Before It Happened
70 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsBefore It Happened takes you on an entrepreneurial journey into the future.
Silicon Valley storyteller Donna Loughlin interviews entrepreneurs and innovators to discuss the moonshot in bringing their big idea to life. In each episode, you will learn wisdom and creative go-to-market strategies from global experts to drive business success.
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A Robot, a Mission to Jupiter, and the Super Soaker with Former NASA Scientist Dr. Lonnie Johnson
December 08, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBDr. Lonnie Johnson is a literal rocket scientist who also happens to be the mastermind behind the legendary Super Soaker water gun. He’s also racked up over 250 patents and landed a spot in the National Toy Hall of Fame. Inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur, Dr. Johnson joins this week’s episode of Before IT Happened to talk about growing up during the civil rights movement, helping build stealth bombers and rockets for NASA, and making the the idea for the Super Soaker a reality. ...
Tackling Identity Theft through Decentralization with Locke Brown
December 01, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBMillions of people have been affected by data breaches and leaks in recent years. But what if there was a better way to keep our digital identities secure? In this week's episode of Before IT Happened, Locke Brown talks about how his company NuID is working to both simplify and strengthen online security by rethinking the traditional password-based approach to authentication in favor of a decentralized, user-controlled solution. Before any world-changing innovation, there was a moment, an ...
Unlocking the Metaverse with Vlad Panchenko
November 17, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBVlad Panchenko, a lifelong gamer and technologist, is on course to one day build a massive metaverse community and exchange by connecting video gamers on mega gaming platforms. Vlad started his career in Ukraine at the age of 16, where he was paid by the kilobyte to translate pirated video games from English into Russian and Ukrainian. Byte by byte, Panchenko gained the experience that would lead him to create powerful gaming platforms. In this episode, Vlad talks about his latest creation, ...
Sustainable Businesses on Two Wheels with Feras Bashnak
November 10, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 90.4 MBFeras Bashnak is a serial entrepreneur who knows first-hand the high cost of opening a business. Want to launch a brick-and-mortar restaurant? Half a million. How about a food truck? $100,000. Either way, you’re sinking a lot of cash into a huge commitment that you have yet to prototype – risks few young entrepreneurs are willing to take. In this week’s episode of Before IT Happened, Feras talks about the “aha” moment that led him to founding Ferla Bikes, an e-bike-powered food and retail b...
Farm to Table, Silicon Valley-style with Maurice Carrubba
November 03, 2022 11:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBMaurice Carrubba—also known as the Warren Buffett of restaurateurs—has a knack for finding classic restaurants with great bones and transforming them into go-to dining experiences. Born and raised in Sicily, Maurice moved to Silicon Valley in 1989 where he now runs a restaurant group and a catering company and employs over 150 people. Maurice also runs a nearby farm that sustains two of his restaurants, and he is working to reduce his carbon footprint and foster a culture of respecting and t...
Tuning into the Secret Life of Plants with Joe Patitucci
October 27, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 95.5 MBModern life can be isolating. We’re wrapped up in our social media feeds, rushing to log into the next Zoom meeting, hurtling down the road in our metal capsules, or holed up in our houses. Being cut off from the natural world often leaves us feeling disconnected from ourselves and others. Enter this week’s guest on Before IT Happened, Joe Patitucci, who’s spent the last decade developing devices that connect us to nature by converting the biorhythms of plants into real-time music, or what h...
Skating into the Future of Design with Tark Abed
October 20, 2022 11:00 - 38 minutes - 89.1 MBSilicon Valley is home to some of the world’s most innovative products and companies. Mighty among them are the design firms that help build and shape those products. In this episode of Before IT Happened, Tark Abed, founder and CEO of the product design consultancy Mighty Studios, talks to host Donna Loughlin about how he became an industrial designer, what his first years in the industry were like just down the street from Stanford’s Institute of Design a.k.a. the d.school in Palo Alto, an...
From Tesla’s Gigafactory to the Farm with Mark Schwager
September 22, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 81.3 MBCarbon-heavy agriculture is responsible for 11% of greenhouse gases worldwide. That’s where Mark Schwager and his team at Monarch Tractor roll in, with the world’s first electric, autonomous smart tractor. Monarch sees its tractor as the future of sustainable agriculture, allowing growers to apply precision farming while cutting their diesel costs to virtually zero. Co-Founder and President of Monarch Tractor, Mark Schawager talks with host Donna Loughlin about the need for more automation a...
Powering the Future of EV Transportation with Alan Dowdell
September 15, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 77.8 MBThere’s never been a better time to get on the electric bandwagon, or should we say highway? Alan Dowdell, CEO of REVO Powertrains, joins our host Donna Loughlin on this episode of Before IT Happened to talk about the $400 billion global environmental problem he and his company are working to tackle, converting existing, gas-powered trucks and buses to electric. Alan and his team are meeting this enormous challenge head-on with an integrated platform that retrofits large vehicles with electr...
Paving the Way for Women in Motorcycling with Amber Spencer
September 08, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBThe motorcycle industry is constantly evolving and Amber Spencer, a triple threat as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Damon Motorcycles, as well as a racer and bodybuilder, is now playing an active role in that transformation. As a minority in the motorcycle industry (women make up only 20% of the rider demographic, and women racers are nearly non-existent), Spencer is ready to confront the barriers to diversifying the sport. Ultimately, she sees a future where instead of being adapt...
Solving the Fashion Supply Chain with Pawan Gupta
August 25, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 95.3 MBFast fashion has created mountains of unwanted clothing that are rotting in landfills and even washing up on beaches. In this episode of Before IT Happened, host Donna Loughlin talks with Pawan Gupta, CEO and co-founder of the manufacturing platform Fashinza. The son of a factory manager in a small town in India, Pawan Gupta saw small factory owners, textile and fashion designers, and assembly line workers who couldn’t access larger suppliers and control how their products were made. Enter F...
Automating the Workforce for the 21st Century with Ross Blum
August 18, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 80.1 MBIf robots are coming to take our jobs, let’s give them a really dangerous one: window washing. Ross Blum, president and COO at Skyline Robotics, joins host Donna Loughlin to talk about his company’s window washing robot, Ozmo. And cleaning is just the start. If Skyline Robotics achieves its vision, inspections, polishing, masonry, repairs, and testing, “all work at height” will be automated. Before any world-changing innovation, there was a moment, an event, a realization that sparked the ...
Reforesting the Planet with Troy Carter
August 11, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 68.1 MBHumans have been exploiting the planet's natural resources since the dawn of civilization. This week’s guest on Before IT Happened, Troy Carter, would argue that even the term ‘natural resources’ is exploitative in and of itself. Co-founder and CEO of Earthshot Labs, a venture-funded non-profit backed by the National Science Foundation, Troy Carter joins host Donna Loughlin on the show to talk about his work repairing the planet through nature restoration, forest protection, and the conserv...
Humanizing Tech through Art with Agnieszka Pilat
August 04, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 85.2 MBTechnology is transforming our world in a myriad of ways. Witnessing some of those changes from the frontlines is artist and documentarian Agnieszka Pilat whose subjects range from aging machinery to emerging technology. In this episode of Before IT Happened, Pilat joins host Donna Loughlin to talk about growing up behind the Iron Curtain in Poland, her fascination with robotics, NFTs, and her newest posting as artist-in-residence at Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Before any world-changing innovation,...
The Future of Autonomous Trucking with Paula Bejarano
July 28, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBAutonomous trucking will soon transform not just our freeways but the entire global supply chain. Still, serious concerns remain about safety, workforce changes, and policy. In this episode of Before IT Happened, our host Donna Loughlin talks with Paula Bejarano, Director of Business Development for Navistar. Paula started as a reliability engineer at the European Space Agency, inspecting mechanical systems in space shuttles. She also worked on oil drilling rigs at Shell, and interned at Tes...
Finding Your North Star with Serial Entrepreneur Anne Cocquyt
July 21, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBAmong the qualities that make a good entrepreneur, we rarely hear about humbleness, empathy or curiosity. Anne Cocquyt sees that as a problem. Cocquyt is the founder and CEO of the GUILD, a community centered around connecting female entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders. She is also the author of Dare to Launch, which breaks down how to launch a startup successfully, touching on everything from building confidence to working with the right investors. In this episode, Anne joins our h...
Smarter Buildings, Smarter Planet with Mark Chung
June 30, 2022 11:00 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MBCommercial and industrial buildings waste around $200 billion worth of energy every year, and that is just in the US. Mark Chung is the Co-founder of Verdigris, a breakthrough AI-based sensor technology that helps companies monitor and reduce their energy usage. In this episode, Mark joins our host Donna Loughlin to discuss his mission to cut down on energy waste for the good of future generations, talking about how he identified an issue that went unnoticed for years and how he has since bu...
Flying On the Road with Untitled Motorcycles Co-Founder Hugo Eccles
June 23, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 82.1 MBWe’ve talked a lot about electrification and sustainable energy and transformational technologies shaping the ways we move through the world on Before IT Happened. In this episode, award-winning industrial designer and co-founder of Untitled Motorcycles Hugo Eccles joins the show to talk about his creative process driven by a passion for both riding and design, talking about his family’s deep connection with automobiles all the way to his current challenges designing e-bikes and trying to at...
Next Generation Aviation with Jacob Klinginsmith
June 16, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 86.7 MBWith a simple tweak to an airplane’s wing design, the aviation industry's global carbon emissions can be minimized dramatically while also improving safety and operating costs. Jacob Klinginsmith is the president of Tamarack Aerospace Group and his company is working to do just that with their patented active winglet technology. Jacob joins this episode to share a little bit about the lifelong passion that he has found in flying and explain how Tamarack works to increase aircraft efficiency ...
Putting the Human in Human-Computer Interaction with Carlos Moreira
June 09, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBAdvancements in technology that accelerate change also bring risk. In this episode, I have an enlightening conversation with Carlos Moreira, founder of WISeKey and co-author of the book The TransHuman Code. Carlos has worked to ensure that in our relationship with technology, humans come out ahead. We talk about how we can create a human-centric society where humans are in control, and where humans are protecting themselves. He shares his transformation path working with the UN since the 8...
People, Planet and Profits: ESG Investing with Eddy Soffer
June 02, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 92.8 MBImpact investing is a rising trend. The massive amount of transactions online is helping users to shape the growth of companies they believe in. Eddy Soffer joins the show to talk about his role at Interactive Brokers helping manage their ESG platform Impact that specializes in environmental, social, and corporate governance investing. He explains how investors—particularly among the millennial and Gen Z demographics—increasingly drive change by voting with their wallets. We also cover topic...
Tracing our Food Supply on the Blockchain with Niamh O'Connell
May 19, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 85 MBPretty soon, blockchain technology is going to touch just about everything you can imagine, including the food we eat. In this episode, Niamh O’Connell, BlockW Co-founder and Senior Business Development Manager at CasperLabs, joins the show to cover many questions around blockchain technology and how it’s creating smarter supply chains for the future. Niamh talks about her work at CasperLabs, going deep into how NFTs can impact the food and beverage industries and how we can reach more energ...
Diversifying the Space Frontier with Kim Macharia
May 12, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 80.6 MBDreaming of space is something many of us have done as kids, but as we grow up, we start to learn that there are only a few seats in every cabin, and not everyone is well represented in that group. Kim Macharia is the Executive Director of the Space Prize Foundation and Chairman of the Board of the Space Frontier Foundation. And it’s Kim’s personal mission to make it easier for women and people of color to work in the field. In this episode, we talk about how a space camp jacket and a screen...
Ethics and Human Rights in Tech with Deb Donig
May 05, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 89.3 MBTechnology isn’t neutral: all technologies were created with a purpose, says Dr. Deb Doing a literature professor at Cal Poly whose work focuses on the intersection between technology and human rights. What does it mean to be human in the age of tech? How does technology shape our future on a day-to-day basis? And most importantly, what about ethics and how we behave through technological tools? In an age where we depend so heavily on technology, Deb says we need to look further and ask deve...
Solving the Cheese Problem with Change Foods' David Bucca
April 14, 2022 11:00 - 32 minutes - 75.1 MBFood is an emotional and cultural experience. There is no easy way to replace the traditional ingredients that come from animals, but it may no longer be necessary to think about ‘replacing’ them. In this episode, David Bucca, Founder and CEO of Change Foods, joins the show to talk about the company’s game-changing approach to making dairy-free cheese. David also shares the pivotal moment when he decided to leave his aerospace career behind to start this entrepreneurial adventure. Join us in...
Fermenting Better Meat with Paul Shapiro
April 07, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 81.7 MBThe meat industry is known for following dirty and often inhumane processes. But the fact that meat consumption is such an ancient practice doesn’t mean that it can’t be reinvented. In this episode of Before IT Happened, Donna meets Paul Shapiro, author of the bestseller Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner And The World. As the book’s title suggests, Paul is hopeful of rendering the factory farming system totally obsolete. They discuss his decision to becom...
Driving the Nostalgia of Motorcycles into the EV Era with Paul d’Orléans
March 31, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 78.4 MBThe EV revolution is speeding up. If it’s on wheels, chances are someone has figured out how to take it electric. But what has been the path that has brought us here? In this episode, Donna talks with Paul D’Orleans, founder of The Vintagest and possibly the world's foremost authority on the EV revolution happening on two wheels. We spoke about his passion for buying and repairing rare and vintage motorcycles models from around the world and the moment when he decided to share his expertise ...
Envisioning a Sustainable Future and a Free Ukraine with Daniel Tonkopi
March 24, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 96.5 MBIn the midst of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Daniel Tonkopi, CEO & founder at Delfast joins the show to talk about his entrepreneurial journey from Kyiv to California. While living in Ukraine, Daniel founded Delfast, a company that holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-range e-bike in the world. In the episode, we talked about how the company grew from a small delivery service in Kyiv to one of the leading producers of e-bikes in the world. Daniel also discussed running the com...
From Dairy Queen to Developing Smart Drones with Rut Patel
March 17, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 83.7 MBDrones may seem like something taken out of sci-fi, but for Rut Patel, the founder of Voyager Industries, they represented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Rut’s philosophy relies on doing something that stands out. In this episode, we talk to him about how he applied this principle to his career, discovering how drones can make big tech improvements and even save lives. Join us and envision the drone’s multiple roles in our future everyday activities! Before any world-changing innovation,...
Coaching Next Gen Leaders with Jason Ma
March 10, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 82 MBThe world's next leaders and CEOs are now going through the difficult task of applying to the best colleges and schools. Jason Ma works to make the most of this stage of life and prepare Gen Z to take the reins. Ma is the Founder, CEO, & Chief Mentor at ThreeEQ. In this episode Jason talks about his career and the different professional assets that led him to create a mentoring company for the young. Join us while we discuss the virtues of the ThreeEQ methodology and explore the things that ...
Moving the Medical World into the Future with Dr. Peter Bonutti
March 03, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 70.8 MBDr. Peter Bonutti has practiced over 30,000 surgical procedures during his career but he’s also an innovator passionate about product design and lab research that moves the medical world into the future. In this episode, Dr. Bonutti talks about how he used the money from his work as an orthopedic surgeon to fund his own medical research lab. He also explains what neuromodulation is and why it should be approached carefully. Join us and listen to this medical pioneer talk all about hard work ...
Breaking Down the Business of Story with Park Howell
February 24, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 86.5 MBIn this episode of Before IT Happened, entrepreneur, storytelling coach and bestselling author Park Howell joins the show to discuss the ‘Story Cycle System’ that he created to apply the full potential of ‘the hero’s journey’ to business and entrepreneurship. There is endless competition for our attention and it forces businesses to become acutely aware of the audience they're serving. This awareness leads to the possibility of crafting powerful stories. So join us and discover what good bra...
Values-Based Investing for the Future of the Planet with Will Peterffy
February 17, 2022 11:00 - 38 minutes - 87 MB“Put your money where your heart is.” That’s the tagline you’ll see when you visit Will Peterffy’s mobile trading platform IMPACT. Will is the ESG Director at Interactive Brokers, and his purpose is to help guide younger generations who want to invest consciously. Millennials are the most socially responsible and soon to be wealthiest generation of investors the world has ever known. In this episode, Donna talks to Will about how he believes mission-based investing can help create a better, ...
Taking On the $100 Billion Pet Food Industry with Because Animals' Shannon Falconer
February 10, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 101 MBShannon Falconer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Because Animals, a startup that produces cultured meat products for pets. Their goal is to reduce the pet food industry's reliance on animal agriculture. In this episode, Sharon shares how her love for animals at a young age led to a disruptive career in the biochemistry field. She explains how the process to create cultured meat works and why the commercial pet food industry needs to start paying attention to this alternative. Join in and find o...
From Living on the Streets to Making $1 Million in Sales with Chick Boss Cake's Rebecca Hamilton
February 03, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 97.5 MBChick Boss Cake founder Rebecca Hamilton joins Donna on this episode of Before IT Happened to share the story of how she went from being a homeless high school dropout at 16 years old to opening a bakery in Ontario, Canada and achieving $1 million in sales. Satisfy your sweet tooth now by listening to this episode and hearing Rebecca talk about everything from how baking cakes at a women’s shelter was a turning point in her life to how she comes up with some of her wackier confections like c...
Writing the Story of Innovation with Jonathan Littman
January 27, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 80.2 MBFew people have managed to document the modern history of technology as Jonathan Littman has. Jonathan is a prominent author and journalist known for the bestselling book The Art of Innovation that he collaborated on with IDEO co-founder David Kelley and his brother Tom Kelley. In this episode of Before IT Happened, we talk about Jonathan’s most recent book, The Entrepreneur’s Faces, the different categories of entrepreneur personalities and his experience inside the fast-growing tech hub of...
Making America Safer One Crime-Fighting Robot at a Time with Knightscope co-founders William Santana Li and Stacy D. Stephens
January 20, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 99.7 MBTalking about AI and technology innovations to enhance the safety of a local environment is often a sensitive topic, but it is increasingly necessary to become more involved in it. On this episode of Before IT Happened, Donna talks with two AI entrepreneurs about how they're using AI-powered robots to make us safer. Stacy D. Stephens and William Santana Li join the show to cover some topics around the future of safety, such as situational awareness within law enforcement, misconceptions in o...
Unleashing a $100 Billion Industry With Sports Bra Creator Lisa Z. Lindahl
January 13, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 100 MBBack in the 70’s running for women was pretty uncomfortable, wearing a traditional bra just didn’t do the trick for support. Our guest Lisa Z. Lindahl was diagnosed with epilepsy at an early age and because of her complex relationship with her body, jogging became her sanctuary. Soon, the idea for her business breakthrough popped into her head: the Jogbra. Lisa’s story is one about finding spirituality in running and liberating women through female-friendly sporting equipment. Join this conv...
Disrupting Negative Thoughts with Cope Notes Founder Johnny Crowder
January 06, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 98.7 MBJohnny Crowder is a lot of things. He's an entrepreneur, the lead singer of the heavy metal band Prison and a TEDx speaker. Today, Johnny Crowder joins the show to share the story of how he created Cope Notes, a company that sends text messages combining peer support and positive psychology to help improve its users’ mental and emotional health. During the discussion, Donna and Johnny talk about his own struggles with mental health, his schizophrenia diagnosis, how he discovered music and th...
Bonus Episode: Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022!
December 16, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 64 MBBefore we wish everyone happy holidays, we wanted to share some of our favorite highlights from the Before IT Happened’s first year! This show is about people who are all about innovation and making the world a better and more equitable place. Regardless of their background or the problem, they’re working to solve, it really comes down to the human spirit and the big idea that something needs to change. So join us for this end-of-year round-up of some of the most interesting and groundbreaki...
Shaping the Future of AI with Eric Daimler
December 09, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MBBehind the complexity of artificial intelligence, there are groundbreaking stories like that of AI and robotics expert, entrepreneur and investor Eric Daimler. Eric joins this episode of Before IT Happened to tell us all about his journey from being an entrepreneurial engineering student who found massive success before hitting his twenties to advising former president Barack Obama’s administration on how to regulate and develop AI and data infrastructure. Are we adapting or adopting? Liste...
Getting a Black Belt in Blockchain with Medha Parlikar
December 02, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 95.4 MBMany years from now, we will remember this time in history as the moment we started using blockchain. It’s certainly a trend, but sometimes it may be hard to understand the full potential of this revolutionary technology. Luckily, in this episode of Before IT Happened we are joined by an expert, or should we say a black belt, to break down what this technology is all about. Medha Parlikar is the Co-founder and CTO of CasperLabs, the developer of a new open-source blockchain and smart contrac...
Finding Purpose Pedaling Across the World with Jamie Bianchini
November 24, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 54.4 MBBuilding a meaningful business while living your best life and traveling the world is not easy. In this episode of Before IT Happened, our host Donna Loughlin tells the story of social entrepreneur and philanthropist Jamie Bianchini, who biked through over 80 countries around the world for eight years with a friend calling themselves the ‘Peace Pedalers.’ Jamie’s motto “Live big, give big” has had an enormous impact in communities from Asia to Latin America where he’s helped build schools, s...
Finding Purpose Peddling Across the World with Jamie Bianchini
November 24, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 54.4 MBBuilding a meaningful business while living your best life and traveling the world is not easy. In this episode of Before IT Happened, our host Donna Loughlin tells the story of social entrepreneur and philanthropist Jamie Bianchini, who biked through over 80 countries around the world for eight years with a friend calling themselves the ‘Peace Pedalers.’ Jamie’s motto “Live big, give big” has had an enormous impact in communities from Asia to Latin America where he’s helped build schools, st...
Building a Giving Empire with Genevieve Piturro
November 18, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBToday’s episode is perfect for Thanksgiving — a story about kindness, love, and the power of giving. In this episode of Before IT Happened, our host Donna Loughlin talks to author, speaker, and advocate Genevieve Piturro. After a 12-year career as a corporate climber in New York City, Genevieve started visiting shelters to read to children. Soon she realized something, these children needed pajamas. Since 2001, Genevieve’s nonprofit Pajama Program has given over 7 million books and pajamas t...
Mythbusting AI with Dr. Steven Shwartz
November 11, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 93.4 MBWhy is it that when we think about Artificial Intelligence, a dystopian universe comes to mind? In this episode of Before IT Happened, our host Donna Loughlin talks with Steven Shwartz, author, researcher, entrepreneur, and one of the most influential thinkers in the space of Artificial Intelligence. Steven debunks the myths and misconceptions around Artificial Intelligence and shares what this technology truly is about. Will robots take over our jobs and ultimately the world? Is a Blade Run...
From the Marines to Hacking the Government with Bryan Seely
November 04, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 96.9 MBSometimes, we all need a wake up call, and after hitting rock bottom the only way to go is up. In this episode of Before IT Happened, our host Donna Loughlin sits down with Bryan Seely, ethical hacker and in demand thought leader on cyber security, to talk about his fascinating upbringing, his recovery from addiction, and how and why he hacked the Secret Service just to prove a point. From homeless addict to TED Talk speaker and author, Bryan knows a thing or two about transformation and con...
A New Wave of Manning Up With the 2 LADS Daniel Sharman and Leggy Langdon
October 28, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBFirst, we had The Beatles, then we had the 80s New Wave, and now we have The 2 LADS, a couple of young expat British artists in Los Angeles whose life mission is to advocate for mental health and the well-being of men across the world. In this episode of Before IT Happened, our host Donna Loughlin sits down with Daniel Sharman and Christian “Leggy” Langdon, creators and hosts of The 2 LADS Podcast. Donna gets the pair to open up about their upbringing, life experiences, emotional growth, spi...
Tapping into Startup Culture and Betting on the Future of Mobility with Vitaly Golomb
October 21, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 99.5 MBThe entrepreneurial lifestyle is definitely not for the faint of heart, as it comes with loads of hard work, nerve-wrecking risk taking, personal sacrifices and a high mental health price tag. Today, our host Donna Loughlin chats with Silicon Valley thought leader Vitaly Golomb, to talk about his amazing journey in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Vitaly migrated to the US as a child, and had to quickly adapt to this new environment. Little did he and his family know that Silicon Valley would ...
Disrupting the DMV through Digital License Plates with Neville Boston
October 14, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 115 MBToday everything in a car is smart, from the tires to the windshields. But there is something that is still just an ugly piece of metal, your license plate. In this episode of Before IT Happened, our host Donna Loughlin tells the story of Neville Boston, Founder, and CSO at Reviver, a disruptive company that is modernizing license plates from a piece of metal to a fully interactive screen with state-of-the-art technology. “Embrace change” is Neville’s mindset and it shows in his life story, ...