Lesya Arnold, the founder and CEO of A Players Recruiting, walks us through her career journey that began at the tender age of 12 in Ukraine. By 17, she was already a tech recruiter, and her move to the US only amplified her impact. Lesya shares her experiences navigating cultural differences between Ukrainian and American recruiting practices, emp…

Can smaller consulting firms ever compete with the giants like BCG and McKinsey? Today, we dig into the unconventional paths and creative approaches that smaller firms leverage to carve out their own space in the consulting world. Join us as we welcome back Mayank Mittal, a tech industry executive and the author of "The Art of Building Great Produc…

Jordan Wright, CEO of Atomic Financial, provides insights into the company's evolution and strategic focus. Atomic emerged from Wright's previous venture, Unbill, with a mission to revolutionize consumer banking. Central to their business model is a per-transaction fee structure aimed at facilitating seamless account switching for major banks, ensu…

In this episode, Jeff Thornburg, founder of Portal Space Systems, shares insights on revolutionizing the space industry. From the shift towards commercial space companies like SpaceX to the importance of aligning with customer needs, Thornburg emphasizes the value of strong relationships and operational efficiency. He discusses the need for maneuve…

Ayden Syal, CEO of MOGL, discussed his transition from finance to running a startup focusing on influencer marketing for athletes. He explained the impact of NCAA rule changes allowing athletes to monetize their name, image, and likeness (NIL) since July 2021. Athletes can now engage in sponsorships, endorsements, and more to leverage their audienc…

In this episode, Sabrina Matucci-Johnson, CEO of Daré Bioscience (Ticker: DARE), shares insights on advancing women's health products in the biotech industry. She discusses the challenges and strategies for successful commercialization, including leveraging partnerships with pharmaceutical companies, utilizing non-dilutive funding like grants, and …

The conversation sheds light on the journey of Thomas Castner, CEO and co-founder of Flash PCB. The conversation covers Thomas’ background, the company's unique value proposition, its recent funding from SBIR, and the challenges they face in the day-to-day operations. Thomas, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon Universi…

Peter Ho sat down with Alex Witcpalek, the CEO and founder of Continuum. The conversation delves into the challenges and opportunities faced by Continuum, as well as the strategies and values that have contributed to the company's success. Alex's background is an important starting point as it provides context for his approach to leading Continuum.…

Joe Essenfeld, the founder of Fora, and Peter Ho discussed Fora's innovative approach to using AI to make enterprise operations more efficient. The company aims to provide C-suite executives with insights from meetings and conversations, allowing them to make strategic decisions based on qualitative data. Fora's focus is on enhancing productivity a…

Peter Ho sat down with Erin Papworth, the founder of Nav.it, a financial wellness platform aimed at reducing financial stress for individuals and employees. Papworth, a seasoned entrepreneur with experience managing multi-million dollar programs, shared insights into the challenges and triumphs of building a startup. She discussed the transition fr…

Nishant Tomar, the Chairman & CEO at Digsfact, shares his journey from a house fire in 2017 to launching a startup using AI for property claims. His motivation to found Digsfact stemmed from a personal experience when his home was affected by a fire in 2017, leading him to identify critical pain points in the property repair and insurance claims pr…

Balancing Parenthood: Navigating Challenges in Paid Leave Solutions Peter Ho welcomed special guest Dirk Doebler, the founder and CEO of Parento, a company that focuses on providing parental support and leave solutions for working families. The discussion delved into Dirk's diverse background and the journey that led him to establish Parento, as we…

Eziah Zaidi-Syed, CEO of MEND, discusses the company’s evidence-based approach to optimize healing with personalized nutrition and their platform's focus on enhancing patient care during and after surgical procedures. Eziah delves into the company’s unique integrated platform for precision care and the challenges and insights on fundraising, handli…

In a recent interview, Peter Ho sat down with Jeff Perlman, the founder of Bright Power—a premier provider of energy and water management services for real estate owners, investors, and operators. The interview provides insight into Perlman's journey, the company's services, and the challenges and opportunities in the renewable energy and energy ef…

In a recent conversation between Peter Ho and Jeff Lambert, the founder of Tiicker, an intelligent software startup, the topic of conversation revolved around Tiicker, a platform that connects individual retail investors with publicly traded companies to offer perks and rewards for stock ownership. The discussion delved into the concept of verified…

Show Notes [01:14] John gave the audience a high level summary of his background. Originally, John is a mathematician. After post doc in computational neuroscience, he went into market research consulting. Five years ago, he started his first company, Agora, followed by Neoswap. [02:02] John discussed the market opportunity of Neoswap which is pion…

Jon Cheney, founder and CEO of Velocity Access, discussed how he is building an enhanced ticketing platform by improving the overall experience of the patrons. Show Notes [01:12] Jon gave the audience a brief overview of his background. He has lived in different countries and started selling products door to door when he was 8. Before Velocity Acce…

Mike Starr, founder and CEO of Trackd, discussed how he and his team help customers minimize vulnerabilities. Show Notes [01:20] Mike provided a brief overview of his background. Before launching trackd, Mike worked at the homeland security department and another startup. Most of the groups he worked in the government were mission focus (i.e. not b…

Kunal Agarwal discussed how he and his team makes cyber security a first class experience for his customers. Show Notes [02:19] Kunal shared with the audience his interest and passion in hacking, including an incident when he was in high school. [04:43] Kunal discussed the genesis of Dope Security and meaning behind the company name. In his view, i…

Show Notes [01:18] Scot gave a brief outline of his background. Scot has a technology background and two career journeys: a serial entrepreneur and investor/enthusiast/mentor of entrepreneurship. [03:29] Scot provided a high level overview of Spiffy, a mobile car care company which is nationwide. The team is trying to build Starbucks for car care. …

Show Notes [01:36] Palash discussed his background and the genesis of Goldcast. He came to business school with the specific intent of starting a company. The timing was right (Covid) and the market opportunity is at a point where he wanted to launch the company rather than waiting for the completion of his MBA. [05:23] Palash walked us through the…

Show Notes [01:17] Adam provided the genesis of Thatch. Paying for healthcare is really painful and complex. It is painful for the business. It's painful for the employees. Thatch is founded to alleviate the pains for employees and employers. [05:17] Adam took a deeper dive on how Thatch can help employers and employees. They set a budget, use a bu…

Elaheh Ahmadi, founder of Themis AI, discusses how she and her team plans to empower the world to create and deploy trustworthy AI. Show Notes [01:15] Elaheh provided an overview of Themis AI and the genesis of the research. [03:34] Discussion on recent developments of OpenAI and how Themis AI's product may be relevant to the industry. There's the …

Paul Barnhurst (The FP&A guy) discusses current trends, challenges and opportunities of FP&A professionals. Show Notes [01:28] Paul discussed his journey of FP&A and his decision to launch an FP&A consulting firm. [02:58] Paul shared the type of training services offered by his firm. [04:26] Paul took a deeper dive into various training services. […

Thomas Kunjappu, founder and CEO of Cleary, discusses how Cleary can help companies improve internal communication and build organization culture. Show Notes [01:30] Thomas provided the backstory of the founding of Cleary. His background has mostly been in product management throughout the career. Typically, when someone is building products, it is…

Nicholas Longano, founder and CEO of Scuti, discussed the market potential of G-commerce and Scuti's business model. Nick also shared with the audience his fundraising experience and his approach to align and inspire the team to reach the company's goal. Nick is an entrepreneur and thought leader with decades of experience in launching successful c…

Alex Furman, founder and CEO of Performica, discussed his journey from software engineering to HR, and how he developed the internal HR organization graph at Invitae, which seeded the idea of Performica. In a wide ranging discussion, Alex also shared with the audience his fundraising experience and management philosophy. Show Notes [01:19] Alex gav…

Jacob Bank, founder and CEO of Relay, combines AI with Human Judgement to automate repeated tasks in modern workflow. Show Notes [01:11] Jacob provided an overview of Relay which is a workflow automation tool that aims to save you time on repeated tasks and help automate the components of repeated tasks that computers are really good at while still…

Alex Smereczniak, founder of 2ULaundry discussed his journey from an entrepreneur in college to the founding of 2ULaundry. Alex discussed 2ULaundry’s strategy, fundraising history and operating philosophy. Show Notes [01:22] Alex discussed his journey from an entrepreneur in college to a brief stop at a Big 4 firm before starting 2ULaundry. [03:58]…

Eric Martin shared with us his journey from the research lab at the University of Michigan to launching a hardware startup. Eric also discussed how he turned the first roadblock from NSF into a successful grant. Show Notes [01:15] Eric discussed his journey from a research lab at the University of Michigan to launching Monstr Sense Technologies. (P…

Dr. Tim Cogan discussed how he and his team use AI to flight breast cancer by making the screening process cheaper, faster and more accurate. Show Notes [04:53] Tim explained how AI working together with radiologists can result in quicker turnaround time for screening. [05:55] The key differentiation of Medcognetics was discussed. One thing that se…

Ari Tulla is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Elo smart nutrition service, transforming food from the cause of disease to medicine. Ari has a long history of turning ideas into products and businesses. In a wide ranging discussion, Ari shared with us the mission of Elo Health, his point of view on AI (and how it will…

Evan Kaylin, founder of Grilla, discussed the company’s mission and market opportunity. Evan also shared his fund raising journey and his source of inspiration to overcome challenges to scale the company.By Brio360

Ihar Mahaniok, an immigrant engineering leader with over two decades of of experience building code and machine learning models, founded Geek Ventures in 2021, shared his view on why immigrants are great startup founders. The investment thesis and process of Geek Ventures are also discussed.By Brio360

James Hamet, founder and CEO of Vistimlabs, discussed how he and his team use AI and biomarkers to help clinicians and patients predict and track cognitive decline such that early detection and monitoring is available for effective disease management.By Brio360

Will Nitze, founder and CEO of IQBar, shared his journey in building and scaling IQBar, the company behind the protein bars formulated with clean-label ingredients rich in compounds to benefit the brain and body. While studying psychology and neuroscience as a Harvard undergrad, Will became fascinated with the human brain and how it functions. IQBa…

Dr. Sherry Zhang, founder and CEO of GenoPalate, discussed her journey from the academia to health tech entrepreneur. Sherry shared with us how she and her team are promoting health and wellness through science.By Brio360

Damon Magnuski launched Acceleron to provide competitive foreign currency exchange marketplace for community banks and credit unionsBy Brio360

Sandeep Sood discussed how he and his team at Kunai help fintech companies launch innovative products, increase customer satisfaction and profitability. Sandeep also shared his entrepreneur journey and how he bootstrapped Kunai to success.By Brio360

Shane Bigelow, founder and CEO of ChampTITLES, discussed how he and his team help government and organizations improve efficiency through technology and digital transformation.By Brio360

Mithat Ulubay discussed the mission and strategy of Flora, one of the first technology-driven sustainable e-commerce platformsBy Brio360

Founded in 2021 by Arthur Quérou and Frank Tetzlaff, Vibe.co is a CTV & OTT advertising platform and the first in the market to open the platform up for self serve to companies large and small. In this episode of Value Drivers, Arthur discussed his plan to help advertisers reach their customers via CTV and OTT quickly and cost effectively.…

Dr. Zwade Marshall discussed how his team at Doc2Doc help physicians access capital quickly and cost effectively.By Brio360

Charles Yhap, founder and CEO of CleanRobotics, how he and his team combines machine learning and robotics to sort recyclable materials with 90% accuracy.By Brio360

Danny He, founder and CEO of Soapbox, discussed his entrepreneurial adventure and how Soapbox is helping businesses to scale with streamlined fulfillmentBy Brio360

David Ure, founder of Inanovate and inventor of Longitudinal Assay Screening, discussed his journey in building and rolling out next generation protein analysis and diagnostics technology for the life science industry.By Brio360

Sam Fitzroy discussed how Dalia, a recruitment technology company, helps employers get more qualified applicants by capturing and converting lost job seeker traffic.By Brio360

Paul Dudley, founder and CEO of Streamkap, discussed how his team is building real time data pipeline tools for companies so that DevOps can start streaming data in minutes with low latency and scalability.By Brio360

Monica Landers, founder and CEO of StoryFit, discussed how StoryFit uses AI to help storytellers uncover white spaces for creative development and gain deeper understanding of story elements.By Brio360

Ross Chanin, founder and CEO of Artifact, discussed the story behind the founding of the company, its growth strategy and his entrepreneur journey.By Brio360