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Episode 102 - An Empathetic Perspective - Paypal, Bitcoin, and Brexit Jul 04, 2016

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This week, Brian, Mike & Faisal talk about the rise and rise of Bitcoin and try to make some sense out of it all. PayPal being a target of an acquisition has been a market rumor for a long time, we discuss that, as well as what Brexit means for all of us.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 101: The insider’s take on what WWDC means for us all Jun 19, 2016

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This week, Brian, Faisal and Mike get back on air and discuss a myriad of topics. First up was Faisal's city-hopping tour and what he learned about the Remittance (Money Transfer) world. Brian dives into the latest WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) that Apple recently hosted and what it means for all of us.Lastly, Mike and Brian briefly give their thoughts on Microsoft's $26 Billion acquisition of LinkedIn. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 100 - Voice First Revolution - Breaking It Down With Mary Meeker Jun 08, 2016

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Brian and Mike discuss the industrial strength report as published by Mary Meeker of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers and the 2016 Internet Trends report she publishes every year. Brian breaks down the report on the various aspects of Voice First Revolution.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 99 - There Is A Revolution Ahead And It Has A Voice Jun 08, 2016

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Today Brian and Mike discussed the news of Viv Labs launching publicly and the representative revolution in AI this represents. The core of the discussion stems from the ideas of exformation (information subconsciously filtered out to give you a seamless perception of reality) originally presented in our interview of Tor Nørretranders. We use these building blocks and the history of basic human communication and technological progress to draw predictions on the future of how tech will creep up on us and change our everyday lives. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 98: The Serendipity of Conferences May 04, 2016

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This week Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele and Faisal Khan discuss Conferences. How to attend them, plan for them? What to look out for and above all, the serendipity factor of conferences.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 97: Money2020 Europe, ETA & TechStars Apr 27, 2016

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This week the three payment nerds Brian, Faisal and Mike are back at it again. Faisal discusses the recent Money2020 Europe Conference that was held in Copenhagen for the very first time. Brian discusses his coverage of the TRANSACT show by ETA (Electronic Transaction Association) and Mike tells us all about how HomeHero is enrolled in TechStars with Cedars Sinai Hospital.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 96: Alexa/Raspberry Pi, Apple CareKit and Mobile Wallets! Mar 28, 2016

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This week the three amigos Brian, Faisal and Mike are back at it again. Brian discuss Amazon's Echo and the new Echo equivalent that one can build with Raspberry Pi. Mike explains the benefits and the potential of Apple's CareKit and Faisal discusses mobile wallets and small value transfer, why we need to reexamine the whole ecosystem. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 95: Voice Recognition - How it will replace APIs Mar 24, 2016

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This week Mike Townsend and Faisal Khan dive deep into what Brian Roemmele affectionately calls Ontological Recipes - How Voice Recognition will replace APIs, mega shift in payments and interaction.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 94: Interview Jon Carder MOGL CEO Mar 16, 2016

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This week Mike interviews the CEO of MOGL.com - Jon Carder: Jon Carder is an experienced entrepreneur who has founded five internet businesses, his first at the age of 19. In college Jon founded eHeaven.com, an online e-commerce superstore that was purchased by BabyUniverse in 2002. Jon Carder then founded Client Shop inc. a website dedicated to finding consumers the lowest rates on home loans. ClientShop was San Diego's fastest growing company in 2005 (San Diego Business Journal) and was sold to Internet Brands in 2006. After a short “retirement” he realized building companies beats is more fulfilling than being retired and started his next venture, MojoPages.com, an online local search engine which received $5M (series A) from Austin Ventures and operates out of La Jolla, CA. Most recently Jon is founder and CEO of Mogl.com - a frictionless online to offline rewards program & Empyr.com - an online to offline ad platform. Mogl/Empyr has raised $35M in funding and has a partnership with Visa, Mastercard and Amex to effortlessly track any purchase from an enrolled consumer at a participating offline merchant in under 1 minute.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 93 - Where is the future of Voice Recognition and AI Mar 16, 2016

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This week Brian and Mike discuss where is the future of voice recognition and artificial intelligence.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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