Sinopsis
Interviewing Startups, Entrepreneurs, Investors, CEO's, and others helping to make our world a better place. Visit www.buildingthefutureshow.com
Episodios
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Episode 35 with Mitesh Patel
09/02/2016 Duración: 50minWe talk texting exclusive content, video, audio, conducting contests, selling merchandise, tickets and more. Born in India, 1977, near where Gandhi was born. Father worked for govt., had a driver, mid to upper class by Indian standards. Both parents intellectual, all offspring did well in school – too easy. At 16, enrolled in tech school concurrently and fell in love with computers – DOS – with Windows 3.1 as OS. Two weeks in to school, hacked into tutor's account and unlocked all the games for the students which made me popular with the students and upset the turors – graduated with highest possible marks, and high school as well. Started teaching at tech school and worked on a project for the Indian government as the tech school was one of the contractors on the project. Father had opportunity to take position in US, took it for kids. Challenge was no English, no cultural perspective. Made deal with Uncle who worked for Warner Lambert, who helped/hosted, with agreement to repay for support. The
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Episode 34 with Michael Nelson
04/02/2016 Duración: 43minWe talk his emergency app that allows you to alert 911 and up to five trusted contacts with the push of a button. Mr. Nelson, a published neuroscientist, conceived the idea for iUDAME after a personal tragedy. His sister suffered a sudden heart attack in the shower when she was just 32 years old. She called her husband, who urged her to call 911. But help didn’t come soon enough, and she passed away. http://iudame.com/ https://www.facebook.com/iudameapp https://twitter.com/iudameapp https://www.instagram.com/iudameapp/ https://twitter.com/BrooklynMaestro
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Episode 33 with Saba Sedighi
02/02/2016 Duración: 44minWe talk how to utilize Blab & Periscope for your business. Saba Sedighi is the Founder of iStream Social and a Live Video Content Creator. As the Lead Marketing Strategist, she focuses on helping her clients establish, grow and manage their social presence while continuing to stay on the cutting edge of the social media world. While utilizing her deep knowledge of Live Streaming space, she helps brands cut through the noise and bring their content to life. She practices what she preaches, currently co-hosting three weekly shows on Blab.im that attract over 1200+ live viewers. Twitter iStreamSocial Tech News : Every Thursday at 4:00 pm pst on Blab.im Social545 - What’s Trending in Social Media : Every Thursday at 5:45 pm pst on Blab.im CreativNation - Connecting the Dots : Every Monday at 4:00 pm pst on Blab.im Email: saba@iStreamsocial.com
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Episode 32 with Sandra Dee Robinson
28/01/2016 Duración: 54minWe talk breaking out of your comfort zone, uncovering your personal presence & her new book. Sandra Dee Robinson is a well-known daytime actress, Speaker, Author, TV and Radio Host, Product Spokesperson, wildlife advocate, CEO and Founder of Charisma on Camera Media Training Studio and Horsepowered Leadership Training. Sandra Dee is under great demand as a coach, consultant and speaker for companies, entrepreneurs, authors, celebrities and well-established experts to help them develop their most powerful personal presence and leadership communication skills. She has appeared in major roles on Another World, Sunset Beach, Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, The Bay and guest starred on many prime time shows and films, like CSI Miami, Criminal Minds and Two and a Half Men… among others. She attributes her consistent success in this challenging industry to the lessons she now has honed into effective workshops and seminars; Ironically, it is not her experience as a successful a
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Episode 31 with Chris Cummings
26/01/2016 Duración: 47minWe talk being a CEO, a founder, his companies, public speaking & a lot more. Christopher is the founader of Pass It Down, a social storytelling platform launching in 2016, that makes it easy to capture and preserve family stories in video, audio, text and photos. Chris is also Chief Executive Officer of SwiftWing Ventures, a venture capital firm located out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Prior to joining SwiftWing Ventures, Christopher helped co-found Woople™, a learning management system that has delivered over 20 million minutes of educational content to fortune 500 companies around the world. He is also an attorney who practices federal criminal law on both the trial and appellate levels and is a CJA Panelist for the Federal Public Defender’s office. Christopher has spent the last 15 years actively involved in competing and teaching public speaking, debate, and appellate advocacy. In law school, he was the top speaker and winner of the Chancellor’s Cup Moot Court competition and the winner of the R
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Episode 30 with Nicole Bray
21/01/2016 Duración: 43minWe talk how to market yourself or company online. Authentic Influence is a social media consultancy where we help brands develop their authentic, digital personality online. We run a free the reins approach where, you hand over the social media reins to us and we manage the day to day implementation, content creation, community engagement and analytics, of all your social media channels. We help you take the social media "to do list" off of your desk and let you get back to running your business. https://about.me/AuthenticInfluence https://twitter.com/NicOutLoud https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsnicolebray
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Episode 29 with David Idell
19/01/2016 Duración: 44minWe talk building startups, meeting founders, coming up with ideas, pivoting and hackathons. Dave Idell is co-founder & CEO of Croissant, the app that lets people bounce around between different coworking spaces in NYC with one monthly membership. He comes from a background in software and finance. The Croissant team also consists of Nisha Garigarn, an avid design and marketing professional, Zoltan Szalas, who previously dealt in corporate benefits, strategy, and partnerships, and Adam Chew, who lives on the cutting edge of technology and software development. They are all relatively new to entrepreneurship, but that does not stop their drive to learn and to create a successful company. Dave and the team created Croissant as a solution for people who are struggling to work at home and in coffee shops due to lack of seating, wifi, and a plug. It's the alternative to paying for that $4 pastry when all you really wanted was a place to get work done. In addition to their core skills, the team also acts as co
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Episode 27 with Jason Viglione
12/01/2016 Duración: 50minWe talk being in the air force, being a journalist, tech, customer support, and being a podcaster. Jason Viglione is a seasoned tech professional. He's been in the space since the mid-1990s and has worked everywhere from retail PC sales/repair to enterprise corporate IT to the United States Air Force. He had a brief departure from pure technology when he owned JayVig Media, LLC, a social and digital marketing agency. He currently runs all worldwide customer support, training and documentation for Olapic, a visual marketing engine SaaS company in NYC. Over the years, he's dabbled in Tech Journalism when he wrote the national technology column for Examiner.com and currently co-hosts a podcast called Spotlight: Social Marketing Gone Bad where he blatantly calls out marketers for missteps in an effort to right the ship that is the social marketing space. No matter what, he never stops creating content and connecting to people using technology. Find him and say hello! http://www.twitter.com/jayvig https://itun
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Episode 26 with David Tiessen
07/01/2016 Duración: 45minWe talk building a product in the renewable energy space. Arterran takes the most common substance on the planet, cellulose, in the form of manure, municipal solid waste, wood waste, agricultural waste or any other suitable source of cellulose, and our proprietary technology, to create a truly renewable solid biofuel that is a direct replacement for thermal coal. With an energy density far superior wood pellets, and rivaling the highest grades of coal, Arterran's carbon neutral solid biofuel has all of the beneficial characteristics of coal without the pollution or CO2 emissions of coal to be utilized in existing coal fired infrastructure without any additional capex. Whereas before an expensive, $650,000 per MW, retro fit was required to convert coal fired facilities to biomass, and $1,200,000 per MW for natural gas, today as a result of Arterran's innovation coal fired facilities can now simply switch to utilizing Arterran's renewable solid biofuel without any costly modifications presenting quite possi
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Episode 25 with Nuuk Digital
05/01/2016 Duración: 43minWe talk about the 5-mistakes start-ups make with their digital strategy. We wanted to work with tech start-ups and help all these new gadgets and tools expand globally. That is why we started Nuuk Digital, to help these awesome products and brands grow their sales and product awareness online. We have so far worked with start-ups from US, Europe, South America and Asia and we hope to help even more start-ups in the future with our data-driven approach. http://nuuk-digital.com/ https://www.facebook.com/nuukdigital https://twitter.com/nuukdigital
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Episode 24 with Saba Sedighi
03/01/2016 Duración: 43minWe talk what is and how to live stream video. We also talk about how to stand out in social media and about her 3 shows on Blab.im. Saba Sedighi is the Founder of iStream Social and a Live Video Content Creator. As the Lead Marketing Strategist, she focuses on helping her clients establish, grow and manage their social presence while continuing to stay on the cutting edge of the social media world. While utilizing her deep knowledge of Live Streaming space, she helps brands cut through the noise and bring their content to life. She practices what she preaches, currently co-hosting three weekly shows on Blab.im that attract over 1200+ live viewers. Twitter iStreamSocial Tech News : Every Thursday at 4:00 pm pst on Blab.im Social545 - What’s Trending in Social Media : Every Thursday at 5:45 pm pst on Blab.im CreativNation - Connecting the Dots : Every Monday at 4:00 pm pst on Blab.im Email: saba@iStreamsocial.com
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Episode 23 with Jonathon Cadden
03/01/2016 Duración: 40minWe talk Business Rocks, creating a startup, and being a recruiter. Jonathon is the Founder and Managing Director of Business Rocks UK Ltd #BR2016 Manchester’s Annual TECH, MUSIC & INVESTMENT SUMMIT HEADLINE SPEAKER - Steve Wozniak, Apple, Co-Founder. BR2016 is the central stage for connecting global techclusters in the UK. Ask me and I will connect you to the right people - If I can't, I know someone who can.... Event Info: 80 World-class International Speakers 5,000 International Tech Founders, Investors & Journalists. 3 Stages - Developer, Headline & Investor. 300 Exhibitors Global Innov8 Start-up Pitch Competition - Big cash prize announced soon! If you are interested in speaking, exhibiting, attending or sponsoring please check the website www.business-rocks.com or email jonny@business-rocks.com We are seeking exhibitors across // START-UP // DIGITAL // GAMING // ECOMMERCE // VIDEO // MOBILE // ADVERTISING // AGENCY // Seeking Sponsors for the demo areas in 2016 Seeking main stage spo
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Episode 22 with Bob Fitts
03/01/2016 Duración: 50minBob is back, and we talk when to raise money, how to raise money, pitch decks and a lot more. Bob Fitts is the Founder + Producer of SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo, the premier annual conference that brings together startup and early-stage entrepreneurs, angel and VC investors and related service providers from throughout North America. SUP-X™2016 will be held 2/16-2/17/2016 at the Broward Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (http://www.sup-x.org/). Mr. Fitts is also the President of the Gold Coast Venture Capital Association, a 31-year old, Boca Raton based organization dedicated to growing and enriching the South Florida entrepreneurial ecosystem. A resident of Coral Gables, Mr. Fitts is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and he received his MBA from The George Washington University. SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo on Twitter SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo on Facebook SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo on LinkedIn Bob Fitts on LinkedIn Trident Global
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Episode 21 with Alex Coleman
03/01/2016 Duración: 47minWe talk learning to become a web developer and building and launching your own projects on the web. Alex Coleman has been building and launching applications on the web for the past 10 years and teaching other people how to do the same the past 4 years. He runs a successful web development consulting practice and has helped over 25 businesses launch websites and web applications over the years. As a self-taught programmer himself, he has a passion for helping others learn to code. To that end, he runs SelfTaughtCoders.com, which contains online educational resources for aspiring web developers. And he also runs an online course, From Idea To Launch, where he teaches people how to successfully build and launch their very own web applications. Alex currently calls sunny Phoenix, Arizona home. https://selftaughtcoders.com/ https://selftaughtcoders.com/from-idea-to-launch/ https://twitter.com/alexpcoleman https://www.facebook.com/selftaughtcoders https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexpcoleman
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Episode 20 with Christian Hessler
03/01/2016 Duración: 56minOnline privacy, security, why it is important for you personally, professionally and how to control what you share online. Christian Hessler is an agile tech leader, entrepreneur and engineer who designs, develops, protects and evangelizes disruptive innovations for web, cloud, mobile and wearables. His R&D interests include security, digital media, payments, gamification and mixed reality. He is the founder of several successful startups, working in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia with companies such as Microsoft, IBM, HP, Sony, Intel and the Federal Government. Christian also led agile engineering organizations at Sun Microsystems, Computer Associates, Citysearch and First American National Bank and developed technologies such as IDInsure®, GAIMPlay™, FlikCart™ and CuriousID™. His latest venture is @liveensure, a Palo Alto startup revolutionizing interactive user authentication on smart devices. He holds a BS from Vanderbilt University and an MS from Regis University with graduate studies in secu
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Episode 19 with Marcel Fairbairn
03/01/2016 Duración: 45minA trained, professional musician, Marcel found his calling in Entertainment and Architectural lighting in his mid 20’s while working for a re-seller of Martin Professional, a company based in Denmark. He helped to grow that company until it’s IPO in 1996 then moved on to executive positions with other Entertainment lighting businesses including High End Systems and a minority ownership role in Coemar from Italy. In 2001, Marcel stretched out to pursue his own Entrepreneurial interests while founding the leader in online entertainment production gear brokers, GearSource.com. Marcel started another company in 2002 in the LED space, and eventually merged that company into LED Source in 2005. Since that time, Marcel has been the strong visionary and leader behind the rapid growth and industry disrupting business that LED Source has become. Marcel is also credited with the decision to pursue Franchising as a growth model and also, in bringing in Arrow Electronics, a strategic partner who remains a partner in the c
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Episode 18 with Lucas Wang & Agne Serpytyte
03/01/2016 Duración: 48minWe talk about building a hardware startup and how to get manufacturing. Lucas is the CEO of HWTrek, the largest global platform for hardware innovators and industry. HWTrek provides online planning and team collaboration tools, supply chain management services, and channels for global market expansion. Before HWTrek, Lucas founded TMI (Taiwan Mobile Innovation), which makes early stage investments and incubates promising entrepreneurs. More than 16 startups have been incubated through the support of TMI, ITRI, and WI Harper. Previously a partner in WI Harper, Lucas led the TMT team in Beijing and Taiwan, and co-invested in Kai-Fu Lee's new venture, Innovation Works. In addition, Lucas directed the project and market development of RFID products at MTI Technology, a well-recognized wireless communications manufacturer. https://www.hwtrek.com/ https://twitter.com/HWTrek https://www.facebook.com/HWTrek https://tw.linkedin.com/in/lucas-wang-66b2263 Agne is a digital marketing ninja with experience in different
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Episode 17 with Beau York
02/01/2016 Duración: 42minBeau talks becoming a podcaster, finding your podcasting niche, how this niche went global & a lot more! Beau York has seven years of experience in retail, marketing, and product development within the telecommunications industry. In 2013 he founded Podastery Studios, which offers marketing, consulting, and new media production services. Through Podastery, he currently produces seven weekly shows, two of which have been featured by iTunes. His shows “Country Squire Radio” and “Flash TV Talk” boast top reviewed podcasts in their subject matter. His services offer an innovative and cost-effective means for increasing traffic and brand advocacy. In 2015, Beau took the experience he gained from Podastery and created “Satchel”, an ad free mobile podcast player that removes barriers between content creators and content consumers. The Satchel application is currently in an open beta available on the Google Play store, and will soon be available for iOS. https://twitter.com/therealbeauyork https://twitter.com/
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Episode 16 with Gregg Oldring
02/01/2016 Duración: 48minGregg Oldring is web entrepreneur. His first of three startups launched in 1995 and he has been working on web ever since. Today he works on Inkdit, a startup for managing and signing contracts electronically and Mailout Interactive (a.k.a. Industry Mailout and Advisor Mailout) which he founded for managing email newsletters. If you talk about business with Gregg, you will be sure to hear him say that a good business will, "earn profit by creating value" ...a position he has firmly held since the dot-com bubble. https://mailout.com/ https://twitter.com/mailouthq https://www.linkedin.com/company/industry-mailout https://inkdit.com/ https://twitter.com/inkdit https://www.linkedin.com/company/inkdit https://twitter.com/greggoldring https://ca.linkedin.com/in/greggoldring
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Episode 15 with Blaine Bertsch
02/01/2016 Duración: 52minBlaine is the Founder of Dryrun.com, a cloud-based finance tool that helps small business owners manage their cash flow, forecast their finances and compare scenarios. With over 15 years as an entrepreneur and a decade as an agency owner in the creative industry, Blaine's spent nearly all of his professional life on the front lines of small business. He's earned both Bachelor of Design and Master of Design degrees from the University of Alberta where he taught design as a sessional instructor for six years. http://dryrun.com/ https://twitter.com/mydryrun https://ca.linkedin.com/in/blainebertsch https://twitter.com/blainebertsch