start-up and a lots of laughs long the way, I'm sure you too will learn something new (with a smile)[! Where to find Stacy? @ Posture (https://www.postured.io) @ Quality Works Consulting Group (https://qualityworkscg.com) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacynkirk/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/queenofagileqa) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sweetstace21/) What's Stacy reading? The Last Black Unicorn (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B06ZZLYVCG&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_WX0PY8D712FJCWM2BY23&tag=glocalciti07e-20) by Tiffany Haddish [Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (w=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_6YKB1V4QMHCXDS8AAJV5&tag=glocalciti07e-20) by Trevor Noah I Can't Make This Up: life Lessons (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B0716P4PN9&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_9JCSF554P1YGEVPY3AQC&tag=glocalciti07e-20) by Kevin Hart What's Stacy listening to? Revisionist History Podcast (https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history) Other topics of interest: About Radio Shack (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack) About Windsor Hills, California (https://abc7.com/black-beverly-hills-baldwin-ladera-heights-real-estate/7222331/) Jamaica's Technology Innovation Centre (https://ticutechja.com/about-us/) "..we tallawah" (https://jamaicanpatwah.com/term/Tallawah/1091#.Y5-3Yy-B2xI) About the Dot-Com Bubble (https://www.thestreet.com/dictionary/d/dot-com-bubble-and-burst) Special Guest: Stacy Kirk.

It's another game-changing episode with another game-changing guest on board.Let's welcome Brian Sallee, CEO of Avorit and the disruptive techpreneur, who has been in the technology and marketing industry for 20 years. Brian has assisted individuals and businesses in cracking the code to scale. He has traveled to 30+ countries and has been featured in The Money Is Show and numerous podcasts. Brian's greatest passion is to Identify & Apply Disruptive Technology to businesses.HIGHLIGHTSBrian Sallee: The Disruptive TechpreneurGetting drawn to technologyBrian's perspective on work-life balanceThe 4 quadrants of businessPersonal and professional coachingQUOTESBrian - Determining the business to build: “Find something that you're really good at, that's profitable that people will stand in line for, get really good at it, and let that be the thing that that is a callus to growing your business.”Brian - Setting the right expectations:“Every business is different, and that's what we have to be careful with representations. I'm very upfront with clients, whether they're a client we're doing business with, or a friend or family member who asked me for business advice I'm very upfront is I can't promise results. All the results have changed depend on you, the proverbial you, and what you do with that.”Connect with Brian and learn more about his work:About BrianAbout AvoritAvorit.comVisit Annieca's website: https://www.annieca.com/.Follow Annieca on her socials:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnniecaFinancialLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anniecaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/annieca_com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYCyARfbz1NIPvjT8hIVZrw?fbclid=IwAR0jhtipM_DXOPafp-IZdDr8qLSX9-eApgDlLyI9m-WJfF9OAJ9Zo5oMp0w

The Kenyan technology ecosystem is growing rapidly, countless new startups emerge and multinationals keep pouring in. What is the history of this space? Where did it come from and who benefits from the system today? In other words, who is overlooked and what needs to change?Angela Okune & Leo Mutuku bring their experiences as tech entrepreneurs, researchers as well as founding members of the Ihub to a paper they recently wrote entitled: Becoming an African Techpreneur: geopolitics of investments in "local" Kenyan entrepreneurship. Here is their great paper: https://zenodo.org/record/6582284 and folks can reach Angela on Twitter @honoluluskye or through angelaokune.me; and Leo @leomutuku or through https://www.leonida.me/Instagram: thedevelopmentdilemma; Twitter: @dev_dilemma; Music credits: Juliani, 'Kama sa Sisi'

The Kenyan technology ecosystem is growing rapidly, countless new startups emerge and multinationals keep pouring in. What is the history of this space? Where did it come from and who benefits from the system today? In other words, who is overlooked and what needs to change?Angela Okune & Leo Mutuku bring their experiences as tech entrepreneurs, researchers as well as founding members of the Ihub to a paper they recently wrote entitled: Becoming an African Techpreneur: geopolitics of investments in "local" Kenyan entrepreneurship. Here is their great paper: https://zenodo.org/record/6582284 and folks can reach Angela on Twitter @honoluluskye or through angelaokune.me; and Leo @leomutuku or through https://www.leonida.me/Instagram: thedevelopmentdilemma; Twitter: @dev_dilemma; Music credits: Juliani, 'Kama sa Sisi'Instagram: thedevelopmentdilemma; Twitter: @dev_dilemma; Music credits: Juliani, 'Kama sa Sisi'

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's guest and I share a bit of our own personal Black history going way back to grade school, when his younger brother and I were in the same class from Kindergarten through primary school. We all met up again in high school as "jocks," doing our thing in the Colorado athletics scene. Fast forward to the late 1990s and there we were again bright-eyed and ambitious in New York City--Brooklyn to be exact, laying the groundwork for becoming the adults that we are today. From the basketball court to the comedy stage, Jon Laster has always been a crowd pleaser. He moved to New York City to realize his dream of being a Comedian and quickly moved up the comedy hierarchy establishing himself as one of the funniest comedians and most sought after hosts. Early in his career, he appeared on three season's of BET's Comic View [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103356/], hosted the first and second Underground Comedy Festival in New York City, completed a year-long tour with the National Association for Campus Activities appearing on college campuses across the US and hosted the longest running weekly comedy room ever in Brooklyn. Performing and hosting comedy clubs and colleges such at - the Improv in Los Angeles and Miami to Caroline's and the Comedy Cellar in New York City, from the out skirts of Nebraska, to the shores of Bermuda, Jon has stood audiences on their feet across the globe. In response the tragic murder of George Floyd and national upheaval that followed, Jon found himself wanting to do more than simply protest. He wanted to do something that would directly impact and improve Black lives. Targeting Black businesses in particular, Jon recently ticked a new box on his resume becoming a tech CEO, with the launch of the Blapp app. Blapp connects is communities to local Black businesses across an array of sectors--bars and restaurants, boutiques and markets, professional services and much, much more. With nearly 20,000 downloads since launching in October 2021, Blapp is well on it's way to becoming a game changer in both the brick and mortar and online shopping spaces! Where to find Jon? Blapp App (https://www.blappapp.com) Comedy Cellar (https://www.comedycellar.com) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-laster-8b343136/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hewasfunny/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Hewasfunny/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/realjonlaster?lang=en) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHg5vt0ismLWvMB8_D2SL3g) What's Jon watching? Valley of the Damned on Discovery ID (https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/show/valley-of-the-damned-investigation-discovery-atve-us) Disney+'s Mandalorian (https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/the-mandalorian) Other topics of interest: Former CSU President, Albert C. Yates (https://source.colostate.edu/former-csu-president-al-yates-to-receive-founders-day-medal/) About Leslie Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Jones_(comedian)) One Bedroom Film (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7236434/) About Margot Merrill Fernandez (https://www.linkedin.com/in/margotmerrill/) Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Venmo co-founder (https://www.americanbanker.com/conference/digitalbanking-2018/speakers/iqram-magdon-ismail) Special Guest: Jon Laster.

In today's episode, we sit down with tech maven in the making, Janeya Griffin, the Lead Technology Transfer Specialist contractor for NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. Known as The Commercializer, Janeya is also a strategy consultant, who focuses on helping aspiring entrepreneurs, universities, and small businesses build wealth by monetizing their talents and intellectual property.  In the interview, you will hear about Janeya's career in tech transfer, but also how a life-altering childhood experience shaped her perspective, fueled her ambition, and motivated her to join Concreates, a creative agency who's mission is to serve the men and women behind and beyond bars, as Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Strategist.  This one is so so good for any creative and is FULL of helpful, need-to-know information. You can follow Janeya on all things social at @JaneyaGriffin.  Let's get into it!