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Fruitful's CEO, Josh McManus, joins Austin Hankwitz to finally introduce his company to the world. After two years in stealth, Fruitful emerges as the world's first financial membership. We discuss the "messy middle," building generational wealth, how he manages his company to emphasize "for progress" instead of "for profit," and how he manages his personal finances. 

Fruitful is an incredible wealth-building tool - unlocking Certified Financial Planners to folks who might not have been afforded the opportunity without them. Their public-launch is slated for October 2022, but to sign up for their waitlist use the link below. 

https://fruitful.co/

IperionX's managing director and CEO, Taso Arima, walks us through his experience founding the Lithium giant Piedmont Lithium (PLL), where his desire in metals technology stems from, issues with the global Titanium supply chain, and how IperionX is reimagining how the United States approaches extraction and distribution of the all-important asset that is Titanium. 

Austin Hankwitz sits down with serial entrepreneur Mike Mayer to talk all things.. air conditioners? 

Mike Mayer, the co-founder of Windmill Air, walks us through his initial idea for the product, when he believes it's time to go "all-in" on building a startup, the major problems Windmill Air solves for their customers, as well as their positive impact on the Earth's environment. 

Austin Hankwitz sits down with Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Louisville’s Speed School of Engineering, to discuss the basis of AI, superintelligence, and cybersecurity. 

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Dr. Roman Yampolskiy holds a PhD from the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University at Buffalo, Bachelor’s & Master’s degrees in Computer Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and worked at the Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis at the University of London. He is the author of over 100 publications, has been cited by over 1,000 scientists, and his research has been featured over 250 times in media reports across 22 languages.

Karat Financial's co-founders Eric Wei and Will Kim walk us through their experience building the "Black Card" for online content creators, their master plan for where they're taking their business, how they were able to get other incredible entrepreneurs on their cap table, and their thoughts on underlying trends being seen in the Creator Economy.

Quantbase co-founders Som Mohapatra and Thomas Stewart walk us through their experience building the world's first SEC-registered robo-advisor for high-risk investing, their plans to beat the market over the coming years, their Nancy Pelosi and Jim Cramer funds, and their rebalancing processes. 

Sparrow's CEO Harrison Hochman talks student loan lifecycle, the intricacies between federal and private student loans, applying for student loans without credit, and how important student loan payback assistance can be for employers navigating a competitive job market. 

Creative Juice CEO Sima Ghandi talks being the 15th employee at Plaid (now worth $13.4B), how to get paid the next day on your YouTube AdSense, underwriting the risk surrounding "Juice Boost," social media manager salaries, and how Creative Juice is investing millions of dollars into what Sima believes will be the next big asset class.