The 2020 Show: Entrepreneurship | Future Predictions | Technology: Recent Episodes
Anjalee Narenthiren
Anjalee Narenthiren has conversations with top leaders in tech, education, business and everything in between, to try and answer the question on all our minds: "What the heck comes next?"
2020 is going to be a year for the books. Already, entire industries – from tourism to retail – are beginning completely reinvented. As people get used virtual interactions, the way we live and work will be forever changed. In this podcast, we want demystify the world of tomorrow by answering a) what is changing b) what opportunities are being created c) how can young entrepreneurs like YOU seize these opportunities?
Sundi Sundaresh is a serial-entrepreneur and seasoned CEO. He has over twenty-five years of successful leadership experience as Board Member, CEO, General Manager (P&L), and senior executive in the development and growth of high technology businesses. Over his extensive career, Sundi has led organizations with up to 1500 people and revenues of up to $1B. And Sundi is no one trick pony – all his startups were incredibly diverse from location analytics to enterprise software to semiconductors.
Chuck Goldman is a seasoned serial-entrepreneur, as well as CRO at SkyX, a company that is revolutionizing the way we manage long-range assets. He has successfully exited multiple successful tech companies like Apperian App management, Interactive Media Solutions and Applied CD Technologies. Apperian helped Apple accelerate the adoption of IOS in enterprise and was acquired by Blackberry and Arxan.
This week’s guest is Anjalee Narenthiren. She is a 17-year-old serial-entrepreneur, world-robotics champion, and host of the 2020 show. When she was just fifteen, she founded her first venture, TechExplore, a social enterprise that brought tech education to over 1000 kids, and was featured in publications like the Toronto Star, Thompson Reuters, and more. Now Anjalee is working to use her experiences as a young founder to help train the next generation of leaders through Startup Dojo.
Dr. Cynthia Lucas Hewitt is a Professor of Sociology, and Faculty of the African American Studies Program at Morehouse College. She is Director of the International Comparative Labor Studies program. Dr. Hewitt’s current research includes the impact of different authority structures on social well-being; and labor market outcomes of racial and ethnic inequality in the US.
Tune in to hear about how BLM and other movements have progressed over the last century, and their role in shaping the future.
Peter Kuperman is CEO and Founder at Hatch Coding. He started coding when he was nine and now, he is working to spread that passion to over 40,000 students. Hatch believes that students learn better through hands-on-activities, that is why they offer an awesome library of over 600 projects that students can choose from.
Tune in this week to hear about Peter’s time spent studying alongside Elon Musk, working with Jeff Johnson, and his advice for young entrepreneurs.
Mano Kulasingam is a visionary tech-entrepreneur. His last venture, Digiflare, was focused on helping media companies deliver ground-breaking video service. Mano was pivotal in growing Digiflare to a company with over 120 employees. Through the 10 years that Mano dedicated to this company, Digiflare's impressive client roster grew to include Disney, NBC, CNN, HBO and Sony, and more.
Tune in to hear about Mano’s journey finding product-market-fit, and his advice on how to cultivate a resilient culture.
Brian Burkhart is founder of SquarePlanet, which was named an Inc. 5000 company in 2018. A sought after keynote speaker, he works with some of the world’s leading brands, including Google, Red Bull, Amazon McDonalds,and more. Brian also is an adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University. His first book, Stand for Something, is an Amazon #1 bestseller.
Check out this week’s episode to hear about Brian’s journey building Square Planet, and why he always chooses love over hate through practicing gratit
Dr. Saikat Chaudhuri is the Executive Director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management, as well as a Professor at the Wharton School of Business. Much of his research has focused on understanding operational drivers in innovation-focused acquisitions, and implications of R&D outsourcing projects.
In this episode, Dr. Chaudhuri discusses how Covid-19 wil impact outsourcing and M&A operations, as well as how industries like airlines can better handle the pandemic-related turbulence.
Angela is a Senior Consultant at Deloitte. She specializes in public sector strategy and transformations, and advises governments on how to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of their service delivery.
Tune in to this week’s episode to hear more about how the public-sector is adapting to covid-19 in the short and long term.
Dr. Gad Allon is a Professor of Operations and Decisions, at the Wharton School of Business. Recently, Dr. Allon has done some fascinating work looking at gig economies, as well as information and competition models. His articles have appeared in leading journals, including Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, and Operations Research.
Tune in this week to hear about how the gig-economy will evolve, and how we can become more resilient to black swan events.
In Africa, there are over 400 million citizens without proper identification. Most of them cannot get any credit or formal employment because they are unable to prove who they are.
Victor Mapunga, a Zimbabwe native, is working to solve this billion-dollar problem. His company, FlexFinTx, is currently running a pilot program with the largest commercial bank in Zimbabwe to finally make banking more accessible.
Tune in to hear about Victor's incredible journey.
Professor Aulet is the Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is an award-winning educator and author whose current work is built off his successful 25-year business career. During this time, he created hundreds of millions of dollars of shareholder value through his companies.
His acclaimed book, Disciplined Entrepreneurship (2017), has been translated into 18+ languages.
Neil Wainwright is a serial entrepreneur who has built over 8 successful startups over the past three decades. Currently, he is the CEO and Founder of UpHabit, a new mobile-first venture that is helping people develop, build, and nurture deeper personal relationships.
Tune in to hear Neil’s biggest takeaways, his advice on how to minimize stress as a founder, and everything else about entrepreneurship!
Want one-on-one advice from Neil? Book a time on his calendar: https://calendly.com/neil-wainwrigh
Dr. Amy Yeboah is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Howard University. Currently, she teaches courses on Black Film, Education, and Gender. In addition to being invited to speak on shows like PBS NewsHour, Professor Yeboah has been published in journals like Mosaic Magazine; the CLA Journal, and more.
Join us this week as we discuss police brutality, anti-black racism, and how you can help push for reform.
Steve Woods is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Nudge.ai, a relationship intelligence platform that helps drive sales, and Eloqua, a company that was acquired by Oracle in 2012.
He is also the author of the book "Digital Body Language."
Join us this week to hear how Steve built two largely successful startups, the lessons he has learned along the way, and his predictions for the future.
Joel Lessem is the CEO and Founder of Firmex, an industry leader in the virtual data room software category. Tens of thousands of organizations use Firmex's VDR SaaS software, and under his leadership, Firmex is rapidly becoming a standard for sharing large volumes of highly confidential documents.
Tune in to hear how Joel built businesses that thrived through the last two recessions, and how he is leading his company through this pandemic.
Jason Braverman is the CTO at SkyX Systems, a company that is revolutionizing the way we manage long-range assets. SkyX integrates AI with custom-built drone systems to accumulate and analyze data on assets like pipelines, railways, and more.
In this episode, Jason discusses the exciting future that SkyX is building, and how the recent SpaceX launch makes him confident that it won't be long before privately0built Unmanned Aerial Vehicles will change the way that we live.
From helping to bring Hotmail to Microsoft, to building Kobo, Ken Nickerson has done it all. Ken is now CEO of iBinary LLC. He is involved with companies like dTaz, i6, OmersV, CDL, Xanadu and HorizonIO.
In this episode, Ken discusses his work with think-tanks, the long-term societal and economic impacts of COVID-19, how he is helping to move quantum computing forwards with Xanadu, and his predictions on how emerging technologies will move humanity forwards – and backward.
Jesse Beyroutey, General Partner at IA Ventures, shares how his investment decision-making is changing into the 2020s, and how he has helped his portfolio companies excel. He also analyzes different market gaps that Covid-19 is opening up, and offers advice on how other companies can make the most of these changing times.
Jesse was on the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 - Venture Capital List. At just 26, he made partner at IA Ventures, one of the most successful seed firms of the last decade.
Don Chapman, former President of Novell Canada, shares his advice for businesses looking to thrive through this pandemic. As an Advisor to many top tech startups, Don has a birds-eye view into how Covid-19 is impacting businesses in different verticals. Don shares how three of his startups – Audience View, CampBrain, and Condo Control – are proactively taking advantage of new market opportunities and becoming “better partners to their customers.”