Tech-Entrepreneur-on-a-Mission Podcast
Summary: Welcome the Tech-Entrepreneur-on-a-Mission podcast. The goal I have with this podcast is two-fold: to inspire ‘new forms of value creation’ by sharing compelling ideas and stories about the potential we can unlock when technology and people blend in the right way. Share experiences from tech-entrepreneurs like you about what it requires to create a remarkable software business and how to overcome the roadblocks to do so. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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My guest on the podcast this week is Tomas Ratia Garcia Oliveros, Co-founder, and CEO of Frase, a Boston based AI startup with a big mission: to help you research faster.Tomas did his master at Harvard and became very interested in publishing and research. As an outcome of the Harvard Innovation Lab, he founded Folio, a digital publishing platform for open-access academic journals which he ran for 2 years. After that, he founded Dat Ventures, a Soft-landing accelerator program for international startups aiming to break into the US.His passion for research and technology drove him to establish another startup around the big idea to transform the way people write and research. This was the start of Frase.The story behind Frase intrigued me, as this is could fundamentally change the way marketers from all around the world approach their digital content strategy. Hence, I invited him to my podcast.During our interview, we explore the big idea behind Frase, but more importantly what is required to deliver remarkable impact and arrive at a product that has the potential to transform an industry. Here are some of his quotes:"...me and my partner were wondering, how will AI change the way people write and research? an AI agent that can understand the writer and try to build on the knowledge of the continues understanding of someone writing and use that knowledge to do research and help the writer augment their research capacity.That whole process of having to sort through results, click on all the results, then go through all the steps and go back to the word processor. That's what I consider to be one of the most inefficient processes on the Internet.the main problems we try to solve, which is cutting down the research process so that people can focus on the creative and start the excite of writing.Some of these people don't even use Google anymore. The idea of having a research for writing in one place seems to be very valuable for the type of user who is actually making a living out of producing unique content which is a big market."By listening to this interview you will learn three things:1) In order to deliver products with remarkable impact, what do you prioritize?2) What are some of the biggest challenges to anticipate,3) and why engaging with the market prior to launching is key to success. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on the podcast this week is Adam Martel, CEO of GravytyDuring his career, Adam founded three companies and had a diverse and eclectic background in advertising, public relations, journalism and collegiate athletic coaching. His passion, however, is with fundraising. Being a seasoned major gifts fundraiser himself, he has gained a deep and personal understanding of the challenges that all nonprofit organizations face while trying to raise money to support their causes.Solving these challenges is his mission – hence he founded Gravyty, a Boston-based artificial intelligence company developing products to revolutionize frontline fundraising at nonprofit organizations.During our interview, we explore how to unlock potential beyond the value conventional business software provides us, what drives the opportunity, and what mindset is required to uncover and create completely new markets. Here are some quotes from Adam:“…we found that because we were using the CRM as the primary tool for fundraising, it was limiting the number of donors that I could get to.The thesis was that if you could have your technology learn you instead of you learning your technology, we could change the way that frontline fundraisers and sales folks interact with their tools. The tools could actually help them and be a multiplier for their efforts in building relationships. That's really where we started. We've come a long way since then but the thesis is still the same.Blackbaud, Salesforce, Ellucian and Community Brands, they're all selling databases. They're all selling the cup that holds the water, but nobody's doing anything with the water itself.We think that our work in artificial intelligence is going to define the next 5 to 10 years of what happens in fundraising in non‑profit organizationsThis isn't about Gravyty, it's about our customers. It's about the wonderful work that our customers are doing. If we can accelerate cancer research, if we can help eradicate HIV, if we can change the world and help these organizations change the world, it's our job to do that. They don't need to fit into us, we need to accelerate them”.By listening to this interview, you will learn three things:1) That for AI to reach its full potential it requires to change behaviors, not just provide insights2) That looking for abundance can provide the key to introduce transformative change3) Why UI-less experiences are the enabler for people to become far more powerful See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on the podcast this week is Susanne Baars, Founder of the Global Human Genome Foundation and CEO of Social Genomics Susanne is known as the Dutch DNA Queen. She’s a woman on a mission which is to create Universal Access to Genomic Knowledge for every human on our planet. Susanne is an exponential tech innovator and genetic expert. In the past ten years, she became to realize that no single person owns their DNA – the material that makes us who we are. The same material that empowers us to solve the world’s most deadliest diseases. Because of this she founded the Global Human Genome Foundation, a moonshot initiative to provide the world population the key to their DNA and enable them to share data with scientists around the world. During this interview we focus on the big idea behind Susanne’s mission and explore what’s required to deliver exponential value – The mindset, what to look for, what questions to answer, how to start, the key choices you need to make, and what people or partners to gather around you… Here are some of Susanne’s quotes:“For me, it's a global mission to make genomic knowledge available for every person on earth.every year millions of people are dying because of a lack of access to available data. I think that's just not right, and we should do something with this.It's to dare to think big. It's knowing what you know, the unique knowledge that can make a change in the world, and to be able to think differently. Not linear or locally, but try to think, "How would I like to see the future?"It's usually the biggest world problems that end up with the best business models.Follow your dream, follow your heart, and the best thing will happen to you.” By listening to this interview, you will learn three things:1) That innovation is not always about creating technology yourself, but more about leveraging available technology in creative ways to deliver remarkable impact2) How a bold vision can work as a lever to accelerate execution 3) And why focusing on problems is not always the best way to uncover untapped potential See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on the podcast this week is Ivo Totev, Chief Marketing Officer of Cloud ERP at SAP He is a seasoned marketing veteran with more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry. In his current role at SAP, he’s responsible for defining marketing strategy and vision for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Business ByDesign, and SAP Business One. Prior to his role at SAP, Ivo was the CMO of Unit4 Group and served as CMO and Head of Cloud Business at Software AG. During our interview we explore the changing nature and role of business software in today’s society and what needs to be done to ensure we maximize the impact we can gain from it. Here are some of Ivo’s quotes: “Business software is the foundation of changing over business models that we see around the worlds.""This is the backbone of driving our whole economy worldwide."" With the rise of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep machine learning, now we're getting into a phase where business software actually understands what I am up to, and can proactively help me.""This is so revolutionary. This changes so much that, I'm sure in 10 years, we'll be looking back and saying, "Well, you know, the Internet was a great foundation and cloud was also a great foundational element in their first generations, but none of those technologies or movements really changed the way we see business software as much as this latest revolution," "As responsible people living in our society, we need to make sure that we create technologies and solutions, and drive a discussion into society in a way that, in the end, people looking back at this year will say, "It was disruptive, it changed the life of many people. It changed the lifes of many, many more people to the positive." By listening to this interview, you will learn three things: 1) How, by leveraging various technology components, you can change the nature of decades old-application concepts - even ERP. 2) Why we should strive to make business applications completely ‘hands-free’ 3) And why every entrepreneur should put serious time aside to rethink its business model See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on the podcast this week is Alex Zhavoronkov, CEO of Insilico MedicineOn a day to day basis, Alex is the CEO of Insilico Medicine (www.insilico.com), which is focused exclusively on developing and applying deep learning methods to drug discovery. It’s probably the largest next-gen AI and bioinformatics company in the world focusing exclusively on aging and age-related diseases.Alex is also the director of the Biogerontology Research Foundation and the founder of the International Aging Research Portfolio. He heads the laboratory of regenerative medicine at the Center for Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Immunology and is the adjunct professor at the Buck Institute for Research in Aging in Novato, California and the international adjunct professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.As an anti-aging expert, he is convinced that even people past their 70s, who are in good health, should set their longevity expectations to live past 150. It is a realistic goal considering the current longevity records and progress in technology. Stretching longevity expectations may help delay or reverse the psychological aging.This inspired me to invite Alex to my podcast, to explore how technology can be used to accelerate progress in this field, how it can augment researchers around the world to create breakthroughs that will ultimately increase longevity for all of us.We discuss the big idea behind his company to extend healthy productive longevity, first by understanding the size of the challenge, from there exploring how technology can help to address the challenge, and if applied the right way, the magnitude of the impact it could create. Here are some quotes: “Aging is one of the major challenges that humanity is facing today. The population has tripled over the past 70 years, and the population also got older.”“We need to identify new ways to keep people in their optimal healthy state for as long as possible, just to ensure that the economy remains intact.” “There is lots and lots of data available for aging research, but AI takes it to the next level. It basically accelerates everything. Think about this as a carriage versus Formula 1.”“If you are pursuing aging research and you find a way to extend the life of everybody on the planet by one year, you generate seven billion, well, seven‑and‑a‑half billion, quality-adjusted life years. That is really the scale we're talking about."By listening to this podcast you will learn the following:1) Why the best innovations start with the end goal in mind2) How, by clearly defining your Business Model upfront, you can avoid delays and unpleasant surprises3) Why data privacy is becoming a critical aspect of innovation success.4) And why it’s key to surround yourself with like-minded people who share the same passion, and are not just in for the money. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on this week’s podcast is Dr. Terence Tse.He’s an Associate Professor of Finance at the London campus of ESCP Europe Business School and a co-founder and managing director of Nexus Frontier Tech: An AI Studio, which customises artificial intelligence products for its clients to build up new capabilities to attain unfair business advantage.He is consulting to the EU and UN, and provides regularl commentaries on the latest current affairs, market developments, education, artificial intelligence and blockchain in many outlets including the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Economist, CNBC, Les Echos, the World Economic Forum and the Harvard Business Review. He has also appeared on radio and television shows on China’s CCTV, Channel 2 of Greece, France 24, Japan’s NHK and Radio România Cultural.Last but not least, he’s the co-author of the best seller “Understanding How the Future Unfolds” which introduced the framework DRIVE to Harness the Power of Today's Megatrends.His rich and interesting background was exactly the reason I invited Terence to my podcast – to get his views as an educator and entrepreneur how technology can make a positive impact on people in society – and what needs to be done to get this right.We discuss how technology is fundamentally changing the nature of work and what this means to people in terms of our future role, and the skills and attitude we need to have to thrive. Here are some quotes: “I think in the future what we will be seeing is that lots and lots of people will be taking on gig econ, different gigs to make up a portfolio rather than working with someone. ..there will be more and more people needing to do different things at the same time, which in turn, changes the skill sets that is required. ..even though technologies can do a lot of things ‑‑ you can automate things ‑‑ a lot of the time, you can only automate up to a certain point, where you would then need to have human to actually step in. ..there's no way in heaven that machines will basically replace human, because everything is basically human problems, as you can see, and machines don't do problem‑solvings. ..everyone, regardless of which country you're from, have almost the same access to the same type of technologies. The difference between different people would be who they are. How you actually distinguish yourself would basically depend on how motivated you are to learn new things.”By listening to this interview, you will learn three things:1. Why we need to transform the way we think about how our workforce can add most value, particularly in combo with AI 2. What to do to ensure AI lives up to its true potential 3. How and where to apply AI in your business if you are starting first time See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on this weeks’ podcast is Christian Kromme, Author of “Humanification – go digital, stay human” He’s a visionary thinker, futurist keynote speaker, and author.Christian was an innovative tech-entrepreneur for 15 years until he discovered the DNA behind disruptive innovation and how to use this to predict the next big wave of technological disruption.Now he’s is one of the most in-demand futurist keynote speakers, speaking in front of tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, business leaders and policymakers about the radical impact of disruptive technologies on humans and organizations.In today’s podcast, we explore the key question – how we can go digital and stay human. How should we apply technology so that it strengthens the unique characteristics of people to deliver remarkable value. Here are some of Christians quotes: “I was a tech entrepreneur in tech business, software business until I discovered the DNA behind disruptive innovation, how to predict disruptive innovation, and how to predict, basically, the next big wave of technological disruption. I really think that there is a bright future in front of us, but we have to align with nature again. Together, we can do more. We are wiser. We are smarter. We are more creative by sharing our thoughts, our ideas. I think that our future is there where we are connected as one's species and solve problems on a global scale, like foods, diseases and stuff, and solve the problems as a network of humans, like one organism. I think people will be pushed to their purpose, to be the fullest what they can be. …what you see is that artificial intelligence, or machine learning, or deep learning enables technology to disappear, to make it invisible. If things become invisible, especially technology, then they start to have the biggest impact.” By listening to this interview, you will learn three things:1. How can we anticipate disruption before it happens?2. How can we turn disruption & change into opportunity and advantage?3. How by reimagining things on a humanity scale, we will be capable of solving the world’s biggest problems in a very short amount of time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on this weeks’ podcast is David Lavenda, co-founder and vice-president of product strategy and marketing at Harmon.ie He’s a veteran high-tech marketing and product strategy executive. He’s a regular contributor to Fast Company and CMSwire, Financial Times, Business Week, Entrepreneur and other leading press outlets. David has recently completed a graduate degree in Science, Technology, and Society (STS), investigating how information overload in organizations has evolved since the introduction of email. And Information overload is exactly the issue Harmon.ie is addressing. Harmon.ie believes that technology needs to serve humanity. In today’s ‘app economy,’ information workers access countless business apps daily to get work done. And that’s distracting. Because people don’t think in terms of apps – they think about topics like customers, products, and projects. Harmon.ie was founded to solve this.That intrigued me, hence I invited David for my podcast. We explore the key question how we can humanize technology to empower people and their ability to work together in a world where information overload is the norm. Here are some of David’s quotes:“..we've become overwhelmed with technology. A lot of the Silicon Valley culture that's driving technology looks at technology for technology's sake.The information is just coming fast and furious at people. It becomes extremely difficult for people to be able to focus on what they really care about, which are things like customers, prospects, projects, and services...we see that productivity is actually going down to a large degree because people are confused and overwhelmed and very difficult for them to see the information...A lot of the promise of the introduction of technology to boost productivity is not been realized, and that's the opportunity. The opportunity here is a quantum leap in how people interact with technology...Giving me that insight to move quickly isn't making me more productive by doing the task faster, but it is allowing me to actually see the big picture and take advantage of the opportunity.”By listening to this interview, you will learn three things:1. Why ISVs should make a considered effort to apply technology not just for technology's sake if they want their solutions to provide quantum impact.2. Why the potential is really to take a new approach to how people interact with technology.3. Why vendors have to participate in a multi-vendor / multi-cloud world in order to stay relevant See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on this weeks' podcast is Dustin Haisler, Chief Innovation Officer at e.Republic, a California-based state, and local government media and research company. As the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Assistant City Manager for the City of Manor in Texas, Dustin quickly built a track record and reputation as an early innovator in civic tech. He pioneered government use of commercial technologies not before used in the public sector, was named a Government Technology Top 25 Doer, Dreamer and Driver in 2009, and his work has been featured in Wired, Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, Inc. and the Today Show on NBC. Dustin continues to work with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, academia, and non-profits across the globe on innovation and engagement strategies.I invited Dustin to my podcast to get his perspective on the unique opportunity public servants have to write new Chapters if technology and people blend in the right way.During this interview, you will learn three things:1) What governments can & must to do grow value exponentially2) The opportunity that arises when governments tap into the cognitive surplus – the excess capacity that’s available outside their physical organization 3) And why it’s key to empower their employees to help drive the change that needs to be done See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on the podcast is Dr. Nadine Hachach Haram, Co-Founder of Proximie, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow, and TED speaker.She’s is a curious surgeon with a passion for technology and innovation — and a desire to make a difference in the world.This drove her to co-found Proximie, an augmented reality platform that allows doctors to virtually transport themselves into any operating room, anywhere in the world, to visually and practically interact in an operation from start to finish. Proximie aims to provide safe, accessible and cost-effective surgery to every patient around the world.I really got inspired by the big idea behind Proximie after seeing Nadine’s TED talk in December. I believe this is a very compelling showcase of how technology can be used to augment the unique strength of humans, to deliver remarkable value. Hence, I invited Nadine to share her story in this podcast.During our interview, you will learn three things:1) How, by focusing on key pain points, technology can solve problems of global scale2) What’s required to ensure solutions deliver transformative impact3) And why it’s key to think exponentially See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on this weeks' podcast is Andreas Cleve, CEO of Corti.AI, a start-up from Copenhagen that delivers technology that enables humans to do more.Their mission is dear to my heart: They imagine a future where all medical professionals can be augmented by artificial intelligence to better diagnose patients, reduce uncertainty, and eliminate fatal errors.Andreas leads a team of multidisciplinary experts from organizations such as NASA, Apple, and IBM Watson to build powerful intelligence augmentation software for the next generation of healthcare providers. Their first product: Corti, a digital assistant that leverages deep learning to help medical personnel make critical decisions in the heat of the moment.It's this product I wanted to learn more about, hence it became the topic of this podcast. During this interview, you will learn three things:1) What it requires to create human/machine combos that can produce exponential value2) Why more value comes from going deep, rather than broad3) Why smart execution is even more important than the original smart idea to make it obtainable and accessible to the people who need it most. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on this weeks' podcast is David Hofferberth, Founder and Managing Director of Service Performance Insight.He is the founder and managing director of Service Performance Insight, a global research, consulting and training organization dedicated to helping professional service organizations (PSOs) make quantum improvements in productivity and profit.David has championed solutions for the professional services sector for over twenty years and provided guidance for hundreds of Independent Software Vendors. In addition to that his ongoing work with business and technology media enables his clients to remain informed and in front of the buying public.David regularly consults with Professional Services Organizations and financial institutions around the world and he is also the primary architect of the Professional Services Maturity™ Model, a strategic planning and management framework that's grown into the industry-leading performance improvement tool used by over 6,000 service and project-oriented organizations to chart their course to service excellence.During this interview, you will learn three things:1) What PSOs should do stay ahead of the game2) How PSOs should change to not be disrupted3) And where they should focus their IT investments to maximize impact See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on this week's podcast is Leif Anderson, Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer at Augsburg University.He leads institutional planning and effectiveness at Augsburg University in order to realize the college's vision through the implementation of the Augsburg2019 strategic plan.The University is based in the heart of Minneapolis and has built a strong academic reputation in the liberal arts and professional studies since 1869. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees to more than 3,500 diverse students and educates them to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.During this interview we'll specifically focus on the vision that's been set out by Augsburg University president Paul Pribbenow. He challenges higher education to change its focus from students being "college ready," to institutions being "student ready." At the same time, Pribbenow is bringing new clarity to Augsburg's value proposition - what he calls a "three dimensional" education.In listening to this podcast, you will learn 3 things:1)how these important concepts are being equipped at Augsburg2)What's driving this change3)How technology can Universities help to succeed See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on this weeks' podcast is Holger Mueller - VP & Principal Analyst at Constellation ResearchIn his day to day job as a VP & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research he is covering Next Generation Apps, Human Capital Management and the Future of work, and provides strategy and counsel to clients.Prior to joining Constellation Research, Holger was, amongst others, VP of Products for NorthgateArinso, and chief Application Architect with SAP where he worked on strategic projects and next generation product capabilities in the Office of the Chairman for Hasso Plattner. Holger started his career with Kiefer & Veittinger, which he helped grow from a startup to Europe's largest CRM vendor from 1995 onwards.In this podcast Holger and I discuss the opportunity that is being presented by the current cocktail of technologies that's coming together.During this interview, you will learn three things:1)What we can learn from Japan about our own future2)How AI will impact decision making, and why it is key for people to stay involved3)And what CEO's should do to ensure their company stays relevant. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My guest on the podcast is John Heintz, CEO at Aptage.Aptage is a start-up from Austin Texas, that's building forecasting tools for agile teams by using past performance and team experience to understand and predict the likelihood of success. Project success is critical for project-driven organizations, be it in IT, Engineering, Construction or, for example, Not for Profit. Aptage inspired me because of their approach.They chose to use artificial intelligence to augment the unique strengths of project managers, thereby creating the potential to take project success rates to completely new levels, giving project-intensive organizations a new competitive advantage. During this interview, you will learn three things:1) How the unique strengths of people in project-centric organizations can be augmented with technology to help increase project success2) How AI can help Project driven organizations identify uncertainties and predict the risk that could imply3) What Aptage learned from delivering technology powered by AI See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.