Founders of the Future

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Maysam Rizvi, Founder and CEO at Elefinti.  Topics discussed in this episode include: - Maysam's entrepreneurial journey - What is financial vulnerability? - Why is 50% of the UK population financially vulnerable? - How can AI be used to improve finances? - How do you build a startup based on social good? - Maintaining an ethical culture during growth - Encouraging innovation in startups  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maysamrizvi/

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Fionnuala O'Conor, Founder and CEO at OpDem.  Topics discussed in this episode include: - Fionnuala's entrepreneurial journey and previous startups - Building human-like machines - Emotionally intelligent machines - Using technology to better humanity - Human and technology co-working - Behavioural change via technology and emotional intelligence - Technology in education - Gamifying education  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionnuala-o-conor-322911/

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Anne Boysen, Foresight Analyst at Artemis Connection and Founder at After The Millennials consulting.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

- Anne's role as a foresight analyst

- How can companies use data to get ahead?

- Gen Z internet & social media habits

- Generational differences for marketers

- Using artificial intelligence to harness social media data

- Future social media trends

- Concerns for the future of social media & Gen Z

- Social Media Polarisation

- Using tech to solve current problems and steer towards a more optimistic future

- Will the future of innovation be lead by new startups or dominated by current tech giants?

- Who will be the next Blockbuster/Kodak?

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneboysen/

Website - http://afterthemillennials.com/

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Genevieve Leveille, the Founder and CEO of AgriLedger, a social enterprise project using distributed ledger technology and mobile apps for agricultural producers.  

Topics discussed in this episode include:

- Genevieve's Story 

- Blockchain for Agriculture 

- Agriculture problems faced by 3rd world countries 

- Impacts of Covid-19 - Solving the global food shortage 

- Democratising access to opportunity

- Remote work

- Improving living standards for communities reliant on agriculture  

Genevieve's LinkedIn:  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevieveleveille/  

AgriLedger:  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/agriledger/ Website - http://www.agriledger.io/

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Kelly Idehen, the Founder and CEO of LinkOrion Technology, a Lagos based technology service provider.  Topics discussed in this episode include: - Transhumanism - Future of Society - Quantum Computing - Brain Computer Interface (BCI) - Neuralink - Risk of AI - AGI - Preventing Economic Disparity with Technology - Encouraging Global Collaboration

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Tom Lev, the Founder and CEO of TomBot.AI, an Israel based customer service chatbot provider for the E-commerce sector.  Topics discussed in this episode include: - Chatbots for customer service - Smart vs dumb bots - Future of voice technology - OpenAI's GPT-3

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Craig J. Stadler, the Founder and CTO of Founders of the Future, an online video search engine. Petey Vid allows you too view videos from all over the internet. It respects your privacy and does not collect any user data.  Topics discussed in this episode include: - Petey Vid - Data privacy - Craig's entrepreneurship story - Exiting a company - Timing in entrepreneurship - Coom entrepreneurship misconceptions  Follow Craig on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/cstadler18/   Petey Vid:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdFW7g6SS5miht8XSDFO1ZQ  https://www.linkedin.com/company/petey-vid/  https://www.peteyvid.com/

A collaboration between Founders of the Future Podcast, New Age Podcast, and Dockship (AI model marketplace). Joe Mardell, Vikrant Yadav, and Sheetala Tiwari discuss the Future of AI, and how AI will impact your life. This bonus episode is perfect for anyone with an interest in AI, ML, and emerging tech.  We discussed:  -Solving future pandemics with AI  -How ML hackathons encourage innovation  -AI myths and common misconceptions  -Impact of AI on job prospects and unemployment  -How AI will affect your future in different industries  -How to prepare for the 4th Industrial Revolution: a new wave of innovation  -High income skills for the 4th Industrial Revolution  -Careers with high risk of automation  -Careers with big potential for growth  -How to learn AI and launch your career in AI

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Chaitanya Hiremath, the Founder and CEO of Scanta, a San Francisco based start-up pioneering the chatbot protection industry, helping businesses to protect their Virtual Assistant Chatbots and other Machine Learning platforms against the emerging threat of Machine Learning Attacks. Chaitanya, or as some call him, Chad, has been involved in technology and related trends since he started his career. His combination of industry expertise, drive and vision, is what enabled him to become first Indian-origin entrepreneur to win not only the SharkTank Showcase, but also the prestigious Draper University Summer Pitch 2018, in San Francisco, CA. Furthermore, in 2019, he was selected for Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 25 People in Tech, after being chosen for Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Startup Category. He was also chosen as the ‘Youth Icon’ for 2019 by Fame India.  Scanta’s security solutions enable companies to confidently deploy and scale machine learning-based corporate systems. Their flagship product, VA Shield is a virtual assistant and chatbot security solution that adds a new level of supervision to ensure a much safer conversational experience for both businesses and their customers.   Topics discussed in this episode include: - The Scanta story - Scanta’s offerings, products/services - The advantages of hyper-automation to improve business processes - Affects of the open source movement on AI, ML and business - Threat vectors & machine learning vulnerabilities - Protecting VA chatbots & ML systems - Challenges of scaling a start-up

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Idris & Julia Alexander. Based out of Brisbane, Australia, this newly married power couple have each  founded their own companies. Idris is the Founder of graphic design agency Gymsomia. Julia is the Founder of wellness brand Self-love.  Topics discussed in this episode include: -Ecommerce -Building an entrepreneurial mindset -Content creation & Instagram growth -Business and personal finance -Dropshipping -Business "gurus"   Check out their social media:  https://www.instagram.com/gymsomnia.studios/?hl=en  https://www.instagram.com/selflove_thelabel/?hl=en  Websites:  https://www.gymsomnia.com/  https://selflovethelabel.com/

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Kristina Alexandra, the Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Pareto Pi, a London based start-up using Pardot and Salesforce platforms to help companies and non-profits implement high performing CRM and marketing solutions. Kristina is an 8x certified CRM and Marketing expert and was also named as the 2020 Salesforce Marketing Champion.   

Topics discussed in this episode include: 

-Salesforce & Pardot 

-Marketing 

-Youtube content 

-Blogging 

-LinkedIn content 

-Content creation 

-Personal development 

-Morning routines 

-Success habits 

-Meditation   

Check out Kristina's social media:  

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4eXs1IDtKqBQPqQHmLzzCg  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinaalexandra/  

https://www.instagram.com/salesforce.kristina/?hl=en   

Pareto Pi:  

https://www.facebook.com/ParetoPiConsulting/  

https://www.paretopi.com/

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Sheetala Tiwari, the Founder of New Delhi based AI startup Dockship, and data science startup Data Discuss. Sheetala also provides consultation on personal and professional growth. Dockship.io is a marketplace for AI models to help data scientists earn money by trading their pre-trained AI models.

Topics discussed in this episode include:
-AI & ML
-Content creation
-Social media marketing
-Digital marketing
-ML hackathons
-Entrepreneurship challenges
-Personal development

In this episode, the host (Joe Mardell) spoke with Bhupesh Deshmukh, the Founder of the Mumbai based, Experiential Marketing company Inception X.  Inception X harness the power of emerging, digital technologies such as Extended Reality, IoT, Gesture Recognition, and touch for showcasing client’s products offline, as well as online.  They are working as an Interactive Content Development Partner for many household names, including Caterpillar, Hyundai, GSK, and Volvo, as well as many, many more.

In this interview, host (Joe Mardell) discusses the latest tech trends with CEO, Jakub Krcmar. Topics discussed include: AI, IoT, AoT, Blockchain, Augmented Reality, entrepreneurship, and how to build start-up culture.  In this episode I will be speaking with, Jakub Krcmar, who is the co-founder and CEO of Veracity Protocol, the new security standard of fingerprinting physical objects.  He has also co-founded multiple start-ups in his career. He co-founded ONEPROVE and Stellar Bold, and was also a Partner & CPO at ARTSTAQ.  He has worked on over 200 web and mobile products as a user experience and interface professional, Director, and Head of Product, leading teams for clients like World Press Photo, UNICEF, and Amnesty Int. Check out the Veracity Protocol website for more: https://www.veracityprotocol.org/

In this interview, host (Joe Mardell) discusses the latest tech trends with CEO, Kanav Batra. Topics discussed include: AI, IoT, Sensors, Networks, 5G, Autonomous/self-driving cars, edge-computing, transport tech, future of city transport, Covid-19, entrepreneurship and problem solving.  Kanav Batra is an engineer and entrepreneur, who cares about using tech to make cities smarter and prepare them for the challenges that lie ahead.  Kanav is the founder of Envision Systems, an IoT & AI startup, that addresses the issue of urban transport congestion and enables strategic infrastructure planning, by bridging the fundamental gap in data for government and users. Envision sensors and tech platforms help governments around the world, get a real-time view of how people use transport networks and enable real-time network optimisation. Check out their website for more: www.envisionsystems.ai

LAURENCE WATSON

· Laurence Watson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Treebeard Technologies

· He is a data scientist and software engineer with 8 years of experience serving the energy domain.

· He is now focused on building the next generation of tools for data scientists.

TREEBEARD TECHNOLOGIES

· Treebeard Technologies was founded in 2019 and lead by Laurence Watson, the team at Treebeard technologies are working hard to build cutting-edge software to enable swift and secure data exchange between companies and data scientists.

· Treebeard automatically builds containers for python projects, executes Jupyter notebooks, renders and tags the outputs in order to show the results.

· Treebeard enables clients to catch notebook errors sooner, and they ensure that their clients development environments are reproducible by identifying missing dependencies and ensuring that clients projects work for the whole team.

ALI SAMAR

· Ali Samar is the CEO at Segmentino

· He’s a serial-entrepreneur technology leader with over 8 years of international experience in South East Asia, North America, and the Middle East

· He has extensive industry experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning

· He is a strategic thinker, specialising in the identification of new revenue opportunities to increase sales and profitability, and to improve the overall customer experience

· Ali is a problem solver and adept at leveraging best practices to help transform startups into the best-in-class

· He’s experienced in leading small to large cross-functional teams and driving towards a common vision

SEGMENTINO

· Founded in 2018 by Ali Samar, Segmentino offers an AI-powered marketing automation platform, enabling brands to integrate and personalise all of their channels and digital properties into a seamless customer experience.

· Segmentino’s suite of tools enable marketers to deliver top quality content, high performing campaigns, and consequently, achieve superior results.