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EdTech Café is a podcast series produced by the educational technology team at Stanford Medicine. Our team sits at the intersection of art, science, and education, and in this space we’ll sit down with other media- and production-savvy professionals to discuss how they use their talents to support science and education across the globe.
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Teachers in White Coats is a podcast series produced by the Educational Technology team at Stanford Medicine, where we sit down with doctors, faculty, and other health professionals to hear their stories on the innovative ways they’ve used education to help improve health outcomes across the globe. The show is hosted by Erfan Mojaddam, Manager of Academic Tech and Innovation at Stanford Medicine.
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Searching for the next great tech startups, we interview startup founders, venture capital investors, growth hackers, product specialists, technologists, legal experts, and others. Website: https://www.nextunicornpodcast.com/
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Global Startups and the Japanese Market: Top Venture Capital Investor Explains How Startups Can Successfully Expand to Japan and the World | Phil Wickham, Sozo Ventures | E10
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Phil Wickham is Executive Managing Director at Sozo Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that specializes in helping startups become global category leaders by expanding to Asia and the world via Japan. They have deep connections with many of the largest and most prestigious Japanese corporations, which are also investors in their funds.…
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Secrets to Building Successful Enterprise Software Startups (& AI Startups) | Lars Leckie, Aspenwood Ventures | E9
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Lars Leckie is a Managing Director at Aspenwood Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in early-stage enterprise software startups. Aspenwood Ventures was rebranded from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, the first venture capital firm focused exclusively on software. Founded in 1989, Hummer Winblad Ventures was incredibly succe…
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AI, EdTech & the Future of Education | Ian Chiu, Owl Ventures | E8
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Ian Chiu is a Managing Director at Owl Ventures, the largest EdTech (education technology) venture capital firm in the world, with over $2 billion under management. Owl Ventures is stage-flexible, investing in EdTech startups from seed through growth. The firm is also international, investing in EdTech startups throughout the world. Ian received an…
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Top Startup Accelerator Reveals How It Helps Startups Succeed | Ajay Kamat, PearX | E7
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Ajay Kamat is a Partner at Pear VC, where he runs PearX, one of the top startup accelerators in the San Francisco Bay Area. Pear VC has been an early investor in many successful startup companies. In this episode, we talk about the PearX method of startup success, and how the team at PearX helps startup founders avoid common mistakes, find product-…
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The Future of Battery Technology | Nick Kateris, Stanford University | E6
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Nick Kateris is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University, where his research is focused on new battery technology, and computer modeling to help develop new types of battery technology, as well as on detonation engines. (Recently, along with colleagues from Stanford and Dartmouth, Nick developed a new type of lithium-sulfur battery that per…
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Are Startup Accelerators Worth It For Founders? | Collin Wallace, Lobby Capital | E5
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Collin Wallace is the Former Head of Techstars Silicon Valley (one of the top startup accelerators), co-teaches the Startup Garage accelerator class at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), and is a partner at Lobby Capital (formerly August Capital), a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Previously, as a repeat founder, he also was a par…
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How Did Famous Successful Startups Get Their First 1,000 Customers? | Ali Abouelatta, First 1000 | E4
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Ali Abouelatta is the author of the First 1000 newsletter on Substack (with over 85,000 subscribers at the time of publishing this episode), which is about just that! It also contains all kinds of tips, tricks, and hacks relating to getting your first 1,000 customers and beyond, including: pricing, product design, product management, growth hacks, …
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Can This AI Startup Cure Cancer? | Damir Vrabac, Valar Labs | E3
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Damir Vrabac is the Co-Founder & COO of Valar Labs, an AI startup that analyzes cancer tissue samples and predicts which type of cancer treatment (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, etc.) would be most successful for each individual cancer patient. Until now, this has been a very difficult thing for oncologists to predict. This incredible applicatio…
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How a Top Seed-Stage Venture Capital Firm Picks Startups | Leeor Mushin, Floodgate Fund | E2
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Leeor Mushin is a Principal at Floodgate, an early-stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Floodgate has been an early investor in such iconic companies as Lyft, Twitter, Okta, Twitch, Task Rabbit, and many others. Leeor attended the University of Texas at Austin, and more recently graduated with an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Bu…
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Can This Clean Hydrogen Startup Disrupt the Energy Industry? | Caleb Boyd, Molten Industries | E1
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Caleb Boyd is the Co-Founder & CEO of Molten Industries. Molten is commercializing breakthrough technology to produce the lowest-cost, cleanest hydrogen to decarbonize heavy industrial sectors such as steel, fertilizer, fuels, and plastics. He attended UC Berkeley for his bachelor’s, and then graduated from Stanford with a PhD in materials science …
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In our final episode of the first season, we do a quick recap of how we think the season went, what we liked about the guest interviews and Treat of the Day, how to improve both segments (including the possibility of adding games with guests), how we can interact more directly with our listeners, and other ideas for the upcoming season. Please reac…
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In the penultimate episode of our first season, we invite Shanna Polley — artist, musician, sound designer, music teacher, and an honorary member of Stanford EdTech, especially given that she’s the newly engaged fiancée of our very own William Bottini — to the café where we discuss her creative process, her auspicious start to songwriting at 13 yea…
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#8 – Storytelling & The Hollywood Dream
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In this episode, we welcome Bindu Madhava, formerly of AV Tech at Stanford Medicine and currently a senior digital media specialist at Stanford EdTech. We discuss his upbringing in Bangalore, India when 16mm and video cameras first arrived, the cinematographer who became his first mentor, the Bollywood and Hollywood films that have inspired him, an…
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In this episode, we invite George Mauro, formerly of AV Tech at Stanford Medicine, to the café where we discuss birds, Piggly Wiggly, his experience in theatre, including those with Jessica, and his decades-long career in video production from college to Stanford Medicine. We also talk about the circumstances that led to his semi-retirement, along …
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#6 – Bartending & Instructional Design
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In this episode, we welcome Stanford EdTech's first instructional designer, Deila Bumgardner, to the café where we discuss her journey from media production to instructional design, including a brief stint as a wine bartender, and her experience working as a contractor at Apple. We also talk about what makes good (or bad) instructional design, and …
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In this episode, we invite Jon Jamieson, the Director of Media & Design at Stanford Graduate School of Business, to the café where we discuss his band's new EP, his upbringing with punk music in Santa Cruz, the transition from music to video in college, and his journey from journalism to higher education. We also talk about how his team at Stanford…
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In this episode, we welcome artist Kat Cao, who also happens to be the newest member of our Stanford EdTech team. We discuss how a childhood of cartoons & animes influenced her artistic style, the thrill of being a part of online art communities, her experience at a research-based art program, her journey to educational technology, and what has cha…
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In this episode, we invite actor, instructional designer, and voiceover artist Maria Marquis to the show. We discuss the August heat, Jeff Goldblum, the power of improv's "Yes, and..." thinking, being present in the moment, the pros & cons of perfectionism, the necessity of narratives, and how all this applies to acting & instructional design. We a…
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Ep.4 – Innovative and Collaborative Ways to Teach Anatomy with Dr. Sakti Srivastava
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Episode Notes Our show today will focus on innovative and collaborative ways to teach the subject of anatomy. My guest is a friend and colleague, Dr. Sakti Srivastava. Sakti is a professor and Chief of the Division of Clinical Anatomy in the Department of Surgery at Stanford Medicine, he’s also an innovator in medical education, and led the initial…
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In our second episode, we welcome Stanford EdTech's resident cat-lady, Lauren Watley. We discuss updates on William's finger, pesky computers, cats & dogs (of course), Lauren's personal website that she coded herself, how Lauren is adjusting to the "new normal" of working from home, and her career path before arriving at educational technology. Our…
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Ep.3 – Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories, and How to Combat Them During the Time of COVID with Dr. Seema Yasmin
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Episode Notes Today’s episode will focus on misinformation, conspiracy theories, and what we can do to combat them during the time of covid. I’m excited about our guest today, my friend and colleague, Dr. Seema Yasmin. Seema is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, poet, medical doctor and author. She’s also a Clinical Assistant Professor in Stanford's…
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Ep.2 – Distance Learning in Med School during a Pandemic with guest Madika Bryant
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Episode Notes Today’s episode will focus on teaching and learning in the middle of a global pandemic. My guest today is a familiar face around the halls of Stanford. Madika Bryant is the administrative director and course manager for Practice of Medicine here at the med school. She has spent 16 years at Stanford, including a masters degree in East …
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#1 – A Whole New Way of Looking at Things
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In our first official episode, we invite guests Semay Johnston & Carlos Sanchez from Stanford Digital MEdIC. We discuss how they are adjusting to the “new normal” during shelter-in-place, how they arrived at Stanford to be a part of Digital MEdIC, and the projects that the group is currently working on. Our Treat of the Day concerns the July 6 dire…
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In our inaugural episode, we introduce ourselves after briefly hearing about how William almost chopped his finger off. Our Treat of the Day is Zoom, or more specifically, video conferencing, and we cap off the episode with a report on how each of us is coping with shelter-in-place.
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Ep.1 – Improving Health Outcomes using Digital Education with guest Dr. Maya Adam
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Episode Notes Our guest today is Dr. Maya Adam. Maya’s roles include faculty at Stanford Medicine and Director of Health Education Outreach at Stanford's Center for Health Education. Dr. Adam will discuss her efforts on impacting health outcomes around the globe using engaging digital education. Teachers in White Coats is a podcast series produced …
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