The Tech Talks Daily Podcast

Jay Leopardi is the co-founder and CEO of the entertainment industry’s newest lifestyle brand, Fanstereo. As an industry veteran, Leopardi had an early start in entertainment, which led to his career success as a lifestyle and pop culture branding expert. I invited him onto the podcast today to learn how his own music career is responsible for his tech startup journey and partnering with artists such Ayo & Teo and Boosie Badazz with Fanstereo's headphone and speaker products.

The technology used to create 360° video & virtual reality is maturing fast. Now people can enjoy exploring property and places from afar, and businesses can attract custom in ways that were not previously possible. Launched in October 2017 and designed from the ground up for researching in 360 video and virtual reality, 3xplor is all about the emotional connection and buying experience. It takes online exploration to the next level and creates an exciting new channel for commercial enterprises

Today's guest is Jesse Sullivan, the founder & CEO of Alter, a nonprofit on a mission to transform the developing world through entrepreneurship. Alter is in four countries—Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba, Myanmar—and is working with 17 ventures. Alter also recently announced a $1 million donation from the Pineapple Fund and a $2.5 million donation from Chris Larsen, the founder of Ripple. Today's episode highlights that cryptocurrency is helping development work and world-changing social investment.

John Boncher shares his story and how technology is influencing the way Cupertino Electric works. We also talk about the how a lack of trade skills is leaving many job roles unfilled and how kids can prepare to fills these roles. Cupertino's toughest challenge is to recruit the next generation of skilled trades workers into the workforce to meet demand and to debunk the myths surrounding the trades along the way.

Hartmut Liebel is the CEO of iQor, a managed services and solutions provider for some of the world's most well-known technology brands. But I invited him on the show today to share his experiences in losing both as a professional tennis player and in business settings, and how these experiences have helped in his role as CEO at iQor Former ranked tennis pro, Hartmut Liebel is the current president and CEO of iQor, an integrated services partner for some of the world’s leading technology brands.

Teenagers have a lot to offer. They’re motivated by opportunity and reward, same as adults. But, it used to be easier for young people to find honest work around the neighborhood. Enter Skratch, a mobile demand-based platform founded by the father of two teenage daughters. The platform connects Dallas teens with “gigs” in the neighborhood. Today's guest Scott Bennett helped build Skratch to make it easier to post, find, and complete temporary local gigs. Scott shares his tech startup story.

Has an idea ever popped into your head for a great book or TV series? Did you quickly write down your concept or did you simply forget about it? Ashley Boolell went a step further and used technology to turn his idea into a novel. I wanted to learn more about his novel and what could potentially happen when you combine the darknet and LinkedIn. But more than anything, I wanted to find out more about his creative process and how he was able to write, publish and market his own novel 'Killed In'

John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and current CMO of RxAdvance reveals why he is still in the disruption business and what it felt like having Jeff Daniels play him in the Aaron Sorkin Steve Jobs movie. We discuss how his time at Apple led to his current role as a disruptor in the healthcare industry. Sculley also talks about what the role of AI will have in healthcare and how it his “noble cause” and reveals an insightful anecdote about Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. 

Nuxeo, maker of the leading, cloud-native content services platform, is reinventing enterprise content and digital asset management. The company is fundamentally changing how people work with both data and content to realize new value from digital information. Nuxeo CMO Chris McLaughlin has moved from tech start-up to enterprise and back again. Chris has extensive CMO experience in both the startup and enterprise space, so I invited him onto the podcast to learn more.

WWPass is a global cybersecurity company that provides identity, authentication, and access management (IAM) technology. The company battles data breaches and identity theft with advanced authentication and data storage technology to deliver a user experience as convenient as it is secure. Given authentication is heating up with the popularity of biometrics I thought it was time to have a conversation with Perry Chaffee, VP of strategy at authentication company WWPass.

Jessica VerSteeg reveals her cyrpto tech startup story. Jessica wants to help bring back the trust and respect the cannabis industry deserves, so she decided to build PARAGON. Jessica is focused on providing a blockchain platform the Cannabis industry to become transparent and stay compliant. Two problems facing the tech industry at the moment are the gender imbalance issues and the bad press around initial coin offerings (ICOs). How ICOs are restoring that balance for women.

Renowned online marketer, book publisher, and SEO expert Tom Libelt has mastered the whole digital nomad/location independence thing with ease. But I wanted to find out more about his entrepreneurial story and how he learned to hustle from the school of hard knocks. If you are caught in the daily grind wondering if there is another option, Tom reveals how to become a location independent, successful entrepreneur. Tom also talks about making sense of blockchain technology, and cryptocurrencies.

How PicsArt Photo Studio went from a startup in Armenia and grew to be a global company. PicsArt, the world's largest editing app that's created a new kind of creative community and has evolved beyond its impressive product features to create a new kind of social collaboration. But, I wanted to learn more about how the PicsArt Photo Studio went from a small tech startup in Armenia and grew to be a global company, so I invited the CEO, Hovhannes Avoyon onto the show.

How Waze is transforming digital navigation with a growing number of tech solutions to businesses and individuals to outsmart traffic. Waze Beacons Program is improving tunnel navigation in cities around the world and became the first scalable, affordable solution to power seamless navigation underground. Waze Carpool offers a simple, quick, cheap and fun way to commute together and Waze Global Event Partners free program also enables event organizers to work with the company.

Tony Atti is a CEO that is revolutionizing the 100-year-old refrigeration industry and the way we cool everything from soda to flu vaccines and fiber optic cables. Today, his company, Phononic, is a $158M venture-backed company with major investors, including Tony Fadell and Jenny Lee. Phononic has been a CNBC Disruptor 50 Company two years’ running. Phononic is innovating semiconductor solutions that revolutionize cooling and heating.