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XCF Global's CEO Mihir Dange and Focus Impact BH3's Co-CEO Wray Thorn
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The world has a long way to go to meet climate goals, especially airlines. There is currently no alternative to jet fuel-powered passenger planes on the horizon, which puts the focus on sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF. This week, we speak with Mihir Dange, CEO of XCF Global and Wray Thorn, co-CEO of Focus Impact BH3 Acquisition Company (NASDAQ:BH…
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Vertiv's David Cote and GS I's Tom Knott Discuss the Success of their SPAC Combination
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This week, in a special edition of the SPACInsider Podcast, we speak with David Cote, Executive Chairman of Vertiv, and Tom Knott, who was previously Head of Permanent Capital at Goldman Sachs, who joined forces in 2019 on GS Acquisition Holdings Corp. GS I combined with Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) in what has become the most successful SPAC deal of all time…
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One Energy's Founder and CEO, Jereme Kent
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Providing dedicated power to industrial facilities is a task that has drawn in a variety of different energy technologies and, increasingly, a variety of SPAC transactions. This week I speak with Jereme Kent, founder and CEO of One Energy. One Energy provides dedicated clean power generation to industrial clients allowing them to lock in cheaper en…
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DevvStream Co-Founder/CEO Sunny Trinh & Carl Stanton, CEO of Focus Impact (FIAC)
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SPACs have brought a number of sustainability companies to market, but the economics of carbon credits have always been on the edge of those specific opportunities. Focus Impact Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:FIAC) aims to change that with its $213 million combination with DevvStream, a Canadian company focused on generating carbon credits with propriet…
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SPAC deals have provided a variety of ways to try and ride the growth in the private aviation space. One of the most successful so far has been to approach it not through the aircraft or sales of flights, but as an infrastructure play. This week, we speak with Francisco Gonzalez, CFO of private hangar operator Sky Harbour (NYSE:SKYH). Francisco exp…
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Stardust Power CEO Roshan Pujari and Global Partner II (GPAC) CEO & Chairman Chandra Patel
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Spot lithium prices may be down, but Stardust Power believes that makes now an even more important time to build new US-based lithium refineries. This week, we speak with Roshan Pujari, Co-founder and CEO of Stardust Power and Chandra Patel, CEO and Chairman of Global Partner Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:GPAC). The two announced a $490 million busi…
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Abpro Chairman & CEO Ian Chan and Shahraab Ahmad, Chairman & CEO of Atlantic Coastal II
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Developing new medical treatments takes time and money, which is generally where investors come in. But, Abpro has managed to resolve many of those questions before SPAC investors will join the show. This week, we speak with Abpro Chairman and CEO Ian Chan and Shahraab Ahmad, Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp II (Nasdaq: ACAB). …
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Solidion and Nubia Brand International CEO Jaymes Winters
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Not all SPAC officers get involved in order to ride the process all the way to a seat as CEO of the combined company, but Jaymes Winters walks us through his journey of how he started Nubia Brand International Corp as a newcomer to the asset class and why he is now leading its target company, Solidion (Nasdaq: STI). This week we’ll speak with Jayme…
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EP. 116 Zee Kennedy — “Life Only Works When You Are Fully Committed”
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Zandara Kennedy is in the driver seat today. Zandara, a pioneering Hollywood stunt driver and the only Canadian athlete in professional drifting, known for her electrifying work in major films like X-Men and Deadpool. An outspoken advocate for diversity in motorsports, Zandara not only dazzles on screen but also fiercely competes with a Formula Dri…
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Should de-SPAC’d companies consider buying back their shares rather than making offers for their warrants? Abacus Life (NASDAQ:ABL) believes the answer is yes. This week, we catch up with with Abacus Life Chairman and CEO Jay Jackson. He tells us why he thinks his company’s stock has managed to perform well in the six months since closing its SPAC …
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Breaking Down the New SEC SPAC Rules with Legal Experts
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In this special edition of the SPACInsider podcast on the SEC’s new SPAC rules, Kristi Marvin, from SPACInsider, spoke with a panel of SPAC legal experts to help unpack the hefty 581 pages included in the release. This originally aired as a live webinar, which may be viewed on SPACInsider's website HERE. Joining Kristi is Derek Dostal, a partner at…
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Michael Zacharski, CEO of BEN and Chris Gaertner, Co-CEO & CFO of DHC Acquisition Corp.
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AI was one of the big themes for SPACs in 2023. Now in 2024, investor appetite and the market opportunity around AI is just as strong. This week, we speak with Michael Zacharski, CEO of BEN and Chris Gaertner, Co-CEO and CFO of DHC Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DHCA). The two announced a $358 million combination in September. Michael explains how BEN …
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Zapata AI's CEO & Co-Founder Christopher Savoie
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Buzz around generative AI has been off to the races lately and that is exactly where Zapata AI has put many of its tools to work. This week, we speak with Christopher Savoie, CEO and Co-founder of Zapata AI and Bill Sandbrook, Co-CEO and Chairman of Andretti Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: WNNR). The two announced a $283 million deal in September. Bill ex…
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Omeed Malik, Chairman & CEO of the Colombier SPACs
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This week, in a special edition of the SPACInsider Podcast, SPACInsider founder Kristi Marvin speaks with Omeed Malik, Chairman and CEO of the Colombier SPACs. She asks Omeed what brought him into the SPAC market and how his first SPAC, Colombier I, navigated the rapidly changing market as it closed in on its combination with PublicSquare (NYSE:PSQ…
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iLearningEngine’s CEO Harish Chidambaran & Matt Safaii, Chairman/CEO of Arrowroot Acq. Corp.
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This week, we speak with iLearningEngine’s CEO Harish Chidambaran and Matt Safaii, Chairman and CEO of Arrowroot Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ARRW). The two announced a $1.4 billion deal in April. AI may be the major buzzword of 2023, but iLearningEngines has been working on AI tools since 2010. Now, it hopes to use a SPAC transaction as its next ste…
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Royalty Management Holdings CFO Kirk Taylor
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This week, we get into both sides of a SPAC transaction in the form of Kirk Taylor. He helped steer American Acquisition Opportunity and now serves as CFO of Royalty Management Holdings (Nasdaq: RMCO), with which the SPAC merged in early November. Royalty Management has crafted a portfolio of royalty streams from mining operations as well as some i…
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LatAm Logistics Properties CEO Esteban Saldarriaga, and two SPAC Chairman, Tom Hennessy
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This week, we speak with Esteban Saldarriaga, CEO of LatAm Logistics Properties and Tom Hennessy, Chairman and CEO of the SPAC, two (NYSE: TWOA). The pair announced a $578 million combination in August. Esteban explains why the timing is particularly attractive to do a SPAC deal to accelerate his company’s portfolio expansion in the current market …
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X-Energy’s CEO, J. Clay Sell, Discusses Smaller-Reactor Nuclear Power
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This week, we speak with J. Clay Sell, CEO of X-energy, which announced a $1.18 billion combination with Ares Acquisition Corporation in December 2022. Wind and solar have each seen big booms in adoption in the 21st century due to a mix of technology and incentives aligning at the same time. Could it once again be nuclear power’s turn? Clay tells u…
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EP. 115 Muffy Bennett — “You Cannot Do It Alone”
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Muffy is the first lady of collector cars and the CEO of Bennett Automotive Specialists, Inc. After a successful 17-year paralegal career, she shifted gears to become the Operations Director at ASAA Auction Company. In 2013, she opened a retail facility for Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auctions and in 2017, she led Ritchie Bros' Auctioneers into t…
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Tim Moran of Avertix, and Ross Haghighat of BioPlus Acquisition Corp.
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Biotech firms tend to come on to SPACs’ radar when they still have some clinical work to complete to get to an approved medicine or device, but Avertix is ahead of that particular curve. This week, we speak with Tim Moran, President and CEO of Avertix, and Ross Haghighat, CEO and CFO of BioPlus Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: BIOS). The two announced a …
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Brian Gordon of Verde Bioresins and Jin-Goon Kim of TLGY Acquisition Corp.
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Sustainable materials are starting to take a bite out of the share of single-use plastics in circulation, but replacing the full $600 billion plastics market is going to take more innovation and much more capital. This week, we speak Brian Gordon, President and COO of Verde Bioresins and Jin-Goon Kim, Chairman and CEO of TLGY Acquisition Corporatio…
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Vast CEO Craig Wood & Nabors Energy Transition (NETC) VP Guillermo Sierra
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Renewable energy sources have long been pressed on the fact that most can only supply power for certain portions of the day. But, what if you could combine multiple renewable technologies into a refinery that had round-the-clock output? This week we speak with Craig Wood, CEO of Vast, and Guillermo Sierra, VP of Strategic Initiatives at Nabors Ener…
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Rohan Malhotra, CEO and Co-Founder of Roadzen
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As companies find new ways of automating business processes with AI, a new AI-driven approach to auto insurance is heading West from India with the help of a SPAC deal. This week, we speak Rohan Malhotra, CEO and co-founder of Roadzen and Steven Carlson from the sponsor of Vahanna Tech Edge Acquisition I Corp. (Nasdaq: VHNA) The two announced a $96…
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This week, we get an update from Brandon Mintz, CEO of Bitcoin Depot, which recently closed its SPAC combination with GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp. in June. Brandon shares what advice he has for other companies considering a SPAC merger in the current market and discusses how Bitcoin Depot is hitting the ground running with its acquisition pipel…
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AtlasClear’s Craig Ridenhour and Quantum Fintech’s (QFTA) John Schaible
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SPAC structures can provide unique opportunities to bring together many pieces to a new puzzle, which is very much the case with this week’s deal. This week, we speak with John Schaible, Chairman and CEO of Quantum Fintech Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: QFTA), and Craig Ridenhour, Chief Business Development Officer at AtlasClear. John and Craig exp…
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Hervé Tessler, CEO of Noventiq, and Jerry Letter, CFO and COO of Corner Growth Acquisition Corp.
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The London Stock Exchange has seen several of its companies decamp for Wall Street and SPACs have become a new avenue for those companies to skip across the pond. This week, we speak with Hervé Tessler, CEO of Noventiq (LSE:NVNQ) and Jerry Letter, CFO and COO of Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. They explain why they think Noventiq will be better val…
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Car enthusiasts have been bolting carbon fiber wheels onto high performance vehicles for years. But, the hitherto luxury add-on brings real benefits to vehicle weight and energy economy, both of which have a new importance in the age of EVs. This week, we speak with Carbon Revolution CEO Jake Dingle. Carbon Revolution is working to scale up its car…
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With lithium supply for EVs and other batteries tight and much of it coming with geopolitical baggage, one new SPAC deal is looking to put forward a lithium stock with less baggage. Australia and Frankfurt-listed miner European Lithium (ASX:EUR) announced an $838 million deal in October to spin off its Wolfsberg lithium mine in Austria in a combina…
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EP. 113 Senora Early — “Think About the Common Sense of Things because that’s so Important, that’s Powerful.”
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Senora Early is the owner of Clamptite Tools — an innovative tool that is widely used in multiple industries. She started her long term career in the industry at the age of eight. Her father submitted the original patent for the Clamptite Tool and Senora expanded and improved on that patent. Senora’s Contact Info: Website – https://clamptitetools.c…
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ZeroNox President and Co-Founder Robert Cruess
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SPAC transactions have taken a variety of Electric Vehicle (EV) business models to the public markets. ZeroNox brings another new approach to the EV story with its focus on retrofitting fleets of off-highway vehicles for sustainability. This week, we speak with ZeroNox President and Co-Founder Robert Cruess and Yana Kakar, CEO of the Growth for Goo…
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There are new things happening in brand security from the physical marks that track products through their supply chains to digital tools to prevent online piracy. This week we speak with with Selva Selvaratnam, CEO of OpSec Security. It provides a variety of these services and it announced a $426 million combination with Investcorp Europe Acquisit…
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SilverBox Capital’s Stephen Kadenacy and Joe Reece
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This week, we speak with Joe Reece and Stephen Kadenacy, from the SilverBox team. Joe and Stephen led the Boxwood Merger Corp. and SilverBox Engaged Merger Corp. I transactions, as well as recently priced the SilverBox Corp. III IPO. We dig into their perspective, having priced SPACs in three very different market environments. Joe and Steve explai…
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EP. 112 Nemi Canary — “Just Help Your Kids Discover What They’re Into and Try to Make It Happen for Them”
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Nemi is a young car enthusiast who's been immersed in the world of cars from a very young age. At only 7 years old, Nemi has her very own YouTube channel where she enthusiastically shares her passion for cars by reviewing them and taking us along to car shows. Nemi also gets behind the wheel of her very own manual 1986 Dodge Shelby Charger on their…
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Sudhir Panikassery, Founder & CEO of Aeries Technology, and Daniel Webb, CEO/CFO of Worldwide Webb
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SPACs have been searching hard for combination targets with lean balance sheets and strong cash flow. So, why not combine with a company that helps other companies develop lean balance sheets and strong cash flow? Aeries Technology does just that, working frequently in conjunction with private equity firms to find efficiencies in their target compa…
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Womb Healing & Reclaiming Your Body | Suzi Zobrist | Epi 54
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Join us for the final episode of the season as we speak with Suzi Zobrist, a pelvic health therapist and womb healer who has dedicated her life to helping women and gender-diverse people reclaim their bodies and discover their inner power. Suzi shares her inspiring story of overcoming ovarian cancer and how it has shaped her journey towards healing…
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Bonus Episode: What’s Driving SPACs Offshore?
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Between the various recent cases in the Delaware courts, such as Boxed, which involved the different SPAC voting classes, or the Multiplan case, or Arrival, all of which are in addition to the 1% excise tax on share buybacks, there has been a noticeable trend of SPACs moving to off-shore domiciles. We spoke with Derek Dostal, from the law firm of D…
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Greg Moran, Co-Founder and CEO of Zoomcar
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Fighting for digital services market share in developed markets can be uphill sledding, but what if what you are offering has no legacy competitor to replace? This week, we speak with Greg Moran, Co-Founder and CEO of Zoomcar. Zoomcar runs a ride-sharing marketplace in India, where traditional short-term rental options are rare and it announced a $…
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Diversity & Inclusion In The Workplace | Malobi Achike | Epi 53
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In this week's episode of I Am Power, we have an inspiring conversation with Malobi Achike, the CEO and founder of DEI Directive, a company committed to promoting equity and diversity in the workplace. Malobi shares her personal experience with diversity, how it shaped her passions, and led her to create a business that helps others make a positive…
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Tim Sheehy, Founder and CEO of Bridger Aerospace
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For better or worse, fighting fires is big business. This week, we speak with Tim Sheehy, Founder and CEO of Bridger Aerospace (NASDAQ:BAER). Bridger operates a fleet of firefighting airplanes and support vehicles in the Western United States and it closed a combination with Jack Creek Investment Corporation on January 25th. Tim explains how this a…
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Zapp Founder & CEO Swin Chatsuwan, and CIIG II Co-Ceo Gavin Cuneo
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Whether you’re bullish on the North American EV car boom or not, there are exciting things happening on two wheels in Europe and Asia. This week, we speak with Swin Chatsuwan, Founder and CEO of Zapp. Zapp has developed a line of electric motorcycles manufactured in Thailand that have some unique features, like being able to plug in anywhere. To he…
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Breathwork & How it heals | Ashlene Patten | Epi 52
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In this week's episode, I sit down with Ashlene Patten, Holistic Breathwork Facilitator and founder of Heart Led Prana, to discuss the transformative power of breath work and energy healing. Ashlene shares her personal journey of discovering these practices and how they've led her to help others access their inner wisdom and embrace all parts of th…
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Recovery Is The New Black | Recovery & Sobriety | Michelle Smith | Epi 51
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Looking for inspiration, strength, and hope on your recovery journey? In this week's episode, we sit down with Michelle Smith, also known as Recovery is the New Black on Instagram. Michelle bravely shares her powerful story of addiction, including her battles and near-fatal experiences with alcohol, and how getting sober has transformed her life. W…
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Fresh Start | Healthy Eating The Easy Way | Alice Smith | Epi 50
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In this episode, we sit down with Alice Smith, a registered dietitian and founder of Alice Approved, as she shares her personal story of how she found her passion for helping people understand that food is medicine. Originally with dreams of becoming a pharmacist, Alice discovered that everything we need to live a healthy life is on this earth. She…
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Complete Solaria CEO Will Anderson and Freedom I CEO Adam Gishen
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Visions of a self-sufficient energy future with solar panels on every household roof have been around for decades. But, it may take companies able to bring the full package of design, construction and financing to get more homeowners on board. This week, we speak with Complete Solaria CEO Will Anderson. Complete Solaria is the merger of two peer re…
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Newsight Imaging Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman, Eli Assoolin
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The chip shortage has been a serious headwind to many tech companies, but what has it been like for the chip makers themselves? This week we speak with Eli Assoolin, Co-founder CEO and Chairman of Newsight Imaging. Newsight announced a $380 million dollar combination with Vision Sensing Acquisition Corp. in August of last year. It provides the crit…
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The Power of Reinvention | Angela LaRue | Epi 49
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Join us in this empowering episode as we welcome Angela LaRue, the fierce CEO and founder of A LaRue Company. From a stay-at-home mom of 20 years to a trailblazer in the medical industry, Angela shares her remarkable journey of how she turned her life around and made a potentially life-saving impact with her invention. Her story of personal growth,…
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