Infinite Attraction

Today, we took a step back to look at the world with Daniel Zavala, founder of The Palm Project, a holistic network and space. Based in Oaxaca Mexico, Palm Project is a destination for human travelers looking to connect with the Earth and themselves.

Today, Chris sits down with Keith Smith, a Web3 advisor and educator, who shares a unique view on crypto protocols and how we use them. His educational work with the Venture Miami team has impacted a real difference in existing Miami communities.

Live from the Metaverse, we have Drasen. He is a DJ, producer, visionary and creator in Web3. He’s a part of the Inn Keeper crew in Decentraland, throwing parties and rewarding show goers with NFTs.

We have a lot of fun in this one - Drason, in the mix!

All that happens on-chain is free and open for all to see. The problem is that is a lot to digest. Enter Diego Bernardo (and the team at Nansen) who have been building blockchain analytics tools for years. They are dominating the space with countless success stories of customers who have yielded massive gains and dodged many bullets. Take a listen!

Down the rabbit hole we go with Paul Austin, Founder and CEO of Third Wave, a platform for responsible psychedelic use. From general education, community building, IRL retreats and research, Third Wave is helping people do more that fight mental illness. They are facilitating human growth through personal journeys. Take a listen!

Today's guest is LC, a Web3 attorney at International Blockchain Legal. 

She spends an hour with us giving "not legal advice" to help us navigate the legal ins-and-outs of DAO structure, tokenomics and crypto projects. Follow her @learnedchaos

Hanging out in cyber space with our friends at OneOf, the NFT platform that’s empowering musicians and athletes with Web3 technology. We are joined by Jen Styles and Erik Answerman who are fresh back from the Grammy Awards!

Today, we sit down with Sandy Skelaney and Gregory Johnson, 2 constituents from the upcoming TEDxMiami happening on May 19th, 2022. Sandy is Speaker Director for TEDxMiami and Gregory is the first speaker to be revealed. 

We dive into DAO governance, big data, identity and so much more. Take a listen!

Today on the show we have Kelly Montoya and Erick Gavin who are leading the second phase of the Venture Miami team. This new chapter in the Venture Miami will focus on the existing community and onboarding them to this new tech movement. 

As a part of this movement, Venture Miami is backing the Tuttle Tribe NFT which has already become a massive resource to the community.  

Today we welcome Vanessa Calás and Michelle Bakels, two women who have been leading the charge in South Florida Tech and Web3 with initiatives like OceansDAO, Defy Trends, G2i, Code Palm Beach, React Miami and Developer DAO. Take a listen to hear how it started and how it's going!

Today, we're chatting with two Both German-born CEOs who are titans in their respective fields of tech and crypto. David Hartmann builds technology as the Founder and CEO of The SilverLogic and Felix Hartman makes crypto and metaverse investments as Managing Partner at Hartmann Capital.

Find out why James Putra and Kieran Gibbs think BTC is the future and why cash is a melting ice cube.

James Putra is the Vice President of Product Strategy at TradeStation and Kieran Gibbs is a pro soccer player currently playing for Inter Miami.

An all female cast today with Elizabeth sitting down with Michelle Abbs, Tanya Sam and Julieanna Marie to talk about inclusion, community and equity in the Web3 ecosystem. 

It's Hack Week in Miami and we are joined with Amol Shah and the pseudonymous @0xwagmi, aka Wags. We dive into the crypto ecosystem from their prominent perches as well as some insight into the inner workings of MHW.  

Amol is the CRO of Quicknode, a Miami founded blockchain saas company that recently worked with Twitter to get their PFP verification API implemented. 

0xwagmi is runs business development for Terra, a clear leader in emerging blockchain technology. 

These two have known each other online for a long time and only met for the first time in studio at Jolt Radio. Enjoy!

Our audio white paper for $yb. Chris, Elizabeth, Pedro and Schneur chat about what the yearbook is, some of the technical insights and troubles into how it works, future roadmap and more!

Today we sit down with Rania and Nabs Ishoof, two teenagers leading the charge in educating audiences of all ages in blockchain, crypto and Web3.

Elizabeth is on a road trip this week so, today, Chris sits down with Georges Duplessy and Pablo Carvallo. A friendship created by the MiamiTech movement, these founders have taken a stab at solving problems of the prehistoric construction industry. Take a listen!

Founded in Tulum, Defy Trends is an international group of women aggregating hard and soft crypto data to forecast coin value as well as help onboard people into the ecosystem. Hard data points like market cap and trading volume combined with soft values like market sentiment and media buzz contribute to the "DefyScore" which gives actionable picks to discover or validate investments. 

Joining us from the team is CEO Imge Su Cetin, a data scientist with a background in international fairs, and CFO Elena Garidis, a former J.P. Morgan analyst. 

Find them on Twitter @Defy_Trends and make sure to ask them about $DEFY!

Today we sit down with Ricky Rosa and Pedro Arroyo to simple chat about the future. Web3 is a theme of the episode as well as spacial computing, AR/VR, DAOs, crypto, gaming and what the next 10 years might bring.

Ricky is a physicist pretending to be a tech founder, and viceversa, founding many hard tech startups including @oasisdevices. Pedro is currently a lead engineer at Magic Leap doing his part to make the Metaverse a reality.

Today, we really got into the culture with experience creator, Beatriz Ayala, Founder and CEO of Musicasa, a MiamiTech startup creating intimate concerts bringing together local music lovers and singer/songwriters in beautiful private residences. While finding early traction on Zoom during the beginning of the pandemic, in the post covid world, Musicasa puts on unrecorded, one-time shows that are to be enjoyed by the attendees and the attendees only. 

Joining her is Leon Yamil, a local musician that has had great experiences playing these small Musicasa shows. He talks about the spiritual experience of playing to these specially gathered crowds who are there to listen and discover. Leon also plays us out with an original song. 

Enjoy!

A shallow dive into deep tech. We discuss Miami Tech's unique attributes, why hard tech is important and how bits move atoms. 

This week's guests:

Channing Pear - Founder @ Hard Tech Miami

Channing spent time in Silicon Valley working for Stripe, then moved to Miami to help make it easier to build hardware products. During that journey, he founded Hard Tech Miami with his sister and has experienced rapid growth alongside the rest of the Miami Tech ecosystem.

Carlos Liverani - Co-founder & CEO @ Spectral | VC Scout | Board Member

Carlos is just a happy overgrown child exploring the frontiers of health, performance, technology, and fun. Carlos is Biomedical engineering grad from UMiami whose propose is developing moonshot technologies that enhance the lives of others. 

The yearbook was born - Ikyk

Guests: 

Sallie Jian - Head of SAP.iO New York (recent Miami Transplant) & Ja'dan Johnson - Marketing & Community Lead - Upstream | Equity Partner at WING

On the show this week: AEXLAB, a virtual reality technology studio. 

Jonathan Ovadia Founder and CEO of AEXLAB And Chayan Bruni - first investor and metaverse advisor for AEXLAB

Mike Sarasti - CIO, City of Miami - Mike Sarasti is the City of Miami’s Director of Innovation and Technology & Saif Ishoof  - Vice President - Engagement at FIU & Senior Advisor for Innovation & Technology to Mayor Francis Suarez

Take 2 with Chris! If you don't know Chris Adamo, he's the founding partner at Flamingo Capital and co-founder of Letterhead, a platform for managing and monetizing your newsletter. Most famously he is known for the Biweekly Welcome to Miami Happy Hours happening this Wednesday at Freehold. 

Are you happy with your health care? The answer is typically NO. In this episode, our guests share some alarming facts and hidden truths about the verticalized medical system and health insurance companies. You do have control, stay informed and know your options! 

Guests: 

Leah Houston - Dr. Houston is an Emergency Physician turned technology entrepreneur who has made it her mission to restore privacy and trust to the practice of medicine through the power of decentralized identity.

Bert Vorstman - Retired board-certified urologist, fellowship-trained in adult and pediatric reconstructive urology, a former faculty member at the University of Miami, former NIH-sponsored researcher, developed a private practice in urology, in coral springs, and is founder/CEO of HEALTHdrum.com a platform connecting buyers and sellers of healthcare.

It's not about the journey, not the destination! 

Guests this week: 

Ari Greenberg chief commercial officer at brightline previously founded and exited BCVA hotel technology platform and hates hotel rooms with shower curtains.

Champ Bennett is a recent Miami transplant that has been in tech and startups for the last 2 decades. Currently co-founder and CEO of Capsule, a start-up that's helping businesses create video with their customers and employees.

Back from a lil break, feeling good. Oh yeah, TLDR is new. 

Guest this week: 

Kenrick Quashie from St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean. Kenrick is co-founder and CEO of Squeeze Cash.

Pablo Corredor founded Sprightful Solar in 2015. He started by getting on rooftops and anchoring solar panels down himself. Now Sprightful makes solar energy accessible to everyone by offering solar energy as a service.

Richard Grundy is a Miami tech OG specializing in hardware engineering. A TechStars alum with experience from Motorola, Magic Leap, and Amazon devices, he’s now enabling amazing art experiences as CTO of Blackdove.

Travis Laurendine, Travis is currently hacking at intersection of the attention economy and the entertainment business

Silicon Beach, Nova Club Miami, nights out and more...

Guests: Kaben Clauson [Co-Founder & CEO of True Teams & Nova] & Reginald Liger [Founder of Liger Consulting, International Speaker, Creator of Quelque Chose Productions and Co-Founder of Nova]

#SOSCuba, Bezos in Space & Miami defining the future of #BlueTech!

The Seaworth Collective has announced their first Cohort bringing together a diverse group of Sea Change Makers leading innovation for regenerative ocean impact. The cohort of 10 startups includes 25 founders and features Seaworthy's first co-created startups, which are cross-disciplinary teams built with members of their growing community. Today we got to speak with Anya Freeman and Kabir Parker. 

Anya Freeman is the Founder & CEO of The Addition Company, When she’s not playing with robots, Anya can be found playing beach volleyball

Kabir Parker Founder of Seagreen Regeneration, passionate free diver, and sustainable spearfisherman.

We love our community and this is why...

Special Guests:

Monica Rojas -  Community & Startups Manager for South Florida's regional tech non-profit, Tech Hub South Florida. Starting August, Monica has accepted the role as Community Operations Manager for Miami-based startup, Upstream which recently raised a seed round of $3.25M. 

Chris Daniels - Founder of The Shrimp Society, Miami's early-stage founder community, and founding team at Secberus, a Miami-based cybersecurity startup.

We are experiencing the largest-scale remote work experiment in history provoking new thinking around spaces and global wellness. The effects are still unfolding but the data is clear, most people want to get back to the office but they expect changes. Join us as we discuss the future of work, is hybrid here to stay?

Guests: Steven Burgos [Senior Associate | Design Director at Gensler Miami]. Randy Carballo [Executive Vice President at Blanca Commercial Real Estate].

Today, we welcome ocean-tech (Blue) founder Daniel Kleinman and solar-tech (yellow) founder Tara Demren to discuss their impact-driven startups.

Daniel Kleinman - CFO & Founder of The Seaworthy Collective 

Tara Demren - Cofounder Sprightful

Today, we’ll be talking about "Crypto in Miami” with our special guests, Maria Lobanova CEO of Interstellar Digital and Christopher Temme CFO Bitflyer USA.

We have officially joined the Jolt Radio family and are now live from the studio Tuesdays at 10am.

We have some big news coming your way! Stay tuned for a big announcement next week. 

Social distancing is a thing of the past; Miami is officially OPEN. Finding balance amidst all the chaos as we embrace the calm before the storm (Crypto Week - Bitcoin 2021). 

Bloomberg isn't drinking the kool-aid. The latest article doesn't see a bright future for the Sunshine State's tech scene. Sera el Idioma? 

Don't be fooled...#MiamiTech belongs to the people. 

Covering the spontaneous tech week that surfaced out of thin air! Co-Host Chris Johnston

Follow us on Twitter @Darthv83r & @cjohndesign

As you all know, I am divorced. Although I am not defined by this, I understand the importance of working through this life-altering decision.  In order to truly move on, we have to seek closure so we can properly heal. There is no right time for closure, so go easy on yourself but we willing to challenge the wound. In order to truly heal you have to be willing to process, that can mean taking responsibility. It typically takes two for a marriage to fall apart. In this episode, my ex-husband and I sit down to talk about, what happened? How did we get here? But most importantly, what did we learn from all of this? Divorce can bring many questions about what went wrong and who's to blame for what, in the end, not all questions have answers both parties may agree with but part of letting go is accepting that that cannot be changed or even fully accounted for. 

Please note this episode is an intimate conversation, it is not scripted, we mess up, we pause and we interrupt.  You can hear the anxious desire to get it all out. Be respectful and listen with an open mind and heart. 

Thank you, Andres Felipe Molina, for having the courage and strength to do this with me. 

May you all find this to be helpful in your own healing. 

The road trip of a lifetime, what an understatement. After 19 days on the road, approximately 7,201 miles, 105 hours of driving, 14 states, 6 National Parks, 4 State Parks, 3 Sand Dunes, 1 National Recreational Area, 2 Landmarks, 1 Monument, and 1 Hour logged on a plane, nothing could beat turning 29 quite like this. A life-changing trip, full of challenges and lessons; "The best part about being alive is being awake".

 This one I dedicate to my friends, with special thanks to my travel partner, Alejandro. 

In this episode, you will learn that loving yourself means taking care of your own needs, having boundaries, and not sacrificing your well-being to please others. I  talk about self-inflicted stress and how to manage it by reframing your thoughts as we explore what true self-love looks like.

Link to Poem: “YOU ARE WHO YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR,” BY ADAM ROA

https://brightvibes.com/1404/en/what-if-you-are-who-youve-been-looking-for 

Coping is an essential process, integral to adaptation and survival.  It represents how we identify, evaluate, deal with, and learn from stressful encounters and emotional experiences. 

Michael shows us the importance of staying true by embracing his life fully and honestly. Staying true, provided him with the courage to respect his identity, value who he is, and cope with his past. 

"It takes courage to start a business, regardless if you think you're going to survive or fail." - David Alexander Taylor

Ideally, to succeed, you need a vision, a plan, and then steps to make it happen. But, we get stuck, and we self-sabotage, leading us going nowhere. So what do you do? You just start. You take a step, one step, even if it's just putting it down on paper. You control your mindset, you move past your limiting beliefs, and you take the plunge.