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• Challenges as entreprenuer 
• Giora Discuss the steps we need to take to avoid a cyber-dystopia
• AI and cybersecurity
• Blockchain and cybersecurity 

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With a background in both tech and finance and a decade’s worth of experience in the field of crypto, McCormack is dedicated to educating investors who have an interest in the world of crypto.

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Through carefully selected high-profile offerings, STOKR fosters a risk-reduced environment, liberates investment opportunities from traditional venture capital, and directly connects visionary ventures to a network of professional and retail investors. STOKR allows investors to participate in the future success of a diverse range of ventures through profit- or revenue-sharing rights, without middlemen such as custodians or brokers.  

Currently, STOKR is facilitating major STOs like that of Blockstream ($100m), security token tied to Bitcoin hashrate, payable in BTC. Blockstream is led by Dr. Adam Back, who is quoted in the Bitcoin white paper.

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About Rootine

We are entering a new era of human performance. An era in which biometric technology, personalized treatments, and real time results tracking are available to improve quality of life. An era in which we can achieve optimal health with products designed to enhance fitness, mental acuity, sleep, nutrition, and metabolic stability through prescriptive solutions. Finally, there is a health stack for the quantified self. As an essential contributor, Rootine optimizes cellular nutrition through better data science and personalized solutions that enable you to perform at your best every day. Our test, take, and track approach leverages best-in-class AI and considers individual DNA, blood, and lifestyle test results to not only create the most accurate nutrient formula for your body, but deliver it through the most precise dosage on the market. Rootine’s unique microbead form factor allows our scientists to design and deliver the perfect cellular nutrition formula your body needs for maximum performance. A more powerful cell makes for a more powerful self.

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Ahmed was honored as one of Forbes' 30 under 30 this year and has worked on missile defense algorithms for Raytheon.

Ahmed started his career at Cornell’s Autonomous Systems Laboratory focusing on human-robot interaction and Bayesian data fusion as well as building algorithms for autonomous cars. He then joined Raytheon to develop tactical AI algorithms for missile defense, four of which are still in use today by the US Military. Eventually, he moved on to Raytheon’s Advanced Technology division to focus on building human exoskeletons


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matter where they live or are located.

 Your team is global - their benefits should be global, too.

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Noah has always been intrigued with people who see the world in a different way and who believe they will be successful even when the odds are not in their favor.

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majoring in Computer Science. Shortly after Reece moved to Vancouver, Canada to reunite with his wife. While based in Vancouver, Reece was involved in one of Canada's largest health care information system deployments as an analyst for Providence Healthcare. Shortly after this, Reece moved into the private sector, where he assumed the role of Technical Director for TBA Digital - managing a diverse team of software professionals and client relationships for companies such as GE, Abbott Pharmaceuticals, and Target.  

Reece is the CEO of MirrorTrip, a world-first for car sharing with a new modality called ‘ride switching’.  MirrorTrip lowers the cost of inter-city car rental significantly, to a level where it becomes an exciting alternative to traditional transportation such as bus, train, and carpool ridesharing.

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 She boasts a stellar career with over a decade of experience within technology and marketing, having consistently identified the latest consumer trends and built companies to address these needs. She Co-Founded and built an influencer marketing platform, Webfluential, all the way back in 2014 when influencers were only just developing as a viable marketing channel. 

 Based in Amsterdam, Kirsty founded Referral Factory in 2020, with a mission to empower any company, of any size, to build and run powerful referral programs without any technical know-how. By relying on Referral Factory’s quick and easy-to-use platform, brands can finally maximize their most underutilized sales and marketing channel - their own customers. A steadfast champion of equality, more than 50% of Referral Factory’s staff are women, and pay scales are the same for every employee, regardless of gender. 

 A proud Johannesburger, she was listed as one of the top 200 young South Africans to watch and also Co-Founded Johannesburg's first Girl Geek Dinners female networking events. In addition, driven by her commitment to diversity, Referral Factory has been recognized as one of the most gender-diverse startups in the Netherlands.

 Kirsty’s expertise as a trendspotter in the marketing and technology spaces has seen her featured by Adweek, the BBC, The Drum, and The Next Web. 

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In the same context I spoke to Michel and learn more about his startup PCO (Picture Cards Online). 

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 Robert Bogue has a driving passion for delivering solutions through both teaching and learning. He has authored 26 books. 

 Robert strives to be better today than he was yesterday and achieves this through his learned and taught strategy, facilitation, elicitation, coaching, and mentoring techniques and skills. Robert is also a recovering technologist with 16 years as a Microsoft MVP. 

Robert has written an  Amazon #1 bestseller “The Six Keys to Confident Change Management.”
More in this session 

• People, Process, Tools where the focus should for transformation. 
• Leadership
• Challenges with Digital Transformation 
• Approach to transformation

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Today I thought I would go solo and share some of my learnings of my own. 

By reflecting on the things that I've learned so far just by listening to entrepreneurs and leaders who took part in the podcast. 

Because I get a lot of questions from upcoming entrepreneurs and I thought I could create a summary of different topics. And I will be publishing a few short podcast sessions just dedicating to those particular topics. I hope you will like it. 

For today's session, I would like to maybe focus today more on motivation. 

Like many of you, motivation to me comes from being able to do the things that I loved doing from deep inside. Along with being curious being a fool and learning from people. 

That keeps me alive and I wake up every day just to do that. 

The covid 19 pandemic has changed the way we all run our businesses. The thing that didn’t change is what makes us motivated. We are still doing the same thing but within the confined boundary. Maybe we have taken a different route but still, find our motivation on the things that we love doing the most. 

While talking to entrepreneurs what I realize is everyone has their motivation and specific triggers that set them apart from each other. There are similar traits that make them entrepreneurs. Whats separates them is the value that they believe in. 

You may have the motivation to make a lot of money by running a business operation. For some, it's about creating a solution so that more people can benefit from it.  They wake up every morning to see how many people’s lives can be affected by their solution. 

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Hiring Process of Nurses and the bottlenecks
Demand for Nurses in the US
AI ( Artificial Intelligence)  Algorithms biased in software
The nursing shortage in the US
Bias in healthcare
Diversity in workspace
Challenges with COVID 19

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• Company Culture
• Motivation & Commitment Of Entrepreneur
• Evolution Of Tech sector
• Challenges with Covid-19
• Artificial Intelligence, 5G network, bitcoin, crypto, and several other topics.

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• Tech entrepreneur as women
• Journey as entrepreneur
• Challenges with COVID19
• Bias in artificial intelligence
• Culture of Diversity & innovation

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Sean holds a B.A. in Engineering from Dartmouth College and an M.Eng. in Computer Science from Cornell University.

Outlier, based in Oakland, California, helps global consumer, retail, hospitality, financial services and other organizations identify unexpected changes within critical business data. The Outlier automated business analysis platform uncovers unexpected patterns and relationships using advanced AI and machine learning algorithms. Organizations can integrate Outlier with existing sources of data within minutes, allowing leaders to gather business insights quickly, identify potential opportunities, and address the unexpected.

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Chris Michaud leads EPAM Continuum’s Innovation & Design Practice. With more than 20 years of experience driving revenue growth for our clients by finding better ways to serve consumers. Chris has worked across a spectrum of industries, helping leading companies bridge the gap between business strategy and market results. Chris also has the practical experience of having built a company from the ground up, served on the boards of several start-ups, and understands the challenges of driving innovation within a large organization, having worked at GE early in his career.

During his career, Chris has been part of award-winning teams that created the world’s first wearable infusion pump (omnipod.com ), designed the Centurion Product Experience for American Express, defined LL Bean’s core design principles for the next 100 years, and worked with Fisher-Price to define its future offering in a digital world. Looking ahead, Chris and the Innovation & Design Practice are working with our clients to create new connected experiences in health and medical, transportation, financial services, and the retail and restaurant industry. 

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AEYE Health is a digital health company focused on automated, AI-based diagnostic screening solutions for retinal imaging. Its system is designed to enable clinicians to detect a variety of medical conditions, prevent blindness, and save lives. AEYE Health collaborates with advanced academic medical centers in the United States and its solution is already in use in primary care clinics to help improve patient outcomes.

About Zack Dvey-Aharon, Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder of AEYE Health

Zack started working on data analytics when he was 12 years old. Later, when he was doing his Ph.D. in machine learning at Tel Aviv University, he developed a fascination with machine learning and the way it can advance healthcare. When he researched heart data (phonocardiograms) and brain data (EEG and fMRI), he realized that if the brain and the heart are the engines of the body, then the eyes are its mirror. With this realization, he began exploring healthcare of the eyes, and discovered the world of retinal screening. In 2018, he turned to his friend Danny Margalit, former founder of one of Israel’s largest tech companies, who was immediately intrigued by the system Zack started developing. They joined forces and established what later became AEYE Health.

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Through Rod’s leadership, Springbuk was developed as a benefit analytics platform that applies the latest technology and data science methodologies to provide deep analytic insights that facilitate data-informed decisions to help employers optimize their employee health benefit investments. 

By combining data analytics with data science, Springbuk utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help employers identify and predict employees at risk of certain diseases using a database of over 233 million unique claims. 

Before launching Springbuk, Rod founded a benefits and wellness consulting firm into one of the largest in the Midwest, and he launched the nationally recognized Healthiest Employers award program designed to recognize America’s top 100 healthiest workplaces.

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In this conversation:

• Motivation behind his startup CRISP.
• The impact of emailing within workspace and Why you shouldn’t be emailing ?
• What solutions will simplify your operations during pandemic ?
• How traditional organizations should work towards the digital transformation
• Transparency on information drives motivation.
• Cross functional teams to limit dependencies across teams.

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Before Location Labs, Tasso worked as Vice President for Claridge Investments (Bronfman Family Office)  and as an associate in the merchant banking group of Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette. Tasso started his  career at Bain & Co where he was the highest ranked associate in his class. He has an MBA from Harvard  Business School and a B.Comm from McGill University in Montreal.

What is Numa ?

Numa is an AI-powered virtual assistant and concierge platform created to make
consumers lives easier while helping small and medium-size businesses—
Mainstreet USA—thrive in an era where text messaging has become a preferred
and more convenient way to communicate. Making a business number textable,
Numa handles and responds to every voicemail, text, Facebook message and more with its AI-based platform that is always learning from employee- customer interactions and adjusting its answers automatically in a voice uniquely tailored to each business.


In the U.S., more than 29 million small and medium-size businesses juggle
hundreds of millions of calls from customers and clients. Yet, failing to
respond to a voicemail, or worse, leaving calls unanswered affects the bottom line. Launched in 2016, Numa was created to make consumers lives easier and Mainstreet USA businesses more responsive and profitable. Leveraging AI, Numa’s business messaging platform offers 24/7 text answering and virtual receptionist services to businesses, even when they are closed. By connecting to existing phone systems, businesses can be online in just a few minutes. Here’s how it works:

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Beam Health is one of the world's newest and fastest-advancing telehealth platforms, Beam Health gives clinics the technology and services to move faster and deliver excellent care - virtually. Easy for doctors and patients to use, Beam requires no training and can be implemented in 90 seconds or less. This prevents no-shows by providing quick and easy access to medical care. With Beam, there is no need for patients to forego appointments or put off health concerns, even in the midst of a pandemic. This is not only vital in maintaining the health of our nation, but in keeping our doctors on the front lines safe.

COVID-19 has solidified virtual care as a hallmark feature to be utilized in all medical practices moving forward, even post-pandemic. Beam Health's CEO and co-founder, Sas Ponnapalli and COO and co-founder Ranga Jayawardena anticipated the trend towards virtual care far before COVID-19 and sought to empower medical practices with the tools needed to compete with telehealth tech companies like Teladoc. Beam combines telehealth with co-pay collection, rapid deployment where clinics can create an account and launch in 90 seconds, patient marketing, a custom Beam waiting room to educate and promote services to patients as they wait for your providers, custom EHR integrations, custom admin accounts so office managers/staff can chat directly with patients, screenshare capabilities, and group sessions.

With Sas as a technology forward CEO, Beam has not outsourced a single line of code and was built 100 percent in-house, in the U.S. Beam takes data privacy, HIPAA-Compliance and network security extremely seriously.

Beam is ultimately built to upgrade medical practices and empower patients and aims to bring telehealth to the masses. 

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Tonkean is the operating system for business operations, a no-code platform that enables operations teams and IT to rapidly increase efficiency of their processes while minimizing change management. Business operations teams are using Tonkean to improve key cross-functional operational metrics like revenue velocity, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency.

Tonkean allows ops teams to rapidly deploy solutions that orchestrate dynamic, human-centric processes without introducing new tools or interfaces. With 1000+ connectors to existing enterprise systems, like CRM, HRIS, ERP and ticketing systems, and to communication tools like email, MS Teams and Slack, Tonkean manages, monitors, and accelerates business operations without forcing people to change their behavior.

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Birdie, the technology company that is revolutionizing how CPG brands do market research, today announced it has raised $1.6 million in a seed funding round led by ASTELLA, a Brazilian-based venture firm. The company plans to use the new funding to support Birdie’s expansion in the US, where the company plans to grow its sales and marketing teams, and accelerate the development of new features related to integration with other data sources.

Birdie helps consumer brands get granular Consumer Insights from e-commerce reviews and other relevant sources such as Reddit and CNET, just to name a few. Our solution interprets millions of consumer conversations in real-time, allowing our clients to understand key product attributes consumers like and dislike, anticipate trends and crises, and discover untapped opportunities to grow market share.

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• Their documents and screens are protected with up to 5 levels of biometric authentication required to send, receive and access personal and professional documents and data
• Only the person they want to share a digital document with can access it, with the ability to set limitations on how long it is viewable and whether it can be shared and with whom
• COVID19 Challenges and adaptation. 
• Innovation 

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Like most kids growing up along the coast he enjoyed surfing and skating and then as a young adult, with his love of the outdoors, He started rock climbing, snowboarding and skiing.

In this extremely inspiring conversation Thor Bloomfield explains all the challenges he faced as Entrepreneur as well as his personal challenges. 

Thor has great vision about how the future workspace should be built that offers both inspiration and fun. 

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• Andre explains his motivation as an entrepreneur. 
• His vision and purpose of starting Good Empire
• His journey as an entrepreneur ( Success and failure) 
• Impact of COVID19 in his startup. 

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• Start of Nanogirl & the motivations beneath the start.
• Keeping your kids during the lock down is important and how can parents can help kids to be engaged 
• Concept of super heroes inventing super powers 
• Future of education and digital humans 
• Introvert Vs Extrovert in workspace
• Mindset of young women as creators and engineers

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In the same context Pramod Dhakal at Hitechies had a chance to talk to Claire Humphreys

And learn more about her startup Wethos.

About Claire:
Claire has been a co-founder and COO at Wethos for over 4 years. She is based in New York and has raised $4.6M in venture capital to date. While starting in the advertising industry working with brands like Toyota and Hershey, she left to not only start her own agency, but empower thousands of others through building technology to enable entrepreneurs to become studio owners more easily. She's been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch & Business Insider for her work at Wethos, and the NYTimes for speaking out against sexual harassment in the venture capital space.


In this conversation:

1) Challenges as female tech Entrepreneur 
2) Challenges during the COVID19 crisis 
3) Diversity at workspace
4) How wethos can help Independent creatives to earn more

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• Digital transformation Always should start with why ? 
• Motivation Factors of Change.
• Challenge with organizational culture and mindset

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• Dr. Min Wanli shares his own experience with Alibaba, google among many other companies. 
• His advice on how to approach the digital transformation. 
• Mindset, Organizational readiness, etc

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• Challenges with digital transformation 
• Diversity at the workspace. 
• Culture of Innovation and diversity. 
• What would  Quantum computing do? 
• What makes employees motivated to wake up early in the morning? 
• Alignment with vision and reality. 
• The transformation from homogeneous culture towards a heterogeneous culture

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• Device connected to internet has evolved in few different phases. 
• 127 new devices are connected every second to the internet.
• What does that mean to the power usage ?
• At the rate of increase of IOT devices , How are we going to remain Sustainable 
• How does the market adapt within the present context of covid 19 

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In the same context Albert Castellana Chief Product Officer at Radix talks to Pramod Dhakal at Hitechies and shares his point of view on how he sees the evolution. 

In this conversation

1) Why we need stable coins ?

2) Challenges with Technology Adoption

“Trust” : An issue for traditional financial institution for not moving fast towards adoption. While it takes time for any technology to build trust before the rate of adoption increases. 

3) What can help the technology adoption faster ? 

4) Technological Advancement In Fintech Sector : Changing too fast or its slow ? 

5) Innovative Startups in the fintech space. 

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• How VR (Virtual Reality) Can help with rehabilitation? 
• Veena's journey as a Ph.D student to being a women entrepreneur and the challenges.
• Virtual reality physical therapy  used to supplement traditional physical therapy.

Immersed in the virtual reality world, patients often lose their inhibitions quickly. Our virtual reality worlds are engaging and modeled after practical daily tasks such as going shopping in a supermarket, cooking, making the bed, etc.. Patients who think that they can’t perform these actions in real life will often end up performing these actions in the virtual reality world. 

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• Adaptability of Hyland in this current crisis. 
• Changing landscape of workforce
• Customer centricity is the need for every organizations
• Traditional banking systems are largely outdated  and they need to fundamentally change the perspective on delivery of services. 
• Viability and the need of digital transformation in large organizations. 
• Cautionary adoption of cryptocurrency in the mainstream financial sector.

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In the same context Pramod Dhakal (Founder @ hitechies) had an interesting and open conversation with Rohan Hall (CEO and CoFounder of Vottun). 

What’s in this discussion

•  The present state of traditional banking and what kind of changes to expect in near future.
•  How new regulations and technologies will keep our data intact and we will be in charge of our data.
• Digital wallet’s usability will not be limited to storing money but in various purposes. 
• New Standards approved by W3C
•  Increased usability of blockchain  in financial world. 

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• A new an improved protocol following years of research and experience with the eth1 chain
• Same Currency (ETH) , same ecosystem, bridge for projects to migrate. 
• Emphasis on simplicity , scalability , security 
• Emphasis on true decentralization

There are so many unanswered questions now.
Will the ethereum price increase or remain the same in the near future.  What will be the future of cryptocurrency miners?

In the same context a discussion with Caroline Bowler CEO of BTC Markets who explains her view on how the evolution of Ethereum 2.0 would look like in the near future. 
An interesting conversation where Caroline shares her own personal journey in the financial industry to being a CEO of BTC markets. 

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• Their technology combines predictive modeling with machine learning to help retailers increase sales through better fit, product-market match and reduced returns. 
• Their latest feature helps designers efficiently create new designs from existing product so that unsold inventory can efficiently be updated and turned into sellable product. 
• There is an underlying sustainability play at the core of what they do.

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