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Ralf Schonherr - Co-Founder, Neatleaf Jun 16, 2022

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In this episode, I speak with Ralf Schonherr, Co-Founder of Neatleaf, a first-of-its-kind robotic platform for indoor and greenhouse cultivation environments helping to sustainably produce more optimize yields at a higher quality and lower cost. We discuss his experiences working on robotics at Google X (the Moonshot Factory), some of the current challenges with indoor farming/agtech in general, and how NeatLeaf is building the world's first solution for autonomous greenhouses.

Yaniv Altshuler - MIT Research Fellow & Co-Founder, Metha.ai Jun 02, 2022

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In this episode, I speak with Dr Yaniv Altshuler, 20+ year AI research veteran who has been serving as a Research Fellow at MIT Media Lab, has written 3 books on artificial intelligence, authored 70+ scientific papers, and holds 14 patents. We discuss his pioneering research in the field of swarm algorithms, their wide application to fields like defense and finance, and his newest project of applying his research to cow sheds with Metha.ai where he and his partner Professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland are creating personalized food supplements for cows which increases meat and milk yields while substantially reducing methane emissions.

John McElhone - Co-founder and CEO, CropSafe May 19, 2022

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In this episode I speak with John McElhone, Co-Founder and CEO of CropSafe, a company that is bringing affordable, reliable and accessible crop analytics and prediction models to farmers across the world. We discuss his childhood growing up on a farm in rural Ireland, why he decided to forgo school and start a company at 17, and why now is the time that farmers and others in the agricultural sector are adopting tech and becoming more data driven.

Adam Lawrence - Co-Founder & CEO, Boom & Bucket May 12, 2022

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In this episode, I speak with Adam Lawrence, co-founder and CEO of Boom & Bucket, a marketplace that is transforming how $300B of heavy equipment gets traded every year. We discuss how heavy equipment is bought and sold (and transported!) today, the parallels to the used car industry, and why now is the perfect time for this space to start moving online.

Roxanne Petraeus, Co-founder and CEO, Ethena May 03, 2022

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In this episode, I interview Roxanne Petraeus, Co-founder and CEO of Ethena, a modern compliance training platform with informative, cringe-free content delivered through innovative methods, that actually works. We discuss her experience spending 5+ years in the US Army, why compliance training has historically sucked, and how Ethena is rethinking the space by focusing on bite-sized, just-in-time training that employees don't hate.

Sam Tyagi - Founder and CEO, KlearNow Apr 28, 2022

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In this episode, I speak with Sam Tyagi, founder and CEO of KlearNow, Interview with Sam Tyagi, founder and CEO of KlearNow, a company transforming B2B supply chains with their smart Logistics-as-a-Service platform connecting data, people, processes, and organizations. We discuss historic and recent issues with our global supply chain, the numerous parties involved in getting goods from one country to the other, and how they have digitized and streamlined the process of clearing customs, dramatically reducing the time and headache for importers, freight forwarders, and customs brokers.

Brian Nolan - Co-Founder and CEO, BookOutdoors Apr 21, 2022

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In this episode, I interview Brian Nolan, Co-founder and CEO of BookOutdoors, a company whose mission is to reimagine and transform how people travel outdoors. We discuss the current challenges of finding campsites and navigating antiquated websites, and how BookOutdoors is making it easy for anyone to get outside and find their next adventure.

Dallas Hogensen - Co-founder and CEO, Felux Apr 12, 2022

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In this episode, I speak with Dallas Hogensen, the co-founder and CEO of Felux, a B2B marketplace for steel and aluminum solving commerce & logistics for the gigantic industrials industry. We discuss why an outsider decided to partner with industry veterans to disrupt a behemoth but slow-moving, why now is the time that he sees industrials starting to adopt tech, and the implications for both upstream and downstream supply chains.

Jesse Solomon - Co-founder, Mickey May 12, 2021

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In this episode I speak with Jesse Solomon, the Co-founder of Mickey, a B2B commodities marketplace that manages supply, freight bookings, and payments, making it fast and easy for customers to purchase, track, and acquire the commodities they need. We discuss how Jesse went from the music industry on the creative artist agency side and fell into an opportunity to disrupt the global trade industry. Jesse also shares about the changing nature of global supply and demand for raw materials and how Mickey is looking to become the inverse Alibaba bringing the world's commodities online.

Lejjy Gafour - Co-founder and CEO, Future Fields May 07, 2021

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In this episode, I speak with Lejjy Gafour, Co-founder and CEO of Future Fields, a company creating the future of food by developing custom custom growth media solutions for the cellular agriculture industry in a cost effective and scalable way. We discuss what cellular agriculture is, how it's done today, what can be done to make the unit economics cost effective, and what the future holds for lab-grown meat and non-animal based materials.

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