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“I wish I would have known how to talk with my mom about cannabis to get her off pharmaceutical pills. Maybe she would still be alive”, with Wendy Robbins & Karen Paull of The Marijuana Show We see the industry as a community of visionaries, rebels taking on a system of big pharma, the Federal …
“5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Leading a CBD Business” with Andy Wilson and Fotis Georgiadis This situation was a big eureka moment for me. Why were the benefits of cannabis and CBD oil not more widely known? This was the start of the journey on my current career path. What …
“5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Leading a CBD Business”, with Maya Page and Fotis Georgiadis CBD is an amazing product, but it is not a cure-all. People get really excited when they hear it helped with someone’s ____. They expect it to do everything for them, and it’s not like …
“5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started a Cannabis Business”, with David Bulick and Fotis Georgiadis I’m concerned that not enough states are ensuring industry standards and guidelines. Some states are like the “wild west” or issuing too many permits. This burdens the states’ Departments of Agriculture and can overwhelm their attempts …
Chris Roth of Highline Wellness: “5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Leading a Cannabis Business” I had the pleasure to interview Chris Roth, CEO + Founder of Highline Wellness. Chris spent the last 6 years at Cowen and Co, an investment bank in NYC. He spent a majority of his early …
This answer could go on forever …… I would say the take away for this question is: Bring in super talented people who are the best in their fields and can adapt to this ever changing industry and environment. Don’t just hire “Cannabis” talent or experts to find solutions. We see this as a wellness business …
“Why you need to speak to your users and quickly adapt to their needs” With James West CEO of Arfinn Med We also stress the importance of speaking to our users and quickly adapting to their needs. What our company looks like today is completely different from our original idea. We prepared as best we could, …
“Share your real stories. In an era of falsehoods and misinformation, telling stories in good faith matters more than ever” With Michael Trzecieski and Lisa Harun Real stories. We live in an age where transparency and honest values are revered. I must build with integrity and marry that with innovation. In an era of falsehoods and …
“Why you need to speak to your users and quickly adapting to their needs” With James West CEO of Arfinn Med We also stress the importance of speaking to our users and quickly adapting to their needs. What our company looks like today is completely different from our original idea. We prepared as best we could, …
The Future Is Now: Drone Racing, with Nicholas Horbaczewski and Fotis Georgiadis Autonomous drone technology is creating the next “Deep Blue” moment, and it’s going to change sports forever. In 1997, IBM’s “Deep Blue” computer defeated grandmaster, Gary Kasparov, in a match of chess — a historic moment, marking the end of an era where humans could defeat …
Capture the moments you live in, and live in the moments you capture. Our family and friends deserve our attention, our connection, and our love. As a part of my series about “Bleeding edge” technological breakthroughs that seem copied from science fiction, I had the pleasure of interviewing CEO and Co-founder of OPKIX, Lawrence “LG” Greaves. …
“Be prepared to be an expert if you want to succeed in the cannabis business” With Ron Silver, Co-Founder of Azuca and Fotis Georgiadis Be prepared to be an expert: Everyone is in a steep learning curve. I tend to assume everyone knows a lot more than I do, but, well, often that is not …
Capture the moments you live in, and live in the moments you capture. Our family and friends deserve our attention, our connection, and our love. As a part of my series about “Bleeding edge” technological breakthroughs that seem copied from science fiction, I had the pleasure of interviewing CEO and Co-founder of OPKIX, Lawrence “LG” Greaves. …
Hire a good therapist. The life of a business owner and community leader is difficult. If it was easy, everyone would do it. The struggle is tough and not only unavoidable but necessary for our growth. There is no growth without struggle. Hiring a therapist was one of the best moves we’ve ever made. The …
Attorney Braden Perry: “Independent compliance audits of your company by a third party will add to the trust the bank has with your company” The key to high-risk areas and banking relationships is to have a strong compliance program and transparency. Independent compliance audits of the company either by a third party or someone not actively …
The Future Is Now: “Using VR and motion capture technology, we almost have Star Trek’s Holodeck” With Steven Zhao, CEO of Sandbox VR We combine motion capture technology with virtual reality technology to create the closest thing to the holodeck that exists in the world, and we make them available to everyone in convenient retail Sandboxes …
If you have seen a video produced by mass-market VR cameras where you get an awkward “goldfish” view with an obvious distortion in perspective, the difference between the Obsidian is clear. To produce a higher-quality video, the Obsidian’s stitching algorithm helps to put together the images real-time so that less editing time is required by …
The Future Is Now: “Instead of waiting on a platform, you could be sitting at a coffee shop and alerted when the train is coming” With Greg Shepard …a cloud-based technology that leverages data from riders to learn patterns and to let people know when trains or buses are arriving. This means that instead of waiting …
MediNav isn’t necessarily changing the world, but we’re contributing to the larger global navigation picture… indoor navigation is becoming just as important as finding your way outdoors. Hospitals are just one area Connexient is focusing on. Other companies are developing wayfinding apps for airports, stadiums, college campuses and malls. How many times have you gone …
The Future Is Now: “A hi-tech solution to help stroke survivors recover” With David Ellzey, CEO of Torque3 I had the pleasure of interviewing David Ellzey, the CEO of the Silicon Valley healthcare-tech startup, Torque3 (pronounced torque-cubed). David is a designer turned serial entrepreneur who previously co-helmed the interactive development studio Xpletive. For 12 years he …
The Future is Now: “A slower, quality over quantity approach to dating” with Jean Meyer and Fotis Georgiadis Jean Meyer is the CEO and founder of Once, a dating app that selects one match a day for its users, focusing on quality over quantity. He studied Computer Science and Engineering at at the Université de …
I had the pleasure of interviewing Caleb Chapman, the founder and CEO of Caleb Chapman’s Soundhouse, the contemporary music training studio and program in American Fork, Utah that develops critical life skills through performing, recording, touring, and mentoring from top-tier musicians and educators. Dozens of Soundhouses will be opening all across the United States as …
The Future is Now: Combining psychology and machine learning to solve problems with Igor Volzhanin and Fotis Georgiadis I had the pleasure of interviewing Igor Volzhanin, the CEO and Founder of DataSine, a London-based startup, which is using AI and psychology to empower companies to personalize their customer communication at scale. Inspired by his PhD …
The Future is Now: “A medical alert wearable smartwatch to keep older adults safe” with Geoff Gross and Fotis Georgiadis” I had the pleasure of interviewing Geoff Gross. Geoff is the Founder and CEO of Medical Guardian, a leader in connected care and one of the nation’s leading providers of personal emergency response systems (PERS). …
The Future Is Now: “Improving the ticket buying experience with AI, Machine Learning and NLP” with Micah Hollingworth and Fotis Georgiadis I had the pleasure of interviewing Micah Hollingworth, CEO and Co-Founder of Broadw.ai. With two decades of experience in creating, operating and marketing live events, Micah Hollingworth is an innovator in the entertainment space. …
“It is never a straight line to success, there are always ups and downs, and you have to prepare for that” With Matt Holleran …when you fund a company, it is never a straight line to success. There are always ups and downs, and you have to prepare for that. What’s more, the financial markets and …
The Future Is Now: “Now we can overcome healthcare’s traditional silos with AI” With Adam Sabloff and Fotis Georgiadis We’re going to get to a place where we can monitor patients in real time using passive sensors in smart devices and wearables and delivering targeted, intelligent interventions based on billions of data points across tens …
The Future Is Now: “AI that can recommend the right job, a cooperative roommate, someone to loan money to, an expert in a field, a mentor, and more” With Sarbojit (Jit) Mukherjee Through this unbiased intelligent party, Baanda is able to assign an intricate scoring system called DCCS (Dynamic Cooperative Chemistry Score). Individuals will be …
The Future Is Now: Now you can try out a DIY project in augmented reality before you make it in real life Our XR (extended reality) platform enables our users to not just view and design the world virtually, like most other AR apps, but our hardware also bring them to the corresponding points in the …
With Laura D. Jackson of iFALLCEPT I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura D. Jackson, BSN, MPH and co-founder of iFALLCEPT, a company that has developed the first iOS app available to the public to help stop falls, a deadly killer among seniors that is often addressed too late. She leads outreach and public awareness …
The Future Is Now: “Now with high-resolution, 3-D aerial imagery, you can be in another place without leaving your office” With Dr. Rob Newman & Fotis Georgiadis In the insurance industry, RaaS changes the entire insurance and claim process radically. If the claims adjuster has access to the latest images, including 3-D map content accessible …
Shakil Barkat, Global Product Lead at Motorola: “Find your calling and do it with passion. Everything else will work itself out.” “Find your calling and do it with passion. Everything else will work itself out.” From when I was little, I would take things apart to learn about them. From my mother’s vacuum cleaner to electronics …
The Future Is Now: “Now a robot can deliver your groceries” With Nuro President Dave Ferguson & Fotis Georgiadis Besides the economic, environmental and convenience benefits, a main focus for autonomy in general is safety. Self-driving technology enables vehicles to drive responsibly and react more quickly than a human driver. In designing a vehicle that …
The Future Is Now: “Now we have a full-size sleep lab small enough to fit in our pocket” With Beddr CEO Mike Kisch & Fotis Georgiadis Our main focus is your oxygen levels while you sleep. Your blood’s oxygenation sets you up for a multitude of outcomes for both the next morning and the rest …
The Future Is Now: “Now we have Star Trek’s Medical Tricorder on a smartphone” With Cloud DX CEO Robert Kaul & Fotis Georgiadis Obviously a simple smartphone app that can effectively screen for TB would have a huge impact on the diagnosis and treatment of that disease — we hope to be a part of the eventual …
The Future Is Now: “Now we can do incisionless surgery” With INSIGHTEC CEO Maurice R. Ferré MD and Fotis Georgiadis Incisionless surgery is completely a game-changer. With no incisions, there is no risk of infection, which is a leading issue in hospitals today. Moreover, patients can return home the same day. Same day surgery reduces …
The Future Is Now: “Now we can effortlessly interact with digital holographic objects that naturally blend into everyday life” With OTOY CEO Jules Urbach & Fotis Georgiadis We are rapidly moving to a world of post-mobile immersive computing that will change how we produce, consume, and share media. While smartphones made computing ubiquitous, putting powerful …
The Future Is Now: “Now you can reimagine your office layout based on real data” With VergeSense CEO Dan Ryan and Fotis Georgiadis As the next generation of workers come into the workforce, people are demanding a completely different type of workplace experience — focused on agility and collaboration. The expectations of what workplaces look like are …
It will change the way they learn programming as well as how they write & review code. It will eventually lead to better tools for writing code and an automated way to get feedback on the code we write. While I was working at Google I had the chance of having my code reviewed by …
The Future Is Now: “Now AI is making the process of triage and diagnosis faster and easier”, With Pascal Zuta, CEO of GYANT and Fotis Georgiadis Now, doctors’ offices and emergency rooms can be used only by those who really need to be there, and this reallocation of care and money means that we can …
Don’t always rush to make a decision — Maybe this is my Wall Street background, but having the option to make a decision is valuable. A lot of first time founders will make a call to get something off their plate, but I think you should wait till the last minute to make a decision. Whenever I …
I had the pleasure to interview Lee Gerdes. Lee is the founder and CEO of Cereset, a wellness company helping its clients manage stress, restore hope and achieve restful sleep through its patented BrainEcho™ technology. Gerdes, who is an experienced computer software engineer with a background in math, physics, clinical psychology and theology, created Cereset …
The Future Is Now: “Consumers believe that AI has the potential to assist in medical breakthroughs” With AJ Abdallat, CEO of Beyond Limits and Fotis Georgiadis AI will be one of the most disruptive and productive advances in computer science the world has seen. It is poised to have a transformative effect on consumer, enterprise, …
The Future Is Now: “Custom earphones for your exact ear” With Logitech President, Jonah Staw and Fotis Georgiadis We are building custom fit earphones. This is a big technical challenge because every ear is unique. As we rely on voice controls more and more, custom fit earphones will become as necessary as prescription glasses–not only …
The Future Is Now: “Holograms will give our students greater exposure to the wider world” With David Lefevre and Fotis Georgiadis A handful of extra-ordinary tech entrepreneurs really did change the world, I am thinking primarily of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. But all most of us can aim for is small but valuable improvements …
The Future Is Now: “Imagine being able to 3D print a phone, electronic accessories, toys, and other gadgets” With Dr. Chance Glenn, CEO of Morningbird Media Corporation and Fotis Georgiadis Electronic Alchemy is the ability to 3D print functional electronics. Imagine being able to 3D print a phone, electronic accessories, toys, and other gadgets. Just …
The Future Is Now:“We are interested in turning back biologic time in all 50 trillion cells that make up our bodies” With Ira Pastor, CEO, Bioquark Inc. and Fotis Georgiadis We are interested in turning back biologic time in all 50 trillion cells that make up our bodies for the purposes of human regeneration, repair …
The Future Is Now: Now you can turn any article into a podcast, With Eric H. Weingartner and Fotis Georgiadis My sense is, if I can achieve, with my team, what I set out to do, I may ultimately have the attribute of being a great influencer. To that end, one of our pursuits is …
The Future Is Now: “nanoX is leveraging nanotechnology to disrupt the traditional X-ray industry,” With Ran Poliakine and Fotis Georgiadis nanoX is leveraging nanotechnology to disrupt the traditional X-ray industry, making it affordable, accessible, and applicable to a broad range of indications. The outcomes are smaller size machines, reduced examination times, and ultimately, reduced exposure …
“Define success. For everyone it is different.” With Social Media Star Matthias and Fotis Georgiadis Define success. For everyone it is different. For some people its growth, for some its happiness and the journey, for others its money. Make no mistake there is a right answer, but I’ve found defining it first helps you get …