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"The Art of Start Up War" is a weekly startup investment podcast created by Brian MacMahon, the CEO of The Expert Dojo Startup Accelerator in Santa Monica, California. This podcast was built to educate entrepreneurs on how to avoid the 98% failure rate that ALL new businesses face. Your host and Sensei Brian, interviews the most influential global movers and shakers of early stage angel and venture investment right here in Silicon Beach. Tune in for new episodes each week on Tuesday at 10am (PST) helping you fight the war against start up failure.
Patientory is empowering people to take charge of their own health. We’re revolutionizing the way healthcare stakeholders and patients interact and gain access to information, cutting out all layers and processes that currently are stumbling blocks in care coordination. For more information, visit https://patientory.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Logra's purpose is to solve the lack of productivity of SMBs in emerging markets by becoming the most relevant distribution channel for any B2B solution, connecting all the actors in a business platform. Our 1.0 platform is a library of curated solutions with a tailored recommendation algorithm, that guides any team to implement a custom plan of best business practices & digital tools to achieve quick results, step by step, and monitor progress. For more information, visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Tenzr Health™ combines intelligent wearable sensors, gamification, and healthcare expertise to provide clinicians and patients with motivation, guidance, and certainty for musculoskeletal wellness and recovery. Tenzr's game-based exercises and visual feedback make recovery more fun and more effective. Tenzr clients have fun while making targeted improvements in flexibility, range of motion, proprioception, strength, and endurance. For more information, visit https://www.tenzrhealth.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
We don’t compromise and neither should you! At HAPPYBOND we Focus on the whole health of your pet, Mind, Body and Play. We create, co-create and curate nutritional products that are proven to increase the Healthspan of your best friend! I'm Anja Skodda, a dog lover and biotech scientist specializing in cartilage tissue engineering. My dog Tony loved to skateboard, and when he couldn’t skate anymore, my heart broke. I had to use my research to help him! I developed our first groundbreaking product Happy Again a Collagen+ essential nutrient and within two weeks of taking it, Tony was playing and skating again! Our dogs are not pets, they’re family. And we want to give them the best love and care that we can. That’s the promise we made when we brought them into our homes. Dogs have more jobs than ever, they are pillows, therapists, counselors, family, bed mates, friends, alarm clocks and trainers, so let’s keep them healthy and happy for a lifetime! Let’s return the favor and share the love. For more information, visit https://happybond.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Operator of a digital health services platform intended to offer better health through integrated virtual care. The company's platform uses automated identification and early patient assessment which transforms existing primary care networks, enabling clinicians to offer digital front-door services by providing them with timely primary care. We partner with primary care networks, accountable care, organizations, and payers to substantially improve clinical outcomes. For more information, visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
GeroCare Solutions is a health technology company pioneering medical inclusion by leveraging technology to provide access to health care to underserved segments of people across Africa beginning with the elderly and those in rural areas. Their flagship product, GeroCare Home Hospital is a cloud-based hospital structure that caters to the elderly by converting their homes into a primary health care center with doctors able to visit them at home, prescribe medication that is delivered to them at home, and request tests which is done for them at home as subscription service paid for by their adult children and other concerned parties. Their second product is the MEDRA TELEHEALTH BOX - Medicare for rural areas which is our proprietary solar-powered and works with or without internet connection providing access to medical doctors through chat, voice calls or video calls. For more information, visit https://www.gerocare.org/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Streamline Media Group delivers integrated media, entertainment, technology, and video games into a formidable solution that transports brands into the Metaverse. With a presence in Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the United States, the Streamline family has five business divisions; Streamframe, Streamline Studios, All Pixels, Streamline Games, and Day Zero. Individually the brands offer bespoke outsourcing creative and technical services. Streamline has always looked towards the future; chosen projects we can learn from, selected partners that support and share their values, and ensured that our people come before profits. This solid foundation and courage in our convictions have made them a credible, reliable, and leading force in the games and tech industry. Streamline's commitment to continuous industry movement and developing emerging markets means opening doors to new talent and opportunities to remain at the forefront of innovation and positive social impact. For more information, visit https://www.streamline-mediagroup.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
NuLife Virtual was founded with the mission to positively impact 1 million lives through our person-centered, tech-assisted, mobile addiction treatment, and recovery platform. NuLife builds a virtual care management platform where you control your brand, deliver safe, convenient, consistent, secure, and meaningful client encounters beyond tele therapy, to improve access, overall family health, outcomes, and increase profits. You can support patients with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, as well as social determinants, while reducing stigma for disclosing such needs. For more information, visit https://nulifevirtual.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Winich Farms we are building the commerce infrastructure and embedded finance for informal African processors and retailers which enables them organize(plan, order and live track) their inventory directly from the food producers without the activities of middle men. Winich Farms is the foremost inventory organizer and supplier for small and mid factories to enable their production plant run effectively without any delays in accessing raw materials. They do this through their thousands of collection points at the last mile connecting our over 40 thousand small holder farmers harvested produce directly to the offtakers, returning profit that was once taken by the long chain of middlemen to the farmers. Winishfarms have provided support services like Credit previously via crowdfunding but now via partnering with lending institutions; and Insurance services with our insurance partners. For more information, visit https://winichfarms.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Hololink is a platform for creating augmented reality experiences that add a digital layer to the real world. Just like Snapchat lenses can place a digital layer on people and Pokémon Go shows hidden pokemon, Hololink adds an interactive digital layer that's accessed through the smartphone's browser, like a website - just way cooler, more engaging and memorable. Hololink’s platform is used by hundreds of creators worldwide and requires no coding or technical skills. For more information, visit https://www.hololink.io/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Mugafi believes in enabling artists who want to dedicate their lives to their art and earn a living doing what they love! To generate new ideas everyday, to think of new angles to story without any new perspective, to get a song recorded without any composed music? Sounds like a nightmare. Growing alone as an artist is difficult. That’s why Mugafi is exactly what every artist needs - A network of singers, lyricists, composers, writers, authors and other industry professionals. Mugafi believes in increasing the reach of young artists and the democratization of art. It’s where an artist takes the next step from passion to profession. Mugafi believes in enabling and empowering artists who want to dedicate their lives to their art and earn a living doing what they love! Mugafi is on a worldwide hunt to discover highly motivated creators who want to turn their passion into their profession. For more information, visit https://mugafi.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Profit Matters is an accounting platform powered by a US team of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) and bookkeepers. By leveraging a combination of automation, technology, and people we are able to increase accuracy, reduce the amount of manual work and time spent. Our software platform gives business owners an easy to use dashboard with KPIs to better understand and alter financial results fast. For more information, visit www.profitmatters.co If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Pade is cloud based software that helps African businesses hire, manage and pay anyone anywhere. It helps with hiring, onboarding, information management, requests, payroll, compliance, performance and disciplinary management all the way down to exit. We also layer a ton of value added services on payroll to help employees get the best out of their earnings. Via our API, we are also offering embedded payroll to software platforms to give their customers a 360 degree experience For more information, visit https://www.padehcm.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Byte streamlines daily operations for African small business owners with a comprehensive, mobile-friendly platform for managing all aspects of their business from any location. With Byte, entrepreneurs can easily track sales, monitor inventory, generate invoices and receipts, process payments, and even establish credit, all in one place. For more information, visit https://www.joinbyte.me/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
UTOPICODE is a community of developers and tech talent. A platform that upskills software developers and connects companies with the best tech talent in Latin America. To be competitive, companies need to have the best technology and tech talent. However, 86% of hiring managers find it challenging to hire the right tech talent. At UTOPICODE, they connect companies with the most qualified tech talent in Latin America, helping them accelerate their growth and impact. For more information, visit https://www.utopicode.io/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Mercately makes small businesses in Latam grow their sales on messaging apps. In Latam, 70% of the digital sales have a messaging app involved. Unfortunately, less than 1 in 10 conversations finish up in a successful sale. SMBs lost sales everyday because they are unable to manage leads, incapable of processing information, and lack payment solutions for their customers when they sell over WhatsApp or Instagram. Mercately simplifies ecommerce for small businesses with a platform that organizes contacts, distributes and automates conversations. And most importantly, allows SMBs to sell and accept digital payments through applications such as WhatsApp, turning messaging apps into sales channels. For more information, visit http://www.mercately.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
eBanqo helps businesses to automate customer engagement and live chat on mobile, web, and social media channels (i.e. WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google Business), thereby reducing the cost of serving customers. Businesses that use eBanqo’s omni- channel platform are reachable 24/7 and can resolve customer issues quicker, thereby improving customer satisfaction and retention For more information, visit https://www.ebanqo.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
NeverEnding is bringing cinematic storytelling to everyone. We're building a platform allowing you to create and share quality animated videos without the studio. Fun, fast, and intuitive social content tools give independent creatives and teams new ways to express themselves and monetize their creativity. For more information, visit https://beneverending.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
MPost is a digital addressing solution that turns the mobile phone number to an official postal address. Less than 1% of Africa's population have an address either postal or can identify a physical address. This shuts out the rest of population from government and private services such as eCommerce, loans from financial institutions. For more information, visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
M80 is a first-of-its-kind gaming and esports entertainment organization. Helmed by seasoned gaming and esports entrepreneur Marco Mereu, M80 is building an interconnected fan-first ecosystem through esports, content, consumer products, and more. Since its December 2022 launch, M80 has quickly become a top 10 North American esports organization, fielding teams across the world’s most popular titles, including VALORANT, Rainbow Six: Siege, Street Fighter, and Rocket League. For more information, If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Trade Lenda is a digital Bank for the Underserved. We support Micro Small and Medium Scale Enterprises to get timely access to credit and other digital financial services to drive inclusion. Our technology helps us achieve underwriting within 6 hours which 4x more efficient than other alternatives while de-risking the entire process. For more information, visit https://tradelenda.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Syccure is a SaaS cyber security company that closes the security gaps found in today’s complex hybrid networks. The main pain point we solve is making access control at scale simple, far reaching and ultra secure. We assign cryptographic identities to every IP enabled device, we use those identities to write one set of security policies that work across every layer, and we deploy dynamic, adaptive, contextually aware encryption. Syccure is an external policy and authorization platform that lets anyone create, deploy and manage business objectives and the authorization policies that enforce them in an easy to use, intuitive solution. Built on blockchain, Syccure delivers centralized authorization control and management from a decentralized platform, lowering integration costs within the stack. By creating granular visibility of identities, access controls, and lifecycle management, Syccure makes it possible to extend trust across corporate boundaries, delivering information sharing workflows that make it easy to share secure content in a zero trust environment. For more information, visit www.syccure.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
For today’s episode, we have 7 of our alumni companies, all of which we invested in and are all incredible. We are going to talk about their market size, why it is a huge opportunity to invest in them and basically how awesome their companies are! Companies Include: Syccure - https://syccure.com/ Homezie - https://homezie.com/ Cloudworx - http://cloudworx.ai/ Viplink - https://viplink.ai/ Formaloo - https://www.formaloo.com/en/ Latitudo40 - https://www.latitudo40.com/ EBombo - https://ebombo.com/en If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Flexpay collaborates with retailers, brands, marketplaces, and banks to reward customers for saving up for the things they want, closing the affordability gap debt-free, increasing customer retention, and growing sales for the merchants. Low disposable incomes limit a vast majority of Africans from buying or accessing product and services they want. Additionally, consumers are being pushed towards the booming ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ credit driven models in the consumption ecosystem, which is predatory and leads to impulse buying and debt. There has never been anything embedded in the retail experience that incentivizes people to save up for purchases as a way of closing the affordability gap. FlexPay simply rewards customers for saving up for the things they love, need, and want, closing the affordability gap for the large under-banked African population while increasing sales and loyalty for merchants. For more information, visit www.flexpay.co.ke
Blackcopper is a credit-led digital bank powered by our proprietary algorithms that use alternate data to reduce the risk of lending to SMEs through partnerships that enable us to validate their real-time location, confirm their identity, review their capacity and estimate their willingness to pay back. Our algorithms use machine learning to build models with data from these multiple sources to make profitable credit decisions. This algorithm continues to improve itself as more data sources are unlocked. For more information, visit www.blackcopper.io If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
For today’s episode, we have 6 of our alumni companies, all of which we invested in and are all incredible. We are going to talk about their market size, why it is a huge opportunity to invest in them and basically how awesome their companies are! Companies Include: EVtrip - https://evtrip.net/ xahive - https://www.xahive.com/ Black Copper - https://blackcopper.io/ Viveka - Axle AI - https://axle.ai/ Pluc TV - https://www.pluc.tv/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
PlanStreet provides versatile case management software solutions for health and human service non-profit organizations. Our user-friendly, customizable interfaces are ideal for health & patient services, reentry programs, homeless management, donor management, child & family services, and affordable housing programs. Our passion is to empower your non-profit team to perform at their highest level by automating processes and giving them access to the information they need when they need it. We understand that your organization is not just like every other organization and that your processes, priorities, and workflow require customized solutions. At PlanStreet, we strive to help you create the best tool for your best work. PlanStreet’s case management software gives your team the following advantages: • Automated processes and enhanced efficiency • Cloud based software allowing for access anytime, anywhere • Adaptation to specific business needs • Customizable user interfaces and reports • HIPPA and FedRAMP compliance for a secure digital environment • eSignature capability • Automatic API generation We are confident that our case management software is the tool your health and human services team needs to get to the next level. For more information, visit www.planstreetinc.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Homezie is your one-stop shop for all things home. Homezie is a digital marketplace focused on home and well being. Its core technology introduces consumers to all the home and moving related services they may need, allowing them to compare prices and features quickly and easily. Homezie has developed a technology for service that provides a one stop shop for all home changing and settling in needs, whether it is buying, selling, renting, moving or financing. In addition to the platform our technology uses proprietary algorithms to match consumer needs to curated service options. Homezie redefines the real estate marketplace by offering the first ever single-source network for buyers, sellers, renters, top real estate agents, moving companies and lenders. We provide services across the US for anyone planning to move or make a property investment. Our technology platform saves you time and frustration, as well as dollars spent. Our in-house experts will guide you through the process, step by step, to match your needs and goals with the best suppliers. We provide services that go beyond buying and selling to cover steps like home financing, refinancing, renting and moving. But we don’t stop there. Our goal is to help you make the best informed decisions, making the entire process cost-effective and as easy as possible. For more information, visit www.homezie.com
Ridelink is an e-logistics platform connecting SMBs to a pool of truck drivers while harnessing the economies of scale through Artificial Intelligence resulting from localisation. Ridelink is focused on stimulating the growth of businesses by creating sustainable and affordable mobility solutions tailored to facilitate the smooth running of business operations, increase revenue earning, improve mobility efficiency, performance and ability for businesses to tap into new markets. On the platform, SMBs are able to know where the nearest transporter is and find the best price in the market from thousands of truck drivers available on the platform thus saving on both time and cost For more information, visit https://ride-link.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Shiip is a platform that helps you take care of your Local/International deliveries while you have more time to handle business better. Shiip provides freight, fulfillment, and warehousing for B2B and B2C African Businesses. We aggregate all these infrastructures from quality 3P Logistics service providers and provide them on a single platform/API for consumers and businesses to access. Today we have the largest reach in Africa with over 51+ couriers For more information, visit www.goshiip.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Eden Life is the operating system for life. Our vision is to create a reality where all life thrives; making fulfillment and self-actualization accessible to all. On our platform, people can get access to a selection of delivery, labour, and lifestyle services that helps them 10X their quality of life. Excellent customer service, top-notch service providers, and easy-to-use technology. That's our recipe for brewing you a stress-free life. For more information, visit www.ouredenlife.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
BezoMoney is a fintech company incorporated in Ghana that builds and provides digital social financial solutions to the unbanked and young individuals through mobile technology. BezoMoney is a digital bank for the unbanked and underbanked in Africa where we help them save, invest, borrow, spend and send money. Built on USSD and integrated with Mobile Money, we scale our user base to about 100,000 users in 8 months. BezoMoney was built out of the need to ensure unbanked communities and young people have the opportunity to gain access to the formal financial system so as to enjoy benefits therein. We do so by helping them to plan and grow their finances as well as build credit histories. For more information, visit www.bezomoney.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
XAHIVE delivers holistic cyber solutions globally. We provide patented secure and compliant end-to-end protection of all your data & IoT devices for both enterprises and supply chain members. We also offer non tech online cyber education and framework agnostic cyber governance audit management tools. Our services are compliant with CCPA, NIST, GDPR and other North American & European cyber & privacy regulations. You can white label our services as well. XAHIVE can help you save on your cyber-insurance For more information, visit www.xahive.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
We make payments online and globally and we know the existing hassle associated with online payments. This is why Canta has decided no one, including you, has to go through all that stress just to make payments globally. Canta provides a seamless, secure and speedy payment process that ensures you’re never late on payments. Whether as a business or an individual, you can open and manage your accounts wherever you are. With Canta's virtual account you can conduct transactions in several currencies without incurring exorbitant currency conversion fees. The P2P channel provided by Canta makes available for users the opportunity to mention their desired rates, find those offering to buy/sell FOREX at the provided rate, and complete these transactions all with a secure platform. Canta’s P2P process largely reduces the chances of fraud from either party by requiring both the sender and receiver to fund Canta’s designated local Escrow accounts in their respective locations, and we take up the responsibility of making the required payments accordingly. Canta cares about your money as much as you do. The internet is not a barrier. For more information, visit www.canta.io If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Viplink is the link between brands and creators, we help global brands reach millions of consumers by enabling branded creator content at scale. We partner with +7k creators to maximize brand content and awareness. It helps creators earn more, giving brands easy, direct, on demand access to creators. We are a performance based solution, offering predictable and measurable ROI. Brands can stop paying based on follower count and start paying creators for verified views and engagements on a CPM, CPV, or CPA basis. Be sure to tune in! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com
Paway is the first all-in-one pet care ecosystem for dog owners and pet care professionals. Paway was founded behind the same team that created Wag after learning that 75% of pets are depressed. Paway offers pet parents tools to improve their pets' health including; community, health tracking and easy access to pet care. Paway offers pet care professionals a better and lower cost app to help them manage and grow their business. Download the app on Ios and Android now! Be sure to tune in! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com
Blind Tiger launched in mid-2021 and is currently distributed in five states – Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Montana, and California, in major grocery retailers and 100 independent stores and restaurants around the country. Prohibition-inspired pours made for the modern drinker, Blind Tiger manufactures bar-quality, spirit-free cocktails ready to sip or mix. All-natural, organic, gluten- free and shelf-stable, we are the only line of ready-to- drink cocktails and mixers inspired by speakeasy culture. Be sure to tune in! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com
GameTree does the best gamer matching in the industry with half a million signups and almost no marketing spend. Users are demanding it to become the gamer social network, and there has been inbound interest from a number of large studios desiring it as a universal gamer login due to the large quantity of data GameTree collects to do its matchmaking. GameTree is the #1 app on Google for finding gamer friends with 500k signups supporting all games on all major platforms. We match via tastes, demographics, personality psychology, personal values, and Gamer DNA. We also offer machine learning game recommendations (93% predicted rating accuracy and sorting reviews by user similarity) and have social features + gamification. Be sure to tune in! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com
truQ is the most convenient way to find the closest driver to help you move anything. On the user side - We are saving our users the stress of having to make lots of phone calls to several vehicle owners whenever they need to move anything, spend time negotiating and agreeing on a price before the move happens subject to the availability of the driver, with a few disappointments here and there. Now at the push of a button, users are connected to the closest available vehicle in real time and at an affordable cost. For businesses - We are effectively taking away the stress of having to deal with random vehicle owners, negotiate, deal with frequent disappointments from drivers anytime they need to move anything and the cost of having to operate their own vehicle for deliveries. Businesses can get connected to the closest available vehicle for all of their logistic needs. Be sure to tune in! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com
CashBackApp helps fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies create customer loyalty by allowing them to earn cashback via M-Pesa on their routine purchases. Be sure to tune in! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Kyshi (pronounced kee-shee) comes from Kishi, the Nigerian and Ghanaian slang for "money". Kyshi is a UK-based Neobank for Africans which offers a single platform for Africans in the diaspora and in Africa to access multi-currency accounts while also being able to send money to and from Africa. The platform aims to become the largest digital financial services platform for Africans globally. Kyshi has built a first of its kind P2P marketplace for Africans which lets users swap currencies at their own rate offering the best rates to send money from the diaspora and the safest and speediest platform with the best rates to send money out of Africa. Users can also send money at pre-set rates from the UK to up to 20 African countries. Be sure to tune in! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Ryan is a global keynote speaker, sailor, and consultant who teaches people how to build their personal brands, and helps companies be more personable. Ryan’s clients include New York Times bestselling authors, venture capitalists, and Fortune 500 executives. His book, Ditch the Act, helps executives and entrepreneurs harness the power of vulnerability and authenticity to build more relatable, more profitable brands. Ryan is also the Interim Director of the ANTrepreneur Center at the University of California, Irvine. There, he helps college students start companies, and enjoys connecting dots in the Orange County entrepreneurial ecosystem. Be sure to tune in! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Check out another amazing entrepreneur and company this week on The Art of Startup War as Brian speaks with Maya H, founder of Peak! A few words from Peak: At Peak, our mission is to create a more ethical digital content ecosystem. AKA: we’re driving change with our content moderation system. At our core, we are a software company engineering solutions for the content distribution industry. Our team is equally obsessed with data and solutions as we are with our commitment to protecting children against exploitation, sanitizing porn and online dating experiences, and building a more equitable way to view and interact with the digital world Using a multilayer approach and Machine Learning models, Peak works with existing content moderation teams to enhance and accelerate their work. By analyzing both still images as well as videos, Peak flags undesirable content to help teams protect their platforms and create safer digital ecosystems. Be sure to tune in! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Trident Coffee are storytellers. All of our cold brews remind our customers that they are part of something bigger than themselves. We create connections through symbology and storytelling that engage with our customers on an emotional level distinguishing us from other coffee brands. We directly source our coffee to create a life cycle accountability that is transparent, organic, and empowers our coffee partners to be with us for the long haul. We take a scientific approach to brewing that captures different tasting notes and experiences with each cold brew to showcase that coffee is truly a craft beverage. “Good tasting” and “healthy” belong in the same sentence. We are here to prove it to you. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Agava Spirits Company is a manufacturer of tequila dedicated to crafting the liquor from luxury agave spirits. The company's tequila is sustainable, certified chemical-free, natural, and estate-grown bottled using proprietary fermentations, cutting-edge distillation methods, and a traditional barrel aging program, providing customers with signature tequila and other spirits which are made from local ingredients. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Host Brian MacMahon speaks with Hannes Bend, CEO of Breathing.ai! A few quick words about Breathing.ai - Wellness made easy. Short break reminders (breath work, mindfulness, movement) and colors filters to reduce stress and improve workflow performance. First patented browser extension offers a popup window with: + break reminders (simple 20 sec to 2 min) + color and brightness filters for a soothing screen + vital sign detection via webcam (can be off) + data analytics + manually (select times and intervals) or automatically (via paid plan) Feel less stressed and more productive while on your screen. Breathing.ai adapts your browser color and offers calming guided breaks when stress is detected through your webcam. Using our patented technology, your extension effortlessly elevates your mood, health, and optimizes your performance. How many hours do you spend on your screen? Work, video calls, school, social media…it all adds up! Excessive screen time is connected to increased stress, neck and joint pain, eye strain, zoom fatigue, and more. Some studies estimate that 80% of screen users suffer from screen apnea – unconsciously holding the breath while on your screen. Chronic breath-holding is associated with several avoidable ailments. Maybe you’ve tried to breathe better, to sit more straight or to relax your shoulders…but forget about it during your busy day. The extension builds healthy habits like meditation, breathing or posture exercises into your day. What if the screen adapts to soothe your stress? What if it gave you a gentle notice to remind you to take a quick mindfulness break? Your extension detects stress in real time, learns what colors calm you, then adapts your screen to effortlessly make you feel better. It suggests a short 20 sec to 2 min break, guided meditation, breathing exercise, or seated movement -- all at your workstation. With detailed analytics, see how your heart and breath rates improve while your break times accumulate. Watch your stress and anxiety go down while your mood and productivity goes up. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
YOONA.AI is a B2B Multiverse SaaS Platform, which cuts down digital product creation to only some clicks. The Fashion Industry faces now the biggest revolution and turns into the most profitable business in the world. But only 10 % of the fashion companies are able to create animated digital products. The yoona platforms enables an end - to - end process by analyzing fashion data and creating bestseller digital products in seconds. Yoona.ai is a deep #tech B2B service platform that simplifies the #apparel industry value chain, from idea to production - 3 clicks to #Metaverse & Real Production. Businesses benefit from efficiency, cost reductions, #sustainability, and easy preparation for #digital markets. yoona.ai software uses #AI to analyze data and provides #3d cash cow designs also for #VR Digital Fashion Shows using #AR. This allows fashion companies to save time and costs, while working more sustainably and also provides them with the necessary technology to make the leap towards the metaverse and #digitization. yoona.ai is committed to #innovation; Already launching its own #NFTs & #circularity; Encouraging conscious consumption and driving sustainability - through the #automation of processes thanks to its software & pushing the awareness & progress of the fashion industry through its series of events #yoonaverse (a tech catalyst for fashion & technology conference where #startups #apparelcompanies & #degrowth companies meet & work together towards a "better fashion for a better future"). If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian MacMahon speaks with Dennis Mary, CEO / Founder of ComiBlock! A few words from ComiBlock: Our Vision is to become the world's most human and premiere regulated crypto company by providing you with the tools, inspiration, and support you need to become an intelligent crypto investor. So you can live better. We are not a get-rich-quick scheme: You'll hear us say it always. We're here to build your long-term wealth by giving you access to what we believe are best-in-class crypto assets with durable growth potential. Our goal is simple, To make you the wealthiest, most intelligent investor you've ever been through active and macro-driven investment management. The Bottom Line- We are building the world's most human crypto platform to help you build your long term wealth. To make this possible, we have partnered with regulated and battle-tested operators in the crypto space to give you easy access to complex crypto strategies. Tune in to hear the real story of this breakthrough company! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Katja and Viveka are featured in Yahoo Finance in '21 Founders changing the way we do business in 2021' alongside amazing founders including Elon Musk , the founder of Tesla & SpaceX , Melanie Perkins from Canva, Whitney Wolfe Herd from Bumble and Patrick & John Collison from Stripe. Australian Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2018, Katja Kempe, is responsible for founding Viveka, the world’s largest platform for coaches, trainers, and professional development experts. Kempe brings transparency and trust to the unregulated coaching industry by enforcing a stringent vetting process, peer to peer feedback, and ratings amongst the 2,000 members and 75,000 followers comprising the Viveka community. The 160 billion-dollar industry currently consists of over 2 million coaches and is experiencing a 7% annual growth rate, making it challenging to navigate. Kempe and her team ensure optimal coaching results by effectively matching client requirements and facilitating coaching sessions with accountability software. Furthermore, companies are offered a complete learning and development solution to effectively allocate, execute, and measure all corporate training requirements. Viveka positions itself as a trusted partner in life and business with a core philosophy of Success Without Compromise by making transformational learning & experiences available to billions of people around the world. The term Viveka translates into discernment, knowledge, and truth, reflecting the values fundamental to the company founded by Kempe in 2017 out of Sydney, Australia. Today, Viveka operates out of both Los Angeles and Sydney, offering its services to a global audience. In a society that is increasingly valuing the benefits of coaching, Kempe’s discovery provides effective coaching solutions to the masses informed by AI and powered by humans. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
The core strength of Nicolette’s technology is the visualization of complex medical data. They build visual, audio, and interactive displays of data that enables patients to understand their health quickly and with enough confidence to serve as their own healthcare advocate. Nicolette’s entry point is the NICU, where new parents are in high stakes, high anxiety situations and typically do not have the capability of understanding their baby's diagnosis, plan of care, and progress (or lack thereof). This leaves them to defer completely to others and hope for the best. The dashboards will translate raw EMR data so well that these same parents understand complex topics within a matter of minutes, then efficiently move through treatment options and ultimately a collaborative decision with their provider's team. Empowering patients in this way leads to better health outcomes for them, and for providers it leads to higher revenue, reduced risk, and increased productivity. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
The paid ad ecosystem is crumbling, leaving in its wake a trail of failed businesses and undermining the whole eCommerce ecosystem. Arrow solves a real problem for millions of businesses which is finding and attracting the right users at the top of the funnel without paid ads. Patent pending, powered by Artificial Intelligence, Arrow allows businesses to build the influence they need with content and improve sales and lead conversion by 10% or more without a social media manager, agency or paid advertising.
LifeChart is India’s first health tech company building an alternate healthcare ecosystem, to reach masses of India and global at an affordable price. We are proud to connect our customers instantly to doctors in less than 60 seconds. There are more than 100 naturopathy doctors & counsellors serving customers on our platform If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
The X Future platform is for corporates to connect and collaborate with solution providers across the globe. Here, you can find only the relevant match, collaborate with teams and measure the outcome. The platform helps corporations to prototype, test & iterate fast through startup collaboration in a secure environment. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Free Brands Inc. focuses on building natural products that are effective, great smelling, and good looking products that Work! Free Brands Inc started FREEDOM when Founder Ira Green's three friends were diagnosed with breast cancer and their doctor recommended using natural products on their bodies. Freedom Deodorant’s focus is to be healthy, not stinky. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Aghaz is an automated investment management platform for customers to save for their goals according to their values. Their mission is to enable customers to invest without compromise and in a manner that aligns with their values, whatever those might be. Aghaz enables their customers to save and invest in a manner that is consistent with their beliefs and values. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
MagicRobot® is a data intelligence, analytics and hyper-automation technology company. Its flagship offering MagicAttribution™ delivers novel technology that reveals enriched data focused on optimizing sales and marketing ROI. Their solution assists in driving sales growth by mining, analyzing and reporting deep cross-view revenue attribution data to leadership, sales and marketing teams. This enables them to work more efficiently, track pipelines, measure campaign influence and view deal velocity to optimize their company’s sales and marketing mix that leads to accelerated revenue growth. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Shoonya, is an edutainment & edtech start-up based out of Santa Barbara. Shoonya's mission is to create the next generation of global citizens by exposing children to cultural diversity and world languages. They create uniquely designed content that is engaging, entertaining and interactive for young children. Their recent launch is the iOS app "Shoonya Farm Animals" an iOS app designed and tested in the classroom and endorsed by teachers and parents. This app is the first in the series of apps that will be created to spark a child's creativity with interactive play, develop fine motor skills and instill a love for cultural diversity. “Shoonya Farm Animals” for children, ages 0-8 helps them learn farm animal names, simple sentences, landscapes, basic clothing in 9 languages; English, Spanish, German, Arabic, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu and Punjabi. Their aim is to expand their apps in various more languages. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Born in Austin, Texas, FourBurner Technologies was initially developed within Murphy Adams Restaurant Group (MARG) to substantially lower operating costs through scale and technology. Our main focus is disrupting the 3rd Party Delivery (3PD) industry with a far more sustainable and profitable business model for both Restaurants and Consumers. FourBurner’s Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, OrderB4, will be the preferred partner for restaurants and consumers because of price, quality of service, food safety, and data visibility. Simply put, we give power and control back to restaurants so they can manage the entire order and delivery process from end to end. This allows for a better consumer experience, lowers overall costs while maximizing kitchen efficiency. With OrderB4, restaurants can now engage directly with full transparency to their own customers, building lasting relationships while strengthening their brand in the process. No longer will any restaurant need to rely on the broken economics of the 3rd Party Delivery platforms! The OrderB4 model ramps consumer end users much faster and less costly because our end-to-end solution lives where the consumer already exists – at local restaurant websites. We partner with restaurants to help them grow and succeed in an increasingly complex digital world. As our part We do this by partnering with restaurant operators on a better process and financial choice for delivery, giving us our unfair advantage over competitors with regards to Customer Acquisition Cost and better feature set for both restaurants and end consumers. Our management team has personally experienced and operated in the existing environment that needs a more sustainable business model for order & delivery, and we have an experienced tech team leading development. Even though technically a startup, FourBurner has less risk because of existing revenue, a very large pipeline and a model that increases in demand if/when the economy slows down. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Our platform connects merchants and consumers with sharable cash rewards so that merchants get more paying customers. A financial platform that connects brands, customers, and influencers with sharable cash rewards. Benjamin helps merchants with their existing customers by inviting them to join Benjamin and assign them branded cards for free. Merchants can attach different kind of loyalty discounts to cards and increase your customer loyalty even more and build brand awareness when customers show your card. Benjamin offers long-term revenue share and cash back from any purchase made. Comes with a powerful set of reports that allows merchants to see exactly what impacts and return-on-investment your campaign is having, no matter where you are. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Voiceoc helps companies to bring their entire commerce on WhatsApp by leveraging hybrid intelligence - artificial intelligence + human intelligence, therefore being the World’s most customer-friendly conversational AI on WhatsApp. This system offers a new level of convenience to customers by enabling them to explore & purchase products/services, get queries resolved, track packages, chat with agents and much more on WhatsApp in minutes. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, Brian speaks Joshua Salins, the founder and CEO at one of the worlds first Hobby Tech companies - The Hobby Tribe. Joshua is often also called "The Hobby Man". A 23 year old entrepreneur from Mumbai with a BTech degree in Bio Medical Engineering. He has an ecstatic love for all things to do with hobbies, he plays multiple instruments, sings, likes art and craft and loves theatre. Founding the hobby tribe was a way to restore happiness in the world and also to create a platform to provide a career path for other artists and hobby enthusiast alike. Coming from a business centric family, he is very out going and his extrovert nature helps him excel at networking and identifying potential synergies. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
At Stylumia we believe in augmenting human intelligence in fashion and lifestyle retail for a better world. With relevant data and the right technology, people and businesses in fashion and lifestyle retail can solve hard problems and change the world for the better. In 2015-16, when we looked at the available technology and solutions, we saw fashion forecasting and demand planning are either subjective in nature, or traditional consumer research based going with what consumers say, or data platforms which throw supply driven signals. We saw these methods do not solve the fundamental challenge in fashion trend spotting, prediction and the business metrics of full price sell through continue to remain around the 50% mark creating over USD 750 billion/annum of wastage globally. The biggest wastage in the fashion industry is the one caused by ill-informed decision making. We saw a need for a different kind of technology and approach and we knew it would need a different kind of company to build it. That is why we formed Stylumia. Stylumia is one of the fastest-growing fashion tech start-ups with Fortune 100 clients to mid-sized ones, solving a fundamental challenge of the business, predicting future demand for an unseen product. The global fashion industry is around 3 Trillion USD, half of which is not what the consumer wants. This huge supply-demand gap poses a huge sustainability threat to the planet. United Nations and Fashion for Good are rallying for us. Using AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Stylumia has a proven methodology to improve the prediction accuracy of fashion brands and retailers across 7 countries. We strongly believe in eliminating waste before it happens. Stylumia has many awards and recognitions. Select few are, Aegis Graham Bell Award for AI Innovation in Retail Winner 2021 Amazon AI Conclave Award Retail - Winner 2019 Nasscom Emerge 50 2019 Yourstory TECH30 Entrepreuners Worldcup 2020 - World Top 100, India Winner Accenture Global Innovation Challenge Finalist 2018 Top 25 AI Companies In APAC - CIO Advisor 2017 If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week we have an episode throwback! Sharmin from Instoried has been on the podcast twice and is poised to recieve a massive funding round to the the tune of 200 million!! Check out this episode and hear how Sharmin raised earlier rounds and we will make sure to bring her back on to complete this trilogy! About Instoried: We are a young startup that aims at driving content engagement to get more clicks. Higher engagement results in higher ROI and a great yield on marketing spends. Using our proprietary tool, customers have witnessed up to 3X increase in incoming leads per post and 2X rise in ROI in less than 6 months. We use NLP to create magic with data that helps determine the emotion and tone of marketing content, irrespective of the size of content. Our AI engine dynamically determines the emotional engagement quotient of content and also gives smart recommendations to enhance engagement with audience For more info, please visit www.instoried.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
GreenSat Innovation Labs is a satellite imagery data analytics company serving the precision farming and risk mitigation needs of Indian Farmers. India’s only agri-tech company with integrated approach & designed to assist from pre-sowing to crop sale. GreenSat has a vision of unlocking the value of natural resources like water, agriculture, minerals, energy and its support systems like banking and finance and commodity markets by relentless innovation. In the same journey, new initiative GreenSat was conceived, GreenSat wants to go a step ahead and use satellite imagery and precision AI tools like neural network algorithms to integrate our earth observation data for the benefit of optimum use of natural resources and its support systems.
Clickvoyant is run by women. They are a powerful team of female data scientists and analysts. Of course, they also built an AI-analyst also a woman. Ema, Clickvoyant’s very own Emulated Analyst, helps businesses deliver 10x more work than other analysts. Clickvoyant sees the power of data driven decisions every day. It works to support evil gains, the public good and well intended missteps. Clickvoyant uses data skills to contextualize decisions, not stoke fear; to surprise and delight with new discovery, not take away personal agency. Clickvoyant’s proprietary algorithms combine human expertise derived from 15+ years working in the industry with mathematical automation, statistics, and predictive analytics to provide enterprise-style analytics for every business. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
TheraB Medical is a medical device for the neonatal unit in hospitals. TheraB Medical didn’t have a traditional beginning as a medical device company. We started as a student engineering project at Michigan State University, where three engineering students were asked to find an improved treatment for infant jaundice in developing countries. Little did we know that this school project would lead to a future product that would modernize the way families experience jaundice treatment worldwide! We are proud to be a Michigan founded company with a focus on global health. For more information, visit https://www.therabmedical.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Biotesserae Camunity is a nanobody-based platform for the production of a new class of therapeutics for canine cancer. The company was formed by Chris Cebra, chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences, and colleagues Shay Bracha, Dan Mourich, and Carl Ruby.
Talamus is a patient focused healthcare and analytics platform focusing on emerging markets. Their mission is to make the interaction between health professionals and their patients as easy and as safe as possible by leveraging the technology of the future. Talamus Health believes that the doctor patient relationship is sacred. That's why they have created a system that puts the doctor and patient at the center of the healthcare process. For more information, visit https://talamushealth.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Parrots Inc is the inventor of Polly, an adorable parrot perched on your wheelchair to help you connect with the world, communicate freely, and maintain greater degrees of independence. Polly’s features include plug & play capability, rapid predictive communication, advanced telehealth monitoring features, smart home integration, and much more, all designed to bring the power of Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair to disabled people everywhere. For more information, visit https://www.flyparrots.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Lyptus Medical is a health tech company that offers home-based geriatric care for elderly patients in Mexico. Through a membership model, mobile telemedicine technology, diligent follow-up, and complementary services, patients exceed eighty percent adherence to treatments enhancing medical outcomes and preventing hospitalizations. Through notifications and updates, relatives feel at ease knowing that someone is taking good care of their loved ones. For more information, visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
YouROK is a prevention focused solution developed to address the adolescent mental health crisis by building emotional resiliency using evidence-informed practices. YouROK offers a handheld gateway to powerful help with adolescents’ greatest challenges in the form of a mobile app called K’Bro. This engaging app reaches tweens and teens directly through a device to which they are very closely tied and provides an avenue for them to receive anonymous and unbiased support with difficult mental health concerns. As YouROK delivers self-help directly to youth it also keeps vital adults in the loop with regard to users’ experiences and functioning, reducing demand for center-based care. Our dashboard provides hard to get data to identify when children need behavioral health intervention benefitting schools, payers, and providers. YouROK affords parents and professionals the opportunity to get to know adolescents in a way that no traditional, paper-and-pencil assessment ever will. For more information, visit https://www.yourokapps.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Sober Sidekick is here to drive positive behavioral change through community reinforcement in an industry that fails to reach 6/7 (18 Million Americans) that chronically suffer from substance abuse because the opposite of addiction is connection. Imagine if there was a platform that guaranteed peer support within minutes, every time you go through a tough moment, and professional help through any crisis. Sober Sidekick is creating a new category when it comes to virtual support groups. For more information, visit https://www.sobersidekick.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Sage Medical is an AI driven medical coding & billing platform designed to remedy gaps in the healthcare coding & billing system. If you have ever received a bill that should have been paid by your medical insurance, then you’ve experienced the $100 Billion of mistakes made by billers & coders every year. Sage Medical’s AI eliminates costly human error, while increasing Physician productivity. For more information, visit https://www.sagemedical.io/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
DoorBox is a mobile-app based, IOT-enabled, AI and ML driven, cloud software platform administered front-porch robot to enable secure deliveries, perform smart home security functions for every connected home or office or any premise in the world. DoorBox has 12 utility patents, 3 in the USA and 9 internationally. For more information, visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
DoorBox is a mobile-app based, IOT-enabled, AI and ML driven, cloud software platform administered front-porch robot to enable secure deliveries, perform smart home security functions for every connected home or office or any premise in the world. DoorBox has 12 utility patents, 3 in the USA and 9 internationally.
For more information, visit http://www.doorbox.ai/
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BetterMeal AI strives to go beyond Medicines, helping users make more informed decisions about their diet to treat any chronic health issues. Every single individual has eating patterns and behaviors that hold them back from eating right. BetterMeal AI, a nutritional application is here to help you in your new journey. Through expert nutritional recommendations, BetterMeal AI will help you excel in a way you never thought possible to cure your health. For more information, visit https://www.bettermeal.ai/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Ozone Metaverse is a proprietary engine empowering the world to build quality metaverses at scale on the web. Ozone Metaverse uses proprietary 3d graphics & game engine, metaverse as-a-service, multi-chain integration, and NFT marketplace engine. Ozone Metaverse offers Instant Token Utility. These are tokens you can use to buy PARCELS, buy NFT’s, and use to build community For more information, visit https://ozonemetaverse.io/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
The Avana Organic Cocktail line was handcrafted with the health conscious consumer in mind. Only the highest grade of organic ingredients were used in each of our premium canned cocktails. Their R&D team in Southern California has worked countless hours to reduce the calories and sugar concentration of our products to a record breaking low. We pride ourselves in staying true to our main initiative of being the health conscious consumer’s beverage of choice while simultaneously delivering a refreshing taste like no other. Avana is the first canned cocktail line to ever use Ultra Premium Organic Tequila and have the entire cocktail itself certified USDA Organic. The Avana Organic cocktail line was founded on the idea that we only have one life to live so we should live it to the fullest, love like it's endless, and drink only the purest. Their handcrafted organic cocktails are here to help you do just that. For more information, visit https://www.drinkavana.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Cosmic Wire is a development house and omnichannel IP monetization engine specializing in creating experiential NFTs, traditional licensing, and derivatives of iconic IP and art. Their group offers a turnkey solution for artists and holders of iconic IP to monetize their holdings or art by crafting and digitizing their stories using the most advanced digital technologies. They bring them to life through additional one-of-a-kind experiences that we then publish and promote to the masses. Cosmic Wire’s full ecosystem offers artists, content creators, and IP collectors the ability to enhance, promote, sell, and license their work. Their market advantage includes having a completely internalized development, marketing, and sales team allowing us to support clients from concept to close. For more information, visit https://cosmicwire.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Pharmacy Marts is a platform made for pharmacists to find the best offers of their daily needs from different suppliers, it’s the quickest and easiest way to refill your pharmacy’s medications list. For more information, visit https://www.pharmacymarts.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
DOQFY is a Contract Execution SaaS platform with simple and user-friendly web application through which individuals and businesses can execute their documentation with eStamping and eSigning. By catering to a wide range of legal documentation services over B2B channels, DOQFY has become a pioneer in forging a lasting business relationships. Some of the core services include Contract Execution, eStamping and eSignatures. We believe in following a holistic approach to ensure that our clients receive best advice at all times. Our Company is geared for efficiency and accessibility through the range of services we offer and how we interact with our clients. For more information, visit https://doqfy.in/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
There is a Global Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic. Ischemic Heart Disease is the leading cause for early death as per the Global Burden of Disease, 2017. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) worldwide has increased since 2007 , is another finding in this report. Multimodality Imaging is important for the diagnosis, the prognostic assessment and for guiding therapy. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of all the issues related to multiple cardiovascular diseases. Increased use of diagnostic imaging has increased the pressure on Cardiac Imagers and Cardiovascular Radiology workflows. There is also a shortage of Cardiac Imagers to visually read and interpret the patient studies. The OneCardio© AI-driven Cardiac Imaging Analyses platform provides the essential tools for segmentation, quantification and radiomics to Cardiac Imagers and prescribing Clinicians to drive workflow improvements for improving productivity, treatment and patient outcomes. For more information, visit https://hearthealthtech.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
VPD is a financial service app brought to you by part of the team that delivered VoguePay (a leading payment solutions provider that was founded in 2012 and is now operating across 5 continents). Our Vision To be the financial service of choice for anyone thinking borderless, as well as being the number one choice for digital banking experience. Our Mission VPD Money is a financial technology firm whose purpose is to be the leader in developing and providing financial services that empower individuals, drive intra-trade by African and international SMEs as well as serve the diaspora community. For more information, visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Gamma Diagnostics specializes in developing novel diagnostics that are better quantitative indicators of the inflammatory response in infectious and chronic diseases (such as SARS-CoV-2, Dengue fever, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and others) to determine the right course of treatment, improve efficacy of care and thereby save more patient lives. For more information, visit https://www.gammadiagnostics.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Instoried helps companies drive content engagement to get more clicks. Higher engagement leads to higher ROI and optimized marketing spends. With Instoried's proprietary tool, customers have witnessed up to 3X increase in incoming leads per post and 2X rise in ROI in less than 6 months. Instoried uses NLP to create magic with data that helps determine the emotion and tone of marketing content, irrespective of the content's size. Instoried AI engine dynamically determines the emotional engagement quotient of the content and also gives smart recommendations to enhance audience engagement. For more information, visit http://instoried.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Beyond Pulse is the ultimate soccer coaching diagnostic tool that will help you train better. Know your players better. Know how to approach the game better. We help teams create a half step advantage, collectively improving all levels of youth soccer. Beyond Pulse believes every single player and coach across the game should have access to affordable wearable technology. This data can be used to support the continued development of both player and coach from an educational and health perspective. Beyond Pulse will support coaches by promoting critical thinking and a creative approach to practice design. By monitoring transition from activity to activity and length of coaching interventions, we can ensure that both coaches and players are maximizing their time out on the field and benefiting from a half-step advantage in how they perform. The platform is not only designed for coaches but also provides Directors of Coaching with a club-wide management tool. For more information, visit beyondpulse.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Founder and CEO Dr. John Alderete! Tune in to hear the latest and greatest in med tech! Biomirror is committed to developing and commercializing unique solutions to diagnose prevalent diseases for which the current standards are inadequate. Biomirror aims to be the latest in lab testing and giving the appropriate diagnosis for female reproductive and sexual health. Biomirror's focus is in the field of sexual and reproductive health, leveraging infectious disease expertise to develop a low-cost rapid test solution for vaginitis, the number one reason women visit their primary care physician. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Shift is defining the future of education and training through the use of cutting edge virtual reality. Shift provides VR and AI-based training to allow people to recognize their own biases and gain tools to address it and track lasting change and progress. A women-founded technology company, Shift draws on 35+ years of research and experience in equity and immersive technology to deliver highly effective training and learning outcomes at scale. Shift brings together the software, hardware, and support needed to deliver their safe, and innovative proprietary training methodology. For more information, visit http://shiftbias.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
RediCare is a digital therapeutics firm, founded in Ireland in 2014 by an experienced multi-disciplined team with backgrounds in Medicine, Nutritional scientists, Software Engineering and Operations. Their core product RediCare Control has evolved over 6 years from real world deployment and studies in corporate and primary care settings with clinical input from passionate Cardiologists, Endocrinologists, General Practitioners, Nutritional Scientists, Prescribing Pharmacists, Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and world experts in the field of Artificial Intelligence. With RediCare ControlDTx patients are transforming their health across the spectrum of metabolic health. They are experiencing clinically significant reductions in Weight, HbA1c, Blood Pressure and Improved Lipid profiles and PCOS remission. Many Type 2 Diabetic patients have reduced and eliminated their diabetes medications. RediCare ControlDTx is creating a new normal in prescription digital therapeutics for treating cardiometabolic diseases. RediCare envisions a new way to treat diseases like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease by targeting the root cause, not just the effects, using prescription digital therapeutics to deliver personalized clinically validated lifestyle therapy. RediCare partners with primary care practices in the UK and Ireland and serves over 140 corporate clients with chronic disease screening and management services. For more information, visit https://controldtx.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brian speaks with Ben Stein, CEO of Staple! Relying on humans to extract, enter and manage data is a valuable waste of resources. These activities can be slow, error-prone and expensive, and worse still, no employee enjoys this sort of mundane, repetitive work. Staple has developed an ML tool that reads, interprets and extracts structured data from documents faster, more accurately and more affordably than any human can, at scale. Our data extraction capabilities operate successfully regardless of layout or language. Although business documents like invoices and receipts are common use cases for AP automation, we can an also capture data from semi-structured and unstructured documents including medical claims, bills of lading, trade settlement documentation and many more. For more information, visit www.staple.io If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brian speaks with Chethan Athreyas, CEO of SynctacticAI SynctacticAI is a platform to power the future of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. With the proliferation in Data Science and its fraternity, the platform aims at providing a complete automated Data engineering and DevOps suit. SynctacticAI provides an end to end platform where anyone can come connect their data sources, define workflows, visualize insights and build ML/AI models. Teams can collaborate with each other while working on a single source of truth for all their data needs. The flexibility of Hybrid Multicloud provides data teams the power to optimize their workflows and bring in their data or store their data anywhere they please, right from On-Premise deployments to any of the cloud providers. For more information, visit https://synctactic.ai/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Lyrid is a server-less cloud computing API management platform with dynamic load balancing among Google, AWS, Microsoft, Lyrid cloud, and private cloud. Machine learning is deployed to assure best measured trade off of cost versus performance for services in cloud computing. Most customers are seeing savings up to 90% when transitioning from the traditional virtual machine to a hybrid of virtual machine + Lyrid. Lyrid provides developers with an end-to-end experience from local code to global deployment of serverless functions. Lyrid’s Function Delivery Networks lets the customer have the CDN-like experience for their code: push it once to our server and we will distribute them across all clouds. For more information, visit lyrid.io If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Artificial Intelligence & Industrial IoT solutions company increasing profitability of manufacturing companies globally. Lincode has developed a unique computer vision-based solution that detects QA issues at higher rates of accuracy and at lower costs than major competitors. The Secret? A proprietary model that incorporates AI to detect manufacturing defects of less than 2 microns at 120 FPS, incorporates ML to predict machine downtime, and incorporates AI and ML to predict the likelihood of future product defects. The solution is deployable with basic camera equipment in open environments and is operable within a single month of engagement. For more information, visit lincode.ai If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Varty is the newest social network focused on generating new meaningful connections. No text. No statuses. Varty lets you enter virtual spaces where you have friends or where you have been invited. Within a room, you move your photo to join video calls with groups or individuals. Varty launched last December 2020 and has been growing ever since! For more information, visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brian speaks with Courtney Brand, CEO of thelighthouse. thelighthouse is building the Waze for everyone's career, starting with a career growth platform built for the fast changing world of work. thelighthouse empowers rising mid-career professionals with the network, insights, and support to reach their career goals and maximize their potential via one-on-one matching with relevant professionals, curated resources, and member-driven events. thelighthouse partners with people-first companies looking to invest in their top Millennial talent, thereby increasing performance and loyalty. For more information, visit www.thelighthouse.us If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brian speaks with Manjunath Venkatram, Founder and CEO of Thought Data ThoughtData helps enterprise companies to reduce downtime and poor performance of IT application services/infrastructure with unified IT monitoring solutions. ThoughtData's Enterprise360 software solution provides unified and actionable observability to detect and resolve network, application, and infrastructure performance issues. The unified Solution approach helps enterprise businesses to significantly reduce cost, tool clutter, maintenance, manual data correlation and mean time to respond (MTTR) to critical IT issues. For more information, visit https://thoughtdata.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com
This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Veroniek Vermeulen, Founder of Silatha Silatha is a habit forming meditation app, liberating women in a male dominated society. We believe that women are a powerful force for change in the world and we need women to be able to tap into their inherent powers. We encourage her with confidence and inner strength, so she can stand up to the pressure of today’s world. Supporting her through life’s challenges like pregnancy, female leadership, menopause, being a new mom, etc. We use anchor meditation to prolong the effect of the meditation and have 5 times higher retention rate vs competition. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Kirill Starodubov, Co-Founder of EVtrip About EVtrip EVtrip smart charger constantly measures consumption of your home/business, electric vehicle, renewable generation you might have, then taking into account power limit agreed with your energy provider EVtrip Smart Charger automatically defines the highest charging power to charge your car in the shortest time possible. EVtrip has reinvented chargers taking into account all needs EV owners might have. Their production is located in Europe(Italy) ensuring the highest quality and short delivery terms while remaining the most affordable charger on the market For more information, please visit https://evtrip.net/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Aayush Khandpur, CEO and Co-Founder of Fudr A few about Fudr: Fudr is a web app that provides you with a seamless outing experience wherever you go. All you need are a few taps on your smartphone. Be it the eatery down the lane or your favorite coffee bar, just scan the QR code on your table and the application takes you directly to the menu. Select and confirm your order and pay from the comfort of your chair through your cell phone. Worried who gets that cheque? Have Fudr’s split feature assist you to just pay your bill without the need to download anything Fudr makes your life super easy as it extracts the waiting period, gives you the comfort of your personal always available menu and helps you merge the bill with the rest of the dinner party, all without the need to download the app. While a restaurant benefits with a dynamic menu, data analytics, easy induction on those customer loyalty programs they have thought about, enclosed in the envelope of staff rightsizing. More about Fudr please visit: https://www.business.fudr.in/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Asad Faizi, Founder and CEO of CloudPlex. In this episode, Brian and Asad talk about cloud technology, what it is and how it is fundamental to today’s technology. They discuss what CloudPlex is, how it came about and what problems it aims to solve especially for developers. Lastly, Asad explains how they plan to increase their revenue in the years to come - investors, CloudPlex is one of the companies to watch out for! About CloudPlex: CloudPlex platform is the next generation, low-code, visual drag n drop SaaS platform for developers, making Kubernetes application development easy, painless and fast. We are changing the way developers create, test, debug and deploy Kubernetes applications. Just like smart IDEs have become a standard developer’s tool, we envision smart visual tools becoming standard for developers to build Kubernetes applications. CloudPlex presents a smart visual drag-n-drop interface that hides all the complexity of the underlying technologies, and fully automates the development lifecycle – from designing, to building, to debugging, to deployment and management of Kubernetes applications. With CloudPlex, developers never have to manually create YAML or Helm - the platform automatically generates all required artifacts. CloudPlex enables remote development from IDEs to dev clusters. There is no need to repeatedly push, build, and deploy code to a Kubernetes cluster. CloudPlex makes collaborative integration testing easy and painless by providing a set of diagnostic, debug and troubleshooting dashboards. The CloudPlex Kubernetes-ready Service Hub enables reusability of services to speed up application delivery. Developers can choose from 1300+ services and add them in seconds, through a visual interface CloudPlex platform cuts down the development and debugging time by 50%, and reduces errors by half. It reduces the level of Kubernetes skill set required to build cloud native applications, and allows existing developers without Kubernetes expertise to become productive without extensive training. CloudPlex reduces enterprise’s dependence on deep expertise in Kubernetes to win in the marketplace. For more information, visit www.cloudplex.io If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Nick Lynch, Co-Founder & CEO of Collidescope, and Dan Thorman their Operations and Strategy Executive! In this episode, Brian, Nick and Dan talk about the genesis of Collidescope, their vision and goal, who are the types of companies or organizations that they help out. They also talk about their amazing team, and their plan to scale the company to great heights and how you, as an investor, help them reach this goal. About Collidescope.io: Companies are seeing an opportunity to add corporate social responsibility (CSR) to their operations by pivoting towards activities that have social and environmental impact (doing good) while generating financial returns (creating value). In 2020, companies spent over $20B on their CSR initiatives. However, they are seeking better value for their money and returns on investment in terms of business and social outcomes, and expecting nonprofits to be more accountable and transparent than ever. For context, there are an estimated 10 million nonprofit organizations (or non-governmental organizations) worldwide and if they were a country, they would have the 5th largest economy in the world. Collidescope.io helps bring transparency and measurement to nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies looking to be more involved in corporate social responsibility initiatives. Collidescope.io is a social media analytics and measurement SaaS platform that allows global causes, influencers, and corporations to better partner, promote, and measure their collective impact. Collidescope.io, a MVP-validated, post-revenue company with amazing clients like American Lung Association, Make A Wish Foundation, Didi Hirsch Mental Services, and many more! For more info about Collidescope please visit https://collidescope.io/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Josh Jackson, CEO, and Cofounder of Promptus, and Philip McKnight their COO! In this episode, Brian, Josh, and Philip discuss how Promptus started and the idea behind it, how dental insurance works and how they make this easy for companies. They also discuss the amazing team behind the company, their growth plan and how they plan to scale their revenue from $10,000 monthly to $100,000 a month. Lastly, they share why Promptus is one of the companies that you should invest in.
A few words about Promptus:
Promptus is a new dental benefit that enables employers to create high-value dental plans at a fraction of the cost. It's offered with a cutting-edge app experience that makes finding a great dentist and getting coverage easy and transparent.
For more info about Promtus, please visit: https://promptus.com/
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This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Justin Myers, CEO of Explorest. In this episode, Brian and Justin talk about the genesis of Explorest, their vision and goal, who they look out for as their contributors and users. They also talk about how much they need to raise and their plan to scale the company to great heights. About Explorest: Explorest has introduced a brand new way for Creators to monetize their travel knowledge and content creation skills. Our platform curates and publishes this expertise in our award-winning app, helping our global community plan a trip, get the most from their adventures and take the best photos—no more wasting countless hours searching for reliable advice on great places to go. Users pay a small fee to access the app's Pro insights, which we share with our network of 135+ world-renowned Creatives and Lifestyle/Travel Experts (with 1,000+ more on a waitlist). For more information, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Gaetano Volpe, Founder and CEO of Latitudo 40. In this episode, Brian and Gaetano talk about how Latitudo 40's technology helps shape the future of almost every place in the world and improve their quality of life. They also talk about the amazing team of experts behind the company, how they see the company growing in the next 5-10 years, and of course, why you should invest in them as we did! About Latitudo 40: Founded in 2017 by 4 space industry experts and image analysis gurus, Latitudo 40 has combined the 20 years of experience of the “aged” founders to the multidisciplinary and young team which has grown to over 10 people. The team has now artificial intelligence, machine learning, image processing experts, UIX specialists, and business development professionals. Their vision is to give easy access to satellite images for everyone. Latitudo 40 brings together data and algorithms from multiple sources and provides straightforward information to understand our planet from above. Their motto is “Earth Analytics made Simple“. Every day, Latitudo 40 puts passion into creating new tools that allow people to monitor the Earth, with the skills and knowledge needed to read an email or post pictures on social networks. With all this information at our fingertips, we can make better and faster decisions to support your activities and have a positive impact on our daily processes. From infrastructure monitoring to precision agriculture and emergency response, Latitudo 40 believes that understanding the pace of world changes will help to change it in the right direction. For more information, please visit https://www.latitudo40.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Sriram Subramanian, Founder of ShoppinPal about how ShoppinPal started and what inspired Sriram to create ShoppinPal. They also talk about how they managed to onboard 2,500 clients in just 5 months and their plan to get more clients by the end of the year. Sriram also tells Brian the roadblocks they faced and how they managed to overcome those. Lastly, Sriram tells us their plan to scale up in the future and become the next unicorn, and of course, how your investment will greatly help them! About ShoppinPal: ShoppinPal is a rapidly growing Global first mover in B2B, Cloud-based SaaS Integration Tech, focused on the Retail/ Restaurant/Payments POS and Ghost/Cloud/Dark Kitchen verticals. Their unique proprietary iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) Product enables leading Point of Sale (POS) Software Providers to speedily and seamlessly integrate their POS Software with ANY System/App(Internal or External) available, at scale. This enables any imaginable integration between POS Software Providers and their SMB end customers’ diverse set of branded-or-legacy Internal Software Systems (such as Accounting /e-Comm/ ERP/ Inventory Management/HR/Loyalty systems/CRM), at scale. Fully customizable and ready to use with a simple, single point, plug-and-play access, and deployment. Leading to huge Cost Savings via workflow automation. For more information, please visit https://www.shoppinpal.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Bar Barda, CEO of 360 Vetch.tv This week, Brian and Bar talk about how started and the wonderful eureka idea behind it, their diverse team of professionals who help make the company to where it is today, the amazing system of converting consumers to content creators. They also discuss how Vetch plans to reach the 100k monthly revenue, the amount they need to raise to help them develop their platform better, and of course, why you should invest in them. About Vetch.tv 's technology selects, highlights, and moderates user-generated content from leading social media platforms in order to maximize the user's time on the brand's website, increase satisfaction and optimize conversion. Their AI model recommends personalized videos to each user in order to maximize the probability of engagement. Vetch.tv solution increases engagement between the content creators and the brand, creating a win-win situation where the brand enjoys high-quality, personalized content for website visitors, while the content creators enjoy exposure and recognition. For more information, please visit https://www.vetch.tv/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Dina Abdul Majeed, Founder of 360 Moms In this episode, Brian and Dina discuss what 360 Moms is, what inspired them to start their company, their vision and goal, the positive responses they received and the challenges they faced as well. Lastly, Brian and Dina are here to tell you why investing in 360 Moms is the best decision you will ever make today! About 360 Moms 360 Moms is a modern trusted scientific online platform to support and empower mothers, increasing the level of better child care physically, emotionally, and mentally. We are working towards revolutionizing digital support for parents. 360 Moms believe that if parents have positive thoughts and thoughtful actions, they will be able to raise happy children who will thrive in all walks of life. 360 Moms helps parents develop their knowledge and abilities by providing them with top-notch service and advice from experts in parenting from around the globe. Overall, 360 Moms is the platform that will help provide a better, easier, and thoughtful parenting experience for Moms (and dads) all over the world! For more information, please visit https://www.360moms.net/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
About Pardigm Inc Stress is “the health epidemic of the 21st century" according to the WHO. Pardigm Inc. is utilizing easy saliva-based testing through a mobile app to unlock optimal recovery and daily training for both health seekers and high-performance athletes. 60% of athletes overtrain even with the best heart rate meters. The testing is focused on cortisol levels. Cortisol is the gold standard for stress and recovery but tests are expensive, invasive, cumbersome, and often obsolete by the time you receive the results. Pardigm is changing the game with FDA-approved nanoparticle assays and patented computer vision to enable instant results at home for a $1B opportunity. For more information, please visit https://www.pardigm.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Nishit Pancholi, Co-founder, COO, and CMO of Jointechlabs. In this episode, Brian and Nishit talk about how Jointechlabs started, their struggles, and how they overcame them. The mind-blowing technology they have for regenerative medicine explains why you should invest in them. About Jointechlabs: Jointechlabs (JTL) is an emerging worldwide leader in point-of-care regenerative medicine therapies. MiniTC™ - FDA cleared Mini-Stem System™ - For EU and ROW With their devices and technology, they enable healthcare practitioners (HCPs), and hospitals to provide safe, cost-effective non-surgical regenerative medicine therapies at the point of care without change in the infrastructure. Both MiniTC™ and Mini-Stem System™ are medical devices that can be used as stand-alone or as a platform for the development of clinical therapies and 3D Bioprinting of tissues. For more info, please visit www.jointechlabs.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Anri Kivimäki, Founder and CEO of AISpotter In this episode, Brian and Anri discuss what is computer vision and how it helps with the future of machine learning, the amazing technology that AISpotter has created, and how this technology can be used in various businesses from sports to security, and so much more. Lastly, we hear how they plan to achieve $100k/month in revenue. About AISpotter: AISpotter enables professionals to turn massive amounts of recorded and streamed video into usable and shareable information that helps them make better decisions, delight fans, and even predict the future. The technology pinpoints the most important parts of any recorded and even multiple simultaneous live-streamed videos, from any camera, with any setup, and makes production-ready highlights available instantly. AISpotter was founded in 2018 when a university vision AI project was first used to help sports teams quickly get the best information from game videos. Now the company helps production people, 24/7 live streams, coaches, and even security firms across Europe to process video into usable knowledge and insights.
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Madhav Kasturia, Founder of ZFW Hospitality. In this episode, Brian and Madhav talk about what's a cloud kitchen and how it helps food businesses, the challenges they faced and how they overcame it, and of course, their plan to increase revenue to $1M per month. About ZFW Hospitality: ZFW uses an innovative capital-light approach to help scale cloud kitchens & boost profitability. ZFW’s portfolio consists of consumer brands catering to Asian & Regional cuisines like Biryani Street, Bowl Street, Beijing Street, & The Jackpot, etc. With a presence in 16 locations around Delhi NCR, our expertise enables us to set up a new kitchen in less than 30 hours while servicing a happy customer in 30 minutes. ZFW has served over 3,50,000 loyal customers through its offerings! For more info, please visit https://www.zfwhospitality.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Paarth Dhar, Co-Founder of Dstreet Games. In this episode, Brian and Paarth discuss the genesis of Dstreet Games, the app's cool new features, the challenges they faced, and their goal to turn investment enthusiasts into investors About Dstreet Games: Dstreet Games is India's biggest fantasy gaming platform for stocks & crypto! Users learn about stock markets & investing while playing games on their all-in-one stock gaming platform. They are committed to helping new investors learn more about the financial markets through quizzes, learning modules, and mock stock games. For more info, please visit https://dstreet.games/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Hasam Khan, Founder, and CEO of Rabt. In this episode, Brian and Hasam talk about how Rabt started, the idea behind it, how Rabt can help Muslims in connecting them with their religion and community, and of course, why you should invest in Rabt now. About Rabt: Rabt enables Millennials and Gen-Z Muslims to mindfully connect and immerse in Islam through inspiring content on-demand. For more info, please visit https://rabttech.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Rushabh Mehta, CEO and Founder of Matchbook Services. In this episode, Brian and Rushabh talk about how Matchbook AI began, their amazing team, and how they will change the data space becoming the next startup unicorn! About Matchbook AI: Matchbook AI is an emerging force in not only data management but also in trade compliance. Their SaaS solution eliminates the impact of poor decision making by providing the right data, insights and signals to decision makers through effective integration with industry recognized data providers such as Dun & Bradstreet, Experian, Google, and others. Matchbook AI’s established, loyal customer base includes Fortune 50/500 companies like IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and Mastercard. These customers and many others take advantage of Matchbook AI to make mission critical decisions with absolute confidence. For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Miho Shoji, Co-Founder and CEO of Moodbit. In this episode, Brian and Miho talk about the idea behind Moodbit, the lessons they learned, why Moodbit is a must-have HR tech for any company especially during COVID-19, and what Moodbit's future looks like. About Moodbit: Moodbit is a People Analytics solution that helps organizations to make better People decisions by bridging the People-Data gap, improving employee engagement, productivity, and retention in the workplace Moodbit makes data-driven decisions daily using real-time analytics & insights on your employee engagement, retention, network and so much more. Manage your remote employees and help them to be more productive. Moodbit also offers recommendations sent to your employees on Slack for positive habits that impact your team’s wellbeing, productivity, and engagement. For more info, please visit www.mymoodbit.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Daniel Dietzel, CEO of Aphrodite. In this episode, Brian and Daniel talk about Daniel's entrepreneurial journey, the challenges that Aphrodite faced and how they overcame them, their investment/crowdfunding journey, and Aphrodite's vision to become the #1 company for marketing insights! About Aphrodite: Aphrodite is building the future of business intelligence by leapfrogging legacy enterprise databases and plugging directly into the platforms they use every day. Since the very beginning, pursuing "the impossible" has been fundamental to Aphrodite's culture. Though impossible problems appear daunting, they simply require time, patience, and sincerity. It is the spirit behind Aphrodite's fun final test for employees: solving a Rubik's cube by heart in under five minutes. Aphrodite's culture translates into their products. Their mission is to create simple, but thoughtful products - ones that hide the seemingly enormous and complex problems that they solve for their customers. When you use Aphrodite products, your big problems become smaller, manageable ones. For more info, please visit www.aphrodite.io If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Monica Oravcova, Co-Founder and COO of Naoris. In this episode, Brian and Monica talk about the genesis of Naoris, the idea behind it, their amazing team, the future of cybersecurity, blockchain, and AI, and of course, why investors should invest in Naoris now. About Naoris:
NAORIS is an award winning Blockchain Based Security Ecosystem that helps clients to protect their data and workforce from sophisticated attacks, supply chain attacks and internal threats by containing cyber incidents in milliseconds before they can result in security breaches. Clients benefit from automated cybersecurity enforcement, seamless transformation of their infrastructure into blockchain which does security for them.
As the only selected company to partner directly with ETHerium Genesys advised by H.E. Khurram Shroff, Naoris is implementing its solution into banking and financial systems in Canada, integrating with robotic providers in the USA and expanding into other industries like car manufacturing, healthcare and critical infrastructure. Currently the company has grown 1000% YTD hitting its yearly revenue target just in the first 4 months of 2021. For more info, please visit www.naoris.com
Check out Naoris' social media channels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/naorisofficial/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaorisOriginal Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8JJT_hbORB0MR8S39_f6VA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/11232619/
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This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Tomas Hultgreen of ContentMap!
In this episode, Brian and Tomas talk about the idea behind ContentMap, how it works, and why you should invest and use ContentMap for your company or network. About ContentMap:
ContentMap develops and sells products around inventions on computer interface, search and file systems. The products make content in computers easier to find and easier to manage. Their inventions and technologies are also protected by patents!
The ContentMap software saves time and frustration. You can move the mouse freely over all folders and more easily find content. You see it all in the helicopter view. It also gives improved results from search engines and a new easier drag-and-drop.
ContentMap's goal is to be the most recognized and appreciated solution for easy access and management of content in computers. The company's solutions are available to companies and private customers alike.
For more info, please visit www.contentmap.com
Check out ContentMap's social media channels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/contentmaps/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ContentMap/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/contentmap/
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This week host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Ravi Chamria, Co-founder and CEO of Zeeve. In this episode, Brian and Ravi discuss the future of blockchain technology, how it can help companies today and in the future, the challenges that Zeeve faced and how they overcome them, their wonderful team and lastly why this is the right time to invest in Zeeve. About Zeeve Inc: Zeeve provides the most robust and secured infrastructure and automation platform to deploy and manage Blockchain nodes and networks for various protocols. Zeeve's mission is to enable and strengthen the Decentralized Future for innovators to expand the Web3 infrastructure. Zeeve was founded by a group of Blockchain, DLT & IOT developers and deployment enthusiasts. They have been testing & trying different blockchain protocols since the very inception of them. It is their effort & enthusiasm which has taken them to many hackathons, events and also toward giving shape to several enterprise product ideas. It is during those hackathons that Zeeve realised the need to focus on development & innovation while some automations are taking care of the deployment and updates. For more info, please visit
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Sharmin Ali of Instoried About Instoried: We are a young startup that aims at driving content engagement to get more clicks. Higher engagement results in higher ROI and a great yield on marketing spends. Using our proprietary tool, customers have witnessed up to 3X increase in incoming leads per post and 2X rise in ROI in less than 6 months. We use NLP to create magic with data that helps determine the emotion and tone of marketing content, irrespective of the size of the content. Our AI engine dynamically determines the emotional engagement quotient of content and also gives smart recommendations to enhance engagement with the audience For more info, please visit www.instoried.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Tony Frisone from CZAR-Power. In this episode, Tony and Brian talk about the benefits of using solar power to have energy independence for everyone, what CZAR-Power aims to solve, their exceptional team, and Anthony's 5-year vision for the company. About CZAR-Power : CZAR-Power brings energy independence to every American. CZAR-Power combines solar power inversion, Electric Vehicle fast charging, and stationary storage connection in one customizable patented system. Tony is a founding member of CZAR and serves as Chief Executive Officer. Tony graduated from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was commissioned in the U.S. Army as an Engineer Officer. Tony co-founded CZAR shortly after returning from Afghanistan in 2015, to turn an idea into an industry-altering technology. Tony also continued his technical education by earning an M.S. in Geological Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. Tony strives to revolutionize the automotive and cleantech industries and create a safer, cleaner, and more sustainable world. For more info, please visit https://www.czar-power.com/
Check out CZAR-Power's social media platforms: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CZAR_POWER LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/czar-power
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Mona Sharma and Craig Goodwill of Xicama™
In this episode, Brian, Mona and Craig talk about the health benefits of Jicama, how Xicama™ came to be, what they went through from getting the right recipe down to the packaging, what makes Xicama™ different from any other health beverages out there and their vision for Xicama™ 5 years down the road.
About Xicama: Xicama™ was created by celebrity Nutritionist and Wellness Educator, Mona Sharma. For over a decade, Mona has worked with her clients including Will Smith, Julianne Hough and Hrithik Roshan, studying the connection between food, gut health and vitality. Having recovered from two heart surgeries and with a family history of autoimmune disease, Mona was amazed at the power of food to heal and strongly believes “food is medicine". Mona's mission for Xicama™ is to create a line of functional food products that deliver the gut and immune-boosting benefits, without sacrificing on great taste and fun! After a successful Coachella activation, where Xicama™ broke sales records, Xicama™ will soon be the next global superfood brand.
Immerse yourself in the refreshing and delicious taste of jicama (hee-kama). The ancient Latin American root has powerful gut and immune boosting benefits. This superfood combined with splashes of natural ingredients and 5g of prebiotic fiber tastes as good as it feels. Let this magic sparkling elixir reignite your mind-body connection.
Xicama™ first-to-market product is a collection of 3 prebiotic jicama waters created by award-winning beverage architects Bar Lab, this is only the beginning for Xicama™. Along with these new and innovative Jicama-based products, Xicama™ will be launching Jicama Gut Shots, and Jicama Flour, Jicama Milk, Jicama Pizza Dough, cakes, snacks and more in the near future.
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Chris Erhardt of Tunedly! In this episode, Brian and Chris discuss what music royalties are and how musicians make money from it, the genesis of Tunedly, Tunedly’s partnership with A-list music companies, and why investors should get in touch with them. About Tunedly: Tunedly is one of the most recognized companies among songwriters worldwide in only four short years, by transforming a traditionally location-based business model (recording studio) to a fully digitalized online business. Tunedly is a one-of-its-kind online music recording studio providing a fresh approach to creating real music with the world’s best musicians. So if you’re looking into making real music online, Tunedly is the perfect place for you. Whether you’re a music vet or a newbie, you will find that making music with us is almost as easy as breathing. Plus, there are opportunities to get the exposure you deserve, and all the tools and support you need to get from song ideas to radio-ready music, and everything in between. For more info, please visit www.tunedly.com Check out Tunedly’s social media platforms: Facebook: Instagram: LinkedIn: Twitter: Youtube: If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Jason Michaud and Leonardo Valença from imMail! Brian, Jason and Leonardo talk about how imMail is going to become the next WhatsApp-but better. They also discuss how imMail's technology can be integrated into different business platforms, their goals and how they plan to achieve it, and most of all, they talk about why you should invest in them.
About imMail: imMail is a messaging and collaboration platform that offers chat, drive, task management and video conference in one single app for half of the price. imMail main differentiators are it's easy to use interface, the best price of the market, On-premise installations and the integration with the MATRIX protocol, which allows companies to talk externally with customers and suppliers even if they are using other apps like WhatsApp, Telegram or FB messenger.
For more info, please visit www.immail.ca
Check out imMail's social media platforms: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/appimmail/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/immail/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/immail.app/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCs0B565sJCC3krz_rvIlnw
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This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Saeed Talebzadeh, Founder and CEO of DataCalculus! In this episode, Brian and Saeed talk about what makes DataCalculus different from other Estonian startups, how they are ready for growth, their plan to triple their revenue, and the great feedback that they get from their mentors! DataCalculus is the first software that not only empowers data experts to be four times more productive but also enables the executives to develop AI-Driven strategies in one single day. Now, C-suites and heads of departments can confidently create their action plans by data-validated strategies.
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Farokh Shahabi, CEO of Formaloo! In this episode, Brian and Farokh talk about what data analytics is and how it's helping e-commerce companies grow, and Formaloo's ultimate goal for 2021. About Formaloo: Formaloo is the first real data analytics and customer data platform, made for business owners, not data scientists. Formaloo focuses on growing e-commerces, to grow their revenue from their existing customers and help them keep their customers. We offer a super simple and totally automatic data collection and machine learning solution without any code, so they can really understand their business and their customers and act on it to boost their Loyalty, LTV and CX. For more info, please visit or email Farokh Shahabi at farokh@formaloo.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Tebogo Mokwena, CTO and Co-Founder of Akiba Digital. Few words from Akiba Digital: Akiba Digital is a South African startup that helps financial services providers monetize their data through the power of predictive insights and alternative scoring. Akiba Digital is a financial data aggregation company, that houses an agnostic data consolidation and enrichment engine that clusters, visualizes, and predicts consumer behavior. Our vision is to build a company that is most effective at understanding and enhancing personal financial management for the African consumer. For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Yael Tamar of Solidblock! Few words from: Yael Tamar is the CMO and Partner at Solidblock, which provides a new fundraising vehicle, offering a compliant global platform for the issuance and trade of digital securities backed by real estate & other assets. Yael is a blockchain strategist, speaker, advisor, and mentor. Prior to Solidblock, Yael founded and led a blockchain advisory firm TopOfBlockchain, where she focused on marketing strategy, market education, and building new business and token models within regulatory and market constraints. Yael has over a decade of experience as a marketing executive within the fintech, finance, telecom and energy industries, as well as a long track record as an entrepreneur. She has founded the Women in Block global network, advancing women influencers in the blockchain industry. Yael is also a regional co-chair at FIBREE, the Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise, the leading international network for exchanging knowledge between the real estate industry. If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with CEO and Founder of Yuva Pay, Prashanth Naik. In this episode, Brian and Prashanth talk about the inspiration behind Yuva Pay, how it works, the banking system in India, and their plans for growth. About Yuva Pay: Yuva Pay is a mobile payment platform for the last mile rural population who are Unconnected and Unbanked. Yuva Pay is a pioneer in the mobile payments field and designed a new payment platform which can be used to make payments with or without an internet connection, supporting both smart and feature phones. Yuva Pay's goal is to enable its users/ customers/ merchants to send and receive money, anywhere and at any time seamlessly. The company plans to empower 500+ million Lower and Middle Income rural users with 5+ million retail shops across Tier-2 and below cities in India. Using the power of Offline Mobile Payment (PATENT Pending Technology), we have made it our mission to build a One Single Payment Solution which translates all our cash transactions into digital payment, to enable a CASHLESS society. For more info, please visit www.yuvapay.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with CEO of Versus Rewards, Daryl Hemingway! Few words from Versus: VERSUS is where fans play. VERSUS is the fan participation platform where fans Play, Compete, Win and chat with friends during live sports. Using our proprietary game sync technology and Fanchat, fans predict a play in real-time, show off their fandom with trivia and contests, climb the leaderboard, challenge their friends, earn V$ points, prizes and bragging rights. VERSUS solves the $80 Billion dollar problem of sports marketing: no data to know if it works, by delivering brands engagements up to 18X higher than social media. We track insights and behavior data to deliver sponsors and teams return on every dollar spent. For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Allison Bischoff of Rozzy Learning Company In this episode, Brian and Allison discuss how Rozzy Learning started, what is their goal, their target markets, and plans for growth. About Rozzy Learning Company: Rozzy Learning Company sparks kids' interest in careers. All Rozzy programs are career-infused and give students real-world experiences. Rozzy programs are affordable and easy-to-use for teachers. Rozzy’s signature program, STEM Career Adventures, is the first STEM career program for K-8th grade. STEM Career Adventures lets students clean up an oil spill like a marine biologist or design a blueprint like an architect. All of Rozzy’s programs are digitally-delivered and can be used in the classroom, after school programs, camps, and at home. For more info, please visit http://www.rozzylearningcompany.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Arpit Kaushik of Hypha!
In this episode, Arpit & Brian talk all about what innovation is, the inspiration behind Hypha, how companies use Hypha for their organization, Hypha's future plans and their revenue growth.
What is Hypha?
For enterprises focused on driving growth through innovation, Hypha is a knowledge management platform that allows teams to find, share and reuse knowledge more easily, generate new ideas faster and create better solutions. Through connecting and integrating qualitative and quantitative knowledge, insights and data - from both inside and outside the organization - Hypha unlocks value and provides new opportunities for transformational growth. Using a revolutionary combination of graph technology and AI/ML processing, the Hypha solution is mapped against an enterprise’s unique organizational structure, and it enables three unique innovation lenses of Hindsight, Cross-Sight and Foresight. For more info, please visit www.hypha.cc
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This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with CEO, Wael Abou ElElla
In this episode, Brian and Wael talk about what Matwaffar means, their growth strategy, their focus areas, and their promise to investors.
What is Matwaffar? Matwaffar is Egypt's first internet mall, find your desired product with the lowest price in one click. They are a multi-channel platform and the preferred hub for e-Commerce. Their simple promise to their customers is, “If there is a better deal, we will get it for you.” Matwaffar offers online shopping through their website, mobile app, and very soon, their very own Chrome extension.
Matwaffar currently has more than 20,000 products on sale on their website, many of which are from top global brands. "We are very proud to say that we offer price history, price drop alerts, customer reviews, and expert reviews - which is among the very first in the MENA region." says Wael.
For more info, please visit https://www.matwaffar.com/
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Roman Gromov of AiBion. In this episode, Brian and Roman talk about what AiBion is all about, how they help cancer patients, and their plans to grow. Few words from AiBion: AiBion Technologies was founded in September 2019 in Belarus by a group of like-minded people, united by the goal of building new generation cancer diagnosis to make it time-saving and the most accurate. Within a year, we grew up a dream-team of more than 20 professionals and built our own solution to store, view, share, and analyze histological data. We enhanced it by the power of Deep Learning to significantly augment the capabilities of medical experts. Leveraging the advantages of Cloud Solutions, AI & ML we make the Second Opinion available to everyone and extract deep knowledge from pathology slides for the benefit of Patients & Doctors. We believe that we can bring histopathology to the new level of speed and precision, find new insights in medical data and contribute to the development of personalised cancer treatment. For more info, please visit Additional information: ramon@aibion.ai - Ramon Gromov's email address If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Jim Lewis of Benjamin.
In this episode, Brian and Jim talk about how Benjamin started, the healthcare problem in the US, the challenges they faced, and their growth plan. Few words from Benjamin: Benjamin reduces wasteful healthcare spending by empowering self-funded organizations and their employees with the insight they urgently need--price transparency. Benjamin focuses on reducing up to 30% of the outpatient and prescription costs through claims analytics, price transparency and engagement technologies.
For more info, please visit www.benjaminsaves.com
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This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Rob Charles Wells of Goldfingr.
In this episode, Brian and Rob talk about how Goldfingr started, the value of social clubs and networks, and most importantly, why you need to build and join networks as an entrepreneur.
Few words from Goldfingr: Goldfingr is a virtual exclusive membership club. We connect successful individuals who can help each other achieve their business and personal goals. Our members are connected 24/7 in real-time via our app. We also provide global concierge services.
Goldfingr is the modern paradigm of social clubs - a think tank, incubator and socially conscious business accelerator. We use technology, events and brick and mortar social clubs to keep our members connected. We’ve integrated raising capital, investing, business, the arts, entertainment and social, adding unprecedented value to our members, with a complete VIP experience.
For more info, please visit https://www.goldfingr.net/
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This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Apple Tung Fong of Entertainment Oxygen.
In this episode, Brian and Apple talk about the entertainment industry, how they operate, what inspired Apple to create the Entertainment Oxygen app, and how it helps people in the entertainment industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Few words from Entertainment Oxygen:
Entertainment Oxygen is a mobile app, creating a virtual marketplace where entertainment professionals can connect with above-the-line and below-the-line talent to effectively work together and create a flourishing ecosystem.
For decades, entertainment industry professionals have been suffocating due to wasted time, lack of security, a shortage of quality networks, and the lack of secure reliable funding sources. Additionally, there are large barriers between countries making it difficult to develop entertainment projects internationally.
This is where Entertainment Oxygen provides a fresh breath of air. EO’s inclusivity brings industry professionals together, cutting out the middleman and providing talented individuals with better opportunities to connect, showcase their talents and further their careers. Entertainment Oxygen is easily accessible through a first-class mobile app & desktop platform that is security protected, simple to use, and multilingual. EO helps users save time, money and energy by tailoring the connections to their specific needs. EO provides live events, education, and mentorship to help accelerate our members’ projects.
Additional information: apple@entertainmentoxygen.com - Apple Tung Fong's email address www.entertainmentoxygen.com - Entertainment Oxygen's website
For more information visit www.entertainmentoxygen.com
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This week host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Garry Drummond of LOCH Technologies Inc.
In this episode, Brian and Garry talk about their patented Wireless Machine Vision platform, their incredible team, coming towards Series A and why you should invest in them.
Few words from LOCH LOCH is a global leader of next-generation wireless threat monitoring. The company provides actionable intelligence on all 5G cellular and wireless IoT devices to help organizations improve their security posture, reduce risk, and manage wireless data usage across the enterprise. Every wireless device needs to be visible and secure, regardless of what type of device it is, what protocol it uses, and who owns it. This guides everything we do and why LOCH aims to secure and enable the new world of wireless innovation that will drive the next generation of digital transformation.
LOCH helps bring order to this world of wireless chaos. With its patented Wireless Machine Vision platform, LOCH provides full and proactive management and security for all 5G, operational technology (OT), and IoT environments. Every connected device needs to be visible, manageable, and secure, regardless of the type of device, the protocol it uses, and who owns it. Whether for 5G, broad-spectrum IoT wireless, or Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) environments, LOCH helps customers manage security, performance, and cost for the full range of wireless devices. By providing full visibility and actionable intelligence on all devices, LOCH enables organizations to confidently embrace the new world of wireless innovation that is driving the next generation of digital transformation.
For more information visit, www.loch.io
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This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Nan Zhang Founder / CEO of MyMarkit!
Few words from MyMarkit:
MyMarkit (stealth mode Vision Interchange) is a first-of-its-kind fintech transaction marketplace that lets users shop directly and bypass loss in value. This novel approach allows value/currency to be attached directly to commodities to retain more worth for both retail and resale items (not bartering/swapping). We attach IP ledgers and automated passive sensors to facilitate 100% fail-proof authentication at scale. VI is the initial iteration applied to the vision market through a top ten accelerator. We are launching the general marketplace, MyMarkit, for luxury/millennial collectibles/brands.
For more info, please visit mymarkit.co / www.visioninterchange.com
Additional information: www.mymarkit.co - MyMarkIt website nan@mymarkit.co - Nan Zhang's email address
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This week, host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Wade T Micoley of RealtyHive.
In this episode, Brian and Wade discuss the ins and outs of real estate and marketing, how RealtyHive helps brokers and real estate agents, and RealtyHive's plan to become a unicorn.
Few words from RealtyHive: RealtyHive is a global platform giving everyone world-class marketing and consumers cashback on all things Real Estate. With a successful 85% adoption rate of the connected revenue product lines, RealtyHive will continue to grow with access to an inherently massive and global market. At 60+% of the initial raise completed, the average investor has invested $100,000+. RealtyHive is led by a group of successfully proven innovators, always testing and improving the way real estate is globally transacted. Top 5 Favourite Moments: * 3:04 - Wade started out as a musician and was drawn into real estate. He quickly realized that he wanted to do more than just sell properties. Triggering his entrepreneurial side, he branched out and started 2 companies and a bank. * 5:48 - RealtyHive was created as a tool and solution for brokers and real estate agents market their properties and sell them fast. * 9:16 - When RealtyHive was testing their platform with multiple global properties, they were able to get almost 300 leads from different cities, and was able to close over 1300 properties in only 45 days! * 19:43 - RealtyHive's next step is to be at $100M evaluation. Having a revenue of 1.2M in the first 8months, RealtyHive will keep growing until they a unicorn. * 26:37 - Wade's message to future investors Additional information: wtm@realtyhive.com - Wade T Micoley's email address www.realtyhive.com - RealtyHive website
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This week host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Sami Al-Ahmad of MARJ3.
In this episode, Brian and Sami talk about MARJ3’s unique platform, what inspired Sami and his team to start MARJ3, how they managed to get 2.4M users to visit their platform and Sami’s message to future investors.
Few words from MARJ3: MARJ3 is a platform that works to help students across the MENA region to find and connect with educational opportunities and access internationally-accredited courses. It currently attracts 2.4 million monthly visits from students eager to explore the opportunities listed on MARJ3.
They have 3 major services: 1. MARJ3 Education dedicated to schools and universities. 2. MARJ3 Courses for MOOCs and tutoring. 3. MARJ3 Scholarships for funded opportunities. Users can use the platform to search, compare, and then enroll in the best-fit opportunity.
Additional information: https://www.marj3.com/en - MARJ3 website and platform sami@marj3.com - Sami Al-Ahmad's email address
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This week host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Monica Chitnis of Squadra. In this episode, Brian, Monica talk about what Squadra is, how it all started, how they managed to get it out to the market, and how they intend to reach their unicorn stage.
"What we are trying to do is unlock human motivational drivers. That is really the key" - Monica Chitnis A few words from Squadra: Every team - not just sports teams - needs a coach to motivate them, help them build the skills that matter, and be productive and successful. Squadra carves out a new space in the workplace productivity stack as the first virtual coaching app for teams, complementing existing tools like Slack, Zoom, and Google suite. Squadra does the coaching right inside the app, rescaling, upscaling, you name it! For more info, please visit www.mysquadra.com If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Gaston Maluendez and Christian Hentschel In this episode, Brian, Gaston, and Christian talk about sports, TradeStars' genesis, facing COVID-19, and most importantly, their vision and how quickly TradeStars is going to reach a unicorn stage. TradeStars is a borderless platform where you can invest with your favorite sport and transact with anyone, anywhere, and anytime you choose by using secured blockchain technology "I believe we are going to be the first platform in the world that is built with blockchain technology but uses blockchain technology as an underlying technology" - Gaston Maluendez. Few words from TradeStars: TradeStars is a Fantasy Sports Stock Market where users can invest real money into their favorite athletes! We are creating the NASDAQ of Sports! In TradeStars, users can invest real money into stocks that fluctuate in the function of how well the athlete performs in real life. If you invest in athletes that perform well, the price of their stock will increase and you will make a real profit! We are an exclusive stock exchange for professional athletes! Users can now invest in their passion and make a real profit out of it! For more info, please visit www.tradestars.app If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Sennai Atsbeha and Ravneet Vohra In this episode, Brian, Ravneet and Sennai talk about how Wear Your Voice started, their vision, their very first major investor, and the challenges that they faced upon starting their company. We'll also learn more about Wear Your Voice's community and how they intend to expand this. A few words from Wear Your Voice Wear Your Voice is a digital magazine that prioritizes the voices of marginalized communities, we are for and by LGBTQIA+ Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). We publish reported articles, features, personal essays, and critical analyses of current events, politics, entertainment, culture, sexuality, health, and more. For more info, please visit & If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Anthony Ortiz
Anthony Ortiz is the Founder & CEO of Fitly, the creators of SmartPlate.
SmartPlate is the ONLY nutrition telemedicine platform that combines elegant hardware with Artificial Intelligence in order to help consumers and patients track their food intake accurately. For practitioners, this is the "Holy Grail" that lets them know when/if a patient is following their dietary recommendations.
SmartPlate is the recipient of many features and awards such as Shark Tank, Forbes, NBC, GMA, Times of London, Startup World Cup, and many others.
For more info, please visit http://getsmartplate.com
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This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Joel Hypén, CEO of Adlaunch. Joel is an award-winning video director and producer with 13 years of experience leading teams of up to 120 employees and producing videos for Zalando, Vogue, Ikea, and many others. Joel has also studied Media Management and IP law which helped AdLaunch create its unique, patent-pending technology. A few words from Adlaunch Our patented AI powered video creation technology enables digital marketers and social media agencies to create high quality video ads quickly and affordably with patented technology that drives measurable results. AdLaunch has built a dynamic video ad creation service with patent pending video generation technology. AdLaunch has received over 900 ́000€ funding from UK & Finnish investors and Business Finland. For more info, please visit: https://www.adlaunch.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Vipul Agrawal of Unlu. A few words about Unlu: Making it possible for every single person to interact, talk or learn from the famous personalities around the world. Users can book personalized video messages, video calls & can learn skills from celebrities. The platform is accessible as an application, and a website where celebrities can connect with their fans by sending across birthday or anniversary wishes, inspirational messages, greetings, brand endorsements and shout outs on request. For more info, please visit: https://unlu.io/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Amit Paz of Artishok.
Artishok is a solution for managing hybrid workforces and workspaces - Eliminating over 50% of offices costs while improving employee experience by 15% percent
Artishok manages all physical and virtual needs for a supported work environment, providing a large & highly-accessible toolset for employers and employees alike. This further supports the transition to a flexible work environment.
This includes an autonomous working environment, monitoring productivity metrics, flexible on-boarding, facility management, real-time positioning, a smart ticketing system and more. Artishok can also integrate with almost all platforms such as Salesforce, ZenDesk, etc., all while protecting your data and privacy.
For more info, please visit www.artishok.io
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This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Yumi Kimura. LEAD builds the communication loop around employees, help them to start cross-team communication. LEAD generates data through this communication loop, tap that into the existing employee collaboration network, to suggest actions for HR, and prevent turnover caused by relationships and lack of career growth opportunities. In this way, LEAD helps companies retain and improve their best possible team. For more info, please visit https://www.lead.app/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
Tune into this week’s episode to hear Brian speak with Afonso Infante of Suavei! - A few quick words from Suavei: With the number of attached network devices exploding, and each one of them having the potential to undermine even the most rigorous network security practices, most enterprises have no visibility into a significant number of the devices attached to their networks, and over half do not know when they have a costly breach. Suavei brings a patent-pending, seamless solution to market to enable organizations to manage such device vulnerabilities. The rapid growth of internet-connected wireless devices (i.e. IoT devices) is leading to increased exposure of corporate networks to cyber-attack through device vulnerabilities. Many new IoT devices attached to networks lack security capabilities. In addition, scanning IoT devices for threats is very manual, costly and complex with incumbent options. As a result, nearly half of businesses are unaware of what devices are connected to their networks or when they suffer costly breaches. For more info, please visit https://www.suavei.com/ If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Venkat Thummisi of Cannon Cyber! Cannon Cyber integrates into an organization's existing security tools, infrastructure, workflow and processes to bring outcomes that provide continuous security compliance. Leverage Cannon Cyber's products to identify compliance incidents, prioritize with facts, orchestrate faster, respond to incidents and threats effectively and efficiently. Brain takes Venkat through the entrepreneurs journey to get the back story on this great company and why it’s a giant opportunity! For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Dr. Yaw Ofosu Ansong Jr & Timothy Adamson, Founders of KovaDx
-A few words from KovaDx:
Today, many patients with sickle cell (who are mostly in the African American, and Hispanic communities) spend up to a million dollars in total healthcare costs by the age of 45 years. Frequent hospital visits and hospitalization also affects the total lifetime earnings of sickle cell disease patients. KovaDx is making the diagnosis and monitoring of sickle cell disease patients faster, easier to perform, and more affordable.
We believe that regardless of income or circumstances of birth, no one should have to forgo healthcare due to a lack of resources. Starting with Sickle Cell Disease, our vision is to apply our proprietary 3D phase imaging microscope and deep learning algorithms to solve the world’s biggest global health problems including sickle cell, malaria, and blood cancers.
For more info, please visit https://kovadx.com/
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This week host Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Simeon Ononobi of ThankUCash!
ThankUCash is a reward-based platform that works both offline and online. The scheme rewards customers with credits that they can use with merchant partners. ThankUCash’s mission is to have a platform that will help merchants to acquire, retain, and reward customers.
ThankUCash is poised to utilize data for business growth, reward customers for shopping, create credit for customers and engage customers by providing the best products at the most affordable prices.
For more info, please visit https://thankucash.com/
If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com About Expert DOJO: Expert DOJO is the fastest growing startup accelerator in Southern California. We invest $100,000 checks in the US and international early-stage startups and help them through aggressive brand growth, investment, outreach, influence, and much more. Since 2014, we have worked with over 500 startups to accelerate their growth and success. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs at the initial stages of their startup’s development not just achieve their goals but become billion-dollar beasts! In our 8 week program, meticulously chosen companies will receive training from the top growth-hackers and marketing companies in the world as well as have meetings with hundreds of investors to help you pave your way to exponential success! Selected participants in our accelerator program get:
Introductions to hundreds of investors Design market fit Business development training $100k investment including $20k in program fees Perks from Expert DOJO’s partners, including a 90% Hubspot discount, free application for Brex credit card, credits from Amazon Web Services, and many more Opportunity to work in an environment where other entrepreneurs want to help each other
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Tune into this week’s episode to hear Brian speak with Lieza Danan of Liveritas Biosciences!
-A few quick words from LiVeritas:
LiVeritas Biosciences unleashes the power of Mass Spectrometry with industry intelligence to advance high quality drug candidates for our partners to deliver the most optimal clinical outcome for patients.
Other mass spectrometry-based startups are grounded in academic theory and academia-developed processes.
At LiVeritas Biosciences, we leverage over 70 years of combined biopharma industry-developed processes, biotech startup lean execution-focused mindset, and clinical diagnostics experience codified into our analytical testing and our SaaS offerings to ensure production of streamlined, high quality results directly impacting the lives of patients in the clinic.
We are grounded in industry standards as it represents reality. Our collective work improved and saved the real lives of patients in the clinic.
Hear about why this company is breaking barriers and the real story behind it all!
For more info, please visit https://liveritas.bio/
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This week, host Brian MacMahon speaks with Carter Russ, Founder & CEO at Champions Round, Inc.! Champions Round is a mobile game company that revolutionizes the fan experience for Esports and traditional sports. We're the only fantasy Esports platform that synchronizes with major tournaments, where users answer live questions, earn points, learn the game, and win cash. Our Micro Fantasy Sports gameplay keeps users engaged year-round by rewarding users through interactive gameplay and providing the best odds to win money. For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator: www.expertdojo.com
This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Ahmed Elawady, Founder & CEO of BokDoc!
BokDoc is one of the leading companies that aims to improve the healthcare system. Our digital platform allows users to book their appointments with doctors and registered healthcare providers.
BokDoc additionally provides more than appointments, Bokdoc also provides online video consultations that save time and effort for patients and doctors, booking surgeries and medical tourism for international patients.
As our vision is to improve healthcare industry, our platforms gives the users the most simple and smoothest experience that patients need and deserve either via BokDoc mobile app or website.
Tune in and hear how Bokdoc will help patients to have the best healthcare services that they already deserve!
For more info, please visit www.bokdoc.com
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This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Jeff Jones, Founder & CEO of Mavens list! Mavens List App Launches and Revolutionizes the Influencer Marketing Industry! Available in the Apple App Store and Android market, Mavens List ushers in a new pillar of connectivity for direct social booking. The platform curates a seamless conversation between global brands and businesses amongst the influential and highly celebrated. In response to the flux of the digital business pivot; campaigns for such platforms have also risen. Founder & CEO Jeff Jones, along with co-founder Nick Gangi, and Business Partners Lee Caplin of Penske Media Corporation and Kelly Dooley of BodyRock Sport, found the perfect balance of business-to-brand convenience with fine-tuned social algorithms and highly decorated talent. All found in one place, brands see the finish line in the wake of their launch. Hear how this company is paving the way in this new and rapidly growing industry! For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian MacMahon speaks with Christine Yi of Potli! Learn about what Potli is doing to help cleanse the world of overly processed unhealthy ingredients with a twist of cbd and thc infusion options!
Potli’s philosophy
Potli strives to bring a top quality, delicious, and easy to integrate cannabis edibles products to your kitchen to help you embrace plant-based wellness and self care every single day. Our clients are adventurous but laid back, ambitious but balanced, self aware but curious, firm in their core values but open minded. We want to empower them to experience and enjoy life their way, all while positively impacting the perceptions and dialogues around cannabis.
Guaranteed learning and takeaways on this one, don’t miss!
For more info, please visit https://www.getpotli.com/
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This week, host Brian MacMahon speaks with Kelvin Franklin of Broadbridge Networks! Hear about what this company is doing with AI! Broadbridge Networks is Combining artificial intelligence & data science with advanced visualization techniques to accelerate time to decision. GPU ARCHITECTURE Built on the Nvidia EGX Server Platform, LegionTM scales on modern networks to support 100Gbit and beyond. BEST IN CLASS Ai An end to end data pipeline sharing a common memory framework means inline inference and analytics to enrich network data and improve decision support. REAL-TIME ANALYTICS Analyst WorkbenchTM, BBN’s enterprise dashboard, provides real time, cross filtered analytics at the speed of thought. KEY PARTNERSHIPS BroadBridge Networks partners with dominant players throughout the cybersecurity industry to insure all elements of your security infrastructure integrate at scale. Don’t miss this week's episode and great takeaways! For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian MacMahon speaks with Michael Brown of CloudNine AI! Michael breaks down what he is doing in the exciting world of AI! CloudNine is focused on accelerating meaningful innovation by leveraging Augmented Intelligence for enterprises. CloudNine presents our uniquely patented AI to enable companies to create breakthrough products that can improve human health and well being transforming industries which change the world improving life for humanity. Don’t miss this week's episode and great takeaways! For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian MacMahon speaks with Debbie Holzkamp of Virtanzia! Hear about what this amazing company and entrepreneur are doing in the education field! Virtanza is on a Mission. On any given day, regardless of the health of the economy, up to one third of all open positions in the United States are in sales, so it’s not surprising that half of all college graduates’ first job will be in sales. However, there is an ongoing dilemma in that only 3% of universities and colleges offer sales curriculum of any substance. Virtanza partners with Universities and Employers to deliver high-impact, experiential training to a new generation of sales professionals to fill the hundreds of thousands of open sales positions. Program graduates are on track to earn more and realize career success sooner than those with only job experience, and Virtanza’s network of Employers are ready to hire from the talented pool of candidates we consistently deliver. Don’t miss this week's episode and great takeaways! For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week our host Brian MacMahon speaks with Jules Hilliard, CEO of Secure Block Tech! Jules is an entrepreneurial and Tech Savvy Executive with over 20 years of business experience successfully working with both private and publicly traded companies. Beginning the process of building the bridge between Cyber Security and Blockchain Technology in 2016, and founding Secure Block Technologies in 2018, Jules leads the company as CEO, driving forward a vision to leverage Blockchain’s inherent operational benefits, as well as security capabilities to augment increasingly ineffective systems. Don’t miss this week's episode and great takeaways! For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week our host Brian MacMahon speaks with Florence Furaha, CEO & Co Founder of Meet Caregivers! What makes Meet Caregivers unique? BEST MATCH We take time to understand your loved ones care needs and personality to match them with caregivers that have the right skills, experience, and personality fit. TRUSTED Caregivers you hire go through an extensive pre-screening, background check and are protected with our liability insurance, work comp and are bonded. CONNECTED 24/7 Our Care Portal helps you stay connected 24/7 with your loved ones and communicate with the care team. You’ll receive notes of daily activities and health data. FLEXIBLE PLANS Our rates are more flexible than traditional agencies. We set up the right care plans to match your care needs and budget. Call our care advisors at 18885411136. Don’t miss this week's episode and great takeaways! For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week our host Brian MacMahon speaks with Sarah Figueroa, CEO & Co Founder of Geojam! Geojam harnesses the power of music consumption and gamification to bridge the gap between businesses, artists and consumers. We work with all popular music streaming services to enable new music discovery. Members earn Jam Points for engagement, and brands and artists can leverage their fans to promote and share their music. Jam Points can be redeemed in the Jam Shop which is a digital storefront for exclusive experiences and products. Sarah has deep experience in building consumer businesses and marketing solutions for international brands and large-scale events. She exited her first business in 2015 and has been recognized for her work in the music industry by Google. Most recently, she helped launch a marketing book that hit Amazon’s #1 best seller list. Don’t miss this week's episode and great takeaways! For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brian MacMahon speaks with Soumya Mahapatra, CEO & Founder of Essenvia! Essenvia’s mission is to reduce the cost and time to bring medical devices to market. They are a team of healthcare industry veterans, technology enthusiasts, data scientists and medical device regulatory experts. The Problem--- High Error Rates in regulatory submissions increase the cost and time to market for medical devices. Manual Processes. Regulatory teams spend hours managing highly manual yet mandatory administrative processes. Disconnected Teams. Generic tools leave cross-functional teams disconnected and prone to errors. The Essenvia Solution--- Eliminate errors in regulatory submissions Reduce rework and accelerate time to market for medical devices Automated Processes. Automate administrative processes with integrated regulatory requirements within your workflow Integrated Ecosystem. Sharing and collaboration across cross-functional teams, systems improves efficiency and quality Don’t miss this week's episode and great takeaways! For more info, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brian speaks with Alex Melehy of Woodpecker! Law firms have a combined annual revenue of about $302B in the US. Although some gargantuan firms may constitute a significant portion of that number, there’s about 450,000 registered practices that exist. The nature of the business limits the opportunity for tech expansion, but the market is certainly receptive to process streamlining that can expedite tedious labor. Alex Melehy is a product and engineering specialist who has developed a simple tool to decrease document prep time and increase law firm efficiency. It’s a complementary solution, but the simplicity is a great fit for a traditionally hesitant market. Don’t miss this week's episode and great takeaways! For more info on Adam Melehy, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brain speaks with the founding team of Obscure Games! This team has lived and breathed games since birth and continues to play and love games to this day. It’s amazing when a business is built out of passion but still has what it takes to build an empire! Obscure games will take the world by storm by implementing expertise in the following: GAME DEVELOPMENT With over 10 years of game development experience shared by the core team. We offer full game or co-development services to help you realise your vision. GAME PROTOTYPING Game development is all about iteration and rapid prototyping. Let us help you build innovative game concepts and prototypes without investing valuable R&D resources. QA & PLAYTESTING It’s no secret, bugs reduce retention. With vast experience in UX testing. Optimisation testing. Functional testing (and more). We can help you ship a polished game and keep players engaged. LOCALIZATION People are different. We offer localisation and culturalization services to better help you connect with your non-English speaking players, and build tailor made games for your target audiences Don’t miss this episode and get your game on right now! For info on Obscure Games please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week host Brian MacMahon speaks with Matt Szenderski, Chief Operating Officer of Celebrity Slots! Celebrity Slots Description: How would you like to win a celebrity experience? We present to you...CELEBRITY SLOTS! A FREE to play mobile social slot game where you’ll have a chance to win celebrity experiences from some of your favorite celebrities! Celebrity experiences range from VIP meet and greets, concert tickets, signed sports memorabilia, celebrity merchandise, video chats, recorded video messages and gift cards! Celebrity Slots currently has 70 celebrities signed to exclusive deals totaling over 120M social media followers. Brought to you by Blingka Inc, the Celebrity Slots app is live in the Apple and Google Play store and you can download by searching "Celebrity Slots and Sweepstakes". Download now for your chance to win a once in a lifetime celebrity experience! Matt walks us through every step of the journey from concept to the app it is now so don’t miss this! @celebrityslotsofficial If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brian speaks with Andrew Nagle of Glammly! Glammly is a subscription marketplace for beauty and wellness appointments, helping consumers save up to 40% on their monthly beauty appointments. Hear about how this great company was brought together by another amazing entrepreneur. Be sure to tune in for more learning and epic stories! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week, host Brian MacMahon speaks with Anja Skodda of Happy Again Pets! Your dog’s joints are primarily composed of collagen, which naturally deteriorates with age, often resulting in stiffness, joint discomfort. Combining the highest-grade blend of collagen, glucosamine, hyaluronic acid and vitamins, Happy Again’s special formula can help to improve your dog’s life. This is a don’t miss episode for the dog lovers out there. Hear about the journey and mission of this great entrepreneur and company! If you have the next big thing, head over to and apply to our accelerator!
This week Brain speaks with Jason Ast of Qurate! Qurate is building a Global cooking eco-system where Grocery retailers, CPG brands and publishers, create & distribute recipes that make the lives of millions of cooks easier & healthier! If you love food and/or feel you have a talent for cooking, you might even be able to get in on the action! Don’t miss this as food is one of the biggest issues and one of the best spaces to innovate. To find out more about Qurate, please visit If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brian speaks to Dr. Szilard Voros of G3 Therapeutics about everything involving COVID-19. Right when the Corona Virus started to show itself as a large potential threat, Dr. Voros and his team were already on it! Dr. Voros has a special way of explaining these highly complex issues so everybody can understand. This is a don't miss episode with real information so tune in! For more info on G3 Therapeutics, head over to:
This week Brian speaks with Glen Day of NVISNx. Check out this episode and hear what Glen has built, what they are doing now, and where they are looking to go in the future! This is another don’t miss episode with plenty of amazing takeaways so be sure tune in! If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brian speaks with the one and only Jenny Chang! This week Brian speaks with the one and only Jenny Chang! Jenny Chang is an experiential event specialist who has established & grown four different companies; ROCKNEVENTS, ROCKNU, Jenny Chang, and Vowlá. Her determination has led her to achieve a grand level of success in a short seven years. She plans to invest in the tech world with her newest creation, Vowlá, a mobile app and spread wedding luxury to the world. Website | If you have the next big idea, apply to the Expert Dojo Accelerator:
This week Brian speaks with another great entrepreneur about their fast growing business! Brian talks with David Phillips and Luka Zambello of Jurny and they discuss everything that goes into building empires. Be sure to tune into another great episode of the Art of Startup War!
Born in LA. Jurny is a cutting-edge technology company dedicated to doing things differently. We are here for the travelers. For those who seek the thrill of discovering new places, who want the feel of luxury, and seamlessness of cutting-edge technology. We want our guests to be in complete control. We are a new way to stay. A way that’s immersive, professional, and gives our guests the comfort of home.
For more information about this amazing company, please visit: www.jurny.com
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Brian speaks with Sumithra Jonnalagadda of Codemarket! Codemarket’s mission is to build thriving local communities by connecting people and businesses in local communities around business goals and career goals. Tune in to hear the real story of how this amazing company came to be!
This week Brian speaks with Anand Sheth of Pulse 360. Check out another great episode of how and why it was built and also where this great company and entrepreneur are going in the future!
Pulse360:
Our goal is to enable financial advisors to protect their practice, capture the value of their advice and grow their businesses. A major problem is the entire meeting process is highly inefficient for them. From preparing an agenda to taking notes during a meeting and then sending a follow-up email is all a manual process - wasting hours every day. With our software, this can all be done in less than 10 minutes. And we're just getting started. Check us out at https://www.pulse360.com or follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/pulse360
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This week Brian speaks with Sonya Petcavich of Meowtel and they take us all around the Catisphere and back! Sonya walks us through her journey of creating this amazing company made for cat lovers, by cat lovers!
Meowtel is the only cat-centric service site that is committed to benefiting all kitties by providing a community of trusted cat lovers. Caring for people’s cats is a lot more work than people may think. Sonya explains everything that goes into it and where Meowtel is looking to go in the future.
Cats are the kiddos! You need the most experienced, qualified, and trustworthy care providers to look after them. All of our sitters are required to pass a pre-screen questionnaire, an application, a resume check, a background check, two phone call reference checks, and complete a 15-minute video coaching call with a Meowtel sitting specialist prior to accepting reservations.
-Meowtel
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This week Brian speaks with Bill McGraw of e2d Capital Advisors. e2d Capital Advisors provides compelling opportunities for Trust-Tech, builds strategy and plans and attracts the resources and partners needed to build & launch a successful new offering. Learn more at: Tune in as Bill and Brain discuss crypto, alternative capital pools, and how e2d Capital Advisors came about!
This Brian speaks with Trevor Wilkins of UpNext. UpNext is the mobile game that combines music discovery and social networking to maximize exposure for new & emerging artists. UpNext incentivizes listenership by providing a fun and easy way to scout and sign new artists to your own virtual record label. As you dig through new music you can like, dismiss, or endorse artists by signing them to their record label, increasing your label score based on artists success on the platform. Tune in to hear about another great company and entrepreneur! Connect with UpNext at:
This week Brain speaks with Omri Gattegno of Elefend Security! Elefend is a security company with a mission to help the elderly and other vulnerable people to fight phone fraud and scams. Elefend uses advanced technology to monitor and analyze phone calls while they're happening (in real time), so that scams are prevented before it's too late. Tune in to this don’t miss episode and leave a comment or review! For more info on Elefend Security please visit
This week Brian speaks with Mona DeFrawi of Radvision! Mona recently founded her fourth startup, Radivision, a new digital TV-powered network for entrepreneurship. Mona has been honored as one of the Most Powerful Women in Technology by Forbes, as a top 100 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley, and as one of the Top 100 Women in Fintech globally. Mona has supported the venture capital and private equity industries in Silicon Valley, Wall Street, DC & the Middle East for over 25 years, helping raise over $6B. Tune in to hear about another great company and entrepreneur!
This week Brian speaks with Karin Shoup, SportsChic’s Founder and Head Designer. SportsChic started business in 2015 when women’s active fashion, fitness and wellness trends were just beginning to explode in the marketplace and slow fashion was gaining traction. Karin wanted to simplify and organize women's daily life with high quality vegan bags featuring sustainable style and functionality to carry from the gym to work to date night, or on the next flight. Today, the active fashion and wellness lifestyle continues its explosive growth and SportsChic has released six different styles of backpacks and totes over the past 4 years. This year Sportschic is poised to continue its 100% year over year growth while expanding into new market segments by transitioning from a family financed business into a venture-funded high growth company. @Sports.Chic.Lifestyle #SportsChicLifestyle
This week Brian speaks with Garry Drummond of 802 Secure! 802 Secure provides Cyber Physical Security through non-intrusive wireless monitoring and protection that provides IoT asset visibility and cyber protection for both IT and OT networks. 802 Secure was cited in the Gartner report, “OT Security Best Practices”, as an OT (Operational Technology) vendor for asset management and security monitoring. Learn about all the threats you don't even know you're facing!
Join us this week as Brian speaks with Jeremy Barnett from Rad Intelligence. Rad Intelligence redefines content syndication in a performance marketplace by using network effect at scale. Tune in to hear how this amazing company came about and if you have the next big thing, visit www.expertdojo.com and apply to our accelerator.
This week Brian is back with Anna Gudmundson of Sensate! Join us for another amazing company, technology, and entrepreneur. Anna created Sensate to enable the many people who try or want to have, a regular meditation practice or deep relaxation experience, but have found progress to be very slow, and the techniques quite difficult to master. 98% of people using Sensate for one session notice the difference and their biometric markers improve. Tune into this episode and learn how this all works and hear the business journey Anna has pushed forward!
Brian speaks with Hakan Baltali of American Ocean Tech! Learn about the realities of ocean trade and many other things you’d never know. Did you know that most captain fatalities are from falling off ladders? In 2014, Hakan witnessed a tragic preventable ship accident off the south coast of Korea and decided to take Sea Safety into his own hands with American Ocean Tech. Hear about amazing new technologies like super magnets that seal holes and human and animal safe chemicals that automatically extinguish fires! This is another don't miss episode, so be sure to tune in and share!
This week we have a high power episode with Allan Grosvenor of MSBAI. Brian and Allan speak about how AI can bring high speed performance computing to the wider world of engineering and how they’re doing it! MSBAI is solving the reason why 92% of product developers & manufacturers don’t use high performance computing in engineering — with GURU, The Ultimate Engineering AI Assistant. msb.ai
Join us this week, as we discover how one entrepreneur is creating a new healthcare system to add 10 to 20 years of lifespan for all of us. Currently, we just treat illness, but imagine if we could map out the human body and based on what we learn, we can avoid the illness in the first place. Dr. Voros is creating a system of profiling, predicting and preempting to build a tomorrow we all need! Don't miss this!
Join us this week as Brain speaks with Chris Knudson of E2E Connect and learn how this company is revolutionizing hiring. Also, be sure to visit www.expertdojo.com to learn about our accelerator program.
Join us this week as Brian speaks with Alexander Isinhue about a revolutionary product in the women's fashion space. Find out why Brian believes in both the entrprenuer and product! Learn about the real story of how it all came together and where it's going in the future!
Tune in this week as Brian speaks to James Wang of REAI about changing the playing field of real estate. Real Estate is a tough game today and when realtors have to sell whatever they can to stay in business, it's not good for anybody. Learn what REAI is doing to solve this problem. It's real estate evolved! For more info please visit www.expertdojo.com
This week Brian speaks with Cfir Rahimi and Yuval Shafrir of Urbanico. Urbanico's data platform uses AI and machine learning algorithms to take raw municipal data from different municipalities and decompose it into it's fundamental building-blocks. By doing so, they are creating a new standard on the way municipalities share data with the developers' community, building an urban open-innovation eco-system around their cities. Be sure to tune in! For more info visit www.expertdojo.com
Hear the real story of Michael Balkind, a fantastic entrepreneur and CEO of ClipAisle. Listen to his trip coming to America and breaking through with the great product. We believe that this is going to be the next unicorn, that’s why we invested money into it.
This week Brian speaks with a fantastic entrepreneur to talk about international companies, coming to America and breaking through with the powerful product. Tune in this week as he speaks with Paulina from Rene, Caresurance, for smart business travelers. Rene provides the tools needed to keep employees safe and healthy on their journeys, from tailored travel health insurance to telemedicine and wellness programs.
Join us this week as Bobbi Hamilton of Chi Universe shares about how she has and continues to bring yoga to the world. Bobbi shares very personal stories about building an empire, loosing it, and bouncing back with meditation and yoga at the core. Don't miss this!!
This incredible cannabis product will blow your mind, the same way this entrepreneur is blowing past boundaries. Back in the fridge, Brian MacMahon interviews rockstar Bradley Peterson.
In the second episode of our series of Italian startups, Brian speaks with a company that is innovating renewable energy.
Innovation all the way from Italy! This week, Brian welcomes to the fridge the brilliant engineer Maurizio Banfi about his tool to help divers track and share their dives.
This week on the Art of Startup War, Guy Kamgaing of the Expert DOJO International Accelerator is invited on all the way from Africa to talk about his impressive two sided marketplace tech company that breaks all startup rules. To hear more about our accelerator visit www.expertdojo.com.
Brian and Alex are back the "Fridge" which is the happening recording studio converted from an industrial fridge at The Expert Dojo Santa Monica. This week hear from Jeremy Redman on how a relationship started from an elevator pitch in a West Hollywood Coffee shop...Yes, this actually happens! Tune in to hear the rest on this amazing episode! Visit www.expertdojo.com for more info on our accelerator!
This week Brian talks with Hany Syed of Athleta Ed. Hany Syed is a Private equity and venture capital professional with experience as an investor and founder. Hany Founded Athleta-Ed in 2018 as part of a VC education platform developed through Bridge Technology Capital. Hear how it all got started in another exciting episode of The Art of Startup War! Visit www.expertdojo.com
Tune in for this weeks episode as Brian speaks with Jeran Fraser and Mike Jegat of Stact. Hear their trials and tribulations as well as success and failures. Catch real stories with real people and be sure to rate, review, comment, and subscribe! www.expertdojo.com
This week Brian and Simon speak with Nick Baker of Mom N' DadWare which is an innovative clothing company specializing in functional clothing for new parents. Their first product was The DadWare Bondaroo that promotes skin-to-skin bonding between fathers and their newborns and infants. Mothers already do this with breastfeeding shirts. Now it's Dad's turn so catch the the story of how DadWare came about and where it's going. We invest in startups 50k+ | Apply to our accelerator at www.expertdojo.com
Brian speaks to Sean Ahearn of Wisdome and 360 Dome Pro about an amazing new wave of entertainment in Virtual Reality Domes. Everything from Immersive VR concerts to Virtual Show Rooms is not only possible, but moving forward quickly! We won't give it all away here, you'll have to drop in and hear from the man pushing that threshold as he tells all to Brian MacMahon this week on the Art Of Startup War Season 4. We invest in startups 50k+ Funds. Apply to our accelerator in Santa Monica at www.experdojo.com
This week Brian speaks with Ken Rosenblood CEO and Founder of ObVus about the future of medical technology. Learn how a small device can turn your computing devices into tools that help you live a healthier lifestyle. This is done through widgets that run on your computing devices that create a real time visualization of your posture, breaks, and breathing. Too much explain here so tune in now! www.expertdojo.com
This week Brian speaks with Jean-Eric Khalife about games with questions by investor Andrew Fielding. Hear about what's different about Jean-Eric Khalife's game Space Racing Legends. Space Racing Legends is a mix of the best parts of arcade racers and esports games. Don't miss this episode! We invest in startups 50k, apply to our accelerator at www.expertdojo.com
Join us this week as Brian speaks with Alex Simon & Frank Scerbo of Elude. Elude is is a spontaneous travel search engine designed to show wherein the world you can get to based on your budget and when you can go. Investor Andrew Fielding joins us again for another great episode of Art of Startup War.
This week Brian MacMahon interviews Brian Nickerson of MagicLinks and Investor Minnie Ingersoll of Ten One Ten Ventures. Brian Nickerson is co-founder and CEO of MagicLinks, which empowers YouTube influencers with tools for authentic social commerce. Brian also founded Chippmunk, a coupon search engine, and built the Shopping Division of InternetBrands from 0 to 100 employees and $175M in enterprise value in 3 years. Don't miss this episode!
Join us this week as Brian speaks with Founder Dan O'Day & Investor Andrew Fielding. We learn about the document filing business and what Dan has built to address the challenges of that industry. Be sure to share, rate, and review!
Check the first episode of season 4 where Brian interviews founders and investors. We are kicking off this season with Tina Hay of Napkin Finance and Investor Minnie Ingersoll of Ten One Ten Ventures. Decentralized Centralized Platform? In this podcast it's a thing, check out this episode to hear all about it! www.expertdojo.com
Join us this week for another amazing story about a unique adventure into the world of Investment. Hear about the journey and cause behind it all as Brian walks us through the "Entrepreneurs Journey" storytelling model developed in season 3. Don't miss this episode as we close season 3 with a bang and get ready for season 4!
Join us again this week as Brian discusses kids fashion with Gemma Cox and Sheena Jongeneel of Stylette. Check out how this startup is redefining kids fashion and more importantly, how it's being paid for. This is sustainable fashion at it's best and functions as a revolving closet in this new sharing economy!
This week Brian speaks with Brandon Hakim about the broken school system and the story of how Insiderschool.com came about. We hear about how Brandon has deconstructed and redesigned a new type of teaching system. The future of learning is here now so be sure to catch this one!
Join us this week as Brian speaks to Stephen Powers of Wisdome.LA and learn about the future of entertainment. Hear about the first VR and 360 fully immersive entertainment park this week on The Art of Startup War.
This week Brian talks with Pete Colbert of INAMO. Listen to how this fintech venture takes a standard credit card and gives you a chip in wearable form that also prevents fraud! Hear the story of startup to main stream in light speed and how this technology can book flights, hotels, provide vital medical information, make a payments and more without the need to carry a wallet. This is the future, right now on the Art of Startup War. www.expertdojo.com
Scott has been an entrepreneur for well over 20 years with a very strong marketing and sales background. His latest and most successful gig has been as the co-founder of the 18|8 chain of men’s hair salons. Scott started this venture in 2001 after the MBA program and had a series of challenges and setbacks. In 2013, his goal was to sell 30 franchise stores but he actually ended up doubling that goal by selling 60 stores. This week Brian MacMahon speaks with Scott about his amazing entrepreneur's journey and all the ups and downs that came with it! Don't miss!
This week Brian talks to Henry Elgrissy from Carbon Phone. The Carbon Phone is the only platform that provides every day emergency access to your phone as you know it from any other device other than your phone that has internet (data)access. Brian talks to Henry about all the other things he has brought into the world and gets the story behind it all! We all know how helpless we can become when losing a device so don't miss this because there is a solution!
This week Brian MacMahon speaks with Christopher Du and Linda Cao of Epik Wish. This is an amazing episode about changing the way we gift. Instead of multiple people buying kids what we guess they might like, people all pull together for one epic gift! This is a step forward for mankind, make sure you don't miss it!
Over 26 million people needing treatment every year but only 2+ million are getting into the 14,500 facilities in the United States. That is only 8.8% of the need and when we are talking about the life and death reality of addiction, that is not enough. This is where Planted Recovery steps in. This week Brian speaks with Scott Ankeny about these issues and the story about how Planted Recovery came to be.
In an age when data privacy is such a legitimate cause for concern, Cocoon has developed a way for consumers to have discretion over what data they sell and what data remains private. Expert DOJO's Brian MacMahon sits down with Jeff Bermant to discuss his entrepreneurial experience and how he is looking to change the way we look at and monetize data.
This week Brian speaks with Sean Saberi of FABFAD, Inc. We hear about the creative ways Sean has built his fashion business and what he's doing differently. Fashion is a tough business and in this episode, you'll hear about how Sean managed to scale and fund this venture through good times and dark days! Even if you aren't in the fashion business, there are plenty of takeaways about the grit and creativity entrepreneurs need to possess to bring dreams to fruition.
This week Brian talks to Stephanie Be, an award-winning travel and lifestyle marketer, a Latina, California native, and UCLA Alumna. While building her brand and traveling to over 250 destinations, Stephanie has gathered over 280,000 subscribers. Her mission isn’t just to show clients the best time, but to promote culture, diversity, and wellness in a generation that prefers experiences over belongings. In this episode, you'll hear about all the events leading up to Stephanie self-funding and launching BUENA, a social commerce platform for the tourism and lifestyle industries. Tune in!
Cannabis expert and serial entrepreneur, Mike Weiss, sits down with Brian to talk about his company, Cannacopia, as well as everything the cannabis industry is, has been, and is becoming.
This week Brian speaks with Saritta Hines of Trustabit. Currently, when a passengers’ flight is disrupted, there is no seamless way for them to get a voucher or compensation. The passenger has to contact the airline call center or fill out a form giving a thorough explanation of what happened. At this point, often times the passenger is frustrated waiting for a customer service representative to determine whether there is a viable reason to disburse a voucher and at what amount. Trustabit has created amazing solutions for this! Tune in to this episode to hear what they are and the story of how it all came together.
This week Brian speaks with Jose Montero of Blue. Blue is an app to help the most connected generation to connect in real life. You’ll notice when walking around school or waiting in line for an event, that almost everyone around you is bent over his or her smartphone. Although people are constantly “connected” through cell phones and social media, loneliness is more of an issue than ever. According to researchers, 1 in 5 people suffer from loneliness in the U.S. Oprah once said “The cure is to put down your smartphone and just say hello to someone.” But for many of us that simple task can seem quite challenging. Join us this week as we cover this issue and hear the story of how this company started!
We are back this week with another amazing episode. Tune in this week to hear about massive job creation and a very real life story from the street to giving back.
This week, Brian speaks with Carey D'Souza of Sonikpass, a technology that empowers you to verify your identity and prove your physical proximity to any access point. Hear the story of how it came together and how Sonikpass is the future of security. Another great podcast from the Expert Dojo Startup Accelerator.
This week, Brian speaks with Tony Chan of Ampere Electric Cars, Inc. Hear Tony's story from starting out with a briefcase - scooter (yes way!) to creating an amazing electric car company in 4 years. Electric cars for under 10k is a great sign for the future, hear how it all happens in this week's episode! Got the next big thing? Apply to our accelerator at www.expertdojo.com
This week Brian talks with Sean Bellerby of Go Snow. Brian takes through Sean's entrepreneurial journey and he created Go Snow after realizing that booking snow sports training at resorts was a big hassle. With a passion for snow sports and background in tech, Sean went on to create Go Snow inspired by a life changing meditation session! All entrepreneurs need to hear this story so be sure to tune in! www.expertdojo.com We Invest in Startups!
Check out this week's episode as Brain talks with Daniel Young of Fantasizr. Fantasizr is a service that allows you to build a fantasy league out of ANYTHING. Fantasizr uses traditional fantasy sports frameworks to "fantasize" reality tv shows, sports, co-worker attendance, i.e., anything! You'll hear Daniel's entrepreneurial journey from start to owning google in this space! Don't miss this, and please be sure to rate, subscribe, review, and comment!
In this episode, Brian speaks with Debbie Jacobs of Bizzy Girls. Bizzy Girls empowers young girls as early as six, to discover their passions and teaches them how to start businesses. These young girls go through the entire process and at the same time, they learn tons of lessons about real life through personal experience. Be sure to tune into this amazing episode!
This week, Brian speaks with Sean McSweeney of Apache Health and Sean takes us through his entrepreneurial journey. This episode is great because Sean takes the time to discuss failures and more importantly, what he learned from them. This episode also focuses on not trying to do it all yourself so you can focus on your strengths! Failure can be stigmatized in modern day society but any great entrepreneur will tell you many stories of how they failed, learned, and eventually made it happen! Be sure to check this one out!
Forget calling this a game changer, this is a world changer! In this episode, Brian MacMahon and CEO Jonathan Partlow discuss amazing trials and tribulations and that's before getting into the subject of Aggressively Organic! The world's food supply is currently in a toxic state and while some wait for governments to force manufacturers to employ better practices, Aggressively Organic places the power directly in the hands of the people. Tune in to hear about what food insecurity is and how Aggressively Organic has created an answer. It's almost unbelievable that Aggressively Organic exists and it's the company the world needs right now! Be sure to tune in and "Yes way!" ahead of time.
This week, we hear from Dr. Romina Ghassemi the inventor of BAX-U Posture Support. Dr. Romina shares her incredible journey and reason for becoming a doctor/entrepreneur. Learn about how serious of an issue bad posture has become and her answer to that problem. Join us again for another amazing story and entrepreneurs journey!
As we roll into the holidays, Brian reflects on the last year and talks about what's in store for 2019. Make sure to be safe, have some great holidays, and be sure to tune into this one. Please rate, comment, share, and review!
Brain speaks with Sam Bogoch of axle ai, Inc. about an issue we've all dealt with... A million old hard drives with no way of knowing what's on them. Solutions for large companies have been around for a while and they cost big money. Sam saw the need for affordable shared storage and cataloging. Listen the this weeks podcast to hear his entrepreneurs journey and how this offering started and changed over time.
This week, Brian speaks with Hana Hakam of House of Hypatia and discusses her entrepreneur's journey to get there. Hana delivers an amazing story of how a business can take off only to grow too big, too fast. Hana also explains how a product or store can fail but a strong brand can survive and grow. This is another great example of creating the business of your dreams out of the ashes of failure and the importance of building a strong brand vs. just another business. Don't miss!
We've all dealt with generally bad and entitled drivers, especially here in Los Angeles. Often times, we’ll watch drivers doing stupid things and wish there was a way to hold them accountable. There is now and it’s called CarmaCam. Tune in to this week's podcast and hear about the app you wished existed and how it works. Hear Doug Rosenberg’s journey and inspiration for building this amazing piece of work and the struggles that go along with the startup life.
This week Brian speaks with Alessandra Maderni of Shipsomnia. Alessandra explains the importance of building a brand vs. products and how this massive project came to life out of the ashes of failure. Shipsomnia is massive! Learn how storytelling and branded themes create this strong of a brand at this level. This is a priceless podcast, don't miss it!
This week, Brian interviews long time friend and colleague, Dustin Dye of Botcopy. Dustin explains what chatbots are and how they are changing human computer interaction. Check out this journey!
This week we are doing something special… We've received so many questions recently about how to get creative ventures funded, so this week we’ve decided to do a throwback to an earlier episode in season 1 with Bill Johnson of Lotus Entertainment. Learn how Bill created a stable business first, then followed his dreams in entertainment with his financial bases covered. The entertainment business has no sure shot road map, but this is truly an amazing way to do it! If you are just tuning in to this podcast, you won’t want to miss this one! Be sure to share this with your tribe! Enjoy!
In this episode, Brain MacMahon takes Matt Heisie of Two Lakes, through the entrepreneur's journey. We learn about Matt's motivation, failed businesses, success stories, and how important finding an unfair advantage is... That is a subject that is not discussed often but is one of the hard realities of business and it's worth understanding! This episode also covers the real story of what happens when big fish look down and realize they are being disrupted by little fish. They tend to bite. This episode is full of awesome real life take aways, don't miss them! We make dreams happen at the Expert Dojo, check out our website and start your own journey... www.expertdojo.com
Dori talks about how her startup journey started, and why she decided to get into that as a single mom.
Listen today so you can hear the real truth about entrepreneurship from the entrepreneur. Craig talks about his journey, how hard it was, what he had to do to become a great, successful entrepreneur.
This week Brian gets the inside of Crypto. Guest Jake Ryan brings over 20 years of professional experience in software technology to world of cryptoasset investing and more!
This week Brian speaks with Oli Barry, a multi-award winning TV producer, director, and showrunner and CEO of Village Workspaces. This week's show is a blend of amazing information and two friends having laughs so don't miss out!
Listen today so you can hear the tips and tricks to avoid and the truth behind fundraising that you need to know as an entrepreneur from the entrepreneur.
Valerie Krutanova, founder and CEO at Majesty Alliance LLC is our guest At Expert Dojo's Podcast. She talks and guides you down that difficult path of startup to how to go from being nothing, having an idea and hoping you can turn it out to a successful business which is gonna make you money.
Mark Krebs from Pasadena Angels talks with Brian MacMahon all about Angel Investing. Learn how does the angel group work and how are they are going about determining who is worth the investment. Listen to this episode and get a good understanding of how to approach Investors and the best ways to handle that communication so you are successful
Today's guest of the startup investor podcast is Eric Yuan who is the Venture Partner at Yang Ventures. His biggest expertise is cryptocurrency, so listen to this episode for great recommendations in the crypto world! Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, pre-accelerator program and investors, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Alexander Kissin is today's guest of Expert Dojo's Startup Investment podcast. He is an experienced Investment director with a demonstrated history of projects across the globe. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and Asset Management. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, pre-accelerator program and investors, visit www.expertdojo.com.
This is the startup investor podcast every entrepreneur in Silicon Beach is talking about! Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, pre-accelerator program and investors, visit www.expertdojo.com.
This is the startup investor podcast every entrepreneur in Silicon Beach is talking about! Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, pre-accelerator program and investors, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Welcome to another episode of the startup investment podcast called "The Art of Startup War". Today's guest is Jenny Q. Ta who's a veteran Wall Street self-made millionaire and seasoned entrepreneur with two successful ventures to her credit. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, pre-accelerator program and investors, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Today's guest of the startup investment podcast is Andy Wilson, who's the Executive Director at Alliance for Southern California Innovation. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, pre-accelerator program and investors, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Listen to the latest episode of the startup investor podcast; "The Art of Startup War" with Brian Mach Mahon from Expert Dojo. His guest today is Dan Wu from the company Fox Rothschild. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, pre-accelerator program and investors, visit www.expertdojo.com.
A new valuable startup investment podcast episode has been published! Today's guest is Russell Yue who's an growth investor at Greycroft. Greycroft is a leading venture capital firm focused on investments in the Internet and mobile markets. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Brian Mac Mahon, Founder of Expert Dojo talks with the angel investor Shane Kelly about startup investment. Shane is the Head of Investments at CrowdSmart and the Founding Partner at Wolverine Angels. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Ron Miller, The Chairman of the Board at Startengine have an inspiring talk with Brian Mac Mahon about crowdfunding and how you can get your startup on Startengine.com. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Doug Pennington is the founder of Archangels Investors which is an association of family offices and ultra high net-worth individuals who meet monthly to discuss topics relevant to themselves. The network occasionally invites companies – seeking funding of $5MM or more – to present to its members. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Alexander Kaay is the founder of the company RFnery. Mr Kaay is specialized in hardware, Fintech and crypto startups. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Sunny Singh is an angel investor for Tech Coast Angels. Singh is a part of a large family of IT entrepreneurs and technology investors so I frequently travel internationally to engage with businesses that have a critical dependence on technology. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Pavel Cherkashin is the Managing Partner at GVA Capital and an investor in AI, blockchain and see-driven tech. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Pamela Day studied at The Harvard Business School. She is now an expert in ICO's and is now the Managing Partner at Venice Crypto Capital. Pamela shares her thoughts on how to invest in ICO's on a safer way. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Maryanne Morrow is an expert in FinTech and blockchain. She is the CEO at 9th Gear Technologies, Inc, which is a FinTech startup that enables same day trading and settlement using scalable technology on a private permissioned blockchain. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Rayaan Arif is the Founder of Fundingtree.com, which is a Marketplace Funding and Investments platform that is being built to facilitate Real Estate Transaction using Blockchain Hyper Ledger Technology and Smart Contracts. In this podcast episode you'll hear him talk about the ICO ecosystem and all about ICO startups. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
James DeCicco help companies and individuals discover solutions for their highest personal and business goals through training and consulting in technology, finance, and mindset psychology. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Cory Klippsten is a Venture Partner at DNA fund which is the world’s premiere crypto venture fund. Listen to this episode and learn how investors think when startups are approaching them and potentially looking to launch an ICO. This podcast episode is a part of Expert Dojo's "The Art of Startup War". Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Scott Alderton is a corporate and technology lawyer focusing on middle-market, technology and emerging growth companies. Mr. Alderton has over twenty-eight years experience working with technology and emerging growth companies with particular expertise in venture capital, angel, private equity and more. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Howard Leonhardt is the founder, Executive Chairman, CEO at Leonhardt's Launchpads, Leonhardt Ventures, BioLeonhardt, Second Heart Assist, Inc. Mr. Leonhardt is doing future research on how to extend life 30 years and reduce aging 30 years. He wants the 80-year-old people to be the new 50-year-old people. Which is incredible! You need to listen to this episode and learn more about his innovations. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Vince Thompson is a true expert in investing and mentoring early stage entertainment and media businesses. He has an eye for transformational opportunities as well as the ability to create business models and successfully lead the teams that scale them. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Drew Leahy is the Director of Equity Partnerships at Hawke Media. He is a data-driven, product focused entrepeneur and startup mentor. Mr. Leahy has extensive experience in consumer mobile and web, b2b, social media, video, apparel, and entertainment verticals. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Andreas Penna is Managing Director and Founder of Penna and Company. The practice has a global footprint and specializes in M and A and Venture Capital advisory, international corporate expansion and targeted business development. Andreas has broad functional experience in business development and strategic partnerships, product management and planning and corporate strategy/M and A. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com.
Serj Dhami is a respected investor in Silicon Beach and is one of the top trademark investigators in the world. For this reason he is in such demand as an investor in the Silicon Beach startup scene. In this episode he shares with us what startup investments he loves. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Scott Holmes is the Co-Creator of IMMORDL and he is also a mentor for startups. Holmes is a true visionary with broad and deep experience in technology, entertainment and marketing with Fortune 500 clients and startups alike. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Jonathan Wallace is the Head of Investment at Expert Dojo. Together with Brian Mac Mahon, they talk about how startups should prepare to get investment. How are investors thinking when they are viewing your product or service. Expert Dojo connects entrepreneurs and startups with advisors and investors. For startup training, accelerator program and investor's club, visit www.expertdojo.com
Joe Jacobsen from UPS and Brian Mac Mahon from Expert Dojo are talking about how to make your startup scale.
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Brian Mac Mahon meets Len Lanzi who is one of the most experienced in startup investments in the US. This is an incredible podcast episode that you don't want to miss!
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This week’s podcast is one of our absolute favorites! Meet the marvelous crowdfunding expert; Alon Goren. Co-Founder of Crowd Invest Summit, which is the world's largest Crowdfunding conference and expo. Alon is also a Venture Partner at Wavemaker Partners; an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Los Angeles and Singapore. You don’t want to miss this!
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This week Brian speaks with Matt Olsen who has over fifteen years of experience in various disciplines in banking and finance including secondary marketing, mortgage trading and valuation technology, commercial lending, specialty deposits and cash management, treasury product and services.
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This week Brian speak with Frank Ramond for more real life investor stories.
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This week Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Maxine Kozler Koven from LDR Ventures. LDR Ventures is a Los Angeles based Venture Capital and Management Consulting Group.
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Hany K. Syed is an investment professional with strong operational experience in the UAE and US. Background and networks in venture capital in US. Brian Mac Mahon is back to do what what he does best and that is getting the real stories from top investors.
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Join us for the first podcast of season 2 with Expert Dojo! This week Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Janne Kyttanen, Digital Sculptor, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur, 3D printing pioneer.
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Varvara Russkova is business development professional with experience as a startup founder in the US and Russia and investor in the US. Varvara is very good at building teams, international partnerships and scaling products. We hear about her VC investing in health tech and backing blockchain companies through hedge funds in this weeks episode with host Brian Mac Mahon.
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Jeffrey is a 20-year veteran of the computer IT and motion picture industry who started Advantage Video Systems in early 2001.
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This week Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Jim Winett who has assisted in industry roll-up over 12 years from $0 to $1.4 Billion in annual revenues and much more in his amazing career. Jim delivers some great advice for those on their way up so don't miss this episode!
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Peter Goldberg is the founder of PLG Ventures based in Santa Monica. Since 2015, Peter has been one of the most active early stage investors in SoCal. Prior to PLG, Peter held various executive positions in the banking industry including being the president and CEO of AmTrust Bank and it's holding company which included the insurance and securities/brokerage divisions. AmTrust was at one point the largest privately held bank in the US with assets of approximately $20 billion, loan originations of over $200 billion and over 3000 employees.
David Waxman of TenOneTen Ventures has nearly two decades of experience as a technology entrepreneur. After graduating with a masters degree from MIT’s Media Lab in 1995, David co-founded Firefly, an early pioneer in personalization and privacy technology. After Firefly, David co-founded PeoplePC, a company dedicated to simplifying the process of joining the online world.
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Bill Johnson is Co-Chairman of Lotus Entertainment, a top tier production, finance and international sales company. Johnson's film passion is to create commercially viable films which are positive, inspirational and raise consciousness.
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Brian Mac Mahon talks to Jason Corsello, who is Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for Cornerstone OnDemand. Corsello joined Cornerstone in 2011, bringing more than 15 years of experience in enterprise software, market research, and management consulting.
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In this episode, Brian Mac Mahon speaks to Rob Vickery from Stage Venture Partners. Rob created the Entertainment and Technology Division for BNY Mellon and was the North America Director for Lloyds International, one of the world’s leading financial institutions. He has also spent a number of years working and advising a range of international music and film talent on embracing with new forms of technology.
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In this exciting episode, we hear from Scott Nocas, a senior executive with expertise in leveraging frontier technologies to build new consumer content and community businesses. Don't miss this one!!
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Cody Shirk is an angel investor, the head of a syndicate of active angel investors and the owner of swift media. Cody shares with us why investing in early stage startups is the best way to creating real wealth for anyone with disposable income. He is leading a revolution for a new breed of investor and you want to hear what he has to say.
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Page Ostrow is a startup Angel. Previously the founder of Ostrow and Company she has participated in the financing and distribution of over 250 narrative feature and documentary films. She is now taking all that experience in financing movies and adapting the same strategy to investing in entrepreneurs. Understand what happens in the mind of one of the top financiers in Hollywood when making that decision of whether to invest in a startup or not.
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Brian Mac Mahon chats with legendary Entrepreneur and startup investor, Howard Marks. Mr. Marks founded the rebirth of Acclaim and Activision, creating an exciting gaming industry and also founded StartEngine Crowdfunding which was among the very first equity crowdfunding platforms to raise capital from consumers.
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John Lasko is an angel investor based in Orange County, California and has specialized in helping startups grow through training, connections and direct investment.
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Brian Mac Mahon speaks with Frank Grant, Managing Director at Solganick & Co. and Interstate Venture Capital. Frank lets us in on industry secrets you won't want to miss, so stay tuned!
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Hank Elder is an investor angel, real estate developer and land owner based out of Santa Monica, California. Hank has been in real estate his entire life, however is now investing in early stage startups. Get a view into the mind of the new face of Angel Investing.
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Benjamin Tsai is a trilingual financial executive with 14 years of proven success in developing/marketing global investment solutions across Asian client segments, including SWF, insurance firms, non-profits, and private banks.
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Donn Montoya is an Angel Investor who is also a sales, marketing, advertising, business development professional with an entrepreneurial mind and spirit.
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Luma Launch is a multi-million dollar seed to series-a corporate venture with an accelerator program and internal incubation team. Luma Launch is focused on early stage startups at the convergence of evolving technology and content markets, capitalizing on internal and external resources to create successful products.
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Our guest this week is Sonya Sepahban, who is a member of the investment committee for the Michigan Angels. Sonya is a prolific tech investor, supporter of women in STEM and board member for multiple companies. She is a leading force in supporting and mentoring early stage companies everywhere.
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Our Investor guest this week is Mike Weeks, an international coach, trainer and speaker. He is co-founder of Frontline Mind a resilience training company that works with Police, Firefighters, Armed Forces, Correctional Services and Businesses. This interview is fascinating because startup investing is Mikes hobby not his business and he is a growing new breed of investor. He loves startup business and speaks with us about how one founder can stand out from everyone else.
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Lightspeed Ventures invested in companies such as Snapchat, Cheddar, and The Honest Company and is one of the largest venture capital companies in the world. Nicole Quinn is a partner and is a huge supporter of the startup community and female led companies in general.
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Asher Leids is a prominent super angel based out of Santa Monica and specializing in investing in early stage startups. Previous to investing individually he practiced venture capital, securities, mergers & acquisitions and general corporate law. Clients ranged from start-ups, such as Scour.net (a company that was founded by, among others, Travis Kalanick-who went on to be the founder and CEO of Uber) and Ceiva, to Fortune 100 companies, such as IBM. Asher also worked on the initial public offering for Shopping.com (one of the first internet IPO's) that was subsequently acquired by Compaq Computer Corp. within one year of it's IPO for approximately $1 Billion. In short he is pretty bad ass and knows startup investment inside out.
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Find out how to raise money for your startup with advice and help from Michael Miller, venture attorney and early stage accelerator right here in Silicon Beach. Tune in as Michael shares startup war stories straight from the heart.
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