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Bits vs Bytes is a podcast by Amer Grgic. Amer Grgic is the founder for Livebytes. This podcast is about business, leadership and tech and will revolve around important leaders within these fields. Want to be on the podcast? Got something interesting going on? Go ahead and mail amer@bitsvsbytes.com!
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Ingrid van Rossum (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingrid-van-rossum-4471b8/) is innovator at Fuenta, Co-Founder of the I AM College and Co-Founder for Great Places to Grow. In this podcast we discuss education and how the I AM College is evolving the way students learn and also Great Places to Grow, which are companies that help their employees grow i…
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18 Coffees (https://18coffees.com/) is building the backbone of the mission economy through consulting, content, and community. Caleb Gardner joins us from his walk-in closet to discuss how his team is helping pair creatives and business leaders with clients to provide mission-driven companies a stronger strategic footing. Caleb’s career has spanne…
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Author of The Empathy Edge and Founder at Red Slice, Maria Ross join us to talk about her 3-year journey in researching the data behind making empathy actionable. "If we want to create a more empathetic world, why not start in the place where we spend the bulk of our time: our work.” She talks about how to build an empathetic brand, leadership, cul…
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"Organizations that champion empathy will be the leaders in every category". We kick off season 3 of Bytes Over Bagels introducing this season's theme: Empathy. Don Bora, John Ostler, and Steve Polacek join us from Eight Bit Studios to discuss how their 10-year journey in the website and mobile consulting space went from why they started: to create…
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Who knew driving data could be so useful? Gary Hallgren shares how Arity is changing the insurance game with data. Right out of college, Gary's been in transportation, starting at the DOT of Minneapolis. Join us to hear how he's now helping Arity improve driving for all of us.By Eight Bit Studios, LLC
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Kaben Clauson, Founder of True Public, slid right into entrepreneurship wanting to find a better way for companies to get real, accurate data. As he points out, there had to be a better way to get authentic data from a population. Join us as he shares his insights and tells us how he learned to build a power surveying tool.…
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Joel Pollick, Founder of Percent Pledge, shares how a simple phone call with his father turned into a solution that makes donating to charity fool-proof. Join us as we talk about how he researched the market before he even drafted a solution, how he learned as he went, and how Percent Pledge has evolved to meet user needs.…
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Coming to you live from the Chicago Inno State of Innovation: The Future of Cannabis event in downtown Chicago hosted at WeWork on September 25th, 2019. In this 2-part series, you’ll get to hear from some impressive Chicago companies in the cannabis space and from Cresco Lab’s Entrepreneur in Residence, Zach Marburger. Part 1: Fireside chat with Za…
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Coming to you live from the Chicago Inno State of Innovation: The Future of Cannabis event in downtown Chicago hosted at WeWork on September 25th, 2019. In this 2-part series, you’ll get to hear from some impressive Chicago companies in the cannabis space and from Cresco Lab’s Entrepreneur in Residence, Zach Marburger. Part 1: Fireside chat with Za…
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20 years ago, i.c.stars formed to transform individuals and communities through a program that combined hard skills training with a broader perspective on community impact. The program gives under-served individuals the necessary skills and habits to find success in the tech field. The program continues today with their “bigger than you” sense of a…
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Jeff Meredith, President and COO of Chamberlain, jumped from a standard IT field and into garage doors with a clear focus: smart access solutions that provide convenience and security for a seamless, uninterrupted life. Chamberlain has spent the past few years identifying common pain points when it comes to the most common entryway we have: our gar…
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Scott’s seen firsthand how the state of Chicago tech scene grew from a niche area to a key player. Join us as he explains why east and west coast investors are now putting their money into Chicago companies, what Mayor Lightfoot can to do to ensure the tech scene continues to thrive, and how you can get involved. Bonus footage: Scott shares the cos…
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Travel out with us to Whiskey Acres in DeKalb, IL, where we did a live episode recording with leaders in Agricultural Tech at the AGTech Nexus conference. Philippe de Laperouse shares what he sees is the direction of robotics in farming. CEO of RowBot, Kent Cavender-Bares, discusses how technology can increase the versatility of crops in a single f…
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Co-founder and CEO Steven Galanis shares how he turned the idea of personalized shoutouts into Cameo, a site where thousands of celebrities make themselves available for these more human interactions with their fans. Named by Time Magazine as one of "50 Genius Companies of 2018" , Cameo is a marketplace where fans can book personalized video shouto…
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Rod Levy, Executive Director of Code Platoon joins the Bytes Over Bagels crew to discuss the dev bootcamp he founded for veterans and military spouses. Listen in to learn how Call of Duty shaped the future of Code Platoon, and how the program develops skills that these veterans and spouses already have to drive success in the software development f…
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Aaron Sawyer from Redline VR discusses how he is stretching VR technology to enhance everyday interactions, create new engagement opportunities, and extend our ability to connect to each other. Tune into this episode about how VR is no longer just about games, but a more human-centered experience. Today's episode is brought to you by Eight Bit Stud…
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Leaders in the field of People Operations join us as we explore how the realm of Human Resources has evolved to rise to the needs of new generations, to leverage new technology, and to keep the field innovative. Kelli Koschmann, VP of Talent at Sitter City, shares her popular process for improving company culture through effective feedback tools an…
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We cover diversity and inclusion with interviews from, Bhatki Patel, 3D Artist at Facebook who did work on Marvel’s Black Panther among others, and Amanda Lannert, CEO at Jellyvision here in Chicago. In the latest segment of “Marry Mary” we continue to guide Mary’s life journey to find true love. Rockstar 3d designer and animator Bhatki Patel, offe…
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Premiering in 2013, Bytes Over Bagels quickly became a favorite weekly podcast for the Chicago Tech scene. Debuting February 20th and broadcasting for 40 straight weeks, the group interviewed some of Chicago Tech's most coveted personalities and opened the doors for many in the blossoming start-up industry. Season 2.0 will bring some tasty surprise…
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Today's interview is with Eddie Lou, CEO and Co-Founder, Shiftgig. Shiftgig is the (yeah we italicized "the") online community for the service and hospitality industries. Eddie started out slanging burgers at a Jack-in-the-Box, so he knows about workin' the shifts. He and his co-founder wanted to create a proactive platform for potential employees …
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Today's interview is with Andrew Howard, Co-Founder and Sara Trice, Lead Developer, Wowzers. Wowzers is a complete cloud-based solution for 3-8th grade math studies. The Wowzers platform gives teachers a platform to help them curate learning for a student and spend less time grading papers and creating worksheets. The platform provides students wit…
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This week's featured interview is with Greg Jaros, Founder and Gint Rudis, Co-Founder of Spare to Share, a hyper local-sharing platform on web and mobile for things you own or things you need. When they say "hyper local" sharing they mean building a sharing community in your condo building or office building to allow you to share and borrow things …
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This week's featured interview is with Michael Anthony Salvatore, Owner Heritage Bicycles. Mike knows bikes - he's been building them for years in NYC and now at his shop here in Chicago. He also knows a thing or two about tech and building a Lifestyle Brand. The latter has provided him with a platform to dominate across numerous streams of media i…
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This week's featured interview is with Chris Brown, Group Vice President of Mobile at Orbitz Worldwide. Chris shares intriguing stats on mobile adoption for booking travel and Orbitz's mobile growth over the last 3 years. Chris led his team to build Apple's editor's choice app allowing users to book a flight in as little as 3 minutes and travel pac…
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This week's featured interview is with the Divvy duo, Elliot Greenberger, Deputy General Manager at Divvy, and Scott Kubly, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Transportation. If you haven't seen Divvy bikes somewhere around the city in your peripherals...you are a hermit...and probably need to get out of the house, in general. Divvy is the newest …
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This week's featured interview is with Chicago's very own, Jeff Hyman, CEO of Retrofit. Retrofit is a web-based weight loss program that combines wearables (think Fitbit), wireless scales and regular skype calls with your personal registered dietitian, exercise physiologist and behavior coach. Jeff himself, has been around the block, worth $51 mill…
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This week's featured interview is with Tracey Wiedmeyer, CTO and Co-Founder of InContext Solutions. InContext Solutions creates simulated shopping experiences for manufacturers and brands to test their product and retail experiences in a virtual 3D environment. Its like a video game but its not. Challenges for users testing package recognition and …
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Craig Ulliott, CTO, Co-Founder and Head of Product at Belly, the World's best and most entertaining loyalty program (or "experiential rewards" in Craig's words). Belly basically rewards you for being a good customer, but the way you go about getting these rewards is anything but the old tired punchcard. Craig talks us through the grinding long hour…
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Tom Sosnoff is Founder of TastyTrade. Tastytrade is a live, video-based Financial "Network" (like CNN Money but not at all - these guys actually can help you invest). Five days a week Tom and his entourage host a number of different Finance and Investor shows, including Bootstrapping in America, which has featured a number of Chicago Tech Startups.…
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Ravi Bhatt is Co-Founder and CEO of Branchfire. Branchfire is responsible for a little used (only a million+ users) iPad App called iAnnotate. iAnnotate allows you to read, markup and share documents on the go. Its used widely in education but also adopted by Hollywood for reading and editing scripts among actors, pro sports teams sharing out playb…
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Andy Crestodina is Web Strategist and Co-Founder of Orbit Media. Orbit Media is a wildly successful Web Design and Web marketing firm in Chicago, working with local legends like Lou Malnati's, Vienna Beef and heading up the NATO Summit 2012 web efforts. Besides running a company, and being one of the pimpin'est content marketers around,…
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David Vinca is Founder, eSpark Learning and Luke Shepard, CTO. eSpark Learning is harnessing the power of educational 3rd party apps to build a platform for customized learning experiences in the classroom. Alongside him in this interview is Luke Shepard, a past Facebook Developer, and an iterative machine (they push every single frickin day).…
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Mike McGee is Co-Founder at The Starter League. Mike talks about the Starter League's new 9-month program and partnering with CPS to educate the teachers how to teach code in their classroom. What's the Starter League? Seriously? It's where students and professionals from all over the world come to learn how to code, design, and ship web apps.…
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Jake Nickell, Founder and CEO at Threadless. Did you know that Threadless was a hobby then a side project of Jake's website consulting firm? Jake talks about the history and growth of the company, new partnerships, Chicago, and what the future is for Threadless (including sweatpants). This week's music feature is Chicago's own Fort Frances.…
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