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Best-selling author, technology venture expert and tech investment banker Vitaly M. Golomb digs deep into the details with some of the leading entrepreneurs and executives on tech and business topics.Disclaimer: This podcast was recorded and is being made available by Vitaly Golomb solely for informational purposes. This is not financial, economic, legal, accounting, tax or other advice.The information, statements, comments, views and opinions provided in this podcast are general in nature, ...
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E17 | Season 2 - William Santana Li (Knightscope - Chairman & CEO)
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On this episode, we covered a different kind of autonomous vehicle as I spoke with William Santana Li, Chairman & CEO of Knightscope. Knightscope makes indoor and outdoor autonomous security robots that have been preventing crimes in the real world for over six years. The company just went public on NASDAQ through a Regulation A listing. Before fou…
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E16 | Season 2 - Asaf Weisbrot (Otonomo - Head of Automotive)
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On this episode, I had an interview with Asaf Weisbrot, Head of Automotive at Nasdaq-listed Otonomo. Otonomo is a provider of a pioneering vehicle data platform and marketplace, and is positioned at the epicenter of the data revolution in the automotive and mobility space. Otonomo vehicle data is being utilized by businesses, fleets, and smart citi…
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E15 | Season 2 - Cetin Mericli (Locomation - CEO & Co-founder)
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On this episode, I spoke with Dr. Cetin Mericli, co-founder and CEO of Locomation a Pittsburg-based startup building autonomous trucks. Previously, he was Special Faculty and Commercialisation Specialist at the National Robotics Engineering Center, at Carnegie Mellon University, where he led the Machine Learning and Perception group. In the past, h…
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E14 | Season 2 - Mark Frohnmayer (Arcimoto - CEO & Founder)
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On this episode, I had a conversation with Mark Frohnmayer, Founder and CEO of Arcimoto makers of (FUVs) Fun Utility Vehicles and fleet solutions for emergency services and last mile delivery. Their company is based in Oregon. Mark graduated from UC Berkeley in 1996 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. After 11 years leadin…
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E13 | Season 2 - Clare Jones (What3Words - CCO)
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On this episode I spoke with Clare Jones, the Chief Commercial Officer of What3Words - the world’s first addressing system designed for voice that is used in 170 countries and is being adopted by governments all around the world as an official addressing system. Previously, Clare was involved in the development and growth of social enterprises and …
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E12 | Season 2 - Marc Ausman (Airflow.aero - CEO & Co-Founder)
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On this episode I had a conversation with Marc Ausman, the co-founder and CEO of Airflow.aero, which is building an aerial logistics network for same-day e-commerce using electric Short Take Off and Landing aircraft. He was Chief Strategist on the Airbus Vahana eVTOL program an early employee at Eclipse Aviation that brought to market the world’s f…
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Bonus Episode | Season 2 - Brandon Bartneck ("Future of Mobility" Podcast - Host)
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On this special bonus episode I switched chairs with Brandon Bartneck, the host of the podcast that is coincidentally called "Future of Mobility" just like this season of "Accelerated". Brandon has interviewed numerous leaders in mobility on his podcast and we decided to post our conversation on both of our shows. Brandon and I covered a lot of gro…
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E11 | Season 2 - Robert Falck (Einride - CEO & Founder)
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On this episode I spoke with Robert Falck, the co-founder and CEO of Einride. Based in Sweden, Einride is the first fully electric, totally autonomous transport vehicle to operate on a public road in the world. With remote monitoring and operation capability, operators can oversee and control the Pod on-demand, with no need for a human driver onboa…
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E10 | Season 2 - Mate Rimac (Bugatti-Rimac - CEO)
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A very special episode with Mate, the 33 year old Croatian founder and CEO of his namesake, high performance EV company Rimac – maker of the world’s fastest production car. In July, Rimac and Porsche, announced that the 112 year old legendary Bugatti brand will be in a new joint venture with Mate as CEO. I met Mate in 2012, shortly after he started…
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Bonus Episode | Season 2 - Jack Cheng (Foxconn MIH, NIO) & Monika Mikac (QEV Tech, Rimac)
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This bonus episode of Accelerated Podcast is a rebroadcast of a live East meets West event I moderated earlier in August. It was put on by DIGITIMES Asia and Anchor Taiwan. Asia Venturing is a series of monthly roundtables with roadmaps to the future focusing on the hype v.s. the reality of Asia's supply chain-boosted innovation ecosystem, jointly …
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E9 | Season 2 - Vlad Voroninski (Helm.ai - Co-founder & CEO)
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On this episode, I had a conversation with Vlad Voroninski, co-founder and CEO of Helm.ai, the Android of autonomy. Vlad is an applied mathematician, AI researcher, and entrepreneur, with many years of R&D experience in algorithmic development. His PhD thesis in mathematics at UC Berkeley made fundamental contributions to phase retrieval and quantu…
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E8 | Season 2 - Gilbert Passin (Wrightspeed)
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On this episode, I spoke with Gilbert Passin, CEO of Wrightspeed, maker of heavy duty EV platforms for commercial trucks and buses. Gilbert served as VP of manufacturing at Tesla during its most formative years. There he grew the vehicle manufacturing team from scratch and launched the Fremont factory and Model S and several other new Tesla factori…
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E7 | Season 2 - Jay Giraud (Damon Motorcycles)
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On this episode, I had a conversation with Jay Giraud, Founder and CEO of Damon Motorcycles based in Vancouver. Damon is often compared to Tesla for its innovative reinvention of an entire category. Jay found early success as a professional snowboarder and then set out on a personal mission to rid the world of oil. He first did this at REV Technolo…
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E6 | Season 2 - Praveen Penmetsa (Monarch Tractor)
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On this episode, I spoke speak with Praveen Penmetsa, the CEO of the smart and electric tractor Silicon Valley startup Monarch. Before founding the company, he spent two decades developing core technology and full products across energy, mobility, agricultural tech, and even aviation. Since 2010, his company Motivo Engineering has completed over 54…
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E5 | Season 2 - Michel Taride (Partner, Drake Star & exGroup President Hertz)
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On this episode, I had a conversation with Michel Taride, who I’m humbled to call one of my Partners at Drake Star. We discussed his 38 year career at Hertz where he went from a summer job as a young entry level clerk to Group President. We covered some really interesting topics in Connected, Autonomous, Shared, Electric vehicles, smart cities, sub…
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E4 | Season 2 -Mark Joseph (Transportation Expert - Mobitas)
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On this episode, I spoke with Mark Joseph, the CEO of Mobitas Advisors and Advisor to Drake Star Partners. During Joe Biden’s campaign and transition, he served as the co-chair of the subcommittee on infrastructure and stimulus. Mark has had a fascinating career in transportation that started with him taking over the family taxi business in Baltimo…
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E3 | Season 2 - Monika Mikac (QEV Tech & Rimac Automobili)
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On this episode, I had a conversation with Monika Mikac, the CBO of QEV Technologies and a former member of the founding team at Rimac Automobili - maker of the all electric and fastest production car in the world, the Nevera. There, as the COO, she helped grow the company from 8 crazy kids in a Croatian garage to hundreds of employees and a very r…
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E2 | Season 2 - Andrés De León (HyperloopTT)
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On this episode, I spoke with Andrés de León the CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. He first joined the company as its COO before taking the helm in 2019. Prior to Hyperloop he build an illustrious career leading many initiatives in energy and infrastructure. We talked about how the crazy idea of Hyperloop became a full fledged industry,…
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E1 | Season 2 - Stefan Krause (Canoo, BMW, Faraday Future, Deutsche Bank & Rolls-Royce)
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On this first episode of "Accelerated" Season 2, I spoke with Drake Star Senior Advisor, Stefan Krause - Founder of Canoo, CFO of Faraday Future, BMW, and Deutsche Bank. Stefan shared his views on the EV revolution (and the non-obvious challenge for legacy brands in the transition), when we can expect to see autonomy on the road, building brands, m…
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Trailer: "Accelerated" Season 2 | The Future of Mobility
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As the pandemic began tightening its grip on the world in March of 2020, those who have been through a few economic cycles said, "here we go again". Borders closed, factories shut down, and everyone held their breath not knowing what’s next. Like many crises before, opened the door to opportunity. When work stopped, old supply chains faded away and…
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E8 - Dr. Tia Kansara on why companies should think beyond sustainability
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On this episode, I spoke with Dr. Tia Kansara, a sustainability expert, multi award-winning entrepreneur and economist who’s consulted some of the worlds largest brands like Coca Cola, Formula One, and MIT. We discussed the importance of thinking beyond sustainability to replenishment. How startups can integrate long-term principals into their core…
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E7 - David Troy, Disinformation expert and CEO of 410labs
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On this episode, I spoke with Dave Troy an entrepreneur, speaker, and disinformation researcher based in Baltimore, Maryland. We covered: disinformation, misinformation, what's wrong with Twitter and Facebook, the threat of Tok Tok, foreign operations using social media to divide Americans, BLM, Conspiracy Theories, Trump encouraging violence, COVI…
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E6 - Shannon Kalayanamitr, Partner at Gobi Partners
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On this episode, I spoke with a Forbes top business woman in Asia, Shannon Kalayanamitr, a Shark on SharkTank Thailand and Partner at $1B fund, Gobi Partners. In the past, she was part of Rocket Internet's founding team in SEA and CEO of Orami, the top ecommerce destination for women. We had a very personal conversation about the trials and tribula…
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On this episode, I spoke with Gary Stewart, CEO of The Nest aka “Masterclass for startup founders”. We covered some serious hot topics, including: What it was like growing up in an immigrant family in the Bronx Thriving at an elite University and Law School What Stacey Abrams and Cory Booker were like in college What Black people really think about…
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On this episode, I talk with Raman Frey about the importance of building authentic communities around your products and companies. Raman is the founder of Good People Dinners, a Bay Area community focused on meaningful conversations, usually over food and drink. These dinners, corporate salons, overnights and retreats bring together professional ch…
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E3 - Black Lives (finally) Matter and special guest, Louis Lehot
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For this episode, I put together a post to highlight educational resources on racism because Black Lives finally seem to Matter. The interview segment is with Louis Lehot, Managing Partner of L2 Counsel. He is one of the leading attorneys working with startups in Silicon Valley and has supported many from concept through M&A or IPO. Our interview i…
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E2 - Humanity Is In The Non-Essential and special guest, Alex Pachikov
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On this episode, I wanted to talk about the humanity in the non-essential. And the interview is on deal making with Alex Pachikov. He is a specialist in emerging trends in robotics & security industries. He is the CEO of Sunflower Labs, a drone-based home security startup he co-founded in 2016. Alex was a member of the founding team of Evernote, an…
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E1 - Twitter is Westworld Incarnate and special guest, Sridhar Solur
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On this inaugural episode I talk about why Twitter is the Westworld incarnate, and not in a good way. I also interview Sridhar Solur, GM of Berkshire Grey, the company that makes robots that operate in flexible swarms to automate warehouses. Previously, Sri was the GM and Chief Product Officer of SharkNinja, the leader in robotic appliances and foo…
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Trailer: Accelerated Startup Academy with Vitaly M. Golomb
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There is a new world order: accelerators are the new business schools and technology entrepreneurship is the biggest driver of future economies. Every week best-selling author, technology venture expert and entrepreneur Vitaly M. Golomb digs deep into the nitty gritty of what startup founders need to know to get ahead. Vitaly brings in subject-matt…
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