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Episode 154 Josh Fraser, Founder & CEO of Estated, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Jul 20, 2022

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Josh Fraser, the founder and CEO of Estated (based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada). Estated’s open-source API provides easy and transparent access for clients from a wide range of industries to integrate and implement property data into their workflows to start generating insights into their customers within minutes of signing up to our intuitive platform. Each property record contains hundreds of different data points from parcel and boundary information, structural building data such as square footage and roof type, historical deed information including sales and transfer of ownership, market value which uses an industry leading AVM to accurately valuate properties, taxes, and assessment data, as well as current ownership information. Estated works with a variety of industry leaders including State Farm, Capital One, Swiss RE as well as emerging proptech, real estate tech, and insurtech startups like Obie, Kin, and Blend Insurance.

In our conversation, Josh explains:

- How Estated operates and the various types of technology Josh’s company uses in the real estate market!

- How Josh started Estated based on other companies he worked with, and how he built leads and advertising resources for Estated.

- How Josh and his team find the best results and what they use for their development process

Be sure to check out Josh’s below. Enjoy the show!

Connect with Josh:

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

Website- https://estated.com

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

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Episode 153 Paulina Walkowiak, Co-Founder & CEO of CUX.io, Lisbon, Portugal Jul 13, 2022

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Paulina Walkowiak is a co-founder & CEO of cux.io – the first-ever tool for UX Automation, a behavior, and user experience analysis application, currently operating in 102 countries. She's the only specialist training in behavior patterns analysis in CEE, who helps companies translate knowledge about users into specific business decisions.

She supports enterprise-level organizations in data-driven transformations and developing analytical strategies. Paulina worked with, among others, TVN Media (Discovery Group), Prisjakt (Shibsted), and EFL. She's the author of the Product Analytics workshop “Data-driven design”, a TEDx speaker, and an academic lecturer. She has been featured twice in the Strong Women in IT 2019 and 2021 reports. Alongside her husband (and cux.io co-founder), she's won the 50 Most Creative People in Business Award. Furthermore, as a mom of two, she proudly calls herself #Mompreneur

In our conversation, Paulina Walkowiak explains:

- What lead Paulina to start her company and her inspiration to become a manager and be her own boss.

- Paulina’s specializations and her expertise and knowledge in business.

- Where she wants her company to focus their attention next!

Be sure to check out Paulina’s listed below. Enjoy the show!

Connect with Paulina

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

Twitter- @plnwlkwk

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#tech #SAAS # business #designthinking #AI #creativesociety #teambuilding #CEO #startup #startupstory #founder #futureofwork

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Episode 152 Irete Hamdani, Founder & CEO of askBelynda (a Google Chrome extension) Denver, Colorado Jul 06, 2022

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Irete Hamdani is an entrepreneur and founder of askBelynda, a Google Chrome extension helping consumers reduce their carbon footprint by recommending sustainable products while they’re shopping online. She has a Computer Science MSc. with honors from Tel Aviv University and is an AWS Certified Associate Developer and Solution Architect. Irete uses her 25 years of tech experience to develop askBelynda. She believes in a greener future with the expansion of sustainable consumer goods. Irete resides in Denver, CO, with her husband and two daughters.

In our conversation, explains:

- The importance of reducing your carbon footprint and how people can do this!

- Why Irete started her company and the different functions and services askBelynda provides!

- askBelynda’s team structure and overall management process.

Be sure to check out Irete’s listed below. Enjoy the show!

Connect with Irete:

Website-https://www.askbelynda.com

LinkedIn-https://www.iretehamdani.com/about

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#tech #SAAS # business #designthinking #AI #creativesociety #teambuilding #CEO #startup #startupstory #founder #futureofwork

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Episode 151 Christine Akselsen, CEO at Kezzler, Oslo, Norway Jun 29, 2022

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When Christine Akselsen accepted her role as CEO of Kezzler, a leading product traceability technology provider, she set out to change the way that consumers and companies think about the global supply chain. It’s not just about getting an item to a buyer. It’s about ensuring that what they receive is safe, authentic, and produced sustainably. Fast forward to 2022: Amid a stagnant global supply chain, keeping track of products and assuring their quality can be the competitive edge that keeps an organization viable.

Kezzler’s traceability technology uses specialized codes on individual products to secure their validity. They utilize patented serialization technology to track products through their entire supply chains while ensuring the products we consume (such as food and pharmaceuticals) are safe prior to use. From source to consumer, data is associated with the product through the code.

In our conversation, Christine Akselsen explains:

- Christine’s role at Kezzler and the products Kezzler traces.

- Why tractability is important and what it provides to supply chain technologies.

- The problems with supply chain that Kezzler solves!

Be sure to check out Christine’s links listed below. Enjoy the show!

Connect with Christine:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-charlotte-akselsen-b552288

Website: http://www.sweetprotection.com

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#tech #SAAS # business #designthinking #AI #creativesociety #teambuilding #CEO #startup #startupstory #founder #futureofwork

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Episode 150 Martin Luenendonk, Co-Founder of The Founderjar.com, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Jun 22, 2022

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Martin Luenendonk is a 3x serial entrepreneur who founded the Finance Club (community of 1.6m finance professionals), Cleverism.com, and Founderjar.com. He loves to share his learnings about business model generation, entrepreneurship, and digital marketing. A product of his generation, Martin thrives in the world of digital communication, which is why marketing is his natural calling. Always sprouting a smile on his face, he gets way too excited about everything new in the marketing world. FounderJar helps small businesses grow faster by choosing the right software tools and with practical in-depth guides on how to start and grow a business.

In our conversation, Martin Luenendonk explains:

- What his company Founder Jar is and how it operates!

- The resources Founder Jar provides and how they help others start their own businesses.

- The advice Martin provides to fellow entrepreneurs and business owners.

Be sure to check out Martin’s listed below. Enjoy the show!

Connect with Martin:

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

Website- https://www.founderjar.com

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#tech #SAAS # business #designthinking #AI #creativesociety #teambuilding #CEO #startup #startupstory #founder #futureofwork

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Episode 149 Richard White, Founder & CEO of Fathom, San Francisco, California Jun 15, 2022

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Richard White is founder and CEO of Fathom. Video, a free app that records, transcribes & highlights your calls so you can focus on the conversation instead of taking notes.

Fathom was a part of the Y-Combinator W21 batch, is one of only 50 Zoom App Launch Partners, and is one of a small handful of companies Zoom has invested in directly via their Zoom Apps Fund. Prior to Fathom, Richard founded UserVoice, one of the leading platforms that technology companies, from startups to the Fortune 500, use for managing customer feedback and making strategic product decisions. UserVoice was notable for being the company that originally invented the Feedback tabs shown on the side of millions of websites around the world today.

Richard previously worked on Kiko, a company in the first batch of Y-Combinator, with Justin Kan and Emmett Shear who subsequently went on to found Twitch. Richard is passionate about designing intuitive productivity tools with delightful user experiences.

In our conversation, Richard explains:

- How his app Fathom works and how it improves customer communication within a company.

- Why Richard decided to start Fathom and his business model.

- Fathom’s strategy of giving some users advisor status within the company.

Be sure to check out Richard’s links listed below. Enjoy the show!

Connect with Richard White:

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

Websites- https://kitcaster.com/richard-white

https://fathom.video

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#tech #SAAS # business #designthinking #AI #creativesociety #teambuilding #CEO #startup #startupstory #founder #futureofwork

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Episode 148 Ben Worthen, CEO of Message Lab, Oakland, Californi Jun 08, 2022

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Ben is the CEO of Message Lab, award winning storyteller, he’s showing businesses and content entrepreneurs how to use data to tell stories and build audiences that produce business growth results. He’s sharing how to overcome the cultural and organizational obstacles to doing content marketing well.

Message Lab combines journalism, data and design to create content that resonates with the people their clients most need to reach. They believe engaging people around their interests is more effective than always trying to sell. They use their training as journalists to learn what people are interested in and then write, shoot and design stories they care about. They make sure the content they create reaches the right audience and apply a measurement framework that focuses on business outcomes to show their work gets meaningful results.

In our conversation, Ben explains:

- How to “talk right” when marketing your business and how to create a positive brand.

- Becoming a seller that makes customers fall in love with your ideas.

- Creating content for ROI and not just creating content for the sake of content.

- How you can measure this ROI!

Be sure to check out Ben’s links listed below. Enjoy the show!

Connect with Ben Worthen

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benworthen

Website: messagelab.com

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#tech #SAAS # business #designthinking #AI #creativesociety #teambuilding #CEO #startup #startupstory #founder #futureofwork

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Episode 147 Andy Paul, Sales Expert & Host "Sales Enablement Podcast", San Diego, California Jun 01, 2022

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Andy has been in sales for over four decades. His first sales job was selling women’s shoes at JC Penney. In his professional career Andy has sold everything from computers to small businesses to complex communications systems that sold for tens of millions of dollars to some of the world’s largest enterprises. Andy closed hundreds of millions of dollars in products and services before starting his own company. He has grown and managed large sales teams from scratch. He has coached average performers into being top producers. Andy is #8 on LinkedIn’s list of the Top 50 Global Sales Experts to follow. More than 170,000 people have signed up to follow the advice he shares there. His podcast, Accelerate Your Sales!, is on the top of every list of the best sales podcasts with over 2 million downloads to date, and was on INC Magazine’s list of the top leadership podcasts. His two award-winning books, Zero-Time Selling and Amp Up Your Sales, were both Amazon best-sellers.

In our conversation, Andy Paul explains:

- Andy’s book and its highlights!

- The idea of having a “wrong mindset” as a seller.

- How to listen to your buyers and help them achieve what they want to buy.

Be sure to check out Andy’s listed below. Enjoy the show!

Connect with Andy Paul

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

Website- https://www.revenue.io/sales-enablement-podcast-with-andy-paul

https://www.andypaul.com

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#tech #SAAS # business #designthinking #AI #creativesociety #teambuilding #CEO #startup #startupstory #founder #futureofwork

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Episode 146 Josh Gilbert, Co-Founder & CEO of Sust Global, London, England, United Kingdom May 25, 2022

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An entrepreneur and thought leader in geospatial analytics and climate tech, Josh Gilbert is Co-Founder and CEO at Sust Global. He has spoken on these topics at events such as COP26 in Glasgow, and has helped Fortune 500 companies, NGOs and the UK Government to integrate cutting edge climate technologies. Sust Global’s mission is to democratize access to satellite-validated climate data, and Josh developed his idea for Sust Global through first-hand experience working with climate innovation and geospatial technology sets.

His previous experience includes his role as Environment and Resources Lead at Cleantech Group, go-to-market consulting at Orbital Insight, where he helped launch the market-leading Orbital Go product.

In our conversation, Josh explains:

Transforming climate complexity into business intelligence.
The climate risks Josh’s company looks into and how they help companies manage their supply chains through these risks.
How Josh’s team operates and Sust Global’s company culture.

Be sure to check out Josh’s links listed below. Enjoy the show!

Connect with

Website- https://kitcaster.com/josh-gilbert

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshjgilbert/?originalSubdomain=uk

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#tech #SAAS # business #designthinking #AI #creativesociety #teambuilding #CEO #startup #startupstory #founder #futureofwork

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Episode 145 Kate Westad, Founder, Palette by Pak May 18, 2022

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Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers

Episode 145 Kate Westad, Founder, Palette by Pak

Kate Westad is the inventor and founder of Palette by pak, a refillable, reusable, sustainable beauty system. While packing for a trip after a long day at the office, she realized that there had to be a better way to bring, store, and reuse the many goops, glops & glam™️ she was taking with her on her vacation. As an attorney by trade, Kate began the research process and soon learned that the beauty industry was fueling its sustainability crisis. With statistics including the ones below, Kate knew she had to change the beauty industry from disposable to sustainable. She's a Forbes Next 1000 honoree, has been featured in Glossy, Martha Stewart, Travel + Leisure, Women's Health, Glamour, and more.

In our conversation, Kate explains:

Her packaging and inventory management with her products.
The steps she took when inventing her product and creating her brand.
How Kate balances her work life and home life as an entrepreneur.
The tips and tricks Kate has created in order to keep organized and build her company.

Be sure to check out Kate’s social links listed below. Enjoy the show!

Connect with Kate Westad:

Website: https://palettebypak.com/pages/contact

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katewestad/

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#tech #SAAS # business #designthinking #AI #creativesociety #teambuilding #CEO #startup #startupstory #founder #futureofwork

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